Historical Documents

(Spanish American War) American Spanish American War officer's uniform and gear, belonging to a Captain Lewis, in the 3rd Cavalry. Includes: tun...

(Spanish American War) Patriotic Hankerchief, 17"X17", honoring the capture of Manila, Philippines, August 13, 1898. Handsome portraits of...

(World War I) Handsome full color poster, 16"X20", copyright 1917, E G Renesch, Chicago. Nicely illustrated with portraits of: George Wash...

(Francis Gary Powers) American U-2 pilot, shot down by Russians. Original ink sketch, image size 3"X2 1/2", serene winter country house. A...

(World War I) Autograph Manuscript Signed, by English Lieutenant (later Captain) James Fraser Shaw, Senior Engineer on board Admiral Sturdee's f...

JOHN D P FRENCH (1852-1925) English Field Marshal; Chief of Imperial General Staff; Supreme Command of British Army on Western Front in World War I. A

HYMAN G RICKOVER (1900-86) American Admiral, father of the Nuclear Navy. TLS, "H G Rickover", 1p, Mar 24, 1969, 4to, USS Bergall letterhea...

(Soviet Union Military) Collection of 42 signed greeting cards from high ranking Soviet officers, all are to Marshal Victor Kharchenko, Chief of Engin

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1880-1964) General of the Army; Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in Pacific during World War II. TLS, 1p, June 17, 1957, 4to,

H L HUNT (1889-1974) Texas oil king. TLS, 1p, June 18, 1952, 4to, personal letterhead, Dallas, to Republican U S Senator Francis Case, excellent polit

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...

ADOLF GALLAND (1911-96) German Luftwaffe Lieutenant General; commander of all German fighter planes; credited w/104 aerial victories. SP, b/w, 3 1/2...

(Nazi) Official Jewish registration certificate, issued by the Gestapo to a Polish Jew, 1p, 8vo. "JUDE" stamped at top, Nazi swastika at b...

GEORGI DIMITROV (1882-1949) Bulgarian Communist Leader. On night of Feb 27, 1933, the German Reichstag caught fire. Adolf Hitler, the newly appointed

GEORGI ZHUKOV (1896-1974) Marshal of the Soviet Union; organized defenses of Leningrad; stopped Hitler at the gates of Moscow; commanded Russian force

GEORGI ZHUKOV Typed DS, 1p, 1938, 4to, untranslated. Couple of tiny holes, o/w VG. $300-400

(World War II) ANDREI GROMYKO (1909-89), Soviet Union statesman; Foreign Minister (1957-85); President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985-88

SEMEN BUDENNY (1883-1973) Marshal of the Soviet Union; active in Revolution; commanded Southern Russian front in World War II. DS, as Commander of 1st

BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) Italian Dictator; founder of Fascist Party. SP, b/w, image size 8"X10", profile portrait in uniform. Boldly s...

BENITO MUSSOLINI DS, "Mussolini", 1p, 1934, folio, untranslated. Marginal file holes. Bold signature. $200-300

BENITO MUSSOLINI DS, "Mussolini", 1p, 1928, folio, untranslated. Also signed by VICTOR EMMANUELL III (1869-1947), King of Italy. Marginal ...

(MUSSOLINI) MARGHERITA G SARFATTI (1886 - 1961), Italian Writter She authored the first biography of Mussolini, was the ghostwriter of much of his pub

(World War II) Original poster, July 22, 1942, 11"X17", issued by the authority of the Wartime Civil Control Administration, Presidio of S...

CHARLES A LINDBERGH (1902-74) American aviator, known as "The Lone Eagle." Vintage SP, b/w, 8"X6", peering out the window of his...

(Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping) Newspaper, "The Dallas Morning News", Mar 13, 1932, 12pp. Bold front page headlines re the Lindbergh baby, &qu...

(Charles A Lindbergh) Original reward poster for the capture of the kidnappers of the baby of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, approximately 15"X22&...

ORVILLE WRIGHT (1871-1948) Aviation pioneer. DS, check, April 16, 1947, drawn on The Winters National Bank & Trust Co, Dayton, Ohio. VG. $400-600

(Wright Brothers) 2"X2" piece of the original fabric of Wright Brothers' plane, the "Vin Fiz." This plane made the first U.S...

(Wright Brothers) Newspaper, "Fitchburg Daily Sentinel", Fitchburg, Mass, 14pp, Dec 18, 1903, a small article on page 3 reports the first ...

(Aviation) WILEY POST (1899-1935) & HAROLD GATTY (1903-57), aviators; pilot and navigator on first round-the-world trip (June 1931). Attractive ...

FLOYD BENNETT (1890-1928) American aviator; pilot with Richard Byrd in flight over North Pole (May 9, 1926). Boldly signed card, adds sentiment. Light