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WW2 German books, magazines, pamphlets, German postcards, German photographs, German identification books, sold book, Arbeits book, Wehrpass, etc., as available |
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| Deutsches Reich Fremdenpass, (German Reich Stranger Passport) | |
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2GP-16. Approximately 4-inch wide x 5-3/4-inch high, 28-page Passport for a young man by the name of “Osker Schmidt.” The passport was issued in Berlin on 15 Jan. 1941; his occupation is listed as a “worker” and is valid for Finland. The Passport has stiff paper covers, which are covered with gray fabric. The front exterior cover bears, gold pressed, German block style lettering and a German eagle and swastika with a short, black, diagonal stripe on the upper left corner. The Passport is printed in German and French. The inside of the front cover bears a large German ink stamp depicting an eagle and swastika and wording, “Landrat des Areifes Niederbarnim.” As well as other stamped lettering. The first inside page has the name of the Passport holder, the Passport number, as well as Passport holder restrictions in the Reich. The second inside page bears the persons name, birth date, place of birth, occupation, residence, physical characteristics and other remarks. The next interior page has the person’s photograph, which is attached by two crimped metal eyelets; the backside of the photo has part of a large official stamp, as well as photographic companies name and location. There are two large German ink stamps on the front corners of the photograph. Two other pages have the same ink stamps, as well as other information printed in German and French; the remainder of the pages are unused. The covers exhibit light age and wear, as well as light soil from handling and use; the gold impressed lettering and eagle are completely intact however, the gold has darkened a bit over the years. The interior pages are all excellent, except the two crimped metal eyelets have transferred some rust onto to pages that they touch. The entries are clear and more information can be gained if you can read the language and decipher the entries. Overall About Vg+. $55.00 SOLD |
| Begenwartsfunde, Von Adolf Hitler's Kampf um die Macht bis zur Neuordnumg Europes, (Adolph Hitler’s, Fight For Re-organization of the New Europe) | |
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2GP-17. German wartime booklet dated 15 December 1939. 6-1/2inch wide x 9-3/4inch high, soft covers bearing German writing and illustration of a German Army helmet. 100 pages of German text, several photographs, illustrations and small maps, (home front propaganda). The covers are in about Good condition exhibiting moderate signs of age, wear and moderate soil, (near heavy in some spots), from handling and storage; The corners and edges f the covers are worn, bumped, rubbed and have paper chips and very small rips along the edges. The wartime paper pages are lightly yellowed and have minor signs of age and insignificant soil from handling, (nothing serious). A nice German propaganda item. About Vg. $19.00 |
| Bomben Kommando, (Bomber Command), By Heinz Gollmar | |
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2GP-18. WW2 German story of the German Bomber Command. 4-3/4-inch wide x 7-3/8-inch high format; hard, illustrated, wartime style covers, (wartime cardboard), 96 pages of German text with a few photographs. The front cover is in Vg+ condition exhibiting light signs of age and wear from light handling; the corners have been light to moderately bumped and are lightly worn, (nothing serious), there are no rips, tears or other damage. The back cover has a light crease along the edge near the spine, (not a serious detraction). The binding is tight and the wartime pulp pages are very lightly yellowed near the edges. The book is very sound, clean and will display quite nicely. Overall Vg+. $35.00 |
| Handbucher Der Luftwaffe, (Luftwaffe Handbook), 1941 Edition | |
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2GP-19. Genuine German wartime publication for the new recruit in the service of the German Luftwaffe. 1941 edition, 5-7/8-inch wide x 7-5/8-inch high, pen & ink, illustrated paper covers depicting a large Luftwaffe eagle and swastika, a basic German airman in full uniform with rifle, with an aircraft in the background. 296 pages of German text, many black & white photos and illustrations relative to the basic recruit instruction for chain of command, wearing the uniform, hygiene, bunk & locker specifications, military bearing, manual of arms, map & compass reading, marksmanship, etc., etc. This example has been heavily used; the front and back covers are heavily aged, worn and soiled with brown foxing spots, they have been re-attached to the spine, on the exterior, using cellophane tape long ago; the corners of the covers and the pages are heavily dog eared and chipped; the front cover has a small tear on the top left side; all-in-all, the exterior of the book still makes a reasonably acceptable presentation. The interior wartime, pulp-like, pages have yellowed on the edges from age; some pages exhibit light foxing and minor soil from handling and storage. The exterior would rate about good, the interior about Vg. A nice representative example until, or if, a better one comes along. SCARCE. $69.00 SOLD |
| WW2 German Death Card – (Funeral Mass/Prayer Card) For Gefreiter Paul Otto Stegbauer, 20-1/2 Years Old, Serving In An Infantry, Panzer-Jaeger, Regiment, and Died In A French Prisoner of War Camp, On 11 August 1946 | |
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2GP-20. Death Cards, more sympathetically referred to, as “funeral mass/prayer cards,” were available for the deceased’s family and friends who were in attendance at the funeral. These cards were also sent to relatives and friends who were unable to attend the services. The cards were cheaply printed on wartime paper; the family chose the card to be used from various stock illustrations and pre printed prayers; then the deceased’s photo image and personal information was added to the card. This, double-sided, double panel example has a small size photo illustration of Gefreiter Paul Otto Stegbauer wearing his M-41 cap and a combat tunic; the adjacent panel contains his personal information. The opposite side has two panels with religious illustrations and prayers. The paper exhibits light signs of age, minor wear and insignificant soil. The panels with the religious illustrations are lightly yellowed, the photo side must have been stored folded closed and is in excellent condition. An interesting and unique example relating to a French Prisoner Of War Camp. Vg+. $25.00 |
| WW2 German Death Card – (Funeral Mass/Prayer Card) For Unteroffizier Martin Berndl, 29 Years Old, While Serving In A Gebirgsjager-Regiment In Biagio, Italy on 15 January 1944 | |
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2GP-21. Death Cards, more sympathetically referred to, as “funeral mass/prayer cards,” were available for the deceased’s family and friends who were in attendance at the funeral. These cards were also sent to relatives and friends who were unable to attend the services. The cards were cheaply printed on wartime paper; the family chose the card to be used from various stock illustrations and pre printed prayers; then the deceased’s photo image and personal information was added to the card. This, double-sided, example has a large size photo illustration of Sergeant Martin Berndl wearing his M-43 cap and Mountain Troop service dress tunic, which bears a Marksman Lanyard, the Iron Cross and Russian Front buttonhole ribbons and an Infantry Assault badge; the top edge of another badge, probably a wound badge, can also be seen. The opposite side has a small illustration of a field grave with a German helmet on a handmade cross. The paper exhibits light signs of age, minor yellowing, as well as, minor wear on the printed surface from handling. A nice Mountain Troop related example. Vg. $20.00 |
| Original WW2 Vintage German Studio Photo Of An Army Gefreiter With Rgt 260 Slip-on Shoulder Board Tabs | |
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2GP-22. Approximately 3-1/4-inch wide x 5-1/4-inch high, matte, black & white studio photo of a young Army Gefreiter, wearing enlisted mans visor hat and M40 tunic with field gray collar and pleated pockets. Nice study of cap, collar tabs, shoulder boards with # 260 Rgt. slip-ons, breast eagle, Russian Front & Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbons in button hole, the hint of a Wound badge on the left pocket and a Gefreiter sleeve chevron. The front of the photo is in, just about, excellent condition and has fancy cut edges; there is one very light brown spot on the lower right border, as well as very tiny ink spot, (about pin-point size). The border edge has a very tiny pinhole in the upper right corner. The postcard style backside has, moderate, light brown colored age spots and it is hand annotated with blue ink, “Robert.” Nice. Vg++. $20.00 SOLD |
| Original WW2 Vintage Photo - Army Medical Gefreiter | |
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2GP-23. 2-7/8-inch wide x 4-1/8-inch high, clear black & white photo of an Army Gefreiter, standing in a doorway, wearing an M40 tunic with, two, leather medical pouches on his combat waist belt. The photo is just a little dark, looks like the photographer purposely took it in a mottled natural light environment. Minor creases on the white edge, (nothing serious). Just about excellent. $8.00 |
| Original WW2 Vintage Photo - Group Photo of Army NCO's. & EM's; One NCO Has A Schirrmeister Specialist Sleeve Insignia | |
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2GP-24. 3-1/2-inch wide x 2-3/8-inch high, clear black & white photo of a group of Army NCO's & EM's relaxing around a table; some have canteen cups in front of them; one canteen hanging from a nail on the wall; one man is holding a canteen between his legs. The NCO in the left foreground clearly has a, Gothic letter, "S," Schirrmeister, (Equipment Administration Personnel), specialist sleeve insignia on his right sleeve. The photo has some very minor creases, (nothing serious). A very nice study. Vg+. $10.00 |
| Gross Dutsche Kunstausstellung 1937, Im Hsus Der Deutschen Kunst Zu Muchen – Vom 18 Juli – 31 Oktober 1937 | |
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2GP-25. A German language book for the great German art exhibition, in the House of German Art, in Munich, from 18 July through 31 October 1937. 6-inch wide x 8-1/4-inch high format; soft cream colored covers, illustrated with the logo design for the German House of Art. 149 pages. The book is set up into two sections; the first 77 pages are a text index of the complete exhibit; the remaining 72 pages have halftone photographs of some of the paintings, bronzes and statues in the exhibit. There are many additional pages of advertisements throughout the book. All of the pieces of art, presented in the book, are highly Germanic Arian pieces, which include, old pastoral German farm and home life scenes; old masters oil paintings and statuary, (many nudes extolling the Arian body); busts of famous German personage and paintings with militaristic theme, etc., which is pretty much promoting Arian superiority in the name of art; never the less, much of the art is quite nice. The pulp-like paper covers exhibit moderate, (to heavy in some spots), signs of age, wear and handling; Some of the edges are worn and the corners are worn, bumped, chipped and dog-eared, (mostly on the front cover) and there are very light signs of soil form handling. Some of the paper on the spine is chipped, worn and missing, (an insignificant amount on the bottom edge of the spine and about ˝-inch missing on the top edge), but not enough to interfere with the lettering on the spine. Some of the interior pages are lightly yellowed on the edges; otherwise they are in at near excellent. Overall the book has seen light use and handling; it’s still quite sound. Overall Vg. $35.00 SOLD |
| Gross Dutsche Kunstausstellung 1939, Im Hsus Der Deutschen Kunst Zu Muchen – Vom 10 Juli – 15 Oktober 1939 | |
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2GP-25a. A German language book for the great German art exhibition, in the House of German Art, in Munich, from 10 July through 15 October 1939. 6-inch wide x 8-1/4-inch high format; soft covers, illustrated with the logo design for the German House of Art. 175 pages. The book is set up into two sections; the first 95 pages are a text index of the complete exhibit; the remaining 80 pages have halftone photographs of some of the paintings, bronzes and statues in the exhibit. There are many additional pages of advertisements throughout the book. All of the art presented in the book are highly Arian, Germanic pieces; including old pastoral German farm and home life scenes; old masters oil paintings and statuary, (many nudes extolling the Arian body); busts of famous German personage; some with a military theme, etc., which is pretty much promoting Arian superiority in the name of art; promoting Arian superiority; never the less, some of the art is quite nice. The pulp-like paper covers exhibit moderate, (to heavy in some spots), signs of age, wear and handling; the edges are worn the corners are worn and dog-eared and there are light to moderate signs of soil form handling. Some of the paper on the spine is chipped, worn and missing but not enough to interfere with the lettering. The interior pages are lightly yellowed on the edges; otherwise they are in at least Vg+. Overall the book has seen moderate use but it is still quite sound. Overall Vg. $35.00 SOLD |
| Gross Dutsche Kunstausstellung 1940, Im Hsus Der Deutschen Kunst Zu Muchen - Vom Juni -Oktober 1940 | |
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2GP-25b. A German language book for the
great German art exhibition, in the House of German Art, in Munich, from
June through October 1940.
6-inch wide x 8-1/4-inch high format; soft red covers, illustrated with
the logo design for the German House of Art. 179 pages. The book is set
up into two sections; the first 77 pages are a text index of the
complete exhibit; the remaining 72 pages have halftone photographs of
some of the paintings, bronzes and statues in the exhibit. There are
many additional pages of advertisements throughout the book. All of the
pieces of art, presented in the book, are highly Germanic Arian pieces,
which include, old pastoral German farm and home life scenes; old
masters oil paintings and statuary, (many nudes extolling the Arian
body); busts of famous German personage and paintings with militaristic
theme, etc., which is pretty much promoting Arian superiority in the
name of art; never the less, much of the art is quite nice. The
pulp-like paper covers exhibit light to moderate signs of age, wear and
handling; the back cover has two small to near moderate paper chips; the
edges are lightly worn, the corners are light to moderately worn, bumped
and dog-eared and there are very light signs of soil form handling.
Almost all of the paper on the spine is intact, except for some very
small chips; the interior pages are lightly yellowed on the edges;
otherwise they are in near excellent condition. Overall the book
has seen some light use and is very clean and quite sound.
Overall Vg+. $42.00 |
| Kavallerie Division der Waffen SS, im Bild, (The Waffen SS Cavalry Division In Pictures), By Hanns Bayer, With Captions In Both German & English | |
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2GP-26. Copyright in 1982 by,
Munin-Verlag GmbH, Osnabruck, Germany. Large format, 8-1/2-inch wide x
11-5/8- inch high, hard covers with illustrated dust jacket. 223 pages
with hundreds of black & white photographs, most from private
archives, of WW2 German SS Cavalry Divisions in combat action and
routine situations; the men; the horses and the equipment are depicted
in black & white photographs accompanied by German and English
captions. The dust jacket is in near excellent condition; it exhibits
very light signs of age, wear and insignificant soil from light handling
and storage; there is light to moderate wear to the top and bottom edges
of the dust cover, mostly in the area of the spine, however, the cover
has been additionally protected with a transparent slipcover, which has
kept the covers clean; the corners of the covers are very lightly
bumped; they are not dog-eared and are without wear. The binding is
tight and the interior pages are in excellent+ condition. A clean,
very well cared for book. Used. Near excellent. $95.00 |
| Original WW2 Vintage German Studio Photo Of A Luftwaffe Flieger | |
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2GP-27. Approximately 3-1/4-inch wide x 5-1/4-inch high, matte, black & white studio photo of a young Luftwaffe Flieger, (one gull), wearing enlisted mans overseas hat and what appears to be a pre-1940 short blue/gray wool flight blouse with open collar and hidden front buttons. Nice clear study of cap, collar tabs and breast eagle. The subject seems to have a glider proficiency badge on his lower left breast. The front of the photo is in excellent condition and has crisp cut corners and edges; there are a few, small and very minor brown spots on the front of the white border edge. The backside has some moderate brown spots and other soil from handling; it is hand annotated with blue ink, “Radom, (Poland), im April 1944.” The lower right corner of the photo is embossed with the photo companies name but it's not completely legible. Nice. About Vg++. $16.00 SOLD |
| Original WW2 Vintage German Photo Of A large Group Of Labor Corps Men, (RAD) | |
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2GP-28. Approximately 5-1/2-inch wide x 3-1/2-inch high, semi-gloss, black & white photo of a large group of Labor Corps men, posing for the photo, in front of a barracks. The men are wearing the dress brown, RAD, wool uniform; lots of swastika armbands can be seen and the unit, spade, shield is visible but not fully discernable. The front of the photo is in Vg+ condition and shows minor and insignificant age; the edges have a straight cut and the corners are slightly rounded from light handling. The postcard type backside has some light soil for handling. German writing on the backside should be easy to translated; the dates 1-8-34, 31-3-35 are printed below the writing, (European style dates where the day is first, then the month and year). Nice Vg+. $4.00 SOLD |
| Fallschirmjager, Bildband und Chronik 1939 – 1945, (The German Paratroopers, A Documentary In Words and Photographs 1939 - 1945), by Rudolf Bohmler and Werner Haupt. With Text In Both German & English. VERY SCARCE | |
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2GP-29. Copyright 1971, printed in Germany. 6-7/8-inch wide x 9-3/4-inch high format, hard covers with illustrated dust jacket. 280 pages with more than one hundred black & white photographs of WW2 German Paratroopers in combat action and routine situations; many important German Airborne Campaigns and operations are covered. Each photo is captioned in both German and English text. Several pages at the end of the book briefly cover post WW2 German Airborne units and Airborne Veterans Associations. The dust jacket is in near excellent condition; it exhibits very light signs of age, wear and insignificant soil from light handling and storage. The jacket has a, short, 5/8-inch tear at the top edge of the spine and a, tiny, 1/8-inch tear at the bottom edge of the spine, as well as light wear along the top and bottom edges and on the corners, (nothing too serious). The covers are tight and clean; the corners of the covers are lightly bumped; they are not dog-eared and are without wear. The binding is tight and the interior pages are in excellent+ condition. A VERY SCARCE and sought after publication, which is not often encountered. Used. Near excellent. $95.00 |
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