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On the morning of 15 October 1943, as Bf109G's from III./JG52 dive into attack a group of Russian fighters high over Zaporozhye in south-east Ukraine, their Kommandeur Hauptmann G??nther Rall pounces on a Soviet La-5 to claim his 222nd victory.

During this astonishing one month period he shot down 40 aircraft and at the end of November 1943 acheived 250 victories - at the time only the second Ace to do so after Walter Nowotny. By the time he was posted back to the West, Rall was well on the way to his final score of 275 victories, making him the third highest-scoring Ace in history. Had he not been wounded in action numerous times and forced to spend months in hospital, he might well have been the highest-scoring Ace of them all.

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THE LIMITED EDITION
Every print in each of the editions is individually hand-numbered and personally signed by the artist Robert Taylor and one of the greatest fighter Aces in history:

Generalleutnant G?£NTHER RALL
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves & Swords / 275 victories

THE EASTERN FRONT EDITIONS
In addition to G??nther Rall, each print in the FIVE signature Eastern Front Editions is personally signed by four highly distinguished Aces who flew on the Eastern Front:

Leutnant HUGO BROCH
Knight's Cross / 81 victories

Major ERICH RUDORFFER
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves & Swords / 222 victories

Hauptmann KARL-FRITZ SCHLOSSSTEIN
German Cross in Gold / 8 victories

Oberleutnant WALTER SCHUCK
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves / 206 victories

THE EASTERN FRONT TRIBUTE EDITION

With almost 2400 victories between the FIFTEEN signatories, this edition uniquely includes the three top Aces of all time - Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and G??nther Rall - all together on one historic piece.

With all the components of the Eastern Front Edition the Tributes are issued with an outstanding original pencil drawing individually created by Robert Taylor and signed by six high-scoring Aces who flew over Russia. Each drawing is conservation matted to include the original signatures of six more iconic Fighter Aces who flew on the Eastern Front.

G?£NTHER RALL & HUGO BROCH HAVE ALSO SIGNED EACH DRAWING:

Oberleutnant WALTER WOLFRUM
Knight's Cross / 137 victories

Oberstleutnant HEINZ MARQUARDT
Knight's Cross / 121 victories

Feldwebel OSKAR B?uSCH
Iron Cross 1st Class / 18 victories

Major HANS-EKKEHARD BOB
Knight's Cross / 60 victories

THE MATTED SIGNATURES:

Oberst ERICH HARTMANN
Knight's Cross, Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds / 352 victories
The top-scoring Ace in history.

Major GERHARD BARKHORN
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves & Swords / 301 victories
The second highest-scoring Ace in history.

Hauptmann G?£NTHER SCHACK
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves / 174 victories

Hauptmann RUDOLF TRENKEL
Knight's Cross / 138 victories

Oberleutnant GERHARD THYBEN
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves / 157 victories

Leutnant FRITZ TEGTMEIER
Knight's Cross / 146 victories

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