Auction 234
Scarce and Interesting Autograph Auction TV Film Sport WW2 Music Military
By Chaucer Auctions
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Jan 3, 2024
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 352:
WW2 German SS A letter signed by Herbert Kappler (1907 1978) dated 19th July 1971, sent from Gaeta Prison in Italy ...
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Sold for: £44
Price including buyer’s premium:
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54.10
Start price:
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34
Estimated price :
£34 - £38
Buyer's Premium: 22.95%
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WW2 German SS A letter signed by Herbert Kappler (1907 1978) dated 19th July 1971, sent from Gaeta Prison in Italy and addressed to Fraulein Pinnhammer with a personal message to her from Kappler written in German (untranslated). The letter measures approx 22cm x 14cm and is in very good condition (see photographs). Herbert Kappler was the German Head of Police and Security Services (Oberbefehlshaber des Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst) in Rome during World War II He was a convicted war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre of 24th March 1944. Kappler was tried by an Italian military tribunal in 1948 and sentenced to life imprisonment at a fortress prison in Gaeta, on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast between of Naples and Rome, eventually escaping to West Germany with the assistance of his second wife in August 1977, six months before he died. The letter is in very good condition (see photographs). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
