This is a specially produced bookplate with an original pencil drawing with white highlights by Steve Teasdale. It features a portrait of Polish Battle of Britain fighter pilot Stanislaw Skalski of 501 Sqn.  The genuine signature of Skalski is professionally mounted underneath the drawing.  This bookplate will fit most books on the Battle of Britain.
Stanisław Skalski, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (27 November 1915 – 12 November 2004) was a Polish aviator and fighter ace who served with the Polish Air Force and British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace of the war and chronologically the first Allied fighter ace of the war, credited with 18 11/12 victories and two probable. Some sources, including Skalski himself, give a number of 22 11/12 victories.