Valkyrie - Winter Auction 2021
Lot 118:
Not sold
Description
Once in a lifetime offer on an item that belongs in a museum!
Amazing WWI Aviation autograph book that was purchased from Luftwaffe Ace Erich Rudorffer several years ago by our consignor.
It was given to him by one of his grateful pilots in JG54 who inherited it from their father that was a German fighter pilot in WWI.
This book is an absolute gem, a who’s who of the Mighty German WWI Fighter pilot Aces.
Incredibly, this book has been signed by 22 Pour Le Merite ( Blue Max ) Holders. This is a breath taking autograph album.
Signatures are in this order: Max Immelmann, Manfred Frhr. Von Richthofen, Lothar Frhr. Von Richthofen, Werner Voss, Kurt Wusthoff, Hermann Goering, Otto Brauneck, Kurt WolffHeinrich Gontermann, Oswald Boelcke, Hans Klein, Julius Buckler, Kurt Wintgens, Rudolf Windisch, Heinrich Bongartz, Erich Boenisch, Wilhelm Frankl, Walter Blume, Fritz Rumey, Heinrich Kroll, Eduard Ritter von Schleich, Erich Loewenhardt.
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