DALADIER EDOUARD: (1884-1970) Lot n° 1090

DALADIER EDOUARD: (1884-1970) French Prime Minister 1933, 1934 & 1938-40, a signatory to the Munich Agreement before the outbreak of World War II. A.N.S., Ed. Daladier, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name to the centre and with no address indicated, Paris, 14th January 1959, in French. Daladier writes, in full, 'Veteran de la guerre de 1914 est heureux d'adressez tous ses compliments a un glorieux veteran USA' (Translation: 'Veteran of the 1914 war is pleased to send all his compliments to a glorious USA veteran'). Some very light, minor scuffing to the upper edge, otherwise VG Daladier fought in the Battle of Verdun during World War I, receiving a field commission as a lieutenant in the midst of the fighting, and was also later awarded the Croix de Guerre.