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Huge lot of Major Jack J. GARDNER who was a HQ officer in the 5th Air Force, 317th Troop Carrier Group. He served as Statistical Control Officer. Comes with his beautiful Early issue Aero 535 ac-21996 A-2 jacket - cuffs and waistband in great condition with the original issuance certificate when he received it in Australia in March 1943. Several photo albums,Dog Tags, Bombardier briefcase, all his paperwork, three officers caps, two uniforms with insignias, sun glasses, TWO Japanese flags, a super piece of P-38 brass art, many large strike photos, and much more! One of the biggest Air Corps groupings we have offered! The large frame is just for display - the contents are included but it is just a cheap plexiglass and not worth shipping.
$2850
QQ. photos - WWII Air Corps CATERPILLAR CLUB EVADER Grouping - 457th BomB Group
Super grouping named to Lt. Bartolo RIZZO. He was a navigator with the 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th BomB Group. Comed with his original wartime issue Caterpillar CLub certificat and original Caterpillar Club PIN. Also his Dog Tag, A-2 leather name tag, patches, unit DI, two sets of wings. man strike photos, his escape and evasion compass, saw and two maps in case, navigation instrument, binder with photos and research material and more. Also comes with copy of a book inw which another crewman records details of the mission they bailed out on. Their B-17 suffered catostrophic engine failure on Jan 10, 1945 - mission to Euskirchen, Germany. They were wound by the Belgian underground and eventually made it back to Allied lines.
$1850
Rare and historic original wartime government engraved Purple Heart grouping to to twin brothers that were killed in the tragic sinking of the Léopoldville by a German U-BoatOn December 24, 1944, Glenn and Jack were aboard SS Léopoldville, a troopship sailing from Southampton (England) to Cherbourg (France). On board were more than 2 000 American soldiers from the 262nd and 264th Regiments, 66th Infantry Division. At exactly 5.54pm, SS Léopoldville was within five miles from the French coast when it was torpedoed by a German submarine.Badly damaged, the ship sank by the stern. Many soldiers were swept into the freezing waters and taken by the sea. Of the 2 235 American servicemen on board, approximately 515 are presumed to have gone down with the ship. Another 248 died from injuries, drowning or hypothermia. Glenn and Jack both died in the attack and their bodies were never found. They were only 20 years old.
$3500
C. photos - US WWI TANK CORPS Framed Photo & Handkerchief Grouping - Camp Colt
Great originally framed yard long type photo of tanks and tank corps troops and an original rare Camp Colt Tank Corps handkerchief in modern frame.
$550
D. photos - U.S. Navy Photographic Squadron One, Three & Five (VD-5) Photo Album & Original Commemorative Unit Histories
$650
E. photos - Rare WWI Second Division Portrait Photo Grouping
H. T. Koshiba was the family photographer to John D. Rockefeller & family for nearly a half century. Japanese-American, he maintained the Koshiba Studio, 546 Fifth Avenue, New York.
$850 - sold
F photos - US WWI Ambulance Corps Photo Album
$200 - sold
G. photos - US WWI Balloon Service Photo Album
$365 - sold
H. photos - German WWI Photo Album Grouping of a Nurse in Biala Podlaska, Russia (Poland)
Two albums caontaining 67 photos of a German WWI Nurse. Very nice content, identified to Biala Podlaska, Russia (present day Poland).
$195 - sold
$650 - sold
K. photos - US WWII Air Corps Photo Grouping
Many photos captioned on reverse. Great images of A-2 Jackets with squadron patches, planes, crew photos, photos from Capri, identified crew members, planes in flight, mission photos, and more. Needs further research.
$150
L. photos - US WWII Armored Photo Album/Scrapbook - 397th Field Artillery Bn. - German Insignia
Nice scrapbook belonging armored division soldier Robert D. Warner. Served in the 397th Field Artillery Bn. Contains interesting content including three pieces of original German insignia, patches portraits, armored vehicles, crew photos, photos of his 105 mm howitzer halftrack "BAZLAK," leytyera, postcards, nice 5th Army Christmas Card, telegrams, foreign currency, more.
$320
M. photos - US WWII Secret MAP/ Report Grouping - 2nd Armored Division
Interesting grouping of SECRET Maps and reports from the 2nd Armored Division, primarily concerning combat zone around MAGDEBURG. Rare!
$200
N. photos - Super Rare ORIGINAL wartime PT Squadron 34 Unit Plaque!
Super rare original piece. PT Squadron was stationed around the Channel Islands.
https://www.squadron34.com/
$450
O. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Album, Medal & Document Grouping - 1 FJ Division - MONTE CASSINO - ONE OF LAST THREE!
Extensive grouping to Harri RÄTZ. One of the larges FJ groupings I have offered, Comes with his original Luftwaffe FALLSCHIRMJAEGER BADGE (Assmann marked), his Fallschirmjaeger Badge Award Document, a wide assortment of other documents including Arbeitsbuch, Führerschein, NSFK FLUGBUCH with great photo of him in HJ uniform, SEGELFLUGZEUGFÜHRER Luftfahrerschein (GLIDER PILOT LICENSE, Reichskolonialbund ID, Deutsche Reichsbahn ID, rare NSFK GLEITFLIEGER AUSWEIS and smaller Segelflieger Ausweis, DAF Ausweis, Hitler Jugend Mitgliegs-Ausweis, postwar IDs, handwritten wartime details about service in Italy and Sicily, field orders when he was serving in the 1 Fallschirmjaeger Division, large NSFK documents, large HJ award document, several VERY nice plaques with FJ emblems, large presentation plate for MONTE CASSINO service embossed "Obergef Harri Raetz - 1. FJ Division, 7./ FJR," - super rare! THREE PHOTO ALBUMS - The first is all wartime content, great photos of FJs in FRANCE in 1942, photos of comrades funeral killed by "enemy agents" in Normandy, many good photos of FJ smocks and helmets in wear, identified officers, then photos of his service in the Russia, long typed account of his service in Russia (great!), then photos from FRANCE in 1943, FJ School in DREUX, then ITALY 1943-44, letter from his company commander saying he was missing during the Battle of CASSINO on May 18, 1944(!!) - at the very end (LAST DAY, LITERALLY) of the battle. A PLAQUE RECORDS THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST THREE FJ'S TO LEAVE THE CASSINO ABBEY RUINS!!! The Second album is from his time in POW CAMP - he records he and five comrades tried in vain to break through allied lines and were captured by Indian troops, reads like a diary! POW Camp newsletters and maps and more! The third album is from his FJ reunions - also reads like a diary with great details. An amazing grouping!
$6500
P. photos - WAFFEN SS-FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Album & Document Grouping - SS SNIPER BADGE + 2x TANK DESTRUCTION BADGE WINNER - TOP RARE!
Amazingly rare grouping of a SS Fallschirmjaeger!, named to FRANZ HERMANNS. Comes with an official Bundesarchive document he requested in 1961 listing officially all of his awards - they include the SNIPER BADGE IN BRONZE as well as TWO Panzervernichtungs Abzeichen!! Also comes with rare Red Cross Missing peronnel list of members of the SS FJ Battalions! Beautifully made photo album with great artwork of the SS Fallschirmjaeger Bat 500 & 600, contains SUPURB unit photographer (Kunzmann and others) images of SS Fallschirmjaegers in the field, many with hand written captions on the reverse - camo smocks, FJ helmets with LW insignia removed (making them SS), FJs in foxholes, photos jump on Dvar in operation to capture Tito (Operation Rösselsprung), photos of the fierce battle in Dvar, Panzerfausts, portrait of SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Siegfried Milius, and more!
$6500 - sold
Q. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo & Document Grouping - FJR 1 - HOLLAND 1940 & NORMANDY 1944!!
$2150
R. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo ALBUM & DOCUMENT Grouping + Meindel Book Dedication - II Fallschirm Korps - MEINDEL Cap Abzeichen
$2450
S. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo & Document Grouping - Aufklarungs Kompanie - I Fallschirm Korps
Named grouping to Reinhold LERCHNER who served in the Aufklarungs Kompanie - I Fallschirm Corps. Comes with his Black Wound Badge award document March 1944, Ground Combat Badge Award Document with signature General SCHLEMM April 1944, EXTREMELY RARE booklet "Willst Du Fallschirmjäger Werden?" Discharge documents, Budeswehr documents, several nice studio portraits, and more.
