The 26 November 1936 issue of the Illustrirte Zeitung we offer here is particularly rare in that it is entirely devoted to the new Deutsche Wehrmacht or German Armed Forces as reconstituted in 1936 by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. It contains 324 big, 11 x 15 inch pages of editorial and advertising content, many of which are in full-color.

These articles feature a full-color, full-page portrait of Von Blomberg in his Nazi uniform wearing a Blue Max and an Iron Cross. There are eleven other full-color, full-page plates or double-page spreads featuring Cavalry, Panzer, Flak, the Luftwaffe, Motorcycle Troops, Artillery, etc.

The advertising content is superb - actually beyond description, featuring ads by all the most famous German military contractors from Mercedes-Benz and DWM to Walther, Der Stürmer, Degesch Zyklon poison gas, Carl Eickhorn Solingen, Steiff, IG Farben, Leitz, Zeiss, Adler, BMW, WMF, Rosenthal, Hutschenreuther, AEG, Leuna, Dornier, Mauser, Heinkel,

Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke, Focke Wulf, Messerschmitt, Haenel, Lorenz, Deutsche Werk Kiel, Singer, Zündapp, WKC Waffenfabrik, Hörster Blanke Waffen, Tempo, Henkell, Maggi, Bücker, Stower, Maybach, Brandenburgische Motorenwerke, Clemens Wagner, Auer, Hanomag, Dunlop, Blüthner Piano (in the Zeppelin Hindenburg), FAG, Lauchhammer, MAN, Siemens, Dräger, Telefunken, Auto Union, etc.

Inside the back cover of the huge book-like magazine is a nicely illustrated pamphlet for insurance for soldiers.

The spine of the magazine has been scotch taped. There are a couple of pages near the back of the magazine in the advertising section where small spots were once stuck together resulting in very minor damage. All in all we would rate this issue as being complete and in very nice general condition.