Never before seen pics of Elvis Presley surface. Picture: BNPS/Picture Media

The black and white snaps of the King of Rock and Roll were taken while he was doing his national service at Bad Nauheim, in what was then West Germany, and they were put into an album by a young English girl known only as Frances, who was 18 and working as a chambermaid in the town that summer.

Unseen snaps . . . amazing photos of Elvis Presley captured during military service in Germany. Picture: BNPS/Picture MediaSource:Picture Media

She made a scrapbook of 15 photos, six of which are signed, but having tucked them away in a drawer, they lay there forgotten until an auctioneer stumbled across them during an evaluation of her personal items at her home in Guernsey. The scrapbook is expected to sell for £3,500 ($6629AUD) when it’s sold on Saturday by Channel Islands Auctions in St Peter Port on the island.

Norman Wilkinson, from Channel Islands Auctions, said: “Having a well-known pop star in the army staying in the town was a big deal. Elvis was the centre of attention.

The scrapbook owner, known only as Frances, seen here with the King. Picture: BNPS/Picture MediaSource:Picture Media

Frances had her picture taken by some other enterprising German boys who were also snapping pics of the singer, some of which Frances snapped up.

“The young German lads were quite enterprising and used to take photos of him and sell them to people. It was quite early on for cameras then and not everyone could afford them. The seller bought some of these photos, there’s even one of her with Elvis, and six of them are signed on the back.

“The remarkable thing is it has just been lying in a drawer for years. The lady knew she had it but she’d forgotten all about it. The scrapbook was just stuffed in a drawer in her lounge amongst other old papers and I found it as part of a routine evaluation. She hadn’t looked at it for years.

Elvis stops to chat to Frances’s father. Picture: BNPS/Picture MediaSource:Picture Media

The photographer managed to snap the star in his civvies. Picture: BNPS/Picture MediaSource:Picture Media

“She’s had her enjoyment from it and wants to sell it now so someone else can cherish it. Elvis died when he was only 42 and there’s only a certain amount of material out there - a lot of it is hard to come by now so something like this is bound to attract interest.”

Elvis began national service in March 1958, at the age of 23, and was assigned to the 3rd Armoured Division in Friedberg, West Germany and was stationed in Bad Nauheim from September 1958 until March 1960, where his father Vernon, grandmother Minnie Mae and two of his friends and bodyguards lived in a five-bedroom house. During his time there he also met his future wife Priscilla Beaulieu.

Elvis is mobbed by adoring fans as he returns back to his accommodation. Picture: BNPS/Picture MediaSource:Picture Media

The hotel he stayed in and the various spots he visited during his time there have become major tourist attractions and the town has held a European Elvis Festival every year since 2002 and the square in front of the Grunewald hotel in now called Elvis Presley Platz and has a memorial to the star.

This article was reproduced with permission from The Sun.