Militaria Auction Spring 2016

HERMANN GORING'S AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION A rare item: the 1923 registration document for an automobile owned by future Reichsmarshall Hermann Go...

ARMY GROUP NORTH 1943 SECRET BATTLE PLANS AND ANALYSIS Outstanding presentation book: "The Campaign Against the Soviet Union by Army Group Nort...

REPORT ON THE MURDER OF RUSSIAN PRISONERS IN NORWAY Rare and important archive of documents, most being retained carbons, concerning the early postwar

"THE POLISH ATROCITIES?" GERMAN PROPAGANDA Scarce German propaganda publication: "The Polish Atrocities Against the German Minority i...

101ST AIRBORNE BATTLE OF BASTOGNE NARRATIVE REPORTS Two very rare original war-date narrative reports issued from the headquarters of the 101st Airbor

82ND AIRBORNE REPORT: "BELGIUM: THE STORY OF THE BULGE" Rare after-action reports compiled into a single confidential dossier with printed...

A ROMANIAN CORPORAL ENLISTS IN THE WAFFEN-SS Document from the Volksbund of the Germans in Hungary, Local Group Jaad, certifying a Romanian soldier, f

DIARY OF AN IMPRISONED FEMALE DUTCH COLLABORATOR WITH HER PRISONER NUMBER Intriguing manuscript diary kept by a young Dutch woman "Sammy" ...

DIARY OF U-530 ENGINEER AND P.O.W. Very brief diary of U-530 engineer Gerhard Piesnack covering only the 22 days of his internment in Argentina follow

FILE OF S. A. MEMBER GEORG GOEGELEIN Lot of eight documents concerning the membership in, and duties of S.A. member Georg Goegelin. Included is his fr

GERMAN MILITARY WEAPONS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FILES Important set of seven file folders of material, each file and examination or analysis of a par

JULIUS STREICHER IS GIVEN HONORARY CITIZENSHIP Impressive hand-painted and signed D.S., 2pp. large 4to., Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany, July, 1933, a d

GERMAN MOTHER'S CROSS LIST Typed D.S., 6pp. legal folio, Falkenau, Feb. 28, 1945, a list of 33 mothers to be awarded the Honor Cross for the Ger...

GERMAN P.O.W. CAMP LETTERS Good lot of five letters from Allied prisoners held in German P.O.W. camps, includes four letters from Polish officers held

GERMANS ARE LOOTED AND BEATEN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB KILLS THOSE WHO ARE "DEFENSELESS" Fine content typed Army Air Corps flyer's letter, ...

DEUTSCHES JUNGVOLK IDENTITY CARD AND ARMBAND Deutsches Jungvolk identity card, 6pp. 16mo., issued to Fritz Einhorn in Munich on Jan. 8, 1935. The 13 y

HITLER YOUTH IDENTITY CARD AND ARMBAND Hitler Youth identity card issued to Helmuth Berger in Munich on Apr. 27, 1938. The 12 year-old, from Hohenroda

HITLER YOUTH IDENTITY CARD AND ARMBAND Hitler Youth identity card, 8pp. 16mo., issued to Alfred Passesreiter in Munich on Sep. 15, 1938. The 17 year-o

HITLER YOUTH HOSTEL IDENTIFICATION CARDS Lot of three "Bliebenausweis fur Jugendliche", identity cards issued to H.J. and D.J. members all...

HITLER YOUTH IDENTITY DOCUMENT GROUPING AND ARMBAND Fine Hitler Youth grouping of five items all from the same young member of the organization. Inclu

HITLER YOUTH MEMBERSHIP CARD Early H.J. membership card, 6pp. 16mo., issued in Munich, July 1, 1934 to 13 year-old Karl Meyer of Mittelelbe who is pic

HITLER YOUTH MEMBERSHIP CARD AND WALLET Hitler Youth member's membership card, a two-sided fold-out identity card 13" x 5" issued to H...

JAPANESE, GERMAN AND ITALIAN MANDATORY REGISTRATION BROADSIDE Rare broadside issued by the U.S. Department of Justice and printed on both sides, 10 ...

MUNICH AGREEMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATES Binding of five volumes, "Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, Official Report" (London: His...

