Auction 80
Militaria & Historical Autographs Auction, July 14 & 15, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
(your local time)
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 71:
CHARLES W. LINDBERG
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Sold for: $280
Start price:
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50
Estimated price:
$100 - $160
Auction house commission:
30%
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CHARLES W. LINDBERG
(1920 - 2007) U.S. Marine who was part of the combat patrol that climbed Mount Suribachi and raised the first of two U.S. flags on the summit during the battle of Iwo Jima. Fine S.P., 8 x 10 in. b/w, an image of Lindberg and his comrades who raised the first flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, signed in full and adding: '1st Flag Raiser, Iwo Jima Feb. 23, 1945 10:30 A.M.' Of the 40 men in Lindberg's platoon who mounted Suribachi, 36 would be killed or wounded in action for the island would be secured.
