Matthew Ridgway Autographs
Matthew Bunker Ridgway (3 March 1895 – 26 July 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). Although he saw no combat service in World War I, he was intensively involved in World War II, where he was the first Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in August 1944. He held the latter post until the end of the war in mid-1945, commanding the corps in the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Varsity and the Western Allied invasion of Germany.
Ridgway held several major commands after World War II and is most well-known for resurrecting the United Nations (UN) war effort during the Korean War. Several historians have credited Ridgway for turning the war around in favor of the UN side. He also persuaded President Dwight D. Eisenhower to refrain from direct military intervention in the First Indochina War to support French colonial forces, thereby essentially delaying the United States' Vietnam War by over a decade. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 12 May 1986. Ridgway died in 1993 at the age of 98.
Ridgway was born 3 March 1895, in Fort Monroe, Virginia, to Colonel Thomas Ridgway, an artillery officer, and Ruth Starbuck (Bunker) Ridgway. He lived in various military bases all throughout his childhood. He later remarked that his "earliest memories are of guns and marching men, of rising to the sound of the reveille gun and lying down to sleep at night while the sweet, sad notes of 'Taps' brought the day officially to an end". He graduated in 1912 from English High School in Boston and applied to United States Military Academy at West Point because he thought that would please his father (who was a West Point graduate).
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Current items with a signature of Matthew Ridgway
These are the most current items with a signature of Matthew Ridgway that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | WWII & KOREAN WAR U.S. ARMY GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGWAY AUTOGRAPH | $59.99 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Matthew Ridgway
The most expensive item with a signature of Matthew Ridgway (WWII GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGWAY SIGNED LETTER D-Day 82nd AIRBORNE KIA Group) was sold in August 2013 for $750.00 while the cheapest item (General Matthew Ridgway Autographed Signature Card) found a new owner for $5.50 in September 2009. The month with the most items sold (5) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $105.98 for an autographed item of Matthew Ridgway. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2013 with $382.51 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.50 was September 2009. In average, an autographed item from Matthew Ridgway is worth $57.25.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Matthew Ridgway were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | General Matthew Ridgway JSA Coa Hand Signed 1942 WWII FDC Cache Autograph | $148.25 |  |
| General Matthew Ridgway JSA Coa Hand Signed 1942 WWII FDC Cache Autograph | $148.25 | |
 | General Matthew Ridgway JSA Coa Hand Signed 1942 WWII FDC Cache Autograph | $147.95 | |
| General Matthew Ridgway JSA Coa Hand Signed 1942 WWII FDC Cache Autograph | $147.75 | |
 | General Matthew Ridgway WWII 82nd Airborne Division Overlord Signed Autograph | $99.99 | |
| Matthew Ridgway "Ridgway's Paratroopers" SIGNED book. Signed by Ridgway & Gavin | $330.00 | |
 | Matthew Ridgway Beckett BAS Signed Veteran Anniv Stamp Autograph | $135.25 | |
| Matthew Ridgway d1993 signed autograph US Army Chief of Staff Custom Cut BAS | $170.00 | |
| Matthew Ridgway Signed 1951 Life Magazine Cover Photo RARE Autographed JSA COA | $105.98 | |
| Matthew Ridgway Signed 1951 Life Magazine Cover Photo RARE Autographed JSA COA | $105.98 | |
| Matthew Ridgway Signed 1951 Life Magazine Cover Photo RARE Autographed JSA COA | $105.98 | |
| Signed 4"x6" CUT Matthew Ridgway AUTOGRAPH Army Officer Battle of the Bulge AUTO | $48.90 | |
| Signed First Day Cover W/cachet By General Matthew Ridgway Beautiful Auto WWII | $42.00 | |
| Signed Photo By General Matthew Ridgway With Monty! Photo With Matte Is 8x10 | $75.00 | |
| WW2 Gen Matthew Ridgway 82nd WW2 Airborne 1944 Original Hand Signed Litho Photo | $150.00 | |
