Historical Collection

Original WWII German judicial document dated 28 June 1940, issued by the Adjutant’s Office of the Reich Governor in Vienna and addressed to the Graz Regional Court. Signed by an official catalogued as Gauamtsleiter “Dietrich,” the letter concerns Otto Kortschak’s death sentence and a petition for clemency addressed to Adolf Hitler. The reverse bears an official reply from the Special Court in Graz dated 3 July 1940.

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 pre-WWII German political propaganda group comprising a marked 1938 Anschluss referendum ballot and a dark wooden “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil. The ballot asks voters to approve the annexation of Austria into the German Reich and support Adolf Hitler’s unified Reichstag list. A powerful historical set connected with Nazi expansion, political propaganda and the events that preceded the Second World War.

Original pre-WWII German political propaganda group comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot paper, a 1933 “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil, an “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” Hitler portrait badge and a dated “Ja – 12.11.1933” referendum badge. A visually impressive historical set documenting the political consolidation of the Third Reich before the Second World War.

Original typed letter personally signed in ink by Marshal Philippe Pétain, dated 26 December 1934. Although written before the Second World War, the document is directly connected to one of the most controversial figures of WWII, who later became Head of the French State and leader of Vichy France. The letter concerns Pétain’s acceptance of a place on a memorial committee dedicated to French historian Camille Jullian. Accompanied by a separate historical photographic print associated with Pétain’s later political period.

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.

German Faithful Service Decoration for 40 years (Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 40 Jahre), gold grade, with blue ribbon in triangular mount. Gilt cross with black enamel centre; reverse inscribed “Für treue Dienste”.

Original OKW document dated Berlin, 15 December 1944, marked “Abschrift 2” (copy no. 2): a supplement to an OKW report on defensive fighting near Frauenburg in Kurland, naming a Württemberg grenadier battalion and the 19th Volunteer Division under Gruppenführer Streckenbach.

Original 1941 Wehrmacht booklet, Tornisterschrift Heft 53, “Schlag nach über die Sowjetunion”, marked “Nur für den Gebrauch innerhalb der Wehrmacht”. A compact reference on the Soviet Union’s territory, population, state, armed forces, economy and history, as presented to German soldiers in 1941.

Three original double-sided propaganda leaflets from the Eastern Front, 1943: two Soviet leaflets in German aimed at German soldiers, one referring to Stalingrad, and one German-produced leaflet in Russian aimed at Red Army troops, with safe-conduct passes. Propaganda from both sides of the same front.

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.

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.