WEDNESDAY 14th MARCH 2007
GERMAN ITEMS
Over 350 lots are photographed in the catalogue which
is now lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout
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WEDNESDAY 14th MARCH 2007 GERMAN ITEMS Over 350 lots are photographed in the catalogue which is now lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout ORDER CATALOGUE ONLINE HOME PAGE |
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928 German. Third Reich Kriegsmarine Officer’s dagger by Ernst Pack. A good example, the blade etched with sailing ships on both sides, fouled anchor on one and bearing the Siegfried logo. Gilded brass eagle and swastika pommel and crossguard with twist wire bound simulated ivory grip. Housed in its gilt metal hammered pattern scabbard retaining both loose suspension rings. Blade clean, minor service wear, one smallish dent to reverse of scabbard. GC (£200 - £300) |
| 929 German. Third Reich Kriegsmarine Officer’s dagger. A late war example with plain blade. Lightly gilded eagle and swastika pommel and crossguard with twist wire bound simulated ivory grip. Housed in its gilt metal scabbard with lightening bolt designs and retaining both loose suspension rings. Blade with several rust stains, plating worn overall, grip wire absent; no maker’s marks apparent. (£150 - £200) |
| 930 German. Luger holster A good brown leather example, with full cover flap and magazine pocket. The reverse with belt loops. Some service wear. GC (£50 - £100) |
| 931 WW1 Period German. Luger holster A good brown leather example, with full cover flap and magazine pocket. The reverse with belt loops. Some service wear. GC (£50 - £100) |
| 932 German. Luger holster A good brown leather example, with full cover flap and magazine pocket. The reverse with belt loops. Some service wear. GC (£50 - £100) |
| 933 German. Third Reich SA dagger by Curdts Nachf, Solingen. A fine example by an unusual maker. The blade etched “Alles für Deutschland” and bearing maker’s logo. Brown wooden grip inlaid with silvered eagle and enamelled circular SA device. The nickel cross guard is stamped Nrh (indicating issued to a member of SA Group Niederrhein). Housed in original brown painted nickel mounted scabbard with single suspension ring retaining leather strap with clip. GC (£150 - £200) |
| 934 German. Third Reich RAD hewer by Tiger, Solingen. A good example of the 1934 model, the blade bearing etched motto “Arbeit adelt”, the reverse with maker’s tiger logo etc. ; two piece stag horn grip. Housed in its black painted regulation scabbard, the top mount with ornate design, the chape bearing the RAD device of a swastika set upon a spade head emerging from a spray of wheat. Minor service wear. GC ... Army dagger knot attached ... together with an ornate commercial sheath knife by G. Schlieper, Solingen with “s” shaped crossguard white grip and pommel comprising a talon grasping a ball. Housed in leather sheath. Both blade and sheath with maker’s open eye logo. (blade 16 cm). (2 items) (£200 - £400) Reichs Arbeits Dienst was the State Labour Service |
| 935 Imperial German 1914 Iron Cross group of four medals. Iron Cross 1914, 2nd class; Prussian 15 year Long Service Cross; Baden 1852-1902 Jubilee Medal; Prussian 1897 Centenary Medal. Mounted as worn. GC (£80 - £100) |
| 936 Imperial German 1914 Iron Cross group of four medals. Iron Cross 1914, 2nd class; Prussian 15 year Long Service Cross; Bulgaria Soldiers Cross for Bravery 1915; Weimar Honour Medal with sword and wreath emblem on the ribbon. Mounted as worn. GC (£80 - £100) |
| 937 Imperial German 1914 Iron Cross group of four medals. Iron Cross 1914, 2nd class; Lippe War Service Cross 2nd class; 1914-18 Cross of Honour with swords for combatants; Prussian 15 year Long Service Cross. Mounted as worn. GC (£80 - £100) |
| 938 Imperial German 1914 Iron Cross group of five medals. Iron Cross 1914, 2nd class; Mecklenburg-Schwerin War Service Cross 2nd class; 1914-18 Cross of Honour with swords for combatants; Brunswick War Service Cross 2nd class; Prussia 9 year Long Service Medal. Mounted as worn. Generally VGC. (£100 - £120) |
| 939 Imperial German 1914 Iron Cross group of seven medals. Iron Cross 1914, 2nd class for non-combatants; Oldenburg Medal of the Order of Peter Frederick Ludwig in enamels; Oldenburg 1914 Friedrich August Cross; Prussia Red Cross Medal 3rd class in bronze; Saxony War Merit Cross; Prussia Red Cross Medal 2nd class in silver and enamel; Prussia Cross of Merit for War Aid (oxidised). Mounted as worn, in reverse order. Generally GC. (£180 - £220) Group would have been awarded to a doctor or nurse. |
