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PRINCE AUGUST WILHELM SIGNED PHOTO/SA GRUPPENFUHRER, signed in black ink, and dated 1941, scarce, fine overall…

PRINCE AUGUST-WILHELM OF PRUSSIA
(1887 – 1949) Fourth son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, against his father’s will, he joined the ‘dangerous, revolutionary’ NSDAP on April 1, 1930 and was used as a propaganda tool. Useless after Hitler’s rise to power, he was denounced for making derogatory remarks about Goebbels and as the Russians closed in, he fled until captured by Americans. Died while awaiting trial by the Soviets.