A Signed Knight's Cross Recipient's Photograph; Oberleutnant Wilhelm Joswig, GTRexclude 1895 in Ansbach

1895 in Ansbach

designated for those who volunteered to serve on the front in a combat unit during the Great War

Achilles of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet

Instituted in 1854 as a Medal of Distinction and promoted in 1884 as an Order of Merit

except much smaller

A Signed Knight's Cross Recipient's Photograph; Oberleutnant Wilhelm Joswig, GTRexclude 1895 in Ansbach9. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann": Black and white, matte finish, signed in blue ink by Joswig and stamped in blue ink "B 228" on the reverse, 95 mm x 145 mm, near mint. Accompanied by an extensive typed biography. Footnote: Wilhelm Joswig (February 2, 1912 July 7, 1989) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe during the Second World War, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded to recognize extreme battlefield