Gustav Wilke – Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 11 (Holland ’40)

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Original Postwar Signature on a Wartime Card of Gustav Wilke. Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke (06.03.1898 † 14.03.1977) earned the Ritterkreuz on May, 1940 as Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur of the Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 11. Good Condition.

“Oberstleutnant Gustav Wilke and his men landed at the Katwyk airfield on the 10.05.1940 as the first group to do so. Here he gathered up his crews under heavy enemy fire and held firmly onto the airfield in the face of attacks by enemy forces far superior in numbers and weapons up until the capitulation of the Dutch.”

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.

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