{"product_id":"autograph-15982953726333","title":"German Politicians Autograph Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutograph album with affixed cards (mostly), vintage photographs, and typed letters signed, in various sizes - album: about 7,5 x 9,5 inch, with about 29 signatures of German politicians - including signatures of Theodor Heuss and Konrad Adenauer (portrait photographs), Eugen Gerstenmaier, Richard von Weizsaecker, Hermann Ehlers, Gerhard Schroeder, Jakob Kaiser, Fritz Schaeffer, Anton Storch, Franz Bluecher, Franz-Josef Wuermeling, Ludwig Erhard, Hermann Schaefer, Hans-Christoph Seebohm, Siegfried Balke, Waldemar Kraft, Robert Tillmanns, Carlo Schmid, Erich Ollenhauer, Josef Ertl, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Franz Josef Strauss, Heinrich Hellwege, Rainer Barzel and Viktor-Emanuel Preusker, obtained by Walter Baier*, partly with mild signs of wear - overall in fine to very fine condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* This autograph collection was assembled by Walter Bailer in Bonn between 1953 and 1955, with later additions. The collection documents the formative years of the Federal Republic of Germany and includes autographs and signed material by leading figures of post-war German politics. The accompanying typed inventory identifies the group as Bailer's \"Erste Handschriften-Sammlung 1953 bis 1955\". Bailer explains that he began the collection after joining the Bundesdruckerei in Bonn, then the federal capital, and that it comprised the first Federal Cabinet, including the first Federal President and the first Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA historically appealing post-war German political collection with strong names and attractive provenance from a contemporary collector close to the Bonn government environment. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"default","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58487817601405,"sku":"8017673","price":500.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/1272\/9237\/files\/8017673.jpg?v=1785928635","url":"https:\/\/brandesautographs.com\/products\/autograph-15982953726333","provider":"Brandes Autographs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}