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Pour le Mérite Winners
This is Sanke Card Nr 506, featuring Leutnant Werner Voß. Voß was one of WW I’s most exciting German pilots. He served in Jasta Nr’s 2, 5, 29, 14, and 10. Voß achieved forty-eight victories in a career that lasted only TEN months. He was dead by the age of twenty. These brief, hard facts barely hint at his brief life’s extraordinary reality. Many aviation historians and enthusiasts feel that Voß was the best pilot that Germany ever produced. He was a skillful aviator and an excellent shot who had an innate talent for handling airplanes. He arrived at Jasta 2 barely a month after the great Oswald Boelcke’s death in a midair collision. Voß quickly caught Manfred von Richthofen’s attention before the Rittmeister’s posting to Jasta 11 in January 1917 (the same month von Richthofen received his PLM). In July, von Richthofen had Voß transferred to Jasta 10, one of von Richthofen’s four squadrons in JG 1. When Voß was transferred, he had achieved thirty-four victories, and so was named the Jastaführer of this outstanding squadron. He had already received the Orden Pour le Mérite in April 1917. While commanding Jasta 10, Voß was one of the early pilots of the legendary Fokker Triplane. By 23 September 1917, Voß reached his forty-eighth victory. He engaged an entire flight of RFC Squadron Nr 56's SE5's in one of the most spectacular dogfights ever recorded. He took on six-to-eight enemy planes and damaged most of them before he plummeted to his death. This spectacular battle has been the subject of countless aviation histories, as well as inspiring many paintings featuring a single Fokker Triplane against multiple SE5's. This Sanke Card shows Werner Voß seated, wearing his Pour le Mérite, the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order, the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class, and the Prussian Army Pilot Badge. It has been removed from a photo album. $60.00
42-47 SANKE CARD Nr 506 - LEUTNANT VOß.
38-1734 SANKE CARD Nr 513 - KURT WOLFF. Kurt Wolff was one of the most popular pilots in Jasta 11. Some say Manfred von Richthofen was closer to him than any other pilot in the Jasta. Wolff scored a total of thirty-three victories before he was killed in action in September 1917. He fell during the same month as Werner Voß. Both died while flying the newly introduced Fokker Dr 1 (Triplane). This postcard was removed from a photo album. $60.00
38-1915 SANKE CARD Nr 507 - LEUTNANT KARL EMIL SCHÄFER. Karl Emil Schäfer was one of Jasta 11's best-known pilots under Manfred von Richthofen’s command. During 1917's "Bloody April," he shot down no less then fifteen enemy airplanes. He was awarded his PLM and the Knight’s Cross of the Hohenzollern House Order on 26 April 1917. He was also transferred to Jasta 28 as its jastaführer. He was killed in action on 5 June, with a total of thirty confirmed victories. Young Schäfer is shown before his PLM award. All that is visible in his tunic’s buttonholes are the ribbons for two decorations. One is the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class. The card is clean on both the front and back. $60.00
38-1732 SANKE CARD Nr 507 - KARL EMIL SCHÄFER. Karl Emil Schäfer was one of the most able pilots in Jasta 11 and a favorite of Manfred von Richthofen. He had thirty confirmed victories and was awarded the PLM. He was killed in action on 5 June 1917. This shows him in uniform in a studio pose. He is not wearing a PLM. $60.00
42-53 SANKE CARD Nr 512 - KARL EMIL SCHÄFER. This is Sanke Card Nr 512, featuring Karl Emil Schäfer. Schäfer was one of Jasta 11's early heroes, along with Manfred von Richthofen, Lothar von Richthofen, Karl Wolff, and Karl Allmenröder. Schäfer joined Jasta 11 in February 1917. Schäefer had a spectacular record. By the end of "Bloody April" 1917, he had twenty-three confirmed victories and his PLM. In late April he was transferred to Jasta 28 as its Jastaführer. He was killed in early June 1917, with a total of thirty victories. He was the first of the early Jasta 11 lads to die in combat. Only one of Jasta 11's original stars survived WW I, Lothar von Richthofen. On this Sanke Card Schäfer is standing by an airplane with only a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class on his tunic. It has been removed from a photo album. $55.00
42-48 SANKE CARD Nr 543 - LEUTNANT KARL ALLMENRÖDER. This is Sanke Card Nr 543 of Leutnant Karl Allmenröder. Allmenröder was one of Jasta 11's early stars under Manfred von Richthofen’s command. He already was part of the squadron when von Richthofen took command in January 1917. He did not achieve his first victory until February 1917. He eventually totaled thirty confirmed victories and was awarded the PLM in June 1917. He fell later that month. He was the second of Jasta 11's casualties that June, following Schäfer’s demise earlier in the month. This Sanke Card depicts Allmenröder wearing a PLM, which has been air-brushed to his tunic. He had little opportunity to enjoy his award. I am not sure if I ever have seen a photo of him wearing one. It has been removed from a photo album. $55.00
Oberleutnant Max Immelmann was one of Germany’s early aviation heroes. He and Oswald Boelcke were the first pilots to receive the Orden Pour le Mérite in January 1916, after they had achieved the score of eight victories. By January 1917, it took sixteen kills. Soon the prescribed number rose to twenty, and finally thirty victories for achievement of the award. Many say that the PLM was nicknamed the "Blue Max" for Immelmann. He died in June of 1916, with fifteen total victories to his credit. In this photograph he is wearing a PLM at his throat. He also wears a five-place medal bar high on his left breast. Below that is his 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class and Prussian Army Pilot Badge. The card is clean and fresh on both sides. $60.00
38-1913 NPG CARD Nr 5613 - OBERLEUTNANT MAX IMMELMANN.
Erwin Böhme was one of the rising pilots of Jasta 2 (along with Manfred von Richthofen), which was commanded by Oswald Boelcke. Böhme was quite old for a pilot (in his 30's). He collided with Boelcke in October 1916, and Boelcke fell to his death. Böhme was later transferred to Jasta 29. He was awarded the PLM in November 1917. He was killed in action five days later, never having received the coveted medal. $60.00
38-270 SANKE CARD Nr 502 - PLM-WINNER LEUTNANT ERWIN BÖHME.
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This is Sanke Card Nr 502 of Leutnant Erwin Böhme, a well-known German pilot. By the standards of his day, Böhme was an old man when he died at thirty-eight. He flew with Jasta 2 and Jasta 29. He was the commander of Jasta 2, in fact, at the time of his death in November 1917. He had been an early member of Jasta 2 (later known as Jasta Boelcke), hand picked by Boelcke for the squadron. Another early member of the Jasta was an up and coming youngster by the name of Manfred von Richthofen. In October 1916, while von Richthofen watched, Boelcke and Böhme’s planes collided. Boelcke, Germany’s greatest ace, with forty confirmed victories (more than double of any other German pilot), lay dead. Böhme never fully recovered emotionally from the accident and the guilt he carried. He learned in November 1917 that he was to receive the Orden Pour le Mérite. He was killed in combat before he actually received it, as the delivery was still in transit. Böhme had twenty-four confirmed victories at the time of his death. $60.00
38-866 SANKE CARD Nr 502 - LEUTNANT ERWIN BÖHME.
38-1741 SANKE CARD Nr 502 - ERWIN BÖHME. Erwin Böhme was one of the leading pilots of Jasta 2. Jasta 2 was commanded by Hauptmann Boelcke. Another member of the Jasta in 1916 was a young officer who had come from an Ulanen-Regiment, basic pilot training, and limited service in an observation squadron. The young pilot was none other than Manfred von Richthofen. Böhme was a PLM-winner and had twenty-four confirmed victories. He is perhaps best known as the pilot who collided with Oswald Boelcke, who then plunged to his death. Böhme ultimately commanded Jasta 2, which was renamed "Jasta Boelcke" in honor of its fallen commander. Böhme received notification of his award of the PLM. He never actually received his PLM before his death. This postcard shows him in a feldbluse with a ribbon bar, 1914 Iron Cross, and a Prussian Pilot Badge. This postcard was removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1118 GUSTAV LIERSCH CARD Nr 7803 - LEUTNANT
DOSSENBACH.
