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COMMANDERS OF THE GERMAN AFRIKA CORPS DOCUMENTS

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COMMANDERS OF THE GERMAN AFRIKA CORPS DOCUMENTS
<b>386. COMMANDERS OF THE GERMAN AFRIKA CORPS </b>A rare grouping of four documents, each signed by a commander of Hitler's vaunted Afrika Corps. Included are: <b>ERWIN ROMMEL </b>(1891-1944)<b> </b>German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, ultimately was forced to commit suicide due to his implication in the Hitler bomb plot. War-date D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [North Africa], Feb. 12, 1942 awarding three men the War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords; Col. Gen. <b>ALFRED GAUSE</b>, Rommel's Afrika Corps Panzer Army Chief of Staff, S.P. 4" x 6" b/w showing Gause in uniform, signed on verso and adding a three-line listing of his commands; Gen. <b>LUDWIG CRUEWELL</b>, German general who took over the command of the Afrika Korps when Rommel assumed command of Panzer Group Africa, D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [Headquarters], Feb. 22, 1942, an award list for the War Merit Cross, 2nd Class, signed as commander of the Afrika Corps, and; Col. Gen. <b>HANS-JUERGEN VON ARNIM</b>, German officer who succeeded Rommel as commander of Group Afrika, D.S. 1p. 8vo., Oct. 10, 1941 awarding a soldier an Iron Cross. A rare and difficult-to-assemble collection, in very good condition. <b>$1,000-1,500</b>