17th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 1218 lots has ended on 9th July 2017. 88% of all lots sold

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SS-Brigadeführer Max Henze document grouping

SS-Brigadeführer Max Henze document grouping

LOT 24-1132
SOLD
Auction ended        9th July 2017  |  08:50 pm CEST
RESULT
1.920,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 17,5 %

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Description
Important document grouping to SS-Brigadeführer Max Henze containing rare original signatures of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Wilhelm Frick, and Wilhelm Keitel.
 
Henze was an early NSDAP (80.481) and SS member (SS-Nr. 1.167) and was a member of the German Reichstag from 1933 - 1945. Henze served as head (Polizeipräsident) of Danzig police in 1940 and was handed over to Polish authorities in 1945. He was sentenced to death in 1949.
 
Certificate to the War Merit Cross 2nd Class issued on 1.9.1941. Original ink signature of Generalfeldmarschall Keitel. Issued to SS-Brigadeführer Max Henze serving as "Polizeipräsident in Danzig". Never folded. Excellent.
 
Certificate for the Luftschutz Honor Badge 2nd Glass. 4.8.1941 issued. Issued to Henze as "örtlicher Luftschutzleiter in Danzig-Oliva". Never folded. Original signature ink of Meissner. Excellent.
 
Certificate promoting "SS-Brigadeführer Max Henze" to the "stellvertretenden Polizeipräsidenten im preussischen Landesdienst". 8.1.1937 issued. Original ink signature of Reichsminister des Inneren Wilhelm Frick.
Never folded. Excellent.
 
Rare 11.4.1938 issued certificate promoting Henze a "Beamter auf Lebenszeit". Original ink signature of Heinrich Himmler. Embossed printed national eagle with swastika. 
Never folded. Excellent.
 
September 1937 issued certificate promoting SS-Brigadeführer Max Henze to "Polizeipräsident in Kassel".
Original ink signature of both Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring. Extremely rare.
Embossed printed national eagle.
 
August 1938 dated letter of recommendation written by Mayor of Berlin Dr. Julius Lippert. Not folded. Two holes. Very nice.
 
 

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