Lot 8106
Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler – three large-format official portraits, plus one Hoffmann photograph.
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
"Reichsminister Goering": early photograph (possibly pre-1933) of Goering in civilian clothes, seated at a desk; dimensions 28 x 18 cm. "Minister Goering": early photograph of Goering in DLV uniform, wearing the Pour le Mérite, Iron Cross 1st Class (EK I), Imperial Pilot's Badge, Order of the Iron Crescent, and the breast star of the Georgian Order of St. Tamara; dimensions 27 x 17.5 cm. "Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler und Ministerpräsident Göring": Hitler in Party uniform (wearing EK I and Wound Badge) and Goering in NSFK uniform (wearing Pour le Mérite and numerous other decorations) seated side-by-side; dimensions 28 x 18 cm. Also included is a Hoffmann photograph showing Goering—in the uniform of a Generalfeldmarschall—congratulating Hitler on his 50th birthday in 1939, in the presence of Luftwaffe adjutant Nicolaus von Below; officers are carrying the gift; Hoffmann stamp on the reverse; dimensions 12.5 x 17 cm. Photographs of this size are exceptionally rare.Provenance: From the estate of his half-brother, Prof. Dr. Heinrich Göring. Cf. Hermann Historica, 73rd Auction, Lots 8088 to 8099.
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