Ernst Blauensteiner – II. Fallschirm-Korps (Normandy)
€70,00
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo & Letter of Ernst Blauensteiner. Oberstleutnant i.G. Ernst Blauensteiner (16.05.1911 in Wien † 18.08.1995 in Wien) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on Septenber 5, 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab und Chef des Generalstabes of the II. Fallschirmjäger-Korps and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on October 29, 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab und Chef des Generalstabes of the II. Fallschirmjäger-Korps.
During the final fighting in the Falaise pocket the bulk of 7. Armee was encircled. In response the commander of II. Fallschirm-Korps (namely General Meindl) ordered the remnants of his Korps to break out in two large groups. Oberstleutnant i.G. Blauensteiner commanded the southern Kampfgruppe, and under his outstanding leadership it managed to break out of the pocket. Meindl would recommend him for the Knight’s Cross as a result of this achievement.
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.
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