Original Award document of Gefreiter Studeny, who served with Feldzeug-Kraftwagen-Kolonne 7,for the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern (War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords) for his service on December 22, 1941. Signed by Generalmajor Eduard Wagner. Document was folded in the past. Condition as seen.
Eduard Wanger became a conspirator against Hitler. When Claus von Stauffenberg sought approval for an assassination attempt on 15 July 1944, Wagner was cited as being definite that the assassination of Hitler should be attempted only if Heinrich Himmler was also present. On 20 July, Wagner arranged the airplane that flew Stauffenberg from Rastenburg back to Berlin after the bomb that was believed to have killed Hitler had exploded. After the failure of the coup attempt, Wagner feared that his arrest by the Gestapo was imminent and that he might be forced to implicate other plotters. He committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at noon on 23 July 1944. (Source: Wikipedia)
Original Wartime Studioportrait of Günther von Kluge. Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge (30.10.1882 in Posen † 19.08.1944 in Metz, France) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on September 30, 1939 as General der Artillerie und Kommandeur of the 4. Armee, the Eichenlaub on January 18, 1943 as Generalfeldmarschall und Oberbefehlshaber of the Heeresgruppe Mitte and the Schwertern on March 30, 1944 as Generalfeldmarschall und Oberbefehlshaber of the Heeresgruppe Mitte. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz. General der Flieger Karl Bodenschatz (10.12.1890 in Rehau † 25.08.1979 in Erlangen) earned the Verwundetenabzeichen "20. Juli 1944" in Gold on July 20, 1944. Signed on the reverse.
Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz was a German general who was the adjutant to Manfred von Richthofen in World War I and the liaison officer between Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler in World War II. The photo is signed on the reverse, the signature seen on the front is in the print and not hand signed. During World War II he was the liaison officer between Hitler's headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe until he was seriously injured in 1944 by the 20 July plot bomb at the Wolf's Lair headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia. He was fortunate to survive the explosion as two officers immediately to his left and one to his right were killed. (Read more on Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (Wikipedia))
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.
Postwar Signature of Hans Speidel. Hans Speidel (28 October 1897 – 28 November 1984) was a German general and diplomat, who was one of the major military leaders of West Germany during the early Cold War. The first full General in West Germany, he was a principal founder of the Bundeswehr and a major figure in German rearmament, integration into NATO and international negotiations on European and Western defence cooperation in the 1950s. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the NATO ground forces in Central Europe from 1957 to 1963 and then as President of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs from 1964.
Speidel joined the German Army in 1914, fought in the First World War, and stayed with the Army as a career soldier after the war. He served as chief of staff to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel during the Second World War and was promoted to lieutenant general in 1944. Speidel participated in the 20 July Plot to assassinate Hitler, and he was tasked with recruiting Rommel for the resistance. After the plot failed he was arrested by the Gestapo. At the end of the war, he escaped from Nazi prison and went into hiding. He was the only major member of the 20 July Plot to survive the war.
During the early Cold War, Speidel emerged as one of the major military leaders of West Germany, and played a key role in German rearmament, Western international negotiations on defence cooperation and West German integration into NATO. He is thus regarded as one of the founders of the Bundeswehr.
Award document of Obergefreiter Ernst Deckmann who earned the Panzerkampfabzeichen (in Bronze) (Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze) for his taking part in three armored assaults in three different days (Bronze was awarded to Personnel of the Schützen- and Panzergrenadier-Regiments, Medical and Armored Reconnaisance Units) on January 24, 1941 while serving with the 6. Kompanie/Schützen-Regiment 69 of the 10. Panzer-Division (which was later destroyed in Tunis). This will still be for his participation in the French Campaign in 1940! Signed by Generalleutnant Ferdinand Schaal (Knight's Cross), Schaal was also involved in the unsuccessful 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler; for his participation in the conspiracy, he was imprisoned until the end of the war. Document is DIN A4, has been folded twice and punched in the past.
Comes with a Besitz-Zeugnis for the 1. Fache Schützenabzeichen (Shooting Award) in the 1. Schießklasse.
Postwar Signature of Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz. Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (10 December 1890 – 25 August 1979) was a German general who was the adjutant to Manfred von Richthofen in World War I and the liaison officer between Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler in World War II. During World War II he was the liaison officer between Hitler's headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe until he was seriously injured in 1944 by the 20 July plot bomb at the Wolf's Lair headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia. He was fortunate to survive the explosion as two officers immediately to his left and one to his right were killed. (Souce: Wikipedia)
