Lot 8022
A personal album of Gauführer Freund of the Saalfeld local group of the Wehrwolf, 1920s
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
Contains approximately 50 original black-and-white photographs (pasted in) and numerous newspaper clippings and press photos. Subjects include the consecration of the Saalfeld local chapter's flag (1924), a marching band, photos of members (including those from other local chapters), the Monument to the Battle of the Nations (1925), the “Wehrwolf” rally in Weimar (1926), the German Army and Navy Day in Nuremberg (1926), etc. Also includes three typewritten letters to a friend from 1926. Housed in a contemporary gray cardboard album (with minor losses). Shows signs of age and use; some partial, minor damage. Dimensions: 24 x 31 x 2 cm. Historically significant, as little is known about the “Wehrwolf – Bund deutscher Männer und Frontkämpfer” (Wehrwolf – League of German Men and Front-line Fighters), a paramilitary organization active during the Weimar Republic. Founded in May 1923, the group reached its peak between 1924 and 1929 with a membership of approximately 30,000 to 40,000.Condition: II Questions about the lot?