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Ernst Munzinger Passport – 20 July Plot

25 October, 202025 October, 2020

Ernst Munzinger Passport – Member of the 20 July Plot The following passport is of vital importance in German history as it’s bearer was a conspirator in the German Resistance […]

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Early Federal German Foreign Representations

22 October, 202021 October, 2020

When it comes to passport history, Germany and GDR are a key focus for me. In my collection, I have one of the very first Federal German passports. Same for […]

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British Consul Woodhouse in Petrograd 1916

19 October, 202019 October, 2020

The city of Petrograd was the capital of the Russian Empire from the 18th to the 20th century. Only from 1914 to 1924 it was called Petrograd. For more than […]

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The Passport From Princess Natalja Of Montenegro Is Back To It`s Family

16 October, 202016 October, 2020

By Géraldine Cerf de Dudzeele, Paris – repost from 2013 Passport Princess Natalja Montenegro Natalija Konstantinović was born in Trieste (Italy) in 1882 as the daughter of Alexander Konstantinović and […]

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English Passport 1640 with twelve signatures

14 October, 202013 October, 2020

This is an English passport issued to Sir Thomas Aston on 9th December 1640 to enable him to travel with two servants as he was ‘desirous of spending some tyme […]

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Passport of an USSR soldier stationed in GDR

11 October, 20208 October, 2020

30 years of German reunification Passport USSR soldier GDR Between 350,000 and 500,000 Soviet soldiers were stationed in the GDR – more than anywhere else outside the borders of the […]

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An unusual Czechoslovak passport for a courier

8 October, 20208 October, 20202 Comments

An unusual passport for a Czechoslovak military courier for travel from Prague to Kyiv in March 1919 unusual Czechoslovak passport courier Many thanks to Zbyšek Šustek, Slovak Numismatic Society at […]

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Free France (France Libre) Diplomatic Passport

5 October, 202029 September, 20202 Comments

Free France and its Free French Forces (French: France Libre et les Forces françaises libres) was the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War, and its military forces, that continued to fight against the Axis powers as an Allied nation, […]

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30 Years German Reunification

3 October, 20202 October, 2020

German Reunification Unbelievable, it is already 30 years ago when Germany East and West reunited. When the wall came down in Nov 1989, I wanted to go to Berlin but […]

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US Passport 1886 Congressman Morse

2 October, 20202 October, 2020

Leopold Morse was a United States Representative from Massachusetts, and this is his 1886 US passport. Morse was born in 1831 in Wachenheim, Germany, and attended the common schools there. […]

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