Volkner, Werner: Many Rivers I Crossed (Verfasserwidmung).

Published by W. Volkner / St. Austell, Cornwall (Selbstverlag); 2004, EA (500 Stück); 267 S.; Format: 15x21.

WW II German soldier of the Death`s Head (3. SS Panzerdivision Totenkopf) division; - - - "Born in Berlin in 1924, he was the son of a decorated WWI Stormtrooper and Freikorps member, and grew up in Hitler`s Germany. He joined the German Scout movement, which was taken over by the Hitler Youth. In 1942, he joined the Waffen SS, and during the War he saw combat on the Eastern Front at Kharkov and the world`s largest tank battle at Kursk. At Kursk, his division fought gallantly against a superior number of soviet divisions at Prokhorova. Shortly after this, he was wounded and later returned to fight as part of a battle group. When the war ended, he spent three and a half years in various POW camps in Germany, Belgium and finally in England, where he was released in 1948. He worked on the farm where he had been a POW, and in the 60s he joined the British Army`s Royal Armoured Corps." - - - This book is number (blanko) of a limited edition of 500" - - - Z u s t a n d: 2, original farbig illustrierteblaue Broschur mit Deckel- + Rückentitel, mit zahlreichen sw.-Abbildungen, Faksimiles + Karten. Kaum Alters-, Gebrauchs- + Lagerspuren, insgesamt sehr ordentlich. - - - Mit handschriftlicher Widmung + original Unterschrift des Verfassers auf Vorsatz: "An Walter Held, Oberstleutnant a.D. mit kameradschaftlichen Grüssen, Unterschrift [auf Kameradschaftstreffen der 3. SS Panzerdivision Totenkopf 2005]; - - - Aus dem Nachlaß von Oberstleutnant a.D. Walter Held (*14. April 1934 - 15. Februar 2017), "Streiter für Wahrheit und Gerechtigkeit", Revisionist, Berufssoldat.