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.
Jähn was born on February 13, 1937, in the town of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, located within the Vogtland region of Saxony, Germany. His father, Paul Jähn, was a sawmill worker, and his mother, Dora Jähn, was a housewife. Sigmund attended grade 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.
On April 26, 1955, Jähn enlisted into the predecessor of the East German Army in the town of Preschen and eventually worked his way into the East German Air Force. He finished basic training in 1956, enrolling into the Officer's School in Kamenz, and was sent to flight school in the town of Bautzen, which would later become its own Officer's School for military pilots. Jähn returned to his squadron, the Jagdfliegergeschwader 8, or Fighter Aviation Squad 8, two years later and remained there until 1960, when he and his team were relocated one last time to Marxwalde. During his flight career, he saved himself from crashing by ejecting from the Mig-17 he was piloting. He worked as the Deputy Commander for Political Affairs in his squadron from 1961 to 1963, then headed the Air Tactics/Air Combat division until 1965. At the same time, Jähn passed his Abitur and was sent to the J.A. Gagarin Air Force Academy in Monino, just outside of Moscow, Russia. Between 1970 and 1976, he was an inspector for fighter-pilot training and flight safety under the Deputy Head of the LSK/LV for Air Force Training of the Kommando LSK/LV.
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Current items with a signature of Sigmund Jähn
These are the most current items with a signature of Sigmund Jähn that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | GDR Letters Aerospace Space Sigmund Jähn Autograph | $184.13 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Sigmund Jähn
The most expensive item with a signature of Sigmund Jähn (Sigmund Jahn 1st German Cosmonaut Soyuz Space Pilot Autograph Signed Post Cover) was sold in June 2025 for $99.99 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 June 2025 with $99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.50 was September 2015. In average, an autographed item from Sigmund Jähn is worth $11.05.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Sigmund Jähn were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Rare Personally Signed by Two Cosmonauts Valeriy Bykovskiy and Sigmund Jähn | $19.00 |  |
| 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 Signed Autograph 4.5x6.5 Photo First German In Space Nasa Astronaut | $30.00 | |
| Sigmund Jahn- Signed German Picture Postcard (German Cosmonaut & Pilot) | $20.00 | |
| SIGMUND JÄHN †2019 German cosmonaut in-person signed photo 5 x 7 autograph | $28.00 | |
| SIGMUND JÄHN †2019 German cosmonaut in-person signed photo 8 x 12 autograph | $48.00 | |
| SIGMUND JÄHN †2019 German cosmonaut in-person signed photo 8 x 12 autograph | $36.00 | |
| Sigmund Jähn - German Cosmonaut - Signed First Day Postal Cover | $13.27 | |
| Sigmund Jähn - German Cosmonaut - Signed First Day Postal Cover | $12.94 | |
| Sigmund Jähn - German Cosmonaut: 1st German in Space - Autographed Postal Cover | $3.28 | |
| Sigmund Jähn- Signed Envelope (German Cosmonaut) | $5.00 | |
| Sigmund Jähn-Signed Softcover Book For the Advancement of Mankind (Cosmonaut) | $20.00 | |
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. 
