Lot 1049
Hitler and the SS-Division "Das Reich", Document Signed, 21 Dec 1940, on gold-embossed personal letterhead, Order signed just a day prior to the surprise attack on Russia known as Operation Barbarossa, renaming the Second SS Panzer Division as the SS-Division "Das Reich"; SS General Paul Hausser, "father" of the Waffen SS (with the nickname "Papa" Hausser) and commander of the SS-Division "Das Reich", Autograph Letter Signed, 14 May 1959 from Ludwigsburg (not translated) and a 1944 cover from Germany via Airfeldpost to a staff member of "Das Reich" division in S. Russia, forwarded to France by surface mail.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
"Das Reich" division is one of the finest, the best known and most researched of all of the 38 divisions fielded by the Waffen SS in World War II.
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