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ERWIN J. ROMMEL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD
ERWIN J. ROMMEL
(1891 - 1944) German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defended Normandy and ultimately was forced to commit suicide due to his implication in the Hitler bomb plot. Fine association war-date T.L.S. on his Der Oberfehlshaber Panzerarmee Afrika" letterhead, 1p. 4to., "In the field", Jan. 2, 1943 to Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. Rommel warmly thanks Goebbels for his Christmas greetings, presents and New Years sentiments, extends his own best wishes, and concludes: "...hoping that the new year will bring us forward to great victory...". Boldly signed in indelible pencil. File holes at left, else fine condition. After defeat at El Alamein and a skillful withdrawal to Tunesia the previous Fall, Rommel would soon inflict a sharp defeat on the American forces at the Kasserine Pass, in February.