Bidspirit auction | KARL DONITZ

KARL DONITZ - (1891 - 1980) Grand Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, creator of Germany's World War II U-boat fleet, for a few days he succeeded Adolf Hitler as German head of state. Very late and light signature on a 3.75 x 5.5 inch modern color photograph showing Karl Donitz in 1943 at the Marinehauptquartier Koralle, Berlin, with Kapitanleutnant Adalbert Schnee to his right. Double matted in a black frame, 9.75 x 11.75 inches overall, fairly light signature.