An Evening Dress Uniform for Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop
An Evening Dress Uniform for Foreign Minister Joachim von RibbentropTailored, black, very fine tricot wool tuxedo-style jacket, short waist with silk lapels, French cuffs, front panels with six decorative silver pebbled buttons in two rows of three and two buttons attached by chain to secure front panels. Collar and cuffs with silver-aluminum twist piping. Red wool armband with black ribbed rayon tape borders and silver-aluminum piping, hand-applied with single stitch. Extremely rare Reichsführer SS/Hauptamtchef/Amtchef cuff title of silver-aluminum tresse band with black thread borders, hand-applied. Collar tabs with three oak leaves hand-embroidered in silver-aluminum, black velvet backing with silver-aluminum piping, hand-applied. Shoulder boards of three interwoven twist silver-aluminum cords, middle cord twist in opposite direction from outer cords on black wool backing, sewn into shoulder seam and retained with silver pebbled button attached to threaded screw post. Aluminum Totenkopf breast badge, red cloth behind eyes, tailored into jacket and secured with attachment nuts prior to lining addition. Right sleeve with Honor Chevron of silver-aluminum tresse with two inner black stripes, hand-applied. Loops on breast pocket for five awards, loops above pocket for small ribbon bar. Lined in black silk, Holters tailor label at neck, single inside pocket with Holters name tag "von Ribbentrop" and dated "April 38". Black tricot vest with two slit pockets, back panel in black silk, rear waist adjustment straps and buckle, Holters name tag on reverse of strap with name "von Ribbentrop" and dated "April 38", lined in white artificial silk, five-button front, silver-finish buttons with SS runes at centre surrounded by oak leaf wreath. White waffle-pattern vest with two slit pockets, back panel in smooth white cotton cloth, rear waist adjustment straps and buckle, lined in white cotton, five-button front, silver-finish buttons with SS runes at centre surrounded by oakleaf wreath. Long pants of fine black wool, outer seams piped in white and bordered with double stripes of white/silver-aluminum tape. Five button hidden fly, slit side pockets, lined in black artificial silk, Holters name tag on reverse of inside pocket with name "von Ribbentrop" and dated "April 38".Provenance: Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945.Ribbentrop first came to Adolf Hitler's notice as a well-travelled businessman with more knowledge of the outside world than most senior Nazis and as a perceived authority on foreign affairs. He offered his house to Schloss Fuschl for the secret meetings in January 1933 that resulted in Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany. He became a close confidant of Hitler, to the disgust of some party members, who thought him superficial and lacking in talent. He was appointed ambassador to the Court of St James's, the royal court of the United Kingdom, in 1936 and then Foreign Minister of Germany in February 1938.Before World War II, he played a key role in brokering the Pact of Steel (an alliance with Fascist Italy) and the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (the Nazi–Soviet non-aggression pact). He favoured retaining good relations with the Soviets, and opposed the invasion of the Soviet Union. In late 1941, due to American aid to Britain and the increasingly frequent "incidents" in the North Atlantic between U-boats and American warships guarding convoys to Britain, Ribbentrop worked for the failure of the Japanese-American talks in Washington and for Japan to attack the United States.[2] He did his utmost to support a declaration of war on the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor.[3] From 1941 onwards, Ribbentrop's influence declined.Arrested in June 1945, Ribbentrop was convicted and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials for his role in starting World War II in Europe and enabling the Holocaust. On 16 October 1946, he became the first of the Nuremberg defendants to be executed by hanging.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II
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An Evening Dress Uniform for Foreign Minister Joachim von RibbentropTailored, black, very fine tricot wool tuxedo-style jacket, short waist with silk lapels, French cuffs, front panels with six decorative silver pebbled buttons in two rows of three and two buttons attached by chain to secure front panels. Collar and cuffs with silver-aluminum twist piping. Red wool armband with black ribbed rayon tape borders and silver-aluminum piping, hand-applied with single stitch. Extremely rare Reichsführer SS/Hauptamtchef/Amtchef cuff title of silver-aluminum tresse band with black thread borders, hand-applied. Collar tabs with three oak leaves hand-embroidered in silver-aluminum, black velvet backing with silver-aluminum piping, hand-applied. Shoulder boards of three interwoven twist silver-aluminum cords, middle cord twist in opposite direction from outer cords on black wool backing, sewn into shoulder seam and retained with silver pebbled button attached to threaded screw post. Aluminum Totenkopf breast badge, red cloth behind eyes, tailored into jacket and secured with attachment nuts prior to lining addition. Right sleeve with Honor Chevron of silver-aluminum tresse with two inner black stripes, hand-applied. Loops on breast pocket for five awards, loops above pocket for small ribbon bar. Lined in black silk, Holters tailor label at neck, single inside pocket with Holters name tag "von Ribbentrop" and dated "April 38". Black tricot vest with two slit pockets, back panel in black silk, rear waist adjustment straps and buckle, Holters name tag on reverse of strap with name "von Ribbentrop" and dated "April 38", lined in white artificial silk, five-button front, silver-finish buttons with SS runes at centre surrounded by oak leaf wreath. White waffle-pattern vest with two slit pockets, back panel in smooth white cotton cloth, rear waist adjustment straps and buckle, lined in white cotton, five-button front, silver-finish buttons with SS runes at centre surrounded by oakleaf wreath. Long pants of fine black wool, outer seams piped in white and bordered with double stripes of white/silver-aluminum tape. Five button hidden fly, slit side pockets, lined in black artificial silk, Holters name tag on reverse of inside pocket with name "von Ribbentrop" and dated "April 38".Provenance: Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945.Ribbentrop first came to Adolf Hitler's notice as a well-travelled businessman with more knowledge of the outside world than most senior Nazis and as a perceived authority on foreign affairs. He offered his house to Schloss Fuschl for the secret meetings in January 1933 that resulted in Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany. He became a close confidant of Hitler, to the disgust of some party members, who thought him superficial and lacking in talent. He was appointed ambassador to the Court of St James's, the royal court of the United Kingdom, in 1936 and then Foreign Minister of Germany in February 1938.Before World War II, he played a key role in brokering the Pact of Steel (an alliance with Fascist Italy) and the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (the Nazi–Soviet non-aggression pact). He favoured retaining good relations with the Soviets, and opposed the invasion of the Soviet Union. In late 1941, due to American aid to Britain and the increasingly frequent "incidents" in the North Atlantic between U-boats and American warships guarding convoys to Britain, Ribbentrop worked for the failure of the Japanese-American talks in Washington and for Japan to attack the United States.[2] He did his utmost to support a declaration of war on the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor.[3] From 1941 onwards, Ribbentrop's influence declined.Arrested in June 1945, Ribbentrop was convicted and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials for his role in starting World War II in Europe and enabling the Holocaust. On 16 October 1946, he became the first of the Nuremberg defendants to be executed by hanging.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II
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