Militaria Auction Spring 2016

HERMANN GORING AWARDS A LUFTWAFFE HONOR GOBLET Rare award certificate , 1p. large 4to., Luftwaffe headquarters, Mar. 21, 1941, an ?unkinder? for the L

HERMANN HOTH (1891 - 1971) German panzer general who drove his forces through France to the Channel, headed Panzer Group 3 in Barbarossa and later bes

HINRICH LOHSE (1896 - 1964) German politician who served as the Reich Commissioner for the Ostland from 1941 to 1944. He directed his underlings to on

HIROSHI OSHIMA (1886 - 1975) General in the Japanese Army and Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II. Virtually all of his diplomatic

HJALMAR SCHACHT (1877 - 1970) German financier and banker who engineered the rearmament of Germany. Broke with Hitler and joined the resistance when G

HUGH DOWDING (1882 - 1970) Royal Air Force officer. Dowding was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and is genera

IVAN BAGRAMYAN (1897-1982) Soviet-Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union, the first non-Slavic military officer to become a comma

IVAN YAKUBOVSKY (1912 - 1976) Soviet Marshal, a tank commander who distinguished himself in the defensive battles in the Donets Basin in the summer of

JAMES M. GAVIN (1907 - 1990) American general and commander of the 82nd Airborne at Normandy and in the Battle of the Bulge. Good content T.L.S. on hi

JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP RIBBENTROP SEEKS TO SPLIT THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH OVER SPAIN Fine content partial D.S. as Foreign Minister, 1p. 4to., Berlin, M

RICHARD WALTHER DARRE (1895 - 1953) Nazi Minister of Food and head of the Central Office of Race and Resettlement of the SS. Fine association T.L.S.

JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP (1893 - 1946) Nazi foreign minister, the first of the Nuremberg defendants to hang on October 16, 1946. Bold signature on a 16m

HITLER GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CONGRATULATORY CERTIFICATE A rarely seen Third Reich document, an ornate certificate presented to those celebrating their fi

JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT (1883 - 1953) American general who defended Bataan and Corregidor after MacArthur's withdrawal early in World War II. I.S.P....

JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT (1883 - 1953) "Skinny", American general who defended Bataan and Coregidor after MacArthur's withdrawal early i...

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide....

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide. ...

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide. ...

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide. ...

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide. ...

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide. ...

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide. ...

KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide. ...

U-BOAT PHOTO INSCRIBED BY A K.I.A. CAPTAIN TO A FELLOW U-BOAT CAPTAIN Excellent association I.S.P. 12 1/2" x 10" overall, depicts six U-b...

KARL VON EBERSTEIN (1894 - 1979) Early member of the Nazi Party, the SA, and the SS, introducing Heydrich to Himmler in 1931. Further, he rose to beco

KARL WOLFF (1906-1975) Colonel-general in the Waffen-SS, liaison officer for Himmler with Hitler, German military governor of Northern Italy. Good con

KONSTANTIN ROKOSSOVSKY (1896 - 1968) Soviet general who held the critical northwest approaches to Moscow, later headed defenses at Stalingrad and near

KONSTANTIN VON NEURATH (1873-1956) German diplomat, foreign minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938. Tried as a major war criminal in Nuremberg and

LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, FIRST EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA (1900-1979) British statesman and naval officer. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied

LUDWIG KUBLER (1889-1947) German General of the Mountain Troops during World War II who was executed as a war criminal in Yugoslavia. S.P. "Kub...

LUDWIG SIEBERT (1874 - 1942) Nazi politician and Bavarian prime minister from 1933 to 1942. I.S.P. as Prime Minister, 6 1/4" x 8 1/4" b/w,...

MAXIMILIAN VON WEICHS (1881 - 1954) German field marshal and a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Participated in the invasion of ...

MEL FOWLER (1921 - 1987) Highly-decorated American fighter pilot in the WWII E.T.O. and in the Pacific Theater, Korea, and Vietnam. Original self-port

NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN (1869-1940) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in

OLIVER LEESE (1894 - 1978) British general, served under Montgomery in North Africa and in Sicily, commanded the Eighth Army at the fourth and final B

OSWALD POHL (1892 - 1951) Head of the Economic Office of the SS and ultimate overseer of the concentration camp system. It was Pohl who turned his vic

OSWALD POHL (1892 - 1951) Head of the Economic Office of the SS and ultimate overseer of the concentration camp system. It was Pohl who turned his vic

OSWALD POHL (1892 - 1951) Head of the Economic Office of the SS and ultimate overseer of the concentration camp system. It was Pohl who turned his vic

OTTO ERNST REMER (1912 - 1997) Nazi major who helped Hitler retain control of Germany in the crucial hours following the failed assassination attempt

PAUL EWALD VON KLEIST (1881 - 1954) German military officer, the top Panzer commander in the German Army and superior to Guderian and Hoth, invaded Fr

PAUL HAUSSER (1880 - 1972) "Papa", Major General of the Waffen-SS and one of its most eminent leaders. Battling in both the Eastern and We...

