Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
ALLGEMINE SS NCO BLACK PEAKED CAP.
Always a popular cap with collectors as most uniform and headdress collectors desire to own at least one example. Fine quality black wool top and center band with white piping.Complete with original metal SS eagle and skull which still retains much original silver frosting and are beautifully tarnished with age.The black leather chin strap is the the special SS style and it is held in place by two matching black side buttons.The interior of the hat features the typical orange oilcloth lining with celluloid diamond which features two large gold runes and also the size stamp 57.The underside of the peak has the typical SS RZM black ink acceptance stamp.The sweat band for once is in perfect condition and under the sweat band is the RZM SS tag with manufacturers code number 35. The condition and shape of the hat is very nice with just some slight moth nips mostly to the underside so this is not a mint peaked cap but is is still extremely nice and better than most, these black SS NCO'S hats are always in very high demand by collectors and museums. [Condition: Exc++]
NPEA DAGGER FOR THE SCHULPFORTA SCHOOL IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
This is example is in exceptional condition and it is probably one of the nicest examples of an NPEA dagger that I have owned and it is made even more desirable as it is school stamped. Brown wood grip in in mint condition.The aluminum crossguards and pommel nut are in fine condition, the lower guard is stamped Sch 153 which is the school abbreviation for the Schulpforta NPEA school, this school was the 14th NPEA school to be established and it opened in 1935. The blade features the NPEA motto to the obverse side, the reverse side is marked KARL BURGSMULLER BERLIN, there are a few scratches to the blade from actual wear but over all this is an extremely nice blade and it is complete with it's original felt buffer pad.The scabbard retains almost all the original olive green paint finish just showing light age wear, the condition is really exceptional, the under side of the frog stud has the correct 753 stamped number which is normally seen on Burgsmuller marked examples. An extremely rare NPEA school marked dagger in exceptional condition, original NPEA dagger's have always been rare but over the last few years they have become almost impossible to find. [Condition: Near Mint]
NAVAL U.BOAT COMBAT CLASP IN BRONZE.
A very good example of this rare naval award. The clasp still retains at least 95% original bronze finish with excellent detail to the U-boat. The reverse side features the correct style fluted pin and makers details, ENTWURF PEEKHAUS AUSF SCHWERIN BERLIN 68, the original owner has also engraved the badge on the reverse side with his name. A very nice example of a rare award. [Condition: Exc++]
SS DAGGER 1933 MODEL, VERY EARLY RZM 124/ 34 EXAMPLE.
This is one of the rare SS dagger's from the initial period of RZM production in 1934, the quality and construction is the same as you would find on a maker marked example but this type has the RZM SS code to the blade rather than a makers name. Fine quality nickel silver crossguards, it is interesting to note that there is no SS distribution stamp.The grip is fine quality black ebony and it is inset with the SS insignia and the silver eagle, the grip is in fine condition with no chips or cracks.Near mint blade, the obverse side features the SS motto and the reverse side the makers contract code, SS 121/34 RZM, the blade still retains much original factory finish and cross-graining, this is an extremely nice blade.The black anodized scabbard shows some wear to the finish as you would expect but it still has much factory lacquer remaining, the fitting are matching nickel silver and are in fine condition. Complete with black leather hanger with early style metal clip. The dagger came privately from one of my contact's coming directly from the family of the British soldier who brought it back to England as a war souvenir in 1945, it has not been in a collection before and it appears that it has never been taken apart or cleaned in the past and it has a nice age patina, this is a really nice untouched example and these extremely early RZM examples are rare especially in nice condition.
LUFTWAFFE OFFICER FLIEGER BLOUSE FOR FLIGHT OFFICER.
A superb blue wool officers fleiger blouse.The collar is piped in silver and it is complete with matching yellow backed silver piped officers collar patches for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with matching yellow piped shoulder straps and a fine quality silver bullion breast eagle. Loops on tunic for two awards. Interior of tunic has a blue cloth dagger hanger fitted with metal D ring, high quality silk lining with large official Luftwaffe manufactures / stores cloth label to the inside neck of the tunic. A very nice tunic, no moth or damage just light wear. [Condition: Exc++]
DEFENSE OF THE WAR ECONOMY BADGE IN GOLD.
