Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Heinrich Volker. Hauptmann Heinrich Volker (24.06.1911 in Ostermunzel † 16.01.1988) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on June 19, 1943 as Hauptmann und Chef of the Stabskompanie/ Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 73 of the 19. Infanterie-Division. The Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on March 17, 1944 and the Nahkampfspange in Gold on December 12, 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of the I. Bataillon/ Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 73 of the 19. Panzer-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.
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 Heinrich Schmelzer. SS-Hauptsturmführer Heinrich Schmelzer (14.03.1914 in Nesselroden † 04.07.1985 in Nesselroden) earned the Ritterkreuz on March 12, 1944 as SS-Obersturmführer und Chef of the 2. Kompanie/ SS-Pionier-Bataillon 2 “Das Reich”, the Eichenlaub on February 28, 1945 as SS-Hauptsturmführer und Chef of the 1. Kompanie/ SS-Pionier-Bataillon 2 “Das Reich” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich“. He also earned the Nahkampfspange in Gold in 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.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Erich Lorenz. Oberst Erich Lorenz (31.08.1905 in Wattenscheid † 10.12.1984 in Bochum) earned the Ritterkreuz on November 14, 1943 as Major und Kommandeur of the I. Bataillon/ Grenadier-Regiment 287 and the Eichenlaub on May 4, 1944 as Oberstleutnant und Führer of Grenadier-Regiment 287 of the 96. Infanterie-Division. He earned the Nahkampfspange in Gold on March 12, 1945 as Oberst und Kommandeur of Grenadier-Regiment 287!
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 Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny. SS-Obersturmbannführer Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny (05.09.1912 † 25.08.1985) earned the Ritterkreuz on July 30, 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the III. Bataillon/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 “Deutschland”, the Eichenlaub on December 26, 1944 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 “Deutschland”, the Nahkampfspange in Gold on March 31, 1945 with the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 “Deutschland” and the Schwertern on May 6, 1945 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 “Deutschland” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich“.
From Military Wikia: Wiscliceny enlisted in the SS-Stabswache Berlin in 1933, he was posted in 1938 to the Der Führer Regiment, seeing his first action as a company commander in the Balkans in spring 1941. He spent 1941 to 1943 on the Eastern Front and 1944 in France, fighting in all the battles of the senior SS divisions, and being wounded four times. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross for leadership of a battalion during the battles for the Kursk salient in July 1943. He received the Oak Leaves on 27 December 1944, at the Normandy invasion front. The Swords were awarded for his actions in the Ardennes, Hungary and Austria. In 1945 he was handed over by the US Army to the French during investigations into his division’s war crimes at Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane, but was released in 1951. His brother Hauptsturmführer Dieter Wisliceny served in the staff of Obersturmbannfuhrer Adolf Eichmann. He was involved in the deportation of the Hungarian Jews in 1944. He was tried for war crimes and executed in Bratislava on 4 May 1948.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 Heinz Macher. SS-Sturmbannführer Heinz Macher (31.12.1919 † 21.12.2001) earned the Ritterkreuz on April 3, 1943 as SS-Untersturmführer und Kompanieführer of the 16. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 “Deutschland” and the Eichenlaub on August 19, 1944 as SS-Obersturmführer und Kompaniechef of the 16. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 “Deutschland” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”. Macher also earned the Nahkampfspange in Gold on October 18, 1944.
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 Gerhard Konopka. Oberleutnant Gerhard Konopka (27.03.1911 † 29.01.1997) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on October 9, 1942 with Stabskompanie/ Infanterie-Regiment 1 “Großdeutschland”, the Nahkampfspange in Gold on June 25, 1943 and the Ritterkreuz on August 29, 1943 as Oberleutnant und Führer of Grenadier-Regiment “Großdeutschland” of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Großdeutschland”.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Franz Hofbauer. Oberfeldwebel Franz Hofbauer (25.03.1921 † 11.02.1994) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on January 20, 1944 as Feldwebel und Zugführer and the Nahkampfspange in Gold on June 28, 1944 as Oberfeldwebel und Zugführer in the 3. Kompanie/ Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 72 of the 72. 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 Photo of Helmut Wandmaker. Major Helmut Wandmaker (09.11.1916 † 19.07.2007) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on June 1, 1944, the Ritterkreuz on April 5, 1945 as Major und Kommandeur of the II. Bataillon/ Grenadier-Regiment 76 of the 20. Panzer-Grenadier-Division and the Nahkampfspange in Gold on April 7, 1945.
Original Postwar Signature on a Card plus Letter of Friedrich Buck. SS-Oberscharführer Friedrich Buck (30.01.1922 † 25.09.2015) earned the Nahkampfspange in Gold on January 27, 1945 and the Ritterkreuz on January 27, 1945 as SS-Oberscharführer in 5. Schwadron/ SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15 of the 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division “Florian Geyer”.