German Navy 1933-45

Brown leather binding, approx. 130 photographs. Oath-taking ceremony 1935, submarines in Wilhelmshaven, tender Frauenlob 1936, Helgoland, submarines in Kiel, U-33 diving, Travemünde, training boats during maneuvers, Spain deployment 1937/38, sail training ship Horst Wessel, Commander Thiele, training ship Gorch Fock, Lisbon, La Palma, honor guard for the dead on January 1, 1939. Condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 11.5 x 8.6 cm, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

2 photographs. Condition 2.

Approx. 40 photographs. Arrival in port after successful war patrol, victory pennants, Knight's Cross recipient Erich Zürn on deck, address to the crew, engagement of vessels, survivors in lifeboats, on the high seas. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 30 x 20 cm, Condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 36 x 16.5 cm, corners damaged, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse, yellowed. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, used condition.

Approximately 245 negatives. Used condition.

Private photograph, approximately 6 x 6 cm.

Red and black album, approx. 90 photographs. Basic military service, 2.M.M.A. II., oath ceremony August 4, 1937, Mannheim 1938, Kiel harbor, U-boats, service aboard minesweeper R26, U-26, destroyers, Adolf Hitler, Travemünde, Lübeck 1938, Tannenberg. Condition 2.

Postcard size, creased, stained, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 28 x 21.5 cm. Condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 15 x 9.5 cm, Condition 2.

2 photographs, dimensions approx. 11 x 8 cm, creased, condition 2-.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, verso without inscription. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse, yellowed. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with descriptive text on reverse. Used condition.

4 photographs, dimensions approximately 12 x 9.2 cm. Used condition.

approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

2 photographs, postcard size, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Postcard size, damaged, condition 2-.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Brown leather binding with imprint of the Light Cruiser Emden. Approx. 190 photographs. On the Columbia River to Portland, Angra, wedding ceremony of Germans abroad in the commander's cabin, Bermuda Island, Hamilton, in Haiti Port au Prince, La Guayra Venezuela, flag change ceremony, Caracas, Panama Canal, Culebra, Sao Miguel, San Jose Guatemala, Indian village, Guayaquil Ecuador, Portland, battleship Oregon, Honolulu Hawaii, on the ocean, Waikiki Beach, as cowboy in Hawaii, aircraft carrier Saratoga off San Diego, Corinto Nicaragua, Jamaica Kingston, St. Barbara de Samana, USA Baltimore, New York, Canada, Quebec, Montreal, cruiser Karlsruhe, pocket battleship Deutschland, Gorch Fock. Condition 2.


Under the following article numbers one can find additional items from Kapitänleutnant Helmuth Friedrich: 508166, 509568, 509735.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Approximately 35 photographs. Condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 41 x 59 cm, drawn in pencil. Damaged, condition 2-.

Postcard size, spotted, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with caption on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, verso without inscription. Used condition.

2 photographs, postcard size. Used condition.

3 photographs, dimensions approximately 10 x 6.8 cm. Used condition.

Approximately 35 photographs. Duty in the barracks, meal aboard the U-boat, group photo on deck, U-boat on the high seas, Christmas celebration, in port. Used condition. Used condition.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

12 x 17.5 cm, very fine image

Blue binding, inscription “Foreign Cruise of the Cruiser Emden 1930 - 1931”, approx. 290 photographs. 12-month voyage to Spain, Crete, Red Sea, India, Siam, South Seas, Japan, Philippines, Mauritius, Southeast Coast of Africa, West Africa, Canary Islands, Spain, Homeland. Condition 2.

Mounted on cardboard, dimensions approximately 27 x 35 cm, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 23 x 29 cm, condition 2.

Drawn with pencil and red chalk, dimensions approx. 36 x 51 cm. Damaged, condition 2.

This is a US press photo. Photo mounted on cardboard, dimensions approximately 40.5 x 50.5 cm. Stained, damaged, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 24 x 29.5 cm. Trimmed, condition 2.

