Winter Auction 2013

(1908 - 1975) Nazi officer and Hitler's chief and favorite commando, he made a daring mountain-top rescue of Mussolini, placed English-speaking...

(1864 - 1940) German writer and advocate of the "blood-and-soil" ideology, he also wrote a justification for the legality of the murders d...

(1885 - 1946) Nazi journalist and politician, editor of "Der Sturmer" and virulent anti-Semite, executed at Nuremberg. Partly-printed D.S...

(1885 - 1946) Nazi journalist and politician, editor of "Der Sturmer" and virulent anti-semite, executed at Nuremberg. Fine association w...

(1885 - 1946) Nazi journalist and politician, editor of "Der Sturmer" and virulent anti-Semite, executed at Nuremburg. Fine association w...

(1898 - 1945) Nazi leader, Reichskommissar for Norway. Declared martial law in Trondheim in 1942, and ordered the destruction of Telavåg. Comm...

(1889 - 1946) Nazi Minister of Justice, made penal prosecution of all unpopular persons and groups harsher, with "antisocial" convicts tu...

(1915 - 2007) American bomber pilot of the Enola Gay which delivered the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Partly-printed check, Columbu

(1915-2007) American bomber pilot of the Enola Gay which delivered the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. A patriotic FDC honoring the fi

(1887 - 1943) German sport official, SA leader and a member of the Reichstag. He played a major role in the structure and organization of the 1936 Ol

(1893-1945) Major general, Commander Army 43rd Infantry Division, named "Winged Victory". War-date T.L.S. 1p. 4to., Headquarters of the 43...

(1906-1975) Colonel-general in the Waffen-SS, liason officer for Himmler with Hitler, German military governor of Northern Italy. Fine association T.L

A group of thirteen signatures of Admirals and Naval officers, mostly in signed card format, includes: HUGH RODMAN, BRADLEY ALLEN FISKE (an interestin

Group of items signed by three WW II prominent military men. Includes: I.S.P. 8" x 10" color of JIMMY DOOLITTLE American aviator and Toky...

A lot of six signatures of prominent British commanders, includes: JOHN E. AUCHINLECK (signed FDC adding date June 16, 1967; GERALD TEMPLER (signed FD

An extraordinary discovery, a set of three pages bearing nine ink signatures of important German military leaders, Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, who partic

Fine signed photo bearing the images of four Luftwaffe Knight's Cross awardees and signed by each, 16 1/2" x 11 3/4" color, shows exce...

(1901 - 1947) Brigadeführer in the Waffen SS, commander of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division "Nederland", awarded the ...

MASAHARU HOMMA (1887 - 1946) Japanese general in charge of the invasion of the Philippines and the infamous Bataan "Death March". Homma a...

A great pair of items signed by two of the chief protagonists from the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Includes MITSUO FUCHIDA, a ra

A First Day Cover honoring the 150th Anniversary of the launching of the USS Constitution, cancelled U. S. Frigate Constitution, Oct. 2, 1947, and sig

A great group of 11 items signed by legends of World War II, includes SHERMAN MILES (1882-1966) American lieutenant general, commanding general of the

A great group of 11 items from legendary players in World War II, includes: GENL. JOHN L. HINES, bold signature on a small card; FRANCIS "GABBY...

A great group of 11 pieces by prominent World War II figures, includes: FRANCIS "GABBY" GABRESKI, three S.P.s, two being 5" x 7"...

A group of four items by World War II military figures, includes: OMAR N. BRADLEY, bold pencil signature on his General's card; MARK W. CLARK, b...

A signed printed magazine image measuring 8" x 6" b/w, showed acclaimed aces HUB ZEMKE, GUNTHER RALL and FRANCIS S. "GABBY" GABR...

A set of six printed engravings of individual aces, 8" x 10" b/w, bust portraits with squadron's insignia behind him, signed by each i...

A lot of four fine letters by acclaimed aces, with content regarding their experiences in battle, includes: EVERETT OSHER, A.L.S. 1971, in part: &qu...

A group of six fine content letters of World War II aces, most discussing their favorite "kill" of World War II, includes: CHARLES DU BOIS...

A group of six letters of aces, with content about their memorable experiences during the war, includes: MERRIWELL W. VINEYARD, A.L.S. 1984, in part:

A group of four letters of prominent U.S. Admirals, with content about memorable moments, includes: JAMES L. HOLLOWAY, JR., A.L.S. 1969, in part: &q...

A group of seven pieces by notable military leaders in various formats (noted), includes: MATTHEW RIDGWAY (signature on embossed autograph card); JAME

A large group of over 20 signatures of World War II generals, in various formats but mostly signed cards and letters, includes: H. A. GREENE, HANS C.

A FDC honoring Dr. Mary Walker, the only woman to have been awarded the Medal of Honor, canceled Oswego, NY, June 10, 1982, boldly signed by seven oth

Fine lot of 13 letters, all but three being A.L.S.s, 14pp. total, 1930s through 1945, written by various prominent German actors, entertainers, singer

Hispanic Veterans FDC signed on the face by SILVESTRE S. HERRERA (1917-2007), awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II for single-handedly captu

An excellent group of items once belonging to Lt. Herbert Viegel who served with the 4th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, was twice wounded and awa

Very rare newspaper, "Der Panzerbaer", 4pp. large 4to., Berlin, Apr. 29, 1945. The paper only appeared seven times altogether between 23 ...

A rare pair of personnel documents surrounding the employment of a Elisabeth Dieprecht by the Waffen-SS, each 1p. oblong 8vo., Homburg, ca. May 5, 194

An A.L.S. written by Ensign Robert E. Pierce aboard the USS Medea in the Pacific Theatre with a rare VJ postal cover from the Third Amphibious Force,

Lot of letters from Schutze (private) Heinrich Lederer, a German soldier serving at Stalag IIC Greifswald, Germany. Present are six A.L.S.'s, 11...

A fine content and very well-written A.L.S. of Alim F. Buttus of Batallion III Amphibious Corps, stationed in Japan, 4pp. 4to., June 21, 1945, to his

Rare recruiting pamphlet printed by the SS in order to attract French volunteers of German descent into their ranks, 4pp. 8vo. on heavy stock, Douai,

Panzer soldier's military identification book, issued to private Kurt Kruger whose photo is stapled and tied with an ink seal to the inside fron...

An A.L.S. of W. M. Borwassa, 11th Div. USS Missouri, 4pp. 4to., Tokyo Bay, Sept. 6, 1945, to his parents in Michigan. Spelling not corrected, he write

Lot of four items pertaining to the labor service of Else Frehsmann, an 18 year old girl undertaking service in the Reich Labor Service. Included is h

A collection of five bond certificates including $5 and $10 Liberty Bonds as well as three bonds for "THE 29TH YEAR RECONSTRUCTION OLD LOAN OF ...

An interesting group of items, the first a partial A.L.S. penned on the verso of a Japanese form of some sort, 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d.], in part: &quo...

Interesting A.L.S. of one Capt. Harrel P. Hesterly of Company E, 28th Infty., May 20, 1945, to his cousins in Prescott, AR, in part: "...Today ...

Wehrmacht "zeltbahn", a tent quarter or poncho in camouflage splinter pattern, with buttons, buttonholes and grommets, maker's black i...