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.
LUFTWAFFE RADIO AND AIR GUNNERS WAR BADGE.
This is a fine mid war example in superb condition. The wreath still retains almost all of the silver frosting and with good detail to the swastika.The eagle clutches the lightning bolts and it still retains all factory bluing. The reverse side features pin and hook. [Condition: Near Mint]
DELUX THIRD REICH FORESTRY LEADERS DAGGER BY EICKHORN.
The simulated ivory grips are in perfect condition. Almost all original gilt remaining to hilt fittings, the clamshell features a large bird on a branch. Excellent condition double etched blade by Eickhorn Solingen featuring there 1935 / 41 pattern trade mark, the blade is double etched with forestry / hunting designs such as stags in forest, hunter with rifle, dogs attacking a wild boar, the spine of the blade is etched with the distributors name, W.Michovius Gottbus, which was a company who specialized in Hunting and forestry regalia. The black leather scabbard is in excellent condition and is fitting with matching gilt mounts, the lower mount is decorated with a stag in a forest design. [Condition: Exc++]
NSKK MARINE CHAINED LEADERS DAGGER IN GOLD BY EICKHORN.
The chained NSKK marine leaders dagger is one of the hardest German daggers to find especially when in nice condition with most of the gilt finish remaining, the dagger i have available is in remarkable condition with almost all gilt finish remaining and it is certainly the best example i have owned in over 30 years and in all those years i have only owned three other examples as they are exceedingly hard to find.The crossguards and pommel nut still retain about 95% original gilt finish, the slight wear is to the reverse side probably from rubbing on the original owners tunic. The brown wooden grip is in near mint condition and it is complete with the SA badge and metal eagle. The beautiful blade is in mint condition, the obverse side features the SA motto and the reverse side the the makers details, RZM M7/66 with the 1935 /41 pattern Eickhorn trade mark, Eickhorn is the excepted maker for this model dagger and in my opinion they were the only maker of the NSKK chained marine dagger. The scabbard still retains almost 100% original black paint finish, the scabbard fitting retain all original gilt finish, the condition is really remarkable especially when you consider how thin the gilt finish is on this model dagger. Complete with gilt NSKK chained hanger, having four upper links and five lower links, two of the links are marked on the reverse side, MUSTERSCHUTZ NSKK KORPSFURUNG and RZM M5/8, the spring clip is in fine condition and in working order. An exceptional example, if you are looking for a chained NSKK marine dagger i doubt if you could find a better one than this one. [Condition: Near Mint]
POSTSCHUTZE METAL PEAK CAP CAP COCKADE.
This is a very rare cap cockade to find, produced in aluminum and it features an oakleaf wreath with six lightning bolt sparks which was the symbol of the Postschutze. The reverse side is stamped with the makers mark which is a capital A for Assmann and it has three retaining pins but these might have been repaired in the past. During the war the Postschutze and its membership became a part of the SS. A very rare cockade to find, this is the 1st one I have ever offered for sale. [Condition: Exc++]
THIRD REICH POLICE WINTER MODEL ENLISTED MANS CAP.
This style of police hat looks similar to an M43 hat but they are of considerably earlier production being introduced into service in 1939, early examples had metal insignia but by 1942 this was changed to machine woven insignia. Police green wool body with the cloth flaps secured with one silver button, the crown of the cap is piped in police orange waffenfarbe. Attached to the front of the cap is a machine woven police eagle and cockade, this style of insignia was introduced in 1942 but before then they were issued with metal insignia. The interior of the hat features a gray leather sweat band and a quilted liner which is the normal style liner for this model hat. Please see the Bender police book, volume two and also the last two photographs on the site for further details. Some slight sweat staining to the inside but over all it is in superb condition.[Condition: Near Mint]
LUFTWAFFE RADIO OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNERS BADGE.
This is a superb maker marked early quality example with excellent detail to the eagle which is clutching the lightning bolts in its claws.The reverse side is fitted with pin and hook and it is maker mark for Deumer Ludenscheid. A really nice example. [Condition: Near Mint]
BRITISH 1871 PATTERN CAVALRY PARADE HELMET FOR THE 7TH DRAGOON GUARDS.
Brass helmet shell with brass fittings. Complete with large silver and brass helmet plate with number 7 to the center on black backing. Rose helmet bosses with brass chin chain on leather backing.Fluted helmet spike complete with black and white horse hair plume. The interior features brown leather liner which is possibly and old replacement but as these helmet were constantly re-issued and used over many years it is probably what you would expect. [Condition: Exc++]
A SET OF THIRD REICH SHUMA POLICE SHOULDER STRAPS.
The Schutzmannschaften or better know as Shuma was made up of Baltic Russian volunteers serving with the German forces as police auxiliary's working closely with the SS / SD. Black backing with green edge piping and each embroidered with a large swastika. Because of the work this organization was involved in which included anti partisan operations many atrocity's were committed by the membership. [Condition: Near Mint]
RAD GENERALS COLLAR PATCHES.
This is a beautiful and very rare matched set of German RAD Generals collar patches. Each collar patch features a gold bullion wheatsheaf with gold bullion border on black velvet backing. In over 30 years this is only the 2nd set of RAD Generals collar patches I have ever owned, they are much harder to find than SS Generals collar patches as there were very few RAD Generals compared to other organizations. Perfect for a RAD or insignia collection, but they would also look really nice displayed with an RAD officers dagger. [Condition: Mint]
SA DAGGER BY HORSTER WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION TO BLADE.
This is an early issue SA dagger in superb near mint condition, the blade has a presentation inscription on the reverse side, some experts believe that this inscription exists and that it is original to the period but others consider it is a later addition, a number of daggers exist with this exact same inscription. Because there are some doubts i have priced the dagger at just about what i would charge for it if it had a standard blade without a presentation inscription. All early nickel silver fittings are in fine condition and the lower crossguard is SA group stamped Ha.The pommel nut is very interesting as it is decorated with a swastika, i have seen this several times on SA daggers but certainly not very often.The fine quality brown wooden grip is inset with the SA insignia and a silver eagle, the quality of the grip is exceptional.The blade is in near mint condition, the obverse side features the SA motto and the reverse side has a two line presentation inscription, SA SKIURELTKAMPF 1936 SCHREIBERHAN, and it is then signed, HALZER BRIGADFUHRER, the blade is maker marked Horster Solingen, the quality of the presentation inscription is exceptional but it could still be a latter addition, it is really difficult to say for sure but the blade itself is certainly original. The Scabbard is also in exceptional condition and still retains almost all brown anodized finish and it is fitted with matching nickel silver mounts, one scabbard screw is now missing but the other three are still in place and replacements are fairly easy to find. The dagger itself is original only the inscription is questionable, so a bargain price because of this and especially if the inscription turns out to be original. [Condition: Near Mint]