Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo plus Letter of Rudolf Witzig. Major Rudolf Witzig (14.08.1916 † 03.10.2001) earned the Ritterkreuz on May 10, 1940 as Oberleutnant with the Sturmgruppe Granat of the Fallschirm-Sturm-Abteilung “Koch” and the Eichenlaub on August 8, 1944 as Major und Kommandeur of the I. Bataillon/ Fallschirm-Pionier-Regiment 21. Good condition.
Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig, commander of Sturmgruppe Granit. The Sturmgrupe Granit (Granite) was the assault group that famously captured the Belgian Eben-Emael fort on 10 May 1940 led by Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig. It was 86 men strong and was carried in 11 gliders. Glider 11: Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig, Oberjäger Fritz Schwarz, Unteroffizier Karl Pilz (Pilot), Otto Braun (WIA), Uwe Johnsen, Hans-Peter Krenz, Fritz Kruck (KIA)
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.
