• Note: The Reichsadler, or National Eagle, was originally intended to face the right when used as a national symbol, and to the left when used for a NSDAP symbol, but somewhere along the line, they abandoned this concept, as you will see below.

    [Below: 1938/1939 Winterhilfswerk [WHW] (Winter Charity) souvenir sheet.]

    [Below: Close-up of eagle.]

    [Below: Two other WHW eagles from souvenir sheets.]

    [Below: A group of SS men stand in front of a cool eagle tapestry.]

    [Below: Stamps from 1943 from the General Government (Poland) with sheet selvage showing eagles.]

    [Below: A strange eagle from a 1940 technical manual.]

    [Below: A postcard with a cool eagle canceled in Graz on June 11, 1939.]

    [Below: Close-up.]

    [Below: Two SA men guard a monument to martyr Hermann Thielsch (January 30, 1911 - September 9, 1931).]

    [Below: A 1940 Winterhilfswerk [WHW] (Winter Charity) voucher for 1 RM.]

    [Below: A 1940 Winterhilfswerk [WHW] (Winter Charity) voucher for 1 RM - reverse.]

    [Below: This is quite an uninspired-looking Luftwaffe banner! It looks kind of like a seagull.]

    [Below: Here's an early postcard advertising a sports meet. It has some very strange eagles...]

    [Below: Here is a sheet of ration coupons for 'Knochen Abgeliefert' (bones delivered). Bones were vital for the war effort and were recycled and used for a variety of purposes, including the manufacture of glycerine, which is used in high explosives. Bones could also be used for soap, paint, candles and fertilizer.]

    [Below: 1938 poster advertising an April 9th speech by Adolf Hitler in Vienna.]

    [Below: A beautiful postcard celebrating Day of the Wehrmacht, 1939.]

    [Below: 1938 postcard celebrating the Day of German Art.]

    [Below: Postcard reverse.]

    [Below: Close-up of cancel.]

    [Below: Here is a tinnie of the event.]

    [Below: This poster, with a quote from Adolf Hitler, says:

    'Volk
    Hilf Dir
    Selbst
    dann wird auch
    der Herrgott
    Dir seine Hilfe
    nicht versagen.'

    This basically says God helps those who help themselves.]

    [Below: Here is a document from a National Socialist newspaper called 'Stuttgarter NS-Kurier', dated January 24, 1941.]

    [Below: Eagle close-up.]

    [Below: Here is a document dealing with an application for employment for the position of hotel manager, dated January 21, 1939.]

    [Below: Eagle close-up.]

    [Below: Wow, this is neat, but has perhaps one of the strangest eagles ever. It kind of looks like a cross between an eagle and a dog!]

    Offenbach a.M. stands for Offenbach on the Main (river). This leather museum (founded in 1917) is still in operation and is one of the largest leather museums in the world. It showcases some items believed to be more than 3,000 years old, not to mention items from the 3rd Reich.

    [Below: Eagle close-up.]

    [Below: The German Leather Museum during the Third Reich. Check out the giant eagle.]

    [Below: Here is a German songbook called 'Neue Soldatenlieder' (New Soldier Songs). Front/reverse.]

    [Below: Eagle close-up. ]

    [Below: German songbook - inside.]

    [Below: German songbook - inside.]

    [Below: German songbook - inside.]

    [Below: This is so neat! Let's see what it says:

    [Below: Close-up of eagle.]

    'Internationale Riemer Rennwochen
    Renner in Riem
    Sattelplatz
    Das Braunband von Deutschland
    Diese Ehren gilt für den Sattelplatz zu den Rennen auf dem
    Rennplatz in Riem am 26. Juli 1942.
    Nicht übertragbar!'

    (International Riem Racing Weeks
    Race in Riem
    Saddle Place
    The Brown Ribbon of Germany
    This honor applies to the Saddle Place for the races at the
    track in Riem on July 26, 1942.
    Not transferable!)]