Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Franz Schmitz. Oberfeldwebel Franz Schmitz (12.10.1918 in Walberberg † 11.06.1985 in Wesseling-Köln) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen kreuzes on September 13, 1943 as Sanitäts-Unteroffizier und Gruppenführer in the 3. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 279 of the 95. Infanterie-Division. Signed on the reverse. One of the few medics to receive the KC during the war!
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.
