4th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 454 lots has ended on 24th May 2015. 84% of all lots sold

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Generalleutnant Menzel - Drawing dedicated to Menzel

Generalleutnant Menzel - Drawing dedicated to Menzel

LOT 5-010
SOLD
Auction ended        24th May 2015  |  06:09 pm CEST
RESULT
230,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 17,5 %

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Description
The uniform grouping belonging to Generalleutnant Kurt Menzel came straight out of the Menzel estate in March 2015. It has never been in a collector´s hands and never available on the market before.
 
Kurt Menzel was born in Marktheidenfeld Bavaria on 12.6.1888. He volunteered for the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment on 1.10.1907 and was promoted to an Unteroffizier and officer´s candidate just one year later. He served in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment during WW1 and joined Freikorps Hierl after the war. 
 
Menzel became commander of I./28.Flak-Regiment in 1936, commander of 9.Flak-Regiment "Legion Condor" in 1938 and commander of 5.Flak Division in 1941, just to list a few examples of his remarkable career. was promoted to Generalleutnant on 1.11.1942 and retired on 30.11.1942 after seven months service as Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe. Menzel was recalled on 7.8.1944 and placed at the disposal of the Luftwaffe until the end of the war. He acted as Luftschutz (Air Defense) liaison to the Reichsgruppe of industry in the West (August 1944 - May 1945). 
He was captured by US troops on 5.5.1945 and released 4 months later. He died on 30.12.1969 in Munich.
 
Third Reich period time watercolor presented to Generalleutnant Kurt Menzel. It was stored inside the large case along with his uniforms.
 
"Unser neuer Gefechtsturm! Nach einem "Ruf" von Menzel!"
 
Signed by the artist. 
 
Reverse: Dedicated to Menzel:
"Herrn Generalmajor Menzel gehorsamst gewidmet von der Flakgruppe Mannheim"
 
7.8.1941. Signed by Oberst Adolf Wolf, commander of Flak-Regiment 49.
 
A period time attached tag with Menzel´s address in Nürnberg as well as "Eigentum (property): Generalmajor Menzel (pencil).
 
Period time framed. Nice condition 2. Size: 35cm + 45cm. Uncleaned.
 
Please see last picture for a photo of Menzel in his older days.

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