18th Mar, 2020 10:00

The Spring Auction

 
  Lot 598
 

WW1 documents recovered from a German soldier

A collection of WW1 documents recovered from a dead German soldier at the Western front, 1917
including sketch of the trenches, postcards, business card inscribed 'Walter Hundertmark', German military documents and papers including propaganda and calls for war bonds, name ticket and inscription describing the burial of the dead German soldier by the British and the body's location, map of "HeideKopf Nord" dated 30.9.16 map of Cambrai (1:25,000), letter in envelope and a diary of troop movements, last entry 23.10.17 together with a letter dropped by the Germans on Oct. 31st 1918 declaring armistice (qty)

*Recovered by the later General Sir Miles Christoper Dempsey during his time as an infantry officer at the Western Front.

Sold for £190


 
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