38-1832 GUSTAV LIERSCH
POSTCARD Nr 7803 LEUTNANT ALBERT DOSSENBACH.
Albert Dossenbach was awarded the PLM on 11 November 1916. He was credited with fifteen victories. He died on 3 July 1917, in air combat with several British airplanes. $60.00
38-51 SANKE CARD Nr 416 LEUTNANT ALBERT DOSSENBACH.
Gustav Leffers was an early winner of the PLM. He was awarded his PLM in November 1916, with eight victories. He was killed in action the following month. This photo shows Leffers before his PLM award. He is wearing ribbons in his buttonhole for the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class and for the 1914 Friedrich August Cross 2nd Class (Oldenburg). We see the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class and the 1914 Friedrich August Cross 1st Class (Oldenburg) on his left breast. Below them is the Prussian Army Pilot Badge. Leffers is wearing the officer’s brocade belt on his tunic. The card is clear and clean on both sides. $60.00
38-1914 SANKE CARD Nr 372 - LEUTNANT GUSTAV LEFFERS.
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SANKE CARD Nr 426 - OBERLEUTNANT HANS BERR.
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SANKE CARD Nr 426 OBERLEUTNANT HANS BERR.
38-130 SANKE CARD Nr 515 LEUTNANT
HANS KLEIN.
This is Sanke Card Nr 515 of PLM-winner Leutnant Hans Klein. Klein had
twenty-two confirmed victories. He was the commander of Jasta 10 under Manfred
von Richthofen. He was severely wounded and removed from active flying
service. During WW II, he served in the Luftwaffe as a Generalmajor.
$60.00
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SANKE CARD Nr 515 LEUTNANT HANS KLEIN.
This is a consignment piece. It is a Sanke Card of Max Immelmann. This pose shows him holding his dog against a background of trees. He is wearing a PLM, medal bar, Prussian Army Pilot’s Badge and a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. The photo would have been taken between January 1916 and his death later that summer. $55.00
38-243 SANKE CARD Nr 362 - OBERLEUTNANT MAX IMMELMANN.
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SANKE CARD - LEUTNANT HELMUTH HIRTH.
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SANKE CARD Nr 362 - OBERLEUTNANT MAX IMMELMANN.
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SANKE CARD Nr 372 LEUTNANT GUSTAV LEFFERS.
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SANKE CARD Nr 547 LEUTNANT ADOLF SCHULTE.
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SANKE CARD Nr 548 OBERLEUTNANT EDUARD RITTER von DOSTLER.
Sebastian Festner was the best-known NCO who flew with Manfred von Richthofen in Jasta 11. He joined the jasta in November 1916, just before von Richthofen assumed command in January 1917. He achieved his first kill in February 1917 and scored a total of twelve victories before he fell during 1917's "Bloody April." On this Sanke Card Festner is in front of an Albatros D. III, getting ready to fly. A blemish appears on the postcard’s left side on the obverse. It was removed from a photo album, which is evident on its reverse. $40.00
42-54 SANKE CARD Nr 510 - VIZEFELDWEBEL SEBASTIAN FESTNER.
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SANKE CARD Nr 428 LEUTNANT HERMANN PFEIFFER.
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SANKE CARD Nr 555 LEUTNANT HANS von KEUDELL.
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SANKE CARD Nr 407 HAUPTMANN MARTIN ZANDER.
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SANKE CARD Nr 429 OFFIZIER-STELLVERTRETER LEOPOLD REIMANN.
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SANKE CARD Nr 363 HAUPTMANN OSWALD BOELCKE.
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SANKE CARD Nr 508 LEUTNANT OTTO BRAUNECK.
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SANKE CARD Nr 390 LEUTNANT HARTMUT BALDAMUS.
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SANKE CARD Nr 442 LEUTNANT HELMUTH HIRTH.
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SANKE CARD Nr 418 LEUTNANT WILHELM FAHLBUSCH.
This is a Sanke Card of Leutnant Leopold Anslinger. Anslinger flew with FA54, FA 24, and Kest 9. He survived the war, with ten confirmed victories. It is a really great pose. In addition to his Prussian Army Pilot’s Badge, he is wearing the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order, and the Iron Crown 3rd Class from Austria. $50.00
38-191 SANKE CARD Nr 565 - LEUTNANT ANSLINGER.
38-377 NPG CARD Nr 6004 - OBERLEUTNANT IMMELMANN
AND HAUPTMANN BOELCKE.
Alfred Keller was a squadron commander and pilot of a Bomber Squadron. He received the Orden Pour le Mérite (PLM) for his efforts. He became a Luftwaffe General during WW II. In this photo he is shown wearing his PLM, Pilot Badge, and 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. $60.00
38-1209 SANKE CARD Nr 602 - ALFRED KELLER.
38-712 SANKE POSTCARD Nr 340 MAX
IMMELMANN. This is Sanke Postcard (Nr 340),
which depicts Max Immelmann. The pose is from 1915, before he and Oswald
Boelcke were awarded the first two Ordens Pour le Mérite in January 1916.
A facsimile of his signature and his rank appear below his image. A message is
written on the back of the postcard, but it was never mailed.
$45.00
This is a postcard that shows the remains of Max Immelmann’s crashed airplane. Standing around the wreckage are a number of enlisted men and NCO’s. The event is noted on the postcard’s reverse, and the date, 18 June 1916. $20.00
38-321 POSTCARD OF THE REMAINS OF MAX IMMELMANN’S CRASHED AIRPLANE.
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38-1403 POSTCARD - HAUPTMANN OSWALD BOELCKE.
38-1404 POSTCARD - HAUPTMANN OSWALD BOELCKE.
38-1405 AVIATION POSTCARD - MAX IMMELMANN.
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POSTCARD HAUPTMANN BUDECKE.
This is a Sanke Card (Nr 449) of Friedrich Manschott. He was assigned to Jasta 7. Before he was KIA, he achieved twelve victories in the air. $50.00
38-1493 SANKE POSTCARD NR 449 - VIZEFELDWEBEL FRIEDRICH MANSCHOTT.
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SANKE CARD Nr 360 OBERLEUTNANT MAX IMMELMANN.
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SANKE CARD Nr 516 LEUTNANT von JOACHIM BERTRAB.
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SANKE CARD Nr 447 LEUTNANT HANS MÜLLER.
This pose of Max Immelmann is in front of a Fokker Eindecker. The photo was taken before his award of the PLM, which came on 12 January 1916. He is wearing a visor cap, ribbon bar, 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class, and Prussian Army Pilot Badge. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1805 SANKE CARD Nr 347 OBERLEUTNANT MAX IMMELMANN.
Hans-Joachim Buddecke was an early winner of the PLM. He flew in Jastas 4, 18, and 30. He was awarded his PLM on 14 April 1916. He was actually the next pilot after Boelcke and Immelmann to receive the PLM, following his eighth victory. He achieved a total of twelve confirmed victories before he was killed in action in early 1918. He flew in Turkey with the Turks. He wears their Pilot Badge and headdress. He is also wearing the PLM at his throat and the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1807 SANKE CARD Nr 371 HAUPTMANN HANS-JOACHIM BUDDECKE.
This is an interesting profile shot of Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke. He is wearing his PLM, 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class, and Prussian Army Pilot Badge. He gained forty confirmed victories by the end of October 1916, when he was killed in a midair collision with one of his own pilots from Jasta 2. The postcard shows some marks on the obverse. These faults are reflected in our offering price. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $40.00
38-1808 NPG CARD Nr 5580HAUPTMANN OSWALD BOELCKE.
This postcard shows Ernst Brandenburg. He commanded a bombing squadron that made bombing runs over London. For the efficiency of his squadron, Brandenburg received the PLM. He is wearing the PLM and the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. This postcard has been removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1809 SANKE CARD Nr 536 HAUPTMANN ERNST BRANDENBURG.
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This postcard commemorates Oberleutnant Gerlich. He was an Observer. I can find no information on him. This postcard has been removed from a photo album. $50.00
38-1811 SANKE CARD Nr 388 OBERLEUTNANT GERLICH.
