SS signed pics & photo's

[HD1450]

Very impressive collection, a treasure trove for sure, thanks for sharing them!
Cheers, Glenn

Thanks Glenn , i enjoy sharing new additions & enjoy seeing everyone else's too

[Woolgar]

I guess I need to see the 'Holy Grail' CT's again

(Yes and your missus told me that too )

Nick

[rbminis]

Wow Mark!
You are really on a roll with these autographed photos.
Very nice collection.
Ralph.

[HD1450]

(Yes and your missus told me that too )

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Thanks Ralph , but i have got too put the brakes on now as the piggy bank is empty

[rbminis]

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Thanks Ralph , but i have got too put the brakes on now as the piggy bank is empty

Why doesn't that surprise me Mark?
Ralph.

[HD1450]

Why doesn't that surprise me Mark?
Ralph.

[Larry C]

Hi Mark outstanding photos,, i am very impressed with the one photo on your first post....is that Otto Kumm? Regards Larry

[Wagriff]

Who is the terribly burned man in the second posting group at the end and what is his story?

[HD1450]

Thanks Larry , yes he is the 4th photo on the right

[HD1450]

Who is the terribly burned man in the second posting group at the end and what is his story?

Oskar Schäfer , here is some backround on him:

Schäfer took part in the Polish Campaign, the Battle of France and the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) as an infantryman, almost reaching the gates of Moscow, with the 2nd SS Division Das Reich and was seriously wounded in the head. After recovering from his wounds he was transferred to the SS Panzer Battalion 5, of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking serving in the south of the Eastern Front.

His time with SS Wiking lasted until 1943 when he was posted back to Germany to help train and form a new SS Battalion in the Armour school at Sennelager. This new Battalion the 103 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion would use the Tiger tank.

He deployed back to the Eastern Front with the Battalion, in command of the 3rd Company, of the now named 503 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion in the spring on 1945 and took part in the fighting at Arnswalde and Stargard. He was again seriously wounded but managed to escape from the Russian encirclement at Kolberg and reach Greifswald.

Back with the rest of the Battalion he prepared for the Russian assault across the River Oder and the defence of Berlin. Now commanding a King Tiger he was wounded again with first degree burns.

On the 28 April while fighting in the Zähringer Strasse area of Wilmersdorf he was ordered to attend the Führerbunker to be awarded the Knight's Cross.

The award was presented by Wilhelm Mohnke who also enlisted Schäfers help in the planned breakout from Berlin on 2 May 1945. His Tiger II leading the Mohnke group was hit crossing the Heer Strasse by a Russian JS II tank. Schäfer was again seriously wounded suffered further burns, temporarily lost his sight and lost his memory.