NAVY DOCUMENTS FILE OF ADM. ALVIN D. CHANDLER ALVIN D. CHANDLER (1902-1987) Ameriocan admiral. During the Guadalcanal Campaign Chandler commanded Dest

POLICE OFFICER IS DRAFTED BY THE SS Lot of three documents, 3pp. total, concerniung the drafting of Viktor Grabietz to serve as a police officer in Br

PRISONER INFORMATION CARDS FROM "CAMP ASHCAN" Important set of 52 original carbons titled: "Prisoner of War Preliminary Record",...

RACE AND SETTELEMENT OFFICE QUESTIONNAIRE OF CAPT. HERMANN GILLE Race and Settlement Office questionnaire submitted by Schutzpolizei Capt. Hermann Gil

ROYAL NAVY IDENTIFIED PRISONER'S BIBLE GROUPING Good lot of five items, includes: a pocket-sized bount New Testament, 2 1/2" x 4 1/4",...

SEABEE IN PHILIPPINES WRITES ON CAPTURED STATIONERY Somewhat humorous American Seabee's letter on captured Japanese letterhead, 3pp. large 4to.,...

SS FILE OF WILLHELM BALMBERGER Complete SS personnel file of SS Unterscharfuhrer Wilhelm Balmberger, born in Nuremberg June 3, 1920 and who joined the

SS FORM SWEARS ALLEGIANCE TO HITLER Uncommon form completed by members of the SS, 1p. 4to., in blank, in which the SS member swears unconditional alle

SS PROMOTION DOCUMENTS Lot of three scarce promotion documents issued by the SS, includes SS-General HEINZ REINEFARTH (1903-1979) awarded the Knights

U-170 FLAK GUN SHOOTING RECORD BOOK Partly-printed "Shooting Book", 42pp. 8vo., Kiel, 1943, a record of target and shooting practice under...

U-527 MACHINIST'S MATE DEATH NOTICE Rare partly-printed D.S., 1p. large 4to., "In the West", July 6, 1944, notice that Machinist's...

U-873 ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK Small notebook attributed to an engineer who served aboard U-873, approx. 250pp. of which forty or so bear pencil text...

U-BOAT ENGINEER'S FOUR AWARD DOCUMENTS Lot of four scarce award documents issued to the same U-boat sailor, Obermachinist Walter Tiedmann. Inclu...

U-BOAT ENGINEER'S SOLDBUCH Identification and pay book issued to Obermaschinist Hans Dehn, born Aug. 13, 1918 in Hamburg. Dehn began his service...

U-BOAT MACHINIST MATE'S DEATH CERTIFICATE Uncommon partly-printed D.S., 1p. large 4to., [Lorient?], Dec. 28, 1943, an ornate death certificate i...

U-BOAT MACHINIST MATE'S GROUPING God lot of items, includes: a partly-printed Dienstauszeichung IV. Klasse issued to Machinist Mate Erwin Aldenp...

U-BOAT SAILOR'S SOLDBUCH AND A WATCH BOOK Kriegsmarine "soldbuch" issued to U-boat sailor Adam Muller who is shown in uniform on the i...

U-BOAT TORPEDOMAN'S WEHRPASS The wehrpass of U-boat torpedoman Erich Dittkowski whose fate at war's end is unknown. Born in eastern Germany ...

WEHRPASS FOR 17 YEAR-OLD WAFFEN-SS SOLDIER Wehrpass issued to a 17 year-old member of the Waffen-SS, Helmut Erbe, born in Thuringia in 1927, issued Ja

WEHRPASS OF A PENAL BATTALION SOLDIER Wehrpass of Unteroffizier Georg Kallart of 1./Festungs Inf. Batt. XIII/999, a punishment battalion established f

(GERMAN LABOR DOCUMENTS) Group of five German work-related documents, includes a document issued by the German police to a Polish firefighter granting

U.S. SUBMARINE EPEHEMERA GROUPING Large, good quality grouping of ephemera related to the U.S. submarine service, war-date and immediate post-war. Inc

WAR RATION BOOKS Large lot of 65+ U.S. War ration books, all issued, with representative examples from series one through four. The vast majority of t

WORLD WAR II CORRESPONDENCE OF (SECTION 8?) PVT. GIRARD H. HARRIS Grouping of 12 war-date letters and covers from Pvt. Girard H. Harris, 593rd Enginee

Extraordinary original 7" x 9" photograph, depicts a weary Waffen-SS soldier half-length and in the field holding upright a captured Russi...