Brown leather binding, approx. 160 photographs. Images of the cruiser Emden, Emden III entering the Raeder Lock for the dedication ceremony, Portugal, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, Constantinople, At the Golden Horn Bosporus, Varna Bulgaria Black Sea, Boris III, athletic competitions in Bangkok Siam, aircraft carrier Hermes off Singapore, Shanghai, Nikko Japan, Padang, Sumatra, Bombay India, Port Sudan Red Sea, arrival in Germany, launching of the Scharnhorst. Condition 2.


Additional items from Kapitänleutnant Helmuth Friedrich can be found under the following article numbers: 508166, 509568, 509584.

Brown leather binding with imprint of the Light Cruiser Emden and inscription “World Cruise Cruiser 'Emden' 1934/35”. Approximately 200 photographs, accompanied by the Wilhelmshavener Zeitung newspaper dated June 15, 1935. On the first page an original ink signature of Großadmiral Karl Dönitz.
Commissioning of the cruiser Emden, Schellenbaum of the city of Emden, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Angola, Cape Town, natives, Porto Amelia, Seychelles, Kandy (Ceylon), Port Said, Suez Canal, Cairo, Pyramids, Cartagena, French submarine, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 8.8 cm gun, Lisbon, entering Wilhelmshaven, training ship Gorch Fock, Tannenberg Memorial. Condition 2.

Additional items from Kapitänleutnant Helmuth Friedrich can be found under the following article numbers: 508166, 509584, 509735.

Cardboard binding with dust jacket, approximately 240 photographs. Recruit training in Wesermünde 1936, service on the pocket battleship Deutschland, Adolf Hitler on board, U-boats in harbor, in Copenhagen, destroyer Hermann Schönemann 1937, sailing yacht "Asta", training ship "Gorch Fock", Gotland Sweden, 3.M.L.A. Plön 1938, Berlin Skagerrak Memorial Guard 1938, Nürnberg Reich Party Rally 1938, Breslau. Condition 2.

Brown album, approx. 190 photographs, Japanese treasure ship, destroyer, torpedo firing, sailplanes, at high sea, on the steamer Bremen in New York, voyage to Sweden. Condition 2.

Cardboard protective folder with inscription “2. Unterseeboots Flottille”, front with printed U-boat. Approximately 30 photographs, dimensions approximately 12.5 x 8.5 cm. Protective cover is damaged, condition 2-.

Dimensions approximately 24 x 18 cm. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 11.5 x 8.5 cm, condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 11.5 x 8.5 cm, condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 22.8 x 17 cm, creased, condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 29 x 39 cm, drawn in pencil, condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse, used condition.

Approximately 25 negatives. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

3 photographs, dimensions approximately 8.5 x 6.2 cm. Used condition.

3 photographs. Used condition.

2 x approx. 6 x 9 cm, Condition 2-

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Blue binding with imprint “Deutsche Kriegsmarine Kreuzer Nürnberg”, approx. 210 photographs. Cruiser Nürnberg in drydock, submarine U-9, seaplanes of the cruiser, armored ship Admiral Graf Spee, U-12, entry of the Nürnberg crew, in Santa Cruz, Lisbon, on the high seas, Palma de Mallorca, funeral of a fallen soldier, wartime Christmas on the Aviso Grille 1938-1940, Adolf Hitler attending the launching ceremony of the battleship Bismarck 1939, Hermann Göring officer training course 1940/1941. Condition 2.

Large bound cardboard cover with imprint “Linienschiff Elsass”, approx. 270 photographs. Crew photo, oath of allegiance 1928, march to Münsterlager 1929, Stralsund, in dry dock, Spanish submarine, in Spain, religious service at sea, fleet visit in Kiel, sports festival in Stockholm Sweden, decommissioning, excursion to Norway, Führer visit in Hamburg 1934, E.-Mess training course, training ship Gorch Fock, dedication of the Naval Memorial Laboe 1936, Navigation School Flensburg - Mürwik, launching of the armored cruiser Deutschland, service on the cruiser Königsberg, seaplane, in the port of Tanga, voyage to Norway 1937, Reichsehrenmal Tannenberg, visit to Finland 1939, Operation Weserübung 1940, service on the auxiliary minesweeper Gnom 5, burial of comrades, in Bergen, deployment in Italy, prisoner of war from 3.5.1945 - 18.5.1948 Egypt - Africa. Condition 2. 

