An Unissued Proclamation Of Martial Law By Lieutenant-General Holmes During The Lebanese Crisis (Nov. 1943) Auction 5 mm x 126 mm

5 mm x 126 mm each

Silver with red and black enamels

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 5th Infantry Battalion

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built at the Szczecin Oderwerke Shipyard at Stettin (now Szczecin

An Unissued Proclamation Of Martial Law By Lieutenant-General Holmes During The Lebanese Crisis (Nov. 1943) Auction 5 mm x 126 mmAn unpublished proclamation that was to be made on November 24, 1943 by William George Holmes to the lebanese citizens and all troops stationed in Lebanon in response to the British threat to declare martial law following the illegal arrest of the newly elected Ministers of the Lebanese Government by the French Delegate General; 57. 4 cm x 40. 9 cm; overall condition near extremely fine. Footnote: In 1942, after a strenuous fight for independence from