WW 205
WW 205
Collection of 15 early post-World War 1 Spanish confectionary cards on the Russian Revolution and subsequent Civil War. All described on back. M
Price: $300.00
World War 1 & 2
WW 199
WW 199
A 400 PAGE collection entitled Los Documentos Secretos del Estado Mayor Frances. These are a collection of copies of secret French documents concerning the war. 1941. Cover detached and deteriorated. Otherwise good. M
Price: $490.00
WW 198A 20 page manuscript written in the first person about the famous French-German aerial combat of June 9, 1940, one day before French authorities declared Paris an open city. The author is unknown but I believe he was one of the pilots in the action as it is written in the first person, and this may have been a draft of an official report of the action. Attached to the report is an official document listing the names and number of kills of French World War 1 pilots scoring more than 10 kills. The June 9th battle was perhaps the most famous air battle of the Battle of France, with France’s top air ace during the Battle of France, Lieutenant Camille Plubeau (1911-1998) shot down over Rethel. He survived the war, downing 14 German aircraft. M
Price: $490.00
Note: 
WW 198At the time of the Battle of France the French Armée de l'Air had 1,562 aircraft, and RAF Fighter Command committed 680 machines, while RAF Bomber Command could contribute some 392 aircraft to operations. Some of the Allied types were approaching obsolescence, such as the Fairey Battle. In the fighter force, only the British Hawker Hurricane and the French Dewoitine D.520 could contend with the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, the D.520 having better maneuverability although being slightly slower. On 10 May 1940, though, only 36 D.520 fighters had been dispatched, all to one squadron. In fighter aircraft, the Allies had the numerical advantage; 836 German Bf 109s against 81 Belgian, 261 British and 764 French fighters of various types. The French and British also had larger aircraft reserves. In early June 1940, the French aviation industry had reached a considerable output, with an estimated reserve of nearly 2,000 aircraft.
A chronic lack of spare parts crippled this fleet. Only 29 percent (599) of the aircraft were serviceable, of which 170 were bombers. Low serviceability meant the Germans had a clear numerical superiority in medium bomber aircraft, with six times as many as the French. Despite its disadvantages the Armée de l'Air performed far better than expected, destroying 916 enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat during the Battle of France, for a kill ratio of 2.35:1, with almost a third of those kills accomplished by French pilots flying the US built Curtiss Hawk 75 which accounted for 12.6 percent of the French single-seat fighter force.
WW 197
WW 197
Bulletin from the Parliamentary War Savings Committee of the UK Treasury on the strategy to be employed to sell Savings Bonds to the public. July 6, 1915. B
Price: $40.00
WW 196
Original manuscript message to the Belgian people by King Leopold on June 7, 1944 that he is being deported to Germany. M
Price: $120.00
WW 195
Hungarian Resistance leaflet “Enough of Hitler”. Size 12x23cm. M
Price: $220.00
WW 194
WW 194
Collection of 830 World War 2 Italian POW letters from Italy (10), Egypt (96), Kenya (57), UK (114), India (97), South Africa (29), USA (94), Germany (248), Morocco (13), Tanganyika/Rhodesia (5), Algeria (44), Australia (22), Eritrea (1). Almost all are real letters and not simply notices of capture. Also included is a POW pay book belonging to Sebastiano Tineo, showing debits and credits to his account while a POW. m
Price: $9990.00
WW 193
Complete set of 8 photos of Buchenwald Death Camp done in 1955by the VEB Volkskunstverlag Reichenbach. Cover included. Captions on back of each photo. M
Price: $120.00
WW 189
WW 189
Set of 6 Hungarian patriotic postcards issued in World War 1. Most written on back. m
Price: $240.00
WW 188
WW 188
Set of 12 German postcards “Gruss vond der Musterung” or “Greetings from the Military Surgeon”. These postcards date from 1901-1912 and underline how martial German society was that they developed a popular culture around military physical fitness examinations. M
Price: $500.00
WW 183
WW 183
Set of 3 German patriotic postcards from 1916 by Hans Zahe. m
Price: $120.00
WW 181
WW 181
Complete set of 10 World War 1 French patriotic postcards by Poulbot, featuring children. M
Price: $400.00
WW 180
Complete set of 6 Belgium humor postcards on the Occupation of Germany after World War 2. Original cover included. M
Price: $240.00
WW 176
Complete set of 3 UK World War 1 Home Front postcards by Frank Howard. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: $90.00
WW 173
WW 173
Complete set of 6 Dutch anti-German humor postcards at the end of the war. M
Price: $240.00
WW 172
Complete set of 6 Dutch humor postcards on the Canadian liberation. m
Price: $240.00
WW 171
WW 171
Interesting Dutch postcards by Soutendyk showing an almost relaxed attitude among the Dutch on the eve of war. These postcards were created to “relax the mobilized soldiers”. M
Price: $320.00
WW 170
Set of 5 Dutch humor postcards of the Dutch military, on the eve of World War 2. M
Price: $150.00
WW 164
Complete set of 6 UK Raphale Tuck postcards, the Connoisseur series. m
Price: $240.00
WW 163
Set of 4 UK postcards from 1916 by artist Hal Hurst on the Red Cross. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: $160.00