Bidspirit auction | FRIEDRICH PAULUS

FRIEDRICH PAULUS - (1890 - 1957) German field marshal who headed the 6th Army's drive on Stalingrad. Paulus found himself surrounded there and surrendered his starving army on Jan. 31, 1943. He returned to Germany to testify at the Nuremberg War Crimes trials. S.P. ”Paulus”, 3.5 x 5 in. b/w, a Hoffmann photo postcard showing a chest-up view of the general in uniform, prominently wearing the Knight's Cross, signed on the face in blue ink. Trimmed, else fine.