PAUL J. MUELLER (1892 ? 1964) Highly decorated Army major general who served overseas during World War I and World War II. Mueller led the 81st &quo...

PAUL VON HINDENBURG (1847 - 1934) German general and politician, crushed the Russians at Tannenberg and in Poland, forced to yield the Chancellor...

PAVEL BATITSKY (1910 - 1984) Soviet Marshal, Chief of Staff of Soviet military advisers to Chiang Kai-shek. In December 1953 he was chosen to personal

PIETRO BADOGLIO (1871 - 1956) Italian field marshal who conspired with King Victor Emmanuel to depose Mussolini, succeeded Mussolini as Premier and su

RICHARD HILDEBRANDT (1897 - 1952) SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and chief of the SS Office of Race and Resettlement. As a war criminal he was found guilty of k

RICHARD WALTHER DARRE (1895 - 1953) Nazi Minister of Food and head of the Central Office of Race and Resettlement of the SS. Signed book, "Zuch...

ROBERT C. RICHARDSON (b. 1887) American military officer, Commanding General of the Hawaiian Department, Military Governor of Hawaii, and all Army per

ROBERT LEY (1890 - 1945) Nazi leader and ardent anti-Semite who as head of the Labor Front ruthlessly enforced slave labor policies. He committed suic

ROBERT RITTER VON GREIM (1892 - 1945) German Field Marshal and last head of the Luftwaffe, a Knights Cross winner involved in the invasion of Poland,

RUDOLF WEISS (1910 - 1958) German officer appointed personal adjutant for the Army's Personnel Department chief, namely Rudolf Schmundt and Wilh...

SEMION M. BUDENNY (1883 - 1973) Soviet field marshal and Commander in Chief of the Southwestern Front. An inept leader, Budenny allowed Von Rundsted...

SEPP DIETRICH (1892 - 1966) German SS General, one of Nazi Germany's most decorated soldiers. Prior to 1929 he was Hitler's chauffeur and bo...

THE GRAND MUFTI Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (1897-1974) Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader. During World War II he collaborated with both It

THEODORE "DUTCH" VAN KIRK (b. 1921) American Army Air Corps officer, navigator of the Enola Gay during its mission to Hiroshima on August ...

VIKTOR LUTZE Excellent I.S.P. 9 1/2" x 11 3/4" b/w, a fine close-up portrait in uniform bearing a lengthy inscription to his friend and co...

VIKTOR LUTZE (1890 - 1943) Gauleiter of the Ruhr and an early Hitler associate, Chief of Staff of the SA following Rohm's death until his own en...

VIKTOR LUTZE (1890 - 1943) Gauleiter of the Ruhr and an early Hitler associate, Chief of Staff of the SA following Rohm's death until his own en...

VIKTOR LUTZE (1890 - 1943) Gauleiter of the Ruhr and an early Hitler associate, Chief of Staff of the SA following Rohm's death until his own en...

VIKTOR LUTZE War-date S.P. "Viktor Lutze 20. 1. 42", 6 3/4" x 8 3/4", shows Lutze and a group of officers poring over a map, sig...

VIKTOR LUTZE Partly-printed D.S., 1p. 12mo., Berlin, Dec. 31, 1935, a pre-printed card sending thanks for birthday wishes sent to him. Inscribed at to

WALTER SCHMITT (1879 - 1945) SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and general of the Waffen-SS, later a member of the Reichstag. T.L.S. on early official SS Reichsfuh

WALTHER FUNK (1890 - 1960) Nazi Minister of Economics who confiscated goods of imprisoned Jews to the Reichsbank via Himmler. Sentenced to life impris

WALTHER MODEL (1891 - 1945) German field marshal who led German armies against fierce Russian resistance at Moscow and Kursk, threw back Montgomery&...

WALTHER MODEL (1891 - 1945) German field marshal who led German armies against fierce Russian resistance at Moscow and Kursk, threw back Montgomery&...

WALTHER MODEL (1891 - 1945) German field marshal who led German armies against fierce Russian resistance at Moscow and Kursk, threw back Montgomery&...

WALTHER MODEL (1891 - 1945) German field marshal who led German armies against fierce Russian resistance at Moscow and Kursk, threw back Montgomery&...

WERNER VON BLOMBERG (1878 - 1946) Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the German Armies early in Hitler's regime, resigned following ac...

WERNER VON BLOMBERG (1878 - 1946) as Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the German Armies. Resigned following accusations that he had marrie

WILHELM FRICK PRESENTS ADOLF HITLER WITH A SIGNED BOOK (1877 - 1946) Nazi Minister of the Interior, author of the Nuremburg Laws. Hanged at Nuremburg

WILHELM FRICK (1877 - 1946) Close associate of Hitler and participant in the Beer Hall Putsch, Reich Minister of the Interior 1933 to 1943 and the las

WILHELM FRICK (1877 - 1946) Nazi Minister of the Interior, author of the Nuremburg Laws. Hanged at Nuremburg for his crimes. Partly-printed D.S. &qu...

