Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Documents & Photographs, HEINKEL AIRCRAFT
(Papiere und Bilder). A lot of documents and photographs to Josef Knittel, including a birth certificate, constructed of off-white paper with black ink, indicating that Knittel was born on 28 January 1889 in Heimertingen, Bavaria, issued on 24 October 1920, measuring 215 mm (w) x 238 mm (h), minor age-appropriate material fatigue evident, in overall better than very fine condition; a German Labour Front (DAF) membership book, constructed of a card stock binding with a marbled red exterior liner, the cover with a gold embossed DAF logo in the form of a mobile swastika within a cogwheel, the interior with 15 pages, bearing membership dues stamps for the years 1940-1945, measuring 108 mm (w) x 154 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; an identity card, constructed of brown paper stock, bearing a black-and-white photograph of the bearer, issued in Memmingen on 23 November 1942, measuring 105 mm (w) x 146 mm (h), age-appropriate material fatigue evident, in overall better than very fine condition; a collection of 11 photographs of Heinkel aircraft, each presented on white card stock with captions and measuring 210 mm (w) x 148 mm (h), accompanied by their original card stock folio, the exterior cover with an inscription of “HEINKEL-FLUGZEUGE IM EINSATZ BEI DER LUFTWAFFE” (“HEINKEL AIRCRAFT DEPLOYED BY THE LUFTWAFFE”), with an embossed Heinkel logo, measuring 212 mm (w) x 150 mm (h), soiling evident to the folio, in overall near extremely fine condition; also including a lot of five photographs of Henschel aircraft, the reverse of each with an unspoiled postcard arrangement, all measuring 92 mm (w) x 140 mm (h), in overall extremely fine condition.

