The Wedding of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
The Wedding of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten NPG x193086
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Vandyk, published by J. Beagles & Co
Great-grandson of Queen Victoria, Mountbatten joined the navy in 1913 and rose rapidly up the ranks to command HMS Kelly in 1939. He was Chief of Combined Operations (1942-3), Supreme Allied Commander, Asia (1943-6), the last Viceroy of India (1947) and Chief of Defence Staff (1959-65). He was assassinated by an IRA bomb in 1979.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










