Gros & Delettrez
195
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SECOND WORLD WAR. AMERICANS IN IRAN and IRAQ.
See original version (French)
195
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SECOND WORLD WAR. AMERICANS IN IRAN and IRAQ.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €100
Voluntary lot
Description
SECOND WORLD WAR. AMERICANS IN IRAN and IRAQ. PGC INSIGNA. WWII. Persian Gulf Command / Iran. [Binder of the American Persian Gulf Command in Iran and its canvas pouch]. S.l.n.n. (1950s). Large in-4. Brown percaline with laces, khaki cloth, coloured badges on cover and cloth (very slight wear, not very visible, album empty). Blank photo album bound with the commando crest, accompanied by its khaki canvas case with the same crest. The Persian Gulf Command was a US Army command created in December 1943 to facilitate the supply of war material to the Soviet Union via the "Persian corridor". A rare reminder of the Americans in the Middle East during the Second World War. Born in September 1941, with the creation of the American Military Mission in Iran, headed by Colonel Raymond A. Wheeler (US Army Corps of Engineers). Wheeler (US Army Corps of Engineers). At the same time, the Iranian District of the North Atlantic Division was set up to provide support for the construction work. In August 1942, the mission was renamed Persian Gulf Services Command, and in December 1943, Persian Gulf Command. Placed under the command of several engineer generals. Following the complete militarisation of the construction work by the War Department, the Iranian district was disbanded in May 1943. It was eventually replaced by three districts directly subordinate to the Area Command. Subsequently, thousands of military personnel also worked in Iraq. MILITARY EMBLEM.
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