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"Bilder
Deutscher Geschichte" Cigarette Card Album.
Softbound, German text, 38 pages, 200 colored cigarette
cards, 1936, published by Altona-Bahrenfeld Cigarette
Company. Album covers through captioned colored cards
depicting personalities and events the history of
Germany to include Karl the Great (796), Martin Luther,
Friedrich the Great, Beethoven, the Napoleonic Wars/Feldmarschall
Blücher, and the Franco Prussian War/Bismarck.
Cover shows light wear with one taped repair on upper
spine. Exc+ (23219) $45.
"Der
Weltkrieg" Cigarette Card Album. Softbound,
German text, 63 pages with 270 color cards (Card Nr.
268 is missing). Red cover features the title "Der
Weltkrieg" above a colored map of Europe. The
album published in the early 1936 by Kyffhäuser
Verlag, Berlin features 31 sections, listed by year:
1914-1918 covering operations on the Eastern and Western
Fronts. Many superb photographs of field operations,
weapons on land, sea, and air, as well as personalities
of the period. Minor wear to cover with only one missing
card. Rare cigarette card album. Exc++ (23492) $150.
"Die Deutsche Wehrmacht" Cigarette
Card Album.
Softbound, German text, 64 pages, color photographs,
1936, published by Cigaretten- Bilderdienst Dresden.
Light Field Gray cover features an embossed 88mm gun
crew in action above the title of album. Album features
270 captioned color cards depicting all phases of
life and training in the Army (Heer), Navy (Kriegsmarine),
and Air Force (Luftwaffe). Superb reference.
- MINT (Perfect condition,
complete w/original cardboard sleeve) (18360) $165.
- Exc++ (Slight crease
in lower right hand front cover; some foxing) (17844)
$110.
- MINT (Perfect condition,
complete w/original cardboard sleeve) (19639A) $165.
Olympia
1936 (Winter, Vol. I) Cigarette Card Album.
Hardbound, German text, 127 pages, black & white
photographs, 1936, published by Cigaretten- Bilderdienst
Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. Album covers the events of the
Winter Olympics held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 06-16
February 1936. Features photograph cards of the victors,
to include the famous Norwegian figure skater Sonja
Henie. Also included is a section on the Summer Olympics
to be held in Berlin in August 1936. Album includes
a 33 fold-out of the Berlin Olympic site. No
missing photographs.
- Exc++ (w/o dust
jacket; wear to cover) (16054) $95.
Olympia
1936 (Summer, Volume II) Cigarette Card
Album. Hardbound, German text, 165 pages, black
& white photographs, 1936, published by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst
Altona-Bahrenfeld. Album without dust cover features
the events of the Summer Olympics held in Berlin 01
16 August 1936. Features photograph card of
the victors, to include the famous U.S. athlete Jesse
Owens. Minor wear to the fabric cover. Exc++/Near
MINT (19280) $120.
"Olympia
1936" Cigarette Card Album. Softbound, German
text, 88 pages, black & white photographs, published
by Pet. Cremer Soap & Glycerin Co., Dusseldorf. Album,
with light brown cover, with illustration of Olympic
rings above the Brandenburg Gate, covers both winter
and summer Olympic games in one volume. With 156
photographic cards featuring various winners of events.
Minor surface age to cover. Rare! Exc++ (20621) $110.
"Orden" Cigarette Card
Album.
Album features, in color, medals and decorations from
all of the Royal houses of Imperial Germany. Cover
of book is bright yellow with Pour le Merite (Blue
MAX) in blue in the center. Artwork is by famous artist
Paul Casberg. Published circa 1930; German text; 100%
complete.
- Exc++/Near MINT
(15570) $225.
- Exc+/Exc++ (Light
wear to cover w/tear to lower spine, 100% complete)
(22398) $195.
Uniformen
der Alten Armee" Cigarette Card Album. Softbound,
German text, 48 pages with color illustrations. Published
by Waldorf Astoria Cigaretten Fabrik G.m.b.H, München.
Album features a red cover with album title inside
gilt oak leaf wreath surrounded by gilt border. Inside
front cover is signed, "Major Fischer, München, 17.9.1932".
Album features 312 captioned color cards depicting
all units/uniforms of the Imperial German Army. The
first 18 pages provide an organization chart, by unit,
of the Army Corps & Divisions within the German Army,
to include the Saxon, Wurttemberg & Bavarian Army
units. Valuable reference for uniform collectors.
Minor wear to cover. Exc++/Near MINT (19865) $150.
Uniformen
der Marine und Schutztruppen Cigarette Card
Album. Softbound, German text, 24 pages, color
photographs, published by Waldorf Estoria Cigarette
Company. Album features dark blue cover with album
title inside gilt oak leaf wreath surrounded by gilt
border. Included are charts detailing the divisions
and stations within the Imperial Navy, Marine-Infantry,
and Colonial troops, as well as silhouette illustrations
and data on the various classes of ships in the Imperial
Navy. Album includes 96 captioned color cards illustrating
the various uniforms of the Imperial Navy (48 cards),
Marine-Infantry (12 cards), and Colonial troops (36
cards). Light age to cover only, with no missing cards.
Valuable research volume in superb condition. Exc++/Near
MINT (19284) $75.
"Unser
Familien Buch" Album. Hardbound, loose-leaf,
German text, 1 1/8" thick, divided into 58 sections,
published by the NSDAP Reichbund Deutsche Familie.
Album features dark red fabric cover with printed
off-white eagle and "Unser Familien Buch"
in block letters on cover. Book includes sections
for family histories of mother, father, and ancestors,
military service, membership in NSDAP organizations,
with pages for photographs and documents in each section.
Book is unused with no entries of photographs. Spine
shows light wear to fabric. Rare NSDAP family history
album. Exc++ (21751) $140.
Imperial
Hussar Photo Album.
Album measures 6" x 7". Blue leatherette
covering. Has a picture of a German Hussar blowing
a bugle on horseback. Very colorful. At the top is
the embossed German flag with "Album" written
at the bottom in gold. No pictures are present. Shows
some mild discoloration to edge. Very nice example!
Exc++ (11592) $85.
Kriegsmarine
Service Photo Album. Padded fabric-covered album
measuring 10 ½" x 7 ½" features
approximately 48 black & white photographs of
Naval Officers including Admiral Raeder as well as
many photographs of the Naval facilities at Kiel/Ellersbeck
on the North Sea. Photographs cover many activities
including ships at anchor, crane operations, and factory
operations to include maintenance of heavy Navy guns.
Album also includes photographs of capital ships at
sea as well as smaller coastal craft. Album shows
only light surface wear/age to the cover and is complete
with onion skin protective sheets. Nice Navy album.
Exc++ (22674) $295.
Military
Service Photo Album. This extensive Army album
features off-white pressed board covers with brown
leatherette spine in corners showing wear primarily
to edges of spine and corners. Album contains approximately
280 photographs of Army garrison and field life beginning
in July 1942 at Siegen located Northwest of Frankfurt.
Photographs cover off-duty and military activities
of a young Mounted Field Artillery soldier. Superb
photographs of uniforms, horses/equipment, as well
as occupation duty in France. Exc++ (23065) $325.
Early
Military Service Photo Album. Feldgrau linen-covered
album measuring 10 ½" x 7 ½"
containing 47 black & white photographs features
a silver impressed eagle/swastika in the upper left
corner above the inscription,"3. Komp. Inf.-Rgt.
29". Infantry Regiment 29 was garrisoned at Guben
located southeast of Berlin on the Polish border.
Album features many photographs of training exercises,
garrison formations and parades and many excellent
photographs of uniforms and equipment. Superb pre-war
photo album complete with cardboard protective sleeve.
No damage to album with only minor wear to the cardboard
protective sleeve. Exc++/Near MINT (23178) $295.
Military
Service Photo Album.
Fabric covered album contains 88 black and white photographs
mostly related to Luftwaffe operations and off-duty
activities. Included is a photograph of a pilot drinking
from his Honor goblet as well as an office scene with
a Luftwaffe standard in full view. Also included are
photographs made in Italy and North Africa as well
as photographs of Police formations and Navy personnel.
Interesting group of photographs. Exc+ (18958) $295.
Early
Military Service Photo Album. Feldgrau linen-covered
album measuring 10 ½" x 7 ½"
containing 110 black & white photographs features
a silver impressed eagle/swastika in the upper left
corner above the inscription, "13.(i.G.)Komp.
Inf.-Rgt. 62" (13th Infantry Howitzer Company,
Infantry Regiment 62). Infantry Regiment 62 was garrisoned
in Longschutt northeast of Munich. Album features
many photographs of training exercises, to include
field marches with the horse-drawn Howitzers. Many
interesting photographs of the pre-1936 field blouse
worn with mounted equipment. The original owner, Obergefreiter
Schnapser is shown in pre-1936 uniform along with
his horse, "Pandur". Superb early Army photo
album complete with cardboard protective sleeve. No
damage to album with only minor wear to cardboard
protective sleeve. Exc++ (22670) $250.
Early
Military Service Photo Album. Feldgrau linen-covered
album measuring 10 ½" x 7 ½"
containing 46 black & white photographs features
a silver impressed eagle/swastika in the upper left
corner above the inscription, "12.(M.G.) Komp.
Inf.-Rgt. 35" (12th Machine Gun Company, Infantry
Regiment 35). Infantry Regiment 35 was garrisoned
at Tübingen located southeast of Stuttgart. Album
features many photographs of training exercises to
include field marches with the horse-drawn machine
gun caissons. Many interesting photographs of mounted
activities as well as training maneuvers with the
machine gun. Superb photo album complete with cardboard
protective sleeve. No damage to album with minor wear/age
to cardboard protective sleeve. Exc++ (22671) $250.
Early
Military Service Photo Album. Feldgrau linen covered
album measuring 10 ½" x 7 ½"
containing 60 black & white photographs features
a silver impressed eagle/swastika in the upper left
corner of the front cover. Most of the photographs
in the album cover the period 26 August - 25 October
1935 and include photographs of garrison duty and
training exercises of the 2nd Company Reserve Battalion
34 garrisoned in Eichstätt located northwest
of Munich. The last four pages of the album contain
photographs of a young soldier who progressed from
Unteroffizier to Leutnant with a superb 1938 photograph
of the Leutnant in field service uniform with Gebergsjager
style field cap. Superb photo album complete with
cardboard protective sleeve. No damage to album with
only minor wear/age to cardboard protective sleeve.
Exc++ (22830) $250.
Military
Service Memorial Photo Album. Dark brown padded
leatherette album measuring 12 ½" x 9"
features silver-colored metal Stahlhelm with raised
eagle/swastika in the upper left corner with the inscription,
"R.J.R. 122" (Reserve Infantry Regiment
122) stamped in silver in the lower right corner.
Album contains 36 black & white photographs covering
the 1925, 1933, 1935, 1940, 1960, and 1965 veteran
reunions of Reserve Infantry Regiment 122. Photographs
show group gatherings as well as a 1935 memorial service
and large parade in Reutlingen (south of Stuttgart).
Rare veteran album from a Wurttemberg Reserve Regiment.
Near MINT/MINT (22832) $250.
Military
Service Photo Album. Tan fabric-covered album
measuring 11" x 8" containing 88 black &
white photographs features a black impressed eagle/swastika
in the upper left corner with the inscription, "Reservelacarett
I. Prag Kriegsweihnachten 1940" (Reserve Hospital
I Prague, War Christmas 1940) in black impressed letters.
Album includes large photographs of the hospital building,
staff, nurses, ambulances, and off-duty/field activities.
Included are two photographs of SS personnel to include
a Waffen-SS Oberscharführer in Field Service
uniform wearing a Russian Front ribbon, Infantry Assault
badge and Wound badge in silver. Second photograph
dated 1943 pictures a Waffen-SS Sturmmann in Field
Service uniform with Russian Front buttonhole ribbon,
Infantry Assault badge in silver, Wound badge in black,
and Langemark cuff title. Album cover shows light
wear with minor fraying along lower edge but no missing
photographs. Rare hospital service album with SS photographs
included. Exc+ (22672) $225.
NEW!
Unnisued Military Service "Ehren = Chronik"
Photo Album. This superb, unissued photograph
album was recently obtained from the estate of WWII,
28th Infantry Division veteran, Ernest Horrmann. Black,
pebbled leatherette album measuring 9" x 12"
features a black and silver stamped facsimile of a
1939 Iron Cross on the upper center of the front cover
with the inscription, "Ehren = Chronikt"
stamped in silver gothic letters in the lower center.
Album consists of 24 pages of black/white photographs
of Third Reich military leaders, the German entry
into Austria, Czechoslovakia, Memel, Danzig, Warsaw,
the French campaign, victory parade in Paris, aircraft
over Berlin, action in the Balkans as well as illustrations
of military medals/decorations; 18 pages to list camrades,
dates of service, awards, wounds and personal information;
8 heavy, gray cardboard pages complete with protective
onionskin between pages for mounting photographs and
11 pages for genealogical entries. Leatherette is
perfect with no wear to the Iron Cross or inscription
on the front cover. Superb, unissued "Honor =
Album". Note: Album is WITHOUT photos.
MINT (24366) $145.
NSKK-Motorsturm
1/M156 Tagebuch (Journal). This large 8 ½" x 13"
hardbound journal/photo album containing approximately
130 pages covers the activities of NSKK-Motorsturm
1/M156, Konstanz (located on Lake Constance in southern
Germany) for the years 1931 - 1940. Album features
many photographs of officers and men of the Motorsturm
in parades, training activities, and organizational
functions. Photographs provide detailed look at NSKK
uniforms, to include edged weapons, as well as insignia
and accouterments. NOTE: Portions of some pages have
been cut out (possibly as a late-war or occupation
period effort to protect the identities of certain
individuals). Rare, one-of-a-kind journal with much
hand lettering and original artwork provide an interesting
look at the daily life of the NSKK during the pre-
& early-war years. Cover of book shows wear/age, with
some loose pages. VG+/Exc. (20424) $450.
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