Postwar Signature of Dieter Brenne, Veteran of the 6. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend". Fought in Normandy.
Postwar Signature of Walter Lukas, Veteran of the 14. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 26 "Hitlerjugend" of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend". Signed on the reverse. Stunning photograph.
Postwar Signature of Walter Lukas, Veteran of the 14. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 26 "Hitlerjugend" of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend". Signed on the reverse.
Postwar Signature of Reinhold Fuss, Veteran and Officer of the LSSAH and 15. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25 "Hitlerjugend" (same Kompanie as Otto Funk) of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend". Signed on the reverse.
Postwar Signature of Werner Zimmermann, Veteran of the 15. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25 "Hitlerjugend" (same Kompanie as Otto Funk) of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend".
Postwar Signature of Karl-Heinz Lichte, who earned the German Cross in Gold, 2 Panzer Destruction Badges and Knight's Cross with SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 of the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking".
Knight's Cross awarded for his actions during the relief efforts toward Budepest in January 1945. Near the town of Tata he and his Kompanie succeeded in rolling up a Soviet Pakfront from the flank, destroyed 40 guns and 6 tanks without friendly losses. By this action the forward march of the Division was enabled, and Lichte would be appropriately recognized.
The date for the awarding of the Knights Cross has yet been unconfirmed. Is part of the by SS-Obergruppenführer Dietrich with 6.SS-Panzerarmee awarded decorations on 6th May 1945.
Postwar Signature of Otto Kumm, who was was a German divisional commander in the Waffen-SS during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After the war, he became one of the founders of HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist organization of former Waffen-SS members.
Postwar Signature of Wolfgang Loose, who earned the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Badge in Gold) with the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" of the 2. SS-Panzerdivision "Das Reich".
Postwar Signature of Otto Baum. Otto Baum, (15 November 1911 – 18 June 1998) was a high-ranking commander (Oberführer) of the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Baum was born on 15 November 1911 in Hechingen-Stetten, a son of a merchant. From 1930 to 1932, he studied two semesters of agriculture at the University of Hohenheim. He served as a battalion commander in 3rd SS Totenkopf Infantry Regiment during the Operation Barbarossa, invasion of the Soviet Union. After recovering from severe wounds in 1943, he was promoted to regimental commander, and eventually reached the rank of SS-Oberführer. He took command of the SS Division Das Reich in July 1944, and saw action in the Falaise Pocket. (Source: Wikipedia)
Postwar Signature of Ortwin Pohl, who earned the German Cross in Gold as Chef 4. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich".
Postwar Signature on an original Postcard of Leo Wilm! This is also Leo Wilm on the Postcard! Iinitially in the SS-Heimwehr Danzig, which became part of the SS-Totenkopf-Division in 1939, he took part in the campaign against Poland as a motorcycle messenger, and was wounded for the first time during the France campaign of 1940. In 1943, he took command of a group of young recruits on the Mius Front in Russia. By the time he was wounded for the third time in the summer of 1944, he had been decorated with both Iron Cross grades and two Tank Destruction Badges. In February 1945, he saw action in Hungary with the 9.SS Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen", and later ended the war as an American POW.
His memoirs are in published in "Leo Wilm’s: Memories of the Waffen-SS: An SS-Heimwehr Danzig, SS-Totenkopf-Division, and 9. SS-Panzer-Division “Hohenstaufen” Veteran Remembers"
Postwar Signature of Ortwin Pohl, who earned the German Cross in Gold as Chef 4. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich". Stunning photograph with (1) Ernst Barkmann, (2) Egon Cohrt, (3) Ortwin Pohl and (4) Franz Frauscher.
Postwar Signature of Wilhelm Matzke, who earned the German Cross in Gold with 3./ SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich". Comes with an extra letter.
Postwar Signature of Max Wind, Veteran of the SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17 of the 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen". Comes with an extra letter.
Postwar Signature of an unknown Veteran of the 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland", can't identify the signature. Comes with an extra letter.
Postwar Signature of Kurt Imhoff, Veteran and Officer of the SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 9 "Hohenstaufen" of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen". Signed on the reverse.
Postwar Signature of Peter Balg, Veteran of the Waffen-SS (Division Unknown, this was signed in the 90's and thus unit forgotten over the years). Here in Reichsarbeidsdienst uniform.
Postwar Signature of Sylvester Stadler, earned the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves and Swords. Earned with SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" and Swords (not all sources say official) with the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen".
Postwar Signature of Walter Becker, veteran of the 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division. Signed on the reverse. Comes with a page covering his history.
Scarce, Stunning and Magnificent Multiple Luftwaffe Signed Bf 109 Image (Measuring: 15,5 x 11 cm). It's signed by following Luftwaffe Knight's Cross Holders:
Adolf Borchers (Knight's Cross, credited with 132 aerial victories (Jagdgeschwader 51 & 52)
Postwar Signature of Victor Otto Oehrn. Victor Oehrn (21 October 1907-Gədəbəy, Azerbaijan – 26 December 1997-Bonn, Germany) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U-14 and U-37, sinking twenty-four ships on four patrols, for a total of 104,846 tons of Allied shipping, to stand 28th on the list of highest scoring U-Boat aces of World War II.
Postwar Signature of Rudolf von Ribbentrop, Knight’s Cross Holder of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend” and son of Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.
Postwar Signature of Wilhelm Hillen, Veteran of Kampfgruppe Jeckeln and the 32. SS-Division. According to him, he also earned the German Cross in Gold.
Postwar Signature of Robert Langbein, Veteran of the SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Adolf Hitler" of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division. The motive of the photograph is dezanified itself (not done by us, it's printed this way).
Scarce Postwar Signature of Leopold Aumüller, who served with the 3. Kompanie/ schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 in a Tiger tank! The schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 was under the Command of SS-Hauptsturmführer Wittmann in Normandy.
Postwar Signature of Ralf Tiemann, Veteran of the 7. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Adolf Hitler" of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division "LSSAH". Also author of the "Die Leibstandarte" books.
Postwar Signature Waldemar Warnecke, Officer and Veteran of the SS-Panzer-Regiment "Adolf Hitler", schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 (later 501). Warnecke was Commander of Tiger 333 during the Battles of Normandy. Knocked out six British tanks on the Caen-Villers-Bocage road in one day in June 1944, according to Agte's book on Wittmann. Photograph measures 12.5 x 9 cm.