Slowing the Red Tide - Artists Special Reserve Edition

Nicolas Trudgian's amazingly detailed painting shows Fw190's of Stab JG51 providing support to armour breaking out of the besieged 'Festung Königsberg' in East Prussia, February 1945. They are being engaged by Yak 3's of the famed 'Normandie - Niemen' Group, but the determined action of the Wehrmacht subsequently opened a life-saving corridor to the Baltic and was one of their last significant tactical victories on the Eastern Front. 'Slowing the Red Tide' is a brilliant depiction of the Eastern Front, signed by up to 26 bearers of the prestigious Knights Cross! Some editions include RARE and UNREPEATABLE signatures collected between 1994 and 1998, and 10 prints even have wartime clipped signatures of Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn.

Editions

Artist's Special Reserve Edition

• 50 prints, signed and numbered by the artist and the 3 Knights Cross holders Günther Rall KCOS, Hugo Broch KC and Georg Bose KC (StuG).

Koenigsberg Edition

• 325 prints signed by 9 Knights Cross holders (5 Luftwaffe fighter pilots and 4 Knights Cross holders from armoured ground-fighting vehicles); Georg Bose KC Sturmgeschütz (StuG), Hugo Broch KC, Gerhard Fischer KC (tank), Albert Kerscher KCO (tank), Heinrich Köhler KC Sturmgeschütz (StuG), Günther Rall KCOS, Erich Rudorffer KCOS, Otto Schultz KC, Walter Wolfrum KC.

 Koenigsberg Remarque Edition

• 10 prints, signed by the above 9 Knights Cross holders, each print with a unique original pencil drawing inscribed on it by the artist, which can be drawn to your own specifications. Nicolas Trudgian will be happy to discuss your requirements with you.

 JG51 Edition

• 75 worldwide. Signed by 26 Knights Cross holders (21 Luftwaffe pilots and 5 Knights Cross holders from armoured ground-fighting vehicles); Franz-Josef Beerenbrock KCO, Hans-Ekkehard Bob KC, Georg Bose KC Sturmgeschütz (StuG), Hugo Broch KC, Hugo Dahmer KC, Kurt Dahlmann KCO Nachtschlachtflieger, Adolf Dickfeld KCO, Gerhard Fischer KC (tank), Hajo Herrmann KCOS, Wolfdieter Huy KCO, Albert Kerscher KCO (tank), Franz Kieslich KCO Schlacht and Stuka Pilot, Heinrich Köhler KC Sturmgeschütz (StuG), Erwin Kreßmann KC Panzer-Jäger, Norbert Kujacinski KC Panzer, Heinz Lange KC, Heinz Marquardt KC, Hermann Neuhoff KC, Wilhelm Noller KC Schlachtflieger, Günther Rall KCOS, Edmund Rossmann KC, Erich Rudorffer KCOS, Walter Schuck KCO, Otto Schultz KC, Franz Woidich KC and Walter Wolfrum KC.

JG51 Remarque Edition

• 15 prints, signed by the above 26 Knights Cross holders, each print with a unique original pencil drawing inscribed on it by the artist, which can be drawn to your own specifications. Nicolas Trudgian will be happy to discuss your requirements with you.

 The Hartmann and Barkhorn Tribute Edition

• 10 prints, signed by the above 26 Knights Cross holders with clipped wartime signatures of Erich Hartmann KCOSD & Gerhard Barkhorn KCOS.

 Canvas Giclée Edition

• 30 prints. The only opportunity to obtain the full-size canvas reproductions of this stunning painting, individually signed in paint by the artist.  Size when stretched: 36” X 24”
  The canvas giclee edition is signed by the artist only.