WW2 Yorkshire War Worker YMCA Home-front Enameled Lapel-badge.

Good original wartime period 'Young Men's Christian Association Yorkshire Area War Worker" pin-back enameled lapel-badge. Large circular gilded brass example, 30mm dia with black and red enameling all in excellent condition. The reverse bears the maker's details 'Fattorini Bradford'.  read more

Code: 52363

National Hospital Service Reserve Enameled Membership (King's crown) Lapel-badge.

Pre-1953 green and red enameled brass pin-back badge in excellent condition. The reverse bears the maker's name 'H.W.Miller Ltd, Branston St., Birmingham 18'. Formed in 1948 under the Civil Defence Act as a product of the Cold War, the NHSR was finally disbanded in 1968.
(The purpose of the National Hospital Service Reserve was to recruit, train and organise a peacetime reserve of men an...  read more

Code: 52360

BRD : Early Bundeswehr Official Photo of a Raketenwerfer 110 SF (Rocket launcher).

Original official photo 17.5cms x 13cms ,from the West German Ministry of Defence (Verteidigungsministerium) showing a couple of Rocket launchers 110 SF. This piece of equipment consisted of two eighteen-barrel rocket-launchers on a rotating mount carried on a LKW 7t gl vehicle. All the rockets were 110mm calibre, electrically fired and had a maximum effective range of 15,000 mtrs although th...  read more

Code: 52359

BRD : Early Bundeswehr Official Photo of an Armoured Bridging Vehicle.

Original official photo 17.5cms x 13cms ,from the West German Ministry of Defence (Verteidigungsministerium) showing a Bundeswehr American M48 A2 chassis on which is mounted the hydraulic bridging equipment. The bridge, which was 19.2mtrs long x 4mtrs wide, could take a load of 60 tonnes and span an 18mtr gap, being laid in 3-5 minutes. The vehicle is shown crossing one of its own bridges. T...  read more

Code: 52358

Third Reich : Period Postcard of a Painted Portrait of General Erich Ludendorff.

Beautiful coloured portrait painting postcard of General Erich Ludendorff wearing his principal decorations. The painting was done by Paul Bender. This pre-1945 postcard was produced by the Ludendorff Verlag Gmbh in Munich. It has a lengthy caption on the reverse saying that larger print copies of the painting are available at a price of RM 10.-. Excellent / near mint condition. Rare.  read more

Code: 52357

Third Reich : Postcard of Hitler Receiving Posies from Children.

Unused and un-captioned postcard-photo of Hitler in uniform being presented with flower-posies by a group of young children including some in DJ and JM uniforms. The reverse bears an un-franked printed postage-stamp. This card is one of a series of PR postcards. Excellent condition.  read more

Code: 52354

Third Reich : Portrait Postcard of Adolf Hitler.

Unused and uncaptioned postcard-portrait of Hitler wearing his peaked-cap. The reverse bears an un-franked printed postage-stamp. This card is one of a series of PR postcards. Excellent condition.  read more

Code: 52352

Third Reich : Postcard of Hitler Greeting BDM Girls.

Unused and uncaptioned photo-postcard showing Hitler greeting a group of BDM members from the Westphalian (Westfalen) district. The reverse bears an un-franked printed postage-stamp. This card is one of a series of PR postcards. Excellent condition.  read more

Code: 52351

Third Reich : Allied Propaganda Leaflet Featuring Iron Crosses.

Black and white propaganda leaflet showing on one side hundreds of Iron Crosses and on the other side, hundreds of grave crosses. .....the inference being obvious! The leaflet measures 21.5cms x 13cms and is in excellent / mint condition. Scarce.  read more

Code: 52349

Third Reich : Press Photograph of an Event in Krefeld in September 1933.

Photo 17cms x 11.5cms showing a group of civic dignitaries (most of whom appear to be wearing party membership badges) with a well-decorated Allgemeine-SS man from a cavalry unit (Reiterstandarte) within SS-Abschnitt XVII .
The reverse has a handwritten note 'Krefeld, 17 Sept 1933' and the stamp of a photographers in Darmstadt.  read more

Code: 52344