Hellmuth Heye – Destroyer “Admiral Hipper”
€75,00Postwar Signature of Hellmuth Heye (on a original postwar photograph in civil unlike a reprint of a wartime photograph) on the backside. The signature on the letter is that of someone else responding to the inquiry to obtain a signature of Heye (and tells Heye is very busy but that he attached a photograph with Heye’s signature).
Kurt Fimmen – Schnellboot “S 26”
€40,00Postwar Signature, plus letter, of Knight’s Cross Holder Kurt Fimmen, who earned the KC as Commander of Schnellboot S 26 / 1. Schnellbootsflottille
Siegfried Wuppermann – Schnellboot “S 56”
€0,01Postwar Signature + Letter of Siegfried Wuppermann. Earned the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves as Commander of Schnellboot S 56.
Waldemar Holst – 4. Räumbootsflottille
€35,00Postwar Signature of Waldemar Holst, earned the Knight’s Cross as Commander of the 4. Räumbootsflottille. He passed away in 1975. Photo has some knicks.
Alfred Muser – 8. Räumbootsflottille
€40,00Postwar Signature including 2 letters (one containing his service) of Kapitänleutnant Alfred Muser, who earned the Knight’s Cross as Commander of the 8. Räumbootsflottille
Theodor Burchardi – Kommandierender Admiral östliche Ostsee
€65,00Postwar Signature of Theodor Burchardi. Earned the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves! He passed away in 1983.
Karl-Heinz Fischer – Vorpostenboot 722
€35,00Postwar Signature and two documents concerning his service of Karl-Heinz Fischer, Knight’s Cross Holder as Steuermann Vorpostenboot “VP 722” / 7. Vorpostenflottille
Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken – Befehlshaber der Deutschen Marinekommando Italiens
€39,99Postwar Signature of Vizeadmiral Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, earned the Knight’s Cross as Befehlshaber der Deutschen Marinekommando Italiens. He passed away in 1985.
Hermann Bögel – Minensuchboot “M-4040”
€35,00Postwar signature (2 in total: 1 on the photograph, 1 on the letter) of Oberleutnant zur See Hermann Böbel, who earned the Knight’s Cross as Commander of Minesweeper M-4040 of the 40. Minensuchflottille.
Martin Saltzwedel – Zerstörer “Z 24”
€45,00Postwar Signature of Martin Saltzwedel, who earned the Knight’s Cross as Commander of Destroyer “Z 24”. He passed away in 1987.
Friedrich Ruge – Minensuchboote West
€50,00Postwar Signature of Friedrich Ruge (2 in total), who earned the Knight’s Cross in 1940 as Kommodore of Minensuchboote West. He passed away in 1985.
Werner Töniges – Schnellboot “S 102”
€36,99Postwar Signature of Werner Töniges, earned the Knight’s Cross as Commander of Schnellboot “S 102” and Oakleaves as Kompaniechef in the Marineschule Mürwick and Commander of Schnellboot “S 102”. Passed away in 1995. He also earned the Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen mit Brillianten !
Kurt Weyher – Handelsstörkreuzer “Orion”
€100,00Small but nice scarce set of Kurt Weyher, containing his postwar signature on a photograph and documents. Kurt Weyher earned the Knight’s Cross as Commander of the Auxiliry Cruiser “Orion” and later the German Cross in Gold as Chef der 10. Sicherungsdivision.
Kurt Loewer – 11. Vorpostenflottille
€40,00Postwar signature of Korvettenkapitän Kurt Loewer, German Cross in Gold and Knight’s Cross Holder of the 11. Vorpostenflottille. Passed away in 1985.
Max-Eckart Wolff – Zerstörer Z-2 “Georg Thiele”
€35,00Postwar Signature of Max-Eckart Wolff, who earned the Knight’s Cross as Commander of the German Destroyer Z-2 “Georg Thiele”
Heinrich Hoffmann – 5. Torpedobootsflottille
€40,00Postwar signature of Heinrich Hoffmann, earned the Knight’s Cross and Oaklveas as Korvettenkapitän and Chef der 5. Torpedobootsflottille in June and July 1944!
Otto Schniewind – Oberbefehlshaber des Marinegruppenkommandos Nord (Wartime Signed)
€250,00Scarce wartime signature of Generaladmiral Otto Schniewind on a Willrich Postkarte of himself. Schniewind earned the Knight’s Cross on April 21, 1940 als Chef des Stabes der Seekriegsleitung.
Karl Schulz – Vorpostenboot 1509
€0,01Postwar Signature of Karl Schulz, earning the German Cross in Gold and the Knight’s Cross as Commander of Vorpostenboot 1509, 15. Vorpostenflottille.
Walter Gerhold – Kleinkampfflotille 361
€35,00Postwar Signature plus Grave photograph (including a copy of his death card) of Walter Gerhold, Knight’s Cross Holder of the Kleinkampfverbande. Earning his KC for actions on the Normandy coast, sinking a British cruiser!
Otto Kranzbühler – Marine Judge (Incl. Nuremberg Trials)
€35,00Postwar signature of Flottenrichter Otto Heinrich Kranzbühler (8 July 1907 – 9 August 2004) (on letter) was a German naval judge who represented defendant Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz before the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg Trials.
Karl-Friedrich Künzel – Schnellboot S-28
€0,01Postwar Signature of Karl-Friedrich Künzel (2 in total: 1x on Photograph, 1x on letter containing his service), earned the Knight’s Cross in December 1943 as Commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille.
Helmut Bastian – Kleinkampfflottille 211
€45,00Postwar signature of Helmut Bastian (2 in total: 1x on Photograph; 1x on Letter), Knight’s Cross Holder of Kleinkampfflotille 211 in November 1944. Earned the German Cross in Gold as Kommandant Torpedoboot “Möwe” / 5.Torpedobootsflotille.
Wilhelm Meentzen – Torpedoboot “T-24”
€40,00Scarce Postwar Signature and Grave photograph of Wilhelm Meentzen, Knight’s Cross as Commander of Torpedoboot T-24 in 1944. He died in 2001.
Friedrich Kemnade – 3. Schnellbootflotille
€0,01Postwar signature (2 in total = 1 on the photograph; 1 on the card) of Friedrich Kemnade. Holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, which he earned a Chef of the 3. Schnellbootflottille.
Oskar Kummetz – Kampfgruppe Oslo
€45,00Postwar signature + grave photograph of Oskar Kummetz, Knight’s Cross Holder as commander of Kampfgruppe Oslo. He died in 1980.
Lothar-Günther Buchheim – Das Boot
€35,00Postwar signature and grave photograph of Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Buchheim was a Sonderführer in a propaganda unit of the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, writing as a war correspondent about his experiences on minesweepers, destroyers and submarines. He also made drawings and took photographs. As a Leutnant zur See in the autumn of 1941, Buchheim joined Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock and the crew of U-96 on her seventh patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. His orders were to photograph and describe the U-boat in action. In 1973 he published a novel based on his wartime experiences, Das Boot (The Boat).
Gerhard von Kamptz – 8. Räumbootsflottille
€40,00Postwar signature, letter and grave photograph of Gerhard von Kramptz, Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves holder. He died in 1998. His wife may have signed for him since she took over most writing.
Rudolf Jesse – 8. Minensuchflottille
€40,00Postwar signature of Rudolf Jesse, Knight’s Cross Holder of the 8. Minensuchflotille for actions in the Bay of Biscay. He died in 1981.
Walter Hennecke – Seekommandant Normandie
€40,00Postwar Signature of Walter Hennecke. Hennecke (23 May 1898 – 1 January 1984) was a German admiral during World War II. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross by Hitler for “a feat unprecedented in the annals of coastal defense.”, when he comprehensively damaged Cherbourg Harbour prior to surrendering it to Allied forces. Hennecke died January 1, 1984. Photograph is 8 x 10,5 cm.
Heinz Birnbacher – 1. Schnellbootsflottille
€35,00Postwar signature of Heinz Birnbacher, earned the Knight’s Cross and German Cross in Gold with the 1. Schnellbootsflottille. He died in December 1991.
Iron Cross 2nd Class Award Document – Artillerie-Regiment 152
€80,00Small set of an Award docment Iron Cross 2nd Class, two paper documents related to the unit (severe condition) and a lehrbrief of Obergefreiter Erich Killer of the Artillerie-Regiment 152 of the 52. Infanterie-Division, which was disbanded in November 1943 after severe losses. Signed by Generalleutnant Rudolf Peschel (Knight’s Cross and was KIA).
Manfred Diener – Division Totenkopf
€15,00Postwar signature of Manfred Diener, veteran of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf”. Earned the Nahkampfspange in Bronze.
Erich Rudorffer – Jagdgeschwader 54
€35,00Postwar signature of Erich Rudorffer, 7th highest scoring Ace of the Luftwaffe, achieving 224 victories in over 1000 operational sorties! Earned the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves and Swords. Serving with Jagdgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 54 and Jagdgeschwader 7.
