Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Bernhard Jope. Major Bernhard Jope (10.05.1914 in Leipzig † 31.07.1995 in Königstein) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 30, 1940 as Oberleutnant und Flugzeugführer in the 2. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 40 and the Eichenlaub on March 24, 1944 as Major und Kommodore of the Kampfgeschwader 100.
Eichenlaub: Awarded for his successes as a Geschwader commander. His unit’s greatest achievement during this time was the sinking of the Italian battleship “Roma” on the 09.09.1943 using the new “Fritz-X” glide bombs. By the 15.09.1944 Hope had personally sunk/damaged 130000 GRT worth of enemy shipping, including a battleship. Since he took over the Geschwader on the 01.09.1943, his unit had sunk/damaged a total of 300000 GRT worth of shipping, sunk the battleship “Roma”, damaged another 4 battleships, and sunk/destroyed 8 cruisers and 22 destroyers.
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.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Bernhard Jope. Major Bernhard Jope (10.05.1914 in Leipzig † 31.07.1995 in Königstein) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 30, 1940 as Oberleutnant und Flugzeugführer in the 2. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 40 and the Eichenlaub on March 24, 1944 as Major und Kommodore of the Kampfgeschwader 100.
Eichenlaub: Awarded for his successes as a Geschwader commander. His unit’s greatest achievement during this time was the sinking of the Italian battleship “Roma” on the 09.09.1943 using the new “Fritz-X” glide bombs. By the 15.09.1944 Hope had personally sunk/damaged 130000 GRT worth of enemy shipping, including a battleship. Since he took over the Geschwader on the 01.09.1943, his unit had sunk/damaged a total of 300000 GRT worth of shipping, sunk the battleship “Roma”, damaged another 4 battleships, and sunk/destroyed 8 cruisers and 22 destroyers.
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.
