Documents

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated 6 November 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper includes front-page wartime headlines, Eastern Front and Crimea-related coverage, photographs, political articles, advertisements and period printed material. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research, documentation and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated Monday, 20 October 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper features major wartime headlines on the Eastern Front, Taganrog on the Sea of Azov, Waffen-SS operations, British wartime anxiety, Soviet losses, Ritterkreuz-related content, military photographs, naval references and period advertisements. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated 30 October 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper includes major wartime coverage on the Crimea campaign, Eastern Front operations, U-boat warfare, Leningrad, Ritterkreuz-related content, military photographs, propaganda articles, cultural sections, advertisements and civilian notices. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original German military appointment document dated 22 November 1934 and personally signed by Defence Minister Werner von Blomberg. Issued on official “Der Reichswehrminister” stationery, it assigns army chemist Dr.-Ing. Richard Scholle to the German Army administration and places him with military gas-protection training courses. A significant pre-WWII document from the final months of the Reichswehr.

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 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.

Original WWII German Arbeitsbuch with period employment entries, handwritten annotations, signatures and official stamps. A genuine civilian employment record from 1930s–40s Germany.

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.

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.