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 FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER IN GERMANY51 - THE FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER IN GERMANY
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ALEXANDER A. DRABIK (1910 - 1993) The first American soldier to cross the Rhine River into Germany. Under heavy machine-gun fire, Drabik dashed across
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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FRANCOIS DARLAN52 - FRANCOIS DARLAN
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(1881 - 1942) French naval officer, Admiral of the Fleet, and a major figure of the Vichy regime. Compelled by the American and British to comply, he
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (360.00) = 360.00
 
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JACOB DEVERS53 - JACOB DEVERS
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(1887 - 1979) American army general and commander of army forces in North Africa, also led the landings in southern France. I.S.P. 8" x 10"...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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KARL DIEBITSCH54 - KARL DIEBITSCH
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(1899 - 1985) Artist and SS soldier responsible for much of the Third Reich SS regalia, including the SS officer's dagger scabbard. Diebitsch wo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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JOSEF "SEPP" DIETRICH55 - JOSEF "SEPP" DIETRICH
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(1892 - 1966) German SS general, one of Nazi Germany's most decorated soldiers. Prior to 1929 he was Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard but re...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (480.00) = 480.00
 
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FRIEDRICH DOLLMAN56 - FRIEDRICH DOLLMAN
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(1876-1944) German general and commander of the German 7th Army at the time of the D-Day landings, with direct responsibility for the defense of the N
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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WILLIAM J. DONOVAN57 - WILLIAM J. DONOVAN
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(1883 - 1959) "Wild Bill", American brigadier general chosen by Roosevelt to head the O.S.S. (precursor to the C.I.A.). Donovan planted ov...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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KARL DONITZ58 - KARL DONITZ
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(1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide. A.L.S. in G...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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KARL DONITZ59 - KARL DONITZ
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(1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide. S.P. 4"...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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KARL DONITZ60 - KARL DONITZ
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(1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide. S.P. 5"...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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KARL DONITZ61 - KARL DONITZ
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(1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide. T.Ms.S., 13...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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JAMES H. DOOLITTLE62 - JAMES H. DOOLITTLE
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(1896 - 1993) American aviator who gained fame both as a racing pilot and as leader of the first air raid on Tokyo during World War II. Commemorative
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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CLAUDIUS M. EASLEY63 - CLAUDIUS M. EASLEY
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(1891 - 1945) American general, a commander of the 96th Infantry Division ("Deadeyes"), awarded the Legion of Merit at the close of the Le...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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FORT EBAN-EMAEL64 - FORT EBAN-EMAEL
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Supposedly impregnable Belgian fortress manned by 1200 Belgian soldiers during World War II. In 1940, it was captured by approximately 78 glider-borne
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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THEODOR EICKE65 - THEODOR EICKE
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(1892 - 1943) Infamous commander of Dachau, Eicke encouraged his concentration camp staff to live up to their death's head symbol and treat Dach...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER66 - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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(1890 - 1969) 34th President of the United States, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II and largely responsible for the su
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (420.00) = 420.00
 
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THEODORE "DUTCH" VAN KIRK67 - THEODORE "DUTCH" VAN KIRK
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(b. 1921) American Army Air Corps officer, navigator of the Enola Gay during its mission to Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Fine signed baseball, a Rawli
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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ENOLA GAY68 - ENOLA GAY
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A great composite S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, top image shows the devastation of Hiroshima after the blast on Aug. 6, 1945, while the bottom shows ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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ENOLA GAY69 - ENOLA GAY
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Good lot of five items signed by crewmembers of the Enola Gay, the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Included is: PAUL
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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ENOLA GAY70 - ENOLA GAY
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Great item signed by three members of the crew of the Enola Gay, the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Signers include
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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ENOLA GAY71 - ENOLA GAY
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Fine group lot of items signed by members of the crew of the Enola Gay, the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Signers
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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ENOLA GAY72 - ENOLA GAY
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S.P. 8" x 10" b/w showing the "mushroom" cloud above the devastated city of Hiroshima, signed by Pilot PAUL TIBBETS, navigator T...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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ENOLA GAY73 - ENOLA GAY
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S.P. 10" x 8" b/w, depicts the Enola Gay full-length on the tarmac at Tinian, signed by pilot PAUL TIBBETS, navigator THEODORE VAN KIRK an...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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PAUL TIBBETS74 - PAUL TIBBETS
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(1915 - 2008) American bomber pilot of the Enola Gay which delivered the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. His autobiography, Enola Gay
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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ALEXANDER VON FALKENHAUSEN75 - ALEXANDER VON FALKENHAUSEN
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(1878 - 1966) German infantry general awarded the Pour le Merite in World War I. Assigned the military command in Belgium and northern France 1940-44,
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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NIKOLAUS VON FALKENHORST76 - NIKOLAUS VON FALKENHORST
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(1885 - 1968) German general who planned 'Operation Weserübung', the invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940, later he became commander ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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HERMANN FEGELEIN77 - HERMANN FEGELEIN
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Fegelein seeks French horses for his mounted brigade (1906 - 1945) Nazi military leader and SS-Gruppenfuhrer, a Knight's Cross winner with Oak ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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FRITZ FESSMANN78 - FRITZ FESSMANN
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(1913 - 1944) German major, a Panzer tank officer awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded his Swords after being killed in action when a Ru
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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MARTIN FIEBIG79 - MARTIN FIEBIG
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(1891 - 1947) German general of Luftwaffe, a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Commanded KG 4 in the battle of the Netherlands, b...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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JOSEPH JACOB FOSS80 - JOSEPH JACOB FOSS
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1915-2003) American marine corps officer and the leading ace during World War II. Personally credited with 26 victories over Japanese aircraft while
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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HANS FRANK81 - HANS FRANK
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(1900 - 1946) Nazi occupational Governor of Poland partly responsible for the genocide perpetrated there. War-date T.L.S. "Frank" on his G...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (360.00) = 360.00
 
