MAX SCHMELING - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 54736
Sale Price $175.00
Reg. $220.00
MAX SCHMELING
Black and white photograph of Max Schmeling in the ring with Joe
Louis.
Photograph signed: "Max Schmeling". B/w, 10x8. This photograph depicts
Max Schmeling (1905-2005) in the ring with Joe Louis. Schmeling became World
Heavyweight Champion in 1930, when he defeated Jack Sharkey for the title
vacated by Gene Tunney in 1928. In 1932, Sharkey won the title in a 15-round
decision over Schmeling. At Yankee Stadium in 1936, Schmeling scored a
twelfth round knockout of the previously undefeated Joe Louis. In a closely
followed rematch at Yankee Stadium in 1938, Louis knocked out Schmeling in the
first round. Despite Nazi efforts to promote him as a symbol of Aryan
supremacy, Schmeling refused Hitler's personal request to join the Nazi party
and secretly protected German Jews at great risk to himself. A Coca Cola
executive after World War II, Schmeling became a close friend of Joe Louis
and served as a pallbearer at Louis' funeral (1981). Minor white spotting in
ink of signature. Slightly nicked at upper corners. Overall, fine
condition.
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