Reading glasses Hitler tried to keep secret part of a large cache of Hitler memorabilia going under the hammer
They were made for him as his eyesight began to fail as WWII dragged on. But few photos of Adolf Hitler in his reading glasses exist because he regarded them as a weakness and thought it would undermine his authority. From 1933 onwards Hitler had all his speeches and documents written on a special typewriter with large print. The glasses come in their original black leather case with dark blue velvet embossed with the name of the Ruhnke opticians in Berlin which made them under great secrecy. The spectacles are part of a large cache of Hitler memorabilia to be auctioned off. Most serious collectors have their eyes on a gold watch that was given to Hitler as a gift in 1929 and which was found on his body in the Fuehrerbunker after he committed suicide in 1945.
(dailymail.co.uk)
They were made for him as his eyesight began to fail as WWII dragged on. But few photos of Adolf Hitler in his reading glasses exist because he regarded them as a weakness and thought it would undermine his authority. From 1933 onwards Hitler had all his speeches and documents written on a special typewriter with large print. The glasses come in their original black leather case with dark blue velvet embossed with the name of the Ruhnke opticians in Berlin which made them under great secrecy. The spectacles are part of a large cache of Hitler memorabilia to be auctioned off. Most serious collectors have their eyes on a gold watch that was given to Hitler as a gift in 1929 and which was found on his body in the Fuehrerbunker after he committed suicide in 1945.
(dailymail.co.uk)
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