Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Wartime Photos and Postcards

(Fotos und Postkarten). A mixed lot of wartime photos and postcards, including:

1. A studio portrait depicting a young Waffen-SS Mann, wearing a service tunic and overseas cap with insignia clearly visible, the reverse in unused postcard format and bearing a Kodak paper mark, measuring 90 mm (w) x 136 mm (h), a superb SS image in extremely fine condition.

2. A studio portrait depicting a highly-decorated Heer Hauptmann, in uniform and wearing a 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, Gold Wound Badge in Silver or Gold, Close Combat Clasp of indeterminate class, German Cross in Gold, and Heer Honour Roll Clasp, the lower right corner bearing an illegible handwritten inscription, otherwise unmarked, measuring 112 mm (w) x 164 mm (h), a superb period enlarged image featuring razor-sharp details in extremely fine condition.

3. A candid photo of a Heer Sonderführer, in uniform and wearing an Officer’s Bergmütze (Mountain Cap) and War Merit Cross II Class ribbon, the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription of “ALS SONDERFÜHRER K BEIM BEFEHLSHABER GRIECHENLAND, SOMMER 1944” (“AS SONDERFÜHRER K (Hauptmann equivalent) COMMANDANT GREECE, SUMMER 1944”), measuring 125 mm (w) x 125 mm (h), an unusual and contextualized image in extremely fine condition.

4. A large group photo depicting Reichsluftschuzbund (RLB) and other officials in uniform, the reverse bearing a studio stamp and RLB Landesgruppe Brandenburg district mark, measuring 180 mm (w) x 130 mm (h), demonstrating minor material fatigue, with some creasing and a small tear to the lower edge, in very fine condition.

5. A postcard depicting SS-Gruppenführer Karl Maria Demmelhuber, in uniform and wearing the Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty, the reverse unused and bearing a Hoffmann studio mark, measuring 90 mm (w) x 140 mm (h), demonstrating a central folding crease, in near extremely fine condition.