| ADOLF HITLER AND THE THIRD REICH | ||||
| 354 | SWASTIKA ARMBAND: A very fine example of a superior quality armband in red felt with black silk ribbon lining and similar ribbon swastika on a white 'silk' background - a type worn by the SS; tiny hole otherwise very fine indeed. Also a WWI Iron Cross (2nd Class) with ribbon, its WWII counterpart and a scarcer 1939 bar to a !st Class WWI medal. (4 items). | £80 | ||
| 355 | CAMPS (LABOUR): A selection of covers from inmates of different German Labour Camps, 1942-44, inc. Berlin, Freital, Stettin, Celle, Schwerte, Bergison Gladbach, Brandenberg & the Krupps works at Essen. (8 covers). | £75 | ||
| 356 | HIMMLER: 1942 Card with swastika flag and typewritten message of thanks for birthday greetings with fine autograph signature 'H.Himmler'. Very slight light foxing otherwise a very fine & scarce item. PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £300 | ||
| 357 | HIMMLER: Hoffmann portrait card of Himmler (missing corner, creases) with fine autograph signature - a scarce item. also a 1943 Feldpost cover addressed to the SS Reichsführer in Berlin. (2 items). | £180 | ||
| 358 | NAZI LEADERS: A well written-up study on 43 sheets illustrated by "Hoffmann-bilder", PPC's, envs., etc., featuring Rohm, Strasser, Frick, Goebbels, Hess, Bormann (part signed letter to Heydrich), Goering & Speer. (Qty.). | £150 | ||
| 359 | HITLER CHRISTMAS CARD: Christmas1942 correspondence card with gold eagle & swastika motif over 'ADOLF HITLER', printed 'type-written' message and facsimile signature. Fine item but with 3cm closed tear. | £75 | ||
| 360 | HITLER SIGNATURE: 1942 (9 Dec.) A4 size sheet (punched for filing) with embossed eagle & swastika motif under black 'Der führer' heading, containing a typewritten order concerning the disbanding of the Führer Flak Company & the Führer Life Battalion, signed by Hitler. Accompanying it is the original cover sheet with type-written memo headed 'Führerhauptquartier' containing the distribution list and a note from the soldier who found the papers in July 1945. A rare item. PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £900 | ||
| 361 | IDENTITY PASSES: A group of passes issued under the Third Reich inc. 1936 'Foreigner's ' Passport, 1941-42 pair of civilian Identity Cards, 1942 'Arbeitsbuch' for a Polish worker on a sheep farm, 1943 Postal worker's ID card and two membership cards - for the Alpenverein & NSKOV. Fine and unusual. (7 items). | £140 | ||
| 362 | WORLD WAR ONE: Selection of material illustrating the German experience of WWI inc. the 'Militärpass' of a Grenadier Sergeant, PPCs of Hindenburg & Mackensen, fine coloured propaganda cards inc. double portrait of the Kaiser with Hindenburg, two fine 'Ludendorffspende' cards, feldpost items & two rare 1918 air-dropped leaflets - one offering an armistice with Britain and the other a map of the Western Front showing the Allied advance on Germany. Unusual and attractive material, well written-up. (18 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £160 | ||
| 363 | 1918 PEACE & UNREST: 11.Nov. 1918 newspaper with Peace announcement, various Versailles & St Germain commemorative items plus scarce cachet env. of the German delegation, German Empire 'mourning' labels (29), Victory marches PPCs etc. Also a small group of remarkable RP cards illustrating the unrest in Germany inc. 'Red Day' in Frankfurt, the Spartacist uprising in Berlin, Freikorps & early communist propaganda, an 'Ausweis' card of a soldier in the 'Reichwehr' army etc. Well illustrated and written-up. (24 items). | £140 | ||
