Germany, Weimar Republic. A Collection of Documents to Freikorps Görlitz member and police constable Heilmann

The collection includes:

A First War Soldbuch to Unteroffizier (NCO) Albert Rudolf Heilmann with Freikorps Görlitz stamp, dated to 15 March 1919.

Measuring 85 mm (w) x 138 mm (h), presenting two punched holes and scuffing of the cover, the interior undamaged, remains near very fine.

A Kyffhäuserbund certificate to Unteroffizier Heilmann stating that he fought with Freikorps Görlitz, dated to Berlin on 1 July 1937 and signed in black ink by SS-Gruppenführer Wilhelm Reinhard (1869-1955), a recipient of the Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves.

Measuring 290 mm (w) x 388 mm (h), presenting a folding crease, light creasing and scuffing of the edges, and three minor tears, remains near very fine.

An enlistment certificate with the Bavarian police for 12 years of service, dated to Munich on 1 October 1922. Due to time already served in the army and the Freikorps Görlitz, the last day of enlistment is 1 April 1927.

Measuring 204 mm (w) x 330 mm (h), presenting a folding crease, four punched holes, and some fraying of the edges, including multiple minor tears, remains better than fine.

An exam certificate for civil servant candidates to Polizei-Wachtmeister (police constable) Heilmann, dated to Munich on 31 March 1926.

Measuring 214 mm (w) x 313 mm (h), presenting two folding creases, two punched holes, and scuffing and fraying of the edges, including multiple minor tears, remains fine.

A discharge certificate for Polizei-Wachtmeister Heilmann after 12 years of service. Date of discharge is 1 April 1927, document is dated to Munich on 25 February 1927.

Measuring 204 mm (w) x 165 mm (h), presenting two folding creases, two punched holes, and light scuffing of the edges, remains very fine.

An employment reference letter to Wachtmeister Heilmann from the Bavarian police on the occasion of his service discharge, praising him as a highly dedicated and competent police officer. Dated to 1 April 1927.

Measuring 208 mm (w) x 309 mm (h), presenting two folding creases, two punched holes, and some scuffing and fraying of the edges, particularly the upper edge, including multiple minor tears, remains near very fine.

A personnel record form to Heilmann with the Bavarian police, dated to 23 April 1927.

Measuring 211 mm (w) x 296 mm (h), presenting a folding crease, two punched holes, and minimal creasing of the edges, remains very fine.

A second exam certificate for civil servant candidates to Heilmann, former Polizei-Wachtmeister, dated to 25 June 1929.

Measuring 209 mm (w) x 297 mm (h), presenting two punched holes and light creasing, remains near extremely fine.

Footnote:

Albert Rudolf Heilmann was born on 24 October 1897 in Markersdorf (Saxony). He joined the Kriegsmarine in January of 1915 and served in the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment on the Western Front until the end of the war. Heilmann was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Saxon Friedrich August Medal in Bronze.

After the war, he joined the Freikorps (free corps) “Görlitz”, also known as Freikorps Faupel after its commander, or Schlesische Jäger-Brigade (Silesian hunter brigade), in February of 1919. Heilmann helped crush revolts in Magdeburg, Dresden, and Munich. In June, he became a member of the Wehrregiment München, another paramilitary organisation. It would eventually be used to form the police force of Munich, in which Heilmann enlisted in 1922 for 12 years. However, due to his service in the army and the Freikorps, of the 12 years he only had to serve four and a half, and was discharged in 1927.

Little is known about his service during the Second War, except that he was drafted again in September of 1939 to join the 2nd Mountain Division, with which he was stationed in Norway. At some point, Heilmann was taken prisoner and interned in a POW camp in France, from which he returned home in the spring of 1947.