Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Herbert Bartels. Hauptmann Herbert Bartels (15.08.1917 † 01.07.2009) earned the Ritterkreuz on November 22, 1943 as Leutnant und Batteriechef of the 3. Batterie/ Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 293 / Flak-Regiment 42 and the Deutsches Kreuz in Goldon March 20, 1945 as Hauptmann with the 3. Batterie/ Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 293.
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 Photocopy of Herbert Bartels. Hauptmann Herbert Bartels (15.08.1917 † 01.07.2009) earned the Ritterkreuz on November 22, 1943 as Leutnant und Batteriechef of the 3. Batterie/ Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 293 / Flak-Regiment 42 and the Deutsches Kreuz in Goldon March 20, 1945 as Hauptmann with the 3. Batterie/ Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 293. Good condition. Measuring: 8,9x12,6. Comes with an extra signed letter and ID sized photo.
Knight's Cross: Awarded for distinguishing himself with his Batterie during the combat on the northern Crimean front as the Germans fought to repel Soviet attacks here in the months of October-November 1943. He and his 8.8 cm Flak guns were always requested by the German infantry wherever large Soviet armour concentrations appeared.
