Original German WWII Deutscher Reichskanzler Der Führer Adolf Personal Calling Card

Original Item. Only One Available. The NSDAP, or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), was originally founded in Munich as the DAP, or Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Worker’s Party), on January 5 1919. When Adolf joined the DAP in the autumn of 1919 he was to reform what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as the first chairman of the party on July 29TH 1921 he was to restructure it along para-military lines in a hierarchy of four levels of government.

During the next decade, the NSDAP gradually grew in power, and on January 30, 1933 Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf H as Reichskanzler (Chancellor of Germany), after which he quickly consolidated power to become a true dictator. 

Here we have a very nice personal calling card of Der Führer Adolf H, which would have been used to leave small messages and serve as an indication that you had been personally contacted. The card measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/4", and ha the following text in script on the middle:-

Adolf H**ler
Deutscher Reichskanzler

We have carefully examined the card under a 16X magnifier, and it shows no signs of being any type of recently made item. It shows the proper texture and shine of a period printed piece, and the paper is the correct color and texture, looking mottled when held in front of a light. We have compared it with detailed photographs of other known examples, and it is a perfect match in style and font. Condition is very good, though it does show water staining in the upper right corner, which has caused the card to ripple a bit.

Ready to add to your collection and display!

The Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called Reichskanzler) in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared since 1875, was the former city palace of Prince Antoni Radziwiłł (1775–1833) on Wilhelmstraße in Berlin. Both the palace and a new Reich Chancellery building (completed in early 1939) were seriously damaged during World War II and subsequently demolished.

After the NSDAP takeover in 1933, the "Old" Reich Chancellery building was remodeled into a domicile for Der Führer, with some additions including a reception hall / ballroom, as well as an underground bunker. In late January 1938, Adolf H officially assigned his favourite architect, Albert Speer, to build the New Reich Chancellery around the corner on Voßstraße, a western branch-off of Wilhelmstraße, requesting that the building be completed within a year. Adolf commented that Bismarck's Old Chancellery was "fit for a soap company" and not suitable as headquarters of a Greater German Reich. It nevertheless remained his official residence, where he lived in the so-called Führerwohnung ("Leader apartment"). The Old and New Chancellery shared a large garden area, with the underground Führerbunker, where Adolf H ultimately committed suicide at the end of April 1945.