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.
WW2 JAPANEASE ARMY OFFICERS SWORD WITH PORTEPEE KNOT.
This is the attractive dress model. Gilt metal hilt decorated with floral designs. Black celluloid grip is in perfect condition. The blade is in mint condition and it has an impressive hamon. Silver scabbard is in fine condition. Complete with scarce original black cloth portepee knot. An attractive sword in fine condition. Near mint.
WW2 GERMAN ARMY ENGINEERS PEAK CAP.
A fine quality army engineer officers peak cap with a good high front. Field gray top with green wool center band and black piping for engineers. Complete silver cap cord, metal cockade and army eagle. The interior of the hat features brown leather sweat band, gold silk lining with celluloid patch and with full makers details, Adler Mark, Deutsches Qualitats with eagle trade mark, under the celluloid patch is the original owners name tag which also gives his unit details. [Condition: Near Mint]
THIRD REICH RAILWAY LEADERS PEAK CAP.
A superb looking cap with good high front and in mint condition. Dark blue top with black velvet center band and red piping. Complete with gold metal eagle and matching large gold winged wheel cockade to the center band. The cap is fitted with its correct style gold and black cap cords which are held in place by two small gilt buttons. The interior features an artificial leather sweat band with a brown cloth lining complete with celluloid patch with makers details, which is three shields bearing coat of arms and the design of a peak cap, this really is an impressive makers trade mark. Mint condition.
LUFTWAFFE 2ND MODEL OFFICERS DAGGER WITH ENGRAVED BLADE, VOOS STYLE.
Superb detail to the crossguard eagle and pommel, the pommel swastikas still retain some original gilt finish. The white grip is in superb condition and it is better quality than normally seen as it simulates ivory. The double engraved blade is in almost mint condition, it is the Voos style but it is not maker marked which most are not, it is engraved with long ornate foliage panels on both sides and the obverse side features the Luftwaffe eagle and swastika in a panel, the blade is very impressive and almost a work of art. The matching factory blued scabbard is also in fine condition. Complete with silver knot showing light wear to the cord and a fine set of deluxe quality Luftwaffe officer dagger straps. A rare high quality deluxe dagger set, for the collector who wants the best. Near mint.
HITLER YOUTH TRUMPET BANNER.
Red cotton field with separately applied white strip and white diamond, the black swastika is also separately applied and of multi piece construction. White fringe to three sides, the top edge of the trumpet banner has two loops for attachment to a trumpet, the banners is also double sided. This is a scarce early example with horizontal strip rather than the standard vertical type, please see photographs showing this rare pattern being used by an HJ unit. Near mint.
SS DAGGER 1933 MODEL BY KLASS COMPLETE WITH VERTICAL FROG HANGER.
This is a very nice double marked RZM example produced in 1939. Black wooden grip is in perfect condition and it is complete with SS runic badge and silver eagle. The crossguards are produced in nickel silver, Klass was obviously using up old stock before changing to the plated type. The blade is extremely nice, the obverse side features the SS motto, the reverse side features the makers trademark, Robert Klass Solingen with there kissing Krane's trade mark, it is also marked below, RZM M7/37 RZM 1051/39 SS, the blade has some faint age spotting close to the tip but over all this is an extremely nice blade. Black painted scabbard with some age lifting to the paint mainly to the reverse side and it is fitted with plated fittings, there is some age lifting to the fittings but mostly to the upper fitting and this is completely covered by the vertical hanger. Complete with a very nice black leather vertical frog hanger, the interior is SS marked. Exc++
PERSONALISED LUFTWAFFE 2ND MODEL DAGGER BY KLASS, COMPLETE WITH STRAP AND SILVER KNOT.
This very nice set was purchased privately and it has never been in a collection, it is especially interesting as the scabbard is engraved with the original owners name. Excellent detail to eagle crossguard and swastika pommel. The attractive orange grip is in perfect condition. The blade is by Klass Solingen and depicts there kissing cranes trade mark, the blade does show some age spotting especially near the tip but it could be cleaned if required. The scabbard is in perfect condition, the edge of the scabbard just between the scabbard bands is engraved with the original owners name, Otto Bugel, below this there is another word but it is difficult to make out perhaps it is a unit or town name (please see photographs). Complete with silver knot and hangers. An interesting named set that would make an interesting research project. Exc+
TENO OFFICERS PEAK CAP.
This is a very rare Teno field gray officers war time peaked cap, most examples found are the dark blue type dating from the late1930's, it is very difficult to find a field gray war time example. Superb high quality field gray top with black velvet center band and with silver piping, the hat is in perfect condition other than a small moth nip on the reverse side under the over hang close to the cap band (please see photographs). Complete with Teno silver bullion cap eagle, silver bullion Teno cockade with metal state colours badge and silver cap cords which are held in place by two small silver buttons. The interior of the hat is complete with leather sweat band which is marked EREL PATENT and the sweat band is in perfect condition, gold silk lining with celluloid patch which is 75% complete, it is marked in silver EREL SONDERCLASS, it is also embossed with a large silver Teno eagle and the organization description, Nach Vorschrift Reichsamt Technische Nothilf, there is some slight discoloration because of the portion of the missing celluloid diamond (please see photographs). Although I have sold a number of dark blue Teno hats over the years for NCO's, Officers and even Generals, I believe this is the first field gray example I have owned as they are extremely rare and hard to find and so if you are collecting Teno hats this is probably going to be the missing example from the set. A really nice looking peaked cap in excellent condition. Exc++
ARMY / WAFFEN SS TANK BATTLE BADGE FOR 25 ENGAGEMENTS.
A fine example with much original silver finish remaining to the tank and below this a small box with 25 which represents the number of battles the original owner had taken part in, excellent detail to the wreath and the eagle and swastika. The reverse side features pin and hook and the makers details GB. A beautiful example of a rare badge. [Condition: Near Mint]
SS DAGGER 1933 MODEL BY KLASS COMPLETE WITH HANGER.
All early nickel silver fittings, the lower crossguard is SS district marked III for Munich. Fine quality black ebony grip inset with silver eagle and SS runic badge, the grip has several very faint hair line cracks but this is still an extremely nice grip. The superb blade is in almost mint condition with much cross grain remaining, it displays the SS motto on the obverse side, MEINE EHRE HEIST TREUE, which translates as, My Honour is Loyalty, the reverse side of the blade is maker marked Klass Solingen and featuring there large oval trade mark with there kissing Kranes design. Black anodised scabbard with matching nickel silver fittings. Complete with black leather hanger with matching early style clip. SS daggers are always in very high demand and this is an especially nice example. Exc++