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RARE General FM Erwin von Witzleben, ink signed by the Generalfeldmarschall and a photo card of him, very nice set.
Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944) was a German officer, by 1940 in the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (General Field Marshal), and army commander in the Second World War. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot,he was designated to become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht in a post-Nazi regime had the plot succeeded.
VERY HISTORICAL WWII ITEM
German general whose forces broke the Maginot Line forcing the surrender of three French division. A major plotter in the July 20, 1944 bomb attempt on Hitler”s life, von Witzleben was to take over supreme command of the whole Wehrmacht as the highest ranking German soldier. Following his arrest, von Witzleben was among the first to be tried. In an attempt to humiliate him, he was made to appear before the court wearing trousers that were several sizes too big and, additionally, being denied a belt or suspenders, he was obliged to continually hitch up his trousers in court to prevent them from falling down. Partly-printed D.S. as commanding general of the III Army Corps, Berlin, Nov. 29, 1935, the promotion of Ferdinand Reiser to the rank of sergeant,has a Fold, otherwise fine, with a Hoffmann postcard photo of the general.