| 364 | THE BOCKS FAMILY, 1915-40: Small archive of the Bocks Family of Saarlouis containing photographs of three generations of uniformed German soldiers, inc. a WWI French Occupation curfew pass, a 1923 French identity card and culminating with the 1936 'Reichs-Sportabzeichen' membership booklet and a fine portrait in uniform, silver wire breast eagle etc. of Josef Bocks, killed during the 1940 Invasion of France. A scarce, original assembly. (11 items). | £100 | ||
| 365 | THE HITLER MYTH, 1889-1923: A meticulously-researched account of Hitler's origins and career up until late 1923, illustrated by numerous 'Hoffmann-bilder', postcards etc. inc. views of Hitler's birthplace, a card showing him placing flowers on his parents' grave, coloured illustrations of his early paintings, army career, a 1939 Iron cross PPC. (32 leaves). | £80 | ||
| 366 | THE HITLER MYTH, 1923-30s: The companion lot, taking Hitler's story through to c1939 with a similar range of 'Hoffmann-bilder' illustrations, postcards etc. inc. a RP card of the leaders of the 'Putsch', a rare card of Landsberg Prison with inset portrait, cards of Hitler in his cell and on release, commemoration of the 'Putsch', 1931 Weimar etc. Also a series of PPCs & views of the Berchtesgarten villa, the 'Eagle's Nest', his personal staff etc. (38 sheets). | £160 | ||
| 367 | POST-1918 MILITARY MISSIONS: An unusual range of material inc. covers & cards bearing cachets of the BMM to Berlin (2 different), British Sections of the Boundary Commissions for Germany-Poland (piece only), Austria - Serbo-Croatia, Yugoslav - Hungary (piece), Inter-Allied Food Mission, Vienna etc. Also a Christmas 1920 Menu & Programme of the Berlin Mission, Armistice Commission Army pass for a British officer with sheet of bread vouchers, ID papers of Belgian interpreter, commemorative card from the Spa Diplomatic Conference, 1929 Hague Peace Conference covers (2 - one with British Delegation cachet). Very elusive material; mainly fine. (16 items). | £130 | ||
| 368 | POST-1918 PLEBISCITES: An interesting range of items inc. 1921 Saar env. with cachet of French Administration of Mines, Allenstein reg'd cover franked with 2,50 M opt., official card from the German Commission in Upper Silesia plus two further cards & env. addressed to an officer with the British Silesian Force, 1931 return to Germany card etc. Schleswig souvenir consisting of stamps to 20 pf & notgeld on p.stat. card with Flensburg c.d.s. plus env. to England authorised by Col. Newman of the Plebiscite Force, 1921 Salzburg referendum propaganda card, 1920s Austrian union with Germany cards (2), 1935 Swedish forces in the Saar fieldpost card with special c.d.s. An interesting lot. (14 items). | £110 | ||
| 369 | POST-1918 GERMAN INFLATION: An interesting study of the 1921-23 foreign postage rates illustrated with 16 covers showing rates from 4M to 30 milliarden M inc. two 'Renten-Mark' covers. Also an attractive range of Notgeld (39) & banknotes (11), a 1922 1,000M Inflation Bond and a 1935 env. with customs currency inspection label. (68 items). | £100 | ||
| 370 | N.S.D.A.P. 1919-31: Range of PPCs illustrating the origins of the swastika symbol inc. the Thule Society (2), unusual 1921 Leipzig labels (8), a Tibetan cover etc. Also material relevant to the 'Heroes of the Putsch', early NSDAP 'stamps' inc. sheet of 10, 1927 Warnsdorf 'Völkischer Tag' labels (7), pair of Horst Wessel cards, NSDAP lottery ticket, anti-SA propaganda card, Party arm-band and enamel lapel badge etc. Elusive. (40 items). | £180 | ||
| 371 | N.S.D.A.P. - 'Der Stahlhelm': A selection of elusive material concerning this Army Veterans' group which was absorbed into the NSDAP after 1933 inc. 1929-31 membership & record books of a soldier from the Altona-Nord group plus a blue & silver commemorative contribution postcard featuring the group's founder, Franz Seldte. Also a 1935-36 'Schießbuch' of NSDAP Obertruppenführer Sagemann with fine photograph etc. (4 items). | £90 | ||
