Autograph - Colonel General Alexander von Kluck (1846–1934) - handwritten card featuring a Goethe quote and signature, 1925

Autograph - Colonel General Alexander von Kluck (1846–1934) - handwritten card featuring a Goethe quote and signature, 1925.
Card made of thin cardboard (11.5 x 9 cm), featuring the quote: "He who lives with cool detachment toward himself and his own will can grant himself many a wish; but he who strives to lead others must be capable of great self-denial. Goethe, Ilmenau." Below this are the date and signature: "December 7, 1925. von Kluck G.O." Alexander von Kluck served as commander-in-chief of the 1st Army at the outbreak of World War I. His decision to unilaterally alter his army's line of march toward Paris in August 1914 is considered one of the reasons for the failure of the Schlieffen Plan.