Author: NAUMANN, Johannes (1917-2010) Title: Inscribed Photograph Signed
Description: This Knight's Cross winner was a Luftwaffe pilot who scored 34 victories in 350 combat missions during World War Two. IPS (verso), 3½" X 5", Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, 27 November 2000. Fine. Modern reproduction of a WW2-era snapshot, a half-length portrait of Naumann in uniform and Knight's Cross, wearing a winter flight coat and pulling on his gloves, standing in front of an airplane. On the verso, he boldly pens in blue ballpoint: "FFB.27.10.2000 / Mit herzlichen Gruss / und Horrido! / Ihr / Johannes Naumann." ("Horrido!" is a pilot's cry of victory, St. Horridus being the patron saint of fighter pilots.) With original envelope. .
Keywords: Military
Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 38062
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