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Third Reich Art
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Huge Carved Nuremberg Stadium Eagle (Item ART 15-1; NSD 16-1; PARTEI 4-2) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is a fantastic wood carving of the “Nürnberg Reichsparteitag” Adler, or stadium eagle. It’s modeled after the massive eagles that sat at either end of the grand columns that stood surrounding Hitler’s podium in the Luitpoldarena of the Nuremberg Party Rally grounds. The eagles were designed by the famous artist Kurt Schimd-Ehmen. See the original bronze casting of these eagles offered at PARTEI 2-10. This wooden eagle and an even larger one were recently found in eastern Germany. We are not sure of the original intent and application of these wooden examples, but in speculative theory we might even say that they could have been original-design manifestations by Schmid-Ehmen, himself, or, could they be made for an over-the-door decoration for an SA or PRICE: $4,800.00 |
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Bronze Statue of an SA Man (Sturmabteilung) (Item ART 15-2; SA 12-8) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a magnificent bronze of an SA Stormtrooper with his arm extended in the Deutsches Gruss, German greeting! He is highly detailed and very dramatic. He wears the correct uniform and is posed in the prescribed position to salute the Hakenkreuz Flagge (swastika flag). This is one of the wonderful bronze statuary pieces that we were able to procure from the factory that originally cast and finished them during the “NS Zeit.” See the explanation at PARTEI 2-10 where we show some magnificent eagles that also came from this foundry. The eagles were by the great sculptor Kurt Schmid-Ehmen. The SA statues were also produced by the Kunstgiessereigliewits Hutten A.G. This firm was one of the most important art foundries during the Third Reich producing many important pieces that might be considered a glorification of the NS ideals and mythos. The SA man was one of the best of all the figures in our estimation, but the eagles and Hitler statues are really gorgeous, as well. This figure really personifies the spirit of these tough, but loyal troopers who smashed the communist menace before it could take over the Fatherland in the 1920s and early 1930s. If anything could be said to typify the NS movement it would be the SA man and here he is in all his brown-shirt splendor depicted in patriotic resplendence. The figure is in genuine bronze, but if you read our narrative at PARTEI 2-10 you will note that we have pointed out the Bergwerk cast bronze, but did not mount them on marble. The marble or granite was separately ordered and affixed. The bases were ordered from another firm in the same area that specialized in the stonework. We were lucky and found this “rock shop” and we were able to purchase fine granite pieces for mounting on our bronze statuary. So what you see is the original bronze SA sculpture with a base recently applied. The base is (exactly) like the bases originally used on these Bergwerk figures. The figure measures 1 foot high from the bottom of the base to the fingers of the extended hand. The base measures 4 inches square and 1 1/2 inches thick. The SA man is 10 inches high from the bottom of the jackboots to the top of the kepi. The piece is not signed, but has letters and numbers at the back of the bronze plinth (GMA 1138). This is really a great piece and historically important. It would look great displayed with NS collectables or in a light-up case on its own. We were only able to purchase a few so they will probably not last long.
PRICE: $1,465.00 |
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