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WAR of 1812 MOUNTED ARTILLERY EAGLEHEAD SWORD

Lot #2 (Sale Order 1 of 784)

Scarce and ornate War of 1812 Mounted Artillery Officer's sword. The sword features a finely cast eaglehead pommel with pierced knucklebow with eagle and shield. The grip is carved bone and it has the original twisted copper wire. The knuckle bow shows an old repair at the lanyard slot. The blade is 29" long and is 1 1/2" wide at ricasso. It is nicely etched with American eagle and shield with motto E. Pluirbus Unum. It is also etched with with floral designs. The blade shows thin traces of blue with gold wash in the etching. The cutting edge has minor scattered nicks. The original leather scabbard is supple and has a brass throat with frog stud and a copper chape. The hilt and scabbard mounts have been polished. Overall length is 34", Very Good-Excellent

CIVIL WAR PERIOD GETTYSBURG TOWN SIGN W/ CDV NYVM

Lot #3 (Sale Order 2 of 784)

Large wood painted sign from the town of Gettysburg Pa. This town sign dates to the Civil War and is also accompanied by a CDV of most likely a New Yorker. On his Kepi is the Company letter "E". Both these items came in together and the soldier in this image was probably the man who took the sign. Sign measures 5 1/2 X 42 inches still retaining most of it's original finish. Excellent The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, halting Lee's invasion of the North. After his success at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863, Lee led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the North—the Gettysburg Campaign. With his army in high spirits, Lee intended to shift the focus of the summer campaign from war-ravaged northern Virginia and hoped to influence Northern politicians to give up their prosecution of the war by penetrating as far as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, or even Philadelphia. Prodded by President Abraham Lincoln, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker moved his army in pursuit, but was relieved of command just three days before the battle and replaced by Meade. Elements of the two armies initially collided at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, as Lee urgently concentrated his forces there, his objective being to engage the Union army and destroy it. Low ridges to the northwest of town were defended initially by a Union cavalry division under Brig. Gen. John Buford, and soon reinforced with two corps of Union infantry. However, two large Confederate corps assaulted them from the northwest and north, collapsing the hastily developed Union lines, sending the defenders retreating through the streets of the town to the hills just to the south. On the second day of battle, most of both armies had assembled. The Union line was laid out in a defensive formation resembling a fishhook. In the late afternoon of July 2, Lee launched a heavy assault on the Union left flank, and fierce fighting raged at Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Devil's Den, and the Peach Orchard. On the Union right, Confederate demonstrations escalated into full-scale assaults on Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. All across the battlefield, despite significant losses, the Union defenders held their lines. On the third day of battle, fighting resumed on Culp's Hill, and cavalry battles raged to the east and south, but the main event was a dramatic infantry assault by 12,500 Confederates against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's Charge. The charge was repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire, at great loss to the Confederate army. Lee led his army on a torturous retreat back to Virginia. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies were casualties in the three-day battle, the most costly in US history. On November 19, President Lincoln used the dedication ceremony for the Gettysburg National Cemetery to honor the fallen Union soldiers and redefine the purpose of the war in his historic Gettysburg Address.

CIVIL WAR ALBUMEN OF CONFEDERATE CAPTURED ITEMS

Lot #4 (Sale Order 3 of 784)

Large Albumen measuring 18 X 23 inches and an overall size of 22 X 26 1/2 showing incredible War souvenirs including Rebel Flag that was the last captured flag by the Army of the Potomac at Appomattox. General Sheridan's Sword. Rebel Flag of Truce. Handkerchief carried by Custer to enter Confederate lines at Appomattox. John Browns Sword. Signed Photo of President Grant and other items. The bottom of the Albumen is nicely penned "Group of Historical War Relics exhibited by Col. Herbert F. Hill, at the Soldiers Home Carnival, Boston, April 7-21, 1885" Excellent

CONFEDERATE ID'ED SHELL JACKET 12th GEORGIA POW

Lot #5 (Sale Order 4 of 784)

This Georgia State pattern shell jacket is beautifully identified to Robert Young. This eight button coat still retains local made Georgia State Seal buttons. Fashioned from a rough hand loomed wool, the two toned, burlap textured material presents a slightly gray appearance. The lining is made of a very heavy walnut colored cotton with two breast pockets. Setting is coat apart from other examples is the heavy paper stock 19th century card stitched to the lower left sleeve and bearing the inscription "Robert Young". Private Robert Young was born in Ireland in 1843 and moved to Eatonon Georgia while still a very young man. He enlisted in Company C of the 2nd Battalion Georgia State Troops on December 5th 1861. After his term of service expired with the 2nd, he mustered into Company G, 12th Georgia Infantry. in mid May on 1862. It was while serving with the 12th that he suffered 3 wounds; first at Malvern Hill in July 1862, then Chancellorsville in May of 1863, and finally at Summit Point in August of 1864. He recovered from all his wounds only to be captured at Petersburg on April 2nd 1865. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until June 22nd when he took the Oath of Allegiance. After his parole he returned to Eatonon and shortly thereafter married Susan Frances Adams, the granddaughter of prominent Georgia judge and congressman James Adams Meriwether. He became a successful businessman, ultimately owning his own grocery business. Despite the suffering and hardship he endured in his service to the Confederacy, he lived well into the 20th Century, finally passing away in 1927 at the age of 83. Also in the grouping are several copies of Confederate Veteran magazines with his name and address in Eatonon Ga. and a post war albumen of him in civilian clothing. This grouping was obtained directly from the family and has been in private hands since. This is the first time this grouping has come to public market. It is thought that this coat is the only one in existence still retaining the original local made buttons. These buttons are extremely rare and collectors had a tendency to cut the buttons off because of their value. The 12th Georgia Infantry completed its organization in June of 1861 at Richmond, Va. Its members were from the counties of Sumter, Jones, Macon, Calhoun, Muscogee, Dooly, Putnam, Bibb, Lowndes and Marion. Upon its arrival in western Virginia, the regiment was assigned to H. R. Jackson's command and participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain campaign. It later served in the brugades of generals E. Johnson, Elzey, Trimble, Dole, and Cook. During this time, they participated in Stonewall Jackson's Valley campaign, then fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Seven Days to Cold Harbor.The 12th later took part in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox campaign. The regiment's losses included 175 men at McDowell, 45 at Groveton, and 59 at Sharpsburg. It's casualties included 12 killed and 58 wounded at Chancellorsville and sixteen percent of the remaining 327 men at the start of the battle of Gettysburg were dead or missing by its end. Only five officers and 50 men of the original twelve hundred enlisted in the regiment surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.

CIVIL WAR US MODEL 1860 CAVALRY SWORD IRON HILT

Lot #6 (Sale Order 5 of 784)

Civil War cavalry sabre with an Iron hilt and pommel. This cavalry sword is dated 1865 and was inspected but the inspector is difficult to read. The blade however is in excellent condition. The slightly curved saber blade measures 35" long, has a width of 1 1/16". Blade features a very nice bright finish overall with just few light blemishes. Hilt retains a beautiful, uncleaned patina. Sword grips exhibit the typical swelled leather covered handle with two-strand, twisted brass wire wrapped around the handle. Original black leather covering wraps the handle which is in amazing condition with very minimal wear. Wire twists are strong. The fine looking, plated, steel scabbard and is free of dents and dings. The two ring mounts are tight and hold two sword rings. This Beautiful Cavalry Saber would highlight any Civil War display or collection.

UNIQUE CIVIL WAR SOUTHERN MODIFIED 1860 CAV, SABER

Lot #6a (Sale Order 6 of 784)

Discovered in an Atlanta Ga, area collection this pattern 1860 Cav, saber has an indesernible manufactureres name but is clarly dated 1864 on right side of ricasso. The sword appears tohave been re-hilted in the fashion of the Confederate D-Guard bowie with a flat steel one piece guard and a wood handle that appears to be hickory. The blade measures 30 inches with and overall length of 35 inches. The iron blade and guard have attained a very deep chocolate patina with small areas of light corrosion of the period of use. The grip shows use and wear but no distress or abuse. The blade edge is period sharpened with an abundance of small nicks all of wich appear to be period.

FIELD USED WAR OF 1812 ROSTER OF OF PA DRAGOONS

Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 784)

War of 1812 Roster of Captain Joseph Markle’s Company of Dragoons in the squadron commanded by Major James V. Ball. Document is signed by Markle and some officers on the back, and framed to show on the back, see images. This company would take part in the winter campaign against the Miami. Embarking from Fort Greenville on December 14th they played a conspicuous part in the attack of a Miami village on December 17, 1812. In the early hours of December 18th, they would fight off a severe attack in an engagement known as the Battle of the Mississinewa. It would take seven long freezing days to get back to Greenville. Some of the wounded died, over 350 men suffered from frostbite. Markle’s troop of Dragoons were also present at the Siege of Fort Meigs and helped keep it from falling into British hands. The men that served in Markle’s company of Dragoons came mainly from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania & suffered casualties in the above-mentioned battles. Enlistment from September 12, 1812 thru September 12, 1813. This rare, one in a kind document, shows the wear that one would expect of such a document carried in the field during the war, replacements have been added as they came in. EXTREMELY RARE document from a company of dragoons that were engaged in battle in the War of 1812. They participated in the Winter campaign against the Shawnee at Mississinewa and the Seige of Ft. Meigs where one of the soldiers is listed as killed. Document has been framed with acid free material and conservation glass. Includes a binder filled with research and small frame identifying the roster. Biography Gen. Markle was captain of a company of light dragoons (troop) in the war of 1812, and was in the battle with the Indians on the expedition against the Mississinewa towns on the Wabash River, in which Lieut. Waltz (from his vicinity) and sixteen others were killed. Gen. Markle was under Gen. Harrison, and was at the Siege of Fort Meigs, and the sorties which accompanied it. Upon his discharge "A.H. HOLMES, Adjt. General. wrote: "In the course of eleven months’ service, in which they have performed as much severe duty as any troops ever did, the General (William Harrison) has found as much reason to applaud their steady and subordinate deportment in camp as their coolness and valor when opposed to the enemy, both of which were eminently displayed at the battle of Mississinewa and at the siege of Fort Meigs." A short time after his discharge return from the army Joseph Markel was elected major-general of Pennsylvania militia for the division composed of the counties of Fayette and Westmoreland. In 1838 he ran as a candidate for Congress (defeated) and in 1844 he ran for for Governor of Pennsylvania ( also defeated). During the war of the Rebellion, when Pennsylvania was threatened with an invasion, the general, though eighty-four years of age, promptly responded to the call, and was elected captain of a company formed in the neighborhood for home protection. The general was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Jacob Painter, whom he married Jan. 18, 1805, and by her he had four children, viz.: Shepard B., a resident of Rostraver township; Mary E., widow of John Boyd, living in West Newton; Elias R., died at the age of fourteen, in 1818; and Gen. Cyrus P. (a sketch of whom will be found in this volume). His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Joseph Lloyd, of Westmoreland County, whom he married Sept. 27, 1825. By this union there were twelve children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Lafayette, editor of the Nyack Chronicle, Rockland County, N.Y.; Joseph and George W., owners and occupants of the old homestead farm; Roxanna, wife of Dr. William L. Miller, of Allegheny City; Sidnie, wife of Robert Taylor, of West Newton; Margaret, living with Mrs. Boyd at West Newton; and Hannah, who died at the age of fifteen.

BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE RELIC AXE TAGGED

Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 784)

Old tag is adhered to the tomahawk handle. Provenance; sold at Cowan’s auction. Possibly a secondary tomahawk carried by a combatant. End of the wood inside of the tomahawk is deteriorating, as would be expected over time. The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Indian forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (commonly known as "The Prophet"), leaders of a confederacy of various tribes who opposed European-American settlement of the American frontier. As tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to attack the confederacy's headquarters at Prophetstown, near the confluence of the Tippecanoe River and the Wabash River. Tecumseh was not yet ready to oppose the United States by force and was away recruiting allies when Harrison's army arrived. Tenskwatawa was a spiritual leader but not a military man, and he was in charge. Harrison camped near Prophetstown on November 6 and arranged to meet with Tenskwatawa the following day. Early the next morning warriors from Prophetstown attacked Harrison's army. They took the army by surprise, but Harrison and his men stood their ground for more than two hours. The Indians were ultimately repulsed when their ammunition ran low. After the battle, they abandoned Prophetstown and Harrison's men burned it to the ground, destroying the food supplies stored for the winter. The soldiers then returned to their homes. Harrison accomplished his goal of destroying Prophetstown. The win proved decisive and garnered Harrison the nickname of “Tippecanoe”. Meanwhile, the defeat dealt a fatal blow for Tecumseh's confederacy and, though comeback attempts were made, it never fully recovered. So popular was Harrison’s nickname that "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" became his campaign slogan and a popularized campaign song when he ran for president in 1840 with John Tyler as his running mate. Americans attributed the violence to British interference in American affairs since the British supplied the Indians with financial support and ammunition. This led to a further deterioration of relations with Britain and was a catalyst of the War of 1812, which began six months later. The US declared war on Britain in June 1812, and Tecumseh's confederacy rebuilt Prophetstown and fought in alliance with the British. Tecumseh and his top war chief Roundhead were both killed in 1813 during the Battle of the Thames. Frontier violence continued well after the end of the War of 1812 and the Tecumseh’s death.

CIVIL WAR USA & CSA FAMILY PHOTOS CDV AND LETTERS

Lot #8a (Sale Order 9 of 784)

Intriguing family archive consisting of 3 Civil War period photographs and two photocopies of letters written during the war. Two ninth plate daguerreotypes in leather cases are identified as Edwin & William Henderson, described as "cousins who fought on opposing sides during the Civil War," and a CDV of Illinois Cavalry captain Jesse Brice, who was also a relative. The CDV is signed on the back and has a cancelled 3 cent postage stamp. The group includes 2 photocopied letters, one written from William Henderson, the Confederate, from Savannah Georgia on August 4, 1861. In the letter to his nephew, he explains his motivations for joining the Confederacy, saying "We are all strong on the Southern Question. I was a strong union man until the North laid aside the constitution and passed laws to suit their own motives. Now I am as strong a disunist." A copy of Edwin Henderson's 4-page letter is dated November 6, 1861, and was written at Springfield, MO. In the letter to his father, he writes about his desire to attack Confederate general Sterling Price, saying that his unit is "getting very anxious to have a brush with him for we think we could tear him to pieces if we could once get hold of him." Accompanying these photocopies is a letter of explanation from the original collector who purchased the photos directly from the family of these soldiers. Excellent

CIVIL WAR FEDERAL M1858 FORAGE BUMMERS CAP

Lot #9 (Sale Order 10 of 784)

The classic piece of Yankee Civil War regulation Federal enlisted headgear! All original, dark blue wool, complete and solidly stitched. The tarred leather brim and leather buckled leather chin strap are excellent with eagle brass side buttons. The leather sweatband is complete as well as the interior lining. There are several moth nips to the wool surface but overall the condition is far better than what I generally see offered for sale. The interior crown features a partial paper maker’s label. Excellent

1899 CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY COMPLETE 11 VOLS

Lot #10 (Sale Order 11 of 784)

1899 11 volumes of a set of 12 (missing 1st volume), Confederate Military History. Please see condition in photos--these are in great shape for their age, but there is some wear and bumps to covers (see pics). The insides are bright and there is a little foxing, but not much. From a non-smoking estate--could use a little dusting. The leather is in great shape

CIVIL WAR SMITH PATENT TRIPLE BORDERED INF STRAPS

Lot #11 (Sale Order 12 of 784)

TRIPLE BORDERED “Smith Patented” Civil War Infantry Captain Straps. Equally rare and beautiful. You will not find a finer pair. Extremely rare pair of Smith patent triple-bordered simulated embroidered Captain of Infantry shoulder straps with medium blue velvet centers and triple rowed rank bars as well. Worn throughout but strikingly handsome. Attributed to Captain Henry McMullen Co. C, 11th Indiana Infantry. very good.

1876 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR MAP OF GETTYSBURG 1ST DAY

Lot #12 (Sale Order 13 of 784)

Positions of troops compiled and added for the Government by John B. Bachelder / Topography engraved by Julius Bien / Positions & lettering by Louis E. Neuman / Printed by Endicott & Co, MAP OF THE BATTLE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. JULY 1ST, 2ND, 3RD 1863. FIRST DAY’S BATTLE. Map measures 31 1/2 X 38 1/2 inches with edge wear. John Bachelder (1825-1894) was a painter, lithographer, photographer and historian. Early in his career he produced an important and appealing body of work depicting sites and cities in the northeastern United States. On his own initiative he traveled to Gettysburg immediately after the battle, where he spent no fewer than 84 days traversing the field, making sketches, and interviewing witnesses to the events. Later that year he published a spectacular and detailed bird’s-eye view of Gettysburg, his first published depiction of the event. He went on to become the preeminent 19th-century historian of the battle and for years served as director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association. “An extremely detailed topographic map with spot elevations and contours “given for every change of 4 feet in elevation.” Drainage, vegetation, roads, railroads, fences, houses with names of residents, and a detailed plan of the town of Gettysburg are shown. “Every object is represented here as near as possible as it was at the time of the battle.” “A very minute analysis of the deployment of the various units of both armies, with the names of commanding officers, period of time spent in a particular position, and other pertinent information is given. Dotted lines and arrows indicate the movements of the troops, and the positions at various times of the day are shown by symbols explained in the legend.” The amount of detail and the economy with which it is presented are astonishing. The detail is such that a simple visual code is employed to differentiate each unit’s “first,” “intermediate,” and “evening” positions on a given day. The mapmaker even went so far as to employ a simple alphabetical code to indicate for each building and fence whether it was constructed of wood, brick or stone! The maps are unusual in being the product of a civilian-military collaboration: The base map was reduced from area surveys conducted by the Army’s Topographical Engineers in 1868-69, while the troop positions and movements were compiled by Bachelder “from the official reports, consultations on the field, private letters, and oral explanations of the officers of both armies.” Bachelder himself acted as publisher and distributor, but the map bore the imprimatur of the Secretary of War.

1876 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR MAP OF GETTYSBURG 3RD DAY

Lot #13 (Sale Order 14 of 784)

Positions of troops compiled and added for the Government by John B. Bachelder / Topography engraved by Julius Bien / Positions & lettering by Louis E. Neuman / Printed by Endicott & Co, MAP OF THE BATTLE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. JULY 1ST, 2ND, 3RD 1863. THIRD DAY’S BATTLE. Map measures 31 1/2 X 38 1/2 inches with minor edge wear. John Bachelder (1825-1894) was a painter, lithographer, photographer and historian. Early in his career he produced an important and appealing body of work depicting sites and cities in the northeastern United States. On his own initiative he traveled to Gettysburg immediately after the battle, where he spent no fewer than 84 days traversing the field, making sketches, and interviewing witnesses to the events. Later that year he published a spectacular and detailed bird’s-eye view of Gettysburg, his first published depiction of the event. He went on to become the preeminent 19th-century historian of the battle and for years served as director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association. “An extremely detailed topographic map with spot elevations and contours “given for every change of 4 feet in elevation.” Drainage, vegetation, roads, railroads, fences, houses with names of residents, and a detailed plan of the town of Gettysburg are shown. “Every object is represented here as near as possible as it was at the time of the battle.” “A very minute analysis of the deployment of the various units of both armies, with the names of commanding officers, period of time spent in a particular position, and other pertinent information is given. Dotted lines and arrows indicate the movements of the troops, and the positions at various times of the day are shown by symbols explained in the legend.” The amount of detail and the economy with which it is presented are astonishing. The detail is such that a simple visual code is employed to differentiate each unit’s “first,” “intermediate,” and “evening” positions on a given day. The mapmaker even went so far as to employ a simple alphabetical code to indicate for each building and fence whether it was constructed of wood, brick or stone! The maps are unusual in being the product of a civilian-military collaboration: The base map was reduced from area surveys conducted by the Army’s Topographical Engineers in 1868-69, while the troop positions and movements were compiled by Bachelder “from the official reports, consultations on the field, private letters, and oral explanations of the officers of both armies.” Bachelder himself acted as publisher and distributor, but the map bore the imprimatur of the Secretary of War.

