Historical Documents

GEORGE S PATTON JR (1885-1945) American General, known as "Blood & Guts"; commanded victorius 3rd Army in Western Europe during W.W. I...

(Pearl Harbor) Walter C Short, American Lt General; in charge of the U.S. Army's Hawaii department. He was relieved of duty after the Japanese a...

JONATHAN M WAINWRIGHT (1883-1953) American Major General; defended Bataan & Corregidor until forced to surrender. TLS, signed "J M Wainwrig...

CHESTER W NIMITZ (1885-1966) American Admiral of the Fleet. ISP, b/w, 11"X14" (image size 8"X10"), seated pose in uniform. Inscr...

SUMNER WELLES (1892-1961) American diplomat; Undersecretary of State (1933-43), and confidant of President Franklin Roosevelt. TLS, 1p, Oct 30, 1948,

BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY (1887-1976) British Field Marshal who drove the Germans from North Africa in W.W. II. ALS, "Montgomery of Alamein",...

BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY ALS, "Montgomery of Alamein", 1p, April 27, 1965, 8vo, to Alan, re his book. "...Here are the short notes on t...

ADOLF HITLER (1899-1945) Dictator of Germany (1933-45). DS, 1p, Aug 1, 1933, 4to, military promotion. Also signed by Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg

ADOLF HITLER Signed postcard photograph, smiling profile portrait, adds date "20/April 1938" (his 49th birthday). Verso is not addressed, ...

(Hermann Goering) German soldier and politician; Nazi "Reichsmarshall"; convicted of war crimes by Nuremberg Tribunal; committed suicide i...

HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900-45) Nazi political leader, head of the dreaded SS. TLS, "H Himmler", 1p, April 28, 1927, oblong 4to, National Socia...

MARTIN BORMANN (1893-?) NAZI Party leader and one of Hitler's closest advisors; possibly killed by Russian snipers (1945); sentenced to death in...

ALFRED ROSENBERG (1893-1946) Chief Nazi philosopher; hanged as a war criminal. DS, 1p, (May 1946), 8"X5", while a prisoner at Nuremberg. &...

RUDOLPH HESS (1894-1987) Nazi politician; Deputy Fuehrer and second in command only to Hermann Goering in line of succession to Adolf Hitler. DS, &q...

ADOLF EICHMANN (1906-62) Nazi leader; an architect of Jewish extermination program. He was captured in Argentina (1960), convicted, and executed in Is

HANS FRITZSCHE (1900-53) Nazi radio commentator and propaganist; tried at Nuremberg and acquitted. DS, 1p, Nov 3, 1945, 8"X3 1/2", while a...

ALBERT KESSELRING (1887-1960) German Field Marshal. ALS, "Kesselring", 1 1/2pp (single sheet), Mar 30, 1951, 4to, Werl, to former SS-Sturm...

ERWIN ROMMEL (1891-1944) German Field Marshal, known as the "Desert Fox." DS, as Commanding General of the Panzer Army in North Africa, si...

KARL DOENITZ (1891-1980) German Grand Admiral; replaced Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer. Typescript, signed "Donitz" at conclusion, 12 separate pag...

KARL DOENITZ DS, 1p, (1945 or 1946), 8"X4", while a prisoner at Nuremberg. "This is to certify that the following is my proper signat...