PersonalAutos

My personal collection is somewhat unusual in that with a very few exceptions it is comprised of autographs I collected personally. Also they are in the same format - postcard size. If I know I am going an event where an interesting subject will be, I will create one or two of my signature cards for them to sign. If, as in many cases, I do not know in advance, I always carry a few 3" x 5" cards and a pen and will ask the subject for an autograph. When I get back to my office I will create one of my signature cards, cut the sig out of the 3x5 card and affix it to my signature care. I get these sigs at all kinds of special events, reunions, air and militaria shows, book signings, theatrical events, etc.

My prime interest is the U.S. Medal of Honor and notables related to the military. In my collection I have autographs of all of the living recipients except for one (Litkey) and over 200 of the deceased recipients - dating from the Civil War through Vietnam. I am also interested in other notables who served in the military, UK Victoria Cross recipients, and German Knights Cross recipients. The few I have that do not fall into these categories are other notables I happened to run into at one place or another or individuals I highly respect or have a special interest in.

For any subjects after 1940 their autographs do not go into my collection unless I got it from the subject personally or from one of his family members. On those prior to 1940 I have waived that policy out of necessity.

A few of the signatures on the autograph cards I create are printed, not handwritten. On those, I have the subject's signature on a document and did not want to clip the sig off the document and affix it to the card. I have those documents in ring binders. In addition to the documents that are in the ring binders, I have the biographies of each subject in my collection in those binders.

Below are a few of the some 1,500 that are in my personal collection. None of the items in my personal collection are for sale. At the end are a few of the German wartime signed portrait cards in my personal collection. The ones of these I consider "heroes" are not for sale. Most of the high command and Nazi, can be found on my lists elsewhere on this site.










My Warsigned Portrait Postcards



Bauer	Beisswinger	Busch	Donitz

Geishardt	Gollob	Graf	Huy

Wurmheller	Kesselring	Kluge	Kuchler

List	von Manstein	Merten	Milch

Molders	Osseau	Phillipp	Prien

Priller	Rommel	Schepke	Schnell

von Strachwitz	Udet