Bill Shea....51 Morgan Road....Hubbardston, Massachusetts 01452-1602....Telephone (978) 928-4495....FAX (978) 928-5278

Last Updated: 07/04/08 01:06 PM

Hi Guys and Gals!  We've decided to do some Spring Cleaning in this category of the website.  You are the beneficiary!  We've selected certain items and reduced the prices. Act now while the selection is good! Even with the reduction in price, we'll still allow our generous Layaway plan.

In order to make it easier to find exactly what you are looking for, we have separated the Documents section into categories:

Army Promotion and Award Documents             Army Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses             Letters, Etc. from Walter Hewel             
Luftwaffe Promotion and Award Documents
             Luftwaffe Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses             
Navy Promotion and Award Documents
             Navy Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses             Police Promotion and Award Documents             Political/Para-Military Identification Books, etc.             Political/Para-Military Promotion and Award Documents             SS Promotion and Award Documents             SS Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses             Special Offerings             Posters


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Letters, Etc... from WALTER  HEWEL A Definite Member of the Inner Circle

Walter Hewel was a very good friend of Hitler and an extremely early Party member, who participated in the Munich "putsch". In the 1930’s he became a member of the Reich’s Foreign Ministry - ostensibly as an assistant to von Ribbentrop - and in the Foreign Ministry was given the official rank of “Vortragenden Legationsrat” – which was publicly announced by Hitler  (Lecturing Legation Councilman of some sort – the word Legationsrat does not seen to be in use any longer…it’s not in a dictionary …though “Rat” means “Council” or “Advisor”). He was later promoted to “Ambassador” (“Gesandter”), though he never received an official assignment to any country. He was known on occasion to refer to himself as an “Ambassador to Nowhere”. Hewel also held an honorary SS rank (like von Ribbentrop). As the war progressed, Hewel’s relationship with von Ribbentrop deteriorated. He eventually ended up on Hitler’s staff, where he later worked in the bunker in the capacity of Hitler’s Major Domo (this according to Traudl Junge’s recollection). He is, allegedly, the last person to have had any sort of conversation with the Führer before the latter’s suicide. The common opinion among jealous detractors was that Hewel owed his success only to the fact of his friendship with Hitler and his low NSDAP party number.
Hewel had indeed joined the Nazi party as one of the first – he was still a teenager at the time – and thus became personally acquainted with Hitler in those close early quarters. A certain degree of friendship formed, and it was these two factors to which those later detractors referred. In the foreign ministry he never received any official “portfolio” as the official term goes - i.e. meaning that he was never given official credentials for any specific Ambassadorial assignment. Hewel was among those who, at the end of the war, broke out of the bunker in the group led by SS General Mohnke. However, during the attempted break out he decided to commit suicide - and did so. Some sources even indicate that Hitler had made him promise this - giving him the weapon to use, and a cyanide capsule to complete the task. And so ended Hewel’s life, amidst the rubble of the Reichshauptstadt - a fitting end it seems, for a man whose cause – the one he had followed for most of his young life – lay piled among the ruins around him.
The following documents come from Hewel’s personal files out of the Foreign Ministry office and, in most cases, consist of letters to him or from him to various high ranking individuals while he was still serving in the Foreign Ministry. Likely each of the writers was aware of Hewel’s close association with Hitler, so there was a certain degree of political maneuvering in this. The documents contain either thanks (for this or that), or congratulations on a promotion.
If you watch the movie "Downfall" you can see just how much he was involved at the very end. He was a part of several of the last meetings held in the BUNKER.  This is an excellent opportunity to acquire signed documents to a member of the “Inner Circle”.


 

D-001  Letter from the Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellery Dr. Hans Lammers

$795.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $550.00

 


 


 

D-002  Letter from the Leader of the NSFK, General der Flieger Christiansen

$650.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $500.00

 


 


 

D-003  Letter from the Leader of the NSFK, General der Flieger Christiansen

$650.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $500.00

 


 


 

D-005  Letter from The “Secretary of State, Foreign Ministry”, with a Pair of Business Cards Attached

$675.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $500.00

 


 


 

D-006  Brief Thank You  Note to Hewel (Birthday), with Original Arthur Greiser (Gauleiter and National Representative) Signature

$495.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $325.00

 


 


 

D-007a  Telegram to Hewel with Congratulations on Promotions from “Heydrich SS-Gruppenfuehrer”

$750.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $550.00

 


 


 

D-009  Letter of Congratulations on Promotion from The Lord Mayor of the Reich’s Party City of Nürnberg, Willy Liebel

$450.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $350.00

 


 


 

D-010  Letter from Reichsminister Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Thanking Hewel for Congratulations

$1,095.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $825.00

 


 


 

D-010a   Letter from Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Congratulating Hewel on His Promtion

$1,095.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $825.00

 


 


 

D-011  Telegram to Hewel Received Through the Telegraph Office of the Reichs Foreign Ministry, from SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff

$995.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $750.00

 


 


 

D-012   Telegram to Hewel with Birthday Congratulations from Dr. Josef Goebbels

$750.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $550.00

 


 


 

D-013  Printed Thank You Card (for Birthday Wishes) with Original General Feldmarschall von Brauchitsch Signature

$450.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $325.00

 



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SS Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses


 

D-100  Incredibly Rare W-SS Wehrpass for Franz Kessler Who Went From The LAH to the SS Paratroopers and Everything In Between

$5,200.00  PHOTOS

 


 


 

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D-103  SS Police Dienstpass (i.e. A Service Record Book) From A Member of III Battalion SS Police Rgt. 23.

