Documents

Original wartime OKW administrative report copy dated 15 December 1944. This document concerns defensive fighting in the Kurland sector and references German military units noted for their conduct during the late-war Eastern Front campaign.

Original 1941 Wehrmacht internal-reference booklet, Heft 53: Schlag nach über die Sowjetunion. Produced for military use, it presents geographical, political, economic and military information about the Soviet Union from the perspective of the German wartime administration. A scarce and historically significant WWII paper artifact.

Original 1943 German police promotion certificate for Major Oskar Lehmann, featuring an Adolf Hitler facsimile signature and a handwritten Heinrich Himmler signature. A significant wartime administrative document issued for promotion within the Schutzpolizei.

Original WWII Litzmannstadt Ghetto Paketkarte with a Star of David administrative stamp reading “Der Älteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt” and an original Nachnahme cash-on-delivery postal marking.

This Anmeldung zur polizeilichen Einwohnererfassung group includes three original bilingual German-Polish police registration forms from occupied Poland during the Second World War. Each form retains handwritten personal details, signatures, fingerprint impressions and period administrative stamps.

This Deutsche Reichspost Postsparbuch with Ausweiskarte is an original wartime postal savings set comprising a red savings book and its matching identification card, both carrying account number 6.954.113. The set retains period postal stamps, handwritten savings entries and original printed banking instructions.

This 1942 Generalgouvernement Arbeitskarte is an original bilingual German-Polish Karta Pracy work card issued in occupied Poland. Dated 15 August 1942 and stamped by Arbeitsamt Tschenstochau, it retains its original dark card cover, handwritten holder details, employment-office stamp and internal labour-registration pages.

This Mitteilungen für das Offizierkorps 1942 archive is an original group of wartime German officer bulletins issued under the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. The archive includes early 1942 numbered issues preserved in an original filing format, with printed material concerning officer leadership, military instruction, propaganda and wartime ideological guidance.

This Joachim von Ribbentrop signed New Year card is an original Berlin-Dahlem correspondence card dated January 1936. It combines a printed New Year acknowledgement with a large handwritten message and autograph in dark ink by Joachim von Ribbentrop, creating a visually striking early political-historical document.

This 1942 Polish civilian Arbeitsbuch is an original German-issued work book for a person classified as “Nicht Reichsdeutscher” or non-Reich German. Issued by Arbeitsamt Lissa, Nebenstelle Rawitsch, it retains its portrait photograph, handwritten entries, employment-office stamps, signature and wartime labour registration details.

This Hitler facsimile signature golden wedding certificate is an original late-1930s German commemorative document issued for a fiftieth wedding anniversary. It features the printed facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath the title “Der Führer und Reichskanzler,” together with an embossed state eagle seal, decorative wedding imagery and formal congratulatory text.

This Bromberg 1944 Reich Kennkarte is an original World War II civilian identity card issued in Bromberg on 25 November 1944. It retains its period portrait photograph, fingerprints, handwritten personal details, official stamps and the red diagonal cover band associated with identity documentation issued in the incorporated eastern territories.

This Das Führerkorps des Dritten Reiches album is an original German collector picture album published during the late 1930s. It contains mounted portrait images and printed biographies of senior political and state figures from Nazi Germany. The album is offered strictly as historical documentation for research, archive preservation and responsible collecting

This Goebbels facsimile signature Winter Relief Fund certificate is an original 1936–37 German honor document issued for voluntary service in the Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes. Its central feature is the prominent period facsimile signature of Joseph Goebbels, printed beneath the title Reichsminister, alongside the facsimile signature of Erich Hilgenfeldt and an embossed official seal.

This Heinrich Himmler signed police training appointment document is an original 1941 German administrative proposal naming SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Schegg for the position of Polizeischulungsleiter, or Police Training Leader. Issued through the Reich Ministry of the Interior and signed by Heinrich Himmler, the document retains official headings, administrative stamps, file references and period routing marks.

This Hermann Göring signed photograph is an original black-and-white historical image bearing a large handwritten autograph in dark ink across its upper white margin. The photograph shows Göring among uniformed men during an unidentified official gathering and is offered solely for responsible historical research, archival preservation and serious autograph collecting.

This Reinhard Heydrich signed Gestapo document is an original Secret State Police circular dated Berlin, 5 January 1937. Addressed to the heads of all State Police offices, it transmits official guidelines from the Reichsführer-SS and Chief of the German Police. The document bears Heydrich’s original handwritten signature and retains its Gestapo heading, routing details and period filing holes.

This Francisco Franco 1929 condolence signature sheet is an original four-leaf mourning document issued in Zaragoza following the death of Colonel Antonio Alonso y Sánchez de Arcilla. Dated February 1929, it bears multiple handwritten condolences and signatures, including an original Francisco Franco signature from his early military career in Zaragoza. The sheet measures approximately 32 x 22 cm and is offered solely as a historical document for research, preservation and responsible collecting.

This Dolores Ibarruri signed Soviet envelope is an original Soviet postal stationery envelope bearing a handwritten blue-ink autograph by Dolores Ibarruri, known as “La Pasionaria.” The lot includes an unsigned black-and-white portrait photograph of Ibarruri. The frame shown in the reference images is not included.

Original Battle of France 1940 document archive comprising more than 40 French military and administrative papers dated mainly from 1939 to 1943. The group includes a detailed 44th Infantry Regiment journal, reports connected with the fighting at Bailleul-le-Soc, René Kiger’s personal narrative, copies of the order awarding the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, an original occupied-zone map of France and a later 1946 mission order.