GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH

GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH
(1870-1950) Director of the German Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941. He and his son Alfried would lead the company through two world wars, producing almost everything for the German war machine from U-boats, battleships, howitzers, trains, railway guns, machine guns, cars, tanks, and much more. Krupp produced the Tiger I tank, Big Bertha, and the Paris Gun. Rare and important partly-printed D.S., Krupp’s 'Reisepass' or passport, 36pp. 12mo., issued Feb. 15, 1926 in Essen. The passport includes Krupp’s portrait photograph tied to the page with two Prussian police stamps, situated just above his large, sprawling signature. As expected, the passport contains several dozen visa stamps documenting the industrialist’s international travels. They include visits to Egypt, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, and Turkey…almost all of whom became customers for Krupp products. The reisepasse is sold with a signed copy of ‘The Arms of Krupp’ by WILLIAM MANCHESTER (1922-2004), (Boston: Little, Brown & Co.), 1968. 942pp. 8vo. In black cloth with lightly worn dust jacket, signed and dated 1983 on the title page. A 1955 Krupp brochure is also included. The book and reisepass are presented in a custom presentation one-quarter leather clambox case with a special section protecting the reisepass.