Documents

Original period German group photograph mounted on presentation board and dated 18 October 1935, featuring a handwritten dedication ending with “Glück und Segen” and a signature reading “J. Goebbels,” both attributed to Joseph Goebbels. A historically significant autograph-related piece from the pre-war Third Reich period, preserved in original aged condition.

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.

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 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.

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 Adolf Wagner signed photograph in black and white, signed in full in the lower white margin. A vintage German historical autograph photograph showing Wagner during a candid public gathering. Offered exclusively for responsible historical research, archival preservation and serious autograph collecting.

Original Albert Kesselring prison letter dated 3 July 1952 and handwritten in German to his wife, Liny. This complete one-leaf letter is written on both sides and signed “Albert” at the conclusion. A personal post-war historical autograph document, offered exclusively for responsible research, preservation and serious collectors of twentieth-century correspondence.

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Original Wehrmacht Soldbuch belonging to Albert Wilhelm Rattey, later promoted to Gefreiter, with photograph, unit entries, equipment records and post-war German refugee/displaced person ID issued in Offenburg in 1956.

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.

Original WWII-era German document group belonging to August Kuhlmann of the Herford area, including his Wehrpass, period Führerschein with photograph, Rundfunkgenehmigung radio licence and an official typed document addressed to him as a Feuerwehr Wachtmeister. A coherent named archive with strong civil, administrative and wartime research value.

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.