LIBBY PRISON LETTERS OHIO POW OFFICER'S GROUPING

Lot #14 (Sale Order 15 of 784)

10 letters, 5 from LIBBY PRISON, letters from the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry officer Lieutenant Levi Lupton plus 5 letters before he was captured, 2 with 116th Company C Headquarters stationary. Levi was captured June 14, 1863 at Winchester where the 116th suffered 8 killed, 29 wounded and 141 captured, 74% casualties, facing the Louisiana Tigers. He was sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, then to Macon Georgia, and finally to Charleston Race Course Prison, SC where he would die. He is buried at Beaufort National Cemetery, SC. His widow would die in 1913 in Delaware, Ohio. Writing is ledgible and all letters transcribed. in the Libby Prison Letters (three are addressed from “Libby Prison and two are addressed from Libby Prison Hospital or Libby Hospital. From Libby Prison he writes on June 26th, 1863 “We have plenty to eat of plain fare but no extras. Our captors have treated us very well, but it is very tiresome here and I do hope that they will exchange us or parole us soon. …..There is about 250 officers here in prisoners. There is about 30 of our men here, among them is Evans, Adams, Booth, Beardmore, Preshaw and a number of others. Capt. Arckenoe is dead. Heck and two others are wounded......” Another letter from Libby on Dec. 19th, 1863 includes “...There was two men got out about one week ago. They bribed the guards. 6 more have tried since and got detected. It is a very dangerous experiment to try to tamper with the guards and as to the paying part that would be out of my power as I am very near out of money....” Service The 116th Ohio Infantry was organized Marietta and Gallipolis, Ohio, and mustered in September 18, 1862, for three years service under the command of Colonel James Washburn. Companies F and K mustered in October 28, 1862, and joined regiment at Buckhannon, Virginia. The regiment was attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia, to January 1863. Romney, West Virginia, Defenses of the Upper Potomac, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to March 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, Elliott's Command, VIII Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Department of the Susquehanna, July 1863. McReynolds' Command, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Department of West Virginia, to December 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to April 1864. 1st Brigade. 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, Independent Division, XXIV Corps, Army of the James, to June 1865. The 116th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service June 14, 1865, at Richmond, Virginia. Companies F and K were consolidated with the 62nd Ohio Infantry. Detailed service This regiment was organized at Gallipolis and Marietta in Sept. and Oct.,1862, to serve for three years. On Oct. 16 it moved to Belpre, crossed the river to Parkersburg, and was immediately transported to Clarksburg, W. Va. Its first engagement was at Moorefield where it lost 2 or 3 men slightly wounded by fragments of shell, and about 20 were captured on the picket line. After a little scouting and foraging in the Moorefield Valley, the regiment moved to Romney, where it had about 50 men captured while guarding a forage train. In June Co. A and I participated in an engagement at Bunker Hill and lost about half their number in killed and captured, the remainder making their escape with great difficulty. It was comparatively idle, so far as fighting was concerned, until the spring of 1864, when it started up the Shenandoah Valley under Gen. Sigel. It participated in two charges at Piedmont losing 176 men killed and wounded, and at Lynchburg it also lost several men. The regiment fought with courage at Snicker's Ferry and participated in a charge which had much to do in deciding the fortunes of the day. At the Battle of Halltown it lost quite heavily and was engaged with slight loss at Berryville. It participated in the Battle of the Opequan, losing 4 killed and 22 wounded, and at the Battle of Fisher's Hill it charged a battery in the angle of the Confederate works, receiving the enemy's fire when only 100 yards distant, but rushed in and captured the battery in the very smoke of its discharge, losing 1 man killed and 4 wounded. It participated in the general engagement at Cedar creek and remained in that vicinity until December, when it joined the Army of the James. In the spring of 1865 it was engaged almost constantly, participated in the assault on Fort Gregg and then joined in the pursuit of the Confederates. It was mustered out on June 14, 1865. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 185 men during service; 4 officers and 90 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 88 enlisted men died of disease.

RARE WAR OF 1812 OHIO COMMISSION SIGNED GOV. MEIGS

Lot #15 (Sale Order 16 of 784)

War of 1812 Ohio Commission dated 1812 and signed by Governor Meigs at Zanesville, Ohio. Zanesville was the capital of Ohio only from 1809-1812, just over 2 years. An EXTREMELY RARE DOCUMENT from Ohio during the War of 1812. Very good Signature.

CIVIL WAR M1850 FOOT OFFICERS SWORD w/ SCABBARD

Lot #16 (Sale Order 17 of 784)

M1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD. This Model 1850 Foot Officer’s sword which was carried by every lieutenant and captain. The hilt is tight; has matching patina; 100% original rayskin grip with wrapped wire. The 29-inch blade and is still very bright. The leather scabbard is excellent condition as well with all mounts with even patina that match the hilt.

CIVIL WAR M1860 CAVALRY SWORD WITH SCABBARD

Lot #17 (Sale Order 18 of 784)

A very nice example of the Model 1860 cavalry saber used during the Civil War. The curved blade is over 35 inches in length. Stamped at the ricasso is “EMERSON / & / SILVER / TRENTON / N.J.”. The blade is clean but has been polished. The leather washer is intact. The brass hilt has two branches and knuckle bow. The pommel is of the Phrygian helmet style and stamped with inspector’s initials DFM. All brass wears a pleasing mellow patina. The leather wrapped grip is in nice condition with light surface wear. The original double twisted brass wire wrap remains tight. The steel scabbard is straight and dent free. It has two iron mounting rings. The drag shows minor wear.

CUSTER PERIOD SIOUX BEADED MOCCASINS LARGE SIZE

Lot #18 (Sale Order 19 of 784)

Rare opportunity to own a piece of Plains Indian Moccasins. A great beaded pair of moccasins with actual parfleche soles. Made during the Custer period and is of Sioux origin. This pair of moccasins measures about 10 1/2" X 4". Beaded with a great design on brain tanned leather. The soles on these moccasins are not only rawhide, but parfleche rawhide. Excellent Condition.

CIVIL WAR CAVALRY COLONEL SMITH SHOULDER STRAPS

Lot #19 (Sale Order 20 of 784)

Rare set of Civil War Cavalry Colonel's Smith's Patent Shoulder Straps. The straps feature false-embroidered brass single borders and metal colonel's regulation eagles mounted on a yellow field. The dark blue underlay has minor damage. The straps measure approximately 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" and have a pronounced curve. Minor storage wear, otherwise in excellent condition.

CIVIL WAR NAVY CAMPAIGN MEDAL NUMBERED 1518 ON RIM

Lot #19a (Sale Order 21 of 784)

Nice Civil War Navy Campaign Medal. Split wrap brooch is fully functional. Numbered 1518 on the rim at the six o'clock position. Medal and ribbon are in excellent condition but the hook for the closer has been busted off over time. Excellent. Establishment The medal was first authorized in 1905 for the fortieth anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion. The blue and gray ribbon denotes the respective uniform colors of the U.S. and Confederate troops. The Army Civil War Campaign Medal was established by the United States War Department on January 21, 1907, by General Orders Number 12. To qualify, a soldier had to serve between April 15, 1861, and April 9, 1865. The closing date was extended to August 20, 1866, date of President Johnson's Proclamation ending the war. The corresponding Navy Civil War Medal was established on June 27, 1908, by Navy Department. The obverse of the Army Civil War Campaign Medal displayed an engraved image of Abraham Lincoln while the Navy and Marine Corps versions depicted the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia's battle at Hampton Roads. The reverse has the words "The Civil War 1861-1865" encircled by a wreath. The medal was designed by Francis D. Millet, a noted sculptor who perished on the RMS Titanic in 1912. The medal was struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Civil War Campaign Medal No. 1 was issued to Maj. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey on May 26, 1909. The medal was originally established as a badge, because Congress would not approve a medal due to the costs involved. The War Department was authorized to create badges, so it did. This interest was due in large part to the fact that several senior military officers were veterans of the Civil War. Although some recipients may have worn some form of the ribbon, the monies necessary to mint and issue the medal were not appropriated by Congress until 1956 – 91 years after the war ended. It was this act that provided U.S. government purchase for the medal to all qualified veterans, whether they were on active or inactive duty. In 1918, for those who had been cited for gallantry in action, the Silver Citation Star was authorized as a device to the medal. Only six Citation Stars were awarded. There is a direct relationship between U.S. campaign streamers and the medal that a campaign represents. The streamer represents the unit's participation in a campaign and the medal represents an individual's participation in that campaign (U.S. Army – some differences for the U.S. Navy). When a campaign is established, participating unit's are authorized a streamer and each service member assigned to the unit during that same time is authorized the medal. Sometimes these medals are campaign medals, other times they are service medals, but that streamer/medal relationship normally remains. Units in the U.S. Army that trace their heritage and lineage to the Civil War are entitled to display a battle streamer for the Civil War on their flagpoles. This streamer is half blue and half gray, the color theme of the second ribbon design. Units with Confederate lineage use campaign streamers with the gray edge up and units with Union lineage use campaign streamers with the blue edge up. The campaign lettering requires two distinct sets of streamers for each campaign, one set for each side.

CIVIL WAR UCV CONFEDERATE MEDAL LOT NAMED CROSS

Lot #19b (Sale Order 22 of 784)

Civil War Confederate medal grouping consisting of Southern Cross of Honor by White Head & Hoag and is the button or lapel variety. 2) Cross of Military Service awarded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and is named to the reverse E. C. Perdue and is manufactured by Medallic Art Co.of New York and is numbered 678 to the reverse. Private Perdue enlisted on 4/1/1862. On 4/1/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. TX 32nd Cavalry. Original silk ribbon is very frail but both medals are otherwise excellent

CIVIL WAR PERIOD HOSPITAL LITTERS MKD 102ND ILS

Lot #20 (Sale Order 23 of 784)

Early Civil War period 102nd Illinois marked set of Hospital Litters. These Iron framed with wooden crossbar letters are in excellent condition measuring 12 X 28 inches. On the Wood dial, both pieces are marked HOSPITAL to one side and 102nd Ill. Vols. to the other. excellent Service The 102nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Knoxville, Illinois, and mustered in for three years service on September 1, 1862. The regiment was attached to Ward's Brigade, Dumont's 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to August 1863. Ward's Brigade, Post of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to January 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of Georgia, to June, 1865. The 102nd Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on June 6, 1865, and discharged at Chicago, Illinois, on June 14, 1865. Detailed service Moved to Peoria, Illinois, September 22, then to Louisville, Kentucky, October 1. March in pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky October 1–16, 1862. March to Gallatin, Tennessee, via Frankfort, Bowling Green, and Scottsville, Kentucky, October 16-November 26. Duty at Gallatin until June 6, 1868. Action at Woodbury April 27, 1863. Moved to Lavergne, Tennessee, and on railroad guard duty at Lavergne and Stewart's Creek until February 1864. (5 companies mounted August 1863.) Moved to Wauhatchie Valley, Tennessee, February 25, 1864. Scout from Lookout Valley to Deer Head Cove, Georgia, March 29–31. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Movement on Dalton May 5–8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22–25. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Big Shanty June 1. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11–14. Lost Mountain June 15–17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Peachtree Creek July 19–20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Occupation of Milledgeville November 22. Ogeechee River November 29. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865. Occupation of Hardeeville January 3, 1865. Occupation of Lawtonville, South Carolina, February 2. Rockingham, North Carolina, March 7. Fayetteville, North Carolina, March 11. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19–21. Moccasin Creek March 24. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 30-May 19. Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 119 men during service; 51 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 68 enlisted men died of disease.