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FRITZ FREITAG82 - FRITZ FREITAG
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(1894 - 1945) Waffen-SS brigadefuhrer, commander of the "Galicia" Division, and Knights Cross recipient. Served on the Eastern Front on an...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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KURT FRICKE83 - KURT FRICKE
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(1889 - 1945) Kriegsmarine admiral and a recipient of the Knight's Cross. Named commander of the Marinegruppenkommandos Süd, killed in the ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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FRIEDRICH FROMM84 - FRIEDRICH FROMM
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(1888 - 1945) German Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army (Ersatzheer). Though he was aware that some of his subordinates - most notably, Claus
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (420.00) = 420.00
 
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WALTHER FUNK AND MAGDA GOEBBELS85 - WALTHER FUNK AND MAGDA GOEBBELS
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WALTHER FUNK(1890 - 1960) Nazi Minister of Economics who confiscated goods of imprisoned Jews to the Reichsbank via Himmler. Sentenced to life impriso
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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ADOLF GALLAND86 - ADOLF GALLAND
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(1911 - 1994) German fighter ace of World War II and general of fighters. S.P. 21" x 16", a print of an excellent portrait of Galland in f...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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MAURICE GAMELIN87 - MAURICE GAMELIN
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(1872 - 1958) French general, chief-of-staff of the army and president of the Supreme War Council, botched the defense of France during World War II a
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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JOHN GARAND88 - JOHN GARAND
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(1888 - 1974) American designer of firearms best known for creating the first successful semi-automatic rifle to be widely used in active military ser
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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JAMES M. GAVIN89 - JAMES M. GAVIN
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(1907 - 1990) American general and commander of the 82nd Airborne at Normandy and in the Battle of the Bulge. Good content T.L.S. on his corporate let
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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GEORGE H. GAY90 - GEORGE H. GAY
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(1917 - 1994) Navy pilot, who operated from the USS Hornet at Midway. Of the 30 VT-8 aircrew from Hornet that participated in that battle, Ensign Gay
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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REINHARD GEHLEN91 - REINHARD GEHLEN
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(1902 - 1979) German general, served as chief of intelligence-gathering on the Eastern Front. Gehlen was heavily involved in the July 20 plot, but was
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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HERBERT-OTTO GILLE92 - HERBERT-OTTO GILLE
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(1897 - 1966) Germany SS tank commander who headed the "Viking" Division, made up of thousands of European volunteers, during the Russian ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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HENRI GIRAUD93 - HENRI GIRAUD
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(1879 - 1949) French general who was captured in both World Wars, but escaped both times. He negotiated with Eisenhower the surrender of Vichy forces
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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JOSEPH GOEBBELS94 - JOSEPH GOEBBELS
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(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 : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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GORDON GOLLUB95 - GORDON GOLLUB
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(1912 - 1987) German Luftwaffe ace, rose to the position of General der Jagdflieger, one of only 27 to receive the Knight's Cross with Oak Leave...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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HERMANN GORING96 - HERMANN GORING
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(1893 - 1946) German politician who began his career as an ace in World War I, rose to become Hitler's right-hand man and head of the Luftwaffe,...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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HERMANN GORING97 - HERMANN GORING
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(1893 - 1946) German politician who began his career as an ace in World War I, rose to become Hitler's right-hand man and head of the Luftwaffe,...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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LEONID GOVOROV98 - LEONID GOVOROV
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(1897 - 1957) Marshal of the Soviet Union, commanded an army during the battle of Moscow, commanded the Leningrad Front from April 1942 to the end of
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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ERNST-ROBERT GRAWITZ99 - ERNST-ROBERT GRAWITZ
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(1899 - 1945) Reichsphysician SS and police official, Grawitz advised Heinrich Himmler on the use of gas chambers and carried out brutal medical exper
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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MINORU GENDA100 - MINORU GENDA
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He planned the attack on Pearl Harbor (1904 - 1989) Japanese military aviator and politician, best known for planning the Pearl Harbor attack. He rec
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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