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Original La Bataille de Koursk — Éditions Heimdal (Original French Edition) — book which bears several top signatures! This copy has been signed by veterans who either earned the Ritterkreuz, Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, or served during the Battle of Kursk. Notable names:
Ernst Barkmann
Hans Siptrott
Karl-Heinz Boska
Walter Lau
Fritz Langanke
Rudolf von Ribbentrop
Josef “Sepp” Lainer
Walter Scherf
Wilhelm Wiener
Leonhard Klemz
Richard Rudolf
Kurt Sametreiter
Plus one additional unidentified veteran signature
Rarely encountered ! Condition as seen.
On 18 August 1944, while serving as an SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102, attached to the 9. SS-Panzer-Division “Hohenstaufen” within the II. SS-Panzer-Korps, he was severely wounded near Trun in the Falaise Pocket. His injuries included bullet wounds to the head, lung, and pelvis. He was subsequently captured by British forces on 19 August 1944 and became a prisoner of war. He survived the war but tragically died in a car accident in Tyrol on 2 October 1978.