GERMAN CIGARETTE BOOKS (2)

GERMAN CIGARETTE BOOKS (2)
German cigarette card book ‘Die Reichswehr' (Cologne: Haus Neuerburg Gmbh.), 1933, 70pp. large 4to., depicting the armed forces of Germany and other nations in the mid-1930's. The album is filled with the appropriate color cigarette cards depicting infantry, artillery, aircraft, cavalry, ships, drills, volunteer forces, and much else besides. Minor bumping to the corners, else very good, within the original stained slipcase. WITH: ‘Manner und Ereignisse: Unserer Zeit' (‘Men and Events: Our Time'), (Dresden: Greiling Zigarettenfabrik), 1933, 48pp. and 32pp., folio, each filled with 2.5 x 3.25 in. b/w cigarette cards primarily celebrating the election of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. The cards depict all of the major figures of Hitler's government, including Franz von Papen, Josef Goebbels, Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, and Rudolf Hess, as well as numerous scenes of NSDAP parades and rallies. Hitler Youth and BDM activities, speeches by Hitler and other party notables, and much more. A very good visual record of the early days of Hitler's leadership. Good.