39th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 1498 lots has ended on 27th September 2020. 85% of all lots sold

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211. Inf.Div. photo album - Battle of France 1940

211. Inf.Div. photo album - Battle of France 1940

LOT 49-1521
SOLD
Auction ended        27th September 2020  |  10:13 pm CEST
RESULT
575,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 22,50 %

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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
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LOT 49-1521
EAN 2000000499697
LOT 49-1521
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
EAN 2000000499697
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Deutschland
LOT 49-1521
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000499697
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

The album begins on 9. May 1940 and documents the service of an infantryman serving with 211. Infanterie-Division.

It shows portrait photos of the officers of the division, Generalmajor Kurt Renner, Gauleiter Josef Grohé, Generaloberst Richard Ruoff (Knight's Cross winner), Westwall, Fort Boncelles, destroyed foreign vehicles, destroyed buildings, aerial photos, French POWs, Iron Cross award ceremony and photos of Verdun. Including ten photos of he so ca-called "Compiègne Wagon" (in June 1940, France's surrender to the German Reich was signed there). Handwritten notes inside.

Roughly 239 photos.
 

 

 

 


Condition
signs of use