A large one-page folio, 32 x 47 cm, was issued to Miss Alice L. Blaney, a citizen of the United States of America, traveling in Europe to attend the University of Zurich. Berne, Switzerland, Legation of the United States 1st…
LET PASS OR DIE – Passport History Book An educational + entertaining BOOK about the HISTORY of the PASSPORT. 353 pages with incredible stories, including 183 astonishing pictures which are impossible to use today in your passport – well, almost….
Airline history German passport Interflug pilot Deutsche Lufthansa was Germany’s flag carrier until the end of World War II. Following the allied conquest, all planes in the country were captured, and the airline stopped operations in 1954. Nonetheless, Lufthansa’s name…
Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading center for northern Europe. It has remained a center for maritime…
Not a passport but a long and thrilling diary of a German soldier during the American Revolution. With a detailed account of front-line combat at the battle of Yorktown and other locations. German Soldier American Revolution This is grenadier Wilhelm…
German passport Italian adventurer Passport issued by the court of Baden-Durlach, Germany for the Italian adventurer and versatile man of letters Giacomo Passano, who had stayed at the margravial court of Karlsruhe since mid-December 1750 in the capacity of a…
The colonial time of Germany is currently a big topic in the German press and society. The new Humboldt-Forum in the newly built Berlin palace has just opened, hosting non-European art. The museum has become embroiled in controversy over its…
The following gripping passport came up by a British couple who contacted me via my website. The email reads as follows. German J-Passport Rudolf Schneeweiss “I have a Deutsches Reich passport dated 1939 stamped with a big red J of…
General John Churchill Marlborough Marlborough’s career as a soldier and statesman lasted five monarchs’ reigns. His greatest military achievement occurred later in his career; if he died before the age of 50, he would likely be forgotten today. His victories…
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