Waldemar von Gaza – 13. Panzer-Division
€17,50Postwar signature of Waldemar von Gaza, bearer of the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves while serving with Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 66 of the 13. Panzer-Division and later as leader of a Kampfgruppe of the 13. Panzer-Division.
Franz Gapp – Kampfgeschwader 6
€15,00Postwar signature (on paper picture) of Franz Gapp, who flew the Me 262 and earned the Knight’s Cross Holder as Pilot in Kampfgeschwader 6.
August Kaminski – schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 655
€20,00Postwar signature of August Kaminski, German Cross in Gold and Knight’s Cross as Zugführer in the 3./ schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 655.
Josef Niemietz – Panzerjäger-Abteilung 332
€15,00Knight’s Cross Awarded for: (via Traces of War)
On 06.07.1943, during a supporting action on the left wing of the 4. Panzerarmee’s attack towards Kursk, Niemietz took over the 3.(Flak)/Panzerjäger-Abteilung 332. With 5 self-propelled 2 cm AA guns he captured the so-called “Nierenwald” near Bubny and in doing so secured the left flank of his whole Division. With 2 guns Niemietz then launched a surprise attack on his own initiative that managed to occupy the 3 km distant village of Krassny-Potschitok, following the elimination of an enemy bunker. In the process Niemietz and his men captured 1 officer and 80 men.
Later, on 08.07.1943, Niemietz captured an important height with 3 AA guns. On the following night the Soviets launched an attack with 30 tanks that managed to take a village. This was recaptured in the morning by the Germans, during which Niemietz and his Kompanie provided invaluable support.
Over the course of these three days Niemietz and his Kompanie also destroyed 3 enemy aircraft. For the sum of his actions he would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross.
Manfred Büttner – Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 26
€30,00Postwar Signatur of Manfred Büttner, Kompanieführer 2. Kompanie/ Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 26, 9. Fallschirmjäger-Division.
Hans Röger – Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment “Großdeutschland”
€0,01Postwar Signatur of Hans Röger, Zugführer (Platoonleader) in the 1. Kompanie/ Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment “Großdeutschland”.
NSKK Motorsturm with 24/M51 Flag and Gorget
€45,00Scarce and interesting group photograph of NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps) Motorsturm 24/M51 with flag and gorget bearer! Note the different uniforms in wear. Photograph is postcard size and has a stamp “Photo-Haus-Ims; Kirchheimbolanden”. Kirchheimbolanden, also has an interesting history (next to this photograph):
Kirchheimbolanden, the capital of Donnersbergkreis, is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km west of Worms, and 30 km north-east of Kaiserslautern. The first part of the name, Kirchheim, dates back to 774. It became a town in 1368, and the Sponheim family improved its security with many towers and walls. William, Duke of Nassau, ancestor of the royal families of Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, and of the grand-ducal family of Luxembourg, was born in Kirchheimbolanden. It was also ruled by First French Empire between 1792 and 1814 before passing to Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815.
Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, an ancestor of both Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his brother Prince Harry, was born in Kirchheimbolanden on 22 April 1780. (Source: Wikipedia)
Portrait Hitlerjugend boy in Winter Uniform
€35,00Studioportrait of a boy from the Hitlerjugend wearing the HJ Winter Uniform. Postcard format.
Portrait of a SA Motorsturm 26/M26 Member
€45,00Scarce and beautiful studioportrait from a member of the SA Motorsturm 26/M26. Postcard format.
Hitlerjugend Musikzug Bann 382 Delmenhorst
€0,01Excellent and beautiful large photograph of a Hitlerjugend Musikzug (musician group) of Hitlerjugend Bann 382 Delmenhorst. Photograph measures 17×11 cm.
Luftwaffe Feldpost – Small group of 3 different soldiers
€20,00A small group op 3x different Luftwaffe Feldpostletters (letter + enveloppe).
Alfred Eick – U-Boat Commander of U-510
€40,00Postwar Signature of Alfred Eick, Knight’s Cross Holder and U-Boat commander of U-510, on a A4 print (glossy paper). A4 size (29,5 x 20 cm).
Portrait of a Feldgendarm – Feldgendarmerie Cufftitle
€15,00Studioportrait of a German Feldgendarm wearing the Feldgendarmerie Cufftitle together with his wife and child. Postcard format. Portrait has a knick in the middle.
Photographs of Wounded and Fallen German Soldiers
€0,012x Photographs of Wounded and Fallen German Soldiers. No writing on reverse.
Günther Tlotzek – 11. Infanterie-Division
€15,00Postwar Signature of Günther Tlotzek, Veteran of the 11. Infanterie-Division.