Militaria Auction Spring 2016

ADOLF HITLER, PAUL VON HINDENBURG, FRANZ VON PAPEN SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH THE ONLY KNOWN PHOTO SIGNED BY HITLER, HINDENBURG AND VON PAPEN, TAKEN IN 1933 E

HERMANN GORING (1893 - 1946) German politician who began his career as an ace in World War I, rose to become Hitler's right-hand man and head o...

HEINRICH HIMMLER EXHORTS HIS MEN DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE (1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and re...

A superb set of documents, a letter sent from the field by HEINRICH HIMMLER to Paul Hausser just before the Kharkov offensive urging on Hausser and hi

ADOLF HITLER (1889 - 1945) Dictator of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and ...

REINHARD HEYDRICH (1904 - 1942) SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Polizei as well as chief of the Reich Main Security Office (including the Gestapo

GENERALMAJOR FRITZ VON SCHOLZ IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE OAK LEAVES TO THE KNIGHTS CROSS Important war-date typed document recommending Waffen-SS Gen. FRI

ADOLF EICHMANN (1906 - 1962) Nazi military officer charged by Hitler with the destruction of the Jewish race, present at the Wannsee Conference where

GEORGE S. PATTON AN EARLY PATTON LETTER REVEALS HIS FEARS ABOUT THE POOR STATE OF THE AMERICAN ARMY Revealing A.L.S. "George S. Patton, Jr.&qu...

KRIEGSMARINE KNIGHTS CROSS RECIPIENTS COLLECTION An amazing group of about 250 items, including 200 photos, letters, notes, etc. signed by German admi

THE EIGHT GERMAN SPIES LANDED... AND APPREHENDED... IN AMERICA An incredibly rare set of the signatures of all eight of the notorious German spies cap

HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the SS, placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of exte...

HANS FRANK'S LEGAL DISSERTATION AND ADMITTANCE TO THE MUNICH BAR HANS FRANK (1900?1946) German lawyer employed by the Nazi Party in the 1920s an...

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (1874 - 1965) British Prime Minister who led England through the Blitz and orchestrated the British liberation of occupied Europe

(WINSTON CHURCHILL) Signed b/w lithograph, 23" X 32", by Curtis Hooper, which depicts a bust of Churchill in front of a radio microphone. ...

ADOLF HITLER (1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and N...

ADOLF HITLER (1889 - 1945) Dictator of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and...

ADOLF HITLER (1889 - 1945) Dictator of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and ...

ALBERT BORMANN (1902 - 1989) NSKK officer who rose to the rank of Gruppenfuhrer during World War II. Bormann served as an adjutant to Adolf Hitler, a

ALBERT KESSELRING (1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremburg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health. W

ALBERT KESSELRING (1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremberg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health. C

ALBERT KESSELRING (1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe, tried for war crimes. His death sentence commuted due to ill health. Holder of the Kni

ALBERT SPEER RELYING ON SLAVE LABOR, SPEER MAKES FACTORY WORKERS AVAILABLE FOR MILITARY SERVICE Retained carbon copy of a Dec. 6, 1944 letter sent by

ALBERT SPEER (1905 - 1981) Nazi German architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production, convicted of war crimes at Nuremburg. Good content T.L.

ALFRED JODL JODL SEEKS TO FREE THE WEHRMACHT FROM ANY COMPLICITY IN THE HOLOCAUST Important content typed D.S. "Jodl", 1p. large 4to., , M

ALFRED ROSENBERG (1893 - 1946) Nazi leader considered the ideologist of Nazism, Reichsminister of the eastern territories, executed at Nuremburg. A.D.

ANTHONY MCAULIFFE (1898 - 1975) American Army general who held Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, remembered for his reply to a German surrender

ANTHONY MCAULIFFE (1898-1975) United States Army brigadier general, who earned fame as the acting division commander of the 101st Airborne Division tr

ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART (1892 - 1946) Nazi occupation governor of Holland and deputy governor of Poland, executed as war criminal. Bold signature on a 16

ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART AND MARTIN BORMANN ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART (1892-1946) Austrian Nazi politician who served as Chancellor of Austria for two days, la

AUGUST FRANK (1898 - 1984) SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and General of the Police and Waffen-SS. German official of the SS Main Economic Administration Office

AUGUST SCHMIDT (1883 - 1955) German general of flak artillery, commander of Luftgau VI which provided troops to counter Market Garden operations. Conv

BALDUR VON SCHIRACH (1907 - 1974) Nazi leader of the Hitler Youth and Gauleiter of Vienna, sentenced at Nuremburg to twenty years for war crimes. T.L.

