Search Results: world war two from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Book. Very Good. Hardcover. The 124th Rifle Minsko-Khingan Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division is a military unit of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War(WWll). The division was formed on April 19, 1943 and fought on the Leningrad Front, in Finland where they suffered very heavy losses, Cologne and Kaliningrad. In June 1945, they transferred to the East, where participated in the liberation of the Chinese city of Solun. The division served until Sept. 3, 1945. The commemorative album is 8.5 x 11.5 inches. 15 leaves with 18 mounted photos (9x7 inches) and a few portraits laid in. The album dates from 1983. Nice. .

Photographic Image. Good. Hardcover. 1930s. --SOVIET RUSSIAN PHOTO ALBUM--(120+) b/w PHOTOS of various sizes - from plant manager in Ukraine (then a part of Stalinist-era Soviet Russia). (120+) PHOTOS in Ukraine (during 1930s Soviet Russia)- individuals & groups/ families/ people at dinner tables/ LIVADIA PALACE/ CRIMEA/MILITARY/ NKVD. Nice collectible condition..

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. An evocative Japanese photo album of the late 1930s, a time when she was winning in China & Korea, and America had not yet entered the war. Album is 7.5" X 10.5" (approx). 70 photographs of several varying sizes, about half glued, & half applied with photo corners..

Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 70 b&w Photos. (42) U.S.; (28) presumed New Guinea. "Service Album - U.S. Army" photo album opens May 18, '43 -- the day men signed their names, home towns and their best wishes & luck to 'Mac', presumably ahead of getting shipped from the States to the Pacific region -- "To a guy who'll stick with you when the going gets tough"--" Look me up after the war..."--"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition..." Snapshots of service men- guys goofing around, having fun/ in uniform with weapons/ men carrying packs approaching a battleship/ tents, barracks, thatched huts, small boats/ photos taken over military base/ cemeteries. Very nice condition, presents well. Suede cover is supple; drawing of American Eagle & Soldier keeping watch. 7" x 11", 13 pgs. Photo-album of WWII G.I.s in the U.S. Army in 1943. Domestic S/H $15..

Handwritten. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1943, WWII autograph book -- by Joseph Sveiven, an American GI stationed in Casablanca, Morocco. Sveiven gathered his fellow GI's autographs and quips in this 7"x 4" album. Sveiven kept stamps here too; he collected some during the war and added others after he returned home). Inside cover: Property of Joseph Sveiven, Casablanca, Africa, Wed. Dec VIII 1943. Notes written by friends refer to Joseph Sveiven as 'Cap'. WW2 Soldier's field-book has 37 pp. - Sveiven's own entries/ autographs, sentiments & quips by Sveiven's fellow soldiers/ postage stamps. Joseph Sveiven wrote: "leaving Mt. Snelling on June 3,1943 to Camp Kilmer, NJ; leaving June 13th for Africa; saw submarines on June 15th (no damage done), a submarine attack in June 22nd (it was sunk), sailing 300 miles off course to avoid more German U-Boats.  Arrived at Oran, Morocco on July 5th. Mentions General Patton's famous 3rd Armored… Read More

Handwritten. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1943, WW2 autograph book compiled byJoseph Sveiven a soldier stationed in Casablanca. He gathered many sayings and signatures from his fellow soldiers, and also used the album forstamps he collected during the war, as well as stamps collected once he returned home. It notes on the inside cover: The Property of Joseph Sveiven, Casablanca Africa, Wed Dec VIII 1943. Notes inside refer to him as Cap, I believe he was Marines. The book is 7 x4 inches and has 37 pages with autographs, sentiments, and quips from the fellow soldiers. 17 pages mostly filled with mounted stamps, (they do not cover any autographs, so this is not a 2nd use scrapbook). There are 14 blank pages. There are 3 pages of journal entry where he talks about leaving Mt Snelling on June 3, 1943, to Camp Kilmer, NJ, and leaving June 13th for Africa. Talks about seeing submarines on June 15th (no damage done), a submarine attack in June 22nd (it was sunk), and sailing to the… Read More

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. 100 3x5 inch b&w snapshots chronicling Chief Warrant Officer E.A. Walsh's experiences during his deployment in the South Sea Islands during WWII. Album 11.5x11.5 inches. Very nice condition..

Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. (18) b&w PHOTOS -- 8"x10", in album binder-- WW II military aircraft and 'Nose Art' (15 photos of 'Nose Art'). Cheeky humor in painted designs made by WWII soldiers' on the "noses" of 1940s military aircraft. Photos stamped on back "Photo By Garry Sprong", with Nutley, NJ address and phone number. Photos enlargements are displayed in a black 3 ring-binder, (15) photos in plastic sleeves & (3) loosely laid-in. In nice condition. .