October Legends and Americana Ending November 14th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2015
(1) “Economics Division Briefing Notes / for / General Eisenhower,” retained carbon, 8 pages, 8” x 10.5”, separate lightweight sheets. Not signed. Title page and first page are on sheets of printed stationery headed “Office of Military Government for Bavaria / Economics Division / APO 170.” In part, “At no time in the near future does it appear that Bavaria will be able to get away from rationing and strict control of all food projects. Even before the war with a population of seven million food had to e imported. Now the same area with less fertilizer, fewer farm implements and less transportation, nine million people must be fed … The 1947 Production Plan was formulated in an attempt to exploit all possible means to alleviate the situation …
“The end of the war resulted in complete disruption of trade and distribution, and the ensuance [sic] of theft and plundering by the civilian population … The Restitution Branch, consisting of the Restitution Section and the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, has two principle [sic] missions: a. Location, protection, identification and return to owner nations of all property illegally acquired from countries occupied by the German Reich. b. Supervision of the Bavarian State Government’s responsibility in preserving, protecting and using, all of Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives, belonging to Germany, and existing in Bavaria … There are roughly 150,000 cultural objects in the Munich Central Collecting Point at the moment, estimated to be worth about 150 millions of dollars. In terms of work required, the return of cultural objects is estimated to be about one half completed …”
(2) Third Army “Industries in Bavaria” hardcover book, 85 pages, 8.25” x 11.25”. “Prepared by / Industry Branch / Office of Military Government for Bavaria / A.P.O. 403 / U.S. Army / December 1945.” Copiously illustrated with product maps and charts.
(3) Typed Letter Signed “Leonard R. Moyer,” 1st Lt., Inf., Athletic Officer, 1 page, 7.75” x 11”. On colorful pictorial letterhead “Seventh Army Alpine Chalet, Bavaria,” February 20, 1946. To Lt. General Geoffrey Keyes, Hq., Seventh US Army, APO 758, US Army. In part, “The cooperation which you have given the Seventh Army Ski Team since i’ts [sic] inception has been so magnanimous I’m not certain where to start thanking you … This past weekend it was very gracious of you to be here in Oberjoch for the Giant Slalom and to award the prizes to the winners … the members of the other teams jealously commented on the cooperation and backing which the Seventh Army Ski Team has had …”
During World War II, Major General Geoffrey Keyes was Deputy Commanding General Western Task Force [North Africa] under Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (1942-1943), Deputy Commanding General I Armored Corps [North Africa] under Gen. Patton (1943), Deputy Commanding General 7th Army [Sicily] under Gen. Patton (1943), Commanding General Provisional Corps [Sicily] appointed by Gen. Patton (1943),` and Commanding General II Corps [Italy] (1943-1946). Lieutenant General Keyes was Commanding General 7th Army [Germany] (1945-1946), Commanding General 3rd Army [Germany] (1946-1947). and Deputy Commanding General U.S. Forces in Austria under Gen. Mark Clark (1947). He was Commanding General U.S. Forces in Austria and U.S. High Commissioner in Austria from 1947 to 1950.
From the Estate of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes.