Letter·34 CDF art. 174·1 April 1954

Correspondence and notes on the transport of objects for analysisWolfgang Kroenke and Helmut Otto

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Typed in German and French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 174 (Correspondence and notes on the transport of objects for analysis), typed in German and French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 174, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Printed: red-framed box around sender block

Wolfgang KROENKE c/o [handwritten: X] Samering S.A. 101, Bld Haussmann PARIS 8°

Handwritten: Ary.25.66

Paris, 12 April 1954

Mr SCHAEFFER Le Castel blanc 14, rue Turgot ST.GERMAIN-en-LAYE

Dear Mr Schaeffer,

Dr Siegfried JUNGHANS has just indirectly asked me to take some metal samples of the Bronze Age from you, in order to have them sent on to Schorndorf/Wurtemberg. I am also informed that you are at St.Germain-en-Laye only until 20 April next, so I would need to call on you before that date.

It is practically impossible for me, given this near date, to state exactly when I can visit you. That is why I would be obliged if you would let me know whether you see no possibility of handing the samples over at another address where I could collect them after 20 April next? Such a solution would suit me very well.

Looking forward to hearing from you and thanking you in advance, please believe, dear Sir, in my best regards.

Handwritten: signature

Figure: faint pencilled sketches of bronze objects (axe/pin-like forms, a vessel outline) and numbered annotations in the background, show-through from the reverse; labels: illegible

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