A cricket bat bearing a unique set of autographs of wartime leaders, the autographs comprising Archibald Sinclair, Louis Greig, Dwight D. Eisenhower,

A cricket bat bearing a unique set of autographs of wartime leaders, the autographs comprising Archibald Sinclair, Louis Greig, Dwight D. Eisenhower, A.W. Tedder, Carl Spaatz, F.A.M. Browning, J. Smuts, Peter Fraser, John Curtin, F. Cheddess, D. Clifton Brown & Winston Churchill; sold together with press cuttings & documents explaining the collection of the autographs through the help of Lady Sefton whose brother Sir Archibald Sinclair was the Air Minister, the bat in a custom built metal & glass display case Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, was Secretary of State for the Air in Churchill's coalition wartime government. Sir Louis Greig, a former Scotland & British Lions rugby international, was a confidant of King George VI and a Group Captain in the RAF Dwight D. Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, and was later President of the United States of America Arthur Tedder held various high posts during the war eventually rising to be Eisenhower's Deputy Supreme Commander at the time of planning for Operation Overlord. 'Tooey' Spaatz was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning was known as 'father of the British airborne services'. He was married to the celebrated author Daphne du Maurier. Jan Smuts was the South African Prime Minister and served as a British Field Marshall and in the Imperial War Cabinet. He holds a unique position in history as a signatory of the peace treaties ending the First and Second World Wars. Peter Fraser was a long standing Prime Minister of New Zealand and was present at the signing of the peace treaty to end the Second World War. John Curtin was Prime Minister of Australia and was leader when Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance. Douglas Clifton Brown, Speaker of the House of Commons Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader and widely regarded as the nation's greatest statesman.