Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mixed Lot of Postwar Signed Photographs of Knight’s Cross Recipients

(Kriegsmarine Ritterkreuzträger Fotos mit Unterschriften). A mixed lot of postwar signed photographs of Kriegsmarine Knight’s Cross recipients, including:

1. A photo of Korvettenkapitän Hermann Büchting (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 22 April 1943), the lower half overlaid by Büchting’s handwritten signature, measuring 9 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A wartime newspaper extract of Korvettenkapitän Gerhard Bigalk, featuring a handwritten signature and dedication dated “11. 7. 42” (notably less than a week before his death aboard U-751 off the coast of Spain), measuring 9 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. A photo of Kapitän zur See Theodor Detmers (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 4 December 1941), the reverse bearing Detmers’ handwritten signature, measuring 8.5 cm (w) x 11.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

4. A photo of Kapitänleutnant Alfred Muser (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 12 August 1944), the lower half overlaid by Muser’s handwritten signature, measuring 9 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

5. A photo of Oberleutnant zur See Hermann Bögel (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 13 October 1942), the lower half of the image overlaid by Bögel’s handwritten signature, measuring 8.5 cm (w) x 12.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

6. A photo of Konteradmiral Karl-Heinz Birnbacher (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 17 June 1940), the upper right corner overlaid by Birnbacher’s handwritten signature, measuring 9 cm (w) x 12.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

7. A photo of Kapitänleutnant (later-Bundesmarine Kapitän zur See) Albert Müller (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 13 December 1943), the lower half overlaid by Müller’s handwritten signature, the reverse bearing an additional signature and typewritten caption, measuring 9 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

8. A photo of Kapitänleutnant Alfred Eick (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 31 March 1944), the lower right corner overlaid by Eick’s handwritten signature, measuring 9 cm (w) x 12.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.