Bidspirit auction | WW2 Coldiitz Ghost double signed

WW2 Coldiitz Ghost double signed 1985 40th Ann Liberation of Colditz cover. Signed by inmates Lieut. E. M. Harvey and Jean Claude Tine. Captain Mike Harvey, RN (serving during World War II as Lieutenant E. M. Harvey, Royal Navy) was a British officer famously known as one of the two legendary Ghosts of Colditz . While their German captors thought they had both escaped, they remained concealed in the castle for almost a year. When eventually Harvey was caught just outside the castle walls, the German High Command in Berlin refused to believe the story of the Ghosts and insisted that, after escaping the previous year, Harvey and his compatriot must have returned to the castle of their own accord. Jean Claude Tine French officer served with Free French Forces, 1940-1944; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1944-1945.Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.