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HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL
(1897-1978) Commander of the 5th Panzer Army which spearheaded the ill-fated Ardennes offensive of January 1945. After vainly requesting more help from a vacillating Hitler, he spoke despairingly of "a corporal's war". Later served as a delegate to the Bundestag (1953-7). T.L.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Diessen, Oct. 13, 1965 to a collector saying that he only sends autographs to those he personally knows as he has learned that some people in the U.S. were selling his signed items. Pencil notes at top left, else fine.

Estimate: $100 - 150.

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