GEORGIAN BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER'S LIONS HEAD DIRK

Lot #20a (Sale Order 24 of 784)

A beautiful British early Lionhead 19th century naval dirk lion's head pommel. A good fighting or dirk. The 17 5/8 inch blade is aged and with patina but strong and sound, also firm in hilt. The bone grip is in excellent condition with no cracks and firmly in place. The blade is marked on the spine to J&R MOLE and the side of the blade is also proofed with what looks like a script L and a 5.

CIVIL WAR M1840 ARTILLERY SWORD EMERSON & SILVER

Lot #21 (Sale Order 25 of 784)

Civil War Model 1840 Light Artillery Sword. 31 ¼-inch blade marked "US / D.F.M. / 1864." on the obverse ricasso and with an Emerson & Silver Trenton NJ mark on the reverse ricasso. Brass hilt. Wire-wrapped leather grip. Iron scabbard with two mounting rings. Very good. Blade with an overall smooth gray patina and scattered spotting and shallow pitting. Iron scabbard with a few shallow dents and two minor punctures.

LARGE CA. 1860'S CIVIL WAR CAST SOLDIER STATURE

Lot #22 (Sale Order 26 of 784)

These came out of an old house in Chicago that had not seen a change in decor in over 100 years. It is a cast stature of a Civil War union soldier with rifle in full uniform and separate cast bugle. The figure is 16" tall and with metal base is 20" and with wood base is 21.5" . Excellent condition and finely detailed. Most Civil War statues are of recent make but this example is well over 100 years old.

LARGE CA. 1860'S CIVIL WAR NAVY CAST STATUE

Lot #23 (Sale Order 27 of 784)

These came out of an old house in Chicago that had not seen a change in decor in over 100 years. It is a cast stature of a Civil War union Naval figure in full uniform and separate cast bayonet & axe, both made of brass. . The figure is 16" tall and with metal base is 20" and with wood base is 21.5" . Excellent condition and finely detailed. Most Civil War statues are of recent make but this example is well over 100 years old and there scarcely exists any such statures of a Naval figure.

CONFEDERATE GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON TINTYPE

Lot #24 (Sale Order 28 of 784)

Wonderful original Civil War 1/9 plate tintype of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. This image shows the General wearing his Mexican War uniform. This is a famous image of the General which is occasionally seen on CDV. The image has nice clarity and contrast. It is housed in the original 1/9 plate leatherette case, with brass mat and frame. The frame is separated on right side. This is the first tintype image of General Jackson that we have seen. A rare and historic image. Very Good-Excellent. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) served as a Confederate general (1861–1863) during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. Jackson played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war until his death, and had a key part in winning many significant battles. Born in what was then part of Virginia (in present-day West Virginia), Jackson received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in the class of 1846. He served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848 and distinguished himself at Chapultepec. From 1851 to 1861 he taught at the Virginia Military Institute, where he was unpopular with his students. During this time, he married twice. His first wife died giving birth, but his second wife, Mary Anna Morrison, lived until 1915. When Virginia seceded from the Union in May 1861 after the attack on Fort Sumter, Jackson joined the Confederate Army. He distinguished himself commanding a brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run in July, providing crucial reinforcements and beating back a fierce Union assault. In this context Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. compared him to a "stone wall", hence his enduring nickname. Jackson performed exceptionally well in the campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862. Despite an initial defeat due largely to faulty intelligence, through swift and careful maneuvers Jackson was able to defeat three separate Union armies and prevent any of them from reinforcing General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac in its campaign against Richmond. Jackson then quickly moved his three divisions to reinforce General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in defense of Richmond. He performed poorly in the Seven Days Battles against George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, as he was frequently late arriving on the field. During the Northern Virginia Campaign that summer, Jackson's troops captured and destroyed an important supply depot for General John Pope's Army of Virginia, and then withstood repeated assaults from Pope's troops at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Jackson's troops played a prominent role in September's Maryland Campaign, capturing the town of Harpers Ferry, a strategic location, and providing a defense of the Confederate Army's left at Antietam. At Fredericksburg in December, Jackson's corps buckled but ultimately beat back an assault by the Union Army under Major General Ambrose Burnside. In late April and early May 1863, faced with a larger Union army now commanded by Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, Lee divided his force three ways. On May 2, Jackson took his 30,000 troops and launched a surprise attack against the Union right flank, driving the opposing troops back about two miles. That evening he was accidentally shot by Confederate pickets. The general lost his left arm to amputation; weakened by his wounds, he died of pneumonia eight days later. Military historians regard Jackson as one of the most gifted tactical commanders in U.S. history. His tactics are studied even today. His death proved a severe setback for the Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the morale of its army and the general public. After Jackson's death, his military exploits developed a legendary quality, becoming an important element of the ideology of the "Lost Cause" Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) served as a Confederate general (1861–1863) during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. Jackson played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war until his death, and had a key part in winning many significant battles. Tragically Jackson was shot in the darkness by his own troops while returning to camp on May 2 1863 after the battle of Chancellorsville. He passed away May 10, 1863, 8 days after he was shot. Harpers Weekly reported Jackson death on May 23, 1863: General "Stonewall" Jackson was badly wounded in the arm at the battles of Chancellorsville, and had his arm amputated. Jackson initially appeared to be healing, but he died from pneumonia on May 10, 1863.

CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE KENANSVILLE CAVALRY SWORD

Lot #25 (Sale Order 29 of 784)

The Confederates liberally followed the Model 1840 wrist-breaker designs, using features such as the handle with with slight curve, and hilt with three branches, otherwise there is much variation. This pattern, is attributed to Louis Froelich, Confederate States Armory, Kenansville, North Carolina. Manufactured by Louis Froelich, Confederate States Armory, Kenansville, North Carolina Standard features include: long plain pommel without any ribs. Handle has single curve, and is leather covered with a single strand of copper wire which is not twisted. Blade has no fullers. Scabbard is iron with brass mountings, iron throat and with a distinct overlapping seam. Excellent

POST CIVIL WAR LOUISIANA STATE CARTRIDGE BOX

Lot #26 (Sale Order 30 of 784)

Post Civil War Militia Louisiana Cartridge Box and Cloth Sling. Easily identifiable by the brass plate to the from showing Louisiana's State Seal and motto "Union, Justice, Confidence" along with the Pelican tending to her chicks. Box measures 8 X 6 1/2 inches with two metal cartridge inserts to the interior. Excellent

CIVIL WAR GAR WRC MICHIGAN RIBBONS 32nd REGT. INF

Lot #26a (Sale Order 31 of 784)

Lot of GAR & Woman's Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic Reunion Ribbons to include 1) 43rd National Encampment Ribbon held in Flint Michigan in 1921. 2) Centennial of The Confederacy 1861 - 1961 THE SOUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN badge. 3) GAR ZOUAVE red ribbon 4) Auxiliary To The Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War ribbon dated 1934. 5) Welcome Home 32nd Michigan Infantry Regiment Ribbon. 6) Michigan Woman's Relief Corps 66th National Convention Grand Rapids Mich. held in 1948. 7) Michigan Woman's Relief Corps 53rd National Convention Grand Rapids Mich. held in 1935. 8) Michigan Woman's Relief Corps 11th National Convention Indianapolis In. held in 1893. 9) Delegate of Kentucky of the Woman's Relief Corps Convention Grand Rapids Mich. held in 1927

SPRINGFIELD M1887 HOSPITAL CORPS KNIFE W/ SCABBARD

Lot #27 (Sale Order 32 of 784)

11 3/4" single edged blade, etched "HOSPITAL CORPS/ U.S. ARMY." in a panel on the left side. Ribbed single piece wood grip, with nickel finished brass cross guard and pommel cap. With a "Type 1" black leather scabbard with a brass and steel throat and a leather belt loop stamped "WATERVLIET/ARSENAL" on the front with several inspectors marks to the reverse.

CIVIL WAR 2nd CORPS BADGE W/ CROSSED CANNONS

Lot #28 (Sale Order 33 of 784)

2nd Corps badge being made is silvered stamped brass and very dimensional with a black painted center for staff. Badge measures roughly 1 1/2 inches and has a set of cross cannons over top of the badge. Pin has a horizontal T bar pin and catch both functioning. Excellent Corps history The II Corps was prominent by reason of its longer and continuous service, larger organization, hardest fighting, and greatest number of casualties. Within its ranks was the regiment that sustained the largest percentage of loss in any one action; the regiment that sustained the greatest numerical loss in any one action; and the regiment that sustained the greatest numerical loss during its term of service. Of the one hundred regiments in the Union Army that lost the most men in battle, thirty-five of them belonged to the II Corps. The II Corps also fought in nearly every battle in the main Eastern Theater, from the 1862 Peninsula Campaign to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House. The corps was organized under General Orders No. 101, March 21, 1862, which assigned Brigadier General Edwin Vose Sumner to its command, and Brigadier Generals Israel B. Richardson, John Sedgwick, and Louis Blenker to the command of its divisions. Within three weeks of its organization the corps moved with George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula Campaign, except for Blenker's division, which was withdrawn on March 31 from McClellan's command, and ordered to reinforce John C. Frémont's army in western Virginia. Blenker's division never rejoined the corps. The remaining two divisions numbered 21,500 men, of whom 18,000 were present for duty. The first general engagement of the corps occurred at the Battle of Seven Pines, where Sumner's prompt and soldierly action brought the corps on the field in time to retrieve a serious disaster, and change a rout into a victory. In a fierce engagement with Confederate general Gustavus W. Smith's division, Brig. Gen Oliver Howard was shot in the arm and had to have it amputated, causing him to miss all of the summer campaigning of the army. The casualties of the two divisions in that battle amounted to 196 killed, 899 wounded, and 90 missing. In the Seven Days Battles, the II Corps was not engaged until Savage's Station when it held off Confederate general John B. Magruder's troops. The following day, the corps was engaged at Glendale, where John Sedgwick's division was in the thick of the fighting. Israel Richardson's division spent the battle to the north engaged in a standoff with "Stonewall" Jackson's troops on opposite sides of White Oak Swamp; fighting here was limited to artillery dueling. The corps was held in reserve at Malvern Hill. Total II Corps casualties in the Seven Days were 201 killed, 1,195 wounded, and 1,024 missing. Afterwards, Sumner, Sedgwick, and Richardson all received promotions to major general as part of a blanket promotion of each corps and division commander in the Army of the Potomac. The II Corps spent the Northern Virginia Campaign in Washington D.C. and did not participate in it except at the very end when it moved out to cover the retreat of Maj. Gen John Pope's army. The corps then marched on the Maryland Campaign, during which time it received a new division of nine month troops headed by Brig. Gen William H. French. At the Battle of Antietam the corps was heavily engaged, its casualties amounting to more than twice that of any other corps on the field. Out of 15,000 effectives, it lost 883 killed, 3,859 wounded, and 396 missing; total, 5,138. Nearly one-half of these casualties occurred in Sedgwick's 2nd Division, in its bloody and ill-planned advance on the Dunker church, an affair that was under Sumner's personal direction; this included units like the 34th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the left flank of the division's 1st Brigade, as well as the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry of later Gettysburg fame. The Irish Brigade, of Richardson's 1st Division, also sustained a terrible loss in its fight at the "Bloody Lane", but, at the same time, inflicted a greater one on the enemy. This allowed Colonel Francis C. Barlow to lead the 61st and 64th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiments to break through the Confederate line. Sedgwick and Richardson were both wounded in the battle; the former eventually recovered and went on to corps command, the latter succumbed to an infection a month and a half after the battle. Oliver Howard succeeded to command of Sedgwick's division, Richardson's division was taken over by Brig. Gen Winfield Hancock, brought over from the VI Corps as the ranking brigadier general in the division, John C. Caldwell, was too inexperienced and junior for the position. The next engagement was at the Battle of Fredericksburg. In the meantime Sumner had been promoted to the command of a Grand Division—II and IX Corps—and General Darius N. Couch, a division commander of the IV Corps, was appointed to his place.

