Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot of Photos and Postcards

Item #G48866

Price:

$70
(Bilder und Postkarten). A lot of four photos and postcards, including a studio portrait of a Heer Hauptmann, in uniform and wearing an extensive array of decorations, including the 1939 Iron Cross I Class, the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, the 1939 Iron Cross II Class ribbon, and the Eastern Front Medal ribbon, the reverse in postcard format, unmarked but printed on high-quality period photo paper, measuring 102 mm (w) x 145 mm (h), in extremely fine condition; a close-up studio postcard of a Heer Enlisted soldier wearing a M43 field cap, the reverse in postcard format and bearing an illegible studio stamp, printed on period Mimosa paper, measuring 100 mm (w) x 144 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a postwar-printed studio portrait depicting a Wehrmacht chaplain, in uniform and wearing the 1939 Iron Cross II Class ribbon, the lower right corner with an embossed studio mark of “OTTO KOREN” the reverse in postcard format and bearing a studio mark with a crossed-out date which appears to read “1959”, with a handwritten inscription naming the subject and identifying him as a divisional chaplain, measuring 89 mm (w) x 139 mm (h), in extremely fine condition, and; a postcard depicting a full-colour illustration of Zollgrenzschutz (Customs Border Guards) in alpine uniforms and wielding ski equipment in mountainous terrain, the obverse marked “FRANZ KRIEGER, ZASS.”, the reverse unused and bearing a printer’s mark of “NS-GAUVERLAG TIROL VORARLBERG, INNSBRUCK”, unused, measuring 105 mm (w) x 148 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.