Otto Höhne was a pilot assigned to Jastas 1, 2, and 59. He actually commanded Jasta 2 (renamed Jasta Boelcke). He had a total of six confirmed victories. He survived WW I and joined the Luftwaffe. During WW II he commanded a Bomber group and was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $50.00
38-1812 SANKE CARD Nr 525 LEUTNANT OTTO HÖHNE.
Hans Rosencrantz was an observer with JG 1. He had five confirmed victories (very interesting for an observer). He was killed in action on 6 September 1916. The postcard has a black border, which was another means that was used to show the subject had been killed in action. He is seated with a dog. You can see his Prussian Army Observer Badge and the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1813 SANKE CARD Nr 419 LEUTNANT HANS ROSENCRANTZ.
Fritz Otto Bernert rose to the rank of oberleutnant. He served in Jastas 2, 4, and 6. He was credited with twenty-seven victories. He was awarded the PLM on 23 April 1917. He died of disease in 1918. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1814 SANKE CARD Nr 442 LEUTNANT FRITZ OTTO BERNERT.
Walter Göttsch flew with Jastas 8 and 19. He commanded Jasta 19, in fact. He obtained his twentieth victory on 10 April 1918. He would have been in line for the award of the PLM (he already had been awarded the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order) had he not been killed in action. He is in a heavy fur coat in front of an airplane, probably an Albatros. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $50.00
38-1816 SANKE CARD Nr 518 OFFIZIER=STELLVERTRETER WALTER GÖTTSCH.
This is a postcard I have not seen before. It features Kronprinz Wilhelm, along with two army officers who had received PLM’s. Also seen is Oswald Boelcke. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $60.00
38-1817 HAUPTMANN OSWALD BOELCKE - TWO ARMY PLM WINNERS - KRONPRINZ WILHELM - NPG CARD Nr 5619.
Ernst von Althaus was an officer in a Saxon Husaren-Regiment. He was an early winner of the PLM and received his award in July 1916, when it was still necessary to have been credited with eight victories. He had nine confirmed victories during his career. He was wounded several times during the war and was appointed commander of Jasta 10 by Manfred von Richthofen. He scored one more victory (his 9th confirmed) while commander. Failing eyesight caused him to step down and assume other duties in the army. He ultimately became totally blind in 1937. He is seen here in the M-1915 Litewka. The pose shows him with a 1914 Iron Cross and the Prussian Pilot Badge. He is also seen wearing the ribbon of the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order, and most important, the coveted PLM at his neck. This postcard was removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1737 SANKE POSTCARD Nr 383 - FREIHERR ERNST von ALTHAUS.
Walter Höhndorff was an early winner of the PLM. His award came in July 1916. He flew in several squadrons, including Jasta 1, 14, and 14. His total tally of confirmed victories was twelve. He was killed while testing an airplane in September 1917. He is seen here wearing a feldbluse. On his tunic we see the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class and his PLM. This postcard was removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1738 SANKE POSTCARD Nr 381 - WALTER HÖHNDORFF.
This is Sanke Card Nr 381, featuring Walter Höhndorf. He served as a pilot in several squadrons and jastas. He achieved a total of twelve confirmed victories in 1916, and received the PLM in July of that year. He was killed while testing an aircraft in September 1916. On this Sanke Card he is wearing the Pour le Mérite and the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. $55.00
42-50 SANKE CARD Nr 381 - LEUTNANT WALTER HÖHNDORF.
This postcard shows the noted Bavarian pilot Max Ritter von Müller. He flew in Jastas 2 and 28. He achieved thirty-six confirmed victories before he was killed in combat in November 1917. Müller shot down more airplanes than any other Bavarian pilot. He was awarded the PLM. After WW I he was awarded the Bavarian Knight’s Cross of the Military Max-Joseph Order, which included his elevation to knighthood. He is seen here wearing a five-place medal bar along with the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class and the Bavarian Pilot Badge. This postcard was removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1739 SANKE CARD Nr 444 - MAX RITTER von MÜLLER.
This is a Gustav Liersch Postcard Nr 7756, which features Oberleutnant von Cossel and Vizefeldwebel Rudolf Windisch. They were paired on an observation plane, with von Cossel as observer and Windisch as pilot. They flew a mission on the Eastern Front behind the Russian lines in which von Cossel blew up a key Russian bridge, and Windisch returned to retrieve the intrepid observer. Both aviators were personally decorated by Kaiser Wilhelm II. Von Cossel received the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order. Windisch received the Prussian Crown Order 4th Class with Swords. [This was the latter decoration’s ONLY award to a WW I pilot. Even more remarkable, the decoration usually was awarded to officers ONLY, and Windisch was an NCO. What the Kaiser wanted, however, the Kaiser got]! The postcard features them posed together wearing the awards they had received from the Kaiser. Windisch later became an officer and was posted to several jastas. He achieved twenty-two victories and was awarded the PLM. While the award was being processed however, he was shot down. He was thought to have been captured, but he was never heard from again, nor did he return to Germany after the war. Just as his award of the Crown Order was unusual, so was his not being present to receive his PLM. It is an intriguing air war tale.$55.00
42-45 GUSTAV LIERSCH POSTCARD Nr 7756 - OBERLEUTNANT MAX von COSSEL - VIZEFELDWEBEL RUDOLF WINDISCH.
This is Sanke Card Nr 379 for Leutnant Max Ritter von Mulzer. Mulzer was an early PLM-winner. He served in a squadron with both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann. Before posting to an aviation unit in 1915, he served in the 8. Chevaulegers-Regiment from Bavaria. He achieved a total of ten victories before he fell while testing an aircraft in September 1916. He was knighted by Bavaria’s King Ludwig III in the same month he was killed. He was the first Bavarian aviator to win the PLM and be knighted by the Bavarian government. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $50.00
42-44 SANKE CARD Nr 379 - LEUTNANT MULZER.
Max Mulzer was an early winner of the PLM. He died while testing an airplane in September 1916. He was credited with ten victories at the time of his death. It is interesting to note that von Mulzer was the first Bavarian to become an ace. He was also the first Bavarian in WW I to receive the PLM and the Bavarian Knight’s Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order. This postcard was removed from a photo album. It has a small nick on the left side. $40.00
38-1742 SANKE CARD Nr 385 - MAX RITTER von MULZER.
Kurt Wüsthoff was a PLM winner who served in Jastas 4 and 15. He also served on the staff of JG 1. He had twenty-seven confirmed victories. He was killed in an air crash in 1926. In this postcard he is wearing a feldbluse. He is wearing a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class and a Prussian Pilot Badge. This postcard was removed from a photo album. $55.00
38-1743 SANKE CARD Nr 564 - KURT WÜSTHOFF.
38-865 SANKE CARD Nr 540 - OBERLEUTNANT ADOLF RITTER von TUTSCHEK. This is Sanke Card Nr 540 of Oberleutnant Adolf Ritter von Tutschek. He was a Bavarian. He rose to the rank of Hauptmann and flew in both Jasta 2 and Jasta 12. He later commanded JG II, the second of the fighter wings. (JG I was the first, formed under the command of Manfred von Richthofen. JG I ultimately was commanded by Hermann Goring). Von Tutschek was knighted by the Bavarian King. He was also awarded the PLM. He had twenty-seven confirmed victories. He was shot down and killed while piloting a Fokker Dr 1. Interestingly, while the Dr 1 only was produced in small numbers, several of Germany’s leading aces (Manfred von Richthofen, Werner Voss, Kurt Wolff, and Adolf Ritter von Tutschek) died while piloting it. $60.00
This is a Gustav Liersch Card Nr 7761 of Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke. It is a profile shot. The card was produced after his death in October 1916, because it shows a cross after his name. $50.00
38-593 GUSTAV LIERSCH CARD Nr 7761 - HAUPTMANN OSWALD BOELCKE.
The postcard shows a photograph of Boelcke inside a wreathed frame. His name is beneath it. He is wearing his PLM. $50.00
38-594 POSTCARD - HAUPTMANN OSWALD BOELCKE.