CIVIL WAR ID'D GROUPING CARTRIDGE BOX CAP BOXES +

Lot #29 (Sale Order 34 of 784)

Pre Civil War to Civil War M1855 Cartridge box & sling, 2 cap boxes, musket worm, 2 musket nipples, nipple pick and percussion caps w/ rare pre war 1858 identification. Untouched Estate found grouping with bold browned ink identification "S. Spangler A.D. 1858" on the underside of the sling. Initials "S.S." on sling close to box and Identification "Samuel Spangler" on the inside of the outer flap. Initials "S.S." also on the front flap of the 1st cap box which also has a W.H. Jones U.S. Ordnance Department Sub Inspector stamping. Second cap box is unmarked. While there are a number of soldiers named Samuel Spangler who served in the Civil War, Further Research should identify who had pre war service. Condition varies, Most Good-Very Good

CIVIL WAR UNION CAP BOX MARKED OHIO 57th OVI ID'ed

Lot #30 (Sale Order 35 of 784)

Civil War Enlisted Mans Cap Box Stamped OHIO to the front. The leather although well over 100 years old is still very flexible. Inside was a contemporary tag the reads #1074 Alexander Sike cap Box 57th Ohio Vol. Inf. Alexander Sike Residence was not listed; 23 years old. Enlisted on 10/1/1861 as a Private. On 10/1/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. OH 57th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 10/1/1864 at East Point, GA. Fifty-seventh Infantry. - Cols., William Mungen, Americus V. Rice; Lieut.- Col., Samuel R. Mott; Majs., Silas B. Walker, John McClure. This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, in Oct., 1861, to serve for three years. It originally numbered 956 men and 38 commissioned officers. It left the state in Feb., 1862, under orders to report at Fort Donelson, but when it arrived at Smithland, Ky., the order was changed and it reported at Paducah. The regiment suffered much from sickness and at the battle of Shiloh it had but 450 men fit for duty. These formed and advanced until they reached the little eminence upon which stood the Shiloh church and they held this position for 4 hours, successfully withstanding three Confederate regiments, who left 78 dead in front of the 57th. In three days the regiment lost 27 killed, 150 wounded (16 mortally) and 10 captured. At Rising Sun, Tenn., a detachment of 220 men from the regiment, accompanying a supply train, was attacked by about 600 Confederate cavalry. The enemy charged the train three times, but were repulsed each time, and at last were driven off with a loss of 11 killed, 26 wounded and some prisoners, horses and arms captured. The detachment lost 4 men wounded. The regiment was ordered into camp north of Memphis, near Wolf Creek bridge, and while there was attacked by a detachment of cavalry, but the Confederates were repulsed with a loss of 1 killed and 6 wounded, the 57th sustaining no loss. The regiment was engaged for five days at Chickasaw bayou, where it lost 37 killed and wounded. It led its brigade in the charge on the works at Arkansas Post and after a desperate battle of 3 hours, during most of which time the regiment was within go yards of the Confederate parapet, the enemy surrendered. The regiment lost in this action 37 killed and wounded. It reached the works around Vicksburg on May 18, and participated in a general assault on the 19th, when it advanced under a terrific fire to within 70 yards of the Confederate line, and from this time until the surrender it was continually engaged, either on the picket-line or in the trenches. Then it marched upon Jackson and participated in all the skirmishing until the Confederates evacuated the place. Being sent to East Tennessee it participated in the battle of Missionary ridge, with heavy loss. In Jan., 1864, it re-enlisted, being the first regiment to re-enlist as veterans in the 15th corps, and after a furlough home, was present at the beginning of the campaign against Atlanta. It participated in the battle of Resaca, where it received three successive charges from an overwhelming force of the enemy, but held its ground firmly. This was one of the most severe contests in which the regiment ever engaged, its loss being 57 killed and wounded. At Dallas the enemy made another stand and fighting continued for three days, the regiment losing 15 men. It participated in an assault on the enemy's lines at Kennesaw mountain, gaining a position very near the Confederate works, but was compelled to abandon it. In this engagement it lost 57 killed and wounded. At Atlanta, on July 22, the works in the immediate front of the 57th were captured by the enemy and recaptured by the regiment three times. The regiment was in the heat of the engagement and lost 92 men. On the 28th it lost 12 men killed and 55 wounded. At Jonesboro the number of killed and wounded in front of the 57th nearly equaled the number of men in the regiment. It left Atlanta on the march to the sea, engaged the Confederates at Statesboro, where it lost heavily; took part in the assault on Fort McAllister, in which the regiment lost 10 killed and 80 wounded, then started on the campaign of the Carolinas, and fought its last fight at Bentonville, N. C. The regiment was mustered out on Aug. 15, 1865. The names of 1,594 men had been on its muster rolls, and of that number only 481 were present at its muster out.

MODEL 1841 MISSISSIPPI RIFLE SABER BAYONET, 1861

Lot #31 (Sale Order 36 of 784)

Nice original saber bayonet for the Colt alteration of the Mississippi rifle. Blade is 25 1/4" and 1 18" wide at the ricasso. It is dated 1861 and featuress an unstopped fuller. The hilt is cast brass and the locking spring is intact and works. There is the number on the flat side of the grip. General wear and scattered light pitting on blade. Point is slightlly blunted. 30", Very Good

CIVIL WAR RIFLE SABER BAYONET

Lot #32 (Sale Order 37 of 784)

Original brass hilt saber bayonet with 22 1/2" blade, that is 1 1/4" wide at the ricasso. Hilt is cast brass and locking button spring is broken. Guard is stamped 14, and flat side of grip is stamped 72. Blade is dark with scattered pitting. 27" overall, Good-Very Good

CIVIL WAR BLACKSMITH MADE SWORD

Lot #33 (Sale Order 38 of 784)

This is an interesting sword that was blacksmith made during the Civil War. The sword features a Model 1860 Cavalry sword brass knucklebow. The pommel is made of sheet brass and has a heavy iron washer that the tang is peened over. The grip is wood. The blade is 27 3/4" long, and 1 1/2" wide at ricasso. It is flat on both sides with no fuller. The blade is shows imperfections from the making and has a bend toward the point. . The guard is bent and shows an old repair. This sword was put together to make a usuable, albeit crude weapon. 32", Good

19th CENT. U.S. MARKED GOODMAN PURDY HEWING AXE

Lot #34 (Sale Order 39 of 784)

This 19th century hewing axe is marked P. Goodman over S. Purdy and U.S. on one side, and Cast Steel and U.S. on the other. Head is 6 3/8" long with a 6 3/4" cutting edge. handle is 27", Very Good

CIVIL WAR ID'd MODEL 1864 MANNS CARTRIDGE BOX

Lot #35 (Sale Order 40 of 784)

Mann's M1864 Infantry leather cartridge box. Front flap embossed with "US" within a large oval with "COL. MANN'S PATENT REISSUED JUNE 7th 1864/ E. GAYLORD MAKER CHICOPEE, MASS." Has one full length strap and two brass hooks. Original tin is inside. Old tag stating that this "Cartridge Box-Carried by-Sgt. William B. Crampton (Co. 1. 27th. Regiment Connecticut Volunteers), Civil War" and name of owner relative. Overall about 7 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/2". Good-Very Good

CIVIL WAR ID'd 2 PIECE EAGLE BUCKLE & BELT

Lot #36 (Sale Order 41 of 784)

Original 1851-1855 Militia style 2 piece eagle buckle and belt ID'd to James Meech Warner Colonel 11 Regt. VT Vols. Later he was Brig. General of U.S. Vols. Two piece buckle is excellent with matching manufacturing marks. The belt was quite ornate and shows wear. Includes archive documents and research. The bealt is 33" as adjusted. Very Good

CIVIL WAR CAVALRY BOOTS

Lot #37 (Sale Order 42 of 784)

Very nice pair of original Civil War calvary boots. The leather is sound and stiff and perfect for display . About size 9. Soles are about 11" and are afixed with cut square nails. 15 3/4" high. Very Good-Exceelent

CIVIL WAR ERA CHILD's BOOTS

Lot #38 (Sale Order 43 of 784)

Scarce pair of Civil War era childs oots. Measure about 6" soles and 6 1/2" high. Heels afixed with cut square nails. The pair shows alot of wear, with scuffs and tears. Very Hard to find. Good

CIVIL WAR SURGEON'S KIT IN PRESENTATION CASE

Lot #38a (Sale Order 44 of 784)

Partial Civil War Surgeon's Kit in Presentation Case. Wood maple with walnut bottom is in excellent condition measuring 15 3/4 X 4 7/8 X 3 inches. There is a large tourniquet with two knives marked J. Fenton, a pick and a weird set of tweezers and what looks like a cutting set of pliers. Most tools are marked J. Fenton and in excellent condition.

