HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. D.S., A Hitler, one page, 4to, Berchtesgaden, 10th July 1937, in German. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, appoints the District Court Director Paul Lindau to be a District Court President in the Imperial Service and continues to state ´I make this appointment in the expectation that the appointee will faithfully fulfil the fine duties of his office and justify the trust placed in him by his appointment. At the same time, I assure him of my special protection´. Signed by Hitler at the conclusion and countersigned at the foot by Franz Gurtner (1881-1941) German lawyer who served as Reich Minister of Justice 1932-41. With a blind embossed circular seal featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. With blank integral leaf. Two file holes to the left margin, not affecting the text or signatures. VG
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HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. D.S., A Hitler, one page, 4to, Berchtesgaden, 10th July 1937, in German. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, appoints the District Court Director Paul Lindau to be a District Court President in the Imperial Service and continues to state ´I make this appointment in the expectation that the appointee will faithfully fulfil the fine duties of his office and justify the trust placed in him by his appointment. At the same time, I assure him of my special protection´. Signed by Hitler at the conclusion and countersigned at the foot by Franz Gurtner (1881-1941) German lawyer who served as Reich Minister of Justice 1932-41. With a blind embossed circular seal featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. With blank integral leaf. Two file holes to the left margin, not affecting the text or signatures. VG
Auction: Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents, 26th Jun, 2024