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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ROBERT RITTER VON GREIM101 - ROBERT RITTER VON GREIM
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1892 - 1945) German Field Marshal and last head of the Luftwaffe, a Knights Cross winner involved in the invasion of Poland, the Battle for Norway, t
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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ROBERT RITTER VON GREIM102 - ROBERT RITTER VON GREIM
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(1892 - 1945) German Field Marshal and last head of the Luftwaffe, a Knights Cross winner involved in the invasion of Poland, the Battle for Norway, t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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JAKOB GRIMMINGER103 - JAKOB GRIMMINGER
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(1892 - 1969) SS officer famous for carrying the Blutfahne, the blood-stained flag from the "Beer Hall Putsch" in which Grimminger had als...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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WOLFGANG VON GRONAU104 - WOLFGANG VON GRONAU
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(1893 - 1977) German aviator and military officer, a co-pilot and member of the crew of the first plane to circomnavigate the earth flying west to eas
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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LESLIE R. GROVES105 - LESLIE R. GROVES
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(1896 - 1970) American general who, with Robert Oppenheimer, headed the Manhattan Project in the development of the first atomic bomb. S.P. 5 3/4&qu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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HEINZ GUDERIAN106 - HEINZ GUDERIAN
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(d. 1953) German general and Hitler's Army Chief of Staff, the inventor of the "blitzkrieg" who commanded panzers in the Poland and Fr...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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HEINZ GUDERIAN107 - HEINZ GUDERIAN
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(d. 1953) German general and Hitler's Army Chief of Staff, the inventor of the "blitzkrieg" who commanded panzers in the Poland and Fr...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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HANS "ASSI" HAHN108 - HANS "ASSI" HAHN
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(1914 - 1982) German Luftwaffe ace of World War II with 108 victories in some 560 missions, awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves before being cap
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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FRANZ HALDER109 - FRANZ HALDER
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(1884 -1972) One-time German chief of staff until transferred to the reserves by Hitler due to policy disputes. Suspected of plotting against Hitler...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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ARTHUR T. HARRIS110 - ARTHUR T. HARRIS
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(1892 - 1984) "Bomber Harris", British Air Marshall and head of the RAF Bomber Command in which capacity he oversaw the first 1,000-bomber...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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FERDINAND HEIM111 - FERDINAND HEIM
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(1895 - 1977) Commander of the 14th Panzer Div. at Kharkov and Rostov, later commanded the 48th Panzer Corps at Stalingrad where he was unjustly blame
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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GOTTHARD HEINRICI112 - GOTTHARD HEINRICI
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(1886 - 1971) German general awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, fought throughout the war, in France, during Barbarossa, and at Smo
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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THE MAN WHO LED WORLD WAR II'S "FALSE START"114 - THE MAN WHO LED WORLD WAR II'S "FALSE START"
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He invaded Poland…a week early! HANS-ALBRECHT HERZNER (1907-1942) German Abwehr officer who led a commando raid into Poland one week before the actua
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (420.00) = 420.00
 
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KONSTANTIN HIERL115 - KONSTANTIN HIERL
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(1875 - 1955) Nazi head of the German Labor Service, promoted the compulsory use of girls and women for production. Tried and convicted at Nuremberg.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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RICHARD HILDEBRANDT116 - RICHARD HILDEBRANDT
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(1897 - 1952) SS-Obergruppenführer and chief of the SS Office of Race and Resettlement. As a war criminal he was found guilty of kidnapping of ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (380.00) = 380.00
 
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HEINRICH HIMMLER117 - HEINRICH HIMMLER
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(1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination cam...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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HEINRICH HIMMLER118 - HEINRICH HIMMLER
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination cam...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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HEINRICH HIMMLER119 - HEINRICH HIMMLER
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination cam...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (380.00) = 380.00
 
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HEINRICH HIMMLER120 - HEINRICH HIMMLER
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(1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination cam...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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HEINRICH HIMMLER121 - HEINRICH HIMMLER
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination cam...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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HEINRICH HIMMLER AND KARL WOLFF123 - HEINRICH HIMMLER AND KARL WOLFF
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Himmler and Wolff open a secretive bank account HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and r...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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PAUL VON HINDENBURG AND WERNER VON BLOMBERG124 - PAUL VON HINDENBURG AND WERNER VON BLOMBERG
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PAUL VON HINDENBURG (1847 - 1934) German general and politician, crushed the Russians at Tannenburg and in Poland, forced to yield the Chancellor...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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PAUL VON HINDENBURG AND WILHELM FRICK125 - PAUL VON HINDENBURG AND WILHELM FRICK
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PAUL VON HINDENBURG (1847 - 1934) German general and politician, crushed the Russians at Tannenburg and in Poland, forced to yield the Chancellor...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (360.00) = 360.00
 
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(ADOLF HITLER)126 - (ADOLF HITLER)
Alexander Historical Auctions
Hitler's personal correspondence card, 7 1/2" x 5", Berlin, December, 1939, bears a printed greeting: "Greetings for Christmas an...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (340.00) = 340.00
 