WILHELM FRICK (1877 - 1946) Nazi Minister of the Interior, author of the Nuremburg Laws. Hanged at Nuremburg for his crimes. T.L.S. on his official le

WILHELM KEITEL (1882 - 1946) German field marshall and army chief of staff under Adolph Hitler, convicted of war crimes and executed at Nuremburg. Rar

WILHELM KEITEL AND HANS LAMMERS Signatures of WILHELM KEITEL and DR. HANS LAMMERS, each with typed rank, on a portion of a military document. Very goo

WILHELM KUBE (1887 - 1943) Gauleiter of Ostmark and Kurmark, Governor of Belorussia where his ruthless administration led to his assassination by part

WILHELM LIST (1880 - 1971) German field marshal and ardent Hitler supporter, led the 14th Army in Poland, the 12th Army in the Balkans, and as field m

WILHELM LIST (1880 - 1971) German field marshal and ardent Hitler supporter, led the 14th Army in Poland, the 12th Army in the Balkans, and as field m

WILHELM OHNESORGE (1872 - 1962) German politician in the Third Reich, minister and official of the Reichspost, and also significantly delved into rese

WILHELM SPEIDEL (1895 - 1970) Luftwaffe general, the last to be appointed during the war, and Military Commander of Greece. Convicted in the murder of

WILLIAM C. CHASE (1895 - 1986) American general who commanded the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Div. and led the assault on the Admiralty Islands. Chase al

WILLIAM R. SMITH (1868 - 1941) Army officer who commanded the 36th Infantry Division during its deployment in France during World War I and later beca

WILLY EXNER (1888-1947) German painter best known for his commissioned portraits of Hitler and Goring. Barred from NSDAP membership due to his members

WOLFGANG LUTH (1913-1945) German U-boat ace with 46 "kills", accidentally shot and killed by a German sentry. Luth was given the last stat...

HITLER AND FRIENDS CONGRATULATE A COUPLE ON THEIR DIAMOND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Three official congratulatory letters to Michael Kreil and his wife for

U.S. GENERALS Group of four I. S.P.'s of American World War II generals, includes: WILLIAM H. SIMPSON, LEWIS BRERETON, COURTNEY HODGES , and HUG...

WORLD WAR II AIR COMBAT VETERANS Lot of five signed prints: "Slowing the Red Tide", "Twilight Conquest", "Three Hundred Clu...

WORLD WAR II AVIATION Copy of the plaque attached to the base of the Apollo 11 LEM still on the moon's surface reading in part: "We came in...

KNIGHTS CROSS U-BOAT COMMANDERS Lot of two signed photos of U-boat commanders awarded Knights Crosses, includes ERICH TOPP (1914-2005) third largest t

(CHEMICAL WARFARE) WILLIAM N. PORTER (1886-1973) American major general who headed the Army's Chemical Warfare Service during World War II. The ...

"AMERICA STRIKES BACK" Signed print, 18 1/2" x 25 1/2" visible, by Robert Taylor, depicting American fighter aces KEN M. TAYLOR ...

"SEA WOLVES" Signed print, 34" x 25", "Sea Wolves", by Nicolas Trudgian, depicting ERICH TOPP's (1914-2005) U-552,...

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN - 302ND FIGHTER SQUADRON Excellent limited edition color print "Button Up Time" by artist A. Ric Druet, 24" x 19"...

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN - 301ST FIGHTER SQUADRON Excellent limited edition color print "Red Tail Fury" by artist A. Ric Druet, 24" x 19"...

"V-J DAY IN TIMES SQUARE" Modern reproduction I.S.P, 11" x 14" b/w, of Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photograph of a sailor an...

U-249 SURRENDER DOCUMENT - THE FIRST U-BOAT TO SURRENDER AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II A most historic document, the first official document evidencing t

K.I.A. U-513 OFFICER'S TRAINING LOG, AWARDS, AND DEATH NOTIFICATION Extensive collection of items owned by or pertaining to Leutnant Horst Gotts...

U-976 FIRST OFFICER'S PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM AND CORRESPONDENCE Small archive of material from U-boat Lt. Wilhelm Hinrichs. Hinrichs first served in t...

KNIGHT'S CROSS AWARD TO LUFTWAFFE OBERLEUTNANT HANS SUMPF Knights Cross of the Iron Cross award document issued to Luftwaffe pilot Hans Sumpf, 4...

KNIGHTS CROSS RECOMMENDATION FOR SS-OBERFUHRER HERMANN PRIESS Rare, fine content typed D.S. (signed carbon), "Headquarters O.K.H.", 4pp.4t...