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(1887 – 1971) German general who held several corps level commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. In late August 1944 Straube took command of a provisional army made up of approximately 70,000 personnel. This force suffered heavy casualties during the Battle of the Mons Pocket, with approximately 3,500 Germans being killed and 25,000 taken prisoner. War-date partly-printed D.S., 1p. 8vo., [in the field], May 20, 1940, his award of an Iron Cross, 2nd Class to a soldier in his command. Small chip to top margin, else very good.

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ERICH STRAUBE

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117: Autographs & Historical Militaria 2026

Jul 30, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Elkton, MD, United States

ERNST BUSCH: (1885 - 1945) German field marshal, served under List during the invasion of Poland and the following year led the German 16th Army during the Western Offensive. Defeated in Russia, he was sacked by

Jul 30, 2026ERNST BUSCH

$100

ERNST PETZOLD: (1914-1999) Luftwaffe Totenkopf ace who flew a total of 214 sorties, awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. Fine vintage S.P. 4 x 6 in. b/w, a Hoffmann real-photo postcard showing Petzold in

Jul 30, 2026ERNST PETZOLD

$50

ERNST VON BRESSENSDORFF: (1917-1994) Leader of the signal corps officer in Paris in 1945 under Dietrich von Choltitz; said to have strategically delayed the delivery of Adolf Hitler’s ‘field of ruins’

Jul 30, 2026ERNST VON BRESSENSDORFF

$70

FRANZ HACK: (1915-1997) Waffen SS-Obersturmbannführer, awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves and Close Combat Clasp in Gold. Scarce S.P. 4 x 6 in. b/w, a head and shoulders portrait in uniform,

Jul 30, 2026FRANZ HACK

$50

FRANZ VON PAPEN: (1879-1969) Chancellor of Germany and Vice Chancellor in Hitler's early years of power, von Papen was accused and later acquitted of war crimes. S.P. 3.5 x 5.5 in. b/w, a real-photo postcard showing

Jul 30, 2026FRANZ VON PAPEN

$100

FRIEDRICH GRIMM: (1888-1959) German judge and Nazi politician remembered for his attempts to procure amnesty for Nazi perpetrators and later defense of the neo-Nazi Naumann Circle at Nuremberg in the 1950s. Rare S.P.

Jul 30, 2026FRIEDRICH GRIMM

$70

FRIEDRICH HILDEBRANDT: (1898 - 1948) SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and Gauleiter of Mecklenburg and also of Lubeck, condemned to death in the Dachau War Crimes trials, specifically for the deaths of Allied airmen. Rare S.P. 3.5 x

Jul 30, 2026FRIEDRICH HILDEBRANDT

$160

FRIEDRICH VON RABENAU: (1884 - 1945) German military officer and Chief of the German Army Archives, implicated in the July 20 bomb plot on Hitler's life. Though a member of the resistance movement, he was apparently not a

Jul 30, 2026FRIEDRICH VON RABENAU

$140

FRITZ DARGES (20): (1913 - 2009) Waffen-SS Obersturmbannfuhrer who served as adjutant to both Martin Bormann and Adolf Hitler. Enormous lot of correspondence signed by Darges, all sent to his comrade in the Waffen-SS,

Jul 30, 2026FRITZ DARGES (20)

$240

FRITZ TODT: (1891 - 1942) Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition, and the founder of Organisation Todt, died in a plane crash. T.L.S. on official Inspector General for German Roadways letterhead, 1p. 4to.,

Jul 30, 2026FRITZ TODT

$200

ADOLF HITLER: (1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in

Jul 30, 2026ADOLF HITLER

$2,500

ADOLF HITLER AND HERMANN GORING: ADOLF HITLER (1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated

Jul 30, 2026ADOLF HITLER AND HERMANN GORING

$2,000

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR: (1880 - 1964) American general and Allied Supreme Commander in the Pacific in World War II, accepted the surrender of Japan and was later dismissed by Truman for advocating an invasion of China.

Jul 30, 2026DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

$70

EGON DELICA: (1915 – 1999) German Fallschirmjäger officer and Knights Cross recipient. Delica was leader of Strumgruppe 'Koch' and 'Granit', instrumental in taking of Fortress Eben Emael as part of

Jul 30, 2026EGON DELICA

$80

(DEATH OF HITLER) ELENA RZHEVSKAYA: ELENA RZHEVSKAYA (1919-2017) Soviet interpreter during World War II who worked with Kuznetsov's 3rd Army, responsible for the attack on the Reichstag. She is then believed to have been part of the

Jul 30, 2026(DEATH OF HITLER) ELENA RZHEVSKAYA

$70

EMIL HACHA: (1872-1945) Czech politician and the symbolic president of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II. Captured by the Red Army during the Prague Offensive, he was arrested by the NKVD and died in

Jul 30, 2026EMIL HACHA

$100

ENOLA GAY: Fine multi-signed poster, 30 x 24 in. color, a photograph of the front half of the famous aircraft as it rests upon the tarmac, probably at Tinian, issued in commemoration of the commencement of the

Jul 30, 2026ENOLA GAY

$140

ENOLA GAY CREW-SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH: Excellent S.P., 8 x 10 in. b/w, an image of Enola Gay pilot PAUL TIBBETS (1915-2008), bombardier THOMAS FEREBEE, and navigator DUTCH VAN KIRK (1921-2014), all standing at the nose of the Enola Gay,

Jul 30, 2026ENOLA GAY CREW-SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

$100

ENOLA GAY CREWMEMBERS: A fine signed lithograph titled 'Atomic Warfare is Born', color, 24 x 18 in., featuring an illustration of the Enola Gay in flight, signed by three of the crew members including PAUL TIBBETS

Jul 30, 2026ENOLA GAY CREWMEMBERS

$140

ENOLA GAY: Two items signed by crewmembers of the Enola Gay: a copy of ‘The Militaria Historian’, July 1998, boldly signed on the cover by pilot PAUL TIBBETS, together with a S.P. of radar

Jul 30, 2026ENOLA GAY

$50

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