Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Gustav Rödel. Major Gustav Rödel (24.10.1915 † 06.02.1995) earned the Ritterkreuz on June 24, 1941 as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän of the 4. Staffel/ Jagdgeschwader 27 (after 20 earial victories), the Eichenlaub on June 20, 1943 as Major und Kommodore of the Jagdgeschwader 27 (awarded after 78 aerial victories).
Gustav-Siegfried Rödel shot down 98 enemy planes (including 12 four-engined bombers) over the course of 980 sorties. Read more on Gustav Rödel (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.
