BNPS A pair of frilly knickers worn by Adolf Hitler's mistress have sold for £3,500

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The pair of lilac undies, that have Braun's monogrammed initials embroidered on the front of them, got pulses racing when they went up for auction. Keen bidding saw the Nazi swas-knickers race past their estimate of £450 before the hammer fell on £2,900. With fees added on the total price paid for them was £3,420.

They were bought by an English collector who also snapped up Braun's bright red lipstick for £400 and her gold ring set with an opal surrounded by six rubies for £1,500. The pants, that have signs of wear, and the ring were taken as mementoes by an American soldier who found them in an abandoned bunker in the Platterhof Hotel next to Hitler's Berghof home in the Bavarian Alps. He kept took them back to the US with him after the Second World War.

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They changed hands twice before being put up for auction in Malvern, Worcs.

The undergarments have signs of use but there are no holes and are very clean Auctioneer Sophie Jones

The pants have a white lace and ribbon trim and are in keeping with 1940s fashion. Two silver oval dressing table boxes, a silver jug and silver mounted pendant that all have the initials of EB engraved on them were also sold. The items would have been taken shortly after Braun and Hitler committed suicide after marrying in the Nazi monster's bunker in Berlin at the end of the war.

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Bundesarchiv The pants were found in an abandoned bunker in the Platterhof Hotel next to Hitler's Berghof home

Auctioneer Sophie Jones, of Philip Serrell Auctions, said: "All of these items belonged to a British collector who had them for many years. "The undergarments have signs of use but there are no holes and are very clean. "They are a very pale lilac and have faded with age.

BNPS The underwear has a white lace and ribbon trim and are in keeping with 1940s fashion