October 2013 Auction Ends Tuesday, October 29th, 5pm Pacific
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Document signed "Af Hitler" as Fuhrer and Chancellor, datelined Berlin, 17 March 1938. With large 3" blind stamped seal depicting the German Eagle atop a swastika. In German, document translates in part, "Attached are the lists 190, 191, 192, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201 / In the Name of the German Reich. I am awarding to the 25 foreign nationals specified in the attached list the Order of the German Eagle…" Also included in lot is a photocopy of a 7 March 1938 document signed by Hitler awarding the Eagle to "Herrn Prescott Bush," who appears to have received the "honor" with other Americans including Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and IBM President Thomas J. Watson; lot also includes a replica of the German Eagle. Single page document measures 8.25" x 11.5". Two file holes in blank left margin and paper clip indentation at upper right. Light soiling and small tear in creased upper portion. Penciled notation in German on two lines in lower blank area, not in Hitler's hand. Three folds. Very good condition.
Adolf Hitler Signed 1938 Document, Awarding the German Eagle to Non-Germans -- Lot Also Includes Copy of Order Awarding the Eagle to Prescott Bush, Father and Grandfather of U.S. Presidents
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