Hitler's Mercedes 770 K found

Some time ago, Michael Fröhlich, one of the leading classic car dealers, received a curious commission from a Russian millionaire: he had to track down and buy the Mercedes 770 K at any price, the famous convertible limousine owned by Adolf Hitler. After several months on the trail, it was finally found in a private garage.

So Michael Fröhlich set to work and managed to establish that the vehicle had been sold after the end of the Second World War to Austria for around 2,000 Reichsmarks (the official currency of Germany from 1924 until mid-1948).

Later it was loaned to a car museum at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas before returning to Germany in the hands of a wealthy Munich brewer. However, Fröhlich lost track of the Mercedes 770 K when its owner died in 2008 and his widow decided to sell it to a private individual whose identity was unknown. Finally, a few days ago, it was located in a garage in Bielefeld alongside six other cars from the same era.

Once the vehicle had been located, a new investigation began to verify that this really was the car being sought. Using original documents and photos, it was even possible to demonstrate that the registration plate matched: 1A 148461. After this, the Russian collector was left with just one obstacle: the German authorities had to allow him to take the vehicle, since trafficking in Nazi symbols is a criminal offence in Germany. As for the price he paid for Hitler’s Mercedes 770 K, it is not known, although it is speculated that it was between 4 and 10 million euros.

Via | express