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  • Lot# : 2119 Dt. Reich

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    1896 (Aug. 31) Jean Henry Dunant (1828 - 1910) Founder of the Red Cross, autographed and signed 'Thank you note' to the painter Prof. Friedrich von Keller in Stuttgart with interesting content "... que vous avez eue en plaçant Votre nom honoré sur l'Appel faits à Stuttgart en ma faveur comme promoteur de l'oeuvre de la Croix Rouge de la Convention de Genève". Full text transcription in German language included, with original envelope from Heiden / Appenzell, stamp teared off, but with full handwritten address. Swiss journalist George Baumberger's article in a German magazine finished with an appeal to the readers to support Dunant and to make his later years in Heiden, Appenzell more comfortable. In 1896, a Dunant fund was started, primarily to enable the "Father of the Red Cross" to live in dignity. In December 1901, the Nobel Committee awarded Dunant with its first Peace Prize.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF