Swedish diplomat (1895-1948) known for negotiating the release of over 30,000 prisoners from German concentration camps during World War II. Appointed as the United Nations Security Council’s official mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict, he was assassinated in Jerusalem by a militant Zionist group in September of 1948. Commemorative cover, 9.25 x 4, with a cachet honoring the Seventeenth International Red Cross Conference in Stockholm, over which Bernadotte presided as President; cover is signed above the cachet in blue ink, “F. Bernadotte,” and is also signed by Basil O’Connor, chairman of the Conference and president of the American Red Cross at the time. Also bears a third signature, believed to be one of Bernadotte’s aide. Cover also holds four ink postmarks from the Conference, dated August 26, 1948, just three weeks before Bernadotte's assassination. In fine condition, with a vertical fold and some scattered wrinkles.