FRANZ XAVER SCHWARZ PHOTO ALBUM FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE "GAU-FORUM" FRANZ XAVER SCHWARZ (1875-1947) German politician who served as R...

PHOTO ALBUM OF CREWMAN ABOARD DOOMED U-74 Excellent seaman's photo album containing about 190 photographs documenting a U-boat sailor's trai...

AFRIKA KORPS PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM Superb photo album compiled by an officer in the Afrika Korps, contains over 70 photographs of various sizes, most taken

GERMAN DOG HANDLER WITH HIS SHEPARD German army soldier's photo album containing 60+ photographs, 18 showing the same soldier with a German Shep...

KARL DONITZ HOSPITAL VISIT PHOTO ALBUM Photo album prepared on the occasion of Donitz's visit to a Kriegsmarine hospital. The 13 1/4" x 9 1...

KRIEGSMARINE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM Excellent Kriegsmarine sailor's photograph album, contains about 200 images from 2" x 2" to 5 1/4" ...

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN PHOTO ALBUM German soldier's photo alum containing about 160 photographs from the Italian campaign, most about 2" x 3"...

"KAMERA I KRIG" Pair of Swedish books "Kameri I Krig" ("Camera at War"), [Malmo: Bengt Forsbergs Forlag], 1958. Volume...

ADOLF HITLER, BENITO MUSSOLINI, AND HERMANN GORING ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of ten b/w snapshots, most 3" x 4" b/w depicting Fascist leade...

B.D.M. AND R.A.D. PHOTOGRAPH GROUPING Small group of 18 photos of B.D.M. members, also showing young women undertaking R.A.D. service, saluting flag,

B.D.M. PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of eight photographs of members of the B.D.M., some portrait photos and some candids, sold with two period postcards portraying

BATTLE OF BRITAIN Photo, 14" x 10" b/w (overall), shows a group of about 30 RAF pilots, captioned: No. 9 INITIAL TRAINING WING A, FLIGHT N...

DESTRUCTION IN GERMANY RECORDED BY AN AMERICAN Lot of 17 photos, most recording destruction in Germany and many taken by American Sgt. H. B. Nester. I

FLAK GUNNER PHOTOGRAPH AND DOCUMENT GROUPING Good lot of about 30 photographs and two documents once belonging to Flakartillerie Gefr. Johannes Meulen

G.I.-CAPTURED PHOTOS Lot of 17 photographs "liberated" by American Sgt. H. B. Nester, most so indicated by him on the verso. The photos, a...

GERMAN CARBON DIOXIDE PLANT PHOTO ALBUM Presentation photograph album containing about fifty photographs, various sizes, commemorating the May 14, 193

GERMAN MILITARY PHOTO ALBUMS Group of two photo albums, includes a 9"x 12 1/2" album containing 103 b/w photos, most of which depict soldi...

GERMAN OPERATIONS IN NORWAY AND FINLAND Collection of about 150 photographs of German military personnel in Finland and Nrway, likely assembled by a s

GERMAN SOLDIER'S PHOTOS FROM THE EASTERN FRONT Group of about 65 photos taken for the most part during the German army's first retreat on th...

GERMAN SOLDIERS PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of fifty mixed photographs of German soldiers, most 2 ?" x 3 ?" b/w, most showing soldiers in casual poses...

GUNTHER PRIEN EPHEMERA GUNTHER PRIEN (1908 - 1941) germany's first U-Boat ace who snuck his U-47 into the British anchorage at Scapa Flow and sa...

HARRY TRUMAN AND U.S. NAVY VESSELS Fine grouping of ten large period photographs featuring images of various U.S. Navy vessels, and two showing Presid

HEER HAND-COLORED PHOTOGRAPH Fine original matte finish portrait of a Wehrmacht soldier, 7" x 9", showing the young man in a chest, up pos...

HITLER INSPECTS AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER Original oversized photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann and bearing his studio's stamp on verso,15 1/2&q...

HITLER YOUTH / B.D.M. STEREO SLIDES A collection of 48 stereoscopic slides, each 3 ?" x 1 ?", a wide variety of subjects including B.D.M. ...