| 940 Imperial German 1914 Iron Cross group of seven medals. A most unusual group. Iron Cross 1914, 2nd class; 1914-18 Cross of Honour with swords for combatants; Prussia Cross of Merit for War Aid; Prussia State Service Medal 1912; Prussia 15 year Long Service Cross in gilt; Russia Nicolas II Medal of Zeal in gold (gilt); Russia Nicolas II Medal of Zeal in silver. Mounted as worn. Generally VGC. (£250 - £350) |
| 941 German. WW2 Kriegsmarine Rating’s service dress tunic. A good clean example of the regulation pattern worn by a Seaman Second Class Machinist. Complete with gilt buttons and embroidered breast eagle. Cotton lining to the interior. Accompanied by regulation waistcoat again with gilt buttons and issue stamps GC. (£150 - £200) |
| 942 German. Luftwaffe Signals Section NCO’s cap. A good example of field grey woollen cloth with brown piping to the welt of the crown and either side of the black band. To the front, an aluminium eagle and swastika; below, aluminium winged oakleaf wreath with cockade to centre. Black patent leather chinstrap supported by black buttons. Black peak, leather sweatband and yellow rayon / silk lining retaining celluloid Eisbein maker’s diamond. Service wear. GC (£200 - £250) |
| 943 German TeNo feldmutze (field service cap) A good black cloth example bearing aluminium wire BeVo TeNo eagle and swastika with National cockade. Inside stamped TNM 32 and faint TeNo device. VGC (£120 - £160) TeNo (Technische Nothilfe) was the Technical Emergency Corps |
| 944 German. 7 x 1939 War Merit Crosses 2nd class with sword. Lacking ribbons otherwise generally GC. (7 items) (£40 - £60) |
| 945 WW2 German Kriegsmarine Submarine War badge. A good gilt example by “f.o” (Friedrich Orth, Wien). Oval laurel wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika; within the wreath, a U Boat. Needle pin to reverse. Some wear to finish. GC (£50 - £80) |
| 946 German. 1939 Bar to the Iron Cross 1st Class A good silvered example with flat pin to reverse. Near VGC. (£60 - £80) |
| 947 German. Four medals. Iron Cross 1914 2nd class ... Iron Cross 1939 2nd class ... 1939 War Merit Cross with sword 2nd class ... Eastern Front Medal. GC (4 items) (£40 - £60) |
| 948 German. Five awards and two belt buckles. Infantry Assault badge (late war by GWL, oxidised) ... 1939 Wound badge in silver (die cast, “30” to reverse, no finish) ... 1939 Wound badge in silver (die-stamped with original finish) ... 1939 Wound badge in black (die-stamped with original finish) ... silver Army Driver’s sleeve badge ... SA buckle in brass VGC ... Luftwaffe buckle in aluminium (A 39. eagle almost obliterated) ... Der Stahlhelm helmet shaped lapel badge ... stick pin of Iron Cross, Honour Cross and black Wound Badge. Various conditions. (9 items) (£50 - £100) |
| 949 German. Assorted cloth badges. Pair of red Luftwaffe Flak Hauptmann’s collar patches in original cellophane packet (appear pink through the packet) ... aluminium BeVo embroidered Army breast eagle and another on a dark green ground ... Army Artillery Hauptmann’s single shoulder strap ... Army 6 year service Obergefreiter’s sleeve rank badge (2 chevrons with star) ... 2 medal ribbon bars (EK2, Eastern Front, Army Long Service) (War Merit Cross with swords, Luftwaffe Long Service, German/Italian Medal). Various conditions. (7 items) (£50 - £100) |
| 950 German. Luftwaffe M35 double decal combat helmet. This example retains 70% of the Luftwaffe eagle and approx 20% of the National shield. The shell retains a dark blue painted finish. The interior with leather liner, chinstrap now absent. Clean condition some age wear. (£150 - £200) |
| 951 German. WW2 Kriegsmarine serving forks & assorted military cloth badges. Two different pattern of stainless steel serving forks each impressed with eagle and swastika with “M” below ... 2 x Army cloth breast eagles ... 2 x Luftwaffe cloth side cap eagles ... Army Obergefreiter’s double chevron. Some service wear. (7 items) (£50 - £75) |
| 952 German. Third Reich 1938 dated SA belt and buckle. An excellent example of brown leather by Wilheem Hansen & Braun, Solingen complete with brass die-stamped buckle bearing circular device with eagle and swastika to centre. VGC (£60 - £80) |
