Post Civil War
1932 Lindbergh Baby "$25,000 REWARD" Broadside Signed in Print by NJ. Police Colonel H. N. Schwarzkopf
1932-Dated, Original Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, "$25,000 Reward" Printed Broadside, Signed in Print by New Jersey State Police Colonel H. N. Schwarzkopf (General Norman Schwarzkopf's Father), Choice Crisp Near Mint.
An important historical original Print in Criminal Americana being an authentic 1932 issued Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Official Printed Police "$25,000 Reward" Broadside. This example was folded for mailing with a few scattered sealed splits and in otherwise in crisp fresh Mint condition. This very rare high quality large original Broadside measures 27" x 17" printed in black upon light tan period paper and titled:
"$25,000 Reward! - For Information Resulting in the Apprehension and Conviction of the Kidnapers - Of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr."
This historic "REWARD" Broadside has a complete listing of the Serial Numbers on the Currency used to pay the Ransom for the Recovery of the 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. The main contact person, should any of this currency be discovered was Colonel H. N. Schwarzkopf, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police (whose son is General Norman Schwarzkopf of "Desert Storm" fame).
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.