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

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

1. A photo of Korvettenkapitän (later-Bundesmarine Kapitän zur See) Erich Grundmann (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 31 May 1940), the upper right corner overlaid by Grundmann’s signature, measuring 10.5 cm (w) x 14.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A postcard of Korvettenkapitän (later-Bundesmarine Kapitän zur See) Otto Schuhart (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 16 May 1940), the lower right corner overlaid by Schuhart’s handwritten signature, the reverse bearing a typewritten inscription, measuring 10.5 cm (w) x 15 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. A signed photo of Oberleutnant zur See Heinrich Schroeteler (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 2 May 1945), the lower edge overlaid by Schroeteler’s handwritten signature, the reverse bearing an additional handwritten inscription, measuring 10 cm (w) x 15.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

4. A signed photo of Kapitänleutnant (later-Bundesmarine Kapitän zur See) Hans Jenisch (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 7 October 1940), the lower half overlaid by Jenisch’s handwritten signature, measuring 9.5 cm (w) x 14.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

5. A photo of Korvettenkapitän Siegfried Strelow (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 27 October 1942), both the obverse and reverse overlaid by handwritten inscriptions, measuring 9 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

6. A photo of Konteradmiral Otto Kähler (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 22 December 1940; with Oak Leaves, 15 September 1944), measuring 10.5 cm (w) x 14.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.