AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Oct 30, 2019
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 219:
BENEDICT XV: (1854-1922) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1914-22. His Pontificate was dominated by World War I ...
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Sold for: €300
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€170 - €230
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BENEDICT XV: (1854-1922) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1914-22. His Pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he termed ''The suicide of Europe''. A good A.L., one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to an attractive gilt embossed Papal monogramme letterhead, in Italian. Benedict XV provides an itemized list with lire figures alongside each entry, referring to raising money in order to help less fortunate citizens during the war, listing in part `H.H. Sig[gnore] Prince Schonburg-Hartenstein Ambassador of Austria-Hungary
1500 lire - H.E signor Card[inal] Gaspari 500 lire..´ With blank integral leaf. VG £150-200 Prince Alois Schonburg-Hartenstein (1858-1944) member of the Austrian nobility. Military officer. From 1899 to 1913 he was President of the Austrian Red Cross.
