Third Reich signatures.

[Ian Sayer]

Ok. I have to admit defeat! After 41 years I cannot accurately establish which Müller this is. The signature came from the Ray Rawlins Collection of Historical Autographs. What's on this is all I have. The pencil notes at the bottom are mine. I have checked all the usual suspects to no avail.
Can anybody help please.
Thanks very much
Ian

[hucks216]

The only K Müller I can find is Karl Alexander von Müller but I don't have any signature to compare it against.

[Ian Sayer]

Thanks Hucks. Yes I did have him down as a possibility. I also wish I could find another signature to compare.
I will check to see if there are any of his books signed. Regards
Ian

[Ian Sayer]

Any help with these would be greatly appreciated. I know the Professor is A Keyssler and the card was signed in Berlin in 1930. Any guesses?
Obviously these are mainly obscure characters but I hate leaving them in a folder without knowing what their names are at least.
Thanks
Best
Ian

[Ian Sayer]

Some extras

[hucks216]

The first one is a Hauptmann Pockrandt who is listed as a Hauptmann in the 1944 rank list and as having previously served in Inf.Rgt 43. Can't find a first name though.

[Ian Sayer]

Great .Well done Hucks.
Many thanks.
Best
Ian

[hucks216]

Second one might be Karl-Robert Menge (DoB 02-12-1893) - information via Larry deZeng & Doug Stankey's LW Officer Career Lists:

MENGE, Karl-Robert. (DOB: 02.12.93). c.01.10.38 Maj., appt Kdr. II./Flak-Rgt. 13. 09.10.39 Maj.,
Kdr. II./Flak-Rgt. 13, appt Kdr. I./Flak-Rgt. 3. 06.40 Obstlt., appt Kdr. Flak-Lehr-Rgt. (to 04.41).
07.41 appt Kdr. Flak-Rgt. 33 (to 17.10.44). 01.03.42 promo to Oberst. 27.02.44 Oberst, appt Kdr. 2.
Flak-Brig. (to c.30.03.45 - ill).

Dates seem slightly out but the date on the citation might relate to when it should of been awarded rather then when it actually was.

[Ian Sayer]

Yes that looks right Hucks. Thanks very much for taking the trouble
Best
Ian

[Ian Sayer]

Hi again Hucks. Your reference to the LW Officer Career List reminded me that I hadn't checked it for a while so I had another look and I have now identified the Luftwaffe Major as Heinrich Koops so that's three kills for you in a day!
Thanks for that tip.
Best
Ian

[hucks216]

That's not a bad strike rate. Let's see if this makes it four - the last one:
Looks to be a von and the surname starting with a H.
The 1942 DAL has a Hauptmann GF (Graf Freiherr ??) von Hahn having served with Pz.Aufkl.Abt 57 at the start of the war.
A January 1940 6.Armee Stellenbesetzung shows a Rittmeister d.R Höhn in command of Aufkl.Abt 254 which seems to fit the bill especially if the transcriber who has put those details online has missed out the von.
Still can't find a first name though other than a Rudolf Höhn who served in Pz.Rgt 31 in 1939 (and Pz.Rgt 6 before that).

[hucks216]

Found him by a fluke. Thought I would try the surname Höhn and date of death of 1941 in the KIA Cards on Ancestry and up he popped - Dr Otto Höhn. Born 5th October 1896 in Köln and killed by artillery 20th August 1941 while commander of Aufkl.Abt 254 at a place called Malpea (Reval). He lies in the war cemetery at Tallinn Maarjamäe.

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[Ian Sayer]

Brilliant! Nearly an ace in a day HicksWelk done and thanks a lot . Best Ian

[Ian Sayer]

So the v was an ‘o’?

[hucks216]

So the v was an ‘o’?

Yep, could well have been or even his way of doing Dr.