373 Reichsleiter Martin Bormann Summer Uniform
Reichsleiter Martin Bormann Summer Uniform. Marked to inside upper liner with tailor’s label LODENFREY, MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG with crest.
Inside pocket features RZM label and tailor’s label marked LODENFREY. MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG and named to REICHSL. BORMANN and dated 29. 4. 39.
Superbly tailored white summer uniform shows light wear/age and yellowing to fabric with brown spotting to front. Exterior features correctly sewn insignia with Reichsleiter collar tabs, “Blood Order” ribbon to left upper pocket button hole and Reichsleiter swastika armband. Insignia shows light wear/age with no damage or mothing. Interior lining shows wear/age but, no rips or tears.
The Reichsleiter collar tabs in a particularly fine dual design of gilded metal or cellophane threads on a red cloth backing.
Includes extensive notarized documentation from the US Soldier, Robert G. Eiland assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division who “liberated” the uniform from Hitler’s home (Berghof) in Berchtesgaden.
Lot includes self published 125 page book describing Robert Eiland’s experiences during WWII with the 3rd Division. Included are detailed descriptions of his hunt for “War Booty” and the “liberation” of the Bormann jacket. Back pages feature pictures of veteran with captured jacket.
Martin Bormann (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a prominent official during the Third Reich and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. He gained immense power within the Third Reich by using his position as Adolf Hitler’s private secretary to control the flow of information and access to Hitler.
Bormann joined a paramilitary Freikorps organisation in 1922 while working as manager of a large estate. Bormann joined the Nazi Party in 1927 and the SS in 1937. He initially worked in the party’s insurance service, and transferred in July 1933 to the office of Deputy Rudolf Hess, where he served as chief of staff.
Bormann used his position to create an extensive bureaucracy and involve himself as much as possible in the decision making. He gained acceptance into Hitler’s inner circle, and accompanied him everywhere, providing briefings and summaries of events and requests. He began acting as Hitler’s personal secretary in 1935, a post to which he was officially appointed in 1943. After Hess’ solo flight to Britain on 10 May 1941 to seek peace negotiations with the British government, Bormann assumed Hess’ former duties, with the title of Head of the Parteikanzlei. He had final approval over civil service appointments, reviewed and approved legislation, and by 1943 had de facto control over all domestic matters.
Bormann returned with Hitler to the Führerbunker in Berlin on 16 January 1945 as the Red Army approached the city. After Hitler committed suicide, Bormann and others attempted to flee Berlin on 2 May to avoid capture by the Soviets. Bormann probably committed suicide on a bridge near Lehrter Station. The body was buried nearby on 8 May 1945, but was not found and confirmed as genuine until 1972. Bormann was tried in absentia by the International Military Tribunal in the Nuremberg trials of 1945 and 1946. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging.
Magnificent and highly important uniform of one of the most interesting personalities of the 3rd Reich and a highly desirable museum quality collectible.
The uniform offered here is illustrated and described in the profound standard work by Jeff Clark: Uniforms of the NSDAP, Atglen PA, USA, , 2007, p. 102.
Marked to inside upper liner with tailor’s label LODENFREY, MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG with crest. Inside pocket features RZM label and tailor’s label marked LODENFREY. MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG and named to REICHSL. BORMANN and dated 29. 4. 39. Superbly tailored white summer uniform shows light wear/age and yellowing to fabric with brown spotting to front. Exterior features correctly sewn insignia with Reichsleiter collar tabs, “Blood Order” ribbon to left upper pocket button hole and Reichsleiter swastika armband. Insignia shows light wear/age with NO damage or mothing. Interior lining shows wear/age but, NO rips or tears.Includes extensive notarized documentation from the US Soldier, Robert G. Eiland assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division who “liberated” the uniforms from Hitler’s home in Berchtesgaden. Lot includes self published 125 page book describing Robert Eiland’s experiences during WWII with the 3rd Division. Included are detailed descriptions of his hunt for “War Booty” and the “liberation” of the Bormann jacket. Back pages feature pictures of veteran with captured jacket. Martin Bormann (17 June 1900 - 2 May 1945) was a prominent official during the Third Reich and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. He gained immense power within the Third Reich by using his position as Adolf Hitler’s private secretary to control the flow of informa-tion and access to Hitler.Reichsleiter Martin Bormann323
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