Scarce WW2 A black and white portrait photographic postcard bearing the original wartime signature of Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering) (1893 1946). Göring was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party. which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran WW1 fighter pilot ace, Göring was a recipient of the Blue Max. He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG I), the fighter wing once led by Manfred Von Richthofen. An early member of the Nazi Party, he was among those wounded in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Göring was named as minister without portfolio in the new government. Goring was Chief of The Luftwaffe High Command from 1st March 1935 to 24th April 1945 and was found guilty on four charges at The Nuremberg Trials in 1946, Goring committed suicide with a cyanide pill the night before he was due to be hanged.

Estimate £300 to £500