Wanted: German Saboteur Joseph Schmidt, with aliases Paul Schmidt, Jerry Swenson [poster]

Washington DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1942. Original FBI poster dated July 25, 1945, 10.5x16 inches, neatly fold-creased, with FBI branch contact information printed on the verso.

In the summer of 1942 group of three German agents - Walter Kappe, Rheinhold Rudolf Barth, and Joseph Schmidt - were believed to have come to the US together, spurring a major manhunt. "Joseph Schmidt formerly resided in Canada where he spent many years as a woodsman and trapper in the Province of Alberta prior to the outbreak of the war between England and Germany. Shortly thereafter, he fled to Mexico and later went to Germany. Schmidt, as Jerry Swenson alias Paul Schmidt, is reported to have received training as a saboteur in Germany and may be sent to the United States by Germany to commit sabotage in American plants…"

Cat.No: 350858

Price: $300.00