Historical Collection

Original Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt circular dated Berlin, 5 January 1937, addressed to the heads of all Staatspolizeistellen, forwarding guidelines of the Reichsführer-SS and Chief of the German Police, with the handwritten signature of Reinhard Heydrich. Filing holes and office stamp.

Original 1938 Gau Essen Wochenspruch der NSDAP poster quoting Rudolf Hess, personally signed in ink and dated 1 July 1938. An unusual pre-war autograph and propaganda-document crossover piece.

SA-Gruppe Hochland 1939 competition award plaque, reverse inscribed “Dem 1. Sieger” (to the first winner) and marked RZM M3/41. Gold-finished zinc, edelweiss and vertical sword with the date 1939. The rear fitting is missing.

Original 4×6 portrait photograph of Simon Wiesenthal, credited to Kjartan Bjelland and hand-signed across the lower margin. A historically significant autograph connected with Holocaust remembrance and postwar justice.

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.

Four original Third Reich tax documents from Bavaria, 1937, including ministry correspondence, Nuremberg tax notices, official stamps and a Reich service-postage card relating to house-tax matters in Stein bei Nürnberg.

Original September 1936 issue of Volk und Rasse, published in Munich during the Berlin Olympic year, together with an original Es leben die Soldaten Luftwaffe song sheet, Folge 31. Two original period publications offered for historical collecting.

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 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, 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’”.

Four original period documents for Reichsbahn employee Eduard Weber, 1934–1941, including a 1941 promotion certificate with an original Walter Bürger signature, plus two clearly identified facsimile signatures and a 1934 award certificate.

Original Übertragungsverfügung (order of assignment) dated Berlin, 14 May 1938, from the Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, assigning Amtmann Max Nüske to a post at the Reichskriegsgericht from 1 May 1938, signed in ink by Wilhelm Keitel.

Collector-made reproduction of the German Wound Badge 1939 in Black, 2nd Pattern. Full-size 44 × 36 mm badge with hollow-style reverse and vertical pin. Clearly offered as a reproduction, not a wartime original.

German 25 Year Faithful Service Cross (Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 25 Jahre) with dark blue ribbon and red presentation case marked “25”, the interior labelled C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim. A complete set of this civil long-service decoration.

Original German Arbeitsbuch issued to Georg Ziegler, with handwritten personal details, employment records and period administrative markings. Civil labour documentation from Nazi Germany and the WWII era.

Original WWII German Arbeitsbuch issued under the 1935 employment-record system, with handwritten owner details and multiple employment entries, including later postwar use. Authentic period document.

Original German Arbeitsbuch issued to Werner Schmidt in 1938 by the Arbeitsamt Ludwigshafen, Speyer branch, with handwritten personal details, vocational information and period official stamps.

Original WWII German document archive containing a large assortment of identification papers, administrative documents, ration and insurance cards, correspondence and wartime material. Highlights include a 1943 Wehrmacht training certificate, 1938 Third Reich correspondence, wartime stamped documents, original dust goggles in their cardboard sleeve, and a bilingual German-Russian occupation identity card dated August 1945. The wider archive spans approximately 1908–1967.

Original WWII German document collection comprising 10 period documents from a Saxon family, spanning 1909–1963 and centred on the Third Reich and Second World War era. Highlights include a 1936 Deutsches Reich passport with photographs, Deutsche Arbeitsfront membership book with contribution stamps, Arbeitsbuch records, wartime clothing documentation, photographic identification papers and associated post-war documents. A coherent historical archive from Schmalzgrube and Annaberg in Saxony.

Original WWII German document collection centred on Third Reich administrative, military and propaganda material. Highlights include a handwritten “2nd U-boat Training Course K.G. 106” notebook, Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch with entries from 1936–1940, German Labour Front employment papers, a 1934 Zeitschrift der Akademie für Deutsches Recht, 1941 Deutschland muss leben school publication, six period collector photographs and further civil documents.

Original 1930s German document lot comprising a 1939 NSDAP Auslands-Organisation Rückwanderer-Ausweis and a DLRG lifesaving certificate with photograph, signatures and period stamps.

WWII German Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 complete with period ribbon and Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse 1939 paper packet. Classic three-piece style decoration with black central core, silver-coloured frame, 1939 obverse and 1813 reverse. A highly collectible WWII German military award set.

Large original WWII German military press archive containing numerous period newspaper and magazine clippings, illustrated sheets, portraits, aviation material, collector notes and reference documents focused especially on the Luftwaffe, Knight’s Cross recipients and prominent wartime commanders, with visible material relating to Marseille, Rommel, Mölders, Galland and other German military personalities.

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.

Single collar skull in the Prussian “Danziger” Totenkopf pattern associated with German Panzer uniforms. Stamped alloy with aged silver-toned finish, open eye sockets, pierced nose, detailed teeth and complete rear prongs. No maker mark. The €2 coin in one photograph is for scale only and is not included.

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.

Lot of six German badges and insignia: a 1934 “Deutsch ist die Saar” badge, a Reichsparteitag 1936 tinnie, a 1 Mai 1938 badge, an embroidered Army farrier trade badge and two further metal pieces not attributed. Political, commemorative and trade insignia of 1930s Germany.

Mixed group of seven German badges, tinnies and insignia: a badge dated 1 Mai 1936, an oval enamel eagle-and-red-cross pin of German Red Cross type, a large oval badge with an anti-aircraft gun in a wreath, a small badge with the numerals 19 and 32, an eagle insignia, a mother-and-child medallion and a further circular piece.

WWII German War Merit Cross 2nd Class Without Swords with original-style suspension ribbon, central swastika and 1939 reverse. A characteristic German WWII decoration known as the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter, preserved with visible age, patina and wear.

Original WWII German Heer Wehrpass for Johann Georg Zingler, born 1895, with Landwehr I classification, wartime fitness entries and official Ehingen military-office stamps dated 1937–1944.

Original WWII German Wehrpass of Heinrich Brockmöller, issued in Hamburg in 1940, with photograph, Landwehr I classification and rare accompanying Wehrpass-Notiz papers documenting his UK indispensable-worker status.

Original WWII German Wehrpass issued to Peter Bränd in Duisburg in 1939, retaining his photograph, personal details, official stamps and military-unit entries including Pionier-Bataillon 660 through 1944.

Original WWII German Wehrpass issued as a 1943 Zweitschrift to Rudolf Klinger, born 1913, with original portrait photograph and matching Luftschutz typhus-vaccination certificate.g

Original WWII German Wehrpass issued to Willi Geller in Hannover in 1938, retaining his original portrait photograph, handwritten personal details, official military stamps and reserve classifications from 1942 and 1944.

Original 1941 WWII German Wehrpass, marked Zweitschrift, issued to Jakob Otto Habel. Includes portrait photograph, signatures, official stamps and an accompanying 1941 Schützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 13 wartime leave document.

Original WWII German Wehrpass archive combining a photograph Wehrpass with detailed 1939–1940 Heer service entries, a WWI Militärpass recording combat in 1917–1918, and a substantial family Feldpost correspondence from 1940–1943. The group documents military service across two World Wars, including service connected with Poland, period unit stamps, occupation-era markings, handwritten entries, letters, envelopes and postal cancellations.

Original WWII German Wehrpass and family estate for a Gefreiter of the 256th Infantry Division, with Ostmedaille, Eastern Front campaign and wound entries, death notification, photographs and ephemera.

Wound Badge in Black (Verwundetenabzeichen) with a matching miniature stickpin and a period paper packet printed “Verwundeten-Abzeichen Schwarz”. Full-size badge, miniature and packet together, with honest age and wear.