World War 1 & 2

t-ww419WW 419t-ww419aWW 419Notification from the Red Cross that American soldier Joseph Roland Baumgartner had arrived at Base Hospital 22 in France. Base Hospital 22 was organized almost a full year before the United States entered the war in April , 1917. The Milwaukee Chapter of the American Red Cross undertook the task to equip and recruit members for their Base Hospital program starting in July, 1916. Dr. Curtis A. Evans was selected to be the director of this unit and within a short time he and others worked to secure the equipment and people that would be necessary to run a field hospital. Twenty-two physicians and surgeons, two dentists, a chaplain, sixty-five nurses and one hundred fifty-two enlisted men made up this volunteer unit by July, 1917. On Dec. 4, 1917 orders were issued for the hospital personnel to prepare for mobilization as United States Army Base Hospital 22. The initial site for them to be quartered was unusable as a barracks, and through the efforts of Fred Vogel, Jr., the Milwaukee Auditorium was used for a short time. After cataloging and packing over 1,700 boxes of the equipment that would be needed in France, Base Hospital 22 was finally ready to go with its members marching from the Auditorium to the Milwaukee Road Depot on May 19, 1918. Crowds of Milwaukeeans turned out to say their goodbyes as the train left the station on first leg of its journey overseas. After arriving at Camp Merritt in New Jersey on May 21, 1918, all the preparation and training was about to be put into use. Base Hospital 22 personnel, along with other military units, boarded the White Star Liner Baltic in New York harbor on June 4, 1918 and headed for Liverpool, England. The unit arrived on French soil during the night of June 17th and took trains to arrive at their destination of just outside of Bordeaux in an area called the Beau Desert on June 20, 1918. The men and women of Base Hospital 22 served men of all nationalities wounded in combat. At the height of its existence this 1,000 bed hospital was caring for over 5,000 patients and was rated as the third best and the largest of all the hospitals in the American Expeditionary Force. Baumgartner was one of the men serving there. He was born February 13, 1896 in Milwaukee and died September 17, 1948. M

Price: $30.00

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1916 postcard showing the Maison du Soldat Georges Washington in Lugnorre Switzerland. Lugnorre was an important Swiss military base during World War 1. Shown are Swiss and American banners. Postally used and written on back. B

Price: $20.00

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Collection of 6 early Spanish chromo cards featuring president Wilson. Also one Belgian postcard of thanks for the Commission for Relief in Belgium. B

Price: $180.00

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Copy of service record and medals for Donald Manly Jackson, leading aircraftman with the RCAF during World War 2, attached to the 127th Wing. Also included is his photo album, taken in France during the war. He enlisted on September 3, 1942 and discharged on Februray 6, 1946. Medals include the 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and War Medal 1939-45. B

Price: $1000.00

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Archive belonging to Robert Harold Jackson, bombardier with the 420th RCAF Squadron, who died on a bombing mission over Stuttgart, Germany on the evening of March 15, 1944. This was one of the most disastrous Allied air raids of the war. 863 aircraft were engaged, with a loss of 27 Lancasters (two of which force landed in Switzerland and were interred for the remainder of the war) and 10 Halifaxes, and none of the bombs reached within 5 miles of their intended target. 12 aircraft from 420th Squadron attacked the target from 23:16 to 23:29 from 24,000 feet. Jackson flew in a Halifax III LW. 426. His was the only aircraft lost in the squadron that night. He took off at 1900 and was shot down by Hptm Floitgraf shortly before midnight. Normally a Halifix crew is composed of 7 men, but this crew was also carrying a young pilot for training

Adverse winds delayed the opening of the attack and the same winds may have been the cause of the Pathfinder marking falling back well short of the target, despite the clear weather conditions. Some of the early bombing fell in the centre of Stuttgart but most of it fell in open country south-west of the city. The Akademie was damaged in the centre of Stuttgart and some housing was destroyed in the south-western suburbs. In all, 88 German peasants were killed and 203 persons injured……far less than the British RAF losses.t-caa044a1CAA 044t-caa044a2CAA 044

Jackson had flown 21 sorties over North Africa and Italy. This earned him the coveted Aircrew Europe Star. He was considered to have “done his bit” for the war effort and could have safely gone home to a quiet life in Canada training other pilots. However, there was enormous status and pressure to have at least one mission over Germany entered into your log book (his 21st sortie was bombing the Italian port of Civitavecchia). He actively served as a bombardier from July 24, 1943 to March 15, 1944.

