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[KOENIG Pierre (1898 - 1984)]
ALBUM of PHOTOGRAPHS| large oblong volume in-fol. bound in tan leather.
More than 700 photos, from 1945 to 1948, representing General KOENIG, then French Commander-in-Chief in Germany. Hunts, awards, signing of the U.N.R.R.A. protocol, reviews, ceremonies and commemorations, inaugurations (Kehl bridge, cemetery of deportees in Schömberg, etc.), French days in the Saarland, taking up arms, parties, large-scale maneuvers, visit of General de Gaulle to Strasbourg (April 1947), signing of the Marshall Plan, descent of the Rhine, horse races, etc.
PROVENANCE
Souvenirs of General Koenig (sale in Fontainebleau, February 9, 2003, n° 186).
6 photographs of General Koenig are attached.
ALBUM of PHOTOGRAPHS| large oblong volume in-fol. bound in tan leather.
More than 700 photos, from 1945 to 1948, representing General KOENIG, then French Commander-in-Chief in Germany. Hunts, awards, signing of the U.N.R.R.A. protocol, reviews, ceremonies and commemorations, inaugurations (Kehl bridge, cemetery of deportees in Schömberg, etc.), French days in the Saarland, taking up arms, parties, large-scale maneuvers, visit of General de Gaulle to Strasbourg (April 1947), signing of the Marshall Plan, descent of the Rhine, horse races, etc.
PROVENANCE
Souvenirs of General Koenig (sale in Fontainebleau, February 9, 2003, n° 186).
6 photographs of General Koenig are attached.