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CHARLES EDUARD DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG AUTOGRAPH, Double signed photo, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Viktoria Adelheid, 1930, signed in green ink, very nice photo, and rare…..
harles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (baptized Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, German: Leopold Carl Eduard Georg Albert; 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954), was the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918, and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954.
Charles Edward formally joined the Nazi Party in March 1933 and that same year became a member of the SA (Brownshirts), rising to the rank of Obergruppenführer by 1936. He also served as a member of the Reichstag representing the Nazi Party from 1936–45 and as president of the German Red Cross from December 1933–45. When he took over this position, the German Red Cross had already been gleichgeschaltet by the Nazis (i.e. was controlled by them).Very Interesting man and historical item