1940 Virginia Tech Final German + WWII Cotillion Club Final Dance Invitations
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| Management number | 28532756 | Release Date | 2025/12/18 | List Price | $119.99 | Model Number | 28532756 | ||
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For sale is an extraordinarily rare consecutive-year pair of original Virginia Tech (VPI) formal dance invitation cards that document the exact moment World War II forced the schools most prestigious social organization to drop the word German forever.
Lot includes:
1. 1940 Final German Invitation
Issued by The German Club of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Dated June 7, 1940 (just days after the fall of France, still using the traditional 50-year-old name)
Hand-signed by F. L. Bradley
Inviting Major & Mrs. F. W. Halsey to chaperon
Please present at door ticket format
2. Early WWII Cotillion Club Final Dance Invitation (1942 or 1943 the first or second year after Pearl Harbor)
Issued by The Cotillion Club of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (created/used to avoid the word German during the war)
Friday, June seventh
Hand-signed by Robert K. Allison Jr., Leader of the Cotillion Club
**Signature May Be Required Upon Delivery**
| Category | Vintage & collectibles > Paper ephemera > Other |
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| Brand | None |
| Condition | Good |
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