A Wartime Signed Photo Of Oak Leaves & Swords Recipient Ss Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler Auction Secretary of State for War

Secretary of State for War at the lower right

57 mm x 69 mm

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Sergeant with the 2nd Division Headquarters Sub Staff

and the Ju 88

up to his first speech as Reich Chancellor of Germany on February 10

A Wartime Signed Photo Of Oak Leaves & Swords Recipient Ss Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler Auction Secretary of State for WarA photo, measuring 103x147mm, mint condition, of Sylvester Stadler. He signed it in blue ink. Interestingly, all his signatures, including this one, say Silvester, yet every source lists his first name as Sylvester. The photo shows him wearing the Oak Leaves, but not the Swords, and his rank at the time is Obersturmbannfhrer. Footnote: Sylvester Stadler (19101995) was a highly decorated SS officer, winning a Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords,