The large-format, lime green leather case with a gold-embossed national eagle, also outlined in gold, on the cover. Lined in cream-coloured linen, a document compartment on the inside on the left, the right side with two thick sheets of blotting paper. A barely legible embossed stamp "Pfaff ... Berlin" on the back for the famous Berlin bookbinding workshop of Otto Pfaff and Otto Dorfner. Dimensions of the folder approx. 43 x 33.5 cm. The corners somewhat knocked, the edges and surfaces scuffed in places. Inside are three blank double sheets of personal writing paper with the national eagle, the inscription "Adolf Hitler" and "München, den" in gold relief, along with three unused envelopes. Seized by Siegfried F. Brand, at that time a member of the US Military Intelligence Service, T Force, in the US 7th Army in Hitler's apartment on Prinzregentenplatz at the beginning of May 1945.Includes a notarised confirmation and two photographic confirmations by Brand, also certified and dated 1977, for Ben Swearingen, the buyer at the time. Also comes with a signed letter from Albert Speer, dated 1977, in which he confirms for Swearingen that he remembers the writing case actually belonging to Hitler, together with a photocopy of an article on the work of Otto Pfaff and Otto Dorfner in "Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich", from the June 1942 issue.Provenance: Collection of Malcolm Willits (1934 - 2019), sold by Hermann Historica in the 43rd Auction, 19 October 2002, lot 5280, hammer price 14,000 euros. Acquired by Willits from Ben Swearingen in 1994, enclosed is correspondence between the two and a photocopy of the cheque in the amount of 12,500 US dollars.Condition: II -