This is an extremely rare badge that was awarded to high ranking German business men and industrialists such as Alfred Krupp for outstanding service to the war economy. The badge depicts a large factory with large smoking chimneys above this is an inscription and a large open wing eagle and swastika.The reverse side features pin and hook.The badge is in exceptional condition still retaining all gilt finish. [Condition: Mint]
THIRD REICH 2ND PATTERN RAILWAY LEADERS DAGGER BY EICKHORN COMPLETE WITH STRAPS AND KNOT.
This is a fine example with silver aluminum hilt fittings, fine detail to the railway winged wheel crossguard, the pommel is decorated with a sun wheel swastika.The black celluloid grip is in mint condition. Mint blade by Eickhorn Solingen featuring there 1935 / 41 pattern trade mark. The matching scabbard is in perfect condition.Complete with rare railway hangers and even harder to find railway black and silver knot. A superb set, difficult to improve on this one. [Condition: Mint]
MINIATURE DELUXE QUALITY THIRD REICH HUNTING DAGGER.
This example is identical to the Alcoso product and it was certainly produced by them but this example was retailed by Busch & Sohn a company who specialized in pocket knives. The quality of the miniature is equivalent to that of the full size dagger. Mint stag horn grip. The silver platted pommel and crossguard are decorated with oakleaves, the superb and highly detailed clamshell features three deer's in a forest. Green leather scabbard with silver metal fittings, the lower fitting is highly ornate and it features the design of a stag amongst foliage. The beautiful mint blade is double etched with various hunting designs such as stags in a forest and hunting dogs and with the makers / distributors details to the reverse side, Busch & Sohn Solingen. Size just under 9 inches long, this miniature dagger can be taken apart just like the full size dagger, the quality is exceptional just as you would expect for an Alcoso product. The last photograph is for a a size comparison with a standard full size deluxe hunting dagger, it is not included in the price. [Condition: Near Mint]
NPEA STAFF LEADERS DAGGER BY EICKHORN.
This superb example is in beautiful condition, the NPEA Staff leaders dagger is considerably harder to find than the standard enlisted model and is probably as rare as the chained leaders model and especially one in this condition which is exceptional. In my opinion Eickhorn produced only the Staff leaders and the chained leaders models and Burgsmuller produced only the enlisted and chained leaders model daggers. The mint condition brown wood grip is inset with the eagle and swastika insignia. The silver plated crossguard and pommel nut still retain almost all silver platting. The blade features the NPEA motto to the obverse side, the reverse side features Eickhorn Solingen squirrel trade mark and this being the late 1941 pattern, the beautiful blade is in near mint condition with just some faint spotting mostly close to the crossguard but this is very minor, this is a fine blade.The scabbard retains 99% original olive paint finish, this is an exceptional scabbard. Complete with leather bayonet frog which is dated 1941 and maker marked, this is not the standard NPEA frog but it does match the dagger perfectly (the official NPEA frog is only normally seen with early production Burgsmuller daggers). A superb example of a very rare dagger missing from most collections. [Condition: Near Mint]
VICTORIAN ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICERS SABRETACHE WRITING SET.
An amazing thing the likes of which I have never seen before. At first glance this appears to be a standard British artillery officers Sabretache, but this is where the similarity ends. The Sabretache opens on a leather hinge to reveal a fitted book of original writing paper manufactured in the shape of the sabretache and two black leather fitments for writing implements. The bullion work to the front of the Sabretache writing set is in exceptional condition with the Victorian Royal coat of arms, motto and gilt metal field gun, there are no metal fittings on the top edge which would normally be found on a sabretache proving with out doubt that this was the way it was manufactured and that it is not a latter alteration. The reverse side of the writing set is black leather with gold embossed owners initials, G.S.M.B, from these initials it should be possible to discover the original officers name. The Sabretache writing set is contained in its original leather velvet lined protective cover. Probably a unique items, if any one knows of another I would be interested hear of it. [Condition: Exc++].