Imperial German Autographed Portrait Photo of General Field Marshal August Von Mackensen – Item 119397

Pen signed autographed portrait photo of General Field Marshal August Von Mackensen. In uniform wearing death head busby. Measures 12 x 19cm approx. Good clear signature. Provenance Ex Col Dodkins collection, Military Historian.

Note:  Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (enobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), was a German Field Marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during WWI and became one of the German Empire’s most prominent and competent military leaders. After the armistice of ll November 1918, the victorious Allies  interned Mackensen in Serbia for a year. In 1920, he retired from the army. In 1933 Hermann Goring made him a Prussian state councillor. During the Nazi Era, Mackensen remained a committed Monarchist and sometimes appeared at official functions in his World War I uniform. Senior Nazi Party. members suspected him of disloyalty, but nothing was proven against him.