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Rare WW2 Win with General Fryberg, Large New Zealand Poster Stamp. 1940.45x120mm
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Condition:Good Condition. Unmounted Mint. Not cutdown, just the way the scanner works. Nice original Stamp. Good condition, 45x120mm Lieutenant General BERNARD CYRIL FREYBERG, 1ST BARON FREYBERG, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars (21 March 1889 – 4 Ju ... Read More
Condition:Good Condition. Unmounted Mint. Not cutdown, just the way the scanner works.
Nice original Stamp. Good condition, 45x120mm
Lieutenant General BERNARD CYRIL FREYBERG, 1ST BARON FREYBERG, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952.
Freyberg served as an officer in the British Army during the First World War. He took part in the beach landings during the Gallipoli Campaign and was the youngest general in the British Army during the First World War,[10] later serving on the Western Front, where he was decorated with the Victoria Cross and three Distinguished Service Orders, making him one of the most highly decorated British Empire soldiers of the First World War. He liked to be in the thick of the action—Winston Churchill called him "the Salamander" due to his ability to pass through fire unharmed.
During the Second World War, he commanded the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Crete, the North African Campaignand the Italian Campaign. Freyberg was involved in the Allied defeat in the Battle of Greece, defeated again as the Allied commander in the Battle of Crete and performed successfully in the North African Campaign commanding the 2nd New Zealand division, including during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
In Italy, he was defeated again at the Second Battle of Cassino as a corps commander, but later relieved Padua and Venice, and was one of the first to enter Trieste, where he successfully confronted Josip Broz Tito's Partisans. By the end of the Second World War, Freyberg had spent altogether ten and a half years fighting the Germans
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Nice original Stamp. Good condition, 45x120mm
Lieutenant General BERNARD CYRIL FREYBERG, 1ST BARON FREYBERG, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952.
Freyberg served as an officer in the British Army during the First World War. He took part in the beach landings during the Gallipoli Campaign and was the youngest general in the British Army during the First World War,[10] later serving on the Western Front, where he was decorated with the Victoria Cross and three Distinguished Service Orders, making him one of the most highly decorated British Empire soldiers of the First World War. He liked to be in the thick of the action—Winston Churchill called him "the Salamander" due to his ability to pass through fire unharmed.
During the Second World War, he commanded the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Crete, the North African Campaignand the Italian Campaign. Freyberg was involved in the Allied defeat in the Battle of Greece, defeated again as the Allied commander in the Battle of Crete and performed successfully in the North African Campaign commanding the 2nd New Zealand division, including during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
In Italy, he was defeated again at the Second Battle of Cassino as a corps commander, but later relieved Padua and Venice, and was one of the first to enter Trieste, where he successfully confronted Josip Broz Tito's Partisans. By the end of the Second World War, Freyberg had spent altogether ten and a half years fighting the Germans
Postage can be combined. Please message when you have finished purchasing for invoice with combined postage.
Over £30 of combined purchases sent abroad must be sent insured at cost of £7.
All items are packed in cardboard backed quality manilla envelope for added safety of items.
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