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ADOLF HITLER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
ADOLF HITLER
Hitler promotes ten Knight's Cross awardees

(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached. Fine content D.S. as Furher, 3pp. 4to., "Fuhrerhauptquartier" Feb. 28, 1942 in which he promotes nineteen generals, an unusually large number, including ten Knight's Cross winners. Countersigned by WILHELM KEITEL (1882 - 1946), the promotions include Otto Fretter-Pico, Lieutenant General (Knight's Cross, 1942); Philipp Kleffel, Infantry General (Knight's Cross, 1942); Maximillian de Angelis, Artillery General, (Knight's Cross, 1942, with Oak Leaves, 1943); Siegfried Thomaschki, Major General (Knight's Cross, 1942, with Oak Leaves, 1943); Richard Muller, Lieutenant General and here promoted to Major General (Knight's Cross,1943); Werner Forst, Lieutenant General and here promoted to Major General (Knight's Cross, 1943); Heinrich Eberbach, Major General (Knight's Cross, 1943, with oak leaves 1944); Wilhelm Wetzel) Infantry General, (Knight's Cross, 1942); Kurt von der Chevallierie, Infantry General, (Knight's Cross, 1941, with oak leaves 1943); Ernst-Eberhard Hell, Artillery General, (Knight's Cross, 1943, with oak leaves 1942). Overall very fine condition.

Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000.

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