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Wartime signature on nice photo of OBERST. Kurt Gehrke, nice clean ink signed GEHRKE, a scarce WWII third Reich autograph..
Infanterie-Regiment “Großdeutschland”; “Greater Germany” Infantry Regiment) was an élite German Army ceremonial and combat unit which saw action during World War II. Originally formed in 1921 it was known as the Wachregiment Berlin. Renamed Infanterie-Regiment Großdeutschland in 1939 the regiment served in the campaigns in France and the Low Countries. It then served exclusively on the Eastern Front until the end of the war. It was destroyed near Pillau in May 1945.