Historical Collection

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 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.

Original late-1930s collector picture album “Das Führerkorps des Dritten Reiches”, published by Gauverlag Bayerische Ostmark, Bayreuth, with mounted portrait pictures and printed biographies of the regime’s leading figures. Signatures shown are printed facsimiles.

Original Deutsches Reich Kennkarte with red diagonal band, issued in Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) on 25 November 1944 to a female holder, valid to 20 November 1949, with portrait photograph, fingerprints, stamps and the red notation “Schutzangehörige (Eingegliederte Ostgebiete)”.

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 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.

Archive of original 1942 “Mitteilungen für das Offizierkorps”, officer bulletins issued under the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, including issues 1 (January), 3 (March) and 4 (April) 1942, with filing holes and handling marks.

Original bilingual Arbeitskarte / Karta Pracy (work card) of the Generalgouvernement, issued by the Arbeitsamt Tschenstochau (Częstochowa) on 15 August 1942, with dark card cover, handwritten holder details and office stamp.

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.

Three original bilingual German-Polish police registration forms, “Anmeldung zur polizeilichen Einwohnererfassung”, from occupied Poland, each completed for a different person, with handwritten entries, signatures, fingerprints and official stamps.

Original Paketkarte (parcel card) with the circular Star of David stamp of “Der Älteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt”, the Jewish administration of the Łódź ghetto, and an orange-red “Nachnahme” (cash on delivery) marking. Double-sided; the address fields are uncompleted.

Original 1943 promotion certificate for Major der Schutzpolizei a.D. Oskar Lehmann, with the printed facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler and the handwritten signature of Heinrich Himmler. Issued from the Führer Headquarters on 12 July 1943, with large embossed seal.