Auction 60 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Mar 20, 2018 (Your local time)
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LOT 207:

Original Drawing - Surrender of Germany and Victory of the Allies - Munich, 1945

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A drawing depicting the surrender of Nazi Germany and the victory of the allies in World War II, by Kurt Moser. Signed: "Kurt Moser" and dated: Munich, 1945.
Original drawing (watercolor and ink on thick paper) portraying the Great Seal of the United States alongside symbols and flags representing the allies of World War II and other countries (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, France, Bavaria, Belgium, Holland, England and Russia) surmounting the Nazi Eagle (Reichsadler), seen slaughtered on the bottom with a dagger and flowing blood. The eagle is surmounted by two burning swastikas, and on the two bottom corners appear two Stars of David with the letter "J". On the back of the leaf appears a text written by hand (English) stating that the illustration was done by a German art student.
15X22 cm. Good condition. Pasted to a leaf at two corners. Traces of pasting on the back.

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