Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Franz Hack. SS-Obersturmbannführer Franz Hack (03.02.1915 † 09.06.1997) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on January 8, 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer und Kommandeur of III. Bataillon/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment “Germania”, the Ritterkreuz on May 14, 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the II. Bataillon/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment “Germania”, the Eichenlaub on April 20, 1945 as SS-Obersturmbannführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 “Westland” of the 5. SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking“ and the Nahkampfspange in Gold on May 1, 1945 with the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 “Westland”.
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.