19th CENT. BRASS SPURS

Lot #39 (Sale Order 45 of 784)

Great looking original match pair of 19th century brass spurs. Both have an etched floral design with German silver "button". The rowls are also German silver. Both include the original leather straps with roller buckles. Spurs are about 6" by 3 1/2". Very Good-Excellent

EXQUISITE SPANISH COURT SWORD 1881 DATED SCABBARD

Lot #40 (Sale Order 46 of 784)

1881 Spanish Court Sword with leather wrapped scabbard. This exquisite sword's hilt and guard are expertly crafted with what looks to be gold and silver and is heavily filigreed with a wire wrapped handle. The double edged blade is equally exquisite with blue panels and gold inlay with Mayan figures and coats of arms to both sides. The ricasso has the Spanish coat of arms to one side and FABca DE TOLEDO 1881 to the other. The scabbard is also heavily adorned with floral patterns and filigree. The overall length of the sword is 39 inches and the scabbard is a bit shrunk so the sword is tight pulling out initially. Excellent

PATTERN 1856 BRITISH BANDSMAN SWORD + SCABBARD

Lot #41 (Sale Order 47 of 784)

Solid brass handle with leather scabbard, brass tip and throat on scabbard. Blade measures 18.5" and overall length is 25". Shows light age wear, scabbard has wear but is solid and stable. Very Good

ANTIQUE LION HEAD SHORT SWORD w SCABBARD

Lot #42 (Sale Order 48 of 784)

Very early sword with massive 16" by 2 1/4" flat clipped point blade. There are markings on the blade on either side of the ricasso, that are indiscernible. There are some edge nicks and light sharpening. The lion head hilt is cast brass. The scabbard is leather with a brass chape and brass throat with frog stud. The sword has been cleaned. The leather scabbard is fragile. 21 1/2" overall. Very Good

18th CENT. SILVER MOUNTED SMALL SIDE SWORD

Lot #43 (Sale Order 49 of 784)

18th Century small gentleman's sword with 15 1/4" blade that is 1" wide. . The guard, langette and pommel cap are silver. The grip is carved horn. 19" overall. Very Good

EARLY INDONESIAN KRIS BLADE WITH FIGURAL HANDLE

Lot #44 (Sale Order 50 of 784)

Early Indonesian style Kris blade knife with wood scabbard with metal banded decoration and hilt in the form of a simian demon, with rose colored stones at the base and a crudely forged Damascus steel blade Scabbard has a polished bone axehead which is blunt on both sides which has been glued in place but was originally friction-fitted to the scabbard. Blade length approximately 15.5" and approximately 20" overall length. Despite repairs, this is an excellent piece exhibiting very little wear or age. Excellent

HARRIS LIGHT CAVALRY 1899 GENERAL CUSTER BADGE

Lot #45 (Sale Order 51 of 784)

A great badge with a celluloid General George Armstrong Custer drop. The badge has a large yellow ribbon attached to a large "T-bar" type pin to the top. The two piece ribbon in red ink says Buckland Mills V. October 19th 1863 Cedar Creek Va. October 19th 1864. with a celluloid of Harris. Written on the ribbon in silver ink below is "9th Annual Reunion - Harris Light Cavalry Association, 2nd New York Vols. - Peekskill, N.Y. - October 19, 1899.". A large celluloid drop is attached to the ribbon. The likeness on the drop is of General George Armstrong Custer. The badge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey as the sticker on the back of the badge declares. 2nd Regiment Cavalry "Harris Light" Organized August 9 to October 8, 1861, by order War Department. Regiment designated 7th United States Cavalry October 26, 1861. This being in excess of number provided for by Act of Congress, Regiment was designated 2nd New York Volunteer Cavalry or "Harris Light Cavalry." Left New York for Washington, D.C., September 18, 1861. Attached to McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. King's 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Department of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to December 15, 1862. (Cos. "A," "B," "I" and "K" with 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, September and October, 1862.) Gregg's Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to February 11, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 14, 1863. (A Battalion at Yorktown, Va., Unattached, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. King's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1863.) 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to March, 1865, and Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-16. Advance on Falmouth, Va., April 3-18. Falmouth April 17 and 19. Near Fredericksburg May 5. Bowling Green Road May 11. Flipper's Orchard July 4. Expedition from Fredericksburg to Hanover Junction July 19-20. Beaver Dam Station July 20. Reconnaissance to James City July 22-24. Mt. Camel Church July 23. Expedition to Frederick's Hall Station August 5-8. Thornburg or Massaponax Church August 5-Orange Court House August 8. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virgin August 16-September 2. Near Rapidan Station August 18. Brandy Station August 20. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Kelly's Ford August 21. Catlett's Station August 22. Culpeper August 23. Waterloo Bridge August 23. Sulphur Springs August 24. Manassas Junction August 26. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Germantown August 31. Centreville and Chantilly August 31. Little River Turnpike September 1. South Mountain, Md., September 14. Goose Creek September 17. Reconnaissance to Leesburg September 16-19 (6 Cos. Action at Leesburg September 17. Warrenton September 29. Dumfries October 5. Hazel River October Aldie and Mountsville October 31. Sudley Church November 3. New Baltimore, Salem, Warrenton and Upperville November 4. Rappahannock Station November 8-9. Aldie November 25. Stafford Court House December 7. Fredericksburg December 12-15. Rappahannock Station April 14, 1863. Warrenton April 16. Rappahannock Station April 19. Stoneman's Raid April 27-May 8. Louisa Court House May 2. Ashland and Hanover Station May 3. Glen Allen May 4. Aylett's May 5. King and Queen Court House May Centreville May 6. Morrisville May 10. Expedition from Gloucester into Matthews County May 19-20 (Detachment). Falmouth June 1. Brandy Station June 3. Beverly Ford and Brandy Station June 9. Aldie June 17. Middleburg June 19. Upperville June 21. Rockville, Md., June 28. (Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7, Battalion.) Cooksville June 29, Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Monterey Gap July 4. Smithburg July 5. Emmettsburg July 5. Hagerstown and Williamsport July 6. Boonsborough July 8. Funkstown July 9. Jones' Cross Roads July 10-13. Hagerstown July 11-13. Williamsport July 14. Falling Waters July 14. Berryville July 16. Bristerburg July 27. Fairfax August 3. Thoroughfare Gap August 5. Near Aldie August 12-14. U.S. Ford August 22. Expedition to Port Conway September 1-3. Lamb's Creek September 1, Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Somerville Ford September 14. Robertson's Ford September 16. U.S. Ford September 17. Culpeper September 19. Madison Court House September 21.

1901 MEMORIAM BLACK RIBBON WILLIAM McKINLEY AKRON

Lot #46 (Sale Order 52 of 784)

1901 Dated wide black ribbon mourning the death of William McKinley. Ribbon measures 3 1/2 X 10 inches with the text AKRON IN MEMORIAM William McKinley January 28, 1843 September 14, 1901 with a black banded celluloid badge of William McKinley. Excellent William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. During his presidency, McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and kept the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of the expansionary monetary policy of free silver. McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War and the only one to have started the war as an enlisted soldier, beginning as a private in the Union Army and ending as a brevet major. After the war, he settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton. In 1876, he was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican Party's expert on the protective tariff, which he promised would bring prosperity. His 1890 McKinley Tariff was highly controversial and, together with a Democratic redistricting aimed at gerrymandering him out of office, led to his defeat in the Democratic landslide of 1890. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests. With the aid of his close adviser Mark Hanna, he secured the Republican nomination for president in 1896 amid a deep economic depression. He defeated his Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan after a front porch campaign in which he advocated "sound money" (the gold standard unless altered by international agreement) and promised that high tariffs would restore prosperity. Rapid economic growth marked McKinley's presidency. He promoted the 1897 Dingley Tariff to protect manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition and in 1900 secured the passage of the Gold Standard Act. McKinley hoped to persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious Cuba without conflict, but when negotiation failed he led the nation into the Spanish-American War of 1898. The United States victory was quick and decisive. As part of the peace settlement, Spain turned over to the United States its main overseas colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines while Cuba was promised independence, but at that time remained under the control of the United States Army. The United States annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii in 1898 and it became a United States territory. Historians regard McKinley's 1896 victory as a realigning election in which the political stalemate of the post-Civil War era gave way to the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System, which began with the Progressive Era. McKinley defeated Bryan again in the 1900 presidential election in a campaign focused on imperialism, protectionism and free silver. His legacy was suddenly cut short when he was shot on September 6, 1901 by Leon Czolgosz, a second-generation Polish-American with anarchist leanings. McKinley died eight days later and was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. As an innovator of American interventionism and pro-business sentiment, McKinley's presidency is generally considered above average, though his highly positive public perception was soon overshadowed by Roosevelt. Assassination Although McKinley enjoyed meeting the public, Cortelyou was concerned with his security due to recent assassinations by anarchists in Europe, such as the assassination of King Umberto I of Italy the previous year, and twice tried to remove a public reception from the President's rescheduled visit to the Exposition. McKinley refused, and Cortelyou arranged for additional security for the trip. On September 5, the President delivered his address at the fairgrounds, before a crowd of some 50,000 people. In his final speech, McKinley urged reciprocity treaties with other nations to assure American manufacturers access to foreign markets. He intended the speech as a keynote to his plans for a second term. One man in the crowd, Leon Czolgosz, hoped to assassinate McKinley. He had managed to get close to the presidential podium, but did not fire, uncertain of hitting his target. Czolgosz, after hearing a speech by anarchist Emma Goldman in Cleveland, had decided to do something he believed would advance the cause. After his failure to get close enough on September 5, Czolgosz waited the next day at the Temple of Music on the Exposition grounds, where the President was to meet the public. Czolgosz concealed his gun in a handkerchief, and, when he reached the head of the line, shot McKinley twice in the abdomen. McKinley urged his aides to break the news gently to Ida, and to call off the mob that had set on Czolgosz—a request that may have saved his assassin's life. McKinley was taken to the Exposition aid station, where the doctor was unable to locate the second bullet.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN J.R. 53 PRUSSIAN SPIKE HELMET

Lot #47 (Sale Order 53 of 784)

Pre WWI Prussian NCO spiked helmet. Decent body and front and back visors. Cockades are missing, chin scales is partially missing but helmet plate is in excellent condition. Liner still retains nut is torn in a couple of places. Untouched age patina through-out, looks like it was sitting in an attic for many years. Nicely regimental marked J.R. 53. Development of the pickelhaube may be traced back to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV who initiated the original design and introduced it for wear by most of the Prussian line Infantry regiments on October 23RD 1842. The pickelhaube became a visual symbol of Prussia's military might and underwent numerous modifications starting in 1860 and continuing right up until 1915. The demise of the pickelhaube began in the fields of WWI as a result of increased head wounds suffered by the German troops which were mainly caused by grenade and shell fragments. As a result of the increased head wounds and the development of the first "modern" steel helmets by the French army in early 1915 and by the British army later that year the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production of the new steel helmets began at the Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. After the introduction of the M16 helmet the pickelhaube was relegated for wear only on ceremonial occasions.

