AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Dec 3, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 1204:
VON FRIEDEBURG HANS-GEORG: (1895-1945) German Admiral of World War II, the deputy commander of the U-boat forces of ...
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Sold for: €180
Start price:
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200
Estimated price :
€200 - €300
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
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VON FRIEDEBURG HANS-GEORG: (1895-1945) German Admiral of World War II, the deputy commander of the U-boat forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. Von Friedeburg was the only representative of the armed forces to be present at the signing of the German instruments of surrender in Luneburg Heath on 4th May 1945, in Reims on 7th May and in Berlin on 8th May 1945. Conclusion of a T.L.S., v. Friedeburg, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c. October 1934), to an unidentified individual, in German. Von Friedeburg's final paragraph of the letter states, in full, 'In answer to your letter of 16.10.34, the Reich Minister for Defence has given permission for you to receive herewith his latest photograph, taken at the Party Rally in Nuremberg, with his manuscript signature'. VG In October 1934 Werner von Blomberg (1878-1946) was serving as Reich Minister of Defence, a post he held from 1933-35 before becoming Minister of War (1935-38).
