Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo & Card of Günter Prill. Oberleutnant Günter Prill (02.11.1919 in Liegnitz † 17.12.1982 in Trier) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on December 1, 1943 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on January 18, 1944 as Oberleutnant und Chef of the 3. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 51 of the 18. Infanterie-Division. Photo Size: 9x12,2cm.
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 & Card of Günter Prill. Oberleutnant Günter Prill (02.11.1919 in Liegnitz † 17.12.1982 in Trier) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on December 1, 1943 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on January 18, 1944 as Oberleutnant und Chef of the 3. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 51 of the 18. Infanterie-Division. Photo Size: 7,5x10,5cm.
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 Günter Prill. Oberleutnant Günter Prill (02.11.1919 in Liegnitz † 17.12.1982 in Trier) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on December 1, 1943 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on January 18, 1944 as Oberleutnant und Chef of the 3. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 51 of the 18. Infanterie-Division. Size: 8,9x12,5cm.
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 Streit. Hauptmann Werner Streit (10.02.1918 † 05.03.1993) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on November 24, 1942 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on April 14, 1943 as Hauptmann und Chef of the 5. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 51 of the 18. Infanterie-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 Photocopy of Albert Langer. Gefreiter Albert Langer (05.09.1924 † 24.05.1993) earned the Ritterkreuz on April 7, 1944 as Gefreiter und Gruppenführer in the 1. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 51 of the 18. Panzer-Grenadier-Division. Good condition. Measuring: Postcardsize.
Knight's Cross: "At the end of March 1944 the Soviets instigated a fierce battle between the Dnieper and Tschaussy rivers, in which the I./Grenadier-Regiment 51 (mot) was heavily involved. The Germans had by this time suffered heavy losses and after the 2. Kompanie of the Bataillon was no longer combat capable, it came down to 1. Kompanie and its handful of Grenadiers to carry on the fight. Among these was the machine-gunner Gefreiter Langer.When a Soviet battalion, soon followed by another, commenced an attack on the German Kompanie, Langer was forced to take over control of his squad after its commanding Unteroffizier had fallen out due to a nervous breakdown. Throughout that day and the following night however the squad was able to hold its ground despite the heavy odds. Their situation vastly improved when they finally received an ammunition resupply during the night.In the end Langer and his squad managed to fend off all strong Soviet attacks for four days during battles that raged both in daylight and darkness. This success was largely on account of Langer’s bravery and decisiveness, and it contributed significantly to the overall defensive triumph of the Bataillon. Thus on the third night of the battle already (26.03.1944) Langer was awarded the Iron Cross First Class and his comrades the Iron Cross Second Class. Afterwards Langer would be recommended for and receive the Knight’s Cross." (Source: Traces of War)
