2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, and this spring Tennants are selling a rare Second World War Mimeographed Field Order, announcing the ceasefire in North Western Europe (estimate: £800-900 plus buyer's premium) in the Militaria & Ethnographica Sale on 19th March.
The order commands that 'all offensive ops will cease from receipt this signal . orders will be given to all tps to cease fire 0800 hrs tomorrow Saturday 5 May...'. The order is signed in facsimile by Major General R.F.K Belchem, head of Field Marshall Montgomery's operations staff at Luneburg Heath, and the reverse is written with instructions to the courier.
