Historical Collection

Original Third Reich Arbeitsbuch for a German worker, with period employment entries, Arbeitsamt stamps and the original Merkblatt für Arbeitsbuchinhaber und Betriebsführer. Mid-1930s civil labour document.

Original WWII German Wehrpass issued as a 1943 Zweitschrift to Rudolf Klinger, born 1913, with original portrait photograph and matching Luftschutz typhus-vaccination certificate.g

Mixed German historical document collection spanning c.1901–1949, with Imperial Arbeitsbuch, Reichspost Postsparbuch marked British Zone, 1942 Kärntner Volksbund card, genealogy, association booklets and WWII U.S. passes.

Four original Third Reich tax documents from Bavaria, 1937, including ministry correspondence, Nuremberg tax notices, official stamps and a Reich service-postage card relating to house-tax matters in Stein bei Nürnberg.

Original Karl Wolff signed letter from Himmler’s Personal Staff, dated Berlin 11 August 1938 and addressed to SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger. Hand-signed in ink with SS-Hauptamt receiving stamp.

Original 1937 German Olympic Decoration document awarding the 2nd Class to Schutzpolizei Captain Michael Finken for services connected with the 1936 Olympic Games. With embossed seal and period Adolf Hitler facsimile signature.

Original Ernst Röhm autograph on a handwritten 1926 Salzburg postcard to Franz Kugler, retaining Röhm’s full pencil signature, period Austrian stamp and postal cancellations.

Original Third Reich Arbeitsbuch issued by Arbeitsamt Rheine in 1940 to Rosa Höltermann of Emsdetten, with complete personal details, official stamps and agricultural self-employment entry.

Original German Arbeitsbuch 1935 issued by Arbeitsamt Bielefeld to Heinz Ramsbrock, documenting his commercial apprenticeship and later employment with Gebr. Knöngel Feinkost-Großhandlung.

Original early-type Adam Opel Arbeitsbuch belonging to Peter Fellner, with multiple Adam Opel A.G. Rüsselsheim stamps and employment records documenting welding and skilled metalwork during the 1930s.

Mixed German document archive dated 1911–1967, including 1941 Deutsche Arbeitsfront correspondence, business records, certificates and academic material.

Original WWII German Wehrpass and family estate for a Gefreiter of the 256th Infantry Division, with Ostmedaille, Eastern Front campaign and wound entries, death notification, photographs and ephemera.

Original Homer Simpson character drawing in blue ink, signed by Matt Groening on textured white card. Obtained in person and accompanied by a third-party certificate.

Original WWII German document collection centred on Third Reich administrative, military and propaganda material. Highlights include a handwritten “2nd U-boat Training Course K.G. 106” notebook, Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch with entries from 1936–1940, German Labour Front employment papers, a 1934 Zeitschrift der Akademie für Deutsches Recht, 1941 Deutschland muss leben school publication, six period collector photographs and further civil documents.

Original WWII German document archive containing a large assortment of identification papers, administrative documents, ration and insurance cards, correspondence and wartime material. Highlights include a 1943 Wehrmacht training certificate, 1938 Third Reich correspondence, wartime stamped documents, original dust goggles in their cardboard sleeve, and a bilingual German-Russian occupation identity card dated August 1945. The wider archive spans approximately 1908–1967.

Original WWII German Wehrpass archive combining a photograph Wehrpass with detailed 1939–1940 Heer service entries, a WWI Militärpass recording combat in 1917–1918, and a substantial family Feldpost correspondence from 1940–1943. The group documents military service across two World Wars, including service connected with Poland, period unit stamps, occupation-era markings, handwritten entries, letters, envelopes and postal cancellations.

Original WWII German document collection comprising 10 period documents from a Saxon family, spanning 1909–1963 and centred on the Third Reich and Second World War era. Highlights include a 1936 Deutsches Reich passport with photographs, Deutsche Arbeitsfront membership book with contribution stamps, Arbeitsbuch records, wartime clothing documentation, photographic identification papers and associated post-war documents. A coherent historical archive from Schmalzgrube and Annaberg in Saxony.

Original WWII-era German “Meine Dienstzeit” military photo album containing approximately 160 period black-and-white photographs, including around 88 military images related to the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, uniforms, winter service, military groups, technical subjects and wartime graves, together with numerous private photographs.

Dark brown album with silver Meine Dienstzeit lettering and applied metal Stahlhelm decoration. An extensive visual archive documenting German military and everyday life around the Second World War.

Original three-page typed document signed by Otto Skorzeny, dated Madrid, 2 November 1972, containing his personal corrections to passages dealing directly with his experiences during the Second World War.

Headed “Corrections of My Memoirs”, the pages reference the Waffen-SS, Abwehr, RSHA, Walter Schellenberg, Skorzeny’s wartime promotion, his special battalion and his Knight’s Cross. The final page bears a large handwritten Otto Skorzeny signature. Includes original airmail envelope addressed to R. James Bender Publishing in California.

Collector-made reproduction of the German Wound Badge 1939 in Black, 2nd Pattern. Full-size 44 × 36 mm badge with hollow-style reverse and vertical pin. Clearly offered as a reproduction, not a wartime original.

Early original-period German NSDAP membership badge with translucent red, white and black enamel, marked RZM No. 34 on the reverse and attributed to Karl Wurster of Markneukirchen. Approx. 27 mm diameter. Original fastening system incomplete, with pin remnants remaining.

