Description:

SEPP DIETRICH'S SCHNAPPS SET
JOSEF 'SEPP' DIETRICH (1892-1966) German SS General, one of Nazi Germany's most decorated soldiers. Prior to 1929 he was Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard but received rapid promotion after his participation in the Night of the Long Knives. Commanded 6th Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge. Sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the execution of American P.O.W.s during the offensive. Personalized schnapps decanter and six schnapps glasses once owned by Dietrich and obtained from his estate. The short and stout decanter, 8 1/4 in. tall and 6 in. wide, bears heavily-gilt panels on the bottom and on the fluted neck, while the body is both clear at the bottom and cross-hatched at top to give the glass a frosted appearance. The 2 1/2 in. wide stopper is almost entirely gilt, and when viewed from above, it displays an artistic German national eagle with arching wings standing atop a mobile swastika which itself is flanked by Dietrich's initials 'S D'. The decanter also bears a (worn) silver label found on all high-quality lead crystal. Six matching crystal schnapps glasses complete the set, all closely resembling the decanter. All are in fine condition. This set was in the hands of one of the most prominent German-American collector/dealers in the United States for close to thirty years after his purchase of the decanter set from the Dietrich estate, ca. 1985. It was consigned to us and sold in 2015, and now is being reoffered by the original purchaser.

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