50th Contemporary History Auction

Bidding on 1464 lots has ended on 10th July 2022. 80% of all lots sold

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Fallschirmjäger Drum - photo album (Kreta combatant)

Fallschirmjäger Drum - photo album (Kreta combatant)

LOT 60-0876
SOLD
Auction ended        9th July 2022  |  11:43 pm CEST
RESULT
725,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 22,50 %

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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
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LOT 60-0876
EAN 2000000664859
LOT 60-0876
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 2000000664859
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
LOT 60-0876
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000664859
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

Family purchased grouping of the Kreta veteran Drum available on the market for the first time!


The album begins in Prague on May 1-2, 1940, and documents the paratrooper unit's trip to Crete via Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. In the further course photos of Greece, before the fighting began. Drum wrote in the album "Der 21. Mai 1941 - Unser Start" (May 21, 1941 - Our start). Beautiful photos of the operation in Crete. The last pages of the album show his stay in the Lazarett IXa in Vienna. Comes with hand-written notes by the paratrooper.

Total: 124 photos and one postwar postcard. 


Condition
2