Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Herbert Schulze. SS-Sturmbannführer Herbert Schulze (01.04.1914 † 02.02.1992) earned the Ritterkreuz on December 16, 1943 as as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the II. Bataillon/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”. He also the Nahkampfspange in Gold on November 9, 1943. Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Gustav Lombard. SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard (10.04.1894 † 18.09.1992) earned the Ritterkreuz on March 10, 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Reiter-Regiment 1 of the SS-Kavallerie-Division “Florian Geyer”. Good condition. Measuring: Postcardsize.
Read more about Gustav Lombard (Wikipedia).
OriginalPostwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Rudolf von Ribbentrop. SS-Hauptsturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop (11.05.1921 in Wiesbaden † 20.05.2019 in Ratingen) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 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”. Condition as seen. Postcardsize.
He participated in many of the most famous battles of World War II: Kharkov, Kursk, Normandy, Falaise and the Ardennes!
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Amandus Ahlf! SS-Unterscharführer Amandus Ahlf (05.05.1923 † 23.07.2018) who served with the Flakzug/ SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 “Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler”of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division “LSSAH“. Wounded in Charkow. Condition as seen.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Albert Frey and his wife Lotte Frey! SS-Standartenführer Albert Frey (16.02.1913 † 01.09.2003) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on November 17, 1941 with SS-Infanterie-Regiment “Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler”, the Ritterkreuz on March 3, 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the I. Bataillon/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 1 “LSSAH” and the Eichenlaub on December 29, 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 1 of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division “LSSAH“. Condition as seen.
Original KIA Waffen-SS Soldbuch of SS-Panzergrenadier Karl Müller who was Killed in Action on April 23, 1945 in Berlin-Biesdorf.. only 6 km away from the Führerbunker! He first served with the SS-Regiment Falke before serving with the 6. Kompanie/ SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Norge" of the 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland" during the Battle of Berlin! Super rare. Condition as seen.
Original Postwar Signature on a Letter of Otto Günsche. Otto Günsche (24.09.1917 † 02.10.2003) earned the Verwundetenabzeichen “20. Juli 1944” in Schwarz and was a member of the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler before he became Adolf Hitler’s personal adjutant. Condition as seen.
With the end of Nazi Germany imminent, Günsche was tasked by Hitler on 30 April 1945 with ensuring the cremation of his body after his death. That afternoon, he stood guard outside the room in the Führerbunker where Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. After waiting a short time, Hitler’s valet, Heinz Linge, opened the study door with Martin Bormann at his side. The two men entered the study with Günsche right behind them. Günsche then left the study and announced that Hitler was dead to a group in the briefing room, which included Joseph Goebbels, General Hans Krebs, and General Wilhelm Burgdorf. Günsche had the table and chairs in the study moved out of the way and blankets were laid out on the floor. Hitler and Braun’s lifeless bodies were then wrapped in blankets. In accordance with Hitler’s prior written and verbal instructions, his and Braun’s bodies were carried up the stairs and through the bunker’s emergency exit to the garden behind the Reich Chancellery to be burned. Having ensured that the corpses were burnt using petrol supplied by Hitler’s chauffeur Erich Kempka, Günsche later left the Führerbunker after midnight on 1 May. On 2 May 1945, Günsche was taken prisoner by Soviet Red Army troops that were encircling the city and flown to Moscow for sharp interrogation by the NKVD.
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. Condition as seen. Postcardsize.
Original business card of SS-Standartenführer Anton "Toni" Winkelnkemper (18.10.1905 in Wiedenbrück † 21.02.1968 in Mexiko Stadt) was a German jurist, SS-Standartenführer and member of the Reichsparteitags of the NSDAP. Business card features his titles as "Gauamtsleiter der NSDAP, Intendant des Reichssenders Köln". Condition as seen.
Original Feldpost Enveloppe (no content) of Franz Effland who served with the Panzerspähzug of the "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler". There's a Unterscharführer Franz Effland who was KIA in 1942 while serving with the Kradschützen unit of the Totenkopf Division. Likely the same man. Condition as seen.
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of a Fallschirmjäger, who served with the 4. Kompanie/ Jäger-Regiment "Hermann Göring"of the Hermann Göring Divison. Condition as seen.
Original award document of Unteroffizier u. Bordfunker Blaffert, who served with the 9. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 3, for the Frontflug-Spange für Kampfflieger in Silber for his service on July 7, 1942, which was signed by Oberst und Kommodore Heinrich Conrady (DKIG). Condition as seen, has been folded in the past.
Original set of Hauptmann Weyrauch, who served with the Artillerie-Regiment 213, Artillerie-Regiment 150, 10. Sperrfeuer-Batterie, Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 301 & 296 and Festungs-Batterie 1156. He was decorated with the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse, Eisernes Kreuz 2. & 1. Klasse (1914), Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 and at the end of the war with the Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse and 1. Klasse!
Most interestingly, he was quipped with the MP40 with Pouches & 3 Magazines!
Includes a lot of papers, his military driver's license and award documents for the Kriegsverdienskreuz 2. Klasse, Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (1914), Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (1914), Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 and Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer.
This set came from the family! This set deserves much research.
Original set of Unteroffizier Siewertsen who during the war served with the Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32 of the 12. Panzer-Division and ended up with the Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 1233 of the 233. Panzer-Division. After the war ended, he kept on serving with the Minenraumkommando Danmark to clear up mines that stayed behind on the Danish coast. Their story is told in the movie Land of Mine (Under Sandet)! The set includes:
Award document for the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Award document for the Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Award document for the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz
Award document for the Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42
Several photographs
Booklet with clean-ups of his mine clearing in August 1945!
Straight from the family, original set of awards and documents from a father and son (both had the same name). The son was Killed in Action while serving with the 170. Infanterie-Division. The award include a Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (marked "65"), Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 (marked "30") with ribbon & pouch, and a Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer. Award documents include: Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse, Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 and Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer. Includes extra papers and feldpost package.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Heinrich Sonne. SS-Hauptsturmführer Heinrich Sonne (23.02.1917 in Riga, Latvia † 05.09.1984 in Erftstadt) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 10, 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer und Chef of the Kradschützen-kompanie/ SS-Infanterie-Brigade 1 (mot.). He also served with the SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 18 “Horst Wessel” and the SS-Panzer-Brigade “Westfalen”. Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo & Letter of Hans Traupe. SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Traupe (04.05.1913 † 23.06.2004) earned the Ritterkreuz on February 23, 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the I. Bataillon/ SS-Polizei-Grenadier-Regiment 3 of the 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division. Good condition. Measuring: Postcardsize. Scarce motive!
Original Wartime Studioportrait with Wartime Signature of Fritz Fessmann. Major der Reserve Fritz Feßmann (25.12.1913 † 11.10.1944) earned the Ritterkreuz in June 1940 and the Eichenlaub on October 27, 1941 as Leutnant der Reserve und Zugführer in the 1. Kompanie/ Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 7 of the 4. Panzer-Division and the Schwerternon January 4, 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve und Chef of the 1. Kompanie/ Kradschützen-Bataillon 64 of the 14. Panzer-Division. Measuring: Postcardsize.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Josef Lainer. Josef “Sepp” Lainer (13.03.1920 † 04.09.2002) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on October 8, 1943 as as SS-Oberscharführer und Zugführer in the 3. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich” and the Nahkampfspange in Gold on October 15, 1943 as SS-Hauptscharführer und Zugführer in the 1. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 “Der Führer”. Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Original Wehrmacht (Heer) studioportrait of a Panzer soldier wearing a Panzer Beret and Panzerwrap, numbered for Panzer-Regiment 5! Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Panzer-Regiment 5 was part of the Deutsches Afrikakorps and capitulated in Tunis in May 1943!
