Documents

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.