This is Sanke Card Nr 394, featuring Leutnant Alfred Friedrich. He served in Jasta 10. He achieved twenty-one victories before his death. He had been nominated for the PLM, but was killed in action before it could be approved. On this Sanke Card, prior to his promotion, he is still wearing an NCO’s uniform. $55.00
42-51 SANKE CARD Nr 394 - LEUTNANT ALFRED FRIEDRICH.
This is Sanke Card Nr 394, featuring Leutnant Alfred Friedrich. He served in Jasta 10. He achieved twenty-one victories before his death. He had been nominated for the PLM, but was killed in action before it could be approved. On this Sanke Card, prior to his promotion, he is still wearing an NCO’s uniform. It has been removed from a photo album. $50.00
42-52 SANKE CARD Nr 394 - LEUTNANT ALFRED FRIEDRICH.
38-596 POSTCARD - AIRCRAFT -
BAVARIAN SCHUTZSTAFFEL Nr 26.
38-175 POSTCARD - 25-YEARS OF AVIATION UNDER KAISER
WILHELM II.
This is a very early Sanke Card, showing a Rumpler Seaplane. This is well before WW I. At that time, the well known, Berlin postcard-maker was not numbering his postcards. $50.00
38-847 SANKE CARD - RUMPLER SEAPLANE.
This is an interesting postcard that is humorous in nature. It has an announcement from the commander of Ersatz Flieger-Abteilung Nr 5, a Hauptmann Naman. It shows a Feldwebel on the ground looking up in the sky. One of the pilots is above him in an airplane with a basket of food and a pair of geese hanging from the struts of the airplane. $20.00
38-121 HUMOROUS POSTCARD - COMMANDING OFFICER ERSATZ FLIEGER-ABTEILUNG Nr 5.
38-13 "HAPPY EASTER" POSTCARD - FLIEGER-ABTEILUNG Nr 43. This postcard was produced for Flieger-Abteilung Nr 43. The top of the postcard shows a German observation plane. The bottom of the card depicts two baby chicks, one of whom is just hatching out of the shell. $25.00
38-1226 COLOR POSTCARD - TAUBE - OVER FRENCH TROOPS. This color postcard shows a Taube monoplane flying over a large group of French soldiers. Officers are observing their men trying to shoot down the airplane with their rifles. The postcard was produced from a painting, and issued under the auspices of the Deutscher Luftflotten-Verein. $20.00
This color postcard features a seaplane. The postcard was produced in London. The card is labeled on the obverse "Seaplane With Twin Floats." $20.00
38-1506 ENGLISH COLOR POSTCARD - SEAPLANE.
This is Sanke Card Nr 1040. It shows a large German bomber being readied for a flight to England. It was mailed in December 1918, about a month after the war ended. $40.00
38-1507 SANKE CARD Nr 1040- GERMAN BOMBER.
This is a wonderful example of a propaganda postcard. It shows a German airplane (Taube) flying over a battlefield. As it flies, a French plane flies nearby and a French observer blazes away with a rifle. The battle rages on the battlefield. On the reverse is a likeness of Kaiser Wilhelm II while a cannon fires the words to the German national anthem into the air! This is great early-war stuff to buck up the German civilians. By 1918, the harsh reality of war made this type of propaganda meaningless. $20.00
38-1508 POSTCARD - GERMAN AND FRENCH AIRPLANES OVER BATTLEFIELD.
This color postcard shows an Albatros biplane in flight. It is reproduced from a painting. A very faint, penciled note on the obverse dates it to 1912. It is titled "Albert Rupp auf Albatros-Doppeldecker," (Albert Rupp on Albatros Double-decker). $20.00
42-25 COLOR POSTCARD - EARLY ALBATROS BIPLANE.
This is an amusing color postcard detailing German aviation before WW I began. It sports scenes of airplanes, zeppelins, a woman named Eulalia Hoch astride a flying hospitality bar, winged men, and other nonsensical flying contraptions. The caption reads "Gruss von der Musterung! (Greetings from the mustering/inspection!). A brief message is written on the reverse. The postcard was mailed in 1913. $25.00
42-20 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN "LUFT-FLOTTE."
This color postcard shows four German airplanes in the air around an observation balloon. The observation balloon has a cartoon face on its front. An observer is in the basket. A man is on top with a flag that says "Zum Hindenburg Blick." This basically translates as "At/to the Hindenburg view or To view Hindenburg." $20.00
42-14 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN AIRPLANES - OBSERVATION BALLOON.
This postcard shows a German Taube in flight being fired at from the trenches by French infantry. The postcard was produced by the Deutscher Luftflotten-Verien. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from a Bavarian artillery regiment. $20.00
38-1509 POSTCARD - GERMAN TAUBE UNDER FIRE.
This postcard probably was produced as a marketing tool by the Pfalz aircraft factory. It shows a young Walter Everbusch sitting in the plane. He was a co-owner of the Pfalz firm and its chief test pilot. He was killed while testing a plane in 1916. Please note: this is an early-war "pusher" style aircraft. The engine and propeller are behind the pilot. $20.00
38-1510 POSTCARD - PFALZ AIRCRAFT FACTORY - WALTER EVERBUSCH.
38-499 POSTCARD - BIPLANE FLYING OVER COUNTRYSIDE -
HAMMELBURG.
This is a postcard that shows a
biplane flying over the countryside near Hammelburg in Germany. Various
landmarks are noted from around Hammelburg, including the military base. The
reverse shows this was a Feldpostkarte mailed from Hammelburg in
1915. It bears the unit stamp of a Machine Gun Kompagnie.
$10.00
38-1512 FRENCH LE BRÉGUET XVII C. 2. This postcard shows a French two-seater observation plane, the Le Bréguet Type XVII C. 2. A message is written on the reverse. As was the French custom, the postage stamp is seen on the obverse. It appears that this was mailed in 1915. $20.00
38-14 POSTCARD - GERMAN AIRPLANE OVER PARIS. This postcard comes from an original black and white sketch. It shows a German observation plane flying over Paris. The Eiffel Tower can be seen near the River Seine. $20.00
38-1115 SANKE CARD Nr 361 - LEUTNANT MAX IMMELMANN.
38-1116 GUSTAV LIERSCH CARD Nr 7753 - OBERLEUTNANT
GERLICH.
38-1122 SANKE CARD Nr 319 - AGO SEAPLANE.
38-1123 EARLY SANKE CARD - RUMPLER-DOPPELDECKER IN
FLIGHT.
This color postcard shows a German airplane flying low over a German supply wagon. $15.00
42-28 COLOR POSTCARD - CONTINENTAL AVIATION.
This postcard, which is in color, features a crashed airplane with an angel. $15.00
42-29 COLOR POSTCARD - ITALIAN AVIATION.
This postcard shows a French airplane that is shooting down a German Taube. $15.00
42-30 POSTCARD - FRENCH AIRPLANE - TAUBE.
This postcard shows an English airplane escaping from German cavalry. It appears that the airplane has landed to rescue one of the aviators. The mounted Germans are firing rifles at the escaping airplane. This is a French postcard that was mailed from France. $15.00
42-32 FRENCH POSTCARD - ENGLISH AIRPLANE - GERMAN ULANENS.
This is a Third Reich era aviation postcard. It shows the Luftwaffe in the early days. We see a flight of training airplanes. It features a song with words that became the Luftwaffe’s anthem during WW II. It is titled "Wir fahren gegen Engeland!" $20.00
42-34 THIRD REICH LUFTWAFFE - POSTCARD.
This postcard shows a French airplane flying the French National Flag and leading the French Army into battle. In the background is the French Fleet. The postcard was mailed from France. $15.00
42-38 COLOR POSTCARD - FRENCH AIRPLANE - FRENCH NAVY - FRENCH ARMY - BATTLE.
This is a wonderful French propaganda postcard. It shows a French airplane leading the French Army into battle. In the upper left corner, a mounted Napoleon looks on. I guess in some ways there was not a lot of change from 1815 to 1915, with a stop for the 1870 War in between. A message is written on the reverse. $15.00
42-39 COLOR POSTCARD - FRENCH AIRPLANE -FRENCH ARMY - BATTLE.
