Auction 88
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, Feb. 8 & 9, 2021
Feb 8, 2021
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
Terms of sale
View demo
1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
The auction has ended
|
LOT 184:
NIKOLAI VATUTIN
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $320
Start price:
$
100
Estimated price:
$200 - $300
Auction house commission: 30%
More details
|
NIKOLAI VATUTIN
(1901-1944) Red Army general responsible for many operations in Ukraine as commander of the Southwestern Front, and the Voronezh Front during the Battle of Kursk. During the Soviet liberation of right-bank Ukraine, Vatutin led the 1st Ukrainian Front, responsible for the Red Army's offensives to the west and south-west of Kiev and the eventual liberation of the city. He was ambushed and mortally wounded in February 1944 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Partly-printed D.S. as Head of Staff of the Kiev Military District, 4pp. legal folio, Moscow, 1939, a military attestation of Maj. Alexander Chernyshov who served in the Third Calvary Division. Vatutin signs on the third page in light blue ink. Fold at left margin, else fine condition.
