Lot 9074

Description

Large-sized decorative certificate with calligraphic text and golden eagle shield, in a leather-bound, gold-embossed presentation folder for the Karlspreis of the City of Aachen from the year 1961, in a protective slipcase. Documents for the Greek Order of George I dated 24.03.54 and for the golden medal of the City of Athens in March 54. Certificate for the grand cross of the Brazilian National Order Cross of the South dated 14.07.54. Certificate with statutes for the grand cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon dated 29.01.55. Honorary certificate of the City of Istanbul dated 1.06.55. Certificate for the grand cross of the Belgian Order of the Crown dated 22.09.56. Certificate with covering letter for the grand cross of the Cuban Order Carlos Manuel de Céspedes dated 6.02.57. Honorary certificate of the National Press Club in Washington D.C. dated 11.04.62. Certificate for the grand cross of the Order of African Liberation of the Republic of Upper Volta dated 5.08.63, for the grand cross of the National Order of the Republic of Upper Volta dated 5.08.63, for the grand cross of the Merit Order of the Republic of Central Africa dated 23.03.63, for the grand cross of the National Order of the Republic of Niger dated 29.11.66, for the grand cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion dated 17.07.67 and for the grand cross of the Bolivian Order “Condor of the Andes.” Certificate with gold-embossed leather folder for the Robert-Schumann-Preis 1969. Large-sized leather folder in a slipcase with the decorative certificate of appointment as Honorary Citizen of the City of Brussels as President of the European Economic Community dated 2.12.71. Certificate of recognition for merits in the service of the Europa-Union dated 17.11.71. Folder with appointment as Doctor of Law h.c. of Adelphi College in Garden City, New York, with programme booklet and doctoral cap dated 13.06.1962. Two Buddha pictures with official copies of scenes from a large Buddha mural of the Golden Hall in the Horyuji Temple, verso stamped by a Japanese gallery. A folder with photos, cards and newspaper clippings from the 1950s/60s. A further folder predominantly with photos from Brussels. An album commemorating the state visit to the USA on 9./24.06.59. Several large-sized photos from the EWG Ball 1965 in Brussels. Walter Peter Hallstein (1901–1982): Dr. Jur. 1950, negotiations on West Germany's accession to UNESCO, leader of the West German delegation at the Paris Conference for the founding of the European Community for Coal and Steel (ECSC), State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery. Eponym of the Hallstein Doctrine, which stated that the establishment of diplomatic relations with the GDR by third states was to be regarded as an “unfriendly act” towards the Federal Republic of Germany, with the aim of isolating the GDR in terms of foreign policy and economics. 1951–58 as Adenauer's personal confidant, State Secretary in the Foreign Office, and subsequently until 1967 the first Chairman of the Commission of the European Economic Community, a predecessor of the EU. In 1957 instrumental in the EWG Treaty. In 1958 President of the first Commission of the newly established EWG. 1968–74 Chairman of the International European Movement, 1969–72 member of the German Bundestag. Prof. Dr. W. Hallstein is often referred to as “the first European” or “Mister Europe”; much of his work represents milestones in the history and politics of the young Federal Republic of Germany and Europe respectively.

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