The James Gillespie Estate Soldiers & Cast Iron Toys Auction
A large and varied group of pre-war and wartime European military ephemera includes field letters, postcards, books, music, atlases, instructional charts, and printed reference material. The musical and book group includes an "HJ singt" Hitlerjugend songbook with color cover illustration, a "Musik in der Waffen-SS" hardcover volume, a "Jugend wollen wir marschieren" RAD marching songbook, and a 1941 "Goldschmidt Atlas" soldier’s geographical manual with a tear to the front cover. The illustrated material includes color reference plates showing German transport signs, tactical standards, unit flags, and command banners, along with a uniform guide and a stylized print of a mounted military bugler corps. The photographic and postal group includes fourteen historical real-photo postcards showing tactical assemblies, field reviews, political leadership interactions, a post-war Obersalzberg multi-view, an early Italian Regio Esercito colonial infantry folding print, and a handwritten July 1918 field letter. Normal wear from age and handling is present.
Condition: VERY GOOD
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