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Original Flemish NSKK & Dietse Militie – Zwarte Brigade Wolfsangel arm shield. Good condition.

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Johann Fiedler. SS-Oberscharführer Johann Fiedler (28.04.1922 † 23.09.1999) earned the Ritterkreuz on June 16, 1944 as SS-Unterscharführer und Zugführer in the 5. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 6 “Theodor Eicke” of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf”. Good condition.

Knight’s Cross: “On the 26.04.1944 the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 ‘Theodor Eicke’ attacked towards Pascani with the intent of improving its own lines. After overwhelming the first hostile trenches an enemy flanking position containing numerous bunkers that had not previously been identified made itself very uncomfortably felt. Under fire from the flanking bunkers and field positions, the friendly attack initially bogged down.

In this situation SS-Unterscharführer Fiedler led his squad into an attack against the enemy trench on his own initiative and rolled it up in bitter close combat. He eliminated the bunkers that formed part of the enemy’s defensive network with great prudence and exemplary bravado.

Through this independently conducted action Fiedler took out the enemy flanking threat, and in doing so he enabled the attack of the two forwardly deployed Bataillone to proceed. He personally captured the following: 35 prisoners, 1 anti-tank gun, 2 heavy machine-guns, 5 light machine-guns, 39 machine-pistols. Over 40 enemy dead lay amongst the trenches and bunkers he had cleared. Through this achievement Unterscharführer Fiedler has achieved a decisive success far out of proportion to his battlefield importance.

I ask that SS-Unterscharführer Fiedler (who has already been wounded in the East a total of 9 times) be awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross for his heroic deed and its associated success.” 

Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Walter Pitsch. SS-Hauptscharführer Walter Pitsch (13.06.1920 † 29.07.2005) earned the Ritterkreuz on May 6, 1945 as SS-Hauptscharführer und Batterieführer of the 4. Batterie/ SS-Flak-Abteilung 1 of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division “Adolf Hitler”. Good condition. Plus letter.

At the end of April 1945 Walter Pitsch took over the command of his Kompanie after all of its self-propelled 3.7 cm AA guns had been lost. During this time, in which the Kompanie was now employed in the infantry role, the unit managed to thwart an enemy penetration near the Mariazell-Hohenberg (in the Alps). Pitsch, leading at the head of the Kompanie, threw the Soviets back from their gains and held the position thereafter. The retention of this position was of great importance in covering the retreat of the Division, and Pitsch would be recommended for the Knight’s Cross in recognition of his success here. Awarded immediately by Supreme Commander of 6. Panzer-Armee (Dietrich), Southeastern Front. (Source: Traces of War)

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Rochus Misch. SS-Untersturmführer Rochus Misch (29.07.1917 † 05.09.2013) served with the 1. SS-Panzer-Division “LSSAH” and afterwards with the Führerbegleitkommando (Führer Escort Command; FBK) as a bodyguard, courier, and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler. Misch was one of the last occupants of the Führerbunker in Berlin, May 1945 where he also witnessed the bodies of Eva & Adolf Hitler as well as the Goebbels family. Good condition. Measuring: Postcardsize.

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Erhard Gührs. SS-Obersturmführer Erhard Gührs served with the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 2 of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division “LSSAH”. Severely wounded in August 1944 on the Invasionsfront as Bataillonsadjutant of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 2. Postcardsize.

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Rudolf von Ribbentrop. SS-Hauptsturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop (11.05.1921 † 20.05.2019) earned the Ritterkreuz on July 15, 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer und Führer of the 6. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division “LSSAH” and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on August 25, 1944 with the 3. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend”. Good condition.

Original Wehrpass of an Obergefreiter who served with the Flak-Regiment 231 (mot.) and Luftsperr-Abteilung 105. On 5.10.1941, he earned the Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1.10.38, on 15.8.40 the Tätigkeitsabzeichen der Flakartillerie and on 10.1.42 the Kampfabzeichen der Flakartillerie. He has an interesting battle calendar for 1940: including battles in Netherlands (Helmond, Weert) and Belgium (Antwerpen, Mechelen, Turnhout, Herentals, Gent…). Also mentioned he has 6 days of “Feindbeschuss”. Complete with photo. Condition as seen.

Original Flemish Waffen-SS Volunteers sign-up form. Sign-up form for the SS-Standarte “Westland” and the SS-Volunteers Legion “Flandern”. “Ergänzungsamt der Waffen-SS, Erganzüngsstelle Flandern, Antwerpen, Koningin Elisabethlei 22”. Complete! Condition as seen.

Very rare and sought after!

Original Flemish Waffen-SS Volunteers sign-up form. Earliest version from Den Haag in 1940, after it was filled in, it was to be redirected to Karl-Leib in the Begijnenvest 16, Antwerpen, Flanders. “Ergänzungsamt der Waffen-SS, Erganzüngsstelle NW” (Nordwest). Condition as seen.