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LESLIE HORE-BELISHA127 - LESLIE HORE-BELISHA
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(1893 - 1957) British Seacretary of State for War, dismissed from office for what some claimed was interference in military affairs, others contend it
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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HERMANN HOTH128 - HERMANN HOTH
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(1891 - 1971) German panzer general who drove his forces through France to the Channel, headed Panzer Group 3 in Barbarossa and later besieged Staling
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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JOHN HOWARD129 - JOHN HOWARD
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(1912 - 1999) British Army officer who led a glider-borne assault on two bridges between Bénouville and Ranville in Normandy, one of which beca...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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HANS HUBE130 - HANS HUBE
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(1890 - 1944) "The Man", Nazi one-armed Panzer general who fought in Poland and the Ukraine, flown out of Stalingrad at the last minute to...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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EDMUND IRONSIDE131 - EDMUND IRONSIDE
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(1882 - 1971) British Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial General Staff upon the outbreak of war, 1939. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Norwich, Nov. 30, 1957. In
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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DAVID IRVING132 - DAVID IRVING
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(b. 1938) British writer, author of 30 books on Nazi Germany including The Destruction of Dresden, Hitler's War, and Churchill's War, accuse...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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ALFRED JODL133 - ALFRED JODL
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(1890 - 1946) Hitler's Chief of Operations who signed the act of military surrender, tried at Nuremburg for war crimes and executed. Perfect sig...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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ALPHONSE JUIN134 - ALPHONSE JUIN
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(1888 - 1967) French marshal, commanded the French Expeditionary Corps in the US Fifth Army. Juin made the plan to break the Gustav line; took the Bel
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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JOSEF KAMMHUBER135 - JOSEF KAMMHUBER
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(1896 - 1986) German general, developed the defensive "Kammhuber Line" for the air defense of Germany. S.P. 4" x 5 1/2" b/w, a c...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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SIEGFRIED KASCHE136 - SIEGFRIED KASCHE
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(1903 - 1947) Ambassador of the Third Reich to Croatia during World War II, tried for "complicity in deportations and murders" by a Yugosl...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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WILHELM KEITEL137 - WILHELM KEITEL
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1882 - 1946) German field marshal and army chief of staff under Adolph Hitler, convicted of war crimes and executed at Nuremburg. Rare S.P. 3 1/2&q...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST138 - PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1881 - 1954) German military officer, the top Panzer commander in the German Army and superior to Guderian and Hoth, invaded France and later the Ukr
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST139 - PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1881 - 1954) German military officer, the top Panzer commander in the German Army and superior to Guderian and Hoth, invaded France and later the Ukr
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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ERICH KEMPKE140 - ERICH KEMPKE
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(1910 - 1975) Hitler's personal chauffeur from 1934 to 1945. Following the suicides of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, Kempke delivered 200 liters o...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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GEORGE C. KENNEY141 - GEORGE C. KENNEY
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1889 - 1977) Army Air Forces general during World War II, best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area. Fine ty
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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ALBERT KESSELRING142 - ALBERT KESSELRING
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremburg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health. Fine S.P., 4"...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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ALBERT KESSELRING143 - ALBERT KESSELRING
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(1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremburg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health. A.L.S. on the verso
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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ERNEST J. KING144 - ERNEST J. KING
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(1878 - 1956) American admiral, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet and chief of naval operations (1942-45). War-date A.N.S. at the bottom of a s
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (1.00) = 1.00
 
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HEINRICH KIRCHHEIM145 - HEINRICH KIRCHHEIM
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(1882 - 1973) German general, fought with distinction in the invasion of France and in the defense of Tobruk. War-date S.P. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST146 - PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1881 - 1954) German military officer, the top Panzer commander in the German Army and superior to Guderian and Hoth, invaded France and later the Ukr
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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FRANZ KLEFFNER147 - FRANZ KLEFFNER
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(1907 - 1945) Lieutenant Colonel in the Waffen-SS, awarded the Knight's Cross. Kleffner took over the command of his motorcycle battalion at Bja...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (420.00) = 420.00
 
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PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST148 - PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1881 - 1954) German military officer, the top Panzer commander in the German Army and superior to Guderian and Hoth, invaded France and later the Ukr
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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FRITZ KLINGENBERG149 - FRITZ KLINGENBERG
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(1912 - 1945) German SS officer and Knights Cross with Swords winner, he captured Belgrade with only a dozen men, killed in action near Herxheim. S.P.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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GUENTHER HANS VON KLUGE150 - GUENTHER HANS VON KLUGE
Alexander Historical Auctions
A D-Day damage report signed eight days before his suicide (1882 - 1944) "Cunning Hans", Nazi general who led a field army in Poland, Bel...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (340.00) = 340.00
 
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FRANK K. KNOX SIGNED SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FLAG151 - FRANK K. KNOX SIGNED SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FLAG
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FRANK K. KNOX (1874 - 1944) Secretary of the Navy in Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet, staunch Republican and political reformer. A neat World Wa...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN152 - WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN
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(1879 - 1948) Leading automotive industry executive, commissioned a Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army, the only civilian ever to join the Army at su
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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