Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill: Cut Signatures Matted with Yalta Conference Photograph. ...

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A very interesting FDR and Winston S. Churchill presentation piece, featuring separate matted signatures of each of these Twentieth Century giants, friends, and allies. Above the cut signatures of FDR and Churchill is mounted a 7 ½ x 9" black and white photograph of the Big Three – FDR, Winston S. Churchill, and Joseph Stalin – at Yalta, from February 4 to February 11, 1945. FDR's signature "Franklin D. Roosevelt" measures 1 x 3 ½," and is on green and blue stationery, the color of The White House Washington stationery. Churchill's signature "Yours sincerely,/ Winston S. Churchill" measures 1 ½ x 4 ½," and is on white stationery. The entire presentation piece is matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 17" in black frame, a very unique and fabulous FDR and Winston S. Churchill presentation piece.