Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of Photographs and Documents for First World War and Freikorps Service

(Fotos und Ausweispapiere). A mixed lot of photographs and documents for First World War and Freikorps service, including:

1. A private wartime photograph depicting an Imperial Navy Officer wearing a greatcoat and clutching an elaborate dress sword, the reverse plain and unmarked, measuring 9 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

2. A studio portrait depicting an Imperial Navy Officer wielding a dress dagger, the lower right corner bearing an embossed Dortmund studio mark, the reverse in unused postcard format, measuring 9 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in better than very fine condition.

3. A studio photograph depicting a Heer Enlisted soldier wearing a Stahlhelm, 1914 Iron Cross II Class, and Marksmanship Lanyard, the reverse in postcard format and bearing a brief handwritten dedication from Flanders dated March 1918, measuring 9 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

4. A private photograph depicting a Heer Enlisted soldier wearing a 1914 Iron Cross II Class and leaning against a vehicle, the reverse plain and unmarked, measuring 8.5 cm (w) x 12 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

5. A private photograph depicting a Sea Battalion Enlisted soldier wielding a rifle, the reverse in postcard format and bearing lengthy handwritten inscriptions dated 13 May 1915, measuring 9 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

6. A private photograph depicting a Guards soldier in parade uniform and wielding a rifle, the reverse in postcard format and bearing a date of 1913, measuring 9 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in better than very fine condition.

7. A studio portrait depicting a young Reichswehr soldier wearing a Silesian Eagle I Class, the reverse in postcard format and bearing the subject’s handwritten name, measuring 8.5 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

8. A Militärpaß named to Georg Pahlow, constructed of a card stock binding with six paginated interior pages, featuring handwritten inscriptions indicating that Pahlow was born on 3 April 1900 in Stettin, entered military service on 16 October 1917, attended the Unteroffizier (NCO) School in Ettingen, and remained in postwar Reichswehr service before exiting in Stettin on 15 October 1929, measuring 8 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in better than very fine condition.

9. A Landsturmschein named to Paul Anders, constructed of card stock, featuring handwritten entries indicating that Anders was born on 9 February 1872 in Magdeburg and entered Landsturm service on 4 June 1892 in his hometown, measuring 8.5 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.