This color postcard shows two young French children riding on an airplane. The postcard was mailed in France in 1915. $15.00
42-40 TWO FRENCH CHILDREN - AIRPLANE.
This color postcard was produced in the USA. It shows French soldiers standing in front of their planes. The caption is "A detachment of the French aviation corps." $20.00
42-17 COLOR POSTCARD - FRENCH TROOPS - AIRPLANES - AIRFIELD.
This postcard, which is in color, shows a squadron of English planes returning home from a raid. The postcard sports the RFC’s Coat-of-Arms on the reverse. (The Royal Flying Corps was renamed the Royal Air Force, its current name, late in WW II). $20.00
42-19 COLOR POSTCARD - SQUADRON - ENGLISH PLANES.
In this color postcard we see a French aviator getting ready for action. $15.00
42-41 COLOR POSTCARD - FRENCH AVIATOR.
This is a Russian postcard. It depicts a pilot and observer in flight, and is from a sketch or painting. The top Russian phrase on the back says "Postcards." The lettering on the bottom reads "Published by order of his imperial sovereign majesty the emperor. Permitted by the military censor. Petrograd, 27 Minsk Street."$20.00
42-42 COLOR POSTCARD - RUSSIAN AVIATORS.
38-959
POSTCARD - FRENCH SEAPLANE - HOISTED ON SHIP.
38-960
POSTCARD - POST WW I BÜCKER-JUNGMANN
AIRPLANE.
38-961
POSTCARD - POST WW I HEINKEL-KADET TRAINING PLANE.
38-962
VIEW - AIRPLANE FLYING OVER MEUSE NEAR VERDUN.
38-1095 COLOR POSTCARD - FOKKER EINDECKER DOWNED
ENGLISH BIPLANE.
This postcard shows a Fokker Eindecker that just
shot down an English airplane, which is about to crash. The postcard was a
part of an aviation action series called "Deutsche Fliegerkarten."
38-1096 POSTCARD - SEVERAL MONOPLANES.
38-1097 COLOR POSTCARD FOKKER EINDECKER AN AIR
BATTLE.
38-1098 POSTCARD - FRENCH CAUDRON BOMBER - FRENCH MUSEUM.
38-1099 POSTCARD - FRENCH AIRPLANE FLYING OVER FRENCH
TROOPS.
38-1101 COLOR POSTCARD - FOKKER EINDECKER AND GERMAN
BIPLANE.
38-1102 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN MONOPLANE FLYING OVER
GERMAN REGIMENT.
38-1104 POSTCARD - FRENCH MONOPLANE - HANGER.
38-1105 POSTCARD - EARLY WAR FRENCH MONOPLANE.
38-1107 POSTCARD - TAUBE ATTACKING ENGLISH AND ARAB TROOP
COLUMN.
38-1108 POSTCARD - FRENCH BOMBING MISSION - GERMAN NAVAL
AND PORT FACILITIES.
38-1109 POSTCARD - U. S. AIRPLANE - HANGER.
DK
$15.00
38-1979 POSTCARD - GERMAN TAUBE - FRENCH MUSEUM. This postcard shows a German Taube on display in the courtyard of a French museum.
38-1980 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN OBSERVATION PLANE - GERMAN CAVALRY REGIMENT. This is a color postcard that comes from a painting. The action shows a German airplane flying over a cavalry squadron. $20.00
This color postcard shows an Austrian Seaplane in the water with its engine revving up. It has an Austrian flag flying from its rudder. Beside it is an Austrian Battleship. $20.00
38-1984 COLOR AUSTRIAN POSTCARD - SEAPLANE - SHIP.
This color postcard shows an Austrian Seaplane helping the crew of another Austrian plane that is sinking in the water. If you look closely, you can see some water splashes near them. An enemy warship is firing on them from a distance. The postcard was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from a man in an Austrian artillery regiment. $20.00
38-1985 COLOR AUSTRIAN POSTCARD - SEAPLANE ASSISTING CRASHED AIRPLANE.
This is a color postcard that shows two Austrian Seaplanes in the water off Ancona. Many more Austrian airplanes are in the air above them. $20.00
38-1986 COLOR AUSTRIAN POSTCARD - SEAPLANE - WATER.
This is an Austrian color postcard that shows an Austrian Seaplane flying over some vessels near a costal area. $20.00
38-1987 COLOR AUSTRIAN POSTCARD - SEAPLANE - AIR.
This postcard has two views of a crashed aircraft. The event has just taken place, as smoke is coming from the ruined airplane. Also in the two views are U.S. and French troops and some civilians. $20.00
42-01 USA - FRENCH TROOPS - CRASHED AIRPLANE.
This is a Christmas card in the form of a postcard. It shows a charcoal drawing of an RAF airplane flying over Cologne with "greetings" on the cover. As you open the card you see engraved "Best Wishes for Xmas and the New Year." Below that is a place that indicates "From," and to its right is "Tom." Next below is another engraving, "12 Squadron R.A.F. Army of the Rhine Xmas 1919." 12 Squadron was part of the occupying force based in Germany after WW I. A note on the reverse from the collector from whom I obtained it states that "Tom" was Flight Lieutenant John Thomas Rogerson. Mr. Rogerson retired from the RAF and moved to Long Island, New York. $30.00
42-02 POSTCARD - CHRISTMAS CARD - BRITISH RAF AIRPLANE - COLOGNE - POST WW I.
This postcard is a perfect example of how entertaining a modestly-priced postcard can be. The obverse shows a fairly standard scene of French General Joffre inspecting a forced-down Albatros observation airplane. The caption is in English. In the message section on the obverse is an advertisement for an English movie house on Mare Street in Hackney. It lists the schedule for its movies. Among the stars are Mary Pickford(!), Jack Pickford, and Fanny Ward. $20.00
42-03 POSTCARD - FRENCH GENERAL JOFFRE - DOWNED ALBATROS.
42-04 COLOR POSTCARD - AIRPLANE OVER CITY.
This postcard shows a
caricature of King Albert of Belgium flying an airplane over a city. Hanging to
the airplane’s tail is a chained Belgian Congo native holding the King’s hat. It
is something of a slam against Belgium’s treatment of the Congolese, which
bordered on genocide.
$20.00
The French were never shy in their political propaganda whether it was related to France, Belgium, or France’s enemies. In this color postcard we see an airplane shaped like an eagle flying over a city. In the airplane is a seated banker, holding his hat. In the airplane ‘s back are bags of money. Below is a caption "Le Banquier en fuite - Air Connu - Au Revoir et merci," which can be translated as "The fugitive banker - a familiar tune - Good bye and thank you," or "The Banker in flight (escape) - Well-Known Air - Goodbye and thank you." Both convey a cynical attitude toward banks, bankers’ ethnicity, and their motives for financing wars. $20.00
42-05 COLOR POSTCARD - BANKER FLYING OVER CITY.
This color postcard shows soldiers of the French 4. Armée and airplanes in the air. A message is written on the reverse. The postcard was mailed. $20.00
42-06 COLOR POSTCARD - FRENCH 4. ARMEE - AIRPLANES.
This postcard shows a naval seaplane flying over a German restaurant and hotel located by the water. $20.00
42-07 POSTCARD - AIRPLANE FLYING OVER HOTEL - RESTAURANT.
This French color postcard shows a mother and her children near Paris jeering as French airplanes and German zeppelins fight overhead. The caption reads "Ah la Barbe les Sales Boches" (Beard the Dirty Krauts). $20.00
42-08 COLOR POSTCARD - FRENCH MOTHER - CHILDREN - GERMAN AIRPLANES - ZEPPELINS.
This color postcard shows a very young French boy with a French Army kepi on his head. He is jeering at a German Taube flying overhead. If you look carefully, the boy is sitting on a German Küraßier’s helmet with the spike placed in the ground. Thus, the youngster is ready to answer nature’s call. $20.00
42-09 FRENCH PROPAGANDA POSTCARD - YOUNG BOY JEERING - GERMAN AIRPLANE.
