Historical Collection

Original Japanese imperial document dated Tokyo, 23 January 1957, signed by Emperor Hirohito and countersigned by Prime Minister Tanzan Ishibashi and Foreign Minister Nobusuke Kishi, recognising LaVerne Baldwin as United States Consul-General. With original envelope, typed English translation and a third-party certificate of authenticity.

Original Ernst Röhm autograph on a handwritten 1926 Salzburg postcard to Franz Kugler, retaining Röhm’s full pencil signature, period Austrian stamp and postal cancellations.

Presentation card of the Museo Ramón J. Bayo, Osborne y Cía. S.A., Puerto de Santa María, with a portrait image of Felipe González and a handwritten dedication beginning “Un abrazo” and signature in blue ink.

This Franklin D Roosevelt signed White House letter is an original typed presidential document dated 30 August 1941. Issued on official White House stationery and signed by President Roosevelt, it accepts the resignation of Judge George Stewart Brown of the United States Customs Court. Certificate of authenticity included.

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.

Original German Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen 25 Jahre, the silver second-class Faithful Service Decoration instituted in 1938, retaining a bright frosted silver finish, strong black enamel centre and cornflower-blue ribbon.

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Mixed German historical document collection spanning c.1901–1949, with Imperial Arbeitsbuch, Reichspost Postsparbuch marked British Zone, 1942 Kärntner Volksbund card, genealogy, association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