Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Josef Flögel. Oberfeldwebel Josef Flögel (19.10.1919 † 24.01.1997) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on February 5, 1944 as Feldwebel in the 2. Staffel/ Nachtschlachtgruppe 6 and the Ritterkreuz on February 19, 1945 as Oberfeldwebel und Flugzeugführer of the 2. Staffel/ Nachtschlachtgruppe 5.
Knight’s Cross: Awarded for flying into the Budapest pocket with an Fi 156 Storch as a courier pilot on the 20.01.1945.
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.