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1932 Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Reward Broadside

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1932 Lindbergh Baby $25,000 Reward Broadside

(CHARLES A. LINDBERGH).
1932 Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, Police Reward “Currency Paid Bill Numbers” Broadside, Choice Extremely Fine. This impressive printed broadside measures 27” x 17”, and is titled: “$25,000 REWARD! For Information Resulting in the Apprehension and Conviction of the Kidnapers [sic] of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.” This large broadside is a complete listing of the serial numbers on the currency used to pay the ransom for the recovery of Lindbergh’s baby. Issued by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1932, the broadside lists all of the $5, $10, and $20 notes by serial number. Interestingly enough, the contact was Colonel H.N. Schwarzkopf, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, whose son is General Norman Schwarzkopf (of “Desert Storm” fame). A very nice example.

On March 1, 1932, the Lindbergh’s infant son was kidnapped from their home. A ransom was paid and the child was found dead. After a much-ballyhooed “Trial of the Century”, the government convicted Bruno Hauptmann of murder and executed him in 1936.

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