Large bound cardboard cover with imprint “Linienschiff Schleswig-Holstein”, approx. 160 photographs. Commander Reinhold Knobloch, crew photograph, voyage to Spain, Santiago, Vigo, Valencia, on the high seas, cruiser Karlsruhe, Palermo, battleship Hessen, in Corfu Greece, in Athens, Cadiz, in Kiel harbor, Chief of Army Command aboard, in dry dock, service with the Kriegsmarine in Norway, American troops in Bensheim 1951. Condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Postcard size, creased, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 7.5 x 12.5 cm. Damaged, condition 3.

with text regarding award criteria, mounted on paper, dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm. Used condition.

2 photographs, dimensions approx. 7.2 x 11 cm, condition 2.

Approximately 60 photographs. 5th Technical Division on cruiser Leipzig, Christmas on accommodation ship M116 in Pillau 1936, farewell after parade in Danzig 1937, Mallorca 1937, launch of the Scharnhorst, Maling, turret insignia, victory pennant, Commander Bauer, portrait photo, on the high seas, in Denmark, sinking of a ship. Condition 2.

7.7 x 10.5 cm, on reverse Feldpostnummer 26889: several possibilities:
(16.2.1941-18.7.1941) Marine-Befehlshaber D
(19.7.1941-14.2.1942) Marine-Befehlshaber Ostland
(10.2.1943-23.8.1943) Admiral Ostland.
(24.8.1943-5.4.1944) 19.1.1944 Admiral Ostland and 6th Battery Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 530
(6.4.1944-9.11.1944) 20.4.1944 Admiral Ostland and 6th Battery Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 530 and 9th Marine Motor Transport Battalion and 101st Radar Company, on 15.5.1944 Admiral Ostland and 1st Battery Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 530, 9th Marine Motor Transport Battalion and 101st Radar Company, on 7.7.1944 Admiral Eastern Baltic and 1st Battery Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 530, 9th Marine Motor Transport Company and 101st Radar Company.
(10.11.1944-End of War) 24.11.1944 Admiral Eastern Baltic and 1st Battery Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 530. 6 x 9 cm, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, no inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse, yellowed. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 10.5 x 7.4 cm. Used condition.

Postcard size. Used condition.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

Photograph mounted on cardboard, dimensions approximately 23.5 x 29 cm. Small photograph in picture frame, dimensions approximately 6.5 x 8 cm. Accompanied by the soldier's enlistment certificate. Condition 2.

7 photographs, dimensions approx. 12 x 8.5 cm. Reverse with archive stamp, damaged, condition 3.

5 photographs. Condition 2.

6.5 x 9.5 cm, Condition 2

Dimensions approx. 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse, stained. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with caption on reverse. Used condition.

8 photographs, dimensions: approx. 12 x 9 cm. Condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

18 x 13 cm, condition 2

22 x 16.5 cm, text on reverse, condition 2

22 x 16.5 cm, text on reverse, condition 2

Postcard size, creased, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Overall dimensions approximately 15.5 x 17 cm, condition 2.

Approx. 26 photographs. On the high seas, destroyer, maintenance work, crew photo, on deck. Condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 8.7 x 6.4 cm. Used condition.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

Approximately 40 photographs. Condition 2.

