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WWII German Bekanntmachung Poster – “Avis” Paris 1941 – Execution of French Resistance Members – Large Poster – Very Rare!
$550.00Here we have an original Large ( 29 3/4″ x 22 1/2″) Poster. See Below for the full story! Condition: Damaged as seen, could be correctly mounted for display. Last Three photos are reference only. Consider Making an Offer, Shipping World Wide is Free! Samuel Tyszelman (born Szmul Cecel Tyszelman; 21 January 1921 – 19 August 1941) was a Jewish Polish communist who was a member of the French Resistance during World War II (1939-1945). He and another man were arrested and executed for taking part in an anti-German demonstration. That started a series of assassinations and reprisals in which over 500 people were killed. Szmul Cecel Tyszelman was born in Puławy, Poland, on 21 January 1921. His family was Jewish. During World War II (1939–1945), he was a member of the French communist resistance organization known as Bataillons de la jeunesse. He was in a group named the Main-d’Oeuvre Immigrée, whose members were Jews who had migrated from Eastern Europe in the 1920s and the 1930s. In early August 1941, three of them (Tyzelman, Charles Wolmark and Elie Walach) stole 25 kilograms (55 lb) of dynamite from a quarry in the Seine-et-Oise. On 13 August 1941, Tyszelman, known as “Titi”, was among a group of 100 young people, male and female, who walked out of the Strasbourg – Saint-Denis metro station and followed the tricolour flag of student Olivier Souef. They sang la Marseillaise and shouted “Down with Hitler! Vive La France!” French and German police intervened. German soldiers opened fire, and Tyzelman was hit in the leg. Gautherot fled, but was pursued by a German civilian and caught in a porter’s lodge at 37 Boulevard Saint-Martin. Tyszelman, pursued by German soldiers who were aided by an emergency police van of the 19th arrondissement, was finally arrested in a cellar of 29 Boulevard Magenta, where he had taken refuge. On 14 August, the Militärbefehlshaber in Frankreich (MBF: “German Military Commander in France”) banned the French Communist Party and announced that anyone who took part in a communist demonstration in the future would be charged with aiding the enemy. Tyszelman and Gautherot were tried by a German military tribunal and sentenced to death. They were executed by firing squad on 19 August 1941 at the Vallée-aux-Loups in Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine. Notices in black lettering on red paper were posted the same day to announce the sentence and the execution. Until this time the Jeunesses Communistes (JC: Young Communists) were mainly involved in propaganda, publishing tracts and clandestine newspapers, with minimal armed action. At a session from 15 to 17 August it was agreed that members of the JC should receive weapons training and should increase sabotage and attacks on occupation troops. There was some resistance but with news of the execution of Gautherot and Tyszelman it was agreed to take a more active role. Of the JC leaders, Pierre Georges became primarily involved in military operations in the Paris region, while Albert Ouzoulias was more concerned with recruitment and liaison between the regions. On 21 August Pierre Georges and three companions made a revenge killing of a German soldier named Alfons Moser when he was boarding a train at the Barbès metro station at eight in the morning. When Adolf Hitler heard of Moser’s death he ordered that one hundred hostages be executed at once. The German military commander in France, Otto von Stülpnagel, did not want to upset the Vichy government. He told Vichy he just wanted ten hostages, who would be shot if any Germans were attacked. On 27 August 1941 three Communists were sentenced to death by guillotine and were executed the next day. Over the next few days five more communists who had taken part in Tyszelman’s demonstration were shot and then three Gaullists. This was the start of a series of assassinations and reprisals that resulted in five hundred French hostages being executed in the next few months.
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WWII German Luftschutz Protection Advice for Berliners 1944/45 – Joseph Goebbels
$125.00An interesting and rather rare Berlin item
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WWII US Army GI Souvenirs – Berlin Karlshorst German Army Surrender May 1945 – Original Photo US & Soviet Troops – Paris France Liberation 1944
Original price was: $175.00.$85.00Current price is: $85.00.One personal photo was found in this batch, showing a US Soldier with Red Army Soldiers somewhere in Germany 1945. Then there is a series of photos with Paris France 1944. Then a set of photos that were produced to sell to soldiers directly after the war ended, Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender document, 8 May 1945, Berlin Karlshorst. A single photo of his counterpart Red Army General Zhukov.
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WWII Allied Made Propaganda For German Army in Normandy 1944 – General von Schlieben Captured – Surrender of Cherbourg – Rare
$135.00This is a very uncommon propaganda leaflet in around A5 size. Referring to General von Schlieben who was captured in Cherbourg, he can be seen wearing the German Helmet and Knights Cross in France, Fort du Roule 1944 Surrender.
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WWII US Army Medal Lot – Mike Paul Benz – Bronze Star Named – Early Serial Numbered Purple Heart – Wounded by MG Fire September 1944 France
I was able to find some details on the owner. It seems his father was from Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the USA. Name: Mike P Benz Birth Date 27 Apr 1922 Death Date 25 Jun 1993 Cause of Death Natural SSN 285127284 Enlistment Branch ARMY Enlistment Date 18 Dec 1942 Discharge Date 30 Nov 1945 Wounded Name Mike P Benz Race White, includes Mexican (White) Rank Enlisted Man Admission Age 22 Birth Date abt 1922 Admission Date Sep 1944 Discharge Date Dec 1944 Military Branch Infantry, General or Unspecified Diagnosis FirstLocation: Metacarpal bones and Phalanges: Phalanges, generally; CausativeAgent: Bullet, Machine Gun Type of Injury Casualty, battle Medical Treatment Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts Injured in Line of Duty In line of duty Type of Discharge Duty Length of Service 1 Year(s), 9, 10 OR 11 MONTHS Month(s) Sadly I was unable to locate any record for the Bronze Star, it is likely the wounding took place in France in September of 1944.
