Major John Howard & General Robert Ford WW2 Pegasus Bridge Hand Signed FDC

STB014 This is stunning Benhams collectors official limited first day cover for the Army Belevolent Fund and which is double hand signed by Major John Howard and the chairman of the Benevolent Fund Sir Robert Ford.   John Howard was the D-Day hero of Pegasus Bridge and both signings are officially authenticated by Benhams the publishers and is in absolute mint condition.

John Howard (December 1912 5 May 1999) was a British Army officer who led a glider-borne assault that captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges on 6 June 1944, as part of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. These bridges spanned the Caen Canal and the adjacent River Orne (about 500 yards to the east), and were vitally important to the success of the D-Day landings. Howard was nominated for the Distinguished Service Order for his leadership during the capture of the bridges and, on 16 July 1944, was presented with the medal by General Bernard Montgomery.