ALS signed “Louis Mountbatten,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, Brook House letterhead, September 10, 1922. Letter to Mrs. Hewitt for a wedding gift. She was the mother of Ronald Hewitt, an officer on one of Mountbatten’s ships. In part: “Coming as it does, from the mother of a man for whom I have always held the highest admiration, it makes me appreciate your kindly action all the more…I owe you an apology for not having written sooner, but we have only just returned from our honeymoon.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. RR Auction COA.
