Kriegsmarine photo album

**all1knew** · 07-04-2016, 01:57 AM

Hello all,

This was offered to me in trade. Was this some sort of thing that was available to sailor's for private purchase or something?

A lot if these photos appear to have been published before.

William Kramer

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 07-04-2016 01:57 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Adrian Stevenson** · 07-04-2016, 08:33 AM

A nicely done album.

You are correct: a sailor could buy the photos and them make his own custom made souvenir album with them.

Cheers, Ade.

**Wilhelm Saris** · 07-04-2016, 09:17 AM

Great album, complete with nice information and additional drawings.
Thanks for showing.

**Rik.S** · 07-04-2016, 09:25 AM

That's a beautiful photo album. Great photographs with nice drawings

**harryamb2** · 07-04-2016, 06:33 PM

nice one William.

**all1knew** · 07-04-2016, 06:36 PM

I know it is impolite to ask for a value estimation and I apologize in advance but I know nothing about these. Am I being taken advantage of if the guy wants a $500 item?

Please help. Is this a mistake?

William Kramer

**Wagriff** · 07-04-2016, 06:55 PM

If the photos were snap shots that the owner had taken himself, $500 would be a decent price, but for a mass produced photo souvenir album? I would say it's fairly costly.

**remss** · 07-04-2016, 06:57 PM

Back for photo paper brand is needed.

**HPL2008** · 07-04-2016, 07:16 PM

by Wagriff

If the photos were snap shots that the owner had taken himself, $500 would be a decent price, but for a mass produced photo souvenir album? I would say it's fairly costly.

It's not a mass produced souvenir album.

Many (I don't think all) of the photographs contained in the album were commercially available prints bought by the original owner, but their assembly into an album and the additional hand-made captions and drawings were his own work.

By the way: From the captions it is clear he was a crew member of the Emden.

**all1knew** · 07-04-2016, 07:38 PM

Hello again,

Thank you all so much for the help. I looked at the back of the photos and took some sample photos for you. There was only one with a company name on the reverse, the rest all just had a penciled in description and title for the photo.

I thought it would be fun to scan some of the details of the large bronze eagles (the first one the ship with the sails looks to be wooden to me) shown on some of the craft for Mr. Saris and hopefully he gets a kick out of seeing them.

Thanks again.

William Kramer