Germany, Third Reich. A Signed Ah Portrait, With Dedication To Willy Messerschmitt Auction He was released from active

He was released from active duty for flight training on August 14th

1942 and initially served with the 12th Battalion

A fine example of a third reich period Fire Police (Feuerwehr) sleeve patch

5th Infantry Battalion: Military Cross

the obverse with a central rosette

Germany, Third Reich. A Signed Ah Portrait, With Dedication To Willy Messerschmitt Auction He was released from active(AH Bild mit Unterschrift). A reproduction studio portrait of AH, printed on matte photo paper and depicting the subject in a NSDAP uniform and with the 1914 Iron Cross I Class clearly visible, the lower left of the obverse bearing the studio mark of Heinrich Hoffmann, the Munich based official photographer of the NSDAP, overlaid by a handwritten dedication from AH reading DEM GENOSSEN WILLY MESSERSCHMITT, IN HERZLICHEN ANERKENNUNG ZU SEINEM