Orders Decorations & Medals - Militaria
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Lot 5106 SESSION 19 (4.30PM FRIDAY 28 JULY) Orders Decorations & Medals - Militaria
Estimate $200
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INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER, between Japanese Armed Forces and the Australian Military Forces, signed at Morotai on 9 September 1945, representing Japan are the signatures of Lt General Teshima, Commander of Japanese 2nd Army, and Japanese naval officers, Captain Toru Oyama and Captain Minoru Toyama, and accepting for Australia the signature of General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of Australian Military Forces, a facsimile of an historic document that ended the war in the Pacific, the document (approx 31x19cm) is framed under glass in a timber frame; another a silk handkerchief with a representation of the Nippon Times and indicating the 'Unconditional Surrender' headlines at Selma ALA, Sept. 2, 1945, this behind glass. Fine and both very scarce. (2)
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