SS Richelieu & Clemenceau Booklet 1939 Campinchi w/Signed Letter 1946. Please note that items are photogrpahed under natural/daylight. Sometimes additional lighting/flash is used to show detail. This MAY wash out some detail or magnify color differences or lines/defects on items. They are not as severe under normal light. Black, dark or bright colors may appear lighter due to light reflecting on surface of item. Silver colored items MAY appear gold toned due to warmth of light. This is a commemorative booklet published for the laying down of the battleships SS Richelieu and the SS Clemenceau. 12 pages (6 pages folded) plus end papers and card stock covers not bound by held together by a tied cord. The Speech at this laying down ceremony was given by Cesar Campinchi who was Ministre de la Marine Militaire at the time. The run was limited to 875 of these with this one being numbered 96. Together with a letter from Helene Campinchi to an unknown friend who sent this program along after a conversation in which the speech was brought up. Part of a long time collection of transportation items. Measures: 9 long by 7 1/2 wide. Letter is 8 1/4″ by 5 1/4″ Marked: See Photo Condition: Very Good (fading to cover, interior pages and letter remarkably clean). Please message any questions or information that you may have. Please view my other listings for more Vintage/Collectible Ocean Liner items. We always recommend that if someone is hoping to need something for a specific event that they check before hand to make sure that there is sufficient time to get the item after the listing ends. All items in wearable condition when applicable unless otherwise specified. Please remember that unless specified all items have been used and will show varying signs of use/wear. As a collector I always list the obvious staining/spotting/discoloration and damage/defects to material to the best of my abilities. However, some slight imperfections that will not show or affect displaying/using the item may slip by or not be considered worth mentioning. Please be very specific in your questions regarding condition. Feedback is left only after I receive yours. I cannot know if you have had a positive experience until then. I leave feedback in batches at intervals weeks or months at a time. Please be patient with receiving feedback. _gsrx_vers_1292 GS 8.3.6 (1292). This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Other Naval Collectibles”. The seller is “mod!!” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Booklet
- Country of Manufacture: France
- Ship: Battle Class
- Shipline: French Navy