Original matte-finish 2.5 x 3.5 photo of Oswald wearing a combat helmet as a Marine, captioned in the lower border in blue ballpoint by his mother, “Santa Anna Calif.—April 1959,” annotated on the reverse, “Lee sent me copies of this picture. After I knew he was in Russia I had pictures made and also enlarged,” and signed by her at the bottom, “Marguerite Oswald.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from his older brother, Robert L. Oswald. At the time of this photo, Oswald was stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro near Santa Ana, where he had been assigned at the end of December 1958; this was his last assignment before leaving the Marines in September of 1959. RR Auction COA.
