Resources for document collectors

[Simon Orchard]

This thread lists resources specific to document collecting.
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Books

Forman's guide to Third Reich German Documents ...and their values: Vol1
Forman's guide to Third Reich German Documents ...and their values: Vol2

German Military Award Documents 1939-1945.
By: Emilie Caldwell Stewart

Verleihungsurkunden des 3.Reiches by Lothar Hartung

Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945, an ongoing series published by Biblio-Verlag
(although dedicated to Knight's Cross holders the volumes include hundreds of examples of various award documents)

Torpedo Los!: the fascinating world of U-boat collectibles by Gordon Williamson
(If you're interested in U-boat related documents then this book is a must)

[derjager]

German Military Award Documents 1939-1945.
By: Emilie Caldwell Stewart

[stijn david]

Hello,


The following book does contain a large section on the award document that was awarded together with the Glider pilots badge:

"The Glider pilots badge"

Especially of interest when a person wants to know mroe about that rare Lw. badge, etc...

To obtain through: http://www.ironcross1939.com


Cordial greetings,

[Volksgrenadier]

This thread lists resources specific to document collecting.
*under construction*



Books

Forman's guide to Third Reich German Documents ...and their values: Vol1
Forman's guide to Third Reich German Documents ...and their values: Vol2

German Military Award Documents 1939-1945.
By: Emilie Caldwell Stewart

Verleihungsurkunden des 3.Reiches by Lothar Hartung

Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945, an ongoing series published by Biblio-Verlag
(although dedicated to Knight's Cross holders the volumes include hundreds of examples of various award documents)

Torpedo Los!: the fascinating world of U-boat collectibles by Gordon Williamson
(If you're interested in U-boat related documents then this book is a must)

I have the book German Military Award Documents by Emilie Caldwell Stewart, it is a great reference work, and I have corresponded on many of my questions with Emilie and she has always been very gracious and spot on with her assesments.

[EQueen]

There are one or two rare documents pictured in here as well.

http://www.bender-publishing.com/RedShinestheSun.html

[RaymondG]

Hi

I have conversed with Emilie via email and she is always extremely helpful.

I was very fortunate to get a copy of two of her books. The last time I emailed her, she only had a handful of copies left and then that would be it.

It is a real shame as they deserve reprinting

Raymond

[Paul Giva]

Another recommendation for Emilie Caldwell Stewart's German Military Award Documents. Unfortunately, as Raymond stated, they are hard to come by, and when they do, they always go for a premium.

[andrewb]

I have the following Emilie Caldwell Stewart books:

Signatures of the third reich
German military award documents 1939 - 1945
Wehrpass
Mitilary identity documents of the third reich.

The last 2 are good references for soldbuch, wehrpass, etc. Getting a bit old and not in colour but still very good. By far the best is 'Papers please' by Ray & Josephine Cowdery. Very indepth and great colour gloss pages. A must have if your into I.D. docs.

Still, when it comes to award documents the 1st book I reach for is Forman's 'Guide to Third Reich german documents...and their values'. Vol.1 & 2.
Although the values are long out of date it has the most comprehensive list of award documents I know of.

Regards,
AB.

[Roberto]

I have the following Emilie Caldwell Stewart books:

Signatures of the third reich
German military award documents 1939 - 1945
Mitilary identity documents of the third reich.


Regards,
AB.


Hi Andrew!
a question...do these three books examine SS signatures, SS documents and SS soldbuchs too?

Thanks.

Cheers,
Roberto

[hucks216]

A good resource for comparing signatures can be found here...

www.dokumentenforum.de/board.php?boardid=40

Also the two volumes of Leaders & Personalities Of The Third Reich: Their Biographies, Portraits & Autographs by Charles Hamilton (Vol 1 ISBN: 0-912138-27-0 // Vol 2 ISBN: 0-912138-66-1) are packed full of signatures from all aspects of the Reich, civil & military. The only downside is that below Generalfeldmarschall & Grandadmiral it only shows Luftwaffe 'other' senior ranks (including Aces), not Heer or Kriegsmarine.

- KEViN

[stgeorge64]

'Luftwaffe Efficiency and Promotion Reports for the Knight's Cross Winners' 2 Volume set by French MacLean are a decent source of period documents. Published by Schiffer, I frequently refer to these books which also contain some exceptional wartime RKT signatures to boot.

Regards Richard.

[hucks216]

This site was posted on the Axishistory site earlier today. It is obviously not complete but it does seem to be comprehensive...

http://stampsx.com/ratgeber/stempel-datenbank.php

...just type the FpNr into the TOWN NAME ONLY box and then press Search.