| 372 | N.S.D.A.P. - 1932-39 : Selection of material inc. 1932 Election leaflet, 1933 lecture programmes (2), Hitler propaganda 'stamp' on cover, printed school timetable featuring Party trumpeter, a striking poster advertising a demonstration and film, unusual 1933 S.A. 'Ausweis' on green linen, various official envs., photographs & PPCs featuring 'Brownshirts' etc. Also a group (12) of elaborate metal propaganda badges, 1933-39. Unusual. (33 items). | £250 | ||
| 373 | N.S.D.A.P. - MEMBERSHIP CARDS: 1933-35 Group of documents inc. SA membership cards inc. early pink ID cards (2), the 'new' buff cards (2 - one missing photo.), a 1935 'Musterungs-Ausweis' card, a NSKK motor unit card (no photo.) and associated papers. Scarce material. (9 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £150 | ||
| 374 | N.S.D.A.P. - 'ARBEITSFRONT': Selection of items inc. fine identity card for Erich Meng, a diamond-cutter from Hanover, a membership record-book showing a posting to the Regensburg Aircraft Works, fully 'stamped up' for 1936-42, 'Hoffmann-bilder' propaganda & a tiny book ''Der Führer und der Arbeiter'' (worn). (7 items). | £60 | ||
| 375 | N.S.D.A.P. - HITLER YOUTH: 1938 membership card of a 10 year-old girl, 1942 compulsory enrolment postcard, sports record-book plus certificates (3), large eagle & swastika chevron from a running shirt, 1945 enlistment papers for the 'Volkssturm', 1944 'Wehrpass' of a 17 year old Hungarian Hitler Youth with service record in the Panzer Division etc. An interesting assembly. (16 items). | £150 | ||
| 376 | N.S.D.A.P.- HITLER YOUTH: A fine pair of 1942 'Sportausweis' linen identity/record cards - red 'Hitler-Jugend' card of 16 year old Günter Paetsch of Marienberg (punched for filing) & a v.fine green 'Bundes Deutscher Mädel' card of 17 year old Hermi Gollub of Graz. Elusive items. (2 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £80 | ||
| 377 | WEIMAR REPUBLIC, 1930-33: 'Das Diktat von Versailles' 8pp anti-Treaty pamphlet, 'Reichskolonialbund' propaganda leaflet plus a scarce env. with Empire 'mourning stamp' and propaganda label on reverse, range of 'Hoffmann-bilder' & PPCs etc. illustrating this restless period, fine (unused) official headed notepaper & env. from Hitler's NSDAP office, Workers' propaganda, Reichstag fire PPC etc. Well annotated & illustrated with magazine pictures. (27 items). | £160 | ||
| 378 | CHAMBERLAIN/HORTHY, ETC.: 16.1.40 typewritten letter on 10 Downing St. notepaper addressed to Admiral Kerr concerning relations with Admiral Horthy of Hungary; addressed and signed in Chamberlain's hand. Scarce. Also RP card of Hitler greeting Admiral Horthy. | £100 | ||
| 379 | HITLER'S CHANCELLORSHIP, 1933-36: Fine selection of 'Hoffmann-bilder', PPCs etc. illustrating the rise of Hitler's political power inc. cards showing him in civilian dress with Hindenberg, von Papen, Frick etc., various propaganda labels, group portraits of SA & SS soldiers, parades, a rare photograph of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor with bodyguards on their visit to Hitler etc. Well-illustrated, as usual. (40 items). | £180 | ||
| 380 | ASSASSINATION OF DOLFUSS, 1934: Rare censored envelope addressed to a prisoner at Anhaltlager Wöllersdorf - one of the Austrians suspected of the murder; also a fine RP card of the Chancellor in uniform, memorial card with 24gr mourning stamp and reg'd env. with both Dolfuss stamps. (4 items). | £70 | ||
| 381 | SAAR & THE RHINELAND: The 1935 Plebiscite in the Saar illustrated by 'Hoffman-bilder', PPCs & labels etc. inc. several cards with ''Deutsch ist die Saar'' & ''Heute Volksabstimmung im Saargebeit'' slogan cancellations, patriotic cards, British reg'd env. used at FPO 10 (Saar), env. addressed to an officer of the Essex Regt. at Reden with violet ''SAAR/FORCE/HEADQUARTERS'' cachet. Also a range of items concerning the Rhineland inc. a fine anti-France propaganda card, a 1924 French FM env. with fieldpost 109 c.d.s., 'Hoffmann-bilder' of German forces crossing the Mainz bridge plus a Hesshaimer 'proof' of a spurious 1923 stamp issue. (21 items). | £140 | ||
| 382 | 1936 Pair of Police envs. franked with swastika official stamps, 'Reichskriegerbund' membership card, fine Frankfurt NSDAP machine cancellation, various propaganda cards & 'Hoffmann-bilder' of Hitler, fine Weimar Reichparteitag card with swastika banner & special cancellation, large press photo. of Nazi leaders on balcony at Olympic Games etc. (15 items). | £100 | ||
| 383 | 1937 Munich beer cellar PPCs (2), Hitler's birthday stamp issue (Mi Block 9), Nuremburg Rally cancellations, used Winterhilf postcard, ''German Art Day'' card with special cancellation, fine Gera card with SA man & mediaeval knight, Hoffmann Putsch commemoration PPC with 'Die ewige Jude'' c.d.s. etc. (19 items). | £130 | ||
| 384 | 1938 Spectacular Gautag Leipzig propaganda card, env. addressed to Hitler, portrait cards, military band at the Tiergarten, NSDAP env. with fine cachet, 'Reichsarbeitsdienst' enlistment form, Munich Putsch commemorative card, German Art Day official PPC etc. Mainly fine. (16 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £120 | ||
| 385 | CHAMBERLAIN/HITLER MEETING, BAD GODESBERG, Sept. 1938: Scarce group of RP postcards showing Chamberlain's arrival, negotiations etc. two with fine strikes (green & purple) of the special c.d.s. ''HITLER-CHAMBERLAIN/IN BAD GODESBERG'', unusual Nuremberg Rally card with two-line ''historische zusammenkunst/Chamberlain-Hitler'' & Berchtesgaden d.s., Hitler birthday sheet (faults) on cover to UK with military-type eagle cachet ''Postamt/Bad Godesberg 1''. Also a group (6) of envs. addressed to Chamberlain from Europe in the aftermath of the talks, a copy of 'The People' for Sunday, 3rd September 1939 and two 1939 white papers: the Henderson Report (photocopy) & ''Treatment of German Nationals in Germany''. An interesting lot of elusive material, well written-up. (17 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £100 | ||
| 386 | 1939 Selection of fine & scarce postcards inc. 30.1.39 'Ostmark-Sudenetengau' Eagle, the Stuttgart 'Reichsgartenschau', an NSDAP RP eagle, Knights of the Swastika procession, a trio of Hitler birthday cards with special cancellations, dramatic NSDAP Bavarian Ostmark card with scarce special machine cancellation, Sudetenland map card, Berlin Wehrfreth 'Grossdeutschland' (crease), a very striking design of swastika flag with Hitler's head superimposed, Kassel 'Reichskriegertag' card showing two officers, German Art Day, Hoffmann 'Wir danken unserem Führer' card etc. Most have special cancellations. (18 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £190 | ||
| 387 | 1940 A similar range of fine postcards inc. scarce Stuttgart recruiting card, official war registration dept. env. & letter, group of Hoffmann cards showing French armistice, Nazi leaders, the Compiegne railway carriage meeting etc. plus a French propaganda card showing a poilu kicking Hitler. Also two fine copies of the tiny Hoffmann books illustrating Hitler's 'struggle' in Holland & Norway. Further cards inc. a NSDAP Summer camp with cachet, a scarce Axis propaganda item with John Bull in flames, Hitler on 'walkabout', a striking Hoffmann colour 'Zwei Völker' card, Lehmann portrait etc. Also calling-up papers of a Berlin policeman, 'Metallspende' certificate & German newspaper reporting the bombing of London. (33 items). | £200 | ||
