Scholz' Künstlerische Soldatenbogen - Wehrmacht Serie

 Hello,

Today I would like to present some new research findings.

I am currently working on, among other things, a catalog of the printed sheets produced by Joseph (Josef) Scholz of Mainz. While doing so, I came across an interesting order list in the holdings of the Mainz City Library.

Since it will likely be quite some time before I publish the complete catalog, I would like to offer a brief glimpse into the "Wehrmacht Series" here.

In his book *Paper Empires*, Rafael de Francisco López published a list of Scholz sheets from the Wehrmacht series that did not align with the information I had gathered on the subject.

Here is the list from *Paper Empires*:

No. 37 – Deutsche Reichsmarine

No. 40 – Feuernde Artillerie

No. 42 – Vorbeimarsch einer Traditionsfahnenkompanie

No. 43 – Vorbeimarsch einer Infanterie-Kompanie

No. 44 – Auf dem Exerzierplatz

No. 45 – Rekrutenvereidigung

No. 46 – Panzerwagen

No. 47 – Motorisierte Aufklärungsabteilung

No. 48 – Flak-Artillerie (Geschütz in Feuerstellung) 

I had previously noticed that some of these sheets also exist with different titles—sometimes featuring identical figures in different arrangements, yet bearing the same numbers from this list!

The discovered order lists confirm that Scholz apparently reused some of the numbers repeatedly.

Since these lists also indicate which numbers and designations were newly introduced to the product range in 1939 and 1940, I would like to present them here in their original form.

The 1939 list shows five sheets as new issues; three of them (Nos. 38, 44, and 45) presumably bear numbers that had already been assigned previously.

The 1940s list brings us three more new items. These sheets, too, were not filed after the existing No. 50, but rather before the sheets already listed. This means that these three numbers (Nos. 35 to 37) had also been existed previously.

The 1941 list shows the sheets from the previous year, without any additions. I assume that no new plates were published after that point.

Unfortunately, these lists remain silent on who drew these figures.

But who wouldn't like to order 100 of these plates for 9 Reichsmarks today? 😁

To summarize, here is an overview of what I know so far about the Scholz sheets from the Wehrmacht series.

Nr.35 Infanterie auf dem Vormarsch (new 1940, listed 1940, 41)

Nr.36 Infanterie im Angriff (new 1940, listed 1940, 41)

Nr.37 Deutsche Reichsmarine

Nr.37 M.G.-Schützen und Infanteriegeschütz (new 1940, listed 1940, 41)

Nr.38 Fallschirmjäger (new 1939, listed 1939-41)

Nr.39 Kavallerie (listed 1939-41)

Nr.40 Feuernde Artillerie (listed 1939-41)

Nr.41 Luftwaffe (listed 1939-41)

Nr.42 Vorbeimarsch einer Infanterie-Kompanie mit Musik

Nr.42 Vorbeimarsch einer Traditionsfahnenkompanie (listed 1939-41)

Nr.43 Vorbeimarsch einer Infanterie-Kompanie (listed 1939-41)

Nr.44 Auf dem Exerzierplatz

Nr.44 Panzerabwehrabteilung in Feuerstellung (new 1939, listed 1939-41)

Nr.45 Rekrutenvereidigung

Nr.45 Schwere Artillerie in Feuerstellung (new 1939, listed 1939-41)

Nr.46 Panzerwagen (Tanks) (listed 1939-41)

Nr.47 Motorisierte Aufklärungsabteilung (listed 1939-41)

Nr.48 Flak-Artillerie (Geschütz in Feuerstellung) (listed 1939-41)

Nr.49 Pioniere (new 1939, listed 1939-41)

Nr.50 Gebirgsjäger (new 1939, listed 1939-41)

If anyone has further information (or would like to sell me 100 Scholz sheets - or less of it 😄 ), I would appreciate it if they got in touch with me.

Best regards,

Andreas