1916 GERMAN KING WILHELM-II, Red Cross artist card showing the King with an army officer, postally used at Berlin on DEC25-1916VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1918 GERMAN POWS at HAMBURG TRAIN STATION, mint real photo card, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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US ARMY WWI CERTIFICATE OF BRAVERY 1918, magnificent 10¼” x 12½” certificate presented to Corp. Grant G. Speer for heroic efforts on the Champagne front JUL14-15,1918 and initiatives on the Argonne offensive OCT14-16,1918, signed at Koln-Germany on JAN1,1919 by Captain Hughs and Colonel Johnson of the USA 117th Army Engineers, in excellent condition, never folded with some insignificant closed edge tears, rare with retail value over $250, VF est ($75+ US)

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3 BRITISH WWI POW CARDS APR-MAY 1918, all from captured Rifleman P. W. Odell from Company-5, Section-41, of the 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, includes an APR10,1918 card from Cassel (Hesse), then an APR29,1918 card from Zwickau (Saxony) 170 miles east near Chemnitz, and finally a MAY11,1918 letter sheet posted again from Cassel, interesting messages and curious change of prisoner locations, retails over $150, F-VF est ($50+ US)

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4 BRITISH WWI POW CARDS JUN-SEP 1918, all from captured Rifleman P. W. Odell from Company-5, Section-41, of the 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, all from CHEMNITZ Camp (Saxony) and posted at EBERSDORF-CHEMNITZ, interesting messages, retails over $150, F-VF est ($50+ US)

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4 BRITISH WWI POW CARDS SEP-NOV1918, all from captured Rifleman P. W. Odell from Company-5, Section-41, of the 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, all from CHEMNITZ Camp (Saxony) and posted at EBERSDORF-CHEMNITZ, interesting messages, retails over $150, F-VF est ($50+ US)

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65 GERMAN WWI SOLDIERS LETTERS & CARDS 1914-1918, mtd in a 3-ring album, includes 5 pre-war covers from a French soldier and addressed to Bad-Elser in Saxony (4 have original contents), also an early NOV26,1914 FELDPOST cover from Charlottenburg, the remaining 59 covers, cards, and letter sheets all have 1914-1917 FELDPOST originations and addressed to Bad-Elster, most have the original contents written in German, a great unchecked group for the research specialist, retails over $1000, F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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13 MILITARY EPHEMERA ITEMS 1917-1946, includes 3 Polish soldier's 1938 “Work Battalion” identification cards and a 1947 Polish Trade Union card, all from the same person showing photos at age 20 through age 29, also the “When Will the War End” text from British Prime Minister Lloyd George's JUN29,1917 address to the Allied troops and British people, photo of the US Navy crew from the USS Oklahoma Battleship on patriotic music score, the ship builder's construction guide book for the troop transport USS Ozark (AP-107) that includes the history from awarding the contract to the Willamette Steel Corp on JAN7,1941 to the sea trials on SEP16,1944, 2 scarce Norwegian photo magazines noting the first showing 1945 Russian war photos for the Stalingrad to Berlin offensive, the second showing the 1946 Russian “Sports Day” activities, retails over $200, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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