[Royal investiture, Buckingham Palace, 1943.] Printed programme of an 'Investiture at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, the 11th of May, 1943, at 11 o'clock a.m.'

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[King George VI; Royal investiture, Buckingham Palace, 1943.]
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Buckingham Palace [London]. 11 May 1943.
£120.00
SKU: 16294

7pp., folio. On seven leaves of thick paper, stapled together. In fair condition, aged and worn. Annotated in grey and blue pencil. Ownership inscription at head: 'Mr. Mann'. Divided into subsections, with the main ones being the Distinguished Service Order; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; The Distinguished Service Cross; The Distinguished Flying Cross. Ten individuals receive the Military Cross, beginning with 'Major Thomas Scrymsoure-Steuart-Fothringham, The Black Watch'. Printed records of royal investitures at Buckingham Palace are rare: COPAC only lists two (1924 and 1937), both copies being at Oxford.