Lot 1037
Hermann Göring (1893-1946), World War I ace pilot and winner of the Pour le Mérite (the "Blue Max"), second in command of the Third Reich and creator and commander of the Luftwaffe.
Two pages including a fieldpost card written by Göring to his brother Karl in 1915; an Iron Cross 2nd grade (Göring was awarded the Grand Cross); two picture postcards featuring heroic portraits of Göring; and a cover addressed to him.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
At the Nuremburg Trials Goering was sentenced to be hanged, but two hours before his scheduled execution he committed suicide.
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