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Lot 263:
Description
A WWII era Paper and card collection comprising military documents, propaganda leaflets, and home front booklets. The lot includes handwritten notebook pages from R.A.F. Officer’s School No 2 Squadron, featuring personnel lists for Group Captain Wise C. CMG DSO and Bar, Wing Commander Newman, and Squadron Leader Masters. Technical notes cover trade training, service structures, and medical categories. Home front items consist of two softbound booklets titled Watford at War 1939-1945. German propaganda material features a leaflet titled Auf einen Blick containing an Eastern Front map for March 1942 to March 1943, a flyer recording a Hitler speech from 8 November 1942, and a flyer titled Der Fuhrer ubernimmt das Kommando. An Allied psychological warfare leaflet titled Wohin hat Hitler gefuhrt? is included, alongside a black and white photograph of battle honours for HMS Ajax listing Trafalgar and the destruction of the Graf Spee.
Condition report:
Paper items exhibit overall yellowing and foxing. The Watford at War booklets show wear to the edges and spine (photo 1). The Hitler speech flyer pasted to a wooden lid has significant losses and abrasions (photo 1). The Auf einen Blick map and Allied propaganda leaflet have original fold lines and creases (photo 1). The handwritten RAF notes on hole-punched paper show some light staining and edge wear (photo 2 and 4).
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