Germany, NSDAP. A 1940 Edition of Documents of Polish Cruelty Auction within blue enameled ring inscribed

within blue enameled ring inscribed “IM DIENSTE DER ZUKUNFT UNSERES VOLKES” (“IN SERVICE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLE”)

Footnote: This Order is awarded to members of the Armed Forces and the civil service

tattering evident on the cotton lining on the inside lid

obverse depicts soldiers advancing across a battlefield with a rising sun in the background

with mobile swastika engraved on the sail

Germany, NSDAP. A 1940 Edition of Documents of Polish Cruelty Auction within blue enameled ring inscribedA 1940 edition of "Dokumente polnischer Grausamkeit (Documents of Polish Cruelty), constructed of a card stock binding, the cover bearing a heavily stylized title, the interior content consisting of 456 paginated pages featuring a propaganda exposition on alleged Polish atrocities against German civilians, used in part to justify Germanys 1939 invasion, supplemented by graphic black and white photographs, measuring 21 cm (w) x 26 cm (h), demonstrating