Packet of materials issued to General Chester V. Clifton for President John F. Kennedy's trip to Germany from June 23-26, 1963. Contents of the folder include: a 38-page booklet containing a schedule and information about the trip, detailing planned stops in Cologne, Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Hanau, Frankfurt, and Wiesbaden; multiple invitations, programs, and menus; a guest list for a dinner given at the American Embassy Club in Bad Godesberg; a White House staff pass; a list of staff members with their hotels and room numbers; a large map showing the parade route in Hanau; and some other typed documents and lists of personnel. Also includes a scarce cased sterling silver medal depicting JFK and West German President Konrad Adenauer in profile, with the reverse reading: "Welcome President Kennedy / Deutschland Grusst Kennedy." In overall fine condition, with some wear and foxing to Clifton's "American Embassy" folder. Provenance: from the estate of General Chester V. Clifton, military aide to JFK.
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