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LUFTWAFFE MAJOR HELMUT WICK AUTOGRAPH, on period note pad paper, mounted on black card, a very rare luftwaffe autograph kia early in the war. Full signature HELMUT WICK blk ink, comes with WILLRICH COLOR POST CARD
grade of autograph 10

Helmut Paul Emil Wick (5 August 1915 – 28 November 1940) was a German fighter ace in World War II and the fourth recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany, the nation’s highest military decoration at the time.

He also became the fourth member of the armed forces to receive the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves directly from Hitler at Berghof in Bavaria on 8 September 1940.
28 November 1940 (aged 25)
Missing in action – English Channel