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ORIGINAL BRITISH UNION OF FASCISTS (BUF) SIR OSWALD MOSLEY HAND WRITTEN AND HAND SIGNED NOTE DATED 1970.
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£495.00
Authentic Original Hand written and signed at the bottom by Sir Oswald Mosley from his residence in France to his friend Alan Jones dated 28th/11/1970. Comes with a glossy photography of Mosley and the black shirts. Nice collectors’ piece of British union of Fascist memorabilia. Comes mounted within its own card ready for framing. Size including card 450mm x 310mm. Superb condition throughout, no tears or rips just some edge folding. The Battle of Cable Street took place on October 4, 1936, when an anti-fascist crowd of over 100,000 people blocked a planned march by Sir Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists (BUF) through the East End of London.
Key Details Date: October 4, 1936 Tower Hill, Aldgate, and Cable Street in Stepney, East London Around 2,000 to 5,000 members of the British Union of Fascists ("Blackshirts"), escorted by roughly 6,000 to 10,000 Metropolitan Police officers. a The Counter-Protesters: An estimated 100,000 to 250,000 local residents, including the Jewish community, Irish dockers, trade unionists, socialists, and communists.