Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Hellmuth Hauser. Hauptmann Hellmuth Hauser (24.02.1916 in Berlin † 05.09.2004 in Grünwald) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 23, 1942 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän in the I. Gruppe/ Kampfgeschwader 51 “Edelweiss”.
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 Hellmuth Hauser. Hauptmann Hellmuth Hauser (24.02.1916 in Berlin † 05.09.2004 in Grünwald) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on December 23, 1942 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän in the I. Gruppe/ Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss".
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.
Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Josef Schölß. Hauptmann Josef Schölß (22.03.1916 † 22.08.2009) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on August 21, 1942 and the Ritterkreuz on May 25, 1943 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän of the 3. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss". Good condition. Measuring: Postcardsize.
Small estate of Unteroffizier Rolf Nehrenst, who served with the 12. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 51 as Bordfunker but met his fate on December 18, 1943 when they crashed (accident) near Wiener-Neustadt. He was awarded the Fliegerschützenabzeichen mit Blitzbündel.
The set consists of:
His Wehrpass
Award document for the Fliegerschützenabzeichen mit Blitzbündel
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Hellmut Hauser. Major Hellmuth Hauser (24.02.1916 † 05.09.2004) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on September 9, 1942 as Hauptmann of the 5. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss" and the Ritterkreuz on December 23, 1942 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän of the I. Gruppe/ Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss". Good condition. Measuring: 8,9×12,7cm.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Klaus Häberlen. Major Klaus Häberlen (14.04.1916 † 07.04.2002) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on March 19, 1943 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of the I. Gruppe/ Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss" and the Ritterkreuz on June 20, 1943 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of the I. Gruppe/ Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss". Good condition. Measuring: 8,6×13,7cm. Comes with an extra signed letter.
Knight's Cross: "Awarded after flying 297 bomber sorties (counted as 306 front flights), the vast majority of these in the East. He particularly distinguished himself over the southern section of the Eastern front during the winter of 1942/43, in which he destroyed 30 aircraft on the ground, 8 tanks, 150+ trucks/horse-drawn wagons and 5 artillery positions. By the time of receiving the Knight’s Cross he had also scored hits on 2 Soviet destroyers and damaged 42500 GRT of shipping in the Black Sea."
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Rudi Schmidt. Major Rudi Schmidt (15.03.1914 † 23.02.2000) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on October 27, 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 4. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 40 and the Ritterkreuz on October 29, 1944 as Oberfeldwebel und Flugzeugführer in the 6. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss". Good condition. Measuring: 8,5x12,3cm. Signature bit faded on the front. Comes with an extra signed letter.