| 388 | 1941 Propaganda postcards inc. fine 'Tag der NSDAP' portrait of a soldier, an illustration of a soldier battering a Union Jack with his rifle, two others 'pulling John Bull's teeth', Victory & 'Im kampf um die freiheit!' cards. Also a group of ration vouchers (6) from Frankfurt, a police-censored cover from the 'Youth Prison' at Forst, RP cards of Hitler, items with provisional cancellations or overprinted German stamps for invaded territories, a scarce air-dropped propaganda sheet showing a pile of Iron Crosses & a cemetery full of crosses, another showing the aerial bombardment of Hamburg and the text of two of Churchill's speeches given in N. America. (25 items). | £160 | ||
| 389 | INVASION OF RUSSIA, 1941: Range of German & Russian propaganda material inc. PPCs (3) from the Berlin Anti-Bolshevik & ''Soviet Paradise'' Exhibitions, 1931 anti-communist pamphlet 'Der Rote Krieg', a 1933 copy of 'Kladderdatsch' with colour cover of a red golem and an air-dropped surrender pass addressed to Soviet soldiers. Russian items inc. a cartoon PPC of Hitler chased by Soviet bombers, various idealised cards of soldiers (6), a photograph of Red Army prisoners, two cards of 'Uncle Joe', a copy of G.B.Shaw's broadcast to the USA and two items of Russian fieldpost mail. an interesting group of elusive material. (18 items). | £160 | ||
| 390 | INVASION OF RUSSIA, 1941-42 - FELDPOST: Selection of German Feldpost items inc. use of captured Soviet p.stationery cards, Ukraine, fine cachet of 'Der Stadtkommissar/Saporshje' on cover franked with optd. Hitler stamp and temporary boxed town cancellation, 'Ostfront' Christmas card, 20.12.41 env. from the outer defences of Moscow, 1942 covers (2) from the 6th Panzer division at the Central Front, a 1942 'Luftfeldpost' franked cover between feldpost stations etc. Also two air-dropped leaflets - 'Der rückzug von Moskau' shows German vehicles burned out & abandoned in the snow, the second is an appeal to German soldiers - ''For whom do you spill your blood...'' Elusive material. (14 items). | £170 | ||
| 391 | 1942 Two Franke patriotic song cards (faults) with feldpost cancellations, a fine RP card showing Hitler's armoured car, scarce Vatican 'Civilian Welfare' enquiry form & envelope, Red Cross message form, pair of envs. addressed to & from the '2.Admiral der Nordseestation' at Wilhelmshaven, two unused military railway passes, fine PPC of Rommel, unusual Police propaganda cartoon card, pair of dramatic Italian military propaganda cards, 'Winterhilf' booklet & pair of cards for the Schönerer exhibition in Vienna. (20 items). | £120 | ||
| 392 | 1943 Scarce 'Zurück! Empfänger gefallen für Großdeutschland' h.s. on returned luftfeldpost, label (2) cover & scarcer typewritten label on cover with Vienna cancel; NSDAP newspaper notepaper with death notice of a young soldier plus a funeral card for another. Also an airmail cover home from a French voluntary worker in Berlin, a 'Deutsche Arbeitsfront' h.s. cover, flags propaganda card, a Goebbels pamphlet - ''Dreissig Kreigsartikel'' - an ID card for a bombed-out family in Wuppertal, a special leave pass for a soldier to return home after bombing, Hoffmann propaganda cards, military hospital record, Eastern Front Christmas feldpostcard etc. (23 items & some stamps). | £180 | ||
| 393 | 1944 Two censored cards from Holland to UK via Portugal, unusual feldpost material inc. scarce 'Eilnachricht' cards (2, one used), two 'KLV-Lager' items, 'Free Belgium' propaganda card, SA env., Swiss flight crash mail with British cachet, reg'd. env. to a Galician volunteer in a grenadier regt., unusual feldpost env. from France with Berlin sealing strip & cachet explaining damage etc. (16 items). | £140 | ||
| 394 | 1945 A detailed account of the events leading up to Hitler's suicide and inc. KLV-Lager cards (2), Montgomery's non-fraternisation order, feldpost from Croat unit, feldpost envs. (2) returned due to death in action, an SS feldpost card, a Chancellory correspondence card, war damage cards showing Berlin, Hitler's house, an SS barracks etc. Also an NSDAP env. used to London through FPO 737 & a scarce, early (27.6.45) 'Gebühr bezahlt' oval d.s. of Nuremberg on cover. (16 items). | £90 | ||
