1922 Polish NANSEN certificate
Used 3 years later for British Palestine....
Thank you all!
It has been 10 years since this site has opened. Would like to thank everyone who has contributed in support and in kind words during this past year. Have learned much about our mutual hobby of collecting old passports and documents, and I was ver...
Russische Vertrauensstelle in Deutschland
Russian Commission in Germany WW2 issued ID card. During the period between the two world wars, many Russians immigrated to Germany. The period is from 1918 to roughly 1942, the time shortly after the Operation Barbarossa....
Imperial Highway Authority (IHA)
Imperial Ethiopian Government papers. The highway system got its first major boosting in infrastructure during the Italian occupation (1936-1941). The Italian control of the country was enhanced due to its contribution in this field (by the last year of their occupation, there were about 7,000...
UNRRA ID document
International Refugee Organization issue. After the end of World War Two, United Nations personnel or affiliated members of related organizations, working in relief and rescue efforts, spread out throughout the various countries, be it in the west or eastern part of Europe...
1945 US Special passport
OSS & CIA operative during and after the war....
UNTSO special ID cards
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization was founded on May 28th 1948 following the creation of the State of Israel and the hostilities that existed in the Middle East. Its main aim was to assist the peacekeepers in the region in implementing the Armistice Agreements...
Colonial passport
Rare Fiji Colony travel document from 1946....
Paul Blobel
Ausweis issued to a senior Einsatzgruppen member....
Occupied China & Swiss protection
WWII used allied passport with protection endorsements inside. Following the Japanese occupation of larger sections of China, which until December of 1941 was rather limited to smaller sections of the eastern coast, not forgetting of course the earlier occupation of the North-East (Manchuria), many foreign...