Scarce Real Photo Postcard RPPC of Erhard Auer, leader of the SPD in Munich during the German Revolution. Fleeing Germany with the overthrow of the government, only to return later, he was imprisoned by the NSDAP and died in Dauchau in 1945.

Scarce Real Photo Postcard RPPC of the Kurt Eisner memorial on the site of his assassination in Munich. Kurt Eisner, Prime Minister of the short-lived Communist Republic of Bavaria, murdered by Graf Anton Arco Valley on Feb 21, 1919. Slightly worn, excellent condition.

Scarce Real Photo Postcard RPPC of the 1920 Kurt Eisner memorial on the year after his assassination. Kurt Eisner, Prime Minister of the short-lived Communist Republic of Bavaria, was murdered by Graf Anton Arco Valley on Feb 21, 1919. Slightly worn, excellent condition.

A photograph of Communists / Red Guard marching on the streets of Munich in 1919, during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance). Top condition.

A Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) photograph of Freikorps in Munich (Stachus) during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

A Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) photograph of the destruction at the Morhaeser Brewery in Munich during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' that took place between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

Real Photo showing wrecked airplane, crashed in the May 1, 1919 battle between Communist / Spartakist insurgents and the right-wing Freikorps.

motorgeschuetz am Sindlingertor: Original Real Photo RPPC from the 'Strassenkaempfe' or street-battles in Munich following the Kaiser's abdication in 1918, the Sailor's Revolt in Wilhelmshaven in November of that same year, and the subsequent Communist revolutions / right-wing counter-revolutions. Slightly worn, excellent condition, as per scans.

Original Real Photo RPPC of Freikorps soldier in uniform with private unit collar insignia. From the 'Strassenkaempfe' or street-battles in Munich following the Kaiser's abdication in 1918, the Sailor's Revolt in Wilhelmshaven in November of that same year, and the subsequent Communist revolutions / right-wing counter-revolutions (esp 1919, and the 1920 Kapp Putsch), culminating in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. Slightly worn, good condition.

Original Real Photo RPPC of Freikorps soldier in uniform with private unit collar insignia. From the 'Strassenkaempfe' or street-battles in Munich following the Kaiser's abdication in 1918, the Sailor's Revolt in Wilhelmshaven in November of that same year, and the subsequent Communist revolutions / right-wing counter-revolutions (esp 1919, and the 1920 Kapp Putsch), culminating in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. Slightly worn, good condition.

Grenzland Treffen Annaberg: scarce propaganda card for NSDAP meeting in the city of Annaberg, the Erzgebirge site of one of the great Freikorps battles in what we would consider post-WWI, but was really still part of the conflict since the war in the east didn't really end until 1920.

Grenzland Obererzgebirge Annaberg: Extremely rare two-part propaganda card for the city of Annaberg, the Erzgebirge site of one of the great Freikorps battles in what we would consider post-WWI, but was really still part of the conflict since the war in the east didn't really end until 1920. The two cards are starting to separate along the fold so handle with care. Slightly toned reverse. The only instance of this I've ever offered. Checked with a fellow dealer who's been doing this longer than I have, and he's only seen this one as well.

Original Reichswehr recruiting postcard from F. Bruckmann in Munich Bavaria showing German soldiers in historical uniform. Slightly worn, excellent unused condition.

Original 1919 recruiting postcard by for the Berlin Landeschutzen Korps , during the time when the Freikorps were still trying to carve fiefdoms out of the dismantled remnants of the Russian and Austrian empires in the east. Slightly worn and wrinkled, in very good condition.

Gedenktafel zum Gedachtnis Gefallenen Freikorpskaempfer : Original memorial postcard for the fallen post-WWI Freikorps sldiers. From Verlag Th. Koenig in Berlin -- "Koenigs Karten sind aktuell"