Documents

Original German Wehrpass issued in Krefeld in 1939 to Hermann Dewin, with later mustering entries, official stamps, a separate Wehrpass notice dated April 1943 and an accompanying French birth extract for Armand Dewin from Sarreguemines. A strong administrative and military paperwork group for collectors of original German service documents and European identity ephemera.

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.

Two original WWII German newspapers dated 1939 and 1941: a Völkischer Beobachter Norddeutsche Ausgabe and Chemnitzer Tageszeitung. Period wartime press with front-page headlines, photographs, advertisements and extensive original content.

Original WWII German Wehrmacht Wehrpass issued to Wilhelm Hack in Fürth in 1940, retaining his original identification photograph, official military stamps, handwritten entries, Erkennungsmarke reference to Stamm-Kompanie Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 42, late-war 1944 security entries and an associated Verwendungskarte.

Original WWII German Wehrpass belonging to Berlin-born Paul Beese, with original identification photograph, handwritten signature, Wehrbezirkskommando Berlin I registration, 1937 Musterung entry, official Wehrmacht stamps and dated wartime entries extending into 1944.

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.

Original filled-in German Ahnenpass belonging to Manfred Jung, born in Geisweid in 1927. The ancestry booklet retains his identification photograph, handwritten signature, completed family-tree chart and numerous genealogical entries. It is accompanied by an official 1938 birth certificate bearing a Klafeld registry seal and revenue stamp.

Original 1941 WWII German Wehrpass, marked Zweitschrift, issued to Jakob Otto Habel. Includes portrait photograph, signatures, official stamps and an accompanying 1941 Schützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 13 wartime leave document.

Large original WWII German military press archive containing numerous period newspaper and magazine clippings, illustrated sheets, portraits, aviation material, collector notes and reference documents focused especially on the Luftwaffe, Knight’s Cross recipients and prominent wartime commanders, with visible material relating to Marseille, Rommel, Mölders, Galland and other German military personalities.

Rare matched pair of original WWII psychological-warfare leaflets: an Allied US/GB-ZG61A.1944 Passierschein / Safe Conduct pass bearing the printed facsimile signature of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, together with the German Skorpion counter-propaganda version that copied the Allied design, altered its surrender message and answered it with the famous “Dear Friends” text.

Original WWII German Wehrpass and matching Gesundheitsbuch belonging to Georg Bierfelder of Forchheim, born in 1896. The matched WWII German document group retains his original photograph, signature, military stamps, 1937 and 1943 examination entries, 1940 discharge as Gefreiter and medical documentation extending into 1944.

This Felipe González signed museum card is an original presentation card bearing a blue-ink handwritten dedication and signature by Felipe González. The card features the printed heading of Museo Ramón J. Bayo, Osborne y Cía. S.A., Puerto de Santa María, together with a portrait image of the former Spanish Prime Minister.

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

Original pre-WWII German political propaganda group comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot paper, a 1933 “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil, an “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” Hitler portrait badge and a dated “Ja – 12.11.1933” referendum badge. A visually impressive historical set documenting the political consolidation of the Third Reich before the Second World War.

Original pre-WWII German political propaganda set comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot paper, a brown “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil and a dated “Ja – 12.11.1933” political badge. An evocative group documenting the propaganda, controlled elections and consolidation of the Third Reich before the Second World War.

Original four-piece Third Reich political propaganda group comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot, a “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil, a stylised “Ja” campaign stickpin and an “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer” Hitler portrait badge. An evocative pre-WWII collection documenting the propaganda, controlled elections and political consolidation of Nazi Germany.

Original pre-WWII German political propaganda group comprising a marked 1938 Anschluss referendum ballot and a dark wooden “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil. The ballot asks voters to approve the annexation of Austria into the German Reich and support Adolf Hitler’s unified Reichstag list. A powerful historical set connected with Nazi expansion, political propaganda and the events that preceded the Second World War.

Original WWII-era German private scrapbook containing numerous mounted wartime newspaper and magazine clippings, period photographic images, portraits and handwritten biographical notes focused on Luftwaffe personalities and the North African campaign, including material naming Werner Mölders, Erwin Rommel and Herbert Ihlefeld.

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.

Original 1930s German document lot comprising a 1939 NSDAP Auslands-Organisation Rückwanderer-Ausweis and a DLRG lifesaving certificate with photograph, signatures and period stamps.

Original German document group for Jakob Meitinger of Augsburg, including Wehrpass with photograph, Arbeitsbuch, RAD discharge/travel paper, group photo and correspondence from the final months of WWII.

This Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo signed Osborne label is an original Ducal Jerez-Xérès-Sherry presentation label signed in blue ink. An unusual Spanish political autograph combining Osborne advertising design, Jerez wine heritage and a signature from former Spanish Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo.

Original WWII German judicial document dated 28 June 1940, issued by the Adjutant’s Office of the Reich Governor in Vienna and addressed to the Graz Regional Court. Signed by an official catalogued as Gauamtsleiter “Dietrich,” the letter concerns Otto Kortschak’s death sentence and a petition for clemency addressed to Adolf Hitler. The reverse bears an official reply from the Special Court in Graz dated 3 July 1940.

Four original German POW documents relating to Günther Weber, including a 1948 Marbury Hall Camp testimonial, Allied discharge certificate, thumbprint, Münsterlager stamps and British categorisation paper.

Original matching German military document set issued to Adolf Fieg, comprising an Imperial-era Militärpass from the First World War period and a WWII Heer Wehrpass. The Wehrpass retains his portrait, personal information, military registration stamps from 1939 and 1940, signatures and an entry for the German West Wall Medal.

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 German press photograph associated with Luftwaffe Generaloberst Alexander Löhr. The reverse carries period editorial markings, a “Mil. u. pol. nicht zensiert” press-control stamp and a faint pencil signature attributed to Löhr. A scarce historical photograph connected with Luftflotte 4, the Balkan campaign and German military operations in Southeastern Europe.

Four original period documents for Reichsbahn employee Eduard Weber, 1934–1941, including a 1941 promotion certificate with an original Walter Bürger signature, plus two clearly identified facsimile signatures and a 1934 award certificate.

Original handwritten Fritz Darges autograph on a clipped paper fragment, mounted on an older card section and displayed with a black-and-white reference portrait. Darges served as Hitler’s personal SS adjutant during WWII. Authenticity guaranteed.

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.

Original and coherent German personal archive belonging to Wilhelm Ludwig Kappler of Karlsruhe, born in 1897. The group includes his photograph-bearing Wehrpass and Arbeitsbuch, a filled-in Ahnenpass, two 1944 air-raid victim identification cards, civil and church certificates, genealogical records, official stamps and handwritten entries. A substantial WWII German document group tracing one civilian’s military registration, technical employment, ancestry and experience of the bombing war.

Original provisional award certificate for the Spanish Cross in Silver, issued in Berlin on 31 May 1939 and named to a German Hauptmann whose handwritten name appears to read Reinhard Henning. The document bears an Oberkommando der Wehrmacht stamp, handwritten signature and administrative details relating to the later issue of the definitive certificate.

Certified original Simon Wiesenthal autograph, accompanied by a Solar Stamps Certificate of Authenticity, Reg. #8673. A historically significant signed paper piece connected to Holocaust remembrance, post-war justice, human rights history and 20th-century historical collecting.

Original period cut signature of Viktor Lutze, successor to Ernst Röhm as Chief of Staff of the SA. The autograph is executed in dark ink on a small paper fragment, framed with black card and mounted on a torn vintage album leaf. The reverse retains handwritten collector identification linking the signature to Lutze. A scarce German political autograph from the pre-1945 period.

Original 1941 Deutsche Reichspost telegram connected to Dachau concentration camp, notifying the death of Wenzel Trawczynski and providing instructions regarding body viewing, cremation and the death certificate. A serious historical document preserved for research, remembrance and educational collecting. No ideological endorsement.

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.

Period cut signature attributed to Baldur von Schirach, handwritten in dark ink and dated 1935. The autograph reads “v. Schirach” and is mounted on black card inside a modern clear acrylic display, accompanied by a separate printed reference portrait. A distinctive pre-WWII German political autograph connected with the leader of the Hitler Youth and later Reich Governor of Vienna.

Original 1933 German Reichstag election ballot from the Südhannover-Braunschweig electoral district. A scarce political document from the final phase of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of one of the most decisive periods in modern European history. Offered strictly as a historical collectible and research item, with no political or ideological endorsement.

Original signed card by Simon Wiesenthal, dated 9 December 1976, with a small portrait photograph and typed name. A historically important autograph connected to Holocaust memory, justice, documentation and 20th-century human rights history.

This Franz Gurtner signed Christmas card is an original undated German holiday greeting card, personally signed in ink by Dr. Franz Gurtner. The deckle-edged card carries a printed Christmas and New Year message in German and a bold full signature across the lower section. Offered solely as a historical autograph for responsible research, preservation and serious collectors of twentieth-century documents.