Award document for the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern (War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords) of Oberfeldwebel Paul Stobbe, who earned it for his service on March 19, 1943 while serving with 6. Seenotstaffel in Italy. Signed by Generalfeldmarschall und Chef der Luftflotte 2 Albert Kesselring (Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds!).
Original Award document of Unteroffizier Karl Jonas, who served with the III. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 53 of the Luftflotte 2, for the Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (Iron Cross 1st Class) for his service on September 6, 1941, which was signed by Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring (RK+EL+SW+BRILLANTEN!). Condition as seen.
Scarce Postwar Signature of Siegfried Westphal. Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Westphal surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and acted as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials. He was released in 1947. He wrote a book The German Army in the West which was published in 1952. He appears in a number of interview segments of The World at War.
