Escaping via Spain
J stamped German passport from 1941. The passport here is interesting because of the period it was used at and the specific route chosen, mainly because after June 10th of 1940, many escape options where limited: this wa...
Rare 1919 Batumi passport
British occupation of Georgia issued travel document. The First World War brought to an end the old political and world order that existed for centuries, and with the end of hostilities came some of the most "infamous" peace treaties that the 20th century witnessed. ...
Vatican Guard arm-band & ID
1943 issue for a member of the Holy See. Very important memorabilia from occupied Rome used over 70 years ago and an important reminder of the dark days that mankind was facing....
The Holocaust in Albania
Liberation laissez-passer for a Jewess. 1945 Issued travel document...
Diplomatic Israeli passport – Germany 1962
Here is an interesting passport, which has strong connections to the 50 years celebrated these days between Israel and Germany, due to officially establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries....
Colonial diplomatic passport
Superb 1952 Ceylon document. Being issued originally in a regular passport then HAND changed to a diplomatic passport could possibly explain that during the first years. ...
CBI related document
1942 Kunming issued military ID. The conflict in the Far East had several important fronts and areas of battle. One important location was the region between British India and Western China, still under National Government control, and Japanese occupied Burma, which saw some of t...
First liberation documentation
Austrian first attempts of issuing ID's & travel documents. Austria was under German occupation from March 1938 to April 1945. The German take-over of the small country is termed as the Anschluss, and once under Nazi control, the Jews suffered the worst vile anti-Semitism since...
Outbreak of war
1939 special short-lived movement Ausweis. Though this is not an actual passport or travel document, it could fall under the category of movement permits...
1950 Diplomatic passport
When it comes to rare collectibles – the item here can truly be considered as a treasure and not an item one can see every day. The combination of it being a diplomatic passport, post-WWII...