Bidspirit auction | Oskar Niedermayer, Autograph on his

Oskar Niedermayer, Autograph on his book: Unter der Glutsonne Irans, illustr.,1st ed., 1925, in German - Oskar Niedermayer, Autograph on his book: Unter der Glutsonne Irans, illustr.,1st ed., 1925, in German Unter der Glutsonne Irans. Kriegserlebnisse der deutschen Expedition nach Persien und Afganistan. Mit vielen Bildern und einer Kartenskizze. Autograph /dedication on title page and frontispiece of the author; 3 other inscriptions on front endpapers Uhlenhors-Verlag Curt Brenner, Hamburg, 1925, 318 pp. b/w Illustr. an folding litho map Hard cloth cover with gold lettering and decoration, size: 22.5 x 16 cm. Condition: cover worn, rubbed, stained; spine damaged to top, ca. 10 mm; foxing and soiling stains to endpapers; some foxing inside. Weight: 755 gr. Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer (8 November 1885 – 25 September 1948) was a German General, professor and a German spy. Sometimes referred to as the German Lawrence (just like Wilhelm Wassmuss), Niedermayer is remembered for having led the 1915–1916 Persian and Indo-German-Turkish mission to Afghanistan and Persia during World War I in an endeavor to incite the Emir Habibullah Khan to attack British India, as a part of the Persian and Hindu German Conspiracy as an adjunct to the German War effort. Between the World Wars, Niedermayer was associated with the Universities of Munich and Berlin.