Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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THE PRE-WAR ARCHIVES OF JOSEPH GOEBBELS1 - THE PRE-WAR ARCHIVES OF JOSEPH GOEBBELS
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1897-1945) Nazi Minister of Propaganda with Hitler from the earliest days, a master of manipulation of the masses who took his life and those of his
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Estimate : 200,000.00 - 300,000.00
Sold to floor for (140,000.00) = 140,000.00
 
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THE PERSONAL ARCHIVES OF "THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN EUROPE", OTTO SKORZENY2 - THE PERSONAL ARCHIVES OF "THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN EUROPE", OTTO SKORZENY
Alexander Historical Auctions
The only surviving archives of Hitler's top commando, Otto Skorzeny - thousands of pages of letters, files, and documents, and 65 reels of film ...
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
Sold to floor for (22,000.00) = 22,000.00
 
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PERSONAL FILMS OF OTTO SKORZENY, FROM HIS ESTATE3 - PERSONAL FILMS OF OTTO SKORZENY, FROM HIS ESTATE
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An important lot of 64 reels of color film (plus one roll of 35mm. film exposed to light), all but one roll being 8mm. or "Super" 8mm. fil...
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
Sold to floor for (20,000.00) = 20,000.00
 
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ADOLF HITLER4 - ADOLF HITLER
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Hitler promotes ten Knight's Cross awardees (1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his milit...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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ADOLF HITLER5 - ADOLF HITLER
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A signed photograph given to a UPI journalist (1889 - 1945) Dictator of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his mili...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00) = 3,000.00
 
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ALEXANDER POKRYSHKIN6 - ALEXANDER POKRYSHKIN
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(1913 - 1985) Russian World War II ace, a three-time hero, and one of the first to fly a MiG-9.Unusual typed D.S. 4pp. 4to., Sept. 22, 1965, in Cyrill
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00) = 3,000.00
 
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TERRY ALLEN7 - TERRY ALLEN
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(1888 - 1969) American general, commanded the First Infantry Division in North Africa and Sicily, 1942-43, later selected to lead the 104th Infantry D
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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EDWARD M. ALMOND8 - EDWARD M. ALMOND
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(1892 - 1979) Army Chief of Staff during World War II, commanded the 92nd Infantry Division, made almost exclusively of African-American soldiers. I.S
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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DOUGLAS BADER9 - DOUGLAS BADER
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(1910 - 1982) RAF ace credited with 20 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged. Capt
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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PIETRO BADOGLIO10 - PIETRO BADOGLIO
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(1871 - 1956) Italian soldier and politician, a member of the Fascist Party and commander of Italian troops under Mussolini in the Second Italo-Abyssi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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PIETRO BADOGLIO11 - PIETRO BADOGLIO
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(1871 - 1956) Italian field marshal who conspired with King Victor Emmanuel to depose Mussolini, succeeded Mussolini as Premier and surrendered Italia
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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COLIN M. BARBER12 - COLIN M. BARBER
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(1897 - 1964) British General who commanded the 15th (Scottish) Division in northwest Europe which had the distinction to lead the three great river c
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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PAVEL BATOV13 - PAVEL BATOV
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(1897 - 1985) Red Army general, held major commands during the battle for Crimea and for the Kerch Peninsula. Batov's forces were particularly c...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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HANS BAUER14 - HANS BAUER
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German Luftwaffe pilot, private pilot to Adolf Hitler. S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, a bust portrait in uniform, signed in old age. Fine. Estimate...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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HANS BAUER15 - HANS BAUER
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(1887-1993) German Luftwaffe pilot, private pilot to Adolf Hitler. His volume Mit Machtigen zwischen Himmel unde Erde("With Powerful Beetween H...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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HANS BAUR16 - HANS BAUR
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(1897-1993) SS Gruppenfuhrer and Hitler's personal pilot. Fine signed book, his volume Mit Machtigen zwischen Himmel und Erde ("With Powerf...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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LUDWIG BECK17 - LUDWIG BECK
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(1880 - 1945) Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, resigned in 1938 in protest of Hitler's decision to take Czechoslovakia. Beck joine...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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LUDWIG BECK18 - LUDWIG BECK
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(1880 - 1945) Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, resigned in 1938 in protest of Hitler's decision to take Czechoslovakia. Beck joine...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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THOMAS M. BLAMEY19 - THOMAS M. BLAMEY
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"...the Americans made very many friends in Australia (18814 - 1951) Australian field marshal, the only Australian to ever achieve that rank. ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to a*******y for (120.00 + 27.00BP) = 147.00
 
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KARL BOCK20 - KARL BOCK
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(1899 - 1943) SS-Brigadefuhrer, Fuhrer des SS-Abschnitts XX, Knights Cross awardee. D.S. 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d.], Bock's "Fuhrer Fragebogen&...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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WERNER VON BLOMBERG21 - WERNER VON BLOMBERG
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(1878 - 1946) Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the German Armies early in Hitler's regime, resigned following accusations that he ha...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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WERNER VON BLOMBERG22 - WERNER VON BLOMBERG
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(1878 - 1946) Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the German Armies early in Hitler's regime, resigned following accusations that he ha...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (460.00) = 460.00
 
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JOHN GLUBB23 - JOHN GLUBB
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(1897 - 1986) "Glubb Pasha", English general whose Arab Legion attacked Syria and Iraq, and later fought and took the Israeli West Bank an...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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GUNTHER BLUMENTRITT24 - GUNTHER BLUMENTRITT
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(1892 - 1967) German general, instrumental in planning the German invasion of Poland and France, participated in Operation Barbarossa, and afterward b
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to a*******y for (120.00 + 27.00BP) = 147.00
 
