Documents, maps & photographs
Brochure, Recruitment, The Story of You in Navy Blue, WAVES
Rare genuine WWII US Navy information brochure, intended for promoting the recruitment of female volunteers within the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). Format: 5.9in x 8.9in. Complete (49 pages) and in very good overall condition.
Card, Season's Greetings, 1944, 3rd Armored Division, Christmas in Germany
Genuine WWII US Army greeting card of the 3rd Armored Division -- The Doughboys of "Spearhead Division". Christmas in Germany - Season's Greetings from Overseas. Good overall condition; the following mention has been written inside: Your adoring, Ray. The present card comes along with an original photograph, showing a group of GIs on leave posing by some monument.
Cartoon, Press, 1943
Genuine WWII US press cartoon, published in some unidentified magazine. Mentions 1943 and Thank you! Beth have been handwritten in the lower part of the document. Very good overall condition. Dimensions: 4.25in x 4.92in.
Case, Navigation, Dead Reckoning, Type A-4, Aircrew, USAAF, 1942
Genuine WWII USAAF Type A-4 Dead Reckoning Navigation Case, intended for carrying the various instruments, charts and other items. Specification No. 94-40258 , Order No. 42-9952 P. , manufactured by The Leather Specialty Co. Quite good, used condition. Complete with straps and buckles. Clasp is in working order.
Case, Navigation, Dead Reckoning, Type A-4, Aircrew, USAAF, 1942
Genuine WWII USAAF Type A-4 Dead Reckoning Navigation Case, intended for carrying various instruments, charts and other items. Specification No. 94-40258, Order No. 42-0074-P. Manufactured by National Brief Case Mfg. Co. Inc. Complete and in good overall condition. Pin buckles and clasp are in working order.
Catalog, Supply, Quartermaster, Section I, Enlisted Men's Clothing and Equipment, August 1943
Rare genuine WWII US Army Quartermaster Supply Catalog , Section I, Enlisted Men's Clothing and Equipment . Revised edition of August 1943. Complete (38 pages) and in good overall condition. Format: 8in x 10.5in.
Catalog, The Patch King, Insignias of the Armed Forces
The Patch King catalog. Original WW2 patch mail order catalog based in New York. One of the first mail order houses to offer military patches through the mail. Loaded with common and rare patches from the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Corps and Foreign groups. New old stock. 23 pages. The present booklet is complete.
Certificate, First-Aid Course, American Red Cross, Pauline Bryant, 1942
Genuine WWII American Red Cross first-aid course certificate, awarded to some Pauline Bryant on May 27, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Very good overall condition. Dimensions: 2.5in x 4in.
Document, Typed, Calisthenics, US Army, 1945
Rare genuine WWII US Army typed document, dedicated to calisthenics and originitating from War Department Pamphlet No. 21-9. Dated 1945. These two sheets are stapled together; used condition.
Document, Typed, Information Bulletin No. 53, Cochran Field, USAAF, December 7, 1944
Rare genuine WWII USAAF typed document, issued by the Headquarters of Cochran Field in Macon, Georgia. Information Bulletin No. 53, dated December 7, 1944 -- provides information regarding the various activities scheduled for the following week. Good overall condition; no damage. Dimensions: 8in x 10.5in.
Document, Typed, Key Chart, US Army
Rare genuine WWII US Army typed document, providing instructions to officers so that they indicate the most relevant details in their operational reports. Dimensions: 8in x 12.8in. Quite good, used condition.
Documents, 2nd Lt. Jean Le Bailly, French Tactical Liaison Officer, 4th Infantry Division, ETO
Great genuine WWII corpus of documents related to the service of some Jean Le Bailly , a French citizen who resided in North American prior to joining the Free French Forces, who participated in the Battle of Normandy within a US Army division. This rare homogeneous lot, which is in quite good overall condition, includes dozens of original letters and various administrative documents, some of them being carbon copies. Jean, Henri, Maurice, François Le Bailly was born on June 19, 1911 in Saint-Denis-Hors, Indre-et-Loire, France and volunteered in the regular French Army in 1930-1931. He moved to the United States in 1936 and worked in international business for years, prior to volunteering in the armed forces of Free France in 1943. After spending some time in French North Africa, he was attached to the 4th US Infantry Division as a tactical liaison officer and went on to serve with the latter throughout the Normandy Campaign. In October 1944, he was attached to the French Military Mission seconded to the SHAEF. He passed away on August 10, 2003 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.