Original award certificate dated Berlin, 21 May 1939, conferring the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter, 3rd Class, on Babette Koch, née Ott, of Vorbach. It bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer und Reichskanzler” and a handwritten countersignature at lower right. An early Mother’s Cross document.

Original award certificate dated Berlin, 30 January 1944, conferring the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse on Reichsbahnsekretär Eduard Weber of Oebisfelde. It bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer” and a handwritten countersignature at lower right. A named railway-administration award document.

Original award certificate dated Berlin, 1 September 1941, conferring the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse on Franz Plschockt of Hamburg, recorded as an Aushilfsheizer. It bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer” and further period countersignatures.

Original 1942 Kriegsmarine promotion patent issued to Korvettenkapitän Johannes Schur, promoting him to Fregattenkapitän effective 1 April 1942. The document is dated Führerhauptquartier, 15 April 1942, bears a facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler and an original handwritten signature of Großadmiral Erich Raeder. Accompanied by its official presentation folder and an original August 1942 forwarding letter from the Küstenschutzflottille Ostland.

Original German wartime letter dated 5 February 1941 from Dr. Ing. Otto Reuleaux of Vereinigte Leichtmetall-Werke, Hannover-Linden, to Obermeister J. Vaassen at the Leichtmetall-Büro Paris. The letter concerns the award and dispatch of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz, refers to a Luftwaffe presentation by Major von Unger and remarkably mentions a separate award certificate “signed by the Führer.” Hand-signed in ink by Reuleaux.

Single collar skull in the Prussian “Danziger” Totenkopf pattern associated with German Panzer uniforms. Stamped alloy with aged silver-toned finish, open eye sockets, pierced nose, detailed teeth and complete rear prongs. No maker mark. The €2 coin in one photograph is for scale only and is not included.

Original WWII German War Merit Cross 2nd Class Without Swords, dated 1939. Period German decoration featuring the central swastika on the obverse and 1939 date on the reverse. Well-preserved textured surfaces with visible age, patina and wear, offered exactly as photographed.

NSDAP political armband (Armbinde) of multi-piece textile construction: red band with a separately applied white roundel and black central emblem. Stitching visible on the reverse. Period wear, creasing and tonal variation to the red cloth.

WWII German Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 complete with period ribbon and Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse 1939 paper packet. Classic three-piece style decoration with black central core, silver-coloured frame, 1939 obverse and 1813 reverse. A highly collectible WWII German military award set.

WWII German Sudetenland Medal 1938, officially known as the Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938. Bronze-finished German commemorative medal featuring the characteristic two-figure design, national eagle and dated reverse. Historical WWII collector piece with attractive age patina.

WWII German War Merit Cross 2nd Class Without Swords with original-style suspension ribbon, central swastika and 1939 reverse. A characteristic German WWII decoration known as the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter, preserved with visible age, patina and wear.

Varied lot of period German insignia: RLB and DAF stickpins, ribbon bars with miniature devices, button-mounted ribbons, a veterans’ or association badge, a miniature combination stickpin and a WHW “Das Deutsche Lied” miniature song booklet. A cross-section of the small badges worn in German civilian and veteran life in the 1930s and 1940s.

Original WWII German 25 Year Faithful Service Medal (Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 25 Jahre) in silver, complete with blue ribbon, suspension pin and red presentation case. The interior of the case retains its C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim maker label, making this a particularly attractive complete set for collectors of German WWII decorations.

German 25 Year Faithful Service Cross (Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 25 Jahre) with dark blue ribbon and red presentation case marked “25”, the interior labelled C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim. A complete set of this civil long-service decoration.

Wound Badge in Black (Verwundetenabzeichen) with a matching miniature stickpin and a period paper packet printed “Verwundeten-Abzeichen Schwarz”. Full-size badge, miniature and packet together, with honest age and wear.

Six German badges, mostly dated 1936: a 1 Mai 1936 badge marked M. Gechsler & Sohn, Ansbach; a blue and white “Rhön 1936” gliding badge; a “Freiheit und Brot – 29. März 1936” badge; a Hitler portrait pin; and two further insignia. Original pins and maker markings visible.

Mixed German 1930s badge lot with five period-style pins, including a 1935 Seefahrt ist Not badge, HJ 21 Juni 1934 porcelain badge and Evangelische Frauenhilfe enamel pin.

Group of German badges and medallions of the 1930s and war years: portrait pieces dated 1935 and inscribed “Der Führer dankt”, a Turn- und Sportfest badge, a Tag der Arbeit piece, a bronze-coloured “Wir fahren gegen England” medallion and a cased handshake medal, with a second, empty case.

Lot of German badges of the 1930s and wartime period: a large Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Wasserrettungsdienst (water rescue) badge, a fire brigade emblem, a badge dated 12–14.1.1933, a silver-coloured badge apparently inscribed “Thüringisch” and a small enamelled flag badge. Civil, rescue and organisational insignia in one group.

Five German badges and pins of the 1930s: a 1 Mai 1938 Tag der Arbeit badge marked Ferd. Wagner, Pforzheim; a gilt-coloured Hitler portrait badge inscribed “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer”; a 1938 referendum-type badge; a geometric radial badge; and an oak-leaf stickpin. Untouched age and wear.

Seven German badges and tinnies of the 1930s, including a large Reichsparteitag 1936 badge, a 1933 badge with stylised eagle, smaller eagle and geometric designs and a miniature axe-shaped badge. Visible age, patina and a variety of pin systems.