Auction 85 Part 1
Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 1
By Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Contact auction house
Oct 28, 2020
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915, United States
Terms of sale
View demo
Nearly 1,600 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
The auction has ended
|
LOT 329:
RUDOLF SCHMIDT
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $200
Start price:
$
100
Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 30%
More details
|
RUDOLF SCHMIDT
(1886 - 1957) Wehrmacht general who commanded the 2nd Panzer Army on the Eastern Front. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Rare partly-printed D.S., 4pp. 4to., Berlin, May 31, 1934, his questionnaire for the 'Law on the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service', one of the first anti-Semitic laws to be passed in the Third Reich. Implemented in 1933, two months after Hitler's rise to power, the law forced 'non-Aryan' and Communist civil servants to retire, invalidating them from serving as soldiers, teachers, professors, judges, or other government positions. Schmidt, retained in the Reichswehr after serving in World War I, provides this questionnaire to show his eligibility for civil service. He adds his title 'Oberst', indicates he has fought in World War I, and provides a record of his Aryan descendants. Schmidt signs his name in full on the fourth page in black ink. Paper clip indent on first page, paper clip stain on last page, each non-intrusive. Very good condition.
