Historical Collection

Original July 1937 issue of Der Schulungsbrief, IV Jahrgang, 7. Folge, published for the NSDAP training apparatus. Period German political publication titled Anti-Liberalismus des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Period cut signature attributed to Ernst Röhm, Chief of Staff of the SA, executed in red coloured pencil on an aged paper fragment. The autograph has been mounted on black card and is displayed beside a separate historical reference portrait. A scarce pre-WWII German political autograph connected with the Röhm Purge and the Night of the Long Knives.

Original German military certificate dated 1 April 1936 and personally signed in graphite pencil by Erwin Rommel during his period as an instructor at the Potsdam War School. The document certifies that Major Dr. Dr. Mayer had provided genealogical evidence of ancestry extending to his grandparents. A rare pre-WWII autograph connected with the future commander of the 7th Panzer Division and Afrika Korps.

Original filled-in German Ahnenpass belonging to Manfred Jung, born in Geisweid in 1927. The ancestry booklet retains his identification photograph, handwritten signature, completed family-tree chart and numerous genealogical entries. It is accompanied by an official 1938 birth certificate bearing a Klafeld registry seal and revenue stamp.

Original first-pattern Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch belonging to Wilhelm Hils of Karlsruhe, with handwritten personal details and employment records including the municipal cemetery administration and post-war entries extending into the late 1940s.

Original German Arbeitsbuch issued to Emil Berg, born 27 March 1902, recording skilled work as Schlosser and Mechaniker (metalworker and mechanic), with official stamps and employment entries including dates of 1919 and 1922.

Five German badges and souvenirs from 1928 to 1938: a textile souvenir of the 14. Deutsches Turnfest, Köln 1928, a Tag der Arbeit 1935 badge, a 1. Mai 1938 badge with maker information, and two further insignia. From the Weimar Republic to the pre-war Third Reich in one group.

Original Deutsches Reich Reisepass issued by Amt Delmenhorst to Minna Harting, with portrait photograph, handwritten personal details and official stamps, valid until 3 May 1934. A named female passport of the early 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.

Original Deutsches Reich Reisepass issued in Mannheim on 22 December 1932 to Peter Stein, including his wife Marie Stein, with portrait photographs of both, handwritten personal details, a Baden revenue stamp and later travel entries of the 1930s.

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 Wehrpass issued in Krefeld on 8 August 1939 to Hermann Dewin, born 7 May 1907, with mustering entries of 1939 and 1941 and Wehrbezirkskommando Krefeld stamps. With a loose Wehrpass notice of April 1943 and a French birth extract from Sarreguemines for Armand Dewin.