The Big 4 Of The Waffen-SS

**hucks216** · 02-22-2011, 12:56 PM

Having had citations in my collection for some time signed by Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich, Theodore Eicke & Felix Steiner I have been looking for one signed by Paul 'Papa' Hausser to complete the quartet of arguably the most influential commanders of the Waffen-SS. This weekend I was able to fulfill that task when I obtained a 1940 dated EK II citation signed by him for a member of SS-Regiment 'Deutschland'. And so I thought I would share these 4 citations - 2 of them are just singles (Hausser & Steiner) while the other 2 are parts of groupings.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 02-22-2011 12:56 PM

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**Paul D** · 02-22-2011, 06:02 PM

Very nice Hucks a fine quartet , i've got a couple of Steiners from docs from the same period as yours and a Hausser from Wenn alle Bruder schweigen but no Eicke or Dietrich , i'm envious !!

**Adrian** · 02-22-2011, 06:21 PM

That's an enviable set Hucks, a very unique collection of SS signatures that not many will be able to achieve.

**Woolgar** · 02-22-2011, 06:26 PM

Great work getting those beauties together

A big congrats !

Nick

**hucks216** · 02-22-2011, 06:31 PM

Thanks for the comments. I have a small number of other SS signatures on citation but thought that I'd just post these 4 as they were influential in the forming and training of the Waffen-SS in its infancy, with the recent Hausser one completing the 4.

The other SS related signatures on citations I have are...
SS-GF Friedrich Alpers
Gen d. Pol Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf
SS-ObGF Reinhard Heydrich
SS-SF Thomas Muller (Hohenstaufen, GvB & Langemarck)
SS-OsF Gustav Mertsch (Leibstandarte & GvB)
SS-ObGF Artur Phleps
SS-BF Max Simon