Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Gerhard Bielig. Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Gerhard Bielig (28.04.1916 † 29.10.2004) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on December 9, 1941 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) und Leitender Ingenieur of U-Boot “U-103” and the Ritterkreuz on February 10, 1943 as Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) und Leitender Ingenieur of U-Boot “U-177”. Size: 7,4x10,5cm.
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 Portrait of Viktor Schütze. Käpitan zur See Viktor Schütze (16.02.1906 † 23.09.1950) earned the Ritterkreuz on December 11, 1940 as Korvettenkapitän und Kapitän of Uboot “U-103” and the Eichenlaubon July 14,1941 as Korvettenkapitän und Kapitän of Uboot “U-103”. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Gerhard Bielig. Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Gerhard Bielig (28.04.1916 † 29.10.2004) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on December 9, 1941 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) und Leitender Ingenieur of U-Boot "U-103" and the Ritterkreuz on February 10, 1943 as Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) und Leitender Ingenieur of U-Boot "U-177". Good condition. Measuring 7,8x11,2cm. Comes with a handwritten letter!
Knight's Cross: “Kapitänleutnant Bielig has served as the chief engineer aboard U-Boats since the beginning of the war, and has been involved in the sinking of 51 ships (with 280000 GRT). He has succeeded in saving his U-Boat from destruction on three separate occasions. In total he has spent 454 days at sea.”