IMPERIAL GERMAN PRUSSIAN GUARD FUSILIER REGIMENT

Lot #48 (Sale Order 54 of 784)

Imperial German Prussian Guard Fusilier Regiment NCO Model 1895 Spiked Helmet. Measuring about 9-inches to the tip of the spike with polished leather skull and visors. All trim including the front visor trim, front plate, spike base, spike and chin scales are gilded brass. The large impressive guard eagle front plate with separately applied silver guard star is mounted to the body via loop held by leather thongs. The two front holes are reinforced by brass grommets and there are no additional holes in the body. The circular spike base supports a 3 ½-inch tall spike. The base is affixed to the body via four domed-head retainers. Gilded-brass flat chinscales partially missing. The liner is the standard nine-finger leather enlisted style but shows it's age. Nicely unit marked to the interior

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN 2nd CLASS IRON CROSS LOT WWI

Lot #49 (Sale Order 55 of 784)

WW1 Imperial German lot of two Iron Crosses to include 1) 1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. The reverse of the cross features an embossed, central, oak-leaf cluster, with the "FW" cypher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III, a King’s crown to the top arm and the original institution date, "1813", to the bottom arm. All the emblems are in nice high relief. The ribbon suspension loop and ring are both intact. Suspension ring is not marked. The cross comes complete with a piece of ribbed rayon ribbon. Nice CLEAN example! 2) 1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. The reverse of the cross features an embossed, central, oak-leaf cluster, with the "FW" cypher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III, a King’s crown to the top arm and the original institution date, "1813", to the bottom arm. All the emblems are in nice high relief. The ribbon suspension loop and ring are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. The Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The second class medal was for award to personnel who performed a single act of bravery in combat. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914 by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN FIGHTING KNIFE BY EICKHORN WWI

Lot #50 (Sale Order 56 of 784)

WW1 period time German trench knife designed like a parade bayonet (Extraseitengewehr 98). Made by Eickhorn, Solingen. Maker marked to the blade which is very clean. Matching scabbard that is straight with original leather straps but only retaining about 20 percent paint. Very Good.

IMPERIAL GERMAN 5 PLAVE MEDAL BAR OF BAVARIA EKII

Lot #51 (Sale Order 57 of 784)

Imperial German 5 placement medal bar to include 1) BAVARIAN MILITARY MERIT CROSS 3RD CLASS WITH CROWN AND SWORDS. This medal was originated in 1866 as a decoration for bravery and military merit for enlisted soldiers. Civilians acting in support of the army were also eligible for this award. This medal underwent three major revisions. In 1891, awards with swords were used to distinguish wartime awards from peacetime awards. In 1905, the Military Merit Cross was divided into two classes. The original Military Merit Cross became Military Merit Cross 1st Class and a second class was created that had no enamel on the medallion. These distinctions were based on the rank of the recipient. In 1913, the crown could be used for a second award to an NCO or solider. There were then effectively 12 combinations: 3 classes each with or without crown, and each with or without swords. This doubled when one takes into account that there were two possible ribbons, one for soldiers and one for officials. The Military Merit Cross became obsolete with the fall of the German Empire and the Bavarian Kingdom in 1918. 2) Iron Cross 2nd CLASS. 1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. The reverse of the cross features an embossed, central, oak-leaf cluster, with the "FW" cypher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III, a King’s crown to the top arm and the original institution date, "1813", to the bottom arm. All the emblems are in nice high relief. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. The Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The second class medal was for award to personnel who performed a single act of bravery in combat. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914 by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. 3) BAVARIAN MILITARY LONG SERVICE MEDAL 3RD CLASS. Nine Years' Service. Silvered bronze, lacquered, engraver marked "L. BHR. LAUER NUERNBERG" on the obverse 4) BADEN LONG SERVICE MEDAL II CLASS FOR 12 YEARS SERVICE. Circular gilt bronze medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the crowned cipher of Grand Duke Friedrich II within a circular laurel wreath; the reverse inscribed ‘Für treue Dienste bei der Fahne’ (For loyal service under the colours), the Roman numerals ‘XII’ (12) below within an oak wreath; on replaced correct ribbon. The medal was instituted by Grand Duke Friedrich II on 18 December 1913 to acknowledge the completion of 12 year’s service in the Baden army by non-commissioned officers. 5) COMBATANTS CROSS OF HONOR 1914/18. Die struck, magnetic sheet metal award with a bronze wash. The award is in the form of a cross Patté with a central circular motif featuring an embossed laurel leaf wreath encompassing the embossed dates, "1914-1918", on a smooth background field. The cross has swords emanating upwards between its arms, indicating a combatant's award.

WW1 PILOT WINGS AND RING MADE FROM REAL WINGS WWI

Lot #52 (Sale Order 58 of 784)

Beautiful set of WWI era pilot wings by Balfour measuring 2 inches with Gold US devices separately applied to the wings. Reverse of the wings are marked STERLING WINGS but are a known Balfour made wings. The wings that were turned into a mans ring are also exquisite with desperately applied US devices in Gold. Reverse of the rings are marked STERLING and is roughly a size 9. EXCELLENT

WW1 US ARMY US MEDICAL OFFICERS BELT BY MILLS 1917

Lot #53 (Sale Order 59 of 784)

World War I U.S. Army Officer's Medical belt. The belt is maker marked Mills 1917 and has the lift a dot buttons. The belt is in very good condition. An excellent original set. In 1917, the Medical Department adopted the Medical Officer's Belt. This belt was equipped with four pockets. A large and small pocket sat side by side on the front and were connected by an adjustable belt in the rear. This made it easier for the medical officer to keep his instruments conveniently in front, keeping his hands free to work on the wounded. All bandages and other minor first aid supplies were carried in the enlisted medical belts. Five major variations of the officer’s belt have been observed. The first, and the earliest noted, are dated May 1917. These early belts were manufactured by the Mills Woven Belt Company and exhibit a date with the Mills’ bullet logo stamped inside. This early belt has the addition of two lifting straps with button type snaps attached to the outside of the small pockets. These aided in the removal of the flask and the syringe with a simple pull. This feature was seen on early Model 1910 ammunition belts as well. Also, like Mills’ production of ammunition belts, this medical belt had its snaps replaced by the new “lift-dot” type of snap in early 1917. The second variation is the most common. It consists of the four pockets on the front, but without the lifting straps inside. These belts are also marked “MILLS” inside the bullet logo with a date above. These have been observed with stamped dates from August 1917 to November 1918. These belts continued the use of the “lift dot” snaps except for a short period in mid-1918 noted in the third variation. The third variation of belt is identical to the second style, except that the “lift dot” snaps were replaced by the tradition old style rimmed eagle button snap introduced by Mills on their earlier model 1910 infantry belts. These belts have been observed marked “MILLS” and either dated March or April 1918. This is very confusing to some collectors as many want to classify these belts as M1910 equipment due to the snaps being used and not the production year of the belt itself. In fact, it was most likely the manufacturer’s choice to use these earlier buttons in the summer of 1918 due to a shortage of “lift dot” snaps or other yet-unexplained reason. These first three variations were all woven in the typical Mills construction style: Belt and pockets being one woven in one piece. The fourth variation was produced by Long in the latter half of 1918. The belt does not have tapered pockets flap edges and the pockets are sewn separately to the belt rather than woven in one piece like the Mills belts. The fourth variation belt is constructed of reinforced lighter canvas material and also features the lift- dot fasteners. The last and most scarce variation is unmarked and undated. The construction is identical to Long-manufactured belts. These belts have dark brown/green waterproofed pockets sewn directly on a light khaki belt. Because of the waterproofing, it seems likely that these belts were made near the very end of the war.

WWI US ARMY 2ND DIVISION PATCH 9TH INFANTRY REGT

Lot #54 (Sale Order 60 of 784)

A really nice example. Multi-construction felt with embroidered highlights and gold litzen around the star. Looks to have been removed from the uniform and is certainly German made. World War I In early October 1917, the Manchus deployed to France as part of the "Indianhead" 2nd Infantry Division. During the course of the war, 9th infantrymen earned battle streamers for their colors at Lorraine, He de France, Aisne-Marne, and St. Mihiel. In 1918, the Manchu Regiment received the French Fourragère for gallantry during the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

WWI IMPERIAL GERMAN SUBMARINE BADGE JUNCKER WW1

Lot #56 (Sale Order 61 of 784)

A First War German Imperial Submarine Badge - In tombac and produced in very fine quality, with some gilt still remaining, very fine. Marked to the reverse C. E. JUNCKER Berlin

WW1 US TRENCH ART VASE LOT St. MIHIEL ARGONNE WWI

Lot #57 (Sale Order 62 of 784)

Pair of WWI US Trench Art Vases obviously done by the same hand. Two 75MM shells were converted into vases, one with St. Mihiel 1918 and the other Argonne 1918 respectively. These were two major campaigns for the AEF. Shells are in excellent condition. The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a major World War I battle fought from 12–15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and 110,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The U.S. Army Air Service played a significant role in this action. The attack at the Saint-Mihiel salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the Americans would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was the first large offensive launched mainly by the United States Army in World War I, and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating. This meant that their artillery was out of place and the American attack, coming up against disorganized German forces, proved more successful than expected. The Saint-Mihiel attack established the stature of the U.S. Army in the eyes of the French and British forces, and again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying such massive armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads. The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch ordered the American troops to march towards Sedan and Mézières, which would lead to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days. The Meuse–Argonne offensive was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million American soldiers. It is the second deadliest battle in American history, resulting in over 350,000 casualties including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives. U.S. losses were worsened by the inexperience of many of the troops, the tactics used during the early phases of the operation and the widespread onset of the global influenza outbreak called the "Spanish flu". Meuse–Argonne was the principal engagement of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) during World War I. It was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end. It was the largest and bloodiest operation of World War I for the AEF even if, given the scale of other battles on the Western Front, its size was limited and the operation itself secondary as it was far from the main offensive axis.

