Lot 8173
Reichsleiter Max Amann - an oil portrait
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
Painted on a wooden panel; artist's signature at the bottom right (illegible); Max Amann is depicted wearing a black suit and a gold Party badge (rendered in a “blurred” style); handwritten note on the reverse; painting dimensions approx. 62 x 80 cm; modern framing. Max Amann was, for a time, Adolf Hitler's superior during World War I. He was among Hitler's earliest followers. During a stay at the Obersalzberg, near the site of the later Berghof, Hitler dictated the second part of “Mein Kampf” to him. He served as Reichsleiter for the Press from June 2, 1933, to May 8, 1945, and was promoted to the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer on January 30, 1936. He was awarded the Blood Order for his participation in the “Hitler Putsch.”Condition: II Questions about the lot?