Hansgeorg Bätcher – Kampfgeschwader 4 & 100 (Eichenlaub) – Wartime Signed
Original wartime signature on a wartime photograph of Hansgeorg Bätcher. Major Hansgeorg Bätcher (13.01.1914, Finsterwalde † 23.04.2002, Uelzen) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 21 December 1942 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän of 1./Kampfgeschwader 100. He later received the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 24 March 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of I./Kampfgeschwader 4 “General Wever.” Bätcher served as a highly successful Luftwaffe bomber officer during the Second World War, flying numerous combat missions and rising to command major bomber formations. As both Staffelkapitän and later Gruppenkommandeur, he distinguished himself through leadership, operational skill, and sustained combat success in some of the Luftwaffe’s most demanding bombing operations. His military achievements earned him both the Knight’s Cross and the Oak Leaves, placing him among the notable decorated bomber commanders of the Luftwaffe.
A highly desirable original autograph of Knight’s Cross and Oak Leaves holder Major Hansgeorg Bätcher, signed in period on an attractive wartime portrait photograph. Comes with the original letter of the HJ boy and also enveloppe!
Provenance: From the estate of former HJ member Reinhold Brennfleck (1928–2022) from Lauda, Baden, who wrote to numerous Ritterkreuzträger in 1943–1944 requesting signatures and signed photographs, forming an exceptional wartime autograph collection.
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Original wartime signature on a wartime photograph of Hansgeorg Bätcher. Major Hansgeorg Bätcher (13.01.1914, Finsterwalde † 23.04.2002, Uelzen) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 21 December 1942 as Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän of 1./Kampfgeschwader 100. He later received the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 24 March 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of I./Kampfgeschwader 4 “General Wever.” Bätcher served as a highly successful Luftwaffe bomber officer during the Second World War, flying numerous combat missions and rising to command major bomber formations. As both Staffelkapitän and later Gruppenkommandeur, he distinguished himself through leadership, operational skill, and sustained combat success in some of the Luftwaffe’s most demanding bombing operations. His military achievements earned him both the Knight’s Cross and the Oak Leaves, placing him among the notable decorated bomber commanders of the Luftwaffe.
A highly desirable original autograph of Knight’s Cross and Oak Leaves holder Major Hansgeorg Bätcher, signed in period on an attractive wartime portrait photograph. Comes with the original letter of the HJ boy and also enveloppe!
Provenance: From the estate of former HJ member Reinhold Brennfleck (1928–2022) from Lauda, Baden, who wrote to numerous Ritterkreuzträger in 1943–1944 requesting signatures and signed photographs, forming an exceptional wartime autograph collection.
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