Auction Catalogue

25 February 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 351

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25 February 1999

Hammer Price:
£70

Adolf Hitler, cast bronze plaque, 135mm x 93mm, bust of Hitler with German inscription and swastika below, signed ‘MH’, the reverse signed F. Vogel, W. Barmen, with additional inscription and integral hook for wall hanging, good condition £50-60

The obverse inscription loosely translates: ‘The requirement for action is the will and the courage to be truthful’; reverse: ‘First plaque, worked from life studies, and passed as very good by the Führer and the government. Officially produced by the ordnance factories.’