Original Wartime Signature on a Postcard of Alfred Druschel. Oberst Alfred Druschel (04.02.1917 † Missing in Action 01.01.1945) earned the Ritterkreuz on August 21, 1941 as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän of the 2. Staffel/ Lehrgeschwader 2, the Eichenlaub on September 3, 1942 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of the I. Gruppe/ Schlachtgeschwader 1 and the Schwertern on February 19, 1943 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of the I. Gruppe/ Schlachtgeschwader 1. Good condition. Edges have been cut.
Eichenlaub: “Awarded for further individual and command achievements during operations at Kertsch, Sevastopol and the Caucasus. By this time he had flown over 600 sorties. A particularly notable success took place on the 12.06.1942 when he destroyed an ammunition train along the Kharkov-Kupyansk railway (about 60 km ESE of Kharkov itself).”
Schwertern: “Awarded for his flying over 700 sorties as well as the great successes of his Gruppe at Voronezh, Rostov, along the Don and at Stalingrad.” (via Tracesofwar)
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 Johann-Alfred “Johannes” Klaus. Oberleutnant Johann-Alfred Klaus (04.09.1918 † 07.07.2018) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on July 22, 1943 and the Ritterkreuz on March 26, 1944 as Oberleutnant und Staffelführer of the 6. Staffel/ Schlachtgeschwader 1. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Arthur Pipan. Hauptmann Arthur Pipan (05.12.1919 † 01.08.2009) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on September 24, 1942 as Oberleutnant in the II. Gruppe/ Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and the Ritterkreuz on April 6, 1944 as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän of the 5. Staffel/ Schlachtgeschwader 1. Good condition. Measuring: 9x13cm.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Friedrich Lang. Major Friedrich Lang (12.01.1915 † 29.12.2003) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on April 24, 1942 with the 1. Staffel/ Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 “Immelmann”, the Ritterkreuz on November 23, 1941 as Oberleutnantund Flugzeugführer in the 1. Staffel/ Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 “Immelmann”, the Eichenlaub on November 21, 1942 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän of the 1. Staffel/ Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 “Immelmann”and the Schwertern on July 2, 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of the III. Gruppe/ Schlachtgeschwader 1. Good condition. Measuring: 7,9x11,4cm. Comes with an extra signed letter and enveloppe.