Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Ernst Pirhofer. Obergefreiter Ernst Pirhofer (12.01.1922 in Meran † 18.02.1991 in Rabland) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on May 4, 1944 as Obergefreiter und Richtkanonier in the 7. Batterie/ Flak-Regiment 43.
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 Werner Nadolski. Hauptmann Werner Nadolski (02.10.1908 in Königsberg † 08.11.1982 in Kaarst) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 31 1943 as Oberleutnant und Chef of the 3. Batterie/ Flak-Regiment 61.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Arnold Huebner. Gefreiter Arnold Huebner (14.07.1919 in Szubin † 01.02.1981 in Gelsenkirchen) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on March 7, 1942 as Gefreiter und Richtkanonier in the 3. Batterie/ Flak-Regiment 33.
On the 16.06.1941, during Operation Battleaxe, the 3./Flak-Regiment 33 (mot) was positioned on Hill 208 (between Capuzzo and Sidi Azeiz). On this day one of its gunners, Gefreiter Huebner, managed to destroy 8 enemy tanks in just a few minutes. Two days later, on the 18.11.1941, the Batterie fought near Bardia while subordinated to the 21. Panzer-Division. Here Huebner eliminated another 8 tanks. In total Huebner was able to raise his total of destroyed enemy materiel to 24 tanks and an artillery battery. For this he was decorated with the Knight’s Cross as the first enlisted man of the Afrika-Korps to be so honoured.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 Erich Krebs. Hauptmann Erich Krebs (06.07.1912 in Angerburg † 03.05.1993 in Oldenburg) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on February 14, 1942 as Hauptmann und Chef of the 1. Batterie/ Flak-Regiment 11.
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 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 Gold on 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 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.
Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Albert Bürger. Oberleutnant Albert Bürger (13.06.1913 † 16.03.1996) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on April 17, 1945 as Oberleutnant in the 4. Flak-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 Friedrich-Wilhelm Reinke. Major Friedrich-Wilhelm Reinke (25.12.1908 † 10.08.1986) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on February 23, 1943 and the Ritterkreuz on October 9, 1943 as Major und Kommandeur of the I. Abteilung/ Flak-Regiment 9 "Legion Condor". Good condition.
Ritterkreuz: “On the 15.01.1943 I held a section of front south of the Pitomnik airfield (near Stalingrad) with two 8.8 cm and three 2 cm AA guns as well as 180 men. When I did a roll call later that day at 16:00 I was able to find just 30 men. With 12 men I reached the German lines which had been pulled back during the day. In this action, as usual, I had covered the retreat of the 297. Infanterie-Division and was recommended for the Knight’s Cross by its commander, Generalleutnant Pfeffer.”
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.