Germany, Heer. Three Documents Belonging to Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel

The collection consists of: a German Officer’s Club membership card (122x85mm, near very fine); a hunting licence (105x148mm, fair); a Heereskleiderkasse membership card (105x76mm, very fine). The German Officer’s Club membership card is a duplicate. The club was located in the Armeemarinehaus (Army Navy House) in Berlin, a place where officers could buy clothes, weapons, and groceries. It was issued to Keitel in the rank of Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant) and as Adjutant of Field Artillery Regiment No. 46. Unfortunately, the date on the reverse is illegible, but due to Keitel’s rank and assignment, the item can be dated to between 1910 and 1914.The hunting licence is named to General Keitel for hunting on the hunting grounds of Crangen and Drenzig (present-day Krąg and Drzeńsko, northwestern Poland) for between July 31 and October 31, 1937. It makes Keitel eligible to shoot deer and roe deer as well as boars, and is dated to Crangen on July 31, 1937. The membership card for the Heereskleiderkasse (army clothing supply) is named to Keitel in the rank of Major of the Reichswehr. It is undated, but was issued between 1923 and 1929.