Summer Auction 2019 Sale 76
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/30/2019
(1912 - 1988) Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace, served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts and credited with 212 victories, 202 of which were on the Eastern Front. First to achieve 200 aerial victories in more than 830 sorties. Holder of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. War-date S.P., 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" b/w, a chest-up portrait in uniform on a Hoffmann real-photo postcard, signed vertically at right in blue ink, adding date "2.3.43". Shows slight silvering and mounting remnants to the verso, else very good.