Auction 88
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, Feb. 8 & 9, 2021
Feb 8, 2021
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 79:
ERWIN ROMMEL
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Sold for: $650
Start price:
$
340
Estimated price:
$700 - $900
Auction house commission: 30%
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ERWIN ROMMEL
(1891 - 1944) German field marshall whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defended Normandy and ultimately was forced to commit suicide due to his implication in the Hitler bomb plot. War-date D.S. as 'Generaloberst und Oberbefelhshaber fer Panzerarmee Afrika', 2pp. 4to., [North Africa], May 8 [n.y., likely 1941], a list of 16 men from 'Nachschub-Kol.-Abt (mot) 902)' to be awarded the War Merit Cross Second Class, with Swords. File holes in one blank margin, other fine with Rommel's signature in dark pencil, as was his custom.
