Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mixed Lot of Postwar Signed Photographs of Knight’s Cross Recipients Republic of Chief Engineer Illinois National Guard

Chief Engineer Illinois National Guard in 1896

HILFSKRANKENPFLEGERIN VOM ROTEN KREUZE” (“VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT NURSE OF THE RED CROSS”)

the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42’ (OSTMEDAILLE)” and a maker’s mark of Rudolf Souval

5 mm ribbon bar and its 9 mm x 12 mm rosette

Footnote: The Kempeitai were formed in 1881 as the Japanese Military Police of the Imperial army

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mixed Lot of Postwar Signed Photographs of Knight’s Cross Recipients Republic of Chief Engineer Illinois National Guard(Kriegsmarine Ritterkreuztrger Fotos mit Unterschriften). A mixed lot of postwar signed photographs of Kriegsmarine Knights Cross recipients, including: 1. A photo of Korvettenkapitn Hermann Bchting (Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, 22 April 1943), the lower half overlaid by Bchtings handwritten signature, measuring 9 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), in extremely fine condition. 2. A wartime newspaper extract of Korvettenkapitn Gerhard Bigalk, featuring a