| 953 German. Third Reich 1939 dated sidecap and three assorted badges. Black cotton side cap by Sprenopfeil, Hamburg 19 now lacking eagle, service wear ... die-stamped aluminium police cap badge (eagle and swastika set on oak wreath) VGC ... scarce Kiel 1935 Frontsoldarten u. Kriegsopfer-ehrentag day badge or “tinnie” depicting a battleship and old comrades device VGC ... Old comrades stickpin. VGC The three badges complete with fixings and mounted on an old RAF cloth belt (£50 - £75) |
| 954 German. Third Reich single decal Army steel helmet. An example of the M 1936 pattern with turned edge, with original green painted finish to the skull and retaining Army decal (40% present). The interior with original leather lining and chinstrap. Overall GC, leather a little dry. (£100 - £200) |
| 955 German. Third Reich Infantry Officer’s peaked cap. A good example of field grey woollen cloth with white piping to the welt of the crown and either side of the green velvet band. To the front, aluminium eagle and swastika with aluminium cockade in wreath below. Aluminium cap cords supported by silvered buttons. Black fibre peak, complete with leather sweatband, and yellow cotton lining. GC, but with some age wear, alloy oak wreath loose. (£150 - £200) |
| 956 German. 1940 dated Infantry Officer’s combat tunic. Four pocket field grey tunic with dark green collar. To the left breast pocket is provision for four awards and clasps. Complete with collar patches, breast eagle and retaining one original shoulder board the other a later replacement. Lining retains tailor’s label with ink name and date August 1940. Heavy service wear, making this a good representation of a combat infantry Officer. (£150 - £250) |
| 957 German. WW2 M43 Army ski cap. Green wool material with embroidered Army eagle and large cockade to the front. The interior is with cotton lining. Some service and age wear. GC (£50 - £75) |
| 958 German. WW2 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjager Paratrooper’s single decal helmet. A good scarce untouched with blue grey painted finish retaining Luftwaffe decal which is 85% present. The interior retains leather lining with Berlin maker’s details The size appears to be 56. Complete with leather chinstrap harness. The helmet with service wear and remains in good condition. (£1,500 - £1,750) |
| 959 German. W2 SS Armband and Ephemera. This selection of items were amassed in 1945 by Major John Edward Broom of the Ayrshire Yeomanry. Comprising: SS armband, a good clean example near VGC. Displayed in a folder with an original official list titled “Belsen Trials Defence”. Listing a number of the Officers with the aims of their defence council ... A selection of German documents some on SS headed paper., some with burnt edges ... An official 1945 Allied list of Himmler’s family and direct relations. Overall GC documents with some wear. (£75 - £100) Major Broom was present during the liberation of the Belsen Concentration camp and was an Official Military Observer at the Nuremberg Trials during the trail of the Officers of the Camp. Further biographical details can be found in the foot note in the medal section. |
| 960 German. 4 cases for Eastern Peoples Award 1st Class. All fitted cases with facsimile of the award on the lid. A little wear to some but generally GC. (4 items) (£50 - £80) |
| 961 German. 1939 War Merit Cross 1st Class in Case of Issue A good example without swords with straight flat pin to reverse. Housed in its original case, the top with facsimile outline of the award in silver. GC (£40 - £60) |
| 962 German. 3 x pennants. Army car pennant possibly Reichswehr period, either side printed in National colours of black, white and red including the sleeve. Small brass ring to top and bottom of sleeve, Minor service wear and one or two tiny moth holes, generally VGC ... Hitler Youth cycle pennant of red cloth with applied central white stripe and black swastika on white diamond to either side; brass ring to top and bottom. Minor service wear, generally VGC ... Kriegsmarine car/cycle pennant of rectangular red bunting printed with anchor beneath black swastika on white disk. White sleeve. VGC. (3 items) (£100 - £120) |
| 963 German. Luftwaffe M35 1941 dated single decal steel helmet. A fine grey example retaining 95% of the Luftwaffe eagle. Complete with leather liner and chinstrap. Clean condition. (£200 - £300) |
| 964 German. Luftwaffe 1944 dated M43 ski cap. A good grey wool example with double stipple buttons to the front with eagle, swastika and national cockade. Stiffened cloth peak. Simulated silk grey lining with issue stamps. Minor service wear. GC (£50 - £75) |