Original Wehrmacht (Heer) studioportrait of a Panzer soldier wearing a Panzer Beret and Panzerwrap, numbered for Panzer-Regiment 5! Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Panzer-Regiment 5 was part of the Deutsches Afrikakorps and capitulated in Tunis in May 1943!
Original Wehrmacht (Heer) studioportrait of a Panzer soldier wearing a Panzer Beret and Panzerwrap, numbered for Panzer-Regiment 5! Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Panzer-Regiment 5 was part of the Deutsches Afrikakorps and capitulated in Tunis in May 1943!
Original Wehrmacht (Heer) studioportrait of a Panzer soldier wearing a Panzer Beret and Panzerwrap, numbered for Panzer-Regiment 5! Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Panzer-Regiment 5 was part of the Deutsches Afrikakorps and capitulated in Tunis in May 1943!
Original Wehrmacht (Heer) studioportrait of a Panzer soldier wearing a Panzer Beret and Panzerwrap, numbered for Panzer-Regiment 5! Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Panzer-Regiment 5 was part of the Deutsches Afrikakorps and capitulated in Tunis in May 1943!
Original Wehrmacht (Heer) studioportrait of a Panzer soldier wearing a Panzer Beret and Panzerwrap, numbered for Panzer-Regiment 5! Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Panzer-Regiment 5 was part of the Deutsches Afrikakorps and capitulated in Tunis in May 1943!
Original Wehrmacht (Heer) studioportrait of a Panzer soldier wearing a Panzer Beret and Panzerwrap, numbered for Panzer-Regiment 5! Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Panzer-Regiment 5 was part of the Deutsches Afrikakorps and capitulated in Tunis in May 1943!
Original Medal Bar with the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (1914) - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer & Flandernkreuz of the Marinekorps Flandern with clasp "Seekrieg". Condition as seen.
Original Flandernkreuz of the Marinekorps Flandern with 4 clasps (!) "Antwerpen", "Ypern", "Flandernschlacht" and "Durchbruchschlacht"! Condition as seen.
Original Stunning EM (Mannschaften) Waffenrock which is gold piped for Wehrmacht (Heer) Kavallerie (Cavalry). The shoulder boards have added regimental cyphers denoting Kavallerie-Regiment 13. Tailored in Lüneburg with tailor label. Condition as seen. Complete with all its original insignia.
Original Personalausweisfür Marinehelferinnen for a female born in 1921. Her I.D. was openened in June 1943 by the 2. Marinehelferinnenersatzabteilung. She served with the Marineoberkommando Italien and Marineoberkommando Süd. Seems in June 1945 she had to be hospitalized for a Amputation? Complete with photo. Condition as seen.
Original award document set of Gefreiter Herbert Miltenberger who served with the Schweres Bataillon and Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 of the 20. Panzer-Division. Award documents include the:
Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse. Signed by Generalmajor von Thoma!
Original Photograph during an event in Vienna, 1938. Hitler seen in his car. Arthur-Seyss Inquart in the back? In the foreground the Wiener Rathaus. Propaganda photo. Condition as seen. Postcardsize.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Walter Fasel. Feldwebel Walter Fasel (07.06.1919 † 13.08.2013) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on August 31, 1943 as Feldwebel und Zugführer of the 14. Kompanie/ Füsilier-Regiment 26 of the 30. Infanterie-Division. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Helmut Eberspächer. Hauptmann Helmut Eberspächer (18.11.1915 † 19.06.2011) earned the Ritterkreuz on January 26, 1945 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän of the 3. Staffel/ Nachtschlachtgruppe 20. Condition as seen. Postcardsize.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Hans-Ekkehard Bob. Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob (24.01.1917 † 12.08.2013) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on December 24, 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 9. Staffel/ Jagdgeschwader 54 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on March 7, 1941 as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän of the 9. Staffel/ Jagdgeschwader 54. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Bob achieved a total of 59 aerial victories (including 21 in the West) over the course of about 700 sorties. He brought down 1 four-engined bomber by ramming it!