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TADEUS BOR-KOMOROWSKI25 - TADEUS BOR-KOMOROWSKI
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1895 - 1966) Polish military leader who organized and ordered the Warsaw Uprising. It commenced on August 1, 1944, and the insurgents of the AK seize
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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MARTIN BORMANN26 - MARTIN BORMANN
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1900 - 1945?) Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery and private secretary to Adolf Hitler, by the end of World War II Bormann had become second only to
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to a*******y for (600.00 + 135.00BP) = 735.00
 
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MARTIN BORMANN27 - MARTIN BORMANN
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1900 - 1945?) Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery and private secretary to Adolf Hitler, by the end of World War II Bormann had become second only to
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (340.00) = 340.00
 
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MARTIN BORMANN28 - MARTIN BORMANN
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1900 - 1945?) Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery and private secretary to Adolf Hitler, by the end of World War II Bormann had become second only to
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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OMAR B. BRADLEY29 - OMAR B. BRADLEY
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1893-1981) American general of World War II who commanded the largest ground force ever led by one man. He was later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Fi
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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HEINRICH VON BRAUCHITSCH30 - HEINRICH VON BRAUCHITSCH
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1881 - 1948) German Commander in Chief of the Wermacht from 1938 to 1941 when Hitler personally assumed the post. Partly-printed war-date D.S., 1p. f
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (360.00) = 360.00
 
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WALTHER VON BRAUCHITSCH31 - WALTHER VON BRAUCHITSCH
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(1881 - 1948) German field marshal and commander in chief who formally led the campaigns against Greece, France, Poland and the USSR. War-date T.L.S.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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WALTHER VON BRAUCHITSCH32 - WALTHER VON BRAUCHITSCH
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(1881 - 1948) German field marshal and commander in chief who formally led the campaigns against Greece, France, Poland and the USSR. S.P. 3 1/2&quo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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ERNST BUSCH33 - ERNST BUSCH
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(1885 - 1945) German field marshal, served under List during the invasion of Poland and the following year led the German 16th Army during the Western
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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SEMION M. BUDENNY34 - SEMION M. BUDENNY
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1883 - 1973) Soviet field marshal and Commander in Chief of the Southwestern Front. An inept leader, Budenny allowed Von Rundstedt's army to di...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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WILHELM BURGDORF35 - WILHELM BURGDORF
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1895 - 1945) German general and Hitler's Chief Adjutant, escorted Rommel when the latter was forced to commit suicide, and sat on the tribunal ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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ARLEIGH BURKE36 - ARLEIGH BURKE
Alexander Historical Auctions
"In the Solomons campaign in World War II Admiral Halsey dubbed me '31 Knot' Burke. In battle that is a good speed to operate..." ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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ERNST BUSCH37 - ERNST BUSCH
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(1885 - 1945) German field marshal, served under List during the invasion of Poland and the following year led the German 16th Army during the Western
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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WILHELM CANARIS38 - WILHELM CANARIS
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(1887-1945) German admiral and head of the German intelligence agency Abwehr. T.L.S. "Canaris" in indelible pencil on Reichskriegsminister...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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WILHELM CANARIS39 - WILHELM CANARIS
Alexander Historical Auctions
Canaris and Himmler feel out Austrian political sentiment (1887 - 1945) German admiral and head of the German intelligence agency Abwehr. Implicated
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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CHARLES D. W. CANHAM40 - CHARLES D. W. CANHAM
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1901 - 1963) American general, his 116th Infantry was chosen as the first to land at Omaha beach on D-Day. Shortly after hitting the beach, Canham wa
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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CLIFTON B. CATES41 - CLIFTON B. CATES
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1893 - 1970) 19th Commandant of the Marine Corps, led the 1st Marine Reg. at Guadalcanal, then took command of the 4th Marine Div. in the Marianas op
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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THOMAS E. CHANDLER42 - THOMAS E. CHANDLER
Alexander Historical Auctions
Killed in action leading his men (1894 - 1945) American rear admiral, commanded battleship and cruiser divisions in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fle
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (360.00) = 360.00
 
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CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT43 - CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1890 - 1958) American Army aviator who established the volunteer-staffed Flying Tigers to fight the Japanese invasion of China. He has also been (uno
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (440.00) = 440.00
 
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DIETRICH VON CHOLTITZ44 - DIETRICH VON CHOLTITZ
Alexander Historical Auctions
The man who refused to destroy Paris (1894 - 1966) German military governor of Paris during the closing days of the Occupation of that city during Wo
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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VASILY I. CHUIKOV45 - VASILY I. CHUIKOV
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(1900 - 1982) Russian general who was an essential planner and director of the battle of Stalingrad, his forces headed the spearhead to Berlin, where
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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VASILY I. CHUIKOV46 - VASILY I. CHUIKOV
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1900 - 1982) Russian general who was an essential planner and director of the battle of Stalingrad, his forces headed the spearhead to Berlin, where
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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"CICERO"47 - "CICERO"
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ELYESA BAZNA "Cicero" (1904-1970) German spy of Turkish origin, information that he leaked is believed to have been potentially among the ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (340.00) = 340.00
 
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GEN. MARK CLARK AND "COMMANDO KELLY"48 - GEN. MARK CLARK AND "COMMANDO KELLY"
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MARK CLARK (1896 - 1984) American Army general, commanded the landings at Salerno and Anzio against the forces of Kesselring. S.P., 8" x 10&quo...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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JOSEPH JAMES "JOCKO" CLARKE49 - JOSEPH JAMES "JOCKO" CLARKE
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(1893 - 1971) American admiral and carrier commander, the first Native American to graduate from the Naval Academy. Clark commanded Task Force 58 in t
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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HARRY CRERAR50 - HARRY CRERAR
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1888 - 1965) Canadian general and the country's leading field commander in World War II. He commanded the I Canadian Corps in England and then ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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