BRONZE WALL SCONCE LIBERATED FROM ADOLF HITLER'S OFFICE AT THE REICH'S CHANCELLERY,

BRONZE WALL SCONCE LIBERATED FROM ADOLF HITLER'S OFFICE AT THE REICH'S CHANCELLERY, (image 1/3)
BRONZE WALL SCONCE LIBERATED FROM ADOLF HITLER'S OFFICE AT THE REICH'S CHANCELLERY, (image 2/3)
BRONZE WALL SCONCE LIBERATED FROM ADOLF HITLER'S OFFICE AT THE REICH'S CHANCELLERY, (image 3/3)
Pricing & History
cast bronze in Roman Empire style with two Fax (Roman Torch) arms, paper shades that slip over the light bulbs, stamped 10 twice on reverse with mounting holes, 21.3" x 33.75" high. This sconce, along with an unknown number of similar sconces, was liberated from Hitler's office in the Reich's Chancellery after the fall of Berlin. Together with extensive documentation from Mutual European war correspondent Kathryn Cravens (1898-1991) detailing the circumstances under which the sconce was collected. In the years before the war, Cravens had a long career acting in both films and later in radio. In 1931, she became the director of "The Woman's Hour" on KMOX radio in St. Louis, which later became "News Through a Woman's Eyes," with Cravens becoming one of the first acknowledged woman news commentators. With the outbreak of WWII, she became the first accredited woman war correspondent, and along with Allied Troops, entered Berlin at its fall - the first such woman to enter the city. In an undated, seven page hand-written account of how she acquired the sconce, Cravens relates how she was given a Jeep and a GI escort to accompany her as she went about pursuing stories in post-war Berlin. Two places were at the top of her list: the Reich's Chancellery and Hitler's bunker, both located in the Russian Zone. When she arrived at the Reich's read more
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