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THE FUNERAL OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER-CHURCHILL, K.G., O.M., C.H. 30th January 1965
“The Order of Service” and “Ceremonial To Be Observed”
1965
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office [London]
8vo (19 pages and 11 pages, respectively)
Item Number: 15310
Description
“The Order of Service” and “Ceremonial To Be Observed” for Churchill’s majestic state funeral, 30th January 1965. These two booklets were sumptuously printed by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office bordered in purple with the Churchill crest on each cover. Both are in virtually mint condition and are here preserved with the immensely impressive oversized envelope in which they were originally delivered, hand-lettered in calligraphic ink: “Air Marshal Sir John Baker, ” then-Commander in Chief of the R.A.F. Coastal Command.
A vivid keepsake.