GeneralOberst Alfred Jodl's Tunic
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This is a one of a kind tunic attributed to GeneralOberst Alfred Jodl. The tunic is named to him, and came directly from his wife, Luise in 1990, it has paperwork backing up its sale. Jodl was a German military commander during WWII, attaining the position of Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) during World War II, acting as deputy to Wilhelm Keitel, and signed the unconditional surrender of Germany as a representative for German president Karl Dönitz. At Nuremberg he was tried, sentenced to death and hanged as a war criminal, although he was later exonerated by a German court. Currently for sale in the uniform section!