Historical Collection

WWII German Sudetenland Medal 1938, officially known as the Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938. Bronze-finished German commemorative medal featuring the characteristic two-figure design, national eagle and dated reverse. Historical WWII collector piece with attractive age patina.

Original 1941 Wehrmacht booklet, Tornisterschrift Heft 53, “Schlag nach über die Sowjetunion”, marked “Nur für den Gebrauch innerhalb der Wehrmacht”. A compact reference on the Soviet Union’s territory, population, state, armed forces, economy and history, as presented to German soldiers in 1941.

Original Deutsche Reichspost postal savings set: a red Postsparbuch and its matching Ausweiskarte, both numbered 6.954.113, with a Knesebeck (Hannover) post office cancellation, handwritten savings entries and postal stamps.

Original Deutsches Reich Kennkarte issued to Lina Hermann, née Reitz, in Germersheim. Civil identity card with photograph, fingerprints, signature, official stamps and visible age-related wear.

Original German interwar-period aviation pin featuring a sailplane in flight beside the famous Fliegerdenkmal at the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön, one of the historic birthplaces of German gliding. Bronze-toned circular badge with surviving horizontal pin fastening, probably dating from the 1930s.

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.

Original German Arbeitsbuch 1935 issued by Arbeitsamt Bielefeld to Heinz Ramsbrock, documenting his commercial apprenticeship and later employment with Gebr. Knöngel Feinkost-Großhandlung.

Original early-type Adam Opel Arbeitsbuch belonging to Peter Fellner, with multiple Adam Opel A.G. Rüsselsheim stamps and employment records documenting welding and skilled metalwork during the 1930s.

Original Deutsches Reich Kennkarte issued in Leonberg on 27 July 1942 (Kennnummer A 3140) to Luise Sofie Hilber, born 6 May 1921, a commercial assistant, signed “Rexer geb. Hilber Luise”, with fingerprints and official stamps. The photograph field is blank.