HINDENBURG PAUL VON: (1847-1934)

HINDENBURG PAUL VON: (1847-1934) German Field Marshal and statesman who served as President of Germany 1925-34 and played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power, appointing Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in 1933. D.S., von Hindenburg, one page, folio, Berlin, 1 st August 1926, in German. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, confirms the promotion of several military officers including, with effect from 1 st July 1926, Major Ritter und Edler von Monschaw becoming a Lieutenant Colonel in the 1 st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment and, with effect from 1 st August 1926, Captain Hildebrand becoming a Major with command of the Hammerstein military training area. Signed by Hindenburg at the conclusion alongside a blind embossed seal and countersigned at the foot by Waldemar Reinecke, Chief of the Army Command, and one other. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signatures. VG