VERY RARE historically significant silver calling card tray, gifted by Rudolf Hess to Richard Suchenwirth for Christmas in 1934 Certified

historically significant silver calling card tray, gifted by Rudolf Hess to Richard Suchenwirth for Christmas in 1934 Certified. A historically significant silver calling card tray, gifted by Rudolf Hess to Richard Suchenwirth for Christmas in 1934. This distinguished piece is of octagonal form, featuring a finely detailed oak leaf border and resting on four ornate feet. The tray bears a beautifully engraved dedication on the surface, reading: “Familie Prof. Suchenwirth mit den besten Weihnachtswünschen, Weihnachten 1934, Rudolf Hess” (“To the Prof. Suchenwirth family with best Christmas wishes, Christmas 1934, Rudolf Hess”) Accompanying the tray is Hess’s personal calling card, inscribed in ink with a matching dedication and bearing his original signature, offering a unique and direct connection to one of the Third Reich’s highest-ranking figures prior to WWII. The underside of the tray is stamped on one side with a serial number and, on the opposite side, with the maker’s mark “H. Paar”, alongside silver content hallmarks confirming material authenticity. A rare and evocative artifact with provenance rooted in the upper echelons of Nazi Germany’s early power structure. Richard Suchenwirth was an Austrian historian and Germanist who earned his doctorate in 1920 and then worked as a secondary school teacher. Early on, he became involved in National Socialist circles, serving as editor of Nazi magazines Mutterland and Das Hakenkreuz in 1923/24. In May 1926, he founded the National Socialist German Workers’ Association – Hitler Movement in Vienna, which aligned strictly with Adolf Hitler and deepened the split among Austrian National Socialists. The movement opposed the more moderate, parliamentary approach of Karl Schulz’s DNSAP and embraced Hitler’s radical, revolutionary ideology. Suchenwirth officially joined the NSDAP in May 1926 (member no. 51,929) but temporarily left the party from 1927 to 1931. He remained politically active, founding the Nazi Teachers’ Association in Austria and leading it from 1931 to 1934. In 1932, he became a Vienna city council member and member of the provincial parliament. After the Nazi Party was banned in Austria in 1934, he operated illegally, was briefly imprisoned, and wrote Deutsche Geschichte (“German History”), a nationalist and antisemitic historical work that concluded with praise for Hitler, the “race,” and the Third Reich. In June 1934, Suchenwirth fled to Germany, became an SA Standartenführer in the Austrian Legion, worked for the Reich Literature Chamber, and was eventually stripped of Austrian citizenship. From 1938 to 1945, he was a member of the German Reichstag but had little political influence. He rose to SA Brigadeführer in 1942. Academically, he served from 1936 to 1943 as rector of the Teacher Training College in Pasing (later named “Hans Schemm College”) and, from 1938, was an honorary professor at the University of Munich. In 1943, he was appointed to a newly created chair for German history with a focus on “Germandom in the Southeast.” After World War II, Suchenwirth was interned by the Allies for three years due to his Nazi involvement. Later, he worked as a private school teacher in Düsseldorf and as a freelance contributor to the U.S. War Department’s Historical Division, focusing on air war history. A personally owned items from one of the most notorious figures of the Third Reich!  100% Guaranteed to be authentic.   Complete museum documentation (COA) Provided. Certified by The Gettysburg Museum of History. The Gettysburg Museum of History does not support or condone Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party and is only offering this as a historic relic. Please see our other items. Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. Scarce and desirable!