Field Marshal Baton of Kesselring sold at auction today

**Adrian Stevenson** · 12-14-2010, 08:31 PM

Kesselring's nickname was "Smiling Albert": He would be if he was still alive today to see this sell.

If I had the money, I would have happliy bought it. We can all dream....

Cheers, Ade.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-14-2010 08:31 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Bob Hritz** · 12-14-2010, 09:46 PM

I imagine if had been well advertised or in a European auction house, it would have brough considerably more. I know one person who is livid he did not know about the auction. He could have easily outbid the dealer consortium that bought it.

By the way, it was purchased for resale and we will see what it is really worth when it hits the public offering. I would imagine it will go to Russia where collectors value these things much more than Americans or Europeans.

Bob Hritz

**stuka f** · 12-14-2010, 09:51 PM

by Bob Hritz

I imagine if had been well advertised or in a European auction house,....
Bob Hritz

They should have put it on eBay! (lol!!) ;-)

**SS gentleman** · 12-14-2010, 10:02 PM

Now that's one heck of a 401k

**SteveR** · 12-14-2010, 11:12 PM

I was going to buy it but it went a little over the $500.00 I had put back for it.

**Horst** · 12-18-2010, 06:46 PM

Have to say it is a beauty - Heres as close as I could get a copy of an interim feldmarshall baton -

Horst

Field Marshal Baton of Kesselring sold at auction today

**JPhilip** · 01-02-2011, 01:57 AM

Hello,
In the nineties in Brighton, i met an old english collector who told me that back in the seventies, he sold a Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall Baton to an american collector for $171,000
Thanks

**Killroy** · 01-02-2011, 11:10 PM

Makes you wonder what is still in the closets and attics of hometown America! Amazing baton.

**stuka f** · 01-05-2011, 08:08 AM

Accidently heard it is offered at 2 million euro thise days.
Seems it has been a good investement!
cheers
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Eli · 03-03-2015, 03:53 AM

I had been looking for this for some time, wondering if it were in someone's private collection or in a museum. Being a 4th cousin to the Field Marshall I have often tried to ferret out information about him and his time in Spandau and his service. I am glad to see that people actually value historical items of this sort, wish I had the kind of coin required to obtain the Baton. It is indeed a beautiful piece of history. Happy to be a member of this site. I may not be able to afford such artwork but at least now I know what it looks like.