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NAZI PERIOD BOOKS AND PRINTED MATERIAL

 

1

Der Kampf im Westen - The Soldiers of the Fuehrer in the Field : 3-D book with 100 3-D twin b/w pictures of the 'Battle in the West' - complete with the special glasses to view them. 1940. Binding a little loose, but text and colour photos are all there; interestingly still has the original invoice to G. Dietz, dated 10/12/1941.

£100

2

Die Reichswehr. Large cigarete-card album with 280 colour cards by Waldorf-Astoria. 1933. Covers over 10 groups all the elements of the Reichswehr.

£75

3

Der Weltkrieg - cigarette-card album with 270 colour cards, telling the story of the Great War from the German perspective; 1930s production by Dresden Bilderdienst.

£45

4

Olympia 1936 - Band 1 - Winter-Olympics Games : preview for Berlin; cigarette-card album with again 100+ b/w and colour cards glued in 127 pp. By Altona-Bahrenfeld. Also Band 2, 168 pp this volume with only b/w cards.

 

 

The two volumes, as a set, complete……….

£95

5

Olympia 1932 - large cigarette-card album by Reemtsa Company, with many b/w and colour cards, glued in, depicting Germany's participation in the Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games; October, 1932. 137pp

£38

6

Raubstaat England - 'Robber-state England' - propaganda cigarette-card album from 1941 by Hamburg-Bahrenfeld Bilderdienst with 125 b/w and colour cards. Relates how England grabbed much of its Empire throughout the ages from 1681 onwards.

£57

7

Die Grossen der Weltgeschichte - (The Great Men of World History), cigarette-card album with 252 cards in colour, depicting most of the men (and women) who have influenced the world (From Christopher Columbus to the Graf von Zeppelin), ranges from the Middle Ages to the Eve of WW1. Not surprisingly, as it is in German, there is a tendency to include (obscure) Germans.

£30

8

Men in the Third Reich - super, almost mint copy of this 1934 issue of "Maenner im Dritten Reich" - 250 colour cigarette cards depicting all the major players in Germany from Albrecht to Zunkel, all in alphabetical order.

£75

9

Arbeitsmaenner zwischen Bug und Wolga - propaganda booklet (A4 size) about deployment of RAD contingent on the Eastern Front (ie between the 2 rivers Bug and Volga). With 32 pages of plates.

£15

10

Lloyd - Pictures of the Fleet (Lloyd Flottenbilder) - Cigarette-card album with 16 series of card pictures of various ships and their commanders from 1848 to 1932 (120 cards). Interesting over-view of the German Marine just prior to WW2.

£30

11

Orders - "ORDEN". Cigarette-card album with 287 colour cards, illustrating the whole series of German medals and orders across all the member states. Highly sought-after now, especially in this superb condition. 1930s issue.

£75

 

 

 

NAZI I.D. books and Ausweis papers.

ID1

Arbeitsbuch - selection of ID books, for German workers, interestingly stamped up. @

£15

ID2

DAP - Deutsche Arbeitsfront ID book, to Alois STEGMAIER, active in Luftfahrt, with

 

 

many monthly colorued stamps and membership Siegel.

£20

ID3

Another, to Heinz PERLUTZ, several stamps

£15

ID4

Another, to Heinrich RICKULF, a few stamps for 1942

£15

ID7

Seifenkarte - un-issued for 1943 (February to May) for the Wartegau area; mint

£8

ID8

DAF replacement Ausweis in orange card from Magdeburg to Gottlieb Muenzit.

£12

ID9

Wehrmacht envelopes, reportedly to contain "brothel protectors" - stamped on the front: "Nur fuer die deutsche Wehrmacht bestimmt. Nach Gebrauch sofort zu vernichten". ! !

£10

ID10

Gesundheits-buch for Army soldier Albert Pramassing, with entries from 1940 to 1944

£20

ID11

Another, but this one for Luftwaffe - Franz Kramer, dated from 1939.

£20

 

 

 

 

 

 

GERMAN AWARD CERTIFICATES.

 

 

 

A

Wehrpass Notiz - dated 5/7/1943 to Friedrich Lauk in Berlin

£10

B

Another, this one dated 25/1/1945 to Ldst.11 Paul Sattler in Berlin

£10

C

Another, this one dated 15/6/1944 to Freidrich WORBES in Berlin

£10

D

Call-up papers to Arnold Soltau of Hamburg; 5/1/1941 on orange card, with note of thepenalties, were he not to present himself ! (Aufrufbefehl)

£21

E

NSDAP Hitler-Youth pink Warning sheet; fresh and unused !

£10

F

Memorial cards for Fallen German Soldiers - a nice selection, each with picture of the man (or boy) himself with a prayer, and dates, etc. Each……..

£8

 

Eastern Front medal (Winterschlacht im Osten) to

 

G

Obergefreiter Kurt Domann, 10/8/1942

£35

H

Uffz. Herbert Kriesel, 11/9/1942

£35

J

Obergefreiter Fritz Voigt, 14/7/1943

£35

K

Luftschutz medal, 2nd class, Reichsgruppe Industrie, to Max Bopp on 15/10/1941

£30

L

Kriegsurlaubsschein - a selection of ten travel permits to go on holiday, dated from 1939 to 1944; nicely stamped up with destinations, to an Oberfeldwebel. Each………

£12

M

PoW letter, from Prisoner-of-War Otto Herrman to his family in Dusseldorf; sent from Camp 173 - Castres-Tarn, on 14/1/1946.

£20

 

Wound badge in black to

 

N

WW2 San. Uffz. Erich Rudolph 23/5/1944

£20

 

Mother's Cross, 2nd class in silver, to

 

P

Anna Wuerz (nee Paulus) 1/10/1939. Mint condition

£45

Q

Walburga Birgmeier (nee Krebold) 21/5/1939

£30

 

Faithful Service cross, 25 years, to

 

R

Gustav Kunze 9/1/1939

£24

S

Adolf Schenke 1/9/1939 (Reichsbahn congratulations)

£16

T

Bescheinigung from the Reichsarbeitsdienst; stating that Herr Walter Timmermann had presented himself on 27/3/1942.

£15

V

Hausverwaltungsvollmacht. Three documents relating to this, in Wuppertal 21/2/1938. All nicely stamped up with 11 Reichsmark stamps and cancelled with swastika Finanzamt circlets. The 3……………

£21

 

WW1 Cross of Honour with swords, - To

 

W

Hugo Rabe, 9/2/1935

£15

X

Walter Lau, 16/8/1935

£15

Y

Bruno Riedel, 6/4/1935

£15

Z

Wilhelm Krenkel, 10/1/1935

£15

 

WW1 Cross of Honour for Non-Combattants, - To:

 

A1

Konrad Hugel, 28/11/1934

£12

B1

Adolf Brucklacher, 1/11/1935

£12

 

German Red Cross - 5 years Good Service "Auszeichnungsborte" to :

 

C1

DRK Helfer Karl Mueller 9 /11/1941

£25

 

German Red Cross - 10 years Good Service "Auszeichnungsborte" to :

 

D1

DRK Oberhelfer Friedrich Stoehr 20/4/1940

£40

E1

Behelfs-Musterungsausweis - document attesting to soldier's call-up; for Franz RINFL, from Leipzig. 10/5/1944, stamped by WehrbezirksKommando.

£25

F1

Another, this one for Friedrich KNOBLOCH, from Chemnitz on 24/3/1944, also similarly stamped up and signed by WehrbezirksKommando.

£25

G1

DAF Congratulatory certificate to Meta HEUER for her 5 years service.

 

 

Deutsche Arbeitsfront, Women's division, in Gau Schleswig-Holstein 1937 - 1942

£20

H1

10th Anniversary of Seizure of Power (Machtubernahme) - invitation to the circus, from …….the NSDAP in Hannover - 31/1/1943

£15

J1

Selection of weekly door stickers, from the WHW, for 1935-7 (measure 7.5 x 13.5) @

£5

K1

Die Deutsche Arbeitsfront - letter sent on 11/10/1935 to the Ortswalter, Hessen.

£15

L1

Die Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) in Hessen-Nassau - encouraging letter to Friedrich-Wilhelm DIEHL, about his wish to train as a Luftfahrt engineer; plus 2 further pages.

£18

M1

Two documents to Steuersekretar Matthias WEBER, as - 25 years Faithful service 26/9/1938 and 40 years Faithful Service 30/3/1940.

£40

N1

Three documents to Elizabeth JANZIK from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) for her achievements in Stenographie - dated 10/4/1940, 15/11/1940 and 2/8/1944. All 3 are stamped up Bescheinigung(en) from the DAF Berufserziehungswerk.

£25

P1

Sterbe-Urkunde - for 2 inhabitants of Atter / Dortmund. 6/3/1939. Stamped up

£14

Q1

Hitler-Jugend Zuweisungsschein, from Obergau NiederSachsen, dated early 1940s; stamped up with the local Untergau 450 stamp.