1. Album covered with brown cloth, front with photograph of the Artillery Tender "M 108", approx. 240 photos.
Service on the Artillery Tender, on the high seas, submarine L19 in port, coastal artillery, the Spanish King visiting the cruiser "Berlin", 1st Torpedo Boat Half-Flotilla, battleship "Hessen" and "Elsaß", destroyer Möwe, cruiser Nymphe, launching of the cruiser Karlsruhe, Erich Raeder and Paul von Hindenburg visiting, British submarines in port.
2. Album in blue with imprint of coat of arms and inscription "Kreuzer Königsberg", approx. 500 photos.
Cruiser Königsberg on the high seas, the crew 1931, launching of the armored cruiser Deutschland, Hindenburg on the bridge, Hindenburg on the cruiser "Königsberg", Norway 1931, visit of the Chinese princely couple on the "Königsberg", in formation at sea, adjusting torpedoes, laying smoke screen, torpedo tube operation, anti-aircraft guns in action, autumn maneuvers, Stockholm summer 1932, turrets of the "Königsberg", band on the bridge, the commanding officer, painting the hull, naval mines on board, voyage to Norway 1933, sail training ship "Gorch Fock", setting up a practice target at sea, sinking of the urn of Admiral Harder, armored ship Deutschland at sea, SA visiting the "Königsberg", shipyard period 1933-1934, entering Hamburg, target detail, voyage to England 1934, voyage to Estonia 1934, Admiral Raeder on the "Königsberg", farewell of the commanding officer Captain v. Schrader 1934, assumption of duty of the new Rear Admiral Böhme, visit of the city of Stettin, Field Marshal Mackensen on board, berth in Bremen, address by the commanding officer, in the city of Königsberg, combat inspection 1935, submarine U-1, sports on board, seaplane on board, voyage to Poland 1935, armored ship "Admiral Scheer", diver being equipped, submarine flotilla in port.
1. Certificate. Artillery weapon prize for good performance in target detail in the firing year 1932/33.
2. Certificate: Honorary certificate for good performance in the firing year 1932, firing badge 1st class cruiser "Königsberg". Both certificates are pasted in. Condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, inscribed on reverse, yellowed. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.

Postcard size, condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 17.5 x 23.5 cm. Condition 2.

5 photographs, dimensions approx. 12.5 x 8.5 cm, condition 2.

3 photographs, dimensions approximately 12 x 17 cm. Condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 11.5 x 8.5 cm, condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, inscription on reverse, stained. Used condition.

Approximately 3 photographs. Used condition.

6 photographs, Condition 2- 

, 18 x 23 cm, condition 3.

Dimensions approx. 18 x 13 cm, creased, condition 2-.

Postcard size, condition 2.

2 albums, blue albums, with inscription “Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit” (In Memory of My Service Time), approx. 170 and 190 photos. Recruit training, sports, field service, excursion to Borkum, comrades of the 3rd Korporalschaft, detailed to “Cruiser Köln”, pocket battleship “Admiral Scheer”, U-boat, minesweeper, Kiel, Baltic Sea beach Swinemünde, training ship, Operation Memel 1939, assault detachment command being disembarked, Kapitän zur See Burchardi being detailed, foreign voyage with cruiser Köln to Spain and Portugal, pocket battleship “Deutschland”, destroyer “Z 12”, voyage through the Atlantic, port of Algeciras, bullfight, Spain, Portugal, pocket battleship “Admiral Graf Spee”, portrait photo with Spanish Cross, Sevilla, Tanger, Malaga, pocket battleship “Deutschland” brings its dead home, burial at the heroes' cemetery, Adolf Hitler at the burial, Gibraltar, in Florence, visit to Lisbon, voyage with the “Köln” to Norway 1938, destroyed tax office. Condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Brown binding, approx. 330 photographs. Adolf Hitler and Erich Raeder on board, Kiel harbor, canal transit, departure, at high sea, off Vigo, Boyona Castle, city of Funchal on the island of Madeira, malaria vaccination, Port de Grande, capital city Roseau of Dominica, Santiago de Cuba, Christmas 1938, Haiti, refueling, city of La Guaira in Venezuela, express steamer Columbus, Caracas, gunnery exercise, Azores, bullfights, New Year celebration 1939, homecoming, U-12 diving, Rügen. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 17 cm, wavy, condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 17 cm, Condition 2.

Dimensions approx. 11.5 x 8.5 cm, condition 2.

Colorized, dimensions approximately 39 x 29 cm. Condition 2.

For delivery to non-European countries, increased shipping costs may apply. We ask for consultation.
For deliveries to non-European countries, increased shipping costs may apply. We ask for a consultation.
Pour les livraisons dans des pays non européens, des frais d'expédition plus élevés peuvent s'appliquer. Nous demandons une consultation.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Cardboard approx. 30 x 24 cm, photograph approx. 17 x 12 cm, condition 2

Postcard size, creased, condition 2.

Dimensions approximately 18 x 13 cm, with inscription on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approximately 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

Dimensions approx. 13 x 18 cm, inscribed on reverse. Used condition.

, approx. 13 x 18 cm, condition 2.