The rarest Luftwaffe knights cross winner signature of the world!

[frankandfrank]

hello down,

you can see the rarest knights cross winner signature of the world!
Only a few, perhaps only 1 !!!!
He was Wilhelm Hofmann, Jagdflieger ,5.JG 26 with 44 victories!
He was also the best luftwaffe ace of the world with only 1 eye !!!!
Knights cross on: 24.October 1944 !!!!
Killing 4 month later on: 26.March 1945!
Killing: 14 P-47 Thunderbolt, 10 P-51 Mustang , 8 Spitfire and more!

Private Photo signed in December 1944/January 1945 with his rank Oberleutnant!
regards
ralf

[mvm71]

Great photo Ralf, thanks for posting them! What a great collection!

Mike

[junior]

Nice pic...only ONE EYE!!! amazing

[Ludwig]

Rkt

How do you know it´s SO rare?

[frankandfrank]

Luftwaffe

hello ludwig,

he get the kc very late. at the end of the war! And only after 5 month he was killing! How much can he signed at this late time ? At the End of the war they have other problems as signed photos for collectors!!!!
I had other kc luftwaffe winners who live only 2 or 3 month after the kc than they was killing. for example Teige, but Teige signed a few photo!Also a rare Steinbatz signed more!!!!
Marseille signed about/perhaps 300,500 or more photos! Compare with Galland. He signed about 20.000 - 25.000 !!!
regards
ralf

[Ludwig]

Rkt

OK, thanks! Now I know how you came to that conclusion.

[François SAEZ]

...Marseille signed about/perhaps 300,500 or more photos! ...ralf

Right, BUT how many Marseille signatures ONLY with the RK? By memory, 2.5 months later he received the OL - Which means, using your criterias that a picture signed by Marseille with only his RK is rarer than a picture signed by Wilhelm Hofmann.

[frankandfrank]

Lufftwaffe

hello francois,

i dont think so that a signed photo from Marseille with only kc is rarer than the Hofmann photo! 2 weeks ago i saw in a master collection 4 signed private photos of Marseille only with KC. In this collection are also other private signed Marseilles!!
regards
ralf

[Martin Månsson]

Speaking of rare signed photos, have any seen any signed photo of Gerd Pleiss, W-SS RK holder and killed in action?


Best
Martin