$550
T. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER PHOTO & RARE FIELD MAP Grouping - KRETA - Fallschirmjaeger Rgt 3
SUPER grouping contains very RARE original MAPS used in the field on KRETA!! Apps 200+ photos with super content from KRETA! Many captioned on the reverse. great portrait, great combat photos from Kreta, FJs wearing captured British Pith helmets and uniforms, FJ graves, vehicles on Kreta, FJs in foxholes, Jump gear, rare photo of MAX SCHMELLING being aided by comrades (He was very sick on day of the jump), HEERES FJ BADGE in wear, original photos of FJ personalities like General HEIDRICH and Oberst Ludwig STRAUB, FJ helmet covers, British tanks, weary FJ's after battles, chutes still dropping in distance, and much more! Publishable material!
$2450- sold
U. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Album, Diary, Flugbuch & Document Grouping - Fallschirmjaeger Sturmgeschütz Brigade 11
Grouping named to Erwin KÜHN. Comes with his rare FJ Jump Qualification Flugbuch, Hilfskrankentraeger IDs, one with rare unit - Fallschirmjaeger Sturmgeschütz Brigade 11 - important unit during the Normandy Campaign and Ardennes Offensive, Photo Album has a very lengthy hand-written account of his service, super studio portrait photo of him in FJ Helmet(!), good studio portraits of comrades, the man wearing Italian Camo pants, photos of him in FJ badge, tropical FJ uniforms, comrades graves and more!
$1450- sold
V. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Album- KRETA CAMPAIGN!
SUPER photo album of a FJ who jumped on Kreta. Comes with a SUPER portrait photo of him in full jump kit, EK1 and FJ badge!! Many good images from Kreta, FJ kit in wear, tropical uniforms parachutes descending on Kreta, armored vehicles, parades and more!
$950 - sold
W. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER SOLDBUCH, FLUGBUCH, Photo & Document Grouping - STURM REGIMENT - Captured at ANZIO/NETTUNO!
Grouping too Obergef. Heinz WEHR who served in 3./Fallschirm-STURM-REGIMENT. Comes with his SOLDBUCH - original issue Oct. 6, 1941 with 3. Kompanie Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1. Other FP numbers for Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1 present throughout. Great award entries - Fallschirmjaeger Badge, EK2, Ostmedaille, Black Wound Badge, EK2, and EK1. Several Kompanie commander signatures that need researching. Also comes with his "Ersatz Soldbuch" - basically a paper summary version he received in hospital. His FLUGBUCH listing all his qualification jumps for his FJ badge. On the cover is a very RARE pasted slip of paper indicating he was KIA on May 21, 1941 in KRETA - but he wasn't. He was MIA (Feb 16, 1944) during the fight against the Nettuno landings and ended up in POW camp. Comes with a letter to his family from his Kompanie commander indicating this. The Kompanie commander's FP number corresponds with FJR 12 which fits with I./Sturm Rgt's transfer to form the core of the regiment (see below). Comes withpostcard he sent home from POW camp, letter detailing how he was jumped by a group of Black US soldiers in 1947 while he was serving as a policeman.
$1850
X. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Award Document Grouping - MONTE CASSINO
Named FJ grouping to Obergef. Max ROBISCH who served in 1./Fallschirmjaeger Flak MG Batl. He fought at MONTE CASSINO and was awarded the EK2 for service there. Comes with his original cloth FJ badge, award document for the Fallschirmjaeger Badge, Iron Cross Second Call with signature HEIDRICH, wedding photo showing him wearing his FJ Badge and EK2.
$850
Y. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Award Document Grouping - Fallschirmschuetzen Abzeichen (Stoff ausführung)
Named grouping to FJ Uffz. Wolfgang KÖHLER. Comes with his VERY rare PAPER (as opposed to oilcloth) Fallschirmschuetzenschien - first of this type I have offered. Awards page from his Soldbuch listing his FJ Badge award, KVK2, Ostmedaille and more. Comes with award documents for KVK2, Ostmedaille and rare document for CLOTH Paratrooper Badge - "Fallschirmschuetzen Abzeichen (Stoff ausführung)." This was awarded June 7, 1944.
$550 - sold
Z. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Herbert DONAT - Fallschirm Aufklärungs Komp. 1 - ITALY, SICILY, MONTE CASSINO
Named grouping to Obergef. Herbert DONAT who served in Fallschirm Aufklärungs Komp. 1. He fought against the Allies during their invasion of SICILY, later mainland Italy including MONTE CASSINO! Comes with his EK1 award document with signature KURT STUDENT (20 Okt. 1943), Ground Combat Badge with signature HEIDRICH awarded 1. Okt. 1944, Black Wound Badge and SILVER Wound Badge with original signature 1 FJD commander Karl-Lothar Schulz (RK+swords winner).
$850- sold
AA. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Award Document Grouping - STURM REGIMENT + Fallschirmjager-Regiment Hermann Göring!!
Named grouping to Oberjaeger Erich ROTH who served in III./Sturm Regiment! Comes with his early issue Fallschirmjaeger Badge document Dec 1940, AFRIKA CUFFTITLE award document, Afrika Italian Campaign Medal (FP Number for Fallschirmjager-Regiment Hermann Göring)with original signature Gerhart Schirmer (famous for RK actions at battle Corinth), and a Beurteilung document.
$800- sold
BB. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Wehrstammbuch - BRIGADE RAMCKE KRETA + AFRIKA MIA - Top Rare!
Top rare Wehrstammbuch named to Uffz. Johann MUELLER who served in 2./ Fallschirm Pioner Btl. 7 and 2./Korps Fallschirmjaeger Pionier Btl., part of BRIGADE RAMCKE - contains a specific entry in which Brigade Ramcke is entered, indicating he was landed with the original cadre of the unit! Qualified for the FLAMMENWERFER. Awards entered include Iron Cross Second Class, Africa-Italian Campaign Medal, Fallschirmjaeger Badge. He was MIA in TUNISIA in 1943. He also participated in the KRETA Campaign - campaign entered also into Wehrstammbuch. Extremely rare!
$2250
CC. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Document Grouping - Fallschirmpanzerjaeger Abt.2 - Festung Brest! Rare!
Named FJ grouping to Feldwebel Rudi SCHMITZ who served in 2./Fallschirmjaeger Abt. 2. Comes with his EK1 award document awarded in BREST FRANCE, August 28, 1944 with original signature division commander Generalmajor Hans Kroh (RK+Swords winner). Also comes with his Black Wound Badge document with original signature Abteilung commander. He was wounded during the Battle of Brest 1944. Rare grouping!!
$650
Very nice FJ grouping named to Uffz. Gerberding. Comes with his very nice KRETA award document with signature STUDENT, EK2 Award Document with signature STUDENT, KVK2 award document with signature STUDENT, and his early issue Fallschirmjaeger Badge document awarded Nov 1940, Ground Combat Badge awarded June 9, 1941 with original signature Generalleutnant . Also comes with a group unit photo in FJ kit - he indicates on reverse which one he is. Also comes with a FANTASTIC large format studio portrait of him in Jump gear! Lastly, comes with his Fallschirmjaeger Ausweis with photo in uniform as well as awards officially listed on the reverse - uncommon!
$2100
EE. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Document & Photo Grouping
Named to Felix FESSMAN. Nice studio portrait wearing FJ badge, NSFK ID book,, Fuhrerschein, large HJ document.
$350
FF. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo & Document Grouping - FLUGBUCH (Jump Qualification)
Named FJ grouping to Gef. Rolf HIRSCH. Comes with his scarce FJ FLUGBUCH showing his qualification jumps for his FJ badge. The last three jumps were in Avignon, France. Also comes with his Fallschirmjaeger Badge award document and three very good photos showing him in full jump gear!
$750
GG. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Document Grouping - JUMP Qualification Flugbuch
Grouping to Get. Heinz GLEICH. Comes with his Flugbuch page showing his qualification jumps made in Dreus, France and a qualification document sating he is fit for paratrooper duty.
$365
HH. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Jump Qualification Flugbuch
Original Fallschimjaeger grouping named to Jaeger Kurt SCHEIBE. Flugbuch listing his qualification jumps at Stendal.
$550
JJ. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER SOLDBUCH - Fallschirmjaeger Regiment 1 + 5 - Rare AFRIKA SERVICE - KAMPFGRUPPE KOCH!!
