History of 7th Armoured Division June 1943-July 1945
BRITISH ARMY 7th ARMOURED DIVISION ['DESERT RATS']..
[Foreword by Field-Marshal Montgomery. Introduction by Major-General Lyne. First and Sole Edition.]
BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Published: [Printing and Stationery Service British Army of the Rhine (probably Hamburg), 1945]
Stock code: 51845
Price: £30.00
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and 11 folding coloured maps in pocket at rear, veteran's inscription and crude imitation of Montgomery's signature on blank preliminary; grey cloth, upper board lettered and blocked in red with the Division's 'jerboa' emblem, neatly rebacked in blue cloth to style, a very good, bright, clean copy.
7th Armoured Division, the legendary 'Desert Rats', was one of the most renowned British fighting units of WWII. Formed in North Africa just before the commencement of hostilities, it served throughout the entire Desert campaign, ending the war in North-West Europe with the capture of Hamburg and Berlin. Smith, p.272; not recorded by Enser.