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 German Arbeitsbuch issued to Werner Schmidt in 1938 by the Arbeitsamt Ludwigshafen, Speyer branch, with handwritten personal details, vocational information and period official stamps.

Original WWII German Arbeitsbuch issued under the 1935 employment-record system, with handwritten owner details and multiple employment entries, including later postwar use. Authentic period document.

Original German Arbeitsbuch issued to Georg Ziegler, with handwritten personal details, employment records and period administrative markings. Civil labour documentation from Nazi Germany and the WWII era.

This Winston Churchill Board of Trade signed letter is an original typed letter from the 1908–1910 period, issued on Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens stationery. Addressed to Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, it thanks him for chairing a Selection Committee and refers to forthcoming appointments and applications made by women. The letter retains Churchill’s handwritten salutation and closing, signed “Winston S. Churchill”.

This Wilhelm Keitel signed appointment letter is an original 1938 Wehrmacht administrative document issued from the Office of the Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Addressed to Amtmann Max Nüske, it assigns him to a civil-service post at the Reich War Court and is signed by Wilhelm Keitel in ink.

This Wilhelm Frick signed Schutzpolizei promotion document is an original World War II-era German administrative proposal dated 23 March 1942. It recommends Hauptmann der Schutzpolizei Walter Tietz for promotion to Major and bears Wilhelm Frick’s handwritten signature. The document retains official Reich Ministry of the Interior headings, routing stamps, internal approval notes and period filing holes. Offered solely for responsible historical research, preservation and documentary collecting.

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 Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated Sunday, 9 November 1941. This WWII German newspaper includes a major front-page headline connected to the Munich commemorations, the Eastern Front, Luftwaffe claims, U-boat reports and a captioned photograph relating to the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross. Interior pages include Eastern Front imagery, wartime reports, advertisements, classified notices and cultural content. Historical paper collectible only.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated Thursday, 23 October 1941. This IIWW German newspaper includes front-page reports on Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, Brazil, Churchill, Luftwaffe activity over England, Moscow, and a photograph of Slovak President Dr. Jozef Tiso meeting Hitler. Interior pages include Eastern Front material, Soviet rocket artillery, Kaluga, Moscow, Croatia, wartime advertisements and civilian notices. A historical paper collectible only.

Original Völkischer Beobachter 1941 Berlin edition, dated Saturday 18 October 1941, featuring a major Odessa headline, Eastern Front reports, maps, photographs, political articles, cultural sections, advertisements and wartime announcements. A historically significant IIWW German newspaper offered strictly as a period paper collectible for research, documentation and responsible historical collecting.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated Friday, 5 December 1941. This IIWW German newspaper includes a striking front page with the headline on Harold Ickes, a photograph of Göring and Marshal Pétain, reports on British fast boats in the Channel, North Africa, Tobruk, Bulgaria, Finland and wartime civilian advertisements. A period paper collectible offered strictly for historical study and responsible collecting.