EARLY STATE OF MAINE NAVAL NATIONAL GUARD GROUPING

Lot #58 (Sale Order 63 of 784)

Archive and medals grouping of Harold H. Doble of the Naval National Guard of the State of Maine. Medals include 1) 1907 Naval Reserve Shooting Champion badge in Silver 2) Individual Champion of the Naval National Guard of the State of Maine. 3) 1909 Member's Match Affiliated Company with the National Rifle Association Badge. 4) 1914 Second Team Company Match Badge. 5) Bronze Marksman Badge 6) N.G.S.M. One Year Ladder Badge. 6) Expert Rifle Badge 7) Target Pennant 8) Nine Year Honorable Service Medal of the Naval National Guard of the State of Maine. 9) Pistol Expert Badge. The documents include 10) 1906 Coxswain Commission named to Harold H. Doble of the Naval National Guard of the State of Maine. 11) 1908 Chief Boatswain Commission named to Harold H. Doble of the Naval National Guard of the State of Maine. 12) 1909 dated Ensign Commission named to Harold H. Doble of the Naval National Guard of the State of Maine. 13) Honorable Discharge for Harold H. Doble of the Naval National Guard of the State of Maine.

1920's 1930's LEATHER FLIGHT HELMET LOT OF 4

Lot #59 (Sale Order 64 of 784)

Grouping of four leather flight helmets dating to the 1920's and 1930's. All four helmets are in very good condition

US MEXICAN BORDER SERVICE PENNANT LOT PILLOW SHAM

Lot #60 (Sale Order 65 of 784)

Large Mexican Border Service Grouping to include 1) Large Felt on Felt Pennant measuring 20X55 inches having an American Flag on the bunting side with the year 1916 on a blue background. On the yellow fly side blue felt letters applied Mexican Border Service. Pennant shows minimal wear. 2) Large pink and blue felt on felt pennant from Mc Allen Tex. with the date 1916 measuring 17 1/2 X 45 inches. McAllen Texas sits on the Mexican border. 3) CO. H 12TH NY INF. BORDER SERVICE 1916-17 FELT ON FELT PILLOW SHAM. Pillow sham measures 19X19 inches just needing to be restrung.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN P08 LUGER HOLSTER 1915 DATED

Lot #60a (Sale Order 66 of 784)

A brown leather, hard shell holster for the standard P08. Nice complete example, leather is still in good condition. Missing one of the belt straps. Stitching is all original. Faint unit marks with 1915 date. Shows the expected period use and wear but overall intact and in usable condition. The P08 ("Pistole" model 1908), more commonly referred to after the surname of its designer, Georg "Luger," saw service throughout the first world war, during the Reichswehr era, and was adopted as the official pistol of the Wehrmacht prior to WWII. Although popular, its toggle breech was prone to dirt entry, which affected its performance. In 1938 the weapons firm of Carl Walther developed the P38 pistol as its successor. Although the P08 was never fully replaced by the P38, manufacture of the earlier pistol was discontinued in 1943.

WWI GERMAN SENIOR FORESTRY CUTLASS W/ SIDE KNIFE

Lot #61 (Sale Order 67 of 784)

Here is the classic Hirschfänger, or hunting dagger, as used in this style for centuries by German huntsmen. This, although very decorative, is actually the weapon used in the hunt on foot for the vicious Wildschwein or wild boar. In the alternative it was often used from horseback in the hunt for the Hirsch, or deer; Hirschfänger meaning, literally, ‘deer catcher.’ Both of these risky sports involved much danger to the hardy participants of this Sport of Kings. This is a sturdy weapon (it had to be) and probably belonged to a wealthy member of the landed gentry of noble heritage. Because the grips are of genuine ivory, not celluloid, the blade is not engraved because it was actually used in the kill so blade embellishment was not necessary. The supplier or maker’s signature line is on the back of the blade: ‘F & E Eisner Hoflieferant Berlin,’ meaning ‘…maker to the court Berlin.’ This expression is only to be used by a supplier to the palace of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Evidently this Eisner company made at least a few hunting pieces for the Kaiser or the princes. This is a rather large Hirschfänger in that it is 21 inches long in its scabbard with a 15-1/2-inch blade. The skinning knife, usually missing, is not only there, but has the same royal stag depiction on its blade as has the larger blade. Its grips are also of ivory. The scabbard is in very good shape considering its age, which lies between 1900 and possibly the 1930s. All in all, this is one magnificent Hirschfänger and you would be proud to own it.

WW1 GERMAN PRUSSIAN EM/NCO'S M1915 PICKELHAUBE WWI

Lot #62 (Sale Order 68 of 784)

Prussian M1915 Pickelhaube in overall very good condition. Eagle Wappen and removable M15 spike top are all original to the helmet that is not original to the helmet. Lacquer in very good condition still retaining its excellent original gloss. Reich Kokarden is nice and original but also not to this helmet. Chin strap is still solid but does have a repair. Good solid undamaged leather liner. Size marked "58" Very nice example of an M15. Development of the pickelhaube may be traced back to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV who initiated the original design and introduced it for wear by most of the Prussian line Infantry regiments on October 23RD 1842. The pickelhaube became a visual symbol of Prussia's military might and underwent numerous modifications starting in 1860 and continuing right up until 1915. The demise of the pickelhaube began in the fields of WWI as a result of increased head wounds suffered by the German troops which were mainly caused by grenade and shell fragments. As a result of the increased head wounds and the development of the first "modern" steel helmets by the French army in early 1915 and by the British army later that year the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production of the new steel helmets began at the Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. After the introduction of the M16 helmet the pickelhaube was relegated for wear only on ceremonial occasions.

WWI ORIGINAL GERMAN LEATHER CHINSTRAP LOT OF 2 WW1

Lot #62a (Sale Order 69 of 784)

WW1 original helmet chinstraps to include 1) M1895 Pickelhaube or spiked helmet leather chinstrap with brass fittings. The strap is full length and in excellent condition. 2) M1917 Stahlhelm or Steel helmet chinstrap also is in excellent condition but is much longer that it's M1895 counterpart and also has steel fittings. Like the M1895 this chinstrap is also in excellent condition. Leather is a little stiff but still could easily be placed on a helmet today and used.

WW1 US AIR SERVICE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR UNIFORM WWI

Lot #63 (Sale Order 70 of 784)

WWI US Air Service Flight Instructor's Uniform by Abercrombie & Fitch. Roughly a size 36R, this Officer's grade uniform is in excellent condition. The mustard yellow, wool tunic has a five button front with a stand up collar with a pair of hooks and corresponding eyelets. Integral button shoulder straps, button flap breast and hip pockets with straight sleeves finishes the tunic. To each collar point is a U.S. collar badge and a pair of Signal Air Service collar badges. Sewn to the lower right arm a flight instructor wing in bullion thread. A single rank bar is affixed to each shoulder strap representing the rank of 1st Lieutenant. The interior is fully lined with a breast pocket to the left panel. The matching trousers are in equally excellent condition with a roughly 32 inch waist. The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) "U.S. Air Service" and before its legislative establishment in 1920, the "Air Service, United States Army" was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U.S. War Department during World War I by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation Section, Signal Corps as the nation's air force; and March 19, 1919, establishing a military Director of Air Service to control all aviation activities. Its life was extended for another year in July 1919, during which time Congress passed the legislation necessary to make it a permanent establishment. The National Defense Act of 1920 assigned the Air Service the status of "combatant arm of the line" of the United States Army with a major general in command.In France, the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force, a separate entity under commanding General John J. Pershing that conducted the combat operations of U.S. military aviation, began field service in the spring of 1918. By the end of the war, the Air Service used 45 squadrons to cover 137 kilometers (85 miles) of front from Pont-à-Mousson to Sedan. 71 pursuit pilots were credited with shooting down five or more German aircraft while in American service. Overall the Air Service destroyed 756 enemy aircraft and 76 balloons in combat. 17 balloon companies also operated at the front, making 1,642 combat ascensions. 289 airplanes and 48 balloons were lost in battle. The Air Service was the first form of the air force to have an independent organizational structure and identity. Although officers concurrently held rank in various branches, after May 1918 their branch designation in official correspondence while on aviation assignment changed from "ASSC" (Aviation Section, Signal Corps) to "AS, USA" (Air Service, United States Army). After July 1, 1920, its personnel became members of the Air Service branch, receiving new commissions. During the war its responsibilities and functions were split between two coordinate agencies, the Division of Military Aeronautics (DMA) and the Bureau of Aircraft Production (BAP), each reporting directly to the Secretary of War, creating a dual authority over military aviation that caused unity of command difficulties. The seven-year history of the post-war Air Service was marked by a prolonged debate between adherents of airpower and the supporters of the traditional military services about the value of an independent Air Force. Airmen such as Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell supported the concept. The Army's senior leadership from World War I, the United States Navy, and the majority of the nation's political leadership favored integration of all military aviation into the Army and Navy. Aided by a wave of pacifism following the war that drastically cut military budgets, opponents of an independent air force prevailed. The Air Service was renamed the Army Air Corps in 1926 as a compromise in the continuing struggle.

WWII USMC III AMPHIBIOUS CORPS DSC UNIFORM W FLAGS

Lot #64 (Sale Order 71 of 784)

WWII Marine Corps uniform grouping with captured Japanese flags to a DSC SS winner. Items to include his nicely patched dress blues that were tailored by Max Cohn and is roughly a size 36. The tunic is adorned with a beautiful set of EGA's on the collar, PFC stripes to the sleeves and a III Amphibious Corps Shoulder Patch. To the chest of the jacket are two Navy / USMC ribbon bars that include Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Presidential Unit Citation with Star Navy Unit Commendation American Defense Medal with Star. Matching dress blues trousers have the blood stripe as well and like the tunic is in excellent condition. The EM visor hat has seen it's better days with the leather sweatband having a couple of breaks and the hat is misshaped but when on a form still looks very good. Finally two captured silk national flags. The first measures 42 X 29 inches and is unusual because most of the kanji was placed on the red spot. The flag also has several temple stamps and in excellent condition. The second flag is also a National flag with kanji. To the center of the meatball is written "III Amphibious Corps. Okinawa 1945 From Dead Banzai Jap". This flag measures 32 X 29 and in excellent condition. History III Marine Expeditionary Force was activated as I Amphibious Corps 1 October 1942 in Camp Elliott, San Diego, California. Later that month, they were deployed to Noumea, New Caledonia. The unit was redesignated as III Amphibious Corps 15 April 1944. III Amphibious Corps was deactivated on 10 June 1946. III Marine Expeditionary Force was activated 6 May 1965 at Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam. III MEF was re-designated to III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) 7 May 1965. World War II During World War II, III MEF was known as I Marine Amphibious Corps. It was renamed III Amphibious Corps on 15 April 1944, and took part in fighting against the Japanