183 Silberner Geschenk - Fotorahmen Adolf Hitlers an Joachim von Ribbentrop

 Large portrait photo by Heinrich Hoffmann, Munich: Chest portrait of Adolf Hitler in a civilian suit. With handwritten dedication in black ink and original signature:

" Mr Ambassador von Ribbentrop / with best Christmas wishes / Adolf Hitler / Berlin Dec. 1935".

In the original, official gift silver frame, hand-hammered, with three-stepped profile edge and applied national eagle with the initials "A H", framed by a meander band.

The upper edge with hallmark "FHW" from the jewellers Franz and Hermann Wandinger, Munich. Hallmark "925", crown and crescent moon.

The silver frame completely undamaged, with beautiful patina.

Brown saffiano leather with stand on the reverse.

Measures 34.5 x 24 cm.

Extraordinarily important gift frame, as it was given by Hitler to the highest dignitaries from the state and party, but also to foreign state guests, the highest representatives of the Wehrmacht and occasionally to prominent personalities from the worlds of art and culture.

According to Prof Gerdy Troost's archive, only 100 of these valuable gift frames were produced.

Very fine original copy. From the possession of the later Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, it is extremely rare and a museum exhibit on the history of one of the most famous personalities of the Third Reich.

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