Birthday Flag Presentation Badge
at the Castle of SS Oberfuhrer Ulrich Graf
July 3-4, 1937
Ulrich Graf (July 3, 1878- March 1950) - was one of the very early members of Hitler's inner circle. He was an amateur wrestler and a butcher's apprentice, and was Hitler's personal bodyguard from 1920 to 1923. At the Bürgerbräukeller Beer Hall Putsch Ulrich Graf and Rudolph Hess cleared the way to the platform for Hitler. During the march through Munich from the beer cellar, Hitler and Ludendorff and their followers were blocked by about a hundred armed police outside the Feldhernhalle. Graf stepped forward and shouted "Don't shoot - his excellency Ludendorff is coming!" The police started shooting and fire was returned by some of Hitler's stormtroopers. When the smoke cleared fourteen Nazis and three police officers lay dead. (This number includes two Hitler supporters killed earlier at the War Ministry).
Ulrich Graf bravely shielded Adolf Hitler with his body and received several bullet wounds saving Hitler from almost certain death. In 1936 Ulrich was elected to the Reichstag. In 1937 he rose to become an Oberfuhrer in Himmler's SS. On Hitler's birthday April 20, 1943 Graf became an SS Brigadefuhrer.
A few months later on July 3, Graf's birthday, Himmler gave him a book with the inscription "Vogt Bartold: The Long Train to the East" (whatever that meant) and again personally thanked Graf for saving Hitler's life.
Graf survived the war and died in March of 1950. I am trying to find a good set of photos of Ulrich Graf throughout his career and a report of what treasures must have been in his estate. (biography info: Wikipedia)
Coburg March: Oct 14-15, 1922 (Hitler, his dog, Ulrich Graf)
at the Castle of SS Oberfuhrer Ulrich Graf
July 3-4, 1937
Stamped steel, brass plated, 35 x 45 mm, steel pin.
This tinnie was given to the guests at this flag presentation ceremony. Ulrich Graf was Hitler's first personal bodyguard and he saved his Hitler's life. Hitler never forgot Ulrich's loyal service and handsomely rewarded him with riches, titles, and power from 1923 till the end of the war.
Ulrich Graf (July 3, 1878- March 1950) - was one of the very early members of Hitler's inner circle. He was an amateur wrestler and a butcher's apprentice, and was Hitler's personal bodyguard from 1920 to 1923. At the Bürgerbräukeller Beer Hall Putsch Ulrich Graf and Rudolph Hess cleared the way to the platform for Hitler. During the march through Munich from the beer cellar, Hitler and Ludendorff and their followers were blocked by about a hundred armed police outside the Feldhernhalle. Graf stepped forward and shouted "Don't shoot - his excellency Ludendorff is coming!" The police started shooting and fire was returned by some of Hitler's stormtroopers. When the smoke cleared fourteen Nazis and three police officers lay dead. (This number includes two Hitler supporters killed earlier at the War Ministry).
Ulrich Graf bravely shielded Adolf Hitler with his body and received several bullet wounds saving Hitler from almost certain death. In 1936 Ulrich was elected to the Reichstag. In 1937 he rose to become an Oberfuhrer in Himmler's SS. On Hitler's birthday April 20, 1943 Graf became an SS Brigadefuhrer.
A few months later on July 3, Graf's birthday, Himmler gave him a book with the inscription "Vogt Bartold: The Long Train to the East" (whatever that meant) and again personally thanked Graf for saving Hitler's life.
Graf survived the war and died in March of 1950. I am trying to find a good set of photos of Ulrich Graf throughout his career and a report of what treasures must have been in his estate. (biography info: Wikipedia)
Coburg March: Oct 14-15, 1922 (Hitler, his dog, Ulrich Graf)
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