| 965 German. WW2 Luftwaffe flieger blouse. A very fine flight section Oberfeldwebel’s blue grey example, the collar piped with aluminium which which is repeated on the shoulder straps which are yellow piped. Yellow collar patches bearing four gull wings. One button hole has the ribbon 1939 Iron Cross. On the breast is a ribbon bar for the the Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle bar, bronze Reconnaissance Flying Clasp, cloth wireless operator/air gunners badge, bronze SA Sports badge and a DRL To the other side, a cloth breast eagle and a marksman’s lanyard. Field dressing pocket inside. Near VGC (£400 - £600) |
| 966 German. WW2 Luftwaffe gravity knife by SMF, Solingen. A good scarce example of the pattern issued to aircrew and paratroopers. The blade with maker’s logo; fold out spike, two piece wooden grip attached by four steel studs. Thumb release mechanism broken off. Grip carved with arrow, heart etc. (£100 - £150) |
| 967 Great War Imperial German Hussar pattern Field Grey Officer’s tunic A scarce example of the pattern worn in the field during the Great War. Field grey cloth with stand collar and to each breast five cord drop loops, This cord also edges the tunic and decorates the back. The interior with cotton lining. Olivettes and shoulder cords now absent. Some service and age wear. (£300 - £400) |
| 968 German. 1908 dated Reichsmarine Rating’s service dress jacket. A good clean example of the regulation pattern with issue stamps indicating 1908. Complete with gilt buttons depicting Crown and anchor. Cotton lining. GC (£80 - £120) |
| 969 German. Third Reich 44th Infantry Regiment NCO’s tunic. An example of field grey with dark green collar edged with aluminium wire lace, white piped shoulder straps also edged with lace and embroidered in white “44”. Turnback cuffs, pleated breast pockets and slanted lower unpleated pockets. Provision for award on pleat of left breast pocket; breast eagle no longer present. Buttons down the front absent. Some service wear. (£100 - £200) |
| 970 German. Third Reich SA dagger by E & F Horster Solingen. A good example, the blade etched “Alles für Deutschland” and bearing maker’s logo. Brown wooden grip inlaid with silvered eagle and enamelled circular SA device. The nickel cross guard is stamped Ha. (Hansa district). Scabbard absent some staining to the blade GC. (£75 - £100) Vendor states this was captured at Wismar during the closing stages of the war by Major R. Powell, Essex Regiment. |
| 971 German. Luftwaffe Officer’s brocade belt. A clean example of silver, black and red lace complete with aluminium circular clasp mounted with a gilt Luftwaffe Eagle. Clean condition Near VGC. (£75 - £125) |
| 972 German. Third Reich NSKK dagger. A good example, the blade faintly etched “Alles für Deutschland” and bearing RZM logo with M7/42 (indicating W.K.C. of Solingen). Brown wooden grip inlaid with silvered eagle and enamelled circular SA device; alloy mounts. Housed in original black painted scabbard with single suspension ring. Blade dark stained overall, age wear. (£150 - £200) NSKK was the National Socialist Motor Corps. |
| 973 German. WW2 Waffen SS side cap and items belonging its captor. A scarce cotton lined woollen green grey example intriguingly with SS insignia removed and Army eagle, swastika and cockade stitch to the back (possibly to avoid capture as an SS member), heavy service wear ... together with a cloth belt bearing cloth SS eagle, swastika and skull from the cap together with a triangular Waffen SS eagle, swastika and skull cap badge, an NSDAP button, cockade, cloth Army cap and breast eagles, South African formation sign, Grenadier Guards shoulder title and a Scots Guards example ... two “Two Types” paperbacks missing covers ... 1914-18 Birmingham Peace Medal ... WW2 War Medal And Defence Medal ... four cloth Grenadier Guards titles, pair of Guards Armoured Division “open eye” formation signs, scarce 6th Guards Armoured silk embroidered formation sign, SP in wreath and a German Army chevron ... wooden label with ink “2623183 Gdsn. Billings F. Pirbright” and another with HQ ? Coy, Hatton, Derby ... post 1953 brass duty “bed” plate to Billings, EIIR bullion Grenadier Guards Association blazer badge ... post war Grenadier Guards brown beret with brass badge ... WW2 steel helmet with netting cover. (£100 - £150) Billings number indicates he joined during WW2. |
| 974 German. 20 x WW2 Army Oberschütz rank stars in original bundle. Each a dark green disc embroidered with silver grey star worn by senior privates on the upper sleeve. Unissued and VGC. (£60 - £80) |
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