11th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 625 lots has ended on 1st May 2016. 83% of all lots sold

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Grouping Knight's Cross recipient Major Spiegel

Grouping Knight's Cross recipient Major Spiegel

LOT 15-383
SOLD
Auction ended        1st May 2016  |  08:30 pm CEST
RESULT
195,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 17,5 %

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LOT 15-383
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Description
Small grouping to Knight's Cross recipient Major Edmund Spiegel, commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment 544. Killed in action on 11.8.1944, three days after being award the Knight's Cross.
 
- Original death with period time retouched Knight's Cross (no photo has existed due to his sudden death.
- Original card of appreciate given to people who expressed condolences
- Original "Gefachtsbericht" from 1940
- Original printed photo used for his death card on cardboard paper
- Two original 1944 dated copies of letters of condolence to his widow sent from Oberst Martin and Generalleutnant Hahm
- Various original newspapers notices on Major Spiegel
 
- Newspaper death notice of his widow from 2006
- Replica photos
- Copy of Knight's Cross and German Cross certificate
- Full copy of his Soldbuch
 

Condition
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