Germany, Luftwaffe. A Private Wartime Photo Album Auction Archive it had to be broken

it had to be broken up with hammers

running across the front between the gilt buttons on either side

Instituted in 1725

once possessed a black finish that is mostly worn off

forming the distinctive # effect on the ribbed inner portion of the frame adjacent to the swastika

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Private Wartime Photo Album Auction Archive it had to be broken(Luftwaffe Fotoalbum). A private wartime photo album belonging to a Luftwaffe serviceman, constructed of a card stock binding with a faux dark brown leather exterior liner, the cover bearing a silvered inscription of MEINE KRIEGSERINNERUNGEN (MY WAR MEMORIES) and a Stahlhelm, the spine perforated with four holes reinforced with magnetic metal grommets through which is looped a drawstring which securely maintains the albums structural integrity, the