Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo & Letter of Friedrich Hummel. Hauptmann Friedrich Hummel (08.02.1910 † 10.07.1993) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzeson October 19, 1944 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of Jagdverband Leitstelle West (Frontaufklärungsverband II West).
Friedrich Hummel was a former Brandenburger, Defense II agent, sea fighter, lieutenant captain of the small combat units (K-units) of the Navy and commander of Lehrkommando 700. The intelligence officer was the head of numerous special units and the leading practitioner of ship sabotage in the German Wehrmacht. In the last months of the war, Major Hummel was the operational planner of the SS combat swimmers with the simultaneous rank of SS Hauptsturmfuhrer of the Waffen SS. (Read more on Friedrich Hummel (Metapedia))
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 Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Friedrich Hummel. Hauptmann Friedrich Hummel (08.02.1910 † 10.07.1993) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzeson October 19, 1944 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of Jagdverband Leitstelle West (Frontaufklärungsverband II West).
Friedrich Hummel was a former Brandenburger, Defense II agent, sea fighter, lieutenant captain of the small combat units (K-units) of the Navy and commander of Lehrkommando 700. The intelligence officer was the head of numerous special units and the leading practitioner of ship sabotage in the German Wehrmacht. In the last months of the war, Major Hummel was the operational planner of the SS combat swimmers with the simultaneous rank of SS Hauptsturmfuhrer of the Waffen SS. (Read more on Friedrich Hummel (Metapedia))
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.
