Original Reichswehr recruiting postcard from F. Bruckmann in Munich Bavaria showing German soldiers in historical uniform. Slightly worn, excellent unused condition.

Original 1919 recruiting postcard by artist Oskar Gehrig, for Berlin Nachrichten Bataillon - Fernsprecher Funker / Signals Battalion Radioman, during the time when the Freikorps were still trying to carve fiefdoms out of the dismantled remnants of the Russian and Austrian empires in the east.

Original 1919 donation postcard by artist H. Reisener, for Berlin Grenzschutz Kriegerhilfe-Ost / Border Protection Unit East Aid Fund, during the time when the Freikorps were still trying to carve fiefdoms out of the dismantled remnants of the Russian and Austrian empires in the east. Usedm though stamp has fallen off. Scarce.

A Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) photograph of Freikorps von Epp in Munich during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. A very odd card... Here Epp is visiting a Thirty Years War reenactment at the camp of Wallenstein, the military leader of the Imperial Habsburg Catholic side. In top condition.

A Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) photograph of horse remains in Munich during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

Patriotic postcard showing the badge of the Freikorps von Epp, Bayerischen Schutzen Brigade Nr 21 / Bavarian Rifles Brigade, part of the nascent Reichswehr. Created during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

Scarce, original, period postcard from Wilhelmshaven, showing coffins being carried in the funeral for victims of the Spartakus Putsch. After the Kaiser abdicated at the end of WWI, the Communists (Usually called Spartakisten or Spartacists, but really meaning any left-leaning group) seized power in a number of cities (so-called Spartakus Putsch), only to be deposed by right-wing counter-revolutions and/or the newly forming national government, with the help of volunteer 'Freikorps', or Free Corps fighters, many of whom went on to form the core of the right wing National Socialists who subsequently infiltrated and consumed the Weimar government.

Scarce, original, period postcard from Wilhelmshaven, showing coffins being carried in the funeral for victims of the Spartakus Putsch. After the Kaiser abdicated at the end of WWI, the Communists (Usually called Spartakisten or Spartacists, but really meaning any left-leaning group) seized power in a number of cities (so-called Spartakus Putsch), only to be deposed by right-wing counter-revolutions and/or the newly forming national government, with the help of volunteer 'Freikorps', or Free Corps fighters, many of whom went on to form the core of the right wing National Socialists who subsequently infiltrated and consumed the Weimar government.

Fantastic original Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) photograph of Freikorps soldiers with a machine gun nest on the top of the Brandenburger Tor to fight the Spartakists / Red Guard in Berlin [lucky the Reds didn't have much in the way of artillery!) during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

Scarce, original, document from the Security Command of the Worker and Soldier's Council, Hannover about the transfer of an Army man. From the unsettled period of German history after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, when the Communists (usually called Spartakisten or Spartacists, but really meaning any left-leaning group) seized power in a number of cities (so-called Spartakus Putsch), only to be deposed by right-wing counter-revolutions and/or the newly forming national government, with the help of volunteer 'Freikorps', or Free Corps fighters. With handstamp of 3. Kompagnie Sicherheits Kommando des Arbeiter u. Soldaten-Rates Hannover. Signed by Vizefeldwebelcachet from one of the idealistic and short lived Communistic "Worker's and Soldier's Councils" formed primarily from the disillusioned sailors from the Kaiser's Navy, along with fellow travelers from the ranks of soldiers and workers.

Einzug der Garde-Truppen in Berlin: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of troops arriving in Berlin to put down the Sailor's Mutiny (they lost) in Berlin in December of 1918 at the start of the violent Strassenkaempfe or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

Strassenkaempfe in Berlin - Unterhaendler mit der Paralamentaerflagge auf dem Wege zur Reichskanzlei: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of Freikorps auto with negotiators under the 'white flag' on he way to the Chancellory in Berlin during the violent Strassenkaempfe or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

Strassenkaempfe in Berlin: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of the destruction in Berlin during the violent Strassenkaempfe or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right coalition of Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps.

Strassenkaempfe in Berlin: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of the destruction in Berlin during the violent Strassenkaempfe or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right coalition of Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps.

Strassenkaempfe in Berlin: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of the destruction on the Alexanderplatz in Berlin during the violent Strassenkaempfe or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right coalition of Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps.