Orden und Ehrenzeichen im Dritten Reich & Die Orden und Ehrenzeichen des Großdeutschen Reichs & Die Auszeichnungen des Großdeutschen Reichs: Orden, Ehrenzeichen, Abzeichen (3 volumes)
Berlin: Berliner Buch- und Zeitschriften - Verlag, E. O. Erdmenger & Co., 1939-1943. Hardcover. Scarce collection of three works by Heinrich Doehle, profusely illustrated with color & b/w photographic reproductions of hundreds of medals, decorations, insignia and badges from the Third Reich. Covers party, military, police, civil, fire brigade, red cross, and many other badges & medals. Includes rules and explanations on when and how to wear medals, which pre-Third Reich badges are allowed, etc. First volume with b/w photographic reproductions only, second volume includes few color plates, 1943 copy with majority of illustrations in color. Text in German, gothic script. Heinrich Doehle was the Ministerialdirektor in der Präsdialkanzlei des Führers und Reichskanzlers.
1) Orden und Ehrenzeichen im Dritten Reich (Medals and decorations of the Third Reich). 1939. First edition. 8vo. 88pp. Original quarter red cloth over printed white paper-covered boards.
2) Die Orden und Ehrenzeichen des Großdeutschen Reichs (Medals and decorations of the Greater German Reich). 1941. Third edition. 8vo. 128pp. Original quarter red cloth over printed white paper-covered boards.
3) Die Auszeichnungen des Großdeutschen Reichs: Orden, Ehrenzeichen, Abzeichen (Honors of the Greater German Reich: Medals, Decorations, Insignia). 1943. Fourth edition. 8vo. 155, 7pp. Original quarter red cloth over color illustrated paper-covered boards.
Some age wear and staining on bindings. Signature of previous owner on free front endpaper in second & third volume. Age toning to front and rear endpapers in third volume. Bindings in good- to good, interior in very good condition. Scarce. Item #31690
Price: $1,500.00