New Hans Ulrich Rudel aircraft photos

New Hans Ulrich Rudel aircraft photos

Guten Tag Herr Jagdtiger:
Your post re new H.U. Rudel photos prompted me to inquire of you the likely collectable value (if any) of an original, signed Luftwaffe (post-card style) propaganda photo of H.U. Rudel printed by the late-war German propaganda ministry.

As part of a high school book project in the 1970’s, I wrote to Herr Rudel after reading his biography, “Stuka Pilot” and he wrote back to me from his then residence in Uruguay. The photo card of Rudel wearing all of his decorations is in excellent condition and has a short note (hand-written to me in broken English as I recall) on the back side. A listing of his decorations is printed in German as part of the original propaganda ministry documentation. I’m pretty sure the photo is still in the original envelope he mailed it to me in. It found its way to Uruguay as I recall, via a circuitous route that saw it go to the publisher in New York, to Germany, then to Uruguay and finally back to me in Vancouver, B.C.

On the same subject, I also have an autographed copy of “The first and the Last” by Adolph Galland. Herr Galland signed his book for me when I met him at an Abbotsford Airshow barbeque @ 1977. He signed the inside cover as well the photo in the book where he is standing with Hermann Goering at Calais (around the time he made the famous “Squadron of Spitfires” request when prompted by Goering as to what he needed to win the Battle of Britain).

I have no plans to part with these items but was simply wondering if they are worth anything to collectors of genuine Luftwaffe memorabilia.
Thanks,
Mk.1
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For Rudel to surrender would have been a great test of character.Better than being captured by the Soviets though.There is some footage of him in action at Kursk in his Ju87 on YouTube.Sure knows how to shoot if you haven,t seen it.

Master of his craft, I’m stll chasing the reprint of his memoirs..

That would of smarted…

For Rudel to surrender would have been a great test of character.Better than being captured by the Soviets though.There is some footage of him in action at Kursk in his Ju87 on YouTube.Sure knows how to shoot if you haven,t seen it.

thanks for the link..

these may be ‘new’ pics ..ie from a slightly different angle … other images of the same event are well known.