Germany, Imperial. A Wartime Signed Postcard of Fighter Ace Fritz Otto Bernert

(Fliegerass Postkarte mit Unterschrift). A rare and extremely well-preserved postcard depicting fighter ace Fritz Otto Bernert, in uniform and with decorations clearly visible, with the lower half of the image overlaid by Bernert’s handwritten signature in black ink, the reverse unused, part of a series of notable figure postcards released by W. Sanke, Berlin, measuring 86 mm (w) x 136 mm (h), in extremely fine condition. Footnote: With a total of 27 confirmed aerial victories, Bernert’s wartime performance was particularly notable owing to his physical limitations in the form of a paralyzed arm resulting from injuries during his early wartime service as an infantryman. He survived serious injuries in hospital only to die of Spanish flu during the early period of the pandemic on 18 October 1918.