Autographs of Odette Hallowes

Odette Marie Léonie Céline Hallowes, GC, MBE (née Brailly; 28 April 1912 – 13 March 1995), also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Sansom, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during the Second World War. She was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross by the United Kingdom and was awarded the Légion d'honneur by France. The following information relating to her war service uses 'Sansom' as this was her surname during this period.
The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England.
Sansom arrived in France on the night of 3/4 November 1942 to work as a courier with the Spindle network (or circuit) of SOE headed by Peter Churchill (whom she later married). In January 1943, to evade arrest, Churchill and Sansom moved their operations to near Annecy in the French Alps. She and Churchill were arrested there on 16 April 1943 by spy-hunter Hugo Bleicher. She spent the rest of the war imprisoned in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp.
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Traded items with a signature of Odette Hallowes

The most expensive item with a signature of Odette Hallowes (RARE - ODETTE HALLOWES-MAURICE BUCKMASTER & BROOKES RICHARDS SIGNED S.O.E COVER) was sold in January 2018 for £250.00 while the cheapest item (JS/50/44/4A. OPERATION OVERLORD .SOE. SIGNED BY ODETTE HALLOWES. 757/800.) found a new owner for £5.99 in July 2013. The month with the most items sold (5) was November 2019 with an average selling price of £45.00 for an autographed item of Odette Hallowes. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2018 with £187.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £7.99 was January 2014. In average, an autographed item from Odette Hallowes is worth £29.71.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Odette Hallowes were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1990 George Cross cover signed Odette Hallowes Harry Errington Horace Taylor GCs	£14.50
	ES16aOH Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil E Embry Signed Odette Hallowes GC Holder	£57.95
	GREAT BRITAIN - ODETTE HALLOWES AUTOGRAPHED 1994 D.DAY LANDINGS COVER	£8.50
	Odette Hallowes vintage signed letter AFTAL#145	£19.00
	Odette Hallowes vintage signed page AFTAL#145	£12.62
	Odette Hallowes vintage signed page AFTAL#145	£17.00
	Odette Hallowes,3 other signed 40th Anniversay VE Day Covers	£20.00
	Operation Overlord Call to Rise French Resistance Signed Odette Hallowes GC	£49.95
	OPERATION OVERLORD. SIGNED ODETTE HALLOWES MBE. RARE	£52.65
	Signed by George Cross Holders, Odette Hallowes GC, H Errington GC H Taylor GC	£34.95
	SOE Agents WWII FDC Signed Odette Hallowes GC Buckmaster Ltd 158/165	£107.39
	SOE Heroine ODETTE HALLOWES GC MBE Signed France Liberation of Paris Cover	£47.94
	SOE Heroine ODETTE HALLOWES GC MBE Signed Operation Overlord WWII Cover	£52.94
	SOE Heroine ODETTE HALLOWES GC MBE Signed VE Day 40th Anniversary RAF AC19 Cover	£42.94
	WW2 Resistance hero Odette Hallowes GC signed rare Benham D-Day Landings FDC	£50.99