Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Georg Briel. Oberstleutnant Georg Briel (21.08.1907 in Ellers-Fulda † 16.05.1970 in Brakel-Höxter) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on Flak-Bataillon 606 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on July 12, 1942 as Major und Kommandeur of the Flak-Bataillon 606. Earned the RK in Africa! Size: 8,2x11,8cm.
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 Theodor "Theo" Schwabach. Oberleutnant Theodor Schwabach (11.01.1912 in Meran † 18.02.1991 in Rabland) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on Jne 30, 1941 as Oberleutnant und Batteriechef in the I. Abteilung/ Flak-Regiment 33.
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 Wilhelm Wendt. Hauptmann Wilhelm Wendt (11.10.1911 in Friedrichshof † 19.02.1984 in Munster) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on June 30, 1941 as Hauptfeldwebel of the 5. Kompanie/Panzer-Regiment 5 of the 21. 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.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Gerhard Müller. Generalmajor Gerhard Müller (19.12.1896 † 10.04.1977) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on September 9, 1942 as Oberst und Kommandeur of the Panzer-Regiment 5 of the 21. Panzer-Division. Small size.
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 Emil Berner. Unteroffizier Emil Berner (04.12.1921 † 13.06.2008) earned the Ritterkreuz on November 3, 1942 as Gefreiter der Reserve und Richtkanonier in the 3. Batterie/ Flak-Regiment 18.
Awarded for distinguishing himself as a Flak gunner throughout the North African campaign. During the battles of Sidi Rezeg and Bir el Hacheim (1941) he destroyed 16 enemy tanks. During the advances in the time period May-June 1942 (Tobruk—Marsa Matruk—El Alamein) he destroyed another 19 enemy tanks. He also destroyed about 200 vehicles as well as anti-tank gun batteries and MG nests. During the combat along the El Alamein front he prevented an armoured breakthrough, destroying 7 tanks at a range of 30-50 metres and shielding about 1000 prisoners from the Allies long enough for them to be taken away by German troops. He had destroyed 42 tanks altogether by the time he received the Knight’s Cross.
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 Paul Audorff. Oberstleutnant Paul Audorff (06.02.1904 in Hof † 17.01.1981 in Marktredwitz) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on May 13, 1943 as Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur of the Grenadier-Regiment 754of the 334. Infanterie-Division. Smaller size.
“Oberstleutnant Audorff has already served as an outstanding troop leader in the western campaign. In this capacity he distinguished himself in such a way that he was assigned the post of regimental commander while only a Major. Assigned the task of organizing the formation of Grenadier-Regiment 754 in November 1942, he was able to forge this unit into an effective instrument of war within a very short time. As such it was able to be employed with great success on the Tunisian front as early as December of the same year. On the 25.04.1943 the English launched an offensive near Medjez el Bab that had the ultimate aim of breaking through to Tunis. On this day Oberstleutnant Audorff personally directed his defense from the foremost line, and he managed to pull off a successful resistance against an English infantry division reinforced by a tank brigade. The main line of defense therefore remained completely in our hands by the evening of this day. Throughout this time he personally intervened everywhere despite strong enemy artillery and airstrikes. He conducted all the necessary counterthrusts/counterattacks and was the soul of the defensive will. His Regiment was accordingly named in the OKW-Bericht for having the lion’s share of this defensive success. However the prevention of an enemy breakthrough to Tunis on this day is ultimately the personal achievement of Oberstleutnant Audorff, commander of the Grenadier-Regiment 754. Oberstleutnant Audorff has a true soldier’s personality and is particularly worthy of this high honour.” (Source: TracesofWar)
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.
2x Original Award documents of Sanitäts-Feldwebel Martin Götzold, who served with the Feldlazarett 667. This unit was stationed at Tunis (Africa).
Award document for the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz. Awarded in Tunis in December 1942! Beautiful award document.
Award document for the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern. Signed by General der Infanterie Bodewin Keitel (DKIS & he was the young brother of Wilhelm Keitel).
2x Award documents of Leutnant Peter Christian Zorn, who earned the Armelband "Afrika" & Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz while with the Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 155 of the 90. leichten Afrika-Division. He later was Killed in Action on the Eastern Front. Comes with a photo of him and death card. Good condition.
Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Walther Kurt Nehring. General der Panzertruppen Walther Kurt Nehring (15.08.1892 † 20.04.1983) earned the Ritterkreuz on July 24, 1941 as Generalmajor und Kommandeur of the 18. Panzer-Division, the Eichenlaub on February 8, 1944 as General der Panzertruppe und Kommandierender General of the XXIV. Panzerkorps and the Schwertern on January 22, 1945 as General der Panzertruppe und Kommandierender General of the XXIV. Panzerkorps. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Nehring joined the military service on 16 September 1911 in the Infanterie-Regiment 152. He became a commissioned Leutnant on 18 December 1913. On 26 October 1940 he received command of the 18th Panzer Division at Chemnitz, which he commanded during the operations Barbarossa and Typhoon. The division led by Nehring, is accused by numerous current accounts, of war crimes.
Nehring took command of the Afrika Korps in May 1942 and took part in the last major Axis offensive (Operation Brandung) of the Western Desert campaign and the subsequent Battle of Alam Halfa (31 August - 7 September 1942), during which he was wounded in an air raid. Between November and December 1942, he commanded the LXXXX Army Corps, the German contingent in Tunisia.
After North Africa, Nehring was posted to the Eastern Front where he commanded first the XXIV. Panzer Corps, and then from July to August 1944 the Fourth Panzer Army. Nehring then returned to the XXIV in August 1944 and led the Corps until March 1945 when he was made commander of the 1st Panzer Army. During 1944 he was also the commanding officer of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps. Following the end of the war, Nehring wrote a comprehensive history of the German panzer forces from 1916 to 1945, Die Geschichte der deutschen Panzerwaffe 1916 bis 1945. He also wrote the foreword to Len Deighton's Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.
