Sigmund Jähn Autographs
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (German: ; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German pilot, cosmonaut, and Generalmajor (equivalent to a Brigadier General in Western armies) in the National People's Army of the GDR. He was the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program in 1978.
He was the very last living East German holder of the title Hero of the German Democratic Republic when he died in 2019.
Jähn was born on 13 February 1937, in the town of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, located within the Vogtland region of Saxony, Nazi Germany. His father, Paul Jähn, was a sawmill worker, and his mother, Dora Jähn, was a housewife. Sigmund attended primary school from 1943 to 1951 and then trained in an apprenticeship program as a book printer from 1951 to 1954. Shortly after the apprenticeship, he worked as a Pioneer Leader at the Hammerbrücke Central School. Jähn (via his father's stories and memorabilia) and his father were impressed by the early rocketry pioneers of the 1920s around Fritz von Opel and the first manned rockets on land and in the air, igniting his enthusiasm for aviation, rocketry and spaceflight.
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Traded items with a signature of Sigmund Jähn
The most expensive item with a signature of Sigmund Jähn (GDR Letters Aerospace Space Sigmund Jähn Autograph) was sold in July 2025 for $184.13 while the cheapest item (Sigmund Jahn 1st Interkosmos Cosmonaut German pilot signed autographed photo) found a new owner for $1.00 in November 2015. The month with the most items sold (4) was November 2012 with an average selling price of $8.00 for an autographed item of Sigmund Jähn. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with $184.13 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.50 was September 2015. In average, an autographed item from Sigmund Jähn is worth $11.80.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Sigmund Jähn were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | COSMONAUT Sigmund Jähn autograph, IP signed photograph | $134.53 |  |
| GDR Letters Aerospace Space Sigmund Jähn Autograph | $184.13 | |
| RUSSIA/DDR 1988 Soyuz-31 Card,Intercosmos,Sigmund Jähn,Bykovsky,Orig. Signed, | $21.00 | |
| RUSSIA/DDR 1988 Soyuz-31 Card,Intercosmos,Sigmund Jähn,Bykovsky,Orig. Signed, | $21.00 | |
| Sigmund Jahn (d. 2019) Signed Index Card - German Pilot, Cosmonaut | $7.98 | |
| Sigmund Jahn 1st German Cosmonaut Soyuz Space Pilot Autograph Signed Post Cover | $99.99 | |
| Sigmund Jahn 1st German Cosmonaut Soyuz Space Pilot Autograph Signed Post Cover | $99.99 | |
 | Sigmund Jahn Signed Photo Autograph “Sigismund Jahn” German Cosmonaut Space | $94.09 | |
| SIGMUND JÄHN (†2019) 1st German cosmonaut into space GDR autograph photo 8x12 | $72.00 | |
| SIGMUND JÄHN (†2019) 1st German cosmonaut into space GDR autograph photo 8x12 | $72.00 | |
| SIGMUND JÄHN †2019 German cosmonaut in-person signed photo 8 x 12 autograph | $48.00 | |
| Sigmund Jähn - German Cosmonaut: 1st German in Space - Autographed Postal Cover | $3.28 | |
| Sigmund Jähn 1937-2019 DDR cosmonaut autograph signed 4"x6" photo | $56.99 | |
| Sigmund Jähn-Signed Softcover Book For the Advancement of Mankind (Cosmonaut) | $20.00 | |
| Sojuz 31 space letters (3) autograph Sigmund Jähn, Valerij Bykovskij 1978 | $25.00 | |
Latest News about Sigmund Jähn
Sigmund Jähn, First German in Space and a Hero Back Home, Dies at 82 (09/25/2019): He spent almost eight days aboard a space station in 1978 and was hailed by East Germans as a symbol of socialist achievement. 
