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A selection of rare items salvaged from Adolf Hitler's personal train by a British officer have emerged for sale 76 years on.
Corporal Horace Whitney, who was part of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's security staff, brought home a range of souvenirs including the Nazi dictator's cream jug at the end of World War Two.
He also got his hands on a small binder which listed the Fuhrer's musical choices to be played on a gramophone while on the train.
The music document reveals that Hitler was a fan of the classic composers Wagner, who shared his anti-Semitic views, and Beethoven.
Creamer Jug 'liberated' from Adolf Hitler's Personal Train by Corporal Horace Whitney
While searching through the cabins, Corporal Whitney spotted the small white cream jug with a Nazi
