12,075 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, "Calatrava", No. 722411, case No. 306404, Ref. 570, presented by Marschal Tito, to General Dor, attache militaire to Rene Coty, President of the French Republic. Fine large, 18K gold gentleman's wristwatch with fitted box. massive, polished, dedicated back. mat silver with applied gold indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Dauphine" gold hands. Notes Tito, also called Marschal Tito, originally Josip Broz (1892- 1980). Yugoslav statesman, born near Manjec. He served with the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I, was taken prisoner by the Russians and became a communist. He was imprisoned for conspiring against the regime in Yugoslavia in 1928-1929 and became Secretary of the Communist Party in 1937. In World War II he organized partisan forces against the Axis conquerors in 1941 and afterwards became the country's first communist Prime Minister in 1945, and President from 1953 to 1980. He broke with Stalin and the Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) in 1948 to develop Yugoslavia's independent style of communism (or Titoism) and played a leading role in the association of nonaligned
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-10-12
