OLBRICHT FRIEDRICH: ...

OLBRICHT FRIEDRICH: (1888-1944) German General of World War II, Knight’s Cross winner. Olbricht was one of the plotters involved in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Executed by firing squad. D.S., Olbricht, two pages (seemingly incomplete), 4to, Berlin, 28^th February 1944, in German. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a recommendation for the award of the German Cross in Silver to Generalleutnant Hans Schirmer, head of the ‘General z.b.V IV’, the narrative stating, in part, ‘The construction and further development of the army patrol service and the support system in the home war zone, in all occupied areas and in the states allied and friendly with Germany is his main achievement. With foresight, he proposed all the measures at an early stage and carried them out despite considerable personal and material difficulties that were necessary to maintain the discipline of the Wehrmacht members…….Schirmer’s ideas are focused on maintaining discipline in the armies…..They have proven their worth in times of particular danger. The truck kitchen groups were built at his suggestion. They have proved to be a strong foundation in the army support departments for maintaining male discipline at focal points immediately behind the front’. Three file holes to the lefty edge, and a few small tears and minor areas of paper loss to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, G