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WWII German Propaganda for Soviet Soldiers – Large – Rare
£50.00An interesting bit of German propaganda used to encourge Soviet Soldiers to come over to the German lines. It is about the size of an A4 Page.
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WWII Original Photo – Hitler – Streicher – Himmler – Blutfahne – München – Feldhernhalle – 9 November 1937 – Blood Order – Blood Flag – Rare
£190.00This photo depicts the Munich 9th of 9 November 1937 March to the Feldhernhalle. This is a period photo and was taken by a prewar photographer reporting on rhe event. Not many photos of this procession unless it was someone close up to see what was going on at the front.
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WWII German Sword Maker Window Sign – W.K.C Sollingen – Original Period Print in VGC – Rare
£299.00Original Period TR Sign for a shop selling products from W.K.C Solligen – a TR producer of fine blades. This is something for the serious edged weapons collectors display. Very good condition with original display loop attached still.
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WWII German Book – U-Boots Kommandanten und Kriegsverbrecher – Gifted to Adolf Hitler from Georg Günther von Forstner – Dedicated
£345.00This original edition was gifted to Hitler in 1937. It reads: Dear Leader and Reich Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, protector of the true German honor, in the firm confidence that the honor of German warriors, especially our submarine weapon, which has been violated by the demands of the enemy and the German language of judges, will be restored before the world. reverently dedicated. Griefswald Christmas 1937, Geog Günter Freiherr von Forstner. Authored and Dedicated by: Georg Günther von Forstner In April 1900, von Forstner joined the Imperial Navy. On September 27, 1903 he was appointed lieutenant at sea. On March 21, 1905, he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea on the emperor Charlemagne . In 1908 he worked on the Königsberg and in 1909 at Hertha;.Kiel in shipyard at the Konrad von Henkel-Gebhardi Until 1914, von Forstner worked as an adjutant to Rear Admiral In the same year he worked in the inspection of the torpedo system. After the outbreak of the First World War he was commander of U 28 until July 1916; used. Under his command, the submarine sank the British passenger steamer Falaba. George Canal, killing 104 people. Among the dead passengers was the first American fatality in World War I, raising tensions between the United States and the German Empire. He then worked as a teacher at the submarine school until December 1917. This was followed by an entertaining stint as head of the Arösund division, while at the same time serving as commander of the Panther. Until the end of the war he worked as First Officer on the Königsberg. On April 28, 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant captain. He resigned from the German Navy on July 9, 1919. In the Weimar Republic von Forstner worked as an author and moved to Greifswald. Von Forstner openly appeared as a historical revisionist and in a lecture at a meeting accused the German National People’s Party (DNVP) in Stralsund the Social Democracy as the cause of the German Defeat in the First World War. As chairman of the Greifswalder Stahlhelm and DNVP member he also registered as a candidate in the Pomeranian constituency. Final comments: An odd book, with a poignant meaning behind it, it was found in the USA and was som sort of bring back to the US. The book itself seems to be quite rare, and I was unable to find another copy listed.
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WWII German Photo of Hitler and Göring – Blutfahne – München 9.Nov 1937 – Feldherrnhalle – Original
£72.00Original Photo – unpublished – Hitler and Göring can be seen as well as the Blood Flag carried during the Putsch also.
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WWII Red Army Soviet Propaganda – For German Soldier – Pass to POW – Bank Note – 23.04.1945 – Rare – Berlin 1945
£30.00A very late pass to surrender to the Red Army, made in the form of a bank note to capture attention. Very late war (23.04.1945) perhaps used during the battle for Berlin 1945.
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WWII German Photograph – General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg – Normandy 1944 – Wearing British Dust Glasses – Super Rare Photo
£201.00An amazing photograph, displaying him with dust glasses taken from the British Army. Geyr von Schweppenburg (2 March 1886 – 27 January 1974) was a German general during World War II who is noted for his pioneering stance and expertise in the field of armoured warfare.[2][3] He commanded the 5th Panzer Army (formalised as Panzer Group West) during the Invasion of Normandy, and later served as Inspector General of Armoured Troops. After the war, he was involved in the development of the newly-built German Army (Bundeswehr). Freiherr von Geyr was born in 1886 in Potsdam into the Prussian military aristocracy and descended from a family that had produced two Prussian field marshalls.[4] He joined the German Army in 1904. In World War I, he fought on several fronts and rose to the rank of captain. After the war, he remained in the army, becoming an Oberst in 1932 and a Generalmajor in 1935. From 1933 to 1937, he was a military attaché to the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands and resided in London. Promoted to Generalleutnant upon his return from London, he took command of the 3rd Panzer (armoured) Division in 1937.[5] World War II From 1 September to 7 October 1939, Geyr commanded the 3rd Panzer Division during the invasion of Poland, where it was the most numerically powerful Panzer Division, with 391 tanks.[6] For a victory at Kulm, he was praised on the battlefield by Hitler, who had visited the division in recognition for its achievements in Poland.[7] He was promoted to General der Kavallerie of the XXIV Panzer Corps on 15 February 1940. In 1940, he commanded the XXIV Panzer Corps in the Invasion of France. In 1941, in the invasion of the Soviet Union, Geyr’s XXIV Panzer Corps was part of General Heinz Guderian’s Second Panzer Army, and consisted of all of Guderian’s major tank units.[8] On 9 July 1941, he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross as General der Panzertruppe.[9] By early November 1941, Geyr’s Panzer Corps commanded the 3rd, 4th, and 17th Panzer Divisions, the panzer regiment from the 18th Panzer Division, as well as the Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland, and spearheaded the advance of Army Group Centre during the Battle of Moscow.[8] From 21 July 1942, taking over from the court-martialed Georg Stumme,[10] to 30 September 1942, he was commanding General of the XXXX Panzer Corps, taking part in the fighting in the Caucasus. Geyr was relieved in a command cadre shakeup at the end of September 1942.[10] In the spring of 1943, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt ordered Geyr to prepare a force of 10 Panzer and motorised infantry divisions. On 19 November 1943, Geyr’s command was formalised as Panzer Group West, which had responsibility for the training and formation of all armoured units in the west. The group of armoured divisions near Paris constituted the Germans’ main force of tanks in France. In the event of an Allied landing on the northern French coast, Panzer Group West was expected to counterattack northward and to halt the invasion force.[11] The Allied invasion of Normandy took place on 6 June 1944. By 8 June, Geyr had moved three panzer divisions northward against British and Canadian forces advancing on the town of Caen. On, Royal Air Force aircraft attacked his newly-established headquarters at La Caine in Normandy. Geyr was wounded and many of his staff officers were killed, which forced the cancellation of the counterattack.[12] Geyr’s reinforced tank units managed to prevent the British advance for another month, but he was nevertheless relieved of his command on 2 July after seconding Rundstedt’s request for Hitler to authorize a strategic withdrawal from Caen.[13][14][15] He was succeeded by Heinrich Eberbach on 4 July and served as Inspector General of Armoured Troops until the closing phase of the war