In this postcard, a French mother and her two children are seen on Christmas day. The children are playing with some of their presents, while Father Christmas offers another. He points to French cavalry and airplanes above in the sky, being urged on by Marianne, the symbol of French freedom. A message in French is written on the reverse. $20.00
42-10 COLOR POSTCARD - MOTHER - CHILDREN - FATHER CHRISTMAS.
This is a color postcard which originated as a painting. It shows a Fokker Eindecker shooting down an enemy airplane, which is going down in flames. Information about the incident and the original painting is printed on the back in German. $20.00
42-12 COLOR POSTCARD - FOKKER EINDECKER - ENEMY AIRPLANE.
This postcard shows the island of Helgoland. A number of ships are just offshore. Two seaplanes are flying toward the camera. The caption states "Helgoland mit Kriegshafen" (Helgoland with War-Harbor). $20.00
42-13 POSTCARD - GERMAN ISLAND - HELGOLAND - SEAPLANES.
38-1989 COLOR POSTCARD - AUSTRIAN LUFTFLOTTE. This is a color postcard that shows an Austrian airplane and zeppelin flying over the castle of Erzherzog Carl (later, Kaiser Carl). A message is written on the reverse. $20.00
38-1111 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN TROOPS SHOOTING DOWN ENEMY
AIRPLANE.
38-1200 POSTCARD - FRENCH SEAPLANE - SURF.
38-1994 COLOR BRITISH POSTCARD - WARTIME HUMOR.
43-63 COLOR POSTCARD - FRENCH AIRPLANE FLYING - SOLDIER - GIRL.
This is a color postcard which shows a French aviator in a biplane with the
French tricolor attached. He flies over a young French soldier holding his rifle
with his girl. Below them is the phrase "Les Oiseaux de France." (The birds
of France). A small bend affects the upper right corner. A message is
written on the reverse.
43-67 POSTCARD - EARLY FEMALE PILOT.
38-1997 COLOR POSTCARD - WARTIME FRENCH HUMOR.
This postcard is a British pilot’s prayer for his aircrew. $15.00
38-1998 POSTCARD - "PRAYER" - ENGLISH PILOT.
38-1201 POSTCARD - TWO U.S. SEAPLANES.
This is a pre WW I colorized postcard showing an airfield and hanger for the Württemberg Flying Sports Club. $20.00
38-16 PREWAR COLORIZED POSTCARD - WÜRTTEMBERG FLYING CLUB AIRFIELD AND HANGER.
38-1192 POSTCARD - CAPTURED BRITISH VICKERS AIRPLANE.
38-1193 POSTCARD - CAPTURED GERMAN AIRPLANE.
38-1195 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN BIPLANE FLYING OVER VILLAGE.
This colorized postcard shows a German airplane flying over a small town and the countryside. It is part of a series depicting German Aviation. $20.00
38-17 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GERMAN AIRPLANE ABOVE SMALL TOWN AND COUNTRYSIDE.
The Fraulein Flieger cards were a popular variation of the best-selling Sanke Cards. The example, Nr 5001/1, shows an attractive young lady garbed as a German pilot. She is wearing a leather helmet and goggles, flying coat, officer’s belt, and bayonet. $40.00
38-585 "FRAULEIN FLIEGER" SANKE CARD.
38-586 "FRAULEIN
FLIEGER" SANKE CARD.
38-588 KRIEGSGETRAUT POSTCARD.
16-122 MIXED LOT OF FIVE PRE AND POST WW I POSTCARDS. This is a lot of five pre and post WW I aviation postcards. The photos include:
1913 Aviatek Eindecker that has been colorized.
A fine grouping of pre and post WW I aviation in Germany. $60.00. .
This is a post WW I photograph of several different aircraft types. The postcard photo is identified on the obverse as "Mannheim Schaufliegen Oktober 1920." Many civilians and military men are around the planes. $20.00
16-156 PHOTO POSTCARD SHOWING POST WW I PILOTS AND PLANES.
This postcard is titled "Torpedoboots angriff mit Unterstüzung eines Wasserflugzeuges." It shows the two locked in combat. The postcard was mailed from Wilhelmshaven in 1916. $15.00
38-1348 POSTCARD - TORPEDOBOOT AND AIRPLANE.
This postcard shows a Berlin air show. Many tables are available on which the spectators may sit and watch the action. A control tower features the name Heinkel, which was a well-known airplane builder during the 1920's, 1930's, and into WW II. The postcard was mailed in 1931, but its stamp is missing. $10.00
38-1339 POSTCARD - AIR SHOW - BERLIN - 1930'S.
38-1918 COLOR AVIATION POSTCARD - POPULAR RECRUITING
POSTER.
38-1920 COLOR POSTCARD - ROYAL NAVY AIR SERVICE.
This is a full-color postcard of Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officers. In
the foreground, two officers are looking at a map. One of them is in flying
gear. In the background, are two more officers, a seaplane on takeoff, and a
ship cruising.
$20.00
38-1922 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN OBSERVATION.
This is an interesting color postcard of a German observation plane. The
action centers on the observer, who is firing his gun at an enemy airplane.
A large section of the canvas that covers the fuselage is torn away so you
can see his legs and feet. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1917.
$20.00
38-1923 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN - BRITISH PLANES -
DOGFIGHT. This is a color postcard that was
produced in England. It shows one British and two German airplanes. Both of
the German machines are VERY red. The postcard’s reverse titles the action
"A Battle in the Blue." Below that is "The upper machine is doing
the "Immelmann Turn."
$20.00
38-1328 POSTCARD - SEAPLANES - FRENCH HARBOR.
This postcard shows approximately ten French seaplanes at anchor in a harbor.
On the reverse we see that the postcard was mailed as Feldpostkarte
from a Bavarian Machine Gun Kompagnie in 1916.
$12.00
38-1924 SILHOUETTE POSTCARD - PILOTS - CREW AROUND
AIRPLANE. I have never seen anything quite
like this. It is a silhouette postcard that shows a German pilot sitting
atop his airplane. He is gesturing to another pilot and two crew members,
who are standing on the ground. It is a very effective way of showing the
aircraft and men. It was mailed in 1918.
$25.00
38-1925 POSTCARD - FRENCH PILOT - DEAD CREW - GERMAN
OBSERVATION PLANE. This is an interesting postcard from a charcoal
sketch. It shows a French pilot standing in front of his airplane. He is
saluting a dead German pilot and observer lying in front of their burning
airplane.
$20.00
38-1926 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN AIRPLANE SHOOTING DOWN
ENEMY AIRPLANE. This is a special, color
postcard dedicated to Bayern Fliegerabt. Nr 9. Below that title is "Luftkampf über den Vogesen" (Air Fight over the Vogesen [Mts.]).
It was a mountain range between Germany and France. The action shows a
German observation plane shooting down an enemy airplane.
$25.00
38-1927 COLOR POSTCARD - TWO AIRPLANES - AERIAL COMBAT.
This is a color postcard showing a German airplane in flames, having been
shot down by a British or French airplane. It was mailed in Belgium on 19
July 1923.
$20.00
38-1928 POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIERS - TWO CAPTURED ENGLISH
FLYERS. This postcard shows two soldiers in
stahlhelms guarding two English aviators. If you look at the two German
soldiers, they are wearing ulankas from an Ulanen-Regiment. One of
the English flyers is smiling pleasantly.
$20.00
38-1929 POSTCARD - CRASHED GERMAN BOMBER.
This postcard shows a German bomber that has crashed. Laid out in front is a
machine gun and bombs. A civilian looks on.
$15.00
38-1930 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN AIR CREW CAPTURING
ENGLISH PLANE - PILOT. In this color postcard
two German aviators rush forward from their landed airplane toward a downed
flyer. He is identified as an "English Flyer." The markings under the
wing, however, are certainly not English. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1917.
$20.00
38-2076
POSTCARD - VARIOUS AIRPLANES -TARMAC - 1930'S. This postcard shows a
variety of one and two-engine airplanes at Berlin’s airport (Templehof).
