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| Title |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Number |
55128 |
| Size |
21" x 20" framed |
| Date |
Various |
| Place |
Various |
| Category |
Presidential |
| Price |
$9,500.00 |
Beautifully framed archive of Dwight D. Eisenhower - rare signed D-Day Order of the Day, an engraved Parker pen, his own, presented to his World War II and post-war secretary. Also included is a lock of the President's hair!
Framed archive measuring 21" x 20", dark wood with olive green matte, includes: 1. D-Day Order of the Day signed “Dwight D. Eisenhower,” one page, 6.5” x 9.5”, reading in full: "Order of the Day 6 June 1944. Headed “Supreme Headquarters / Allied Expeditionary Force. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force ! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year 1944 ! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned ! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory ! I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory ! Good Luck ! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. (signed) Dwight D. Eisenhower".
2. Accompanying Parker Liquid Lead pen owned by President Eisenhower, 5.25” long. “D.D.E.” engraved on the barrel in silver. “Parker LL” is also engraved on the barrel in silver. Accompanied by an 8.5” x 11” Certificate of Authenticity signed “My mother, Helen Weaver North, was General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s personal secretary at NATO Headquarters in Paris from 1951 and his secretary at the White House from 1953-1957. This is to certify that the pen pictured below was given by President Eisenhower to my mother.”
Chief Yeoman Helen E. Weaver was General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s personal secretary at NATO Headquarters in Paris from 1951 and his secretary at the White House from 1953-1957. According to William J. Hopkins, Executive Clerk of the White House Office (1931-1971), in a 1993 interview with Paul K. Carr published in Carr’s philographic study “The Eisenhower Files” (Mattituck, NY: Amereon House, 1997), Helen Weaver was one of two secretaries who signed President Eisenhower’s name to letters (Ann Whitman was the other).
3. Also included is a lock of President Eisenhower's hair, with provenance from the family of the White House barber.
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