Richard Schulze-Kossens – “LSSAH”, Personal Adjutant of Adolf Hitler, “Hitlerjugend” & “Nibelungen”

Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Richard Schulze-Kossens. SS-Obersturmbannführer Richard Schulze-Kossens (2 October 1914, Schwedt/Oder † 3 July 1988, Bad Nauheim) was a senior Waffen-SS officer who rose to the rank of SS-Obersturmbannführer during the Second World War. A decorated front-line commander and staff officer, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold and served in several high-profile positions, including as Personal Adjutant to Adolf Hitler.

Awards and Decorations:

• German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) – 26 December 1941, as SS-Hauptsturmführer and commander of 2. Kompanie, Leibstandarte-SS “Adolf Hitler”.

Career Highlights:

• Early member of the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH), where he distinguished himself in combat on the Eastern Front.

• Decorated with the German Cross in Gold for bravery and leadership during the bitter fighting of 1941.

• Served as Personal Adjutant to Adolf Hitler, a position of high trust and prestige within the regime’s inner circle.

• Later returned to front-line duty, serving as regimental commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend”.

• In 1945, appointed Kommandeur of the 38. SS-Grenadier-Division “Nibelungen”, one of the last Waffen-SS formations raised in the final months of the war.

• Survived the conflict and imprisonment, later living in West Germany until his death in 1988.

Item Details:

• Authentic scarce postwar signature of SS-Obersturmbannführer Richard Schulze-Kossens.

• Signed on a postwar photograph and accompanying letter.

• Condition: Clear, well-preserved examples of autograph material.

Collector’s Note:
Richard Schulze-Kossens’s combination of roles — as a decorated Waffen-SS combat officer, adjutant to Adolf Hitler, and commander of both elite and late-war formations — makes his signed material particularly desirable. The inclusion of both a photograph and letter with his original postwar signature makes this offering especially rare and significant for advanced collectors of Waffen-SS history and Third Reich leadership memorabilia.