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ROMMEL, Gen. ERWIN (1885-1944). Photograph postcard signed ("Rommel"), by P.K.-Aufnahme Kriegsberichter Valtingojer (imprint on verso), n.p., n.d. [circa 1943]. 140 x 91 mm. (5½ x 3 9/16 in.), including margins. A portrait of "The Desert Fox" in uniform, signed in pencil on the lower portion of the image. Rare.
"The brilliant commander of the Afrika Korps, victor at Tobruk. A key figure in the attempted assassination of Hitler in July 1944, he was forced to take his own life. Rommel signed in pencil because in the desert winds ink evaporated too quickly"--W.M.
"The brilliant commander of the Afrika Korps, victor at Tobruk. A key figure in the attempted assassination of Hitler in July 1944, he was forced to take his own life. Rommel signed in pencil because in the desert winds ink evaporated too quickly"--W.M.