Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Eberhard Schlepple. Oberleutnant Eberhard Schlepple (03.05.1918 in Frankfurt an dem Oder † 25.02.1988 in Heiligenhaus) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on November 6, 1941 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on July 27, 1944 as Oberleutnant und Führer of the Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 26of the 26. Panzer-Division.
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.
Hitlerjugend-Gesundheitspaß of (later) Oberleutnant Eberhard Schlepple (03.05.1918 † 25.02.1988) who earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on July 27, 1944 as Oberleutnant u. Führer of the Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 26 of the 26. Panzer-Division. Signed by him in 1936! Comes with a (likely) postwar postcard portrait of him.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Erwin Cohrs. Major Erwin Cohrs (19.02.1916 † 27.02.1994) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on December 8, 1943 with 6. Kompanie/ Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 67 and the Ritterkreuz on December 9, 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of the II. Bataillon/ Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 67 of the 26. Panzer-Division. Good condition. Measuring: 8,5x12,7cm. Comes with an extra signed letter.
Knight's Cross: "During the last days of October 1944 Allied forces made an advance near C. Condoli with strong forces. In response Major Cohrs launched a counterattack with his Grenadiers that threw the Allied troops back across the Savio river with heavy losses. By doing so he removed the impending danger of an Allied breakthrough, which would have had severe consequences for the Division’s entire frontline. Major Cohrs would thus subsequently be awarded the Knight’s Cross."
