[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-4...

[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. [BLUCHER GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON]: (1742-1819) Prussian Field Marshal who earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. An unusual, interesting small group of T.Ls.S. and telegrams comprising, in chronological order, a T.L.S. by Major Steifensand, one page, 4to, Schwuchow, near Stolp, Pomerania, 22nd November 1942, to the Adjutants Office of the Fuhrer and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Fuhrer's Headquarters, on the printed stationery of the Association of the officers of the 5th (Pomeranian) Count Blucher von Wahlstatt Hussar Regiment, in German, sending notice of a 'modest ceremony, in keeping with the times' that will take place on 16th December, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Count Blucher, 'at the monument to this great hero of the War of Liberation', advising of the text of a telegram intended to be sent to Adolf Hitler on the day, and concluding 'If the Fuhrer and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces should honour the former Blucher Hussars with a reply - which would fill us all with great joy and deep gratitude - I would respectfully request that it should be sent to me at the above address'; a carbon copied T.L.S. by Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, with his initials in bold indelible pencil, one page, 4to. Fuhrer's Headquarters, 6th December 1942, to Major Steifensand, in German, informing him that the Fuhrer has been informed of his letter of 22nd November and 'enclosing the Fuhrer's telegram of reply (no longer present) so that you will be in a position to make its contents known at the ceremony', further remarking 'In addition, the Fuhrer will arrange for a wreath to be laid on the grave of Count Blucher'; a partially printed telegram (received copy) completed in typescript from Major Steifensand, one page, 4to, Stolp (Pomerania), received at the Main Telegraph Office, Berlin, 16th December 1942, to the Fuhrer, in German, stating, in full, 'The former members of the Blucher Hussars, gathered today in their old garrison town of Stolp, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Count Blucher von Wahlstatt, their ever-to-be remembered commander, think in gratitude and loyalty of their Fuhrer, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and express the hope that the name of this immortal hero of the War of Liberation might again be carried by a unit in today's army', with an official adjutant's stamp initialled by von Puttkamer; a carbon copied typed draft of the text of Hitler's telegram of reply, prepared on the Fuhrer typewriter for submission to Hitler for his approval, one page, 4to, Headquarters, 16th December 1942, in German, stating, in full, 'I am grateful to the former members of the Blucher Hussars assembled in Stolp on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Field Marshal Count Blucher for their expression of loyalty. Throughout the German army in the current war too our battle cry remains that of the War of Liberation - 'Forwards!''. File holes to the left edge of each of the documents and most with neatly clipped upper right corners and other minor faults. G to about VG, 4 Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer (1900-1981) German Admiral of World War II, Naval Adjutant to Adolf Hitler 1939-45. It is interesting to note that, in his telegram, Hitler avoids any direct reply to the request that the name of Blucher should be given to a unit of the existing German army. Perhaps this was because he had no interest in reviving memories of the old aristocratic connections of the army.