Stamped on the reverse is "Junkers LVAG."
$15.00
38-1931 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN - FRENCH AIRPLANES- AIR
BATTLE. This color postcard shows French and
German aircraft battling over a hilly terrain.
$20.00
38-1932 COLOR POSTCARD - TWO GERMAN AIRPLANES - IN
FLIGHT. This color postcard shows two German airplanes flying over snowy
ground.
$20.00
38-1933 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN SEAPLANES - GERMAN FLEET.
This color postcard shows two seaplanes flying low over the German fleet.
$20.00
38-1934 POSTCARD - CRASHED AIRPLANE - NAVY SAILORS.
This is one of those postcards where you need to put on your detective cap
to enjoy all it has to offer. At first glance, it looks like a common
airplane crash, which is true enough. Then one spots six sailors in the
crowd. Four of them are wearing armbands of some sort. This leads me to
think that perhaps he was a Navy pilot and the crash was fatal. The
incident’s date, 1912, is at the bottom. Civil police officers are also in
the crowd. It’s a fine postcard, with a lot of personality.
$20.00
38-2007 POSTCARD - FUNERAL - GERMAN TROOPS - CIVILIANS - HONOR FALLEN
FRENCH PILOT.
DK
This color postcard shows a British Flying Boat landing on the water, with another circling in behind it. A ship can be seen steaming in the background. The postcard’s reverse indicates that it was produced to raise funds for the British war effort. $20.00
38-1342 COLOR POSTCARD - BRITISH FLYING BOATS.
This color postcard shows a British airplane flying over the countryside. In the lower left is the simple legend, "Climbing." $20.00
38-1343 COLOR POSTCARD - BRITISH AIRPLANE.
This postcard shows an air show that took place before WW I. Seven airplanes are in the air and a large crowd of spectators is watching from the ground. A message is written on the reverse. The postcard was mailed in 1911. $15.00
38-1344 POSTCARD - AIR SHOW PRIOR TO WW I.
16-114 THREE AVIATION COLOR POSTCARDS. This is a group of three colorized postcards that were reproduced from original paintings. They were sold to benefit the Deutscher Luftflotten=Verien. I have sold these in the past for $30-35.00 each. All are quite attractive and display very well. $80.00. .
Zeppelin
38-200
OVERSIZED POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN.
38-2072
POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN - HANGER.
38-2073
POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN - FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.
This postcard shows a young French girl looking up at a zeppelin in the sky. She is saying "Zeppelin tu ne, me fais pas peur!" (Zeppelin, you do not scare me!). A French message is written on the reverse, but the postcard was not mailed. $20.00
42-15 POSTCARD - YOUNG FRENCH GIRL - ZEPPELIN.
This is a modern-day postcard that comes from the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. The subject of the photograph is the Hindenburg’s (LZ 129) frame under construction. The Zeppelin Museum is built very close to the site where the ORIGINAL Zeppelins were built. If you are ever in that part of Germany, I highly recommend the museum. They have wonderful displays, including full-sized mockups of sleeping compartments and the passengers’ lounge from the Hindenburg. $2.00
38-204 POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN MUSEUM - FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.
38-155 LZ 127 "GRAF ZEPPELIN" ON GROUND - SOUTH
AMERICA.
This is an Italian propaganda postcard showing civilians and a zeppelin. A message is written on the reverse, and it was mailed in 1917. $20.00
42-26 COLOR POSTCARD - ITALIAN PROPAGANDA - ZEPPELIN.
This color postcard shows an English airship flying on patrol over some English airplanes. $20.00
42-31 COLOR POSTCARD - ENGLISH AIRSHIP.
43-66 POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN FLYING OVER FRENCH BOY.
This postcard shows a
young French boy who is perhaps three or four-years-old. He is holding a pipe in
his mouth. He is looking up in the air at a zeppelin flying overhead. Over his
head is a caption that states in French "Un loustic qui n‘en a pas peur. (A
chap who was not afraid).
$15.00
38-1124 POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN
LZ-127 - MOORING
STATION.
This postcard shows the Graf
Zeppelin at her mooring station on the ground. The photo shows the
LZ-127 as she looked before mandatory swastikas were placed on her
rudders. In the upper left corner is a small box with Dr. Hugo Eckner’s photo.
He was the Zeppelin Company’s chief. The postcard was produced by
Hoffmann, a leading German postcard maker during the 1930's and 1940's.
$25.00
38-180
POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN.
38-256
BLACK AND WHITE POSTCARD - GRAF FERDINAND von ZEPPELIN.
38-266
OVERSIZED POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN OVER BERLIN - 1928.
This is a modern-day reprint from a German museum. It shows the Graf
Zeppelin flying over Berlin in 1928.
$2.00
38-181
POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN.
38-182
POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN.
This postcard shows a number of balloons at what appears to be a testing ground. A large crowd of military and civilians is looking on. $20.00
38-1314 COLOR POSTCARD - BALLOONS.
38-1936 POSTCARD - AIRSHIP -
GRAF ZEPPELIN.
This postcard shows the airship Graf Zeppelin on the ground. She is
embarking passengers for a voyage.
$20.00
38-1937 POSTCARD - AIRSHIP -
GRAF ZEPPELIN -
IN-FLIGHT.
38-1938 POSTCARD - GRAF ZEPPELIN - EARLY
ZEPPELIN.
38-153 VIEW OF BARCELONA FROM
LZ 127 "GRAF ZEPPELIN."
38-155 LZ 127 "GRAF ZEPPELIN" ON GROUND - SOUTH
AMERICA.
38-493 COLORIZED POSTCARD - ARMY ZEPPELIN
"HANSA."
This is a colorized postcard of an early zeppelin flying over a hanger in Friedrichshafen. $20.00
38-848 COLORIZED POSTCARD - EARLY ZEPPELIN FLYING OVER FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.
A German zeppelin is shown ready to fly over water, having just lifted off from land in this colorized postcard. It is derived from an original painting. My feeling is that it is flying across the English Channel. The cliffs that are seen, then, are the White Cliffs of Dover. An airplane is in flight above it. $25.00
38-20 COLORIZED POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN BEGINNING FLIGHT OVER WATER IN SIGHT OF LAND.
This postcard shows a zeppelin’s gondola in detail. It is either on patrol or a bombing mission. The crew is directing searchlights at the ground to help in picking out landmarks or targets. $30.00
38-1090 POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN’S GONDOLA.
This postcard shows a German zeppelin as it attacks Paris. The Eiffel Tower can be seen. A furious air battle is going on below the zeppelin. $20.00
38-1110 POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN ATTACK - PARIS.
21-43 POSTCARD OF ZEPPELIN GONDOLA IN COMBAT. This postcard was one of a set for the "Deutscher Luftflotten=Verien." The postcard shows the zeppelin at night attacking a city. There are searchlights from the zeppelin shining down on the city. It rather looks like London. The crew of the zeppelin are clearly visible in this black and white sketch. $30.00
42-21 COLOR POSTCARD OF A YOUNG MAN & PRETTY GIRL - ZEPPELIN. This postcard shows a young man smiling at a pretty girl with a zeppelin flying overhead. The caption is "I’d rather be in a row boat looking up than in an airship looking down." The reverse shows that the postcard was mailed in 1912 from Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. $25.00
This postcard, which is from a 1906 painting, features a hot-air balloon with two French occupants either escaping from or attacking German cavalry. French soldiers are faintly visible on the hill behind the balloon. The title at the card’s bottom reads "Salon de 1906. - Le Porteur de Dépêche, par R. Arus" (Salon of 1906. - The Dispatch Bearer, by R. Arus). $20.00
42-24 POSTCARD - FRENCH HOT-AIR BALLOON - CAVALRY.
Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin & other Zeppelin officials
38-291 POSTCARD - GRAF
FERDINAND von ZEPPELIN - ULANEN UNIFORM. Aside
from being the creator of the Airship in Germany, Ferdinand von Zeppelin
(1838-1917) was also a General der Kavallerie in the Württemberg Army. This
pose shows him as an Ulanen, wearing an officer’s tschapka. Either this
tschapka or one very similar resides today in the Zeppelin Museum in
Friedrichshafen.
