Historical Collection

Original Imperial German Militärpass issued to Emil Ernst Ludwig Opitz, with handwritten military service entries beginning in 1897 and later WWI-related annotations, including Füsilier-Regiment von Steinmetz Nr. 37.

German Mother’s Cross in Silver (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Silber) with blue and white enamel, ribbon, and reverse inscribed “16. Dezember 1938” with the facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler. A civil award of the Third Reich period.

Original WWII German Heer metal visor cap eagle, manufactured in lightweight silver-coloured metal with detailed Wehrmacht eagle and wreathed swastika. Two original attachment prongs remain on the reverse.

Original July 1937 issue of Der Schulungsbrief, IV Jahrgang, 7. Folge, published for the NSDAP training apparatus. Period German political publication titled Anti-Liberalismus des 19. Jahrhunderts. Authenticity guaranteed.

Original Deutsches Reich Reisepass issued in Mannheim on 22 December 1932 to Peter Stein, including his wife Marie Stein, with portrait photographs of both, handwritten personal details, a Baden revenue stamp and later travel entries of the 1930s.

Original Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin edition, Sunday 9 November 1941, headlined “Der Führer zerstört die Wunschträume des Feindes”, with the Munich 9 November commemoration, Eastern Front, Luftwaffe and U-boat reports, an Oak Leaves award photograph and the article “Von Wilna zum ‘Tor von Moskau’”.

Original Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin edition, Thursday 23 October 1941, headlined “Kriegshetze in Gangstertonart” on Roosevelt, Cordell Hull and the Neutrality Acts, with a photograph of Slovak President Jozef Tiso received by Hitler, and interior reports on Moscow, Kaluga and captured Soviet rocket artillery.

Original Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin edition no. 339, Friday 5 December 1941, two days before Pearl Harbor, headlined “Ickes schreit nach einem neuen Gewaltdiktat”, with a photograph of Göring and Marshal Pétain and reports on the Channel, Tobruk, North Africa, Finland and Bulgaria.

Original Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin edition no. 291, Saturday 18 October 1941, headlined “Wie Odessa von den Bolschewiken im Chaos verlassen wurde”, with a front map of the Eastern Front, Black Sea reports, front photographs and news of General Tojo’s new cabinet in Japan.

Original Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin edition, Thursday 30 October 1941, headlined “Eiserne Sparkonten steuerfrei”, with “Durchbruch zur Halbinsel Krim” and front-page photographs of Soviet trenches in the Crimea, U-boat reports, the illustrated feature “Mit ‘Achmed’ über Leningrad” and Knight’s Cross recipients.

Original Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin edition, Monday 20 October 1941, headlined “Schlotternde englische Angst vor den deutschen Schlägen”, reporting the capture of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov and the Oak Leaves for Oberfeldwebel Hoffmann. Offered as the pages shown; at least one page is dated 14 February 1942.

Original Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin edition, Wednesday 3 December 1941, headlined “Überall fühlbare Schläge der britischen Prestige-Kriegführung”, with “Britenkreuzer vor Tobruk versenkt”, Roosevelt, new Knight’s Cross recipients and a photographic page “Auf der Krim”.