t-caa044a3CAA 044t-caa044a4CAA 044The archive includes Jacksons flight log; two medals: the Italy Star and the Air Crew Europe Star (this medal is very rare and valuable); a copy of the squadron post-mortem marked SECRET (giving details on the original plan of attack, report on each aircraft, losses, map of where bombs impacted, and assessment); copy of map of the flight path of the raid; copy of command structure of the German Luftwaffe Nachtjagdverbande (Night Fighters)…..showing the pilot who shot down Jackson’s Halifax as commander III Gruppe Nachtagdgeschwader 6 from April 1, 1945 to the end of the war; map of the location of Jackson’s downed Halifax; cemetery records and headstone photos of Jackson and his crew at Durnbach Cemetery outside of Munich; the original letter from the RCAF informing Jackson’s father that he is missing in action and granting permission to inform the media that he is reported missing but to not disclose the date, place or his unit; correspondence to his father; fascinating war correspondence from an English mother commenting on Hitler; much correspondence from different government agencies concerning Jackson’s will/registrations/disbursement of his personal belongings/death benefits/etc; Christmas cards from RCAF bases; brochure for Jackson’s Victory Loan bond; copy of the entry in Floitgraf’s log book showing his kill, photocopies of Floitgraf in his fighter, news articles, squadron photo. B

Price: $5000.00

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t-ww415WW 415t-ww415aWW 415Directive from the commander of the Italian 4th “Monte Cervino” Alpini Regiment Gustavo Zanelli dated December 26, 1940, with his signature. It concerns the material requirements for the Alpini, such as skis, shoes, mountain bags, submachine gun holder, weapons, snow spades, snow knives, light alloy sled stretchers, socks, etc. There is also another document order the regiment to move immediately into position and attack before dawn as well as handwritten notes on numbers of dead, wounded and missing. M

Price: $250.00

Note: Gustavo Zanelli (1896-1963) was an Italian solder and commander of the “Monte Cervino” ski battalion, t-ww415a1WW 415which distinguished itself in the invasion of Greece. In March 1937 he reached the rank of Major and was assigned to the Central Military School of Mountaineering in Aosta. With Italy's entry into the war in June 1940, he took part in operations on the French western front. In anticipation of the sending of the 4th Alpine regiment on the Greek front, he took command of the "Monte Cervino" ski battalion. On January 13, 1941 he left for the Greek front and during fighting in mid-February he was injured and received the silver medal. He returned to Italy on June 26, 1942 and took command of the Central Military School of Mountaineering in Aosta.

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Life and Labour in Germany. Report of the Labour Party and Trade Union Commission on Wages, Hours of Employment, Working Conditions, and the Standard of Living. June, 1910. Cover repaired. M SOLD

Price: $120.00

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When Russia Bombs Germany, by A.J. Ferris. 2nd edition, published in 1941. A religious book explaining Word War 2 in terms of bible prophecy. M

Price: $150.00

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Struwwelhitler. A Nazi Story Book by Doktor Schrecklichkeit. Published by the Daily Sketch and Sunday Graphic Ltd. M

Price: $150.00

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1923, 1941. The Years that went Before. Fascinating recount of events between 1923-1931. Unknown publisher. Illustrations by Lewis Daniel. Rare. M

Price: $150.00

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Hitler’s British Dupes. Fifty Facts. Published on the eve of war, this was meant to address Hitlers propaganda in the UK. Rare. M

Price: $150.00

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The World at War, by David Low. 1943. M

Price: $90.00

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International Postage Stamp Album, Hitler’s Germany, The Thousand-Year Empire that Never Was. 1971. A stamp album, with short histories, of European countries during the war. M

Price: $140.00

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Hitler Passed This Way, from the London Evening News. 170 photo images showing before and after photos of the blitz. M

Price: $200.00

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German identity card from the British Zone, not dated but early post-war. M

Price: $90.00

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Collection of 12 German (luggage?) labels with Nazi stamps/motifs dating from 1936-1937. m

Price: $500.00

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Italian program for the 1936 German Olympics, produced by Bayer. Complete with insert. m

Price: $200.00

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1938 American strip card of Germany’s annexation of Austria. Rare. B

Price: $30.00

Note: The anonymous strip card series entitled “The Nightmare of Warfare” was a copycat version of Gum, Inc.’s more elaborate “Horrors of War” set. The design on coloration of the cards and the intentional pirating of titles and text from a competitor all point to the W.S. Corporation as the producer. The artwork is limited to black silhouettes set against yellow backgrounds, with an occasional red accent thrown in. The vertically-aligned backs have the set title, card number, a “series of 48” line, card title, and text – all printed in black ink on gray stock. Since these are strip cards, one or two edges on all cards will be rouletted.

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Complete set of French puzzle propaganda postcards featuring a zouave. m

Price: $600.00

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Rare set of 6 Dutch postcards emphasizing their neutrality against both Germany and England. m

Price: $300.00

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