Lot 1030
Sports, Max Schmeling, Sports were heavily promoted by Third Reich propagandists.
Included in this lot is a signed photo of boxer Max Schmeling, who supplied an unexpected bit of propaganda when he knocked out Joe Louis in 1935 and a typed letter signed by Schmeling, 7 April 1935, offering thanks for congratulations on his 10 March defeat of Steve Hamas; also a card picturing Reichssportsfuhrer and German Olympic Committee President, Tschammer von Osten, and a 1938 postmark publicizing an England-Germany soccer match.
Estimate 300 - 400
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| Realized $325 |