| 395 | 'WINTERHILFSWERK' & WORKERS' DAY: Selection of labels, cards, a fine certificate, receipts etc. linked to the Winter Fund, three 'Kraft Durch Freude' cruise postcards -two used with ship's flag c.d.s. -Workers' Day (2) & 1936 Berlin Christmas Market cards, the last with scarce special c.d.s., unusual Karlshorst People's Race day programme, excursion tickets, Breslau Sportfest cover etc. (29 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £150 | ||
| NUREMBURG RALLIES | ||||
| 396 | 1906-20 Privately-printed 2pf env. & 5pf PPC for the 1906 Centenary Exhibition used with special cancellation, plus poster labels etc. Also special PPCs commemorating Prince Luitpold's 90th birthday, the 1912 German Music Exhibition & the issue of Bavaria's first stamp. Also ranges of Bavarian stamps plus a few covers, a parcel card etc. Attractive material. (10 covers, 12 labels & qty. of stamps). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £100 | ||
| 397 | 1922-31 Precursor Rallies illustrated by 'Hoffmann-bilder' photographs inc. Coburg (1922), Munich (1923), Nuremberg (1927 - with rare official NSDAP card) & Brunswick (1930-31 - with official music practice card and RP card of Hitler). Well written-up. (14 items). | £50 | ||
| 398 | 1933 Two official Rally cards (Eher) with illustrations of Nuremberg Castle with swastika flags or clasped hands in front of a German eagle, both cancelled by the 'Nurnberg/2' machine with Party slogan. Also two PPCs of local views with 'ROPSCH/5' label or triangular h.s., the latter with the unofficial ''Reichsparteitag/Nurnberg 1933'' h.s. of the temporary Camp PO. Also PPCs /'Hoffmann-bilder' of this and other rallies in Berlin, Hamburg & Frankfurt. Scarce early cards. (4 cards & 6 other items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £120 | ||
| 399 | 1934 Fine selection of official cards produced by various publishers inc. Hoffman & Eher, inc. RP b&w card of Hess opening the Rally (punch-holes), Germanic knight, Hitler inc. RP card of AH taking march-past salute from a car, views of Nuremberg, scarce simple design of swastika banner in brown/red, unusual (unofficial) advertising card etc. Most are used with the official machine-cancellations, one has the scarce c.d.s. and temporary camp cachet of Luitpoldhain; plus a fine example of the scarce continuous impression machine cancellation on (non-Rally) env. of the Swiss Consulate at Nuremberg. Also a range of 'Hoffmann-bilder', PPCs & photographs etc. Occasional small faults. A fine lot. (14 cards & 11 other items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £250 | ||
| 400 | 1935 A fine range of postally-used cards with commemorative cancellations, inc. a fine copy of the special Klein design (three heads), row of flag-bearing SA men, eagle standard, Hitler, Nuremburg views, etc. Also several cards of the Luitpold Arena, a good group of 'Hoffmann-bilder' showing Hitler, party officials, marching soldiers etc. Private cards with slogan & c.d.s. cancellations, a PPC with a fine strike of the scarce Saxon Group postal coach c.d.s. and an official Rally pass with fine strike of the Rally cachet in green. Occasional slight fault. A fine lot. (10 cards & 22 other items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £220 | ||
| 401 | 1936 A fine selection of items inc. the scarce Weimar commemorative machine cancellation on a postcard plus a range of official Party PPCs (some faults), tented camp, Hitler RPs, torchlit procession etc. Fine examples of the continuous machine cancellation, c.d.s., various dies of the slogan cancellation, fine Saxon March temporary PO oval d.s. & v. unusual oval 'Kraftkurpost' d.s. Once again, an attractive group. (17 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £180 | ||
| 402 | 1937 An impressive group of cards inc. a range of official Party PPCs, illus.p.stat. cards, views of Nuremburg & the Stadium, RP cards of Hitler welcomed by Hess & Goering, military parade etc. Most are postally-used with a fine variety of c.d.s. & machine cancellations from different POs. Also an official pass card with fine cachet and attractive spectator's ticket for a parade in the Zeppelin Field. (23 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £220 | ||
| 403 | 1938 Attractive range of official cards, views of Nuremberg and the improved Party Stadium, Hitler, three tented camps, soldiers marching through the city, official p.stat. cards etc. Most are postally-used with various special c.d.s. & machine cancellations. Fine condition with occasional small corner fault.. (28 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £230 | ||
| 404 | 1939 Colour proof printings of the unadopted official postcard designs for the cancelled Rally - three different designs printed on waste card and featuring the eagle and swastika banner plus an idealised view of the uncompleted Rally Ground, Nuremberg Castle and two young soldiers. Also a fine copy of the official 'Reichsparteitag' card and a PPC of Nuremberg with 13..8.39 machine cancellation. Faults but elusive material. (5 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 | £100 | ||
| THIRD REICH FORCES | ||||
| 405 | 'WEHRPASS' : Service record book of Unteroffizier Wilhelm Denk showing WWI artillery service and 1939-45 movement from artillery through service during the Invasion of Poland to airfield service with the Luftwaffe High Command until his unit was disbanded in April 1945. Very good condition. | £50 | ||
| 406 | 'SOLDBUCH': Record book, 1941-44, of Unteroffizier Wilhelm Kämmer, an Austrian soldier who seems to have served in a railway catering unit before transferring to hospital work; very full record of postings etc. with extra pages inserted. Worn condition, spine split and with some entries affected by water. An unusual item nevertheless. | £50 | ||
| 407 | FELDPOST: 1938-45 Fine selection of feldpost from a wide variety of postings inc. 1938 cover from Czechoslovakia, small group of 'Landeshutzen' covers to Vienna, a letter from a military doctor in Lüneberg, a fine 'Kronzeuge Churchill' propaganda label on cover from Kiel with fine '3.Schiffsstammableitung' mark, printed 'Amtsgericht/Kiel' feldpost env. to Rumania, Oldenburg Gestapo cover, 'dumb' mark on env. from Tilsit, rare private 'pst..Feind hört mit!' label on cover from France, unusual boxed feldpost briefstempel plus scarce feldpost sorting label etc. (34 items). | £250 | ||
| 408 | FELDPOST: Range of covers, 1940-41, with unusual feldpost markings etc. inc. fine & scarce cover from the French Armistice Commission at Wiesbaden with fine 'Heereskontrollkommission II' h.s. & machine cancellation, boxed parcel cancellations on piece (3), damaged env. with handstamped label 'Durch Feind-Aktion Beschädigt', card with dumb c.d.s. from a member of medical staff at Stalag VC etc. (10 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £120 | ||
| 409 | SCANDINAVIAN VOLUNTEER LEGIONS: Selection of covers & cards originating with the Norwegian Legion inc. two post-war items from soldiers imprisoned at Trondheim Camp (11) plus Swedish (4), Finnish (4) & Danish (3) Legion covers. Elusive material. (22 items). | £200 | ||
