Description:

Lot of eight signed pieces by various German military leaders, all of whom served in World War I, includes: KARL VON LEWINSKI (Generalmajor, Commander of the 211th Infantry Division), ARNOLD LEQUIS (Generalmajor, Commander of the 12th Infantry Division, awarded the Mérite in 1917; form letter printed on a correspondence card, sending thanks for the congratulatory message on his 80th birthday, with a holograph line of text and signature at the conclusion, 1941), GEORG VON DER MARWITZ (General der Kavallierie who commanded several German armies on both the Eastern and Western Fronts; vintage signed postcard photograph, to the verso, 1917), WALTER FREIHERR VON SCHLEINITZ (Generalleutnant, Commander of the 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers, 1918; A.L.S. in answer to a request for his signature, 'I must....mention that I am not numbered among the most celebrated military commanders', 8th December 1917), LUDWIG FREIHERR VON WILLISEN (Major with the 14th Army), FRIEDRICH FREIHERR KRESS VON KRESSENSTEIN (General posted to the military mission in Turkey in 1914 who conceived and promoted the attack on the Suez Canal that opened hostilities on the Palestine Front in 1915) and FREIDRICH VON SCHOLTZ (2; General of the Artillery. Commander of the 20th Corps and the 8th Army on the Eastern Front and later Commander of the Army Group Scholtz on the Macedonian Front, awarded the Mérite in 1917). Some light age wear, generally very good.

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May 1, 2019 10:00 AM EDT
Elkton, MD, US

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