$1,150.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $895.00

 


 


 

D-105  Extremely Nice SS Soldbuch for a Member of the 13th SS Division “Handschar”

$1,400.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $1,150.00

 


 


 

D-107   Wehrpaß and Soldbuch for SS Medical Rottenführer Ignatz Gundelach, Assigned to the LSSAH

$1,650.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $1,350.00

 



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Army Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses


 

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D-117  Army Document Grouping (Wehrpaß and Four Documents) for Medical Officer (Unterarzt) Dr. Kurt Khälss

$260.00   PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $175.00

 


 


 

D-119   Wehrmacht Driver’s License (with Possible Bullet Hole Damage?) For Edward Furlius

$45.00  PHOTOS

 


 


 

D-122  Army Wehrpaß for Unteroffizier Alfred Paul Straube, with Paper Cover – Killed During Anti-Partisan Fighting in Greece

$355.00  PHOTOS
**ON HOLD**

 


 


 

D-125  Grossdeutschland Soldbuch and Driver’s License for Stabsgefreiter Otto Anton Weber, Panzer-Abwehr (Anti-Tank)

$395.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $300.00

 



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Luftwaffe Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses


 

D-143   Super Luftwaffe Wehrpaß for Unteroffizier Cristoph Neubert (Aircraft Mechanic); Served Through the Battle of Britain

$360.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $275.00

 



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Political/Para-Military Identification Books, etc.


 

D-168   War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern) Award Document to Jagdaufseher Ferdinand Schlegel, with Facsimile Keitel Signature

$70.00  PHOTOS

Reduced Price:  $50.00

 


 


 

D-171  Work Document Grouping for a Female Worker, Aniela Jaruzel

$150.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $120.00

 


 


 

D-172  Scarce NSDAP Party Book with Very Low Number (157 188), for Erwin Knefel, Who Joined the SA and Then the SS

$490.00  PHOTOS
**ON HOLD**

 



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Navy Soldbuchs/Wehrpasses


 

D-174a   Kriegsmarine (Navy) U-Boot Soldbuch for Oberfunkmaat Karl Brezmann

$985.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $800.00

 


 


 

D-176  Document, Photos and Identification Disk Grouping for a Navy Marine Artillery Officer Leutnant Dr. Karl Graak

$325.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $250.00

 



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Special Offerings


 

D-180  Group of Documents to Sergeant Witold Adamski (Kavallerie Rgt. 10), One Signed By [Then] Brigadier General Olbricht (Executed 21 July 1944 as Head of the Anti-Hitler Resistance)

$495.00  PHOTOS

 


 


 

D-181  Outstanding Wehrpass for a Member of SS Panzer Regiment 1 of the 1st SS Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" ("LSSAH")

$3,250.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $2,750.00

 


 


 

D-183  Award Cassette and Outer Storage Case for a Combined Pilot / Observer Badge with Diamonds

$4,000.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $3,250.00

 


 


 

D-184   Letter from Karl Wolff to “Likus”, with Original Karl Wolff Signature

$495.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $400.00

 


 


 

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D-185   Framed  Ritterkreuz Urkunde (Knight’s Cross Certificate) for Kriegsmarine Oberleutnant zur See (Lieutenant) Götz Freiherr von Mirbach Schnellboot (E-Boat) Officer

$16,500.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $15,225.00

 


 


 

D-186  Rare, Unissued Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Goethe Medal for Art and Science) Document with Cassette; Adolf Hitler Facsimile Signature

$995.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $850.00

 


 


 

D-187  Amazing Historical Letter from Reichsaußenminister (Foreign Minister) von Ribbentrop to Alfred Rosenberg

$1,295.00  PHOTOS

 


 

 


 

D-188 Army Grouping for a Leutnant Willi Tornow in the “Feldherrenhalle” – with Soldbuch, Wehrpass and Several Paper Documents

$995.00  PHOTOS

 


 


 

D-189  Incredible Document Grouping for Athlete Lilli Unbescheid

$2,200.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $1,750.00

 


 


 

D-201  Letter  from the Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer

$375.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $300.00

 


 


 

D-202   Letter from the Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer

$500.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $400.00

 


 


 

D-203   Letter from SS General Karl Wolff to a Fellow Named “Likus”, with Original Wolff Signature

$1,225.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $1,050.00

 


 


 

D-204   Letter from Arthur Rosenberg (der Führer’s Representative for Supervision of the Entire Spiritual and Ideological Training and Education of the NSDAP), to Reich’s Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop

$1,250.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $1,050.00

 



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Army Promotion and Award Documents


 

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D-212  Document Grouping for Obergrenadier Wilhelm Bovenkerk; DAF Book, Four Combat Award Documents, and a Work Pass

$290.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $225.00

 


 



 

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D-213   Nice Document Grouping for Army Signals Leutnant Gernot Adler

$450.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $375.00

 


 


 

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D-215  Three-Document Award Certificate Set for Army Unteroffizier (an NCO Rank) Ewald Köpke

$595.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $495.00
**ON HOLD**

 


 


 

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D-223  Two Document Set for Obergefreiter Rupert Neuhauser, of Eisenbahnpionier Kompanie 74

$120.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $100.00

 


 


 

D-224   War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern) Award Document to an Army Administrative Officer

$120.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $100.00

 



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Luftwaffe Promotion and Award Documents


 

D-232  Rare Grouping of Documents for All Three Grades of the “Frontflugspange für Kampflieger” (Dive Bomber Clasp)  for Unteroffizier Heinz Danz of the 7th Staffel (Squadron) of Kampfgeschwader 55 (55th Bomber Wing)

$600.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $475.00

 


 


 

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D-233  Photo and Document Grouping for a Man in the Hitler Jugend/Luftwaffe

$375.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $310.00

 


 


 

D-235  Two Photographs and Award Document for the Combined Pilot / Observer Badge to Luftwaffe / Naval Officer Ernst Hechler

$1,150.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $950.00

 


 


 

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D-237  Document for Luftwaffe Obergefreiter Ludwig Grünbeck (Unit-Made Membership Certificate)

$75.00  PHOTO

 



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Navy Promotion and Award Documents


 

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D-249  Very Interesting Pamphlet for the Inspecting Physician of Navy Diving Operations, with a Typed “Excerpt from the Operational Instructions Manual for Divers”

$95.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $70.00

 



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SS Promotion and Award Documents


 

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D-256  SS Officer Promotion Recommendation to Obersturmführer for Otto Lück

$150.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $110.00

 



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Political/Para-Military Promotion and Award Documents


 

D-260  LAH Promotion Document for Richard Kastenbutt

$365.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $320.00

 


 


 

D-261  Large Formal D.R.K. German Welfare Honor Medal Award Document (i.e. Social Welfare) with Facsimile Adolf Hitler and Meissner Signatures

$115.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $95.00

 


 


 

D-262   BDM Leader’s Pentathlon Participation Certificate to Margarete Scherbaum

$195.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $150.00

 


 


 

D-263  25-Year Faithful Service Award Document to Locomotive Engineer Franz Reilander

$175.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $125.00

 


 


 

D-265  Reichsbann Certificate for Ending a Reichsbahn Service Assignment

$85.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $50.00

 


 


 

D-266   Qualification Identification Booklet for Certification in Basic Level of Life Saving Skills

$110.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $80.00

 


 


 

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D-269   Notification Document from Reichsminister Goebbel’s  Office; Approximately  5.75” by 8.25”

$120.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $100.00

 


 


 

D-272  Pass Document from the Flossenburg Concentration Camp System

$295.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $225.00

 



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Police Promotion and Award Documents

 


 

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D-286  Interesting Six Document Grouping for Polizei–Meister Gotthold Wöhr, Including Hitler Autopen Signatures, with KVK (War Merit Cross)

$650.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $500.00

 


 


 

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D-287  KVK 2. Klasse mit Schwertern (War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords) Document for Wachtmeister Alfred Dordorwski

$150.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $120.00

 


 


 

D-288  Police Service Award First Class Document, with Autopen Hitler (Facsimile) Signature

$200.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $150.00

 


 


 

D-289  Promotion Document for Kurt Meyer, from The Reichsminister of the Interior

$325.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $250.00

 


 


 

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D-292  Document/Photo Grouping for Army General Konrad's 70th Birthday

$145.00  PHOTOS
Reduced Price:  $110.00

 



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Posters

RUPTURED DUCK TIDBIT....here are some World War Two posters that I recently uncovered.  I have always loved these because they are
a)  colorful,
b)  graphic,
c)  filled with patriotic propaganda and symbolism,
d)  dated,
e)  in many cases signed by the artist,
f)  made of paper so how they survived still amazes me!
I consider them to be an inexpensive and desirable collectible which enhances any collection.  When I took the pictures, I had to do them on the floor and the lighting is not the best.  The colors are in most cases better than I show.  I hope my description, combined with the one image, will convey their importance.


 

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D-305  “All for Norway!” Norwegian Poster, Approximately  18” by 26”

$120.00 each  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $100.00 each

 


 


 

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D-306  “Till We Meet Again” -  Contribution Poster;  35” Wide by 60” High

$125.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $100.00

 


 


 

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D-309  “Calling all Cooks - Bakers “SPARS” Women’s Reserve – U.S. Coast Guard” — Patriotic Recruiting Type Poster; 14” Wide by 19” High

$100.00  PHOTO
Reduced Price:  $75.00

 


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