Date:4th of October 1947
Description:Black and white photograph, 4 October 1947.
View of the tank-shaped casket presented to Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery.
The casket contained Montgomery's honorary Freedom of the Leamington Spa Borough. It was probably modelled on the M7 Priest, a tank used by Montgomery in his African campaign at El Alamein, World War II.
This photograph was produced for the News Chronicle, London.
© Associated Newspapers Ltd
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