Hoffmann postcard R26 of Luftwaffe Fighter Ace Major Walter Oesau with original watime signature.
Major Joachim received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross after 75 missions (Invasion of Poland Norway, Belgium, Battle of Britain,...) on the 24th of October 1940 serving as Staffelkapitän in the 4. Staffel, II Gruppe Lehrgeschwader 1.
Ritterkreuz:20.8.1940 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän 7. / Jagdgeschwader 51
Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub: 6.2.1941 as Hauptmann und Gruppenkommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 3
Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern: 15.7.1941 as Hauptmann und Gruppenkommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 3
Walter Oesau was KIA on the 11th of May 1944 near Sankt Vith, Belgium.
size: 9 cm x 14 cm
condition: traces of aging (yellowing)