HITLER YOUTH AND LEAGUE OF GERMAN GIRLS PHOTO ALBUMS Group of three photo albums, includes: 9"x 12" album containing 94 b/w photographs an...

HITLER YOUTH CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS Good lot of about 40 photos of H.J. members, most photos about 2" x 3" and variously showing the youths ca...

HITLER YOUTH FILM SLIDE PRESENTATIONS Lot of four 35mm. film strips in original cardboard canisters, each containing about 30 photos and text which we

HITLER YOUTH IDENTITY PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of 12 small photographs, portraits of H.J. and D.J. members likely taken for use in identity documents. Saddenin

HITLER YOUTH PHOTO ALBUM Photo album, 9 1/2"x 12", containing 134 b/w photos and photo postcards, mostly depicting members of the Hitler Y...

HITLER YOUTH PHOTO ALBUMS Group of three photo albums, all containing photographs depicting members of the "Hitlerjugend" ("Hitler Yo...

HITLER YOUTH PHOTO ALBUMS Group of two photo albums, containing photographs depicting members of the "Hitlerjugend" Includes a notebook, 6...

HITLER YOUTH PHOTO ALBUMS Pair of photograph albums which between the two contain about 80 candid photographs of Hitler Youth and Deutsches Jungvolk,

HITLER YOUTH PHOTOS Large collection of approx. 140 mixed photos of Hitler Youth and Deutsches Jungvolk, average size about 2" x 3" A vari...

HITLER YOUTH POSTCARD PHOTOS Collection of 16 better quality H.J./ D.J. photos and photo postcards, all 3 ?" x 5 ?" in general Subjects in...

INFANTERIE-REGIMENT 318 1942 PHOTO ALBUM Photo album produced for distribution to members of I.R. 318 at year's end, 1942, containing about 180 ...

ITALIAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS Good lot of six original photos, average about postcard size, ca. 1930s, showing Italy's respected mountain troops in ma...

JAPANESE SOLDIER'S PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - CHINA Japanese soldier's photograph album, 7 ?" x 10 ?" with a color embossed image of a tan...

JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS Good lot of 21 original German news photographs, all stamped on the verso, some also with paper captions, feat

KRIEGSMARINE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS Excellent lot of 21 original German news photographs centered about the Kriegsmarine, each 5" x 7" b/w with ...

LUFTWAFFE BAND MEMBER'S PHOTO ALBUM Photograph album assembled by a member of a Luftwaffe band member, 14" x 10" overall, containing a...

ORDENSBURG VOGELSANG PHOTO ALBUM Scarce commercial photo album containing twelve 3 ?" x 2 ?" expert photographs of the monumental structur...

PACIFIC THEATER PHOTOS IN NEGATIVE Collection of 52 contemporary 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" prints in negative of various World War II scenes from th...

PERIOD PHOTOS OF PT BOATS Lot of two original 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" b/w photos of two Huckins type PT boats underway at speed. Shown is what i...

PUNISHMENT FOR A HITLER YOUTH Lot of six photographs taken by American Sgt. H. B. Nester, all about 3 1/4" x 2 1/2", Hollenstedt, mid-1945...

S.A. WINTER SPORTS COMPETITION PRESENTATION PHOTO ALBUM Photograph album containing about forty photographs from an S.A. winter sports competition hel

SOUTH PACIFIC PILOT'S PHOTO AND DOCUMENT GROUPING Group of documents and photos from Sgt. Ira W. Jordan, Army Air Corps. Included is about 90 ph...

STEREOSCOPIC ALBUM "DER KAMPF IM WESTEN" Album of stereoscopic images "Der Kampf im Westen" ("The War in the West" (Mu...

STEREOSCOPIC ALBUM "DIE KRIEGSMARINE" Album of stereoscopic images "Die Kriegmarine", (Munich: Raumbild Verlag Otto Schoenstein)...

STEREOSCOPIC ALBUM "DIE SOLDATEN DES FUHRERS IM FELDE" Album of stereoscopic images "Die Soldaten des Fuhrers im Felde" ("T...

(ERNST HANFSTAENGEL) (1887 - 1975) "Putzi" Harvard-educated German businessman who was an intimate of Adolf Hitler before falling out of f...