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WILLY MEISL 1958 - HANDWRITTEN NOTE TO DANNY BLANCHFLOWER

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Short handwritten note on the back of a compliments slip written by the well-respected Austrian-Jewish sports journalist Willy Meisl and addressed to Danny (Blanchflower). He invites Blanchflower to visit him and also says that "I have written a few lines to your brother. I hope he will recover as quickly as possible - all the best wishes ...". Jackie Blanchflower was, of course, badly injured in the Munich Air Disaster and never did recover fully.

10 x 7cm. Rusty paper-clip mark. Good condition.

Date: 1958

£35.00 (Code: 93311)

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