AUCTION 45: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

This is a U.S. passport which belonged to an Attache to the American Legation at Vienna, Austria by the name of Floyd Edward Masten. The book bears a

A pair of photographs of Polish soldiers, the first from WW1 and the second from WW2. The reverse of these photos is inscribed in Polish. The second p

A group of five interesting photos from Eastern Poland during WW1 in which can be seen soldiers posing with various villagers and their families, the

A group of photos from WW2, primarily of destruction in France, but including a close-up photo of Germans surrendering to American soldiers outside of

This is an interesting example of a newspaper created by soldiers who were stationed aboard the USS Ethan Allen after the end of WW2. The paper was cr

A stereographic image of an American observation balloon in use during WW1. The verso bears a lengthy and evocative description of the balloon and its

A stereographic image of the USS Brooklyn, the flagship of the famous 'Flying Squadron' commanded by Commodore Winfield Scott Schley during ...

Six Czechoslovakian award citations for various awards, issued by Ludvík Svoboda to various Red Army personnel. All citations were issued betwe...

A pair of Czechoslovakian award citations for the 'Medal for Military Merits' 1st and 2nd class, issued by Ludvík Svoboda to two Red Ar...

A rare Czechoslovakian award citation for the 'Czechoslovakian Military Cross 1939' medal issued posthumously to Alexey Emelyanovich Pugache...

A large collection of German 'Munich Illustrated Press magazines' variously dating between 1933-1939, discussing various aspects of life and...

A large collection of German 'Berlin Illustrated Press magazines' dating from 1935 discussing various aspects of life and politics in the er...

12 complete sheets of 100 stamps each, making 1,200 stamps in total. All from the 1930s. 14 x 11 in., (35.6 x 27.9 cm.) Very good.

A large collection of WWII era German postal stamps on various letters and cards. 10 x 7 in., (25.4 x 17.8 cm.) Very good.

A large collection of WWII era German postal stamps on various letters and cards. 6.5 x 8.5 in., (16.5 x 21.6 cm.) Very good.

A collection of 12 WW2 era magazines covering various topics surrounding the war and the resistance. Most of the examples here are magazines air-dropp

Photos of various American bi-planes in flight. One is a closeup of a plane and its pilot, in which you can actually see clearly the pilot's smi...

A collection of German cigarette cards title 'Zeppelin-Weltfarhten, II. Buch', published in 1933. This is the second of 3 volumes that were ...

A very rare book commemorating the Master Ring Laying ceremony of the ZRS-4 Zeppelin at the newly built 'Goodyear Zeppelin Airship Factory and D...

Commander Elmer Fowler Stone was the U.S. Coast Guard's first Aviator and one of the pilots of the famous NC-4 that completed the first successf...

Sixteen booklets from the Winterhilfswerk, an annual donation drive held by the NSV, which was an organization tasked with providing welfare services

Ten black and white photographs of people hanged by the Nazis. Photos from an archive in Poland, stamped and captioned on verso. 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in., (

Twelve black and white photographs of bodies, executions, and other victims of Nazi persecution. Photos from an archive in Poland, stamped and caption

Ten black and white photographs of people killed by the Nazis. One photo shows destruction of buildings by Nazi occupiers. Photos from an archive in P

Eight black and white photographs of multiple executions by firing line. Some photos show photos from an archive in Poland, stamped and captioned on v

Five black and white photographs of bodies stored in a barn. Photos from an archive in Poland, stamped and captioned on verso. 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in., (7

Three photographs of Imperial Russian soldiers, including a photo of two soldiers of 1st Company of the Petrograd Regiment of the Leib Guard, ca. 1915

Eight issues (26 pages) of the Soviet Red Army PRAVDA newspaper from 1944, each written in Russian. Contains some photographs throughout. 11 3/4 x 8

Ten Soviet Red Army letters sent to families of soldiers who were killed in action during the war. Some referring to the soldiers as having 'pas...

Six sheets of postal stamps issued 1.11.1945 by the Polish Committee Dachau Allach with addition for the Polish Red Cross stamps. The eagle in the cen

(1895-1978) Armenian Communist revolutionary, Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman. Having been elected to the Central Committee in 1923, he was the onl

A rare collection of documents signed by various high ranking Soviet military leaders. Below is a list of the many signatories. For more information o

Author: Baumann, Paul Title: 'Unser Kriegsbuch' (Our War Book) Publisher: Hermann Montanus Publishing Location: Either Tiegen, Berlin, or Le...

Title: Tome LXXXII, Juillet, Aoùt, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Décembre, 1883 Publisher: L'Illustration, Journal Universel Publishin...

Author: Köhler, Wilhelm Title: 'Im Luftschiff: Erlebnisse und Abenteuer' Publisher: Wilhelm Köhler Publishing Location: Minden, We...

Author: Eckener, Hugo Title: 'Im Zeppelin über Länder und Meere: Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen' Publisher: Verlagshaus Christian Wol...

Author: Rehbein, Arthur Title: 'Mensch in Wolken' Publisher: Carl Siwinna Publishing Location: Berlin Publishing Date: 1935 Page Count: 222 ...

Author: Klein, Pitt Title: 'Achtung! Bomben Fallen!' Publisher: K. F. Koehler Publishing Location: Leipzig, Germany Publishing Date: 1934 Pa...

An oil on-board painting presumably depicts a Bulgarian nobleman wearing a military uniform with insignias by an unknown artist. Late 19th century. 1

A set of four Soviet award medals. The first two being the Order of the Red Star (s/n 1751813, 49715), which was awarded for contribution to the defen

A set of two Soviet award medals. The first is the Order of the Red Banner, s/n 304554 which was first instituted during the Russian Civil War and was

A group of three Soviet medals for personal bravery, including one with the matching award booklet belonging to Alexander Ananyevich Bortkov. It is ac

The Auschwitz Cross was instituted on 14 March 1985, a Polish decoration awarded to honor survivors of the Holocaust and German concentration camps, i

An Imperial Russian St. George Cross, 4th Class, executed in white metal alloy. Struck with the Russian initials (two Cyrillic letters) for "wh...

A Russian Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir, 4th Class Civil Division breast badge. Features a bronze-gilt and red enameled cross. Marked K and

A miniature version of the 5th class 'Order of the Crown of Italy' medal. The cross is white enamel with silver-gilt fittings and metal rope...

A pre-1935 miniature Saxe-Ernestine House Order medal consisting of silver-gilt along with white, blue, and green enamel. The front bears the text &...

A pre-1918 miniature version of a Prussian Kingdom 4th Class 'Order of the Red Eagle' medal. The medal consists of a cross stippled on both ...

A WW1 era Imperial Russian St. George Cross Medal, 4th Class, in Silver, with serial number on the back. L: 2.5 in., (6.35 cm.) VG.

Medal of Honor "For Bravery" (ЗА ХРАБРОСТЬ) with la