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

(Ritterkreuzträger Unterschriften). A mixed lot of Kriegsmarine Knight’s Cross recipient signatures, including:

1. A photo of Fregattenkapitän Reinhard Suhren (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 3 November 1940; with Oak Leaves, 31 December 1941; and Swords, 1 September 1942), the lower right corner bearing Suhren’s handwritten signature, the reverse in postcard format, bearing a date stamp of “25. 1. 69”, measuring 13.5 cm (w) x 8.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A photo of Kapitänleutnant (later-Bundesmarine Flottenadmiral) Rolf Thomsen (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 4 January 1945; with Oak Leaves, 29 April 1945), situated above Thomsen’s handwritten signature, the reverse bearing handwritten captions, measuring 13 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. A postcard of Konteradmiral Erich Bey (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 9 May 1940), featuring a small photo flanked by Bey’s handwritten dedication, the reverse unused, measuring 14.5 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

4. A postcard of Kapitän zur See Viktor Schütze (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 11 December 1940; with Oak Leaves, 14 July 1941), featuring a photo flanked by Schütze’s handwritten dedication, the reverse unused, measuring 15 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

5. A gratitude card for best wishes on the receipt of the Oak Leaves from Korvettenkapitän (later-Bundesmarine Kapitän zur See) Herbert Schultze (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 1 March 1940; with Oak Leaves, 12 June 1941), featuring a typewritten dedication closing with Schultze’s handwritten signature, measuring 15 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h), perforated with two holes consistent with previous storage, in near extremely fine condition.

6. A photo depicting Generaladmiral Otto Schultze, the reverse bearing a handwritten caption, measuring 15 cm (w) x 10.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.