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WWII US Army Uniform – 4th Armoured Combat Medic – Tunic – Trousers – Side Cap – Laundry Number – France 1944 / Ardennes 1944
$400.00We were not able to completely confirm the owner of this uniform, it came as one set to us and has period applied insignia and a faint laundry number. Deserves further research. The 4th Armoured Division The division was organized as a full Armored Division in May and June 1942 under the command of Major General John Shirley Wood. It left Pine Camp for Camp Forrest for the Tennessee maneuvers in the Cumberland Mountains held in September and October. In mid-November, it was transferred to the Camp Ibis Desert Training Center (DTC) in the California-Arizona maneuver area and was the first Armored Division to occupy Camp Ibis near Needles, California in the Mojave Desert, which was close to the Arizona and Nevada borders. On 3 June, the 4th AD arrived at Camp Bowie, Texas, an armored training center located in central Texas near Brownwood, for more maneuvers until about December when it departed for Camp Myles Standish in Massachusetts for winter training. On 29 December, the 4th AD departed Boston to conduct training in England in preparation for the invasion of Normandy. France After training in England from January to July 1944, the 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach, on 11 July, over a month after the initial Normandy landings, and first entered combat on 17 July; on 28 July, battle action as part of the VIII Corps exploitation force for Operation Cobra, the 4th AD secured the Coutances area. The 4th AD then swung south to take Nantes, cutting off the Brittany Peninsula, 12 August 1944. Turning east, it drove swiftly across France north of the Loire, smashed across the Moselle 11–13 September, flanked Nancy and captured Lunéville, 16 September. The 4th AD fought several German panzergrenadier brigades in the Lorraine area including the SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 and SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51 at this time, defeating a larger German force through superior tactics and training. After maintaining a defensive line, Chambrey to Xanrey to Hénaménil, from 27 September to 11 October, the 4th AD rested briefly before returning to combat 9 November with an attack in the vicinity of Viviers. The 4th AD cleared Bois de Serres, 12 November, advanced through Dieuze and crossed the Saar River, 21–22 November, to establish and expand bridgehead and took Singling and Bining, then Baerendorf 24 November, before being relieved 8 December. The 4th Armored Division received the following unit awards from France: Croix de Guerre with Palm (27–29 July 1944), Croix de Guerre with Palm (12–29 September 1944), and French Fourragere in the colors of the Croix de Guerre. Battle of the Bulge Two days after the Germans launched their Ardennes Offensive, the 4th AD entered the fight (18 December 1944), racing northwest into Belgium, covering 150 miles in 19 hours. The 4th AD, spearheading Patton’s Third Army, attacked the Germans at Bastogne and, on 26 December, was the first unit (Company C, 37th Tank Battalion led the 4th Armored Division column that relieved Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge)[8] to break through at Bastogne and relieve the besieged 101st Airborne Division. Six weeks later the 4th AD jumped off from Luxembourg City in an eastward plunge that carried it across the Moselle River at Trier, south, and east to Worms, and across the Rhine, 24–25 March 1945. Advancing all night, the 4th AD crossed the Main River the next day, south of Hanau, and continued to push on. Lauterbach fell 29 March, Creuzburg across the Werra on 1 April, Gotha on 4 April – where the 4th AD liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, the first Nazi camp liberated by U.S. troops.[9] By 12 April the 4th AD was across the Saale River. Pursuit of the enemy continued, and by 6 May the division had crossed into Czechoslovakia and established a bridgehead across the Otava River at Strakonice, with forwarding elements at Písek. The 4th AD was reassigned to the XII Corps on 30 April 1945. The 4th AD received the following Letter of Commendation: To: Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey The outstanding celerity of your movement and the unremitting, vicious and skillful manner in which you pushed the attack, terminating at the end of four days and nights of incessant battle in the relief of Bastogne, constitutes one of the finest chapters in the glorious history of the United States Army. You and the officers and men of your command are hereby commended for a superior performance. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Commander, Third U.S. Army The 4th AD’s second commander, Major General John Shirley Wood, (known as “P” Wood to his contemporaries, the “P” standing for “Professor”, and “Tiger Jack” to his men) who took over the division officially on 18 June 1942, trained the 4th Armored Division for two years before he personally led it into combat in France, on 28 July 1944, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. On 1 August, Gen. George Patton’s U.S. Third Army became operational and the 4th AD became the spearhead of the Third Army. The British military armor theorist and historian, Capt. Basil Henry Liddell Hart, once referred to General Wood as “the Rommel of the American armored forces.” Like Rommel, Wood commanded from the front, and preferred staying on the offensive, using speed and envelopment tactics to confuse the enemy. General Wood often utilized a light Piper Cub liaison aircraft flown by his personal pilot, Maj. Charles “Bazooka Charlie” Carpenter, to keep up with his rapidly moving division, sometimes personally carrying corps orders from headquarters directly to his advancing armored columns. On 3 December 1944, General Wood was relieved as division commander. The division was then led by Major General Hugh Gaffey through the Battle of the Bulge until March 23, when Brigadier General William M. Hoge was awarded command. Major General Fay B. Prickett commanded during the occupation period. Major General Archibald R. Kennedy commanded the division after the war. Among the most famous members of the 4th AD during World War II was…
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WWI / WWII British Army Officers Medal Grouping – Major J.B.L Thompson – Royal Engineers – Buckingham Palace Invite 1952 – Family Seal
This is an interesting little tin of memories, it include fine made silver items. As well as a wonderful pictorial history of the Father and Son during both WWI / WWII. This is an interesting find with the Medals and matching Mini set. Seems the son was in Europe at their Uncles grave in France November 1944. Sadly there is not much in terms of research but its clear both Father and Son served. Nice set as its unusual.
