Historical Collection

Original German Christmas and New Year greeting card, undated, signed in ink by Dr. Franz Gürtner (1881–1941), Reich Minister of Justice. Deckle-edged card with printed message and a bold full signature.

Original handwritten Fritz Darges autograph on a clipped paper fragment, mounted on an older card section and displayed with a black-and-white reference portrait. Darges served as Hitler’s personal SS adjutant during WWII. Authenticity guaranteed.

Mixed German 1930s badge lot with five period-style pins, including a 1935 Seefahrt ist Not badge, HJ 21 Juni 1934 porcelain badge and Evangelische Frauenhilfe enamel pin.

Original German 1936 Olympic Commemorative Medal with its named award certificate to student Ernst Fischer, dated Berlin, 1 July 1937. Certificate bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler.

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

Mixed German document archive dated 1911–1967, including 1941 Deutsche Arbeitsfront correspondence, business records, certificates and academic material.

Mixed German historical document collection spanning c.1901–1949, with Imperial Arbeitsbuch, Reichspost Postsparbuch marked British Zone, 1942 Kärntner Volksbund card, genealogy, association booklets and WWII U.S. passes.

Original 1937 German Olympic Decoration document awarding the 2nd Class to Schutzpolizei Captain Michael Finken for services connected with the 1936 Olympic Games. With embossed seal and period Adolf Hitler facsimile signature.

Four original German POW documents relating to Günther Weber, including a 1948 Marbury Hall Camp testimonial, Allied discharge certificate, thumbprint, Münsterlager stamps and British categorisation paper.

Original Winterhilfswerk Ehrenurkunde (certificate of honour) for voluntary service in the 1936–37 campaign, with the printed facsimile signatures of Joseph Goebbels as Reichsminister and Erich Hilgenfeldt as Reichsbeauftragter, and embossed seal. Named to Emil Brettmann, the name struck through in ink.

Named WWII German paperwork estate belonging to Gregor Hecker, including an ISA certificate for Grenadier-Regiment 753, Feldpost items, DAF documents, photographs, driving licence, post-war passport and denazification-related papers.

Original Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch belonging to Heinrich Jung, issued by Arbeitsamt Kaiserslautern, Nebenstelle Landstuhl, in 1936. Civil labour document with local employment entries, stamps and period handling.

Original black-and-white photograph showing Hermann Göring among uniformed men at an unidentified official gathering, signed in dark ink across the upper white margin.

Original German golden wedding (50th anniversary) congratulatory certificate of the late 1930s, with the printed facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer und Reichskanzler”, embossed state seal, decorative border and illustration of a couple with a golden “50”.

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.

Original printed New Year acknowledgement card, “Berlin-Dahlem, im Januar 1936”, with a large handwritten message and signature in dark ink by Joachim von Ribbentrop. The printed name is part of the card; the inscription and signature are handwritten.

Section of an original Soviet document issued from the Kremlin under the Council of People’s Commissars, with the handwritten signatures of Joseph Stalin and Yakov Chadaev in purple ink, printed Cyrillic titles and embossed state seal. Approx. 25 × 7.5 cm.

Original Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch belonging to Karl Schirmer, born in 1912. Civil work record book with personal data, vocational notes, official stamps, handwritten entries and age consistent with period use.

Original Karl Wolff signed letter from Himmler’s Personal Staff, dated Berlin 11 August 1938 and addressed to SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger. Hand-signed in ink with SS-Hauptamt receiving stamp.

Original WWII German Kriegsmarine-marked Wehrpass with owner photograph, personal details, Wehrbezirkskommando Minden stamp dated 21 July 1943 and handwritten wartime entries extending into 1944.

Original Ducal Osborne “Jerez-Xérès-Sherry” label, signed across the lower centre in blue ink with a signature attributed to Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, President of the Government of Spain in 1981–82. The label only is offered.