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Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler

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Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Chilling vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9 head-and-shoulders portrait, signed circa 1924 in fountain pen, “Adolf Hitler.” Scattered creases to image and background, tear to left edge repaired on reverse, a bit of scattered silvering, missing lower right corner tip, and mounting remnants to reverse, otherwise very good condition.

In the boldest act of his political career to that point, Hitler had been one of the prime leaders of the Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923, and event that led to his arrest on treason and subsequent sentence of five years in prison. It was during his detention that Hitler codified his beliefs and philosophies into Mein Kampf.

Released after six months, he became a popular hero. With the Nazi Party and its associated newspapers banned by the government and Hitler forbidden from making public speeches, the dictator used images such as this one to build his public image. Signed photos from this momentous period of Hitler’s life, not to mention those with the seldom-seen fully legible form of his signature, are particularly elusive.