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RARE AUTOGRAPH/ SS Obersturmbannführer NSDAP #5,508,247
SS #153,508, Max Wünsche, SIGNED GREEN INK ON NICE PHOTO OF HITLER GIVING SPEECH.. A rare SS autograph……….

Max Wünsche (20 April 1914 – 17 April 1995) was a member of the SS of Nazi Germany and regimental commander in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
In June 1943, Wünsche was transferred to a new division forming in France, 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, to take command of the 12th SS Panzer Regiment. On 6 June 1944, the Allies landed in Normandy (Operation Overlord) and the division was committed to action on 7 June. The division was later trapped in the Falaise pocket, where on the night of 20 August, Wünsche escaped out of the pocket on foot. He was wounded and captured by British soldiers.

In 1944, Wünsche was taken prisoner and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war in camp 165 at Caithness, Scotland, a special camp for high-ranking German officers. In 1948 Wünsche was released and returned to Germany. He died in 1995