Award Signed From Hitler ?

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Hello friends

I'd like to share with you this Documents lot I recently found.

In the first award I assume the Hitler signature is printed but in the second award (last 3 posts) I think the signature could have chances to be an original handwritten Hitler's signature.

Thanks in advance for all welcome opinions about

All my bests, Francesco

[Jeremy]

yes, 1 printed Hitler and others look hand-signed from the images presented.
What year is the Blomberg signed doc?
Jeremy

[Il_brillante]

yes, 1 printed Hitler and others look hand-signed from the images presented.
What year is the Blomberg signed doc?
Jeremy

Hello Jeremy

Thanks for your reply and opinion. The document with probably original hand written hitler’s signature and Blomberg signature is from January 1935

[Br. James]

I agree with Jeremy's analysis: the first document from 1938 includes a printed signature from Hitler and an original hand-written signature from GFM Walther von Brauchitsch, from whose office this appointment came, while the second document from 1935 includes original hand-signed signatures of Hitler and GFM Werner von Blomberg as endorsing official -- and the presence of the little "x" in pencil, added by the officer who prepared the document for Blomberg's endorsement, is a wonderful, and quite human, artifact!

You will notice that the design of the Seal of State, which was used to emboss such documents, had changed during the years. These documents were sealed and filed by the Office of the Chief of the Reich President -- Dr. Otto Meißner -- and the Seal in use when Hitler became Chancellor was that of the Weimar Republic, which continued to be used for official purposes until as late as early in 1936, when the Seal was changed to eliminate the Weimar Eagle and to include the Third Reich Eagle. While the first document (1935) bears the Seal in use at that time, the Seal had changed by the time of the second document in 1938. And part of the reason for the evolved use of a printed signature for Hitler had to do with the combining of the functions of the Chancellor and the President into one person...who was often unavailable for the amount of signing required.

This set is a fine artifact, given that the two documents reflect the career of the same person. Congrats!

Br. James

[Il_brillante]

Thank you my friend BR. James for your always perfect, patience and detailed opinion. All my regards

Francesco! ☺️