Vintage glossy 14.25 x 11 photo of Nimitz at his desk, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Comdr A. Donald Fraser, USN, With best wishes and great appreciation of the splendid services performed by you and your command in the war in the Pacific. C. W. Nimitz, First admiral USN,” adding the date, “1 May 45.” In very good condition, with a significant central vertical fold (passing through the inscription and a single letter of the signature), small tears to edges, and scattered creasing. Despite the announcement of Hitler’s death and the fall of the Nazi regime on the day this photo was signed, the war was not over for Nimitz. His action in the Pacific theater would continue for another four hard-fought months, finally ending with the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on September 2nd. An impressive portrait inscribed to a fellow Pacific soldier, just months before the war’s end. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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