| 410 | VOLUNTEER LEGIONS - BELGIUM: Flemish Legion stamp issues inc. 1941 set (4) marginal mint and used on feldpost cover (Poland) & 1943 monarchs set (6) of marginal mint copies plus used on cover with 'SS-FELDPOSTPRÜFSTELLE' roller cancellation; also the Walloon Legion stamp issues with four of the 'soldiers' issue used plus the scarce 1942 set (4) on feldpost cover with 'Luftgaupostamt Brussels' h.s. & two recruiting postcards for the Legion. (6 items & 14 stamps). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £100 | ||
| 411 | VOLUNTEER LEGIONS - NETHERLANDS: 1942-47 Group inc. covers & letters from Dutch volunteers, the 1942 commemorative Legion stamps in mint sheetlets, on cover & on cards (2); also two (1947) items from imprisoned ex-Volunteers at Westerbork & Wezep Internment Camps. (9 items). | £80 | ||
| 412 | VOLUNTEER LEGIONS - CROATIA: 1942-44 Group of covers from members of the Croatian Volunteers with clear feldpost d.s. inc. those of training camps in Austria & forces in Norway; one has fine 'Kroat Amb. Brigade/Stockerau, N-D.' h.s. (5 items). | £75 | ||
| 413 | WAFFEN SS: 1939-45 Selection of covers & cards from SS units inc. the 'Liebstandarte SS Adolf Hitler/Eringbatallion', redirected card with 4 different 'not known' h.s., fine strike of ''SS=Totenkopfstandarte' stempel, various s/l cachets, items from Poland inc. Krakau SS Police & 'Totenkopfstandarte/Krakau' h.s., fine recruiting card featuring two armed SS police officers, training course report etc. An interesting lot. (32 items). | £300 | ||
| 414 | WAFFEN SS: 1938-43 Group of covers etc. inc. a feldpost card from Yugoslavia with 'SS Totenkopf-Standarte' h.s., letter from an SS artillery training officer concerning approaching attack on Russia with fine company h.s. & Munich cancellation, scarce circular 'AS' mark on 'Prinz Eugen' cover, fine strike of the SS Commandant in Holland with s/l 'Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS/in den Niederlanden' h.s. on env. flap. Also Gestapoenv. and a reg'd cover addressed to the Reichskriminalpolizeiamt in Berlin etc. (8 items). | £120 | ||
| 415 | WAFFEN SS WEHRPASS: Service book of SS Totenkopf Panzer Division motorcyclist Dr. Walter Lengferul, who served all over Europe before going missing in 1942; well-researched, with accompanying notes and a separate photograph. Very fine condition. | £80 | ||
| 416 | WAFFEN SS - AUSWEIS: Early (1934) ausweis card with photograph & printed cachet of 'Der Reichsführer SS' and facsimile signature of Himmler; fine apart from corner crease. Also a 1942 'Truppenausweis' printed on blue linen, completed in ink and with photograph, folded and stained but scarce. (2 items). | £60 | ||
| 417 | LUFTWAFFE: 1937-43 Group of covers & cards inc. 'Flying Pennant' award certificate, Fliegerkorps official env., ticket for a Flying Corps show, feldpost covers with a variety of h.s. inc. fine dumb Air cachet with Celle Air Base Commandant h.s., env. with fine Goebbels label on reverse, parcel label from Pomssen Airfield, env. from Chemnitz air base etc. Also two luftfeldpost covers and an anti-Luftwaffe caricature env. from El Salvador. (14 items & some stamps). | £140 | ||
| 418 | LUFTWAFFE 'SOLDBUCH': Scarce record book of Hermann Mackal, an aircraftman involved in airfield construction, 1943-45 with scarce (fragile) Russian Occupation ID papers (1945) & fine 'Schutzwall' medal with original envelope. Some wear with spine partly split otherwise fine. | £70 | ||
| 419 | V1 & V2 FLYING BOMBS: Air-dropped German propaganda leaflets (5) emphasising the destruction caused by the bombs, feldpost letter-card from V2 rocket test group, fine photograph of V2 on display in Antwerp plus two others showing rockets loaded on railway trucks in Neinberg,, bombed by the Allies in May 1945; also British newspapers (4) giving accounts of bombing raids and an unusual London 'Next-of-kin Parcels Centre' reg'd env. linked to the V1 bombing. Well-illustrated, inc. research notes etc. (14 items). | £140 | ||