Documents

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Mixed German historical document collection spanning c.1901–1949, with Imperial Arbeitsbuch, Reichspost Postsparbuch marked British Zone, 1942 Kärntner Volksbund card, genealogy, association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

Original Third Reich award certificate dated 21 May 1939, granting the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter, 3rd Class to Babette Koch, née Ott, of Vorbach. A striking early Mother’s Cross document featuring the official period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath the title “Der Führer und Reichskanzler,” together with an additional handwritten countersignature at lower right.

Original German WWII award certificate dated 30 January 1944, granting the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse to Reichsbahnsekretär Eduard Weber of Oebisfelde. A highly displayable Third Reich document featuring the official period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer,” together with an additional handwritten countersignature at lower right.

Original German WWII award document dated 1 September 1941 for the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse, issued to Franz Plschockt of Hamburg. The document prominently bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer,” making it a particularly striking Third Reich administrative and militaria collectible.