Sylvester Stadler – “Der Führer” & “Hohenstaufen” (Swords + NKIG)

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Sylvester Stadler. SS-Oberführer Sylvester Stadler (24.04.1911 † 25.05.1995) earned the Ritterkreuz on April 6, 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the II. Bataillon/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer”, the Eichenlaub on September 16, 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich“, the Nahkampfspange in Gold on December 12, 1943 with the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer” and the Schwertern on May 6, 1945 as SS-Oberführer und Kommandeur of 9. SS-Panzer-Division “Hohenstaufen”.

Provenance: This signature comes from one of the largest postwar signature collection I’ve ever commissioned. This collection was started by a Waffen-SS Veteran, Werner H., in the 1950’s until he passed away.