Very rare and sought after!

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Reinhard Suhren. Fregattenkäpitan Reinhard Suhren (02.07.1914 † 26.12.2005) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on November 3, 1940 as Oberleutnant zur See und I. Wachtoffizier of Uboot “U-48”, the Eichenlaub on December 31, 1941 as Oberleutnant zur See und Kapitän of Uboot “U-564” and the Schwertern on August 17, 1942 as Kapitänleutnant und Kapitän of Uboot “U-564”.

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.

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Karl Ullrich. SS-Oberführer Karl Ullrich (01.12.1910 † 08.05.1996) earned the Ritterkreuz on February 19, 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Pionier-Bataillon “Totenkopf” and the Eichenlaub on May 14, 1944 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 6 “Theodor Eicke” of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf“. Last commander of the 5. SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking”.

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.

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Carl Emmermann. Kapitänleutnant Carl Emmermann (06.03.1915 † 25.03.1990) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on November 27, 1942 as Kapitänleutnant und Kommandant of U-172 and the Eichenlaub on July 4, 1943 as Kapitänleutnant und Kommandant of U-172.

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for the sinking of 17 ships with a total of 95429 GRT. This total included the US passenger freighter “Santa Rita”, and as the ship was being blown up Emmermann and his crew were able to capture a map showing the locations of the mine barriers guarding Cape Town. Another notable success amongst this total was the British troop transport “Orcades” (23456 GRT), which was sunk on the 10.10.1942.

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.

Original Postwar Signature on a Card of Otto Weidinger. SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Weidinger (27.05.1914 † 11.01.1990) earned the Ritterkreuz on April 21, 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the  SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung “Das Reich”, the Eichenlaub on December 27, 1944 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer” and Schwertern on May 6, 1945 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich“. Size: 8,5×12,5cm. Signed and dedicated on the reverse.

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.

Original death card of a soldier who died in a hospital in Bad Freienwalde an der Oder on January 13, 1945. Real, top photo pasted onto the card! Condition as een.

Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of husband and wife! The husband went missing just after the war in Yugoslavia and his wife died later in 1985. Sad but interesting card.

Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Priest & Sanitäts-Unteroffizier Georg Brenner, who served with the 100. Jäger-Division, and was Killed in Action in Stalingrad on January 31, 1943. Condition as seen.

Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Feldwebel Willehad Kemme. Flakzugführer. Earned several awards and was Killed in Dreux in Normandy. Condition as seen.

Original Waffen-SS Recruitment booklet “Vlaanderen vraagt Soldaten” (Flanders asks for Soldiers) for the Flemish Waffen-SS volunteers! Illustrated card cover, fully complete with 16 pages of text and mono photos and the reverse of the booklet is still there as this could be torn (when data was written to sign up). Size: 15,5×22 cm. Condition as seen.

Flemish Waffen-SS volunteers material is very rare and highly sought after. They fought on the most bloodiest battlefields of the war.

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Gustav Hoffmann. SS-Sturmmann Gustav Hoffmann served with the 4. Batterie/ SS-Flak-Abteilung 12 of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend”.

Original Signature of Ward Hermans. A5 size. Condition as seen.

Cornelius Eduardus Hermans (6 February 1897 – 23 November 1992) was a Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and writer. Hermans saw service with the Belgian Army during the First World War before becoming involved in politics as a member of the nationalist Frontpartij. As punishment for his involvement in the Flemish Movement, he was sent to the Special Forestry Platoon, a Belgian penal military unit located in Orne, Normandy, France in July 1918, where he worked as a woodchopper as a form of penal labour. After the war, Hermans served the Frontparij in the Belgian parliament from 1929 to 1932. He quit the Frontpartij in 1933 to join Verdinaso and soon became known for his pro-Nazi stance in journals such as De Schelde, Volk en Staat, and Strijd. His membership came to an end the following year when he argued with Joris van Severen and left the group to join the Flemish National Union. Serving as an arrondissement leader for the group from 1935 to 1940, he also returned to parliament as a VNV representative from 1939 to 1944.

Hermans became an enthusiastic collaborator with Nazi Germany after the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. The same year, Hermans, along with René Lagrou, was the founder of the Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen, the Flemish Schutzstaffel. Having left his official engagements with VNV in October 1940 to concentrate on this assignment, he also edited the new movement’s journal SS-Man. In the later years of the war Hermans went to Germany to broadcast propaganda over the radio in Bremen.

Hermans was sentenced to death in absentia after the Second World War, but he was not arrested until his capture in Germany in November 1946. He was returned to Belgium where his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was released in 1955. He largely remained aloof from political involvement following his release, apart from a spell in the Order of Flemish Militants during the 1970s, before his death on 23 November 1992. (Source: Wikipedia)