DAWN EAGLES RISING
by Robert Taylor

September 1940: And the Battle of Britain is reaching its crescendo as the Me109s of 1./JG52, with their bright yellow noses glinting in the sun, gather speed and altitude as they form up shortly after take-off from their base at Coquelles, near Calais. Robert Taylor’s classic new limited edition Dawn Eagles Rising, commissioned as the second in a series with the recently released Height and Sun, is published in tribute to the fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Overall Print Size: 27½” wide x 17” high

Every print in the Limited Edition has been personally signed by the artist Robert Taylor, together with THREE Luftwaffe Knight’s Cross fighter Aces who, between them, have a total of 493 air combat victories.

In addition to the three signatories of the Limited edition, each copy of the Luftwaffe Tribute Edition has been individually signed by a further fifteen Luftwaffe day and nightfighter pilots, including nine holders of the Knight’s Cross, making a total of EIGHTEEN signatures in total.

The THIRTY-THREE signature Artist Proofs are issued together with all the components of the Tribute Edition, but in addition the signed prints are matted to include the original signatures of a further fifteen fighter Aces chosen from some of the Luftwaffes’ greatest names. The number of air victories represented in this superlative edition surpasses an incredible total of 2741.

The Limited Edition:
Generalleutnant GÜNTHER RALL
Leutnant HUGO BROCH
Oberleutnant WALTER WOLFRUM

The Tribute Edition
All the above plus:
Oberfeldwebel ERICH AXTHAMMER
Leutnant HELMUT BALLEWSKI
Major HANS-EKKEHARD BOB
Unteroffizier GUSTAV DREES
Leutnant NORBET HANNIG
Feldwebel HERIBERT KOLLER
Leutnant WILHELM NOLLER
Hauptmann GÜNTHER NORDENHOLTZ
Unteroffizier JOHANNES OESTERHELT
Oberfeldwebel WILLI RESCHKE
Unteroffizier OTFRIED SAHL
Oberleutnant ERNST SCHEUFELE
Hauptmann KARL-FRITZ SCHLOSSSTEIN
Oberleutnant WALTER SCHUCK
Oberleutnant GÜNTHER SEEGER

This Artist Proof Edition
All the above plus original matted signitures of:

Generalleutnant ADOLF GALLAND
Hauptmann ALFRED GRISLAWSKI
Generalmajor DIETER HRABAK
Oberst HERBERT IHLEFELD
Hauptmann FRITZ KELLER
Generalmajor FRIEDRICH KÖRNER
Generalleutnant WALTER KRUPINSKI
Major FRITZ LOSIGKEIT
Oberst EDUARD NEUMANN
Oberstleutnant ERNST-WILHELM REINERT
Major ERICH RUDORFFER
Generalleutnant FRITZ OBLESSER
General JOHANNES STEINHOFF
Oberleutnant GERHARD THYBEN
Generalleutnant HANNES TRAUTLOFT