Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Alwin Wolz. Generalmajor Alwin Wolz (22.09.1897 in Windsfeld † 15.09.1978 Vaterstetten-München) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on August 21, 1942 as Oberst in the Flak-Regiment 135 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on June 4, 1943 as Oberst und Kommandeur in the Flak-Regiment 135. He eventually became a Generalmajor.
Awarded the Ritterkreuz for:
1. Forming an emergency Flak front in response to British armoured counterattacks on the second day of the Battle of Gazala, the 27.05.1942. This Flak front destroyed 24 of the attacking British Grant tanks and helped save the bulk of the Afrika Korps from a critical situation.2. The successful handling of his Kampfgruppe in the heavy fighting near El Hamma on the 27.03.1943, where it allegedly destroyed 30 US tanks.3. Covering the retreat of the 15. Panzer-Division and the 164. Leichte-Division at El Agareb on the 09.04.1943. His Flak guns destroyed 7 tanks on this day and forced the rest of the attacking force (comprising about 50 tanks) to retreat.
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.
