WWI Western Front Great Britain General Smuts Message To South Wales 1918

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Estate sale find, vintage original copy of General Smuts's Message To South Wales: Speech Delivered at Tonypandy, Rhondda, on October 29, 1917.
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950) was a South African statesman, military leader, and philosopher.  In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948.
In the Second Boer War, Smuts led a Boer commando for the Transvaal.  During the First World War, he led the armies of South Africa against Germany, capturing German South-West Africa.  He then commanded the British Army in East Africa.
From 1917 to 1919 he was also one of the members of the British Imperial War Cabinet, and he was instrumental in the founding of what became the Royal Air Force (RAF).  He was appointed as a field marshal in the British Army in 1941.  He was the only person to sign both of the peace treaties ending the First and Second World wars.  A statue of him was erected to commemorate him in London's Parliament Square.
Softcover, product dimensions: approximately 5.5" X 7.5", 12 pages, approximate shipping weight: 4 ounces.
PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTION AND PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS -  The booklet is in overall Fair to Good Minus used condition with issues, damp stains, signs of wear, creases, fading, edge tears, sunning and age toning, scuffs, scrapes, soiling, possible writing, no odors, please see images.
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