Posted 10 years ago
joconn9
(2 items)
I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A RARE SIGNED COPY OF RUDEL'S BOOK. HE WROTE A PERSONAL SENTIMENT TO AN ADMIRER IN 1978. THERE ARE SEVERAL PICTURES, ONE, SHOWING RUDEL RECIEVING THE KNIGHT'S CROSS, GERMANY'S HIGHEST MILITARY DECORATION, FROM ADOLF HITLER. INSIDE THE PAGES WERE TWO COPIES OF HIS OBITUARY, CLIPPED FROM NEWSPAPERS. BOOK IS IN SPANISH, PUBLISHED IN SPAIN. ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH AVIATION HISTORY KNOWS HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY DECORATED PILOT'S EVER. JACKET IS IN FAIR CONDITION, HARDCOVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I FOUND THIS BOOK IN BUENOS ARIES, ARGENTINA.....WHERE RUDEL DID LIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
Really luv it. This is a true part of history, but sadly many still want to stick their heads in the sand.
this guy was a true warrior & gentleman. you have to believe that at some point he and many others came to realize they had a madman for a leader and became very disillusioned.