RARE WWII German Feldpost cover KC Holder Luftwaffe HORST SCHILLER Family GABLER

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Cover (Postal History)

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Single

Item Description

Grade: Ungraded
Rare offering here, a Feldpost cover to Luftwaffe war hero and Knights Cross holder Horst Schillers family Betty Gabler from the German Military. Part of a collection from the Schiller estate, many items being listed, all related to Horst Schiller and family. (Gabler, Messerschmidt) The cover is addressed to Betty Gabler but there are no contents inside. Horst Schiller was awarded the Knights Cross, and Deutsche Kreuz in gold. From other documents I have tell us his crew was seen successfully bailing from their burning airplane but unknown if he survived. Other letters from his family to the Red Cross and German officials tell us they believed he was imprisoned in a Canadian prison camp and were urging the German Military and authorities to please look there. Some final documents sadly tell us he was killed in the Ukraine June 2nd 1943. Awarded in recognition of his 466 sorties as a ground attack pilot. During this time he inflicted the following materiel losses on the enemy... - 1 destroyer - 2 supply ships - 17 tanks - 1 armoured train - 1 coastal battery(X series)Hello and thanks for checking out our Hip store Reichpostalhistory. To our stamp and postcard customers, we are very sorry but we can no longer use the cheaper Hip standard shipping method, due to to many problems with packages not scanned, packages saying delivered and they aren't, missing and lost items were too many to count. We now will be using USPS Ground advantage which may cost a little more but it's a much better method and safer for the buyer and seller, we know cost are higher but you can take advantage and ship multiple items with 1 shipping cost this way, so please check out our other listings, we have over 5000 German Stamps, Postcards, Photographs and more! We always combine shipping, just ask! If you pay excess shipping it will be refunded. Thanks for your continued support!!

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