$20.00
38-292 POSTCARD -
FERDINAND GRAF von ZEPPELIN. This postcard shows
Graf Zeppelin (1838-1917) in a uniform with which I am not familiar. It is a
frock coat which has four braid stripes on each sleeve. He is wearing a visor
cap with an emblem that I believe is for the Zeppelin Company.
$20.00
38-293 COLORIZED
POSTCARD - FERDINAND GRAF von ZEPPELIN. This
colorized postcard shows Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) from the chest up in a
navy-blue frock coat and a white visor cap. A reproduction signature of von
Zeppelin is at the bottom of the card.
$20.00
38-308 POSTCARD OF FERDINAND GRAF von ZEPPELIN.
This postcard shows Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) in civilian attire. Below
his photograph, it reads "Graf Zeppelin."
$20.00
38-309 POSTCARD OF FERDINAND GRAF von ZEPPELIN
IN THE UNIFORM OF A GENERAL.
This postcard is a drawing of Graf
von Zeppelin in a general’s ulanka. He is wearing a neck order of his
native Württemberg. Below his image is his reproduced signature.
$20.00
38-311 POSTCARD OF GRAF FERDINAND von ZEPPELIN AND KAPITÄN
PAUL KÖNIG.
This is an interesting postcard
that shows Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) with Kapitän Paul König. König was
the commander of the U-Boat Deutschland. The Deutschland
was strictly a cargo vessel. It was designed to dive under the Allied
blockade and bring back much-needed supplies to Germany. The
Deutschland made a highly-publicized visit to Baltimore early in the
war, before the U.S. declared war on Germany. König and his crew proved quite
popular with the people of that city, and many gifts were exchanged.
$20.00
38-312 ZEPPELIN ECKNER SPENDE POSTCARD
OF DR. HUGO
ECKNER. This is a postcard that was authorized
by the Zeppelin-Eckner Spende. It was to raise money for the
construction and maintenance of zeppelins. Graf von Zeppelin did this
often before WW I, when zeppelins were fledgling airships. A photo of
Eckner, with his reproduction signature below it, is on the obverse. The reverse shows that the postcard is from the
Zeppelin-Eckner Spende, displaying a combined "Z" and "E."
$20.00
21-142
CIGARETTE CARD FROM CIGARETTE CARD ALBUM - AERIAL SHOT FROM GRAF ZEPPELIN OVER NEW YORK.
This is a color postcard that was produced from a painting. It shows a pre WW I zeppelin and an airplane flying over Lake Konstanz and Friedrichshafen. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915 from Friedrichshafen. $20.00
38-1511 COLOR POSTCARD - PRE WORLD WAR I ZEPPELIN - AIRPLANE OVER FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.
38-290 TWO POSTCARD SET - ZEPPELINS LZ 129 AND LZ 130. This is a two-postcard set of the Zeppelins LZ 129 and the LZ 130. The LZ 129 was the Hindenburg, which exploded in flames over Lakehurst, NJ in May of 1937. The image of the Hindenburg, which is in color, shows her low over the ground. The photo shows her with swastikas on the rudders. The second postcard in this mini grouping shows the LZ 130, the Graf Zeppelin II. She was launched in 1938 and scrapped in 1940, during WW II. The image shows her close to the ground. Both of these postcards have technical and historical details on the reverse. I also must add that these are NOT period postcards, but of modern-day production. The card of the Graf Zeppelin II is particularly interesting, since we seldom see images of her. $5.00
This postcard shows a German zeppelin flying over a French city in 1913. It is identified as "Zeppelin IV." It appears that the postcard was mailed in France after the beginning of WW I. $20.00
38-1222 POSTCARD - PREWAR ZEPPELIN - OVER FRANCE.
38-1223 COLOR POSTCARD - OBSERVATION BALLOON. This color postcard comes from England during WW I. It shows a Caquit Type Kite-Balloon. The observation balloon shows the basket with an observer in it. It has a nifty description of this sort of balloon on its reverse. $20.00
38-1224 POSTCARD - FRENCH AIRSHIP. This postcard shows a French Airship flying over a military camp. The postcard was mailed. $20.00
38-1518 COLOR POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN-ECKNER SPENDE. This is one of a series of postcards that were produced for the Zeppelin-Eckner Spende. The postcard shows a zeppelin in flight. On the reverse we see the information about the Zeppelin-Eckner Spende and the logo. The postcard was not mailed. $50.00
38-1519 COLOR POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN-ECKNER SPENDE.
This is one of a series
of postcards that were produced for the Zeppelin-Eckner Spende. The postcard
shows a zeppelin in flight. On the reverse we see the information about the
Zeppelin-Eckner Spende and the logo. The postcard was not mailed.
$50.00
38-1520 POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN-ECKNER SPENDE.
This is one of a series of
postcards that were produced for the Zeppelin-Eckner Spende. The postcard
features a likeness of Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin and a reproduction of his
signature. On the reverse we see the information about the Zeppelin-Eckner
Spende and the logo. The postcard was not mailed.
$50.00
38-1521 POSTCARD FROM THE ZEPPELIN-ECKNER SPENDE.
This is one of a series
of postcards that were produced for the Zeppelin-Eckner Spende. The postcard
shows a likeness of Hugo Eckner and a reproduction of his signature. On the
reverse we see the information about the Zeppelin-Eckner Spende and the logo.
The postcard was not mailed.
$50.00
38-1522 COLOR POSTCARD - ZEPPELIN HANGER - LEIPZIG.
This is a color
postcard that shows the Saxon city of Leipzig’s zeppelin hanger. The postcard
shows a large group of people standing in front of the hanger. In the hanger are
two zeppelins, one of which is the Sachsen. The postcard was mailed in July
1914, just before the beginning of WW I, and when zeppelins were used to bomb
cities on the continent of Europe and in London.
$40.00
38-1523 COLOR POSTCARD - PREWAR ZEPPELIN FLYING FROM LAKE KONSTANZ.
This
postcard, which is in color, shows a prewar zeppelin flying in from Lake
Konstanz, most likely over its home port of Friedrichshafen. It may have been
mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1916.
$35.00
This color postcard shows an English airplane diving on a red German airplane. $20.00
42-35 COLOR POSTCARD - ENGLISH AIRPLANE - GERMAN AIRPLANE.
This postcard shows a rotary engine. This type of engine was commonly used in German airplanes, including the Fokker Triplane. The postcard was produced in England. $20.00
42-16 POSTCARD - ROTARY ENGINE.
WW
This postcard shows a young French girl playing while above her a French airplane is shooting down two zeppelins. A French message is written on the reverse, but the postcard was not mailed. $20.00
42-18 POSTCARD - FRENCH GIRL - AIRPLANES - ZEPPELINS.
WW
This color postcard shows a large number of airships flying over the Hudson River at West Point. The Hudson is filled with many different types of ships. West Point is the site of the U.S. (Army) Military Academy. Information on the obverse reveals this was part of a 1909 celebration commemorating the 300th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the river. (The river runs all the way down to New York City). The card’s reverse shows it was mailed from Jackson, Michigan in 1910. $25.00
42-22 COLOR POSTCARD - AIRSHIPS - HUDSON RIVER.
WW
This color postcard shows the Barton-Rawson Airship flying over a large crowd. Airship design and flight were not limited to Germany and Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin. This airship was constructed in England before WW I. $20.00
42-23 COLOR POSTCARD - BARTON-RAWSON AIRSHIP.
WW
This is Sanke Card Nr 448 of Vizefeldwebel Friedrich Manschott. He served in FAA203 and in Jasta 7. He had a total of twelve victories. He was killed at Verdun in March 1917. He was an aviator for only three months before he fell. In this photo he is standing beside what appears to be an Albatros single seater. The postcard has been removed from a photo album. $50.00
42-43 SANKE CARD Nr 448 - VIZEFELDWEBEL FRIEDRICH MANSCHOTT.
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