Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Mixed Lot of Knight’s Cross Recipient Photographs and Signatures, from the Roger Bender Collection

(Ritterkreuzträger Fotos und Unterschriften). A mixed lot of Knight’s Cross recipient photographs and signatures, including:

1. A signed photo of Admiral Theodor Burchardi (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 29 September 1944; with Oak Leaves, 8 April 1945), the lower right corner overlaid by Burchardi’s handwritten signature, measuring 14.5 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A photo of Korvettenkapitän Johann-Friedrich Wessels (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 9 March 1944), the reverse bearing a handwritten signature, measuring 10.5 cm (w) x 7.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. A signed postcard of Admiral Otto Ciliax, the obverse pasted with a period newspaper extract flanked by Ciliax’s handwritten dedication, the reverse unused, measuring 14.5 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

4. A photo depicting a Schnellboot commanded by Korvettenkapitän Niels Bätge, the lower right corner overlaid be a handwritten inscription, the reverse bearing handwritten particulars, measuring 13 cm (w) x 9 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

5. A postcard of Korvettenkapitän Gerd Suhren (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 21 October 1940), the reverse bearing a date stamp of “25. 1. 68”, measuring 13.5 cm (w) x 8.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.