Original SB named to Obergef Wilfried WEINKOETTER. Captured in AFRIKA after serving with Fallschirmjaeger Kampfgruppe KOCH! units from January 1940 - May 1941. From 28 May - 14 November 1941, Weinkoetter served with the Verbindungsstab zur Italienischen Luftwaffe (Liason Headquarters to the Italian Air Force). From 15 November 1941-2 February 1942, he served with a signal unit of the General of the German Luftwaffe in Italien. From 3 February 1942, he was assigned to the 3rd Company of Fallschirmjaeger Regiment 1 and from 26 October - 5 November 1942, he served at Fallschirmschule 1 (Paratrooper School 1) in Stendal. Has an extra qualification page stating that he was fit to be a paratrooper after being examined on 17 November 1941. No awards listed. His final units on page 17 states that he was assigned to Feldpost Numbers which correspond to Fallschirmjaeger Regiment 5 which fought in Afrika and whose II. Battalion was later renamed as Jaeger Regiment Hermann Goering. Written at the bottom of page 17 in the replacement unit section is: 16 Fallsch.Jaeg.Erg.Rgt. Stendal, Fallsch. Ers. Regt. Stendal and Ers. Batl. Koch Hildesheim. Kampfgruppe Koch's purpose was to assist General Fischer's counterattack to regain lost ground in front of the Tunisian Bridgehead. Its commander was Oberstleutnant Koch.
Kampfgruppe Koch's main engagements were the counterattack in Tunisia North sector (Nov. 30 - Dec. 3, 1942) and the German offensive in Northern Tunisia (Feb. 26 - Mar. 15, 1943). He was captured (possibly killed) at the Tunisian Capitulation.
$950
KK. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER SOLDBUCH - CAPTURED IN AFRIKA - 13. Batterie Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 1 - BRIGADE RAMCKE - Rare!
Rare Soldbuch to a Fallschirmjaeger Josef MOOSMUELLER. He was captured in Afrika at the Tunisian Capitulation! He served in 13. Batterie Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 1 "Batterie von Bülow" at the time of his capture! Entry states that on May 13,, 1943 he was missing and captured by the British. At the time it was assigned under BRIGADE RAMCKE at the battle of EL ALAMEIN!! Awards entered include Fallschirmjaeger Badge and German Italian Campaign medal! Also issued the Stahlhelmbezug - camo helmet cover and the Kappmesser - Paratrooper Gravity Knife!
$1450
LL. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Album - Great FJ Gear Photos + POW CAMP
Another nice FJ album. Good portrait photos, FJ's in jump gear, FL postcards, great photos of FJ's wearing stick grenade carrying bags (Handgranaten Tragetaschen der Fallschirmjägertruppe), FJ bandolier variants in wear, Fallschirmjäger Gas Mask Bags, great studio portrait of the man wearing FJ Badge, other snapshots of him in FJ badge and wearing FJ cuff title, the photos from POW camp including a nice studio portrait. Postcards with his name and address are also present.
$900 - sold
MM. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Album - RUSSIA, BALKANS, GREECE & KRETA
Another great Fallschirmjaeger Photo Album. Very well captioned. Great photos of FJ's in jump kit, FJ helmets, Smocks, RARE images of certain FJ kit, good photos of FJ's in action in the Russia Campaign wearing FJ helmets, jump smocks, photos from bunkers and trenches, photos traveling through the Balkans and Greece, good aircraft photos, then photos form Kreta!
$1100
NN. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Album
Starts with a super portrait photo of LW FJ General wearing Knights Cross, unit photos, FJ badges in wear, one rare photo of HEERES FJ ABZEICHEN in wear!, great detailed photos of FJ kit and parachutes being packed, MP 40, great behind the scenes photos of how FJ kit stored and maintained, rare Panzerbusche photo, rare photo of FJ wearing a pilot's parachute, more!
$900
OO. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER KNIGHTS CROSS & OAKLEAVES WINNER Beurteilungsnotiz Evaluation + Original HEILMANN & HEIDRICH Signatures!
Super document to FJ RK+ OAKLEAVES winner Leutnant (Later Major) HEINZ MEYER. Consists of his Beurteilungsnotiz (evaluation/fitness report) completed by famous FK General Ludwig HEILMANN - KNIGHTS CROSS & SWORDS winner - two signatures form him and one from HEIDRICH! Also comes with original photo on the document of Veith. He participated in some of the most significant campaigns in WWII - Kreta, Monte Cassino, Sicily and Normandy!
"Heinz Meyer volunteered for the parachute troops in 1937 and joined the 14th company of the "General Göring" regiment. As an ensign, he was transferred to the II. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 in early 1940 and took part in the western campaign as a platoon commander. Promoted to lieutenant on August 1, 1940, he joined the III. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 and took part in the Crete operation in May 1941. From October 1941 he fought in Russia and took over the leadership of the 10th company of the 4th Parachute Regiment on February 20, 1941. Promoted to Oberleutnant on August 29, 1942, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold on June 21, 1943. In mid-July 1943 he parachuted with his company over Sicily and fought in Italy from August 1943. Promoted to captain on November 1, 1943, he distinguished himself for personal bravery in the battles at Monte Cassino and was awarded the Knight's Cross on April 8, 1944. From April 1944 he led the III. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 and joined the III. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15. From July 1944 he and his men were on defensive duty near St. Lo, where he was severely wounded on August 4, 1944. On November 18, 1944 he was awarded the Oak Leaves. On January 1, 1945 he was promoted to major and after his recovery in April 1945 again commander of the III. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15. At the end of the war he was taken prisoner in the Harz mountains.”
$700
PP. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo & Document Grouping - BRIGADE RAMCKE - Top Rare!
Absolutely amazing grouping to Jaeger Andreas STÖLZ who served in BRIGADE RAMCKE and was captured at EL ALAMEIN! Comes with his Fallschirmjaeger Badge award document, AFRIKA CUFFTITLE award document, enclosure letter to his family for the Afrika Cufftitle, other documents, his original ID TAG, original tropical breast eagle form his uniform, letters from POW CAMP, Red Cross correspondence, fantastic letter from his commander to his family indicating that he was captured at El Alamein and greetings sent from the Brigade commander General Ramcke! Personal inventory from POW camp. Also comes with a very rare grouping of in-theater Ramcke Brigade photos - a super group photo of the man and comrades in tropical gear looking VERY salty holding British Bren gun etc., other, great photo of him shirtless wearing his ID tag with a Panzer Totenkopf attached, photo of him in jump smock & MP 40, other salty photos of him in foxholes in Afrika, DAK pith helmet emblem worn as a cap badge on M41 cap(!!), and more! Super rare grouping!
$1750- sold
1. photos - 1941 HJ "WINTERKAMPFSPIELE" WINTER SPORTS AWARD DOCUMENT WITH FOLDER - ORIG. AXMANN SIGNATURE
Scarce original Downhill skiing certificate of the VI. Winterkampfspiele to Herbert Lezuo. Hand-signed by Reichsjugendführer Artur Axmann. The Winter Games took place on 23.02. to 02.03.1941 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Comes with the original linen covered, hard board folio/folder.
$625
2. photos - Award Document & Medal Grouping - Grenadier-Regiment 220 - Demyansk Pocket
Grouping to Obergefreiten Karl Kleis serving with Grenadier-Regiment 220, part of 58. Infanterie-Division. Involved in the Demyansk Pocket and Battle of Memel. The regiment was engaged in fierce combat in Russia. Few of the unit's soldiers survived the evacuation of the City of Memel. Comes with his Ostmedaille award document hand-signed by a Hauptmann, document to 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class. Issued on 23.01.1943. Hand-signed by Generalmajor Karl von Graffen, Knight's Cross winner, document to Infantry Assault Badge in Silver. Issued on 01.02.1943. Hand-signed by Major Arthur Jüttner, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords winner, Certificate to Wound Badge in Black. Issued on 20.01.1945. Hand-singed by Oberstleutnant Armin Lembke, Knight's Cross winner. Also comes with his EK2 and ribbon, Ostmedaille maker "10,"Black Wound Badge missing clasp pin but he also scratched his name on reverse, and Infantry Assault Badge.
$1100 - sold
3. photos - GEBIRGSJAEGER Photo, Rare Documents & Book grouping - 1 Gebirgs Division
Very nice grouping with two rare documents. One is a 1939 congratulatory letter from General Kübler to members of the division for their participation in the Poland Campaign and the other is one to the unit also from Kübler for their service in the French Campaign 1940. Also comes with a book the man brought back from his service in NORWAY - Norwegian in Bildern. Also comes with a few large period combat prints and a nice Gebirgsjaeger postcard. Photos are very good quality images. Field portraits of an officer, combat images, mountain climbing, Zwillingssockel MG 34, great MG positions in the field, medals in wear, and more.
$450
4. photos - Luftwaffe Photo Album - JAGDGESCHWADER 27 - KIA FIGHTER Pilot - RARE DOCUMENTS!
Nice album of a 6./JG 27 pilot - Uffz. Hans RUSSTORFER - who was KIA in action on May 7, 1944 in combat defending Germany against Allied attacks. Comes with two very rare documents. One is a a very nice color document permitting him to wear the "Traditions-Abzeichen" unit badge in Gold - awarded June 4, 1943. The other is a unit awarded KIA certificate signed by unit commander Hauptmann Fritz Keller - 13 victories. 110 photos. Photos from Strasbourg-Polygone airfield.
$950
5. photos - WAFFEN-SS Photo Album - SS Regiment "Der Führer" - Great Portraits!
Photo album of an SS-Rottenführer serving with SS-Regiment "Der Führer.“
Excellent collections of portraits! Apps 180 photos. many civilian photos as well. Among them are excellent portrait photos of him. Photos where he wears the cuff title "DER FÜHRER" and SS sportswear.
$1050
6. photos - Kriegsmarine SCHNELLBOOT Document Grouping - Father and Son Group
Very nice grouping of a KM man who served in the 4. Schnellbootsflotille. Comes with his Certificate to E-Boat War Badge. Issued on 30. May 1942. Signed by Korvettenkapitän Rudolf Petersen, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves winner. Certificate to 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class. Issued on 25.08.1942. Signed by Admiral Otto Schniewind, Knight's Cross winner. Also NSKK and Deutsche Arbeitsfront "DAF" membership booklets and more. Also comes with documents of his father - August Lang. Wehrmacht Wehrpass. Issued on 15.03.1944. Original photo. No awards, units, or campaigns are listed. Imperial German Militärpaß. He served with Leib-Dragoner-Regiment (2. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr. 24. Military certificate of conduct. Dated "1907".
$1050
7. photos - SOLDBUCH Grouping - AFRIKAKORPS - Nebelwerfer-Batterie Afrika
Heer Soldbuch to Obergefreiten Alfred Schmölz who served with Nebelwerfer-Batterie Afrika. Issued on 24.06.1941. No photo which is appropriate for DAK era Soldbuch. Very uncommon entry for the "1. Ärmelstreifen Afrikakorps" - Afrikakorps Cufftitle. Entry for arriving in Africa on June 5, 1942. Other Awards: Italian-German Medal for the African campaign on 25.08.1942 and "Kampfabzeichen Afrika" on 08.03.1943, - "AFRIKA" cuff title. Comes with all the pages. Some pages are loose. True Afrikakorps Soldbuch for a man who serving in Africa from Jun 1942 until the capitulation and his capture in May 1943. In addition his Wehrmachts driver's license, the POW certificate of discharge, and an Austrian postwar ID card.
$665
8. photos - GEBIRGSJAEGER LAPPLANDSCHILD Award Document & Photo Grouping - GJR 139
Nice small grouping to Feldwebel Hermann Büschinger who served in GJR 139 "Generaloberst Dietl." Scarce original LAPPLANDSCHILD award document with original signature Regimental commander. Also comes with.a very nice studio portrait in studio folio from Oslo.
$375- sold
9. photos - Luftwaffe KAMPFGESCHWADER 27 Award Document Grouping
Grouping named to Obergef. Rainer - KG27 "Boelke" - Award certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class with orig. signature General Meister. Award certificate for the Air Gunner Badge. Award certificate for the Front Flight Clasp for Combat Pilots in Bronze original signature Major Rudi Kiel. Christmas card from the group commander for the wartime Christmas of 1944 - orig. sig. Captain Horst Quednau. Card with original signature from Mathilde Boelke - mother of Oswald Boelke - wartime Christmas of 1944 - the first we have offered one of these!
$650
10. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER "Green Devils" Award Document & Photo Grouping - Fallschirm Art. Rgt 1 - SICILY, ITALY
Document grouping to Obergefreiten Kurt Reinhardt who served with Fallschirmjäger-Artillerie-Regiment 1. Comes with his award document for Wound Badge in Black. Issued on 06.08.1943 when the unit was fighting in SICILY. Signed by a Hauptmann. award document to 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class. Issued on 29.08.1943. Signed by Generalleutnant Richard Heidrich, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords winner - Great signature! Also comes with three photos, two of which are excellent studio portraits showing FJ badges in wear!
$625
11. photos - SOLDBUCH - MAJOR - Panzer Regiment 3 - 116 Panzer Division - Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 COMMANDER - TIGER!
Great Soldbuch named to Major Hans Christoph von CARLOWITZ who served in Panzer Regiment 3, temporary appointment as commander Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 when famous 505 Abt. Cdr. SAUVANT was wounded on Aug 14, 1943 and later at the Kriegsakademie and finally by no later than Feb 2, 1945 in the Stab of the 116 Panzer Division. Soldbuch is complete with excellent photo. Awards entered include Austrian and Sudetenland Campaign medals, EK2 (Poland Campaign award), Black Wound Badge (Poland campaign), Iron Cross First Class (Russia) and Infantry Assault Badge (Russia). Also comes with his military discharge, letter and POW pass.
$1650- sold
12. photos - WAFFEN-SS Award Document Grouping - EICKE Signature
Original EK2 award document named to SS Sturmann Gerhard DIETRICH who served in 3./SS Totenkopf Pioneer Btl. Awarded June 22, 1940 with original signature Theodor Eicke, Oak Leaves winner! Also comes with a POW document.
$450- sold
13. photos - JAEGER Award Document Grouping - Jaeger Rgt 228 - KUBANSCHILD
Named document grouping to Gef. Wilhelp STEMMLER who served in Jaeger Rgt 228. Certificates to Kuban Shield, Wound Badge in Black, and 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (signed by Generalleutnant Emil Vogel, Oak Leaves winner).
$450
14. photos - SOLDBUCH & Award Document Grouping - PANZER PIONIER
Named grouping to Obergef. Wilhelm Walter who served in Panzer Pioneer Ball. 32
1) Winter War Medal, 29-7-42.
Min,tp
2) Wound Badge in Black, 9-12-42.
3 ) General Assault Badge, 19-12-42.
4) Statement by his unit that he is allowed to wear his belt loose because of a belly injury, 6-7-43.
5) Wound Badge in Silver, 23-11-44.
6) 8 photos.
7) POW discharge certificate. He was made POW on 17-4-45 and released 29-11-45.
8) Soldbuch, 11-3-41. With great original uniform pass photo. Pages 11-14 are missing but the important unit and award pages are present!!
He served 1941-44 with Pz. Pi. Btl.32 of the 12.Pz.Div., then operating in the east ( a.o. Minsk, Smolensk, Leningrad, Wolchow, Ladoga, Newel, Orel, Mosyr, Pleskau, Bobruisk, Courland).
25-9-42 he was injured ( shot in his belly ) and again 23-12-42. After his last injury on 4-11-44 he was repatriated and saw no active service anymore.
$775
15. photos - WAFFEN-SS Personnel File - SS-Division "REICH" - KIA
Waffen-SS document grouping (personnel documents) to SS-Sturmmann Josef Winter serving with SS-Artillerie-Regiment, part of the SS-Division "REICH". Sturmmann Winter was killed in action on 24.07.1941 in the east.
$485
16. photos - WAFFEN-SS Personnel File - RuSHA - Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt SS
SS personnel documents to SS-Rottenführer Fritz Brucker serving with Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt SS - SS Race and Settlement Main Office. He was killed in action on 26.08.1943. The SS Race and Settlement Main Office (Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt der SS, RuSHA) was the organization responsible for "safeguarding the racial 'purity' of the SS" within Nazi Germany.
$435
17. photos - WEHRPASS - AFRIKAKORPS - leichte Afrika-Division
Heer Wehrpaß to Obergefreiten Hans-Joachim Keyser serving with Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 220 and 164. leichte Afrika-Division. Issued on 25.05.1937. Original photo. Awards: Wound Badge in Black, and Medal for the Italian-German campaign in Africa. Campaign list from 01.09.1941 to 31.12.1942. He was involved in the campaigns in Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete, and Africa. Comes with all the pages.
$325
18. photos - WEHRPASS - 9. Panzer Division - Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 11 - Close Combat Clasp - NORMANDY - ARNEHM!
Wehrpass to Stabsgefreiten Helmut Beyer serving with Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 11. Issued on 22.07.1939. Original photo.
All units are listed on page 12. Awards: Wound Badge in Black, Tank Assault Badge in Bronze, East Medal, 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class, and Close Combat Clasp in Bronze on 29.10.1944. Campaign list from 05.03.1940 to 21.08.1944. From 06.07.1944 to 21.08.1944 he was deployed in France (Normandy). At this time he served with the Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 11. Stabsgefreiter Beyer was also trained on the "Gewehrgranatgerät" (rifle grenade).
$565
19. photos - Hitler Jugend Document Grouping of a GAUSIEGER
Many documents related to Karl SEISS who was a Reichsberufswettkampf Gausieger. Comes with two nice award documents for the Gauseiger badge and many more. Nice grouping!
$335
20. photos - GEBIRGSJAEGER WEHRPASS, DIARY, Award Document & Photo Album Grouping
Very nice grouping of a Gebirgsjaeger. Named Gefreiten Oskar Renz serving with Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98. Gefreiter Renz was killed in action on 22.06.1942 during the attack on the Donez Bridge near Saliman. Award documents include Wound Badge in Black, East Medal, and Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (hand-signed by Oberst Egbert Martin Picker, Knight's Cross winner). Also comes with his original WEHRPASS. Issued on 30. May 1940. Awards: Wound Badge in Black, East Medal, and Infantry Assault Badge in Silver. Campaign list from 08.03.1941 to 22.06.1942. Comes with all the pages. Fantastic hand written field diary from 06.08.1941 to 04.04.1942, contains many details about his war service. Also comes with other period documents, letters from commanders regarding his death, hand drawn map from the location of his grave in the field, newspaper clippings, his HJ achievement booklet, photos, a couple of rare GJ postcards, Feldpost, and his photo album containing many photos from his HJ service, photos from ORDENSBURG SONTHOFEN, well captioned. Great grouping!
$1150
21. photos - German WWII Army Photo Album - Empty - Unused
$85
22. photos - German WWII Army Photo Album - Empty - Unused
$85
23. photos - MINESWEEPER Award Document
Named Minesweeper award document grouping. Named to Matrosengef. Rudolf WEIERMANN. Awarded March 25, 1941. Also other documents.
$90- sold
24. photos - Luftwaffe NACHTJÄGER Document Grouping - 10. (Nachtjagd)/Zerstörergeschwader 1. - AFRIKA Service! Nice!
Document grouping named to Hauptmann Karl Kahnt who served with See-Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur (N.O.) Warnemünde and 10. (Nachtjagd)/Zerstörergeschwader 1. This was the unit of the famous night fighter ace Josef Kociok. Kahnt entered the Reichsmarine in 1922 and served on several warships. He transferred to the Luftwaffe. Kahnt died on 24.05.1943 in an airplane crash after a combat mission.
Comes with his Award document for Luftwaffe Air Gunner's and Flight Engineer's Badge. Issued on 24.04.1939. Signed by Generalmajor Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf, German Cross in Silver winner.
Award document for 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class. Issued on 17.05.1943. Signed by General der Flieger Günther Korten, Knight's Cross winner.
Award document for Squadron Clasp for Nachtjäger in Bronze - Bordfunker 10. (Nachtjagd)/Z.G. 1. - Issued on 23.04.1943. Facsimile signature by an Oberst.
Award document for AFRIKA cuff title. Issued on 01.05.1943. Signed by a Major. With the letter that was sent together with the certificate.
Award booklet for DRL German Sports Badge. He was awarded the silver grade. Dated "08.09.1937". Original photo in Kriegsmarine uniform.
Luftwaffe "Sonderausweis I" special ID in German and Italian. Issued on 06.03.1941 in Trapani (Italy). Feldpost number L 21 402 = Stab Kampf-Geschwader 28/Sturzkampfgeschwader 3.
An excellent Kriegsmarine portrait photo from him. He wears the DRL German Sports Badge and Luftwaffe Air Gunner's and Flight Engineer's Badge. Postcard size. Very desirable portrait of a man showing multiple service awards - Navy and Luftwaffe.
Also comes with a large binder with many documents concerning his military career including promotions, personal career summary, letters from commanders concerning his death, and much more!
$1560
25. photos - WAFFEN-SS Document Grouping - SS Division TOTENKOPF & NORD + Reichsamtsleiter
Document grouping to Dr. Alfred Hassinger. He served as "Reichsamtsleiter im Hauptamt für Kommunalpolitik der NSDAP" (Office Leader in the Main Office for Local Politics of the NSDAP) under the leadership of Reichsleiter Karl Fiehler. Hassinger also served with the SS. He held the rank of SS-Rottenführer der Reserve. There are documents from the SS-Ersatz-Bataillon "Nord" and SS-Totenkopf-Ersatz-Bataillon (A) in the grouping. A letter from Reichsleiter Karl Fiehler to Alfred Hassinger. Dated "10. June 1939". Hand-signed by Fiehler. The letter refers to his work as an office leader. Also comes with three SS "Totenkopf" photos of him. 14 photos, taken in Munich and Starnberg on 19.9.1941. The photos show Georgine von Milinkovic (Croatian opera singer), Reichsleiter Karl Fiehler, Alfred Hassinger, and other persons (unknown). Including Croatian newspaper clippings. Four latewar Waffen-SS photos of Hassinger. One photo shows a sign of the unit "1. Komp. SS Gebirgsjäger Ausb.u.Ers.Btl.6". Taken in Hallein in September 1944. Also comes with personal documents from extremely famous opera singer Georgine von Milinkovic such as hand-written letters with whom he had a close relationship. Great scrapbooks covering their travels including original artwork.
Far too much to catalog!
$850
26. photos - Third Reich DAF & BFW Photo Album
Very nice album with 14 large format photos and documents related to a DAF & BFW (Bayerischen Flugzeugwerke) meeting. Many great images with notable personalities.
$250
27. photos - German WWI Photo Grouping - Great Front Images!
Large grouping of photos of a German soldier from his WWI service. Many have detailed captions on the reverse side. Medals in wear, portraits, group photos, many good trench photos, weapons, battlefields, identified locations, destruction, French churches, Lugers, plane photo with pilot NESTLER (Gustav?), Feldpost,and more.
$425 - sold
28. photos - NÜRNBERG ATLSTADT Blueprint/Study Presentation Binder to Mayor Willy LEIBEL
A very rare piece! It is a period 1937 binder containing blueprints and details of a study of the town’s fortifications. Presented to the mayor of Nürnberg Willy LEIBEL from civil engineer Otto STÜRMER.. Really a one of a kind piece of Nürnberg Third Reich history!
$1350- sold
29. photos - Original GEBIRGSJAEGER PITON Mountain Climbing Hammer
Rare original Gebirgsjaeger mountain climbing Piton. Marked HV for Army use and a very rare unit mark for Gebirgsjaeger Regiment 98. The original leather strap is also present. Must have for the Mountain Troop collector!
$750
30. photos - German Army OFFICER Photo Album - Poland + RUSSIAN FRONT
Very nice album containing apps 200 photos of a soldier service in Russia. Many photos captioned on reverse. Salty Landsers in the field, burning villages, Russian peasants, refugees, weapons, refugees, identified towns in POLAND, possible photos of Jews, POWs, forced labor, MG 34 positions, winter camo, portrait photo of the officer, more
$375- sold
31. photos - 1930s JAPANESE MILITARY BOYS SCHOOL & ARMY PHOTO ALBUM
Japanese Military School and later Army photo album belonging to the 1930's, 85 photographs. Most photographs appear to be associated with the Military School, though few appear to be personal.
There are several composite photos show boys and men posing in uniform, or with kendo martial art equipment (bamboo shield and sword, Kendo masks). Photos depict men training and obeying command. Many of the photographs herein are portraits and headshots (suchlike in a yearbook). Yet, while a few photos document men and boys at leisure, eating together on a hill. Much more. Great content!
$285
32. photos - US WWII AIR MEDAL - Government Engraved - 453 Bomb Group, 735 Bomb Squadron - INTERNEE in SWEDEN
US wartime officially government engraved AIR MEDAL named to Bombardier 1st Lt. Robert C. ZAKAITIS. He served in crew of "Black Jed - 654" - Serial # 42-52244 USAAF 453 BG, 735 BS.
They Landed Apr 9, 1944 at Rinkaby Airfield, Galltofta, Sweden After being Damaged By Gunfire From German Fighters While on a Mission on The Airfield at Tutow, Germany. All (10) Crew Survived and Were Interned in Sweden.
Crew Returned in 1945. Aircraft Returned to U.S.A. in 1945 and Scrapped. MACR 3921.
$550- sold
33. photos - US WWII 4x BRONZE STAR Winner COLONEL Grouping - 88th Airborne Infantry Battalion + 88th INFANTRY DIVISIOn BLUE DEVILS - TOP!
Extensive paper grouping toLt. Col. King J. BOGARDUS Jr. During WWII he served in
Contains original signatures of Elbridge Gerry Chapman Jr. who was CO of the 88th Airborne Infantry Battalion at the time of signing and later went on to command the 13th Airborne Division. Bogardus was a member of the 88th at the very beginning! He went on to serve as an officer in the 350th Inf. Regiment, 88th BLUE DEVILS in ITALY! Copies of newspaper articles show he saw some amazing action there and details the citation he received for heroism leading to his awards of the Bronze Stars! Key to the grouping are THREE Bronze Star certificates he received for service in ITALY in WWII and one for KOREA. Many letters and other commendations and other paperwork related to his service. Great grouping.
After the war he served as Adjutant 179th Infantry Regiment and went on to serve as the Adjutant General of the 45th Infantry Division in the 1950's.
$850
34. photos - WWII Purple Heart Medal - 40th Infantry Division
Purple Heart medal in original box belonging to James Wolf who served in the 40th Division. Also comes with his Dig Tag.
$85- sold
35. photos - WWII Purple Heart & Bronze Star Grouping - Utah Beach
Named to Edward K. Campbell. Landed with 55th Anti Aircraft Artillery on Utah Beach on June 18. Comes with his PH in original box, Bronze Star, Dog Tag and named bracelet.
$135- sold
Original confidential Naval book/manual FIGHTER ESCORT. This publication was no. 6 in the Fixed Gunnery and Combat Tactics Series. This publication was made for the Navy by DISNEY STUDIOS, 1944.
$50
37. photos - US WWII Army Unit History - THE ARMORED COMMAND: A PICTORAL REVIEW OF THE ARMORED COMMAND, published 1943.
$40
38. photos - RARE WWII AIR CORPS Manual - GET THAT FIGHTER
Rare WWII Air Corps manual GET THAT FIGHTER.
$75
39. photos - RARE WWII Working At Pearl Harbor WINDOW CARD + Stars
RARE ORIGINAL 1942 WORLD WAR TWO - 1942 WW2 WORKING AT PEARL HARBOR - CARDSTOCK WINDOW ID CARD. Card came from the U.S. Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and was sent to families of civilian workers at Pearl Harbor who were working to repair damaged ships and keep the war effort. Still has the original gold and blue stars.
$120
42. photos - 1933 WORLDS FAIR in Chicago Ephemera Grouping - Art Deco
Large lot of 25+ pieces of Art Deco ephemera from the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago including ticket booklet with 10 stubs and three complete tickets. These items were given away as advertising by exhibitors at the 1933 COP World's Fair. Included is a rare piece for early motion picture pioneer George Spoor's Ultravision "Silver Screen of Tomorrow" technology exhibited for the first time at the 1933 fair.
$150
43. photos - US WWII 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Album
Album of original composite photos of original photo paper - not normal printed paper - of the 16th Photo Recon Sq. The owner was an aircraft armorer in the unit. Fantastic aircraft photos. Also comes with original Enlisted Men's Club Membership Card, the man's military discharge, large color photo of him, certificate for the Belgian Fourragere including wallet size version, and a lot of other ephemera. Also comes with a complete unit roster!
$385
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Appx 100 photos. Well captioned. identified locations in Italy, crashed Me 109, girly photos, named.
$65- sold
51. photos - Luftwaffe photo Album - Empty
$45- sold
52. photos - Kriegsmarine Document Grouping - Kreuzer LEIPZIG
Document & photo grouping of a sailor on the Cruiser LEIPZIG.
$65- sold
53. photos - British WWII WREN Photo Grouping
Appx 200 photos of a British WREN.
$50
54. photos - German Third Reich Document Grouping
$40
55. photos - US WWII FIGHTER PILOT Grouping - 72nd, 8th, 78th Fighter Squadrons
Grouping named to Captain Mortimer YATES (O-726873). Comes with extensive amount of paperwork from his military service. Shows he served as a P-39 and P-40 fighter pilot in the 72nd FS as well as the 8th and 78th FS in the Mandated Islands Campaign and others. Seems most of his combat missions were with the 72nd FS. Also comes with a small flag and a couple of nice photos.
$110
56. photos - Japanese WWII Photo Grouping
$40- sold
57. photos - British WWII Photo Album - Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU)
70 photos. Vehicles, photos from his college days, Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) training in Wouldham, unit photos, more.
$60
58. photos - Third Reich Era Book - Kriegsweihnacht 1939
$15- sold
59. photos - 3x US WWII Photo Album & Scrapbook Grouping
Three albums from serviceman David PAWOROZNEK. One contains original photos from his service, one has newspaper clippings and the other is filled with wartime pinups.
$120
60. photos - German WWII Photo Album
90 photos. In a WWI type album. graves, troop movements, postcards, portraits, parades, more.
$65- sold
61. photos - Third Reich Era Book - Flak An Rhein Und Ruhr
Published 1942
$45
62. photos - Luftwaffe Photo Grouping
$25- sold
63. photos - US GI Photo Album - Berchtesgaden
Good photos from Berchtesgaden.
$80 - sold
64. photos - US GI Photo Album Grouping - 319 Engineer Btl - 1940-1945 + Alps
Grouping of photos of a US GI with photos from the Austrian Alps.
$50
65. photos - Allied WWI & WWII Photo Group
WWI aircraft, WWII soldiers, more
66. photos - WAFFEN-SS WEHRPASS - V-WEAPONS UNIT - RARE!
Man served in various Flak units - several entries show he was stationed in Berlin in 1944 - before being transferred to SS-Totenkopf-Sturmbann "Mittelbau." This was the ultra secret slave labor based V-Weapons factory Mittlewerke near Nordhausen.
$335
67. photos - Luftwaffe FLUGBUCH
Nice original hardback Luftwaffe Flugbuch. 300+ flights recorded through march 1945. Many various planes flown.
$700 - sold
68. photos - Luftwaffe Construction Maintenance File for the Ju 87
Original factory file from 1938, Nice!
$120- sold
69. photos - US Navy WWII Photo Album/Scrapbook - Good Combat Photos
Named to Seebee WO Ernest E. Gorman. Original photos, many hand written captions, press photos, ephemera from his service, photos of captured Japanese equipment, KIA Japanese soldiers, combat photos, good aircraft photos, original citations - one directly from Admiral Halsey, more.
$100- sold
70. photos- US WWII Press Photo Grouping
35 photos. Nice mix of images and personalities including Doolittle, Eisenhower, Alexander, Stratemeyer, Truscott, Marshall and others.
$100- sold
71. photos - British RAF Document Grouping - DFC Winner
Grouping of paperwork related to Flight Lt PJ TUHILL, DFC. Mostly post war correspondence and copies of wartime records.
$65
72. photos - US WWII Press Photo Grouping - General George STRATEMEYER
18 original press photos, most related to General George STRATEMEYER. He was commander of Army Air Forces in the CBI.
$75
73. photos - NÜRNBERG Factory Worker Grouping - Woman
Grouping of a female factory working in Nürnberg.
$40
74. photos - WEHRPASS & Photo Grouping - 336 Infanterie Division - KIA
Original named grouping to Otto HOLZMANN who was KIA on April 16, 1944. Wehrpass is complete with photo. Good list of campaigns in France & Russia, photos from the France and Russia Campaigns, Paris, many captions, other identified locations, vehicles, tanks, artillery, letter form commanding office concerning his death, funeral paperwork, portraits, more.
75. photos - Luftwaffe He 112 Model Blueprint & Photo Grouping
Large blueprints. Would look nice framed
$40- sold
76. photos - US WWII Photo Album - Egypt
Well captioned. Named to Sgt. James WHITE. Original paperwork, letters, planes, more.
$65 - sold
77. photos - US WWII Army Photo Album - India
105 photos. Well captioned. Photos of his time stationed in India. USO shows, original paperwork, more.
$65- sold
78. photos - Luftwaffe Photo, Map, Flugbuch & Wehrpass Grouping - Kampfgeschwader 2 + 54 + (J)54 - INVASION OF CRETE!
Nice grouping to a Hauptmann Heinrich GROSSE KAPPENBERG who was a Do 17 pilot in KG2 and KG 54. On 22 August 1944 KG 54 began conversion into a fighter group, to use the Messerschmitt Me 262A. It was redesignated I./KG (J) 54 on 1 October 1944. He was with the unit at this time serving as Ia in III./KG(J) 54!! Comes with a nice selection of photos, Wehrpass and case, original flight map of Germany (foldable version used in flight), song book and three flight books. Covers hundreds of flights, Many combat missions (Feindfluge) flying Do 17 bombers over Yugoslavia and Greece - including KRETA!! great mission details listed! He flew reconnaissance missions on the days leading up to the invasion of CRETE and bombing missions during and thereafter! The missions in Russia including Smolensk. Wehrpass is complete with many entries. Original photo, entry showing him with KG (J) 54 (Me 262 at this time). awards listed include pilots badge, EK2, Flight Clasp in Bronze, EK1, Flight Clasp in Silver, Kreta cufftitle, Bulgarian Pilots Badge. many great campaign entries including Kreta, and more. Photos show British ships being attacked off Kreta, him in flight gear, photos over Greece in flight, planes on airfield, ceremonies, crashed British planes, and more!
79. photos - DLV & NSFK Flugbucher Grouping
Nice grouping of five DLV & NSFK Flugbucher named to Unteroffizier Max LUTHER, from Nürnberg. Flights date from mid 1930's to 1945.|
$425
$250
80. photos - WWII Aircraft Press Photo Collection
Nice mixed grouping of various wartime original aircraft photos.
$120- sold
81. photos - THREE Photo Album Grouping - COLONEL - England, France, Germany - Nice!
Large three album grouping named to Colonel RG SWIFT. Beautifully made with excellent content from England, France and Germany!
$450
82. photos - Third Reich PORTRAIT Photo Collection
$1100
86. photos - US WWII Air Corps Photo Grouping - 834th Bomb Squadron - ZODIACS - Top!
Super grouping named to Alfred P. GIRARD who served in the 834th Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group. The 834th BS had the distinction of having a thematic group of bombers depicting the 12 signs of the zodiac. Eventually, only 11 planes would have their artwork completed. Thus, the squad became known as the Zodiacs. The group was further distinguished by its war record, flying its first 77 missions without a loss. This set an 8th AF record. LT Shaw and crew have the distinction of being the first crew from the 834th to lose a plane. They made an emergency landing near the Belgian town of Wetteren in August of 1944.
The grouping comes with a massive amount of quality images of B-17s and B-24s in flight, on bombing runs, contrails, nose art, painted A-2 jackets in wear, base life, photos of barracks, officers, medals in wear, ceremonies, mission briefings, unit photos, crew photos, officers and more. Also comes with some rare field made unit publications including a rare victory party program with the zodiac emblem on the cover. Also comes with a folder with lots of original paperwork of the man including his discharge.
$1150
87. photos - WWII German Officer Document Grouping - 34 Infanterie Division
Extremely nice document grouping maned to Major Joachim Böhm who served as commander Nachrichten Abt. 52. Comes with TWO Iron Cross First Class award documents (Very rare) one signed by 34 IF commander Generalleutnant Friedrich Bremer th e other by XII Corps commander General der Infanterie Walter Schroth, Iron Cross Second Class with original signature 34 ID commander RK winner Generalleutnant Hans BEHLENDORFF, Preliminary document for the EK2 from 1939 signed by III Corps commander Generaloberst Curt Haase(RK), Ostmedaille document signed by 26 Panzer Division cdr. General der Panzertruppen Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz (RK_Swords), Sudetenland Medal document, KVK2 award documen. Also comes with many nice field made congratulatory documents, original artwork, handwritten Lebenslauf, and more! Rare grouping!
$950
88. photos - WWII US Air Corps GENERAL Grouping - 885th Bomb Group COMMANDER!
$2450
89. photos - Luftwaffe OFFICER Photo Album - France & NORWAY/FINLAND
195 photos. Photo from PARIS, portraits, medals in wear, gliders, more.
$95- sold
90. photos - FIVE Photo Album Grouping - Same Soldier - 296 Infantry Division - France & Russia Campaigns - TOP!
AMAZING huge FIVE album grouping containing 840 photos (!!) to the same soldier who served in the 519 infanterie Regiment of the 296 Infantry Division. Filled with great ephemera and mementoes (including rare Soviet propaganda leaflets) of his service as well as meticulously captioned photographs! Named to Unteroffizier Heinrich SPIEGEL. Great front content, many identified locations - really reads as a diary of his service. Combat, vehicles, weapons, great salty infantry photos, foxholes. bunkers, winter camp, ski patrols, Russian tanks, KIA, also photos from the France campaign of 1940, armored trains UNIFORM INSIGNIA, soviet money, orders, portrait photos, photos from his Hitler Jugend service and more! A rare find that has escaped the album-butchers’ hands!
$2450
91. photos - Luftwaffe Photo Album - Italy, Sicily - GALLAND & MOELDERS - Nice
153 photos of a Luftwaffe man service in Italy and Sicily. Original photos of Moelders and Galland. Medal ceremonies, other high officers, knights Cross winners, aircraft, tropical uniforms, plane unit emblems, identified locations, studio portraits,
$950
$695
92. photos - Original WWII Transfer Decals - Huge Collection!
VERY nice collection of unused transfer decals , most with original cellophane type sleeves. Great Air Corps pieces!
$350
$200
93. photos - US WWII SILVER STAR Grouping - LUZON - Top!
Original wartime government engraved SILVER STAR awarded to Joseph EVANS who served in the 43rd Infantry Division. It comes with the very rare original "Record of Award and Decoration" certificate with detailed citation. Very unusual to find with the medal. He was awarded the SS on Jan 31, 1945 on Luzon. Als comes with his CIB and other ribbons, unit made publication commemorating their KIA comrades, unit commendations discharge, letter from General WING, personal letter from general WING to Evans' wife, Peter about Purple Heart being awarded to Robert Graf in Korea War. It came with the group but not sure of its relation.
$1350
$1000
94. photos - WWI SOLDBUCH & MILITÄRPASS Collection
Large dealer's lot of WWI Soldbuchs and Militärpasses! All with entries!! Cheap price for the lot.
$800
$500
95. photos - NÜRNBERG Bicycle Riding Organization Medal, Document & Photo Grouping
Very nice documents for man participating in a Bund Deutscher Radfahrer event. Two original photos of him with his bike as well as two documents (one Nurnberg related) and the medal. Rare!
$225
$120
96 - photos - German WWII Photo Album - General DIETL
25 photos. Photo album is related to a memorial which has many high ranking officers present including General DIETL.
$220
$120
97. photos - KRIEGSMARINE Photo, DIARY, Document & Cap Tally Grouping
Grouping named to Mech. Matt Saver SPITZER. Comes with his minesweeper badge with original signature commander 4. Sicherungs Division, EK2 award document with original signature Admiral and commander Sicherung West, postwar service summary, two hand written diaries with several original photos, four original and nice wartime cap tallies, and more.
$650
$350
98. photos - WWII US Navy Photo Album & Ephemera Grouping - HAWAII
Very large photo album & Crapbook to US Navy sailor Wiliam BURTH. Comes with his tog tag and endless amounts of ephemera he collected in Hawaii.
Great color portrait photo in uniform, many letters and telegrams, ID cards, greeting cards, postcards, USO shows, pre war photo of Japanese sailors standing under Coca Cola sign, naked native women, and more. Great album!
$450
$300
99. photos - Army Photo Album - France Campaign - Inf. Rgt 26
163 photos. Also comes with several nice press images of armored vehicles. French POWs, destruction, troops in the French Atlantic coast, graves, destroyed French towns, crashed planes, parades, funerals, troops in Paris, more.
$190
$90- sold
100. photos - GEBIRGSJAEGER OFFICER Photo Album - Artistic - NORWAY, MURMANSK Front
179 photos of a mountain troop officer. Named to Hauptman JOSEF ZANGERLE. Very artistic hand drawn inside front cover. Original photo of DIETL, photos from NORWAY, graves, KO Russian armored car, rare photo of NbFz PzKpfw VI heavy tank, troops in foxhole, good alpine photos, photos of his time in the Austrian Army pre WWII, and more. Cover has a faded Edelweiss badge painted on cover.
$385
$295- sold
101. photos - Luftwaffe Photo Album - GOERING, GRAF - TOP!
38 super photos of a professional LW photographer with excellent original photos of GOERING, GRAF, GALLAND, LORZER, and other high LW officers, Knights Cross Winners and more! Super lot! All larger forms photos.
$650
$400- sold
102. photos - Rare German WWII Photo Album - END OF WAR BERLIN CONTENT - Sonderdienst SEEHAUS
Super rare album to a man who served in Sonderdienst SEEHAUS. Sonderdienst Seehaus was a German radio monitoring service and communications hub used by the Nazis during World War II to gather and analyze information by listening to foreign broadcasts.Appx 200 photos. The service was established in 1940 and was located in a building in Berlin-Wannsee. The name "Seehaus" comes from the building where the service was located. The album contains many well captioned photos documenting the unit's evacuation from Berlin in April 1945! There is a photo of the man wearing uniform stripped of insignia - maybe after his capture? Passing roadblocks on outskirts of Berlin,, rarely seen unit insignia, and more. Then the album goes back to photos from Russia in December 1943 when he served with a unit named "Einheit Oberlt Dodl." Foreign troops, aircraft, StuG images, MG 34, field radios, more. Rare album!
$450
103. photos - ORIGINAL Wartime RLB Luftschütz Metal Sign & Booklet
original RLB metal sign - NOT a postwar reproduction! Great condition! Also comes with a nice Luftschütz booklet. Bargain priced!
$175- sold
104. photos - Third Reich WEHRPASS Grouping - Customs - KIEL
Named grouping tp Pberzollschiffer August HENBERG. He was stationed in KIEL. Comes with document with original signature Oberfinanzpraesident Kiel. Very nice portraits showing medals in wear as well as Party Badge.
$150
105. photos - Luftwaffe OFFICER Photo Album Grouping - France Campaign
310 photos of a Luftwaffe officer, many aircraft photos, aerial photos, portrait photos, many hunting images, identified locations in France, grads, many original photos of GFM SPERRLE, photos of him and his unit in PARIS, more.
$225
106. photos - WWII US Canal Zone + Australia Photo Album - 43rd Bomb Group "Ken's Men"- SILVER STAR WINNER - Nice Girl Photos
Very nice album of a soldier stationed in Panama and later Australia. He was a gunner on a B-17 "Panama Hattie" and, with the 43rd Bomb Group, 63rd Bomb Squadron, received the SILVER STAR (04/25/1943) and was credited with one kill (11/2/1942). Very well captioned. Based to Bill Elrod. Good photos of ships, submarine, Admiral BYRD & General Andrews meeting, great photos of "Blue Moon Queens" night club dancers hung around with, natives, flying over Sydney, medal ceremonies, A-2 jackets, and more.
$325
108. photos - WWII Air Corps PURPLE HEART - 464th Bomb Group - 776th Bomb Squadron
Officially wartime government engraved PURPLE HEART with scarcer split brooch in original cardboard box and coffin case named to Navigator Lt. Charles F. GUSTINA. He was flying his 6th mission in B-24 "42-95337" "Fast Number" when shot down over Austria, 11 December 1944. Comes with MACR and other research.
$465- sold
109. photos - WWII German Award Document Grouping - 6 Panzer Division
Iron Cross Second Class and Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze document grouping named to Lt. Helmut DONNER who served in Schützen Right 4 of the 6 Panzer Division. Both signed by 6. Pz Div commander General Erhard RAUS (RK+ Oakleaves).
$265
110. photos - HITLER JUGEND + Army Award Document Grouping - 1938 Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften - ORIGINAL signature BALDUR VON SCHIRACH! RARE!
VERY nice grouping named to Fritz STEINLEIN. Large heavy folio award for 1938 Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften for 2nd place in the shotput with ORIGINAL signature BALDUR VON SCHIRACH! Later army documents include Sudetenland Campaign Medal, Iron Cross Second Class for service in Gren Rgt 36, original signature 97 Jaeger Division commander Generalleutnant Ernst Rupp, Black Wound badge awarded Aug 1940 with Inf Rgt 36, and more! Nice grouping!
$1450
111. photos - US WWII Photo Album - 90th Infantry Division - German Insignia
Nice album of a T/Sgt. Ferdinand F. PUHR who served in the 90th Division, 359th Inf. Regiment containing nine pieces of original insignia he brought back. Also contains numbers period newspaper clippings and ephemera from his time in service. Puhr ran the local mercantile/general store in Fingal ND after the war. The listing includes a few photos I found of him online in the early 1980's at the store.
$400
112. photos - WWII Armored Division Photo Album - 12th Armored Div. "HELLCAT" - 714th Tank Battalion - Nice!
Named album to Ralph L. Wilson who served in the 714th Tank Battalion. Nice portraits, bring back certificate, photos from training, RARE original Milton Caniff HELLCAT DIVISION Cartoon on yardstick laminated (Nice!). This was an insert in the April 27, 1944 editions of Hellcat News - Very Rare; the only original one I have seen! Other rare ephedra including "3rd Anniversary program Sept 1945," great photos of tanks and tankers in gear in the field, photo pointing out where their tank had taken Panzerfaust hits, great photos of painted tank insignias, knocked out German PANZERS, knockout bunkers, original photo of a German HETZER, StUG III knocked out and pushed off road - long barrel with side armor, CAMO uniforms in wear, German POWS on the march, Russian POWS they released from POW camp, German Fraulines posing, posing with Timmy Guns, his original CROIX DE GUERRE "Liberation" award document, great photo of Wilson posing with all his "bring backs" and an official list above the photos, original coins and currency and more.
$1150
$850
113. photos - German WWII Photo Grouping - France Campaign
54 images. Vehicles, tanks, crashed planes, French POWs, weapons, bombs dropping, funerals, graves, Pionier Bridges, officers, women in uniform, Panzer troops, troops crossing French border, radios, medals in wear, more.
$65- sold
114. photos - Waffen-SS Obersalzburg Photo Grouping - Berghof
Photo grouping of a Waffen-SS man serving in the protection detail in the Obersalzburg. LAH collar tabs in wear, Berghof and other Obersalzburg images, SS Obersalzburg Kaserne, more.
$435
$325
116. photos - Army Photo Album - France Campaign - 212. Infanterie-Division - France & Belgium
Appx. 200 photos of man who served in the Infanterie Geschütz Komp of 13. Kompanie Infanterie-Regiment 320 - part of the 212. Infanterie-Division. During WWI he was captured at the Battle of the Somme. Many captioned on the reverse. Portraits, unit photos, aircraft, crashed RAF planes in France, captured French tanks, French POWs, mounted troops, coastal defenses, nice photos of 25 cm Minenwerfer (Heavy Trench Mortar, early short pattern) including images of it mounted on trailer, Infanterie Geschutz cannons and crews, destroyed French towns and cities, photos from the Westwall, photos from the Austrian ANCSHLUSS, motorcycles, Panzervernichtungs training, GJ photos, and more.
$165
117. photos - Photo & DOCUMENT GROUPING - Jagd Kommando 3
90 photos. Comes with his KVK2, Black Wound Badge and Ostmedaille award documents. The man was in Jagdkommando3 which was formed from WACH BATL BERLIN. Also comes with 90 photos form a field RAD unit serving in the CRIMEA. The KVK2 award document was awarded in KERTSCH.
$185
118. photos - US WWII KIA PURPLE HEART - TUNISIA - 1942!
Officially wartime government engraved Purple Heart in scarcer unembossed case to PFC Michael M. GEIS who served in the 213th Coast Artillery Rgt. (A.A.). He was KIA Nov 22, 1942 in Souk El Arba Tunisia. Also comes with his IDPF file. Rare early WWII KIA PH at a great price!
$375- sold
119. photos - FALLSCHIRMJAEGER Photo Grouping - KRETA - TOP!
150 photos, all from the same paratrooper who served in 2. Fallschirm Art. Abt! Super content including great combat content from KRETA. Many excellent photos of FJ's in camo smocks, jump smocks, FJ helmets,MP 40s, in flight before jumps,British soldier POWs on Kreta, photos of very salty looking FJ's on Kreta, wounded FJ's, several good photos of FJ's with KETTENKRADS in the field, unit graves on Kreta, great original private photos of KURT STUDENT in the field wearing RK, captured British tanks on Kreta, FJ's in winter camo in Russia, other RK winner FJ's, fantastic photo of FJ's in foxholes in the field with MP 40 and egg grenades, crash landed planes on Kreta, FJ graffiti on trains, photos of FJ's jumping on Kreta, panzers in Russia, wedding ceremonies w FJ in helmet and medals, and more. Fantastic grouping!
$2450
120. photos - WAFFEN-SS Photo Grouping - 5th SS Panzer Division WIKING
115 original photos in the 5th SS Panzer Division WIKING. Good SS uniform insignias, SS officers, vehicles, WIKING vehicle insignias, SS KNIGHTS CROSS WINNER, SS Camo smocks, Russian POWS, airplanes, Ju 87 Stuka, tanks, SS Wiking field cemetery, funerals in the field, more.
$600- sold
121. photos - WWII Squadron COMMANDER Grouping - Col. Joseph M SILK - 586th Bomb Squadron
Super grouping to Col. Joseph SILK who was the commander of the 586th BS of the 394th BG, 9th AF based in England flying B-26 bomber aircraft. The grouping comes directly from an old collector (whose collection I have been buying over the last year) who new Silk personally and was given to him by his daughter when Silk passed away. Comes with framed display of his personal insignia, his West Point Shako hat, and a binder with original photos as well as old copies of the unit history showing Silk, his wedding overseas and also details about how the Squadron emblem was designed - based on Silk himself. Historic grouping!
$750