General Erwin Rommel Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL
Born: November 15, 1891
Died: October 14, 1944
Died: October 14, 1944
Rommel (1891-1944) won the Iron Cross as a young German officer in WWI. Remaining in the army after the war, Rommel became an influential instructor, whose book on infantry tactics (1937) was admired by Hitler. As a division commander, Rommel played a key role in the conquest of France in 1940. Thereafter, he was assigned to lead the newly formed Afrika Korps, where his daring attacks earned his enduring nickname "the Desert Fox." Defeated by British General Montgomery at el-Alamein in late 1942 and driven from Africa by combined Allied forces the following year, Rommel was put in charge of defending occupied France against an expected Allied invasion in 1944. Implicated in plots against Adolf Hitler - he favored Hitler's removal from power but not his assassination - Rommel was confronted with evidence of his complicity and offered a choice between suicide (with a state funeral, immunity for his family and his involvement covered up) or being placed on trial for treason. He committed suicide by taking poison on October 14, 1944.
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GENERAL ERWIN "THE DESERT FOX" ROMMEL - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/06/1942 - HFSID 254878Special Sale PriceERWIN ROMMEL. Typed DS: "Rommel" in German in indelible pencil, 1p, 8x10¼. Not translated. Gef.-St., 1942 January 6. Rommel, as General and Commander of the Panzer (Tank) Army Afrik, awards 24-year-old Karl Benz the Distinguished Service Cross 2nd Class with Swords. read more...Sale Price $1,800.00
$2,400.00
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Typed document, signed by Rommel and dated Feb. 17, 1939, when he was commander of the War Academy at Wiener-Neustadt in Austria, outlining activities for "the Day of the Armed Forces". This document was typed less than a month before the invasion of Czechoslovakia and six months before Rommell was promoted to general. read more...Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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ERWIN ROMMEL. Typed DS: "Rommel" in German in indelible pencil, 1p, 8x10¼. In German, partially translated. Armee-Gef.-St., 1942 May 1. On verso: "Commander of the Panzer (Tank) Army Afrika/Award List No. 29/for the/Award of the War Distinguished Service Cross/2nd Class/with Swords read more...Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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ERWIN ROMMEL. Typed DS: "Rommel" in indelible pencil, 1p with cover sheet, 8¼x11¾. Panzergruppe Afrika, Headquarters, 1941 October 8. In German, not translated. Authorizing the awarding of the Distinguished Service Cross 2nd Class with swords to Otto Trumpp. read more...Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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ERWIN ROMMEL A week before Pearl Harbor, "the Desert Fox" requests the Iron Cross 2nd Class for Kurt Eitel. Typewritten DS: "Rommel" in indelible pencil, 1p, 8x11. In German, translated. Upper left: "Panzer Division Africa IIa". Upper right: "Application: Africa" read more...Sale Price $1,275.00
$1,500.00
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ERWIN ROMMEL While his forces counterattack the British 22nd Armored Brigade, he issues awards to his soldiers. Typed DS: "Rommel" in German in indelible pencil, 1p, 8¼x11½, front and verso (North Africa), 1941 December 29. Not signed in ink because the hot African sun would fade ink. read more...Sale Price $1,912.50
$2,250.00
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ERWIN ROMMEL. TLS: "Rommel" as Major, in pencil, 1p, 8¼x7½. Dresden, 1933 April 3. In German with full English translation. To publishers Mittler & Sons, Berlin. read more...Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
