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A 10 Reichspfennig note used as currency in prisoner of war camps.

Training advice to women on the home with the German eagle crest on the cover.

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Propaganda leaflet aimed at the German-speaking population. Page 1 announces that the first two 1000 bomber attacks have taken place and promises more. Page 2 gives quotes from allied leaders outlining the rights a defeated Germany could expect from…

Front and reverse of a 1000 Mark banknote.

Propaganda leaflet. Front has pictures of four-engine bomber and German text. Reverse has photograph of Nuremburg rally and date 1937 and German text.

Hitler admits, in radio address at 1am on 21st July, to German generals’ coup. Leaflet points to heightened tensions between army and party. Claims the latter wants to prolong the war for its own ends, whereas generals want peace, acting when their…

Sheet of green 30 gram cheese ration stamps in eight rows of ten.

A 5 Mark banknote.

A German banknote.

50000 mark banknote, front and reverse.

Postcard from prisoner of war, John, number 250760 to his parents and Joyce, sent from the camp, saying that he is well. It includes a coloured drawing of a snow-covered cottage with a holly border.

View along a cobbled road with pavements on either side. There are multi storey residential buildings at the far end and industrial buildings with a tall brick chimney at the near end. Reverse annotated, 'F'straße Nr 158'.

Alfred Lengart was a gunner in the German Army on duty at the Möhne Dam on the night of Operation Chastise. Many years later he was invited to the Yorkshire Air Museum for the opening of the Barnes Wallis Museum. During the opening he delivered a…

A steamer cruising on the canal. On the reverse 'No. 12 Port Said Steamer entering the canal near Port Said On the left side are the Coal and Petroleum basins, on the right the Port Said Waterworks. From the entrance, the Canal runs due south for a…

A woman, wearing glasses, sits at a table eating. Reverse annotated 'Meefisihln' and printed, 'Leonar'.

One page with list giving dates, crew names, callsign, location. Second page has date, location, aircraft details, crew names. Aircraft mentioned: Me 110 and Do 217.

A brief report on the shooting down of an aircraft at Esbjerg. There is a list of the rounds of ammunition used at different locations.

A view of the crash site of Halifax DT747. It is an attachment to the report.

Four photographs of the crash site of Halifax DT747.
#1 is the crash site.
#2 is the fuselage.
#3 is a wing.
#4 is the fuselage guarded by a soldier.

A newspaper cutting with a report on the accidental bombing of Riggisberg and Bouveret in Switzerland.

Report describing enemy aircraft flight action. At 0:45 at De Plank a Wellington was shot down. Identification of crew impossible. Reference made to De Plank cemetery. Around 1:45 a Wellington landed at Antwerp-Deurne airfield. At 00:30 a Wellington,…

A cartoon of a moustached officer with two dachshunds. He is saying 'How now me proud beauties'.

Paul May's ancestral passport including details of three generations of his family.

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Alan Green's prisoner of war record with his personal details.

Papers relating to the General Insurance Corporation.