Overall matted size: 19" x 32"
Matted ensemble as shown. $2800 (SOLD)
Consisting of an action pencil drawing of ALL TIME ACE (352 victories) Erich Hartmann in his Me-109G on the eastern front, knocking down a Soviet fighter, plus a part rudder and windshield of an Me-109 obtained from Germany, a pencil portrait of Hartmann, his ORIGINAL SIGNATURE on a photograph of Hartmann, and his Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. (Replica).
Erich Hartmann (‘Bubi’) was called the ‘Black Devil’ by the Russians. In 1,404 combat missions he engaged in 825 actual aerial conflicts. He crash landed 14 times. He served with JG-52 and at the wars’ end was captured by the Russians and imprisoned for ten years. His highest award was the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.
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