BORIS SHAPOSHNIKOV (1882 - 1945) Soviet Marshal who planned the rapid reconstruction buildup of the Red Army following Stalin's purges, saving t...

CHARLES DE GAULLE (1890 - 1970) French general who led the Free French Forces in World War II, and went on to found and lead the Fifth French Republic

CHARLES W. LINDBERG (1920-2007) United States Marine corporal during World War II who was part of the combat patrol that climbed Mount Suribachi and r

CHESTER W. NIMITZ (1885 - 1966) American admiral, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II and largely responsible for the suc

CHESTER W. NIMITZ (1885 - 1966) American admiral, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II and largely responsible for the suc

CLAIRE CHENNAULT (1890 - 1958) American Army aviator who established the volunteer-staffed Flying Tigers to fight the Japanese invasion of China. He h

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR A RARE WAR-DATE LETTER OF CONDOLENCE Rare content war-date T.L.S., 1p. 4to., "General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area&q...

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1880 - 1964) American general and Allied Supreme Commander in the Pacific in World War II, accepted the surrender of Japan and was

DR. HERBERT JANSKY (1898 - 1981) German translator and economist employed by Rosenberg in studying Turkish-English as well as Turkish-Bolshevist relat

ELWOOD R. "PETE" QUESADA (1904 - 1993) American Army Air Corps and Air Force general, while with the Ninth A.F. he developed the concept o...

ERHARD MILCH (1892 - 1972) Co-creator with Goring of the Nazi's Luftwaffe, promoted to the rank of field marshal, later tried at Nuremburg and i...

ERICH HARTMANN (1922 - 1993) German ace, the top ace of all time, with 352 aerial kills during which he never lost a wing man. Captured and held by th

ERICH KOCH (1896 - 1986) Gauleiter of East Prussia and Reichskommissar of the Ukraine with control of the Gestapo and the uniformed police. His domain

ERICH KOCH (1896 - 1986) Gauleiter of East Prussia and Reichskommissar of the Ukraine with control of the Gestapo and the uniformed police. His domain

ERICH RAEDER (1876 - 1960) Commander and Chief of the German Navy (1933 - 1943) who was largely responsible for its expansion. Retired over growing di

ERICH RAEDER (1876 - 1960) Commander and Chief of the German Navy (1933 - 1943) who was largely responsible for its expansion. Retired over growing di

ERICH RAEDER (1876 - 1960) Commander and Chief of the German Navy (1933 - 1943) who was largely responsible for its expansion. Retired over growing di

ERICH TOPP (1914 - 2005) Third most successful of German U-Boot commanders, also a recipient the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He s...

ERICH VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI (1899-1972) SS member and chief of Heinrich Himmler's chief of partisan warfare, reached the rank of SS-Obergruppenf...

ERICH VON MANSTEIN (1887-1973) German field marshal who devised the plan to conquer France, held various commands on the Russian front, sacked by Hitl

ERICH VON MANSTEIN (1887-1973) German field marshal who devised the plan to conquer France, held various commands on the Russian front, sacked by Hitl

ERNEST J. KING (1878 - 1956) American admiral, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet and chief of naval operations (1942-45). War-date A.N.S. at th

ERNST BUSCH (1885 - 1945) German field marshal, served under List during the invasion of Poland and the following year led the German 16th Army during

ERNST BUSCH (1885 - 1945) German field marshal, served under List during the invasion of Poland and the following year led the German 16th Army during

ERNST GURKE (1899 - 1946) Commander of the 43rd Motorized Flak Regiment in North Africa, awarded the Knights Cross, died a POW in the hands of the Rus

ERNST UDET (1896-1941) Second-highest scoring German flying ace of World War I. He was one of the youngest aces and was the highest scoring German ace

ERNST WILHELM BOHLE (1903 - 1960) Head of the NSDAP/AO , the foreign organization of the NSDAP. The organization concentrated on the ideological train

ERWIN ROMMEL (1891 - 1944) German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defende

ERWIN ROMMEL (1891 - 1944) German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defende

FERDINAND SCHORNER (1892 - 1972) German field marshal, highly successful during the German campaigns in Poland and the Balkans, commanding the 98th Mo

FRANZ VON PAPEN (1879-1969) Chancellor of Germany and Vice Chancellor in Hitler's early years of power, von Papen was accused and later acquitte...

FRANZ VON PAPEN (1879-1969) Served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler in 1933-1934. It was largely von Papen w

FRIEDRICH HOSSBACH (1894 - 1980) German staff officer and the military adjutant to Adolf Hitler. General of Infantry, commanding the 82nd Infantry Div

FRIEDRICH PAULUS (1890 - 1957) German field marshal who headed the 6th Army's drive on Stalingrad. Paulus found himself surrounded there and sur...