£10

R1

NSKOV letter, dated 20/3/1935, to Heinrich Schumburg, a WW1 war-wounded veteran, about his war pension. (National-Sozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung).

£25

S1

Merkblatt - contemporary double-sided typed up sheet relating to the free treatment of

 

 

Soldiers and other Wehrmacht officials, needing hospitalization.

£8

T1

Merkblatt - printed sheet for workers and employers, dated June 1935, listing duties.

£10

V1

DRA - Deutsches Turn- und Sport abzeichen award book to Willi SUNDEL, from Hoyerwerda. BRONZE award. Seferal stamps for August 1933.

£45

 

 

 

MOUNTED GERMAN GROUPS.

 

 

 

1

3. WW2 Iron Cross - 2nd class, Sudetenland annexation medal, with Prague Castle bar and Deutsche Volkspflege Cross, 3rd class - excellent enamels Ni3563

£350

2

4. WW1 Iron Cross - 2nd class, Cross of Honour with swords, Wilhelm Centenary medal for 100 years: 1797-1897 and DA bronze cross for 15 years.

£95

3

4. WW1/2 group, as : Iron Cross WW1 2nd class, Bavaria Military Service cross 3rd class in bronze (Ni431), Cross of Honour with swords, and Nazi 40 years Faithful service Cross in Gold.

£120

4

3. Konig Ludwig Kreuz for 7/1/1916 (Ni458), Cross of Honour without swords, and Police Gold Faithful Service Cross 1st class for 25 years. (Ni3526)

£220

5

2. Konig Ludwig Cross for 7/1/1916 (Ni458) plus WW1 Kriegshilfsdienst medal.

£40

6

3. WW1 Iron Cross, Friedrich-August cross and Cross of honour with swords.

£90

7

3. WW1 Cross of Honour with swords, Prussian small bronze Landwehr medal, 2nd class, China 1900/1901 medal in brass for Combattants.

£135

8

3. WW1 Iron Cross - 2nd class, Braunschweig War Merit Cross (EA) 1914 - (Ni634) plus Cross of Honour with swords for Combattants.

£80

9

3. Lippe-Detmold trio, as gilt War Merit medal (Ni1191) - Treu bewahrt in schwerer Zeit 1915; Red Cross enamelled badge for 10 years service : Lippischer Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz; and Red Cross service medal Verdienst um das Rothe Kreuz WRAV

£150

10

3. WW1 Iron Cross, Bavaria Military Cross with swords, 2nd class (Merenti with black and white enamels (Ni 430), and Cross of Honour with swords.

£95

11

2. Konig Karls Kreuz for 7/1/1916 together with Iron Cross WW1. Padded ribbon

£55

12

2. 1870/1871 medal - dem Siegreichen Heere, plus Wilhelm Commemorative 100 years medal - 1797-1897.

£40

13

2. WW1 Iron Cross - 2nd class plus Hessen Bravery medal in silver (Ni884)

£62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GERMAN MEDALS, WW1 & EARLIER.

 

 

 

 

WW1 Iron Cross, 1st class (Steck-kreuz), vaulted form ; marked .800 on pin

£140

 

WW1 Iron Cross, 1st class (Steck-kreuz), flat form ; marked KO on rev.

£125

 

WW1 Iron Cross, 2nd class. (Getting much rarer now)

£35

 

WW1 Iron Cross, 2nd class, set non-combattants ribbon. (rare)

£40

 

WW1 Marine Korps Iron Cross, set 2 bars : Somme, Flandernschlacht (1917). Rare

£150

 

 

 

 

1848/1849 Wilhelm IV bronze service medal - "Vom Fels zum Meer" - from the rocks to the sea. Rev. " To his Warriors faithful unto death "Seinen bis in den Tod getreuen Kriegern". With top ring, but no ribbon.

£30

 

1870-1871 Commemorative medal, gilt; 'to the victorious army' - dem siegreichen Heere

£10

 

Another, set bar "Bapaume" on ribbon.

£50

 

WW1 1914/18 Service Cross of Honour, with swords

£8

 

WW1 1914/18 Service Cross of Honour, no swords

£8

 

WW1 1914/18 Service Cross of Honour, black no swords (for widows and parents).

£15

 

 

 

 

Stahlhelm enamelled badge, dated 1927 Ni 3427

£50

 

Stahlhelm enamelled badge, dated 1931 Ni 3432

£50

 

Stahlhelm enamelled badge, dated 1932 Ni 3433

£50

 

WW1 Wound badge, in gold; cut-out form, lovely condition Ni 3291/1

£70

 

WW1 Wound badge, in gold - pressed-out form

£50

 

WW1 Wound badge, in silver; pressed-out form.

£35

 

WW1 Wound badge, in silver, cut-out form, most of the silvering rubbed off…..

£30

 

Ribbon bar for 4 medals - WW1 Cross of Honour/set crossed swords, Baden bravery medal, Nazi KVK, WW1 Iron Cross.

£15

 

Ribbon bar for 2 medals - WW1 Iron Cross, Cross of Honour / set crossed swords.

£8

 

Konig-gratz medal 1866 (dated 3.Juli), original ribbon

£25

 

Furs Vaterland medal - 1914; rev. Victory crowning German soldier. No top ring/ribbon

£10

 

Bavaria - Military Service Cross, 3rd class, in bronze, with swords Ni 432

£43

 

Hessen - Bravery medal in silver (Ni 884) - Fur Tapferkeit.

£24

 

Mecklenburg - Strelitz 2nd class - War excellence cross 1914. Lovely tone & ribbon

£65

 

Prussia gilt medal, commem. Wilhelm's Centenary anniversary of birth 1797 - 1897

£17

 

Another, gilding somewhat faded

£10

 

Another, but 2/3rd size, ie large miniature, Almost mint, very fresh

£30

 

Prussia DA medal, gilt for 12 years. (Treue Dienste bei der Fahne)

£20

 

Prussia DA medal, silver for 9 years. (Treue Dienste bei der Fahne)

£15

 

Prussia Schnalle, FWIV, rectangular cloth, Ni1978

£12

 

Regensburg - Bayer-Kriegerbund medallet, with 2 cloth tassles. Made by Deschler.

£15

 

Friedrich August medal in bronze

£15

 

Wurttemberg DA medal, 3rd class for 9 years blackened, ie 1917-21 Ni 3104

£20

 

Wurttemberg service medal - For Bravery and Faithfulness (Ni.3035) no top ring/ribbon

£15

 

Silvered Cross for 5 years - 'Fur Treue Mitgliedschaft'

£15

 

Gilt cross - for King and Country : Fur Konig und Vaterland. Rev - In Treue Fest.

£20

 

Tie-pin set 3 little miniatures - Iron Cross, Cross of Honour & Wound badge/black.

£15

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAZI/THIRD REICH.

 

 

WW2 Iron Cross, 1st class, in original box of issue.

£240

 

WW2 Iron Cross, 1st class, in modern case of issue.

£210

 

WW2 Iron Cross, 1st class, nice GVF+ condition.

£200

 

WW2 Iron Cross, 2nd class VF & better; now getting rarer

£55

 

Iron Cross Ribbon, MINT condition, in original grey/blue paper envelope; from Carl Knoblauch - Seidenbandfabrik, Berlin.

£30

 

 

 

 

War Merit Cross, 1st class with swords, cased, absolutely MINT, part of a small hoard of Deschler & Sohn, Munich medals and awards found recently. Marked 1 on pin.

£250

 

War Merit Cross, 1st class without swords, cased, absolutely MINT, part of a small hoard of Deschler & Sohn, Munich medals and awards found recently.

£250

 

War Merit Cross, 1st class, with swords, marked 3 on rev. Old grey tone, ie late war metal, in its original box of issue. ( 3 is Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid)

£145

 

War Merit Cross, 1st class, with swords, marked 1 on reverse pin. Good quality metal

£145

 

War Merit Cross, 1st class, with swords, plain reverse. Good metal

£135

 

War Merit Cross, 2nd class, with swords

£25

 

War Merit Cross, 2nd class, with swords, late war issue, ie baser metal

£18

 

War Merit Cross, 2nd class, no swords, in paper bag of issue MINT, in original wrapper

£30

 

War Merit Cross, 2nd class, no swords

£22

 

War Merit Medal, mint, in its paper bag of issue

£20

 

War Merit Medal

£12

 

 

 

 

West Wall medal, in original envelope MINT condition

£15

 

East Front medal (Ostmedaille) - Winterschlacht im Osten

£25

 

Another, in its paper bag of issue

£40

 

Wound badge in black, for single wounding. (Ni 3843/3) MINT condition

£25

 

Another, marked "88" on reverse

£27

 

Mother's Cross, in gold, in case of issue. Excellent enamels.

£60

 

Mother's Cross, in gold, excellent enamels (Ni3513)

£50

 

Mother's Cross, in silver, in blue paper bag of issue.

£48

 

Mother's Cross, in silver (Ni3514)

£40

 

Mother's Cross, in bronze, in paper bag of issue

£35

 

Mother's Cross, in bronze

£30

 

Mother's Cross ribbon, MINT original full length.

£10

 

 

 

 

NSDAP DA medal in silver, 2nd class, excellent blue enamels; Ni 3764 (wrong ribbon)

£275

 

NSDAP DA medal in bronze, 1st class, ; Ni 3763

£135

 

Faithful Service Cross for 40 years, cased as issued.

£60

 

Faithful Service Cross for 40 years, gold

£45

 

Faithful Service Cross for 25 years, silver, in card box as issued (Ni 3524)

£35

 

Faithful Service Cross for 25 years, silver

£25

 

Sudetenland annexation medal (Ni 3518) 1st October 1938, set Prag Castle bar.

£80

 

Sudetenland annexation medal (Ni 3517) 1st October 1938

£25

 

Another, set on padded ribbon

£30

 

Austria annexation medal (Ni 3516) 13th March, 1938 Cased as issued

£60

 

Memelland medal - 22 March 1939 (Ni 3519)

£125

 

Care of the People medal (Volkspflege) Ni 3565.

£48

 

 

 

 

Police Faithful Service medal in silver for 8 years. (8 on reverse). Ni3528

£65

 

RAD oval medal in bronze for 4 years (Ni 3533)

£90

 

Luftwaffe grey metal eagle, complte with 2 back bendy pins.

£23

 

DA medal for 12 years, Army. No eagle on ribbon; mounted on pin as worn gilt Ni3854

£50

 

 

 

 

DRA badge in gold, some gilding rubbed. Eugen Markus maker

£35

 

DRA badge, in bronze, by H.Wernstein

£25

 

DRA badge, lower securing notch for pin missing

£15

 

DRL badge in gold Ni 3583 with swastika

£70

 

DRL badge with swastika, gilt and silvered finish, for disabled athletes (Ni 3586)

£70

 

Miniature DRL badge, set as tie-pin (with little swastika)

£15

 

Miniature DRA badge, set as tie-pin

£12

 

Oval embroidered cloth swastika DAP badges, in yellow and black. (Egg-size)

£8

 

SA Sports badge in bronze, upright sword over swastika, 2nd type Ni 3634/2, maker - Berg & Nolte - Ludenscheid. Numbered 674964

£50

 

 

 

 

Afrikakorps cloth arm-cuff. Fresh condition

£25

 

Edelweiss oval cloth patch , late war issue

£15

 

Another, but earlier woven threads

£30

 

BLUE DIVISION - medal for Spanish Volunteers in the Blue Division for the campaign against Bolschevism in Russia). MINT condition, with paper envelope of issue.

£150

 

Stamps - mint block of 6 stamps - each green 30 reichspfennig - bust of Hitler

£1.50

 

Stamps - mint block of 6 stamps - each purple 6 dienstmarke - large swastika

£1.50

 

Modern German Army lanyard, in silvered cloth, crossed rifles in circlet.

£25

 

Large framed blackened bust of Hitler, frame measures 55cm by 50cms, bust set on gilt wooden backing measures 18cms by 20cms. (we originally sold this 5 years ago). …. Maker's signature on truncation : Schmidt - Holer.

£200

 

 

 

 

Cloth Jewish star of David, worn by German Jews (Jude) c.13cms square. RARE - … part of a roll retrieved by the finder in Buchenwald at the War's end.

£20

 

As above, but a row of six Stars, as woven in the original roll

£100

 

German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz) - 1957-style copy made from original dies (maker's mark 1 on reverse pin). Affordable breast-badge, as the genuine item now costs over £1,500 ! (Nimmergut ref 3839)

£365

 

Infantry Assault badge, in late war grey metal, but excellent condition. Ni 3891

£75

 

General Assault badge, hollow stamped-out version (Ni3896/1), with most of the silvering rubbed (polished ?) away.

£65

 

Mine-sweepers, anti-submarine & escort vessels War badge; maker's mark R.K. on reverse - Rudolf Karneth & Sohne, Gablonz. Ni3923. Pleasing old tone

£100

 

U-boot War badge in gold, Ni3920. Stamped Frank Reif, Stuttgart on reverse.

£225

 

 

 

 

DAGGERS - Red Cross Nazi dagger in sheath, maker's mk Alcoso / Solingen

£175

 

Hitler Youth dagger (Fahrtenmesser) with sheath, maker RZM M7/72.

£185

 

Another, as aboe, some repairs, and 2 holes on sheath. Blut und Ehre on blade, Eickhorn logo (ie Squirrel), Solingen trade mark.

£120

 

HJ/DJ paper envelope to hold HJ knife, as above.

£10