Documents

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-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 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.

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 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.

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.

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 1942 Kriegsmarine promotion patent issued to Korvettenkapitän Johannes Schur, promoting him to Fregattenkapitän effective 1 April 1942. The document is dated Führerhauptquartier, 15 April 1942, bears a facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler and an original handwritten signature of Großadmiral Erich Raeder. Accompanied by its official presentation folder and an original August 1942 forwarding letter from the Küstenschutzflottille Ostland.

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 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 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 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.

Pair of original German Festpostkarten produced for the 1935 Nuremberg Rally, held from 10 to 16 September. Both cards are postally used and retain period handwritten messages, commemorative postage stamps and special event cancellations. One example bears the complete 6 and 12 Pfennig stamp set, while the second carries the 6 Pfennig issue.

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.

Original Richard Anton Christ document and medal estate, including Soldbuch, WWI and WWII paperwork, KVK2 award document, family records, postal service IDs and medals connected with his military and civil career.

Original 1938 Gau Essen Wochenspruch der NSDAP poster quoting Rudolf Hess, personally signed in ink and dated 1 July 1938. An unusual pre-war autograph and propaganda-document crossover piece.

Original named document estate of Rudolf Paret, Reichsbahn official, former SA Rottenführer and later Wehrmacht Obergefreiter connected to 2. Reserve Grenadier Battalion 465, Tarnopol, Galicia. Includes Reichsbahn promotion certificates, Dorpmüller signatures, Hitler facsimile, KVK2 document, photos, letters and missing-in-action paperwork.

Original 4×6 portrait photograph of Simon Wiesenthal, credited to Kjartan Bjelland and hand-signed across the lower margin. A historically significant autograph connected with Holocaust remembrance and postwar justice.

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 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.

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.