FRIEDRICH-WILHELM KRUGER (1894 - 1945) Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and SS. Kruger was Higher SS and Police Leader in German-occupi

FRITZ SAUCKEL (1894 - 1946) Nazi chief of slave labor recruitment who seized over five million workers and kept them under the vilest conditions. Trie

FRITZ SAUCKEL (1894 - 1946) Nazi chief of slave labor recruitment who seized over five million workers and kept them under the vilest condition. Tried

FRITZ TODT (1891 - 1942) Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition, and the founder of Organisation Todt, died in a plane crash. T.L.S. on official

GALEAZZO CIANO (1903 - 1944) Italian politician and son-in-law of Benito Mussolini, Minister of Foreign Affairs who later helped force Mussolini'...

GEORG VON KUCHLER (1881 - 1968) German field marshal who led the drive of the 18th Army to take Paris and raise the swastika over the Eiffel Tower. Br

GEORGE G. STRATEMEYER (1890 - 1969) World War II chief of Air Staff and U.S. Air Force Far East Air Forces commander during the first year of the Kore

GEORGE S. PATTON (1885 - 1945) "Old Blood and Guts" was one of the finest tank commanders in history, rolling his forces through Tunisia,...

GEORGI K. ZHUKOV (1896 - 1974) Soviet field marshal, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's pur...

GERD VON RUNDSTEDT (1875-1953) German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) during World War II. After the war, he was charged with war crimes, but did

GUNTHER RALL (1918-2009) S.P., 3 3/4" x 6" b/w, a neck up portrait of Rall in his leather flying helmet. His Knight's Cross with Oak L...

GUNTHER RALL AND ADOLF GALLAND Lot of two items signed by German fighter aces, includes GUNTHER RALL, S.P. 5" x 7" color, shows him in uni...

HANS "ASSI" HAHN (1914 - 1982) German Luftwaffe ace of World War II with 108 victories in some 560 missions, awarded the Knights Cross wit...

HANS FRANK (1900?1946) German lawyer employed by the Nazi Party in the 1920s and 1930s, and later Hitler's personal lawyer. After the invasion o...

HANS FRITZSCHE (1900 - 1953) Radio propaganda chief in Joseph Goebbels' propaganda ministry. Delivered regular radio broadcasts with the familia...

HANS KREBS (1888 - 1947) Ethnic German Nazi Party member and SS-Brigadefuhrer from Czechoslovakia. From 1938 to 1945 he was government president in Au

HANS-ULRICH RUDEL (1916-1982) German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a ground-attack pilot credited with an enormous number of ground

HARRY TRUMAN (1884 - 1972) 33rd President of the United States who led the country in the closing days of World War II and through the rebuilding of E

HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL VON MANTEUFFEL DENIGRATES "HITLER'S CHAUFFEUR" SEPP DIETRICH Fine content T.L.S. on his personal letterhead, 1p....

HEINRICH HIMMLER A RARE HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO HIS PARENTS Good content early A.L.S. "Heinie" to his parents, Gebhard and Anna Maria Himml...

HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of ...

HEINRICH HIMMLER HIMMLER "CONTRACTS" AN OFFICER COMPLICIT IN THE LIQUIDATION OF THE WARSAW GHETTO Partly-printed D.S., 1p. large 4to., Aro...

HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of ...

HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900 - 1945) Reichsfuhrer of the SS and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Hitler briefly appointed him a military commander and la

HEINRICH KIRCHHEIM (1882 - 1973) German general, fought with distinction in the invasion of France and in the defense of Tobruk. War-date S.P. 3 1/2...

HEINZ GUDERIAN (d. 1953) German general and Hitler's Army Chief of Staff, the inventor of the "blitzkrieg" who commanded panzers in th...

HELLMUTH HEYE (1895 - 1970) German admiral and Knights Cross recipient. Heye commanded the ADMIRAL HIPPER and sank the British destroyer GLOWWORM duri

HELMUT LENT (1918-1944) German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night, far more than the minimum of five

HENRY HARLEY "HAP" ARNOLD, THEATRICAL PRODUCER (1886 - 1950) American general, commander of the Army Air Force through most of World War I...

HENRY H. "HAP" ARNOLD (1886 - 1950) American general, commander of the Army Air Force through most of World War II, responsible for instit...

HENRY M. WILSON (1881 - 1964) "Jumbo". British field marshal, commander in chief in the Middle East and supreme Allied commander in the Me...

HERMANN GORING (1893 - 1946) German politician who began his career as an ace in World War I, rose to become Hitler's right-hand man and head of...

HERMANN GORING (1893 - 1946) German politician who began his career as an ace in World War I, rose to become Hitler's right-hand man and head of...