3rd Reich Germany V1 Rocket Flown Signal Magazine Nr E.18 One Man Torpedo

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Item #:54298
FrankingUsed
Date Used1945-04-04
PriceSOLD
Called a Flugblatter / rocket leaflet, but it's actually a reduced version of the regular Signal magazine, distributed throughout the occupied German territories. This V1 series is *extremely rare*, with only a handful in total of all issues known to exist. There is a great reference article on the V1 leaflets on the Psywarrior website. Some V1's carried, in additional to their explosive payload, a small canister of leaflets which were deployed around the site of impact -- this is one of the few survivors. Date of the find: 04.04.1945 - site of the find: Grossel, Netherlands - flown with V1. 40-page miniature issue of the Signal magazine no. 18 in English language with a picture of a German soldier piloting a suicide 'one-man torpedo' on the cover page. The Signal magazines flown with V1 are identical to the regular Signal magazines in circulation (except for the size and color pages) that were printed by the Deutscher Verlag under authorization of the German High Command (OKW) and the Foreign Office. The magazine contains several propaganda articles, as well as pictures and advertisement. Tattered and creased as one would expect of a magazine crammed into the tube of a rocket and ejected by explosives, with some tears repaired.
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