Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Günther Blumentritt. General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt (10.02.1892 † 12.10.1967) earned the Ritterkreuz on September 13, 1944 as General der Infanterie und Chef des Generalstabes of the Heeresgruppe D and the Eichenlaub on February 18, 1945 as General der Infanterie und Führer of the 25. Armee. Good condition. Dedicated to the W-SS Veteran on the reverse.
He served throughout the war, mostly on the Western Front, and mostly as a Staff Officer, though he was eventually given his own Corps and made a General der Infanterie. Blumentritt was instrumental in planning the 1939 German invasion of Poland and the 1940 invasion of France, he participated in Operation Barbarossa, and afterward bore a large part of the responsibility for planning the defense of the Atlantic Wall and Normandy. (Read more on Günther Blumentritt (Wikipedia))
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.
