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Reich's Plenipotentiary W. Best grouping - "Gestapo Müller" signed

Reich's Plenipotentiary W. Best grouping - "Gestapo Müller" signed

LOT 46-1365
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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
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LOT 46-1365
EAN 2000000450636
LOT 46-1365
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
EAN 2000000450636
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
LOT 46-1365
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000450636
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

Grouping to SS-Obergruppenführer and Reich's Plenipotentiary in Denmark Werner Best (1903-1989).

Werner Best was a high-ranking leader of the NSDAP and SS. He joined the SS in 1931 and was the "organizer" and personnel chief of the Gestapo. From 1934 until 1940 deputy of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich in the leadership of the SD. During WWII he served until 1942 as an officer in the German military occupation administration of France. Then he became Reich's Plenipotentiary in Denmark "Reichsbevollmächtigter in Dänemark". His SS number was 23.377.

Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund Honor Badge (German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation). Gilt. Enameled center. Width: 9 mm. Rare!

"Generaloberst von Seeckt - Landesverteidigung". Original hand-signed by Werner Best. 93 pages. A period time book.

"Beamtentum und Nationalsozialismus". The first page comes with a personal handwritten dedication by Heinrich Müller (1900-1945), SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei as well as Director of the Gestapo. He was known as "Gestapo Müller". Dated "July 1935". Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords winner. A very rare autograph!

"Von der SdP zur NSDAP". Published in 1939. Roughly 100-120 pages.

"Der Verkehrsunfall". Published in 1938. 231 pages.

"Heimat- und Fahrenlieder" song booklet. Published in 1926. 32 pages.


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