World War 1 & 2

WW 568

Bugiardi D’Abitudine. Verita e Menzogne Della Stampa Anglo-Francese. (Habitual Liars. Truth and Lies of the Anglo-French Press.) Published in Rome, 1940. 32 pages. B

Price: $120.00

WW 567

Interesting WW1 postcard titled “The Sky as Seen from the Front”. B

Price: $50.00

WW 566

Four French and Dutch postcards from WW1, showing the enemy as a monster. B

Price: $160.00

WW 565

World War 1 German military humor card set of 8/10 postcard. Uses military terms in a sexual setting. B

Price: $180.00

WW 564

Three anti-Flemish racist broadsides from the movement to liberate Wallonia from Flanders, during WW2. One is titled Programme du Front Wallon pour la Liberation du Pays, another is titled Declaration Fondamentale Du Gouvement de la Wallonie Libre and lastly Peuple Gaulois de Wallonie. The documents refer to the Flemish as a “lower caste” and calls for the country (Walloonia) to make solidarity. B

Price: $400.00

WW 560

Complete Series 1 photo set of the Liberation of Paris. Arrival of the Allies in Paris. 10 photos. Issued at the end of the Occupation. Original cover included. B SOLD

Price: $250.00

WW 559

Sound recordings of the Battle of France. 4 albums, produced in July 1945. B

Price: $600.00

WW 558

La 1re Division Marocaine dans La Bataille de Gembloux. Signed by the commander of the Division, General Mllier. Also Heure par heure La Bataille de Gembloux par P. Soudan. B

Price: $500.00

Note from Wikipedia: The 1st Moroccan Division created on 27 October 1939, was an infantry division of the Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique) which participated in the Battle of France (May–June 1940) during World War II. It participated with distinction in the Battle of Gembloux on 15 May 1940 and subsequently during the defense of Lille at the end of May 1940. The battle honour Gembloux 1940 was added to the regimental flags of the 1st Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment, 2nd Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment, 7th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment, 64th African Artillery Regiment. Following the war, the regiments of the 1st Moroccan Division received eight citations from the French Armed Forces and Belgium Armed Forces. All told, the Division lost 700 men during the war, 70% of which were indigenous North Africans. A road in Gembloux, Belgium bears the name of Rue de la Première Division Marocaine (Road of the 1st Moroccan Division).

WW 557

R5 au coeur de la France un champ de bataille secret ou tomberent dix mille allemands (R5 in the heart of France a secret battlefield where ten thousand Germans fell). Published in July, 1945, the inside cover reads: THIS BOOKLET IS SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LIMOGES REGION RELIEF ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE (C.O.S.A.C.). B

Price: $350.00

WW 556

Unusual dosier compiled in Switzerland during the war for one Jacques Feltin to gain permission from the government to lease a farm owned by Francis Perler in Fribourg. The lease lasted from February 1943 to February 1947. Extreme detail showing every economic aspect of the farm, application to the government, maps, etc. I was not aware that at least during the war, the government had to approve all farm leases. Rare. B

Price: $650.00

WW 555

Fascinating album produced in France at the height of the Occupation. It shows caricatures of various horse racing personalities. There were only 320 copies issued. The first hundred are hand painted. This is #54. Someone has filled in the complete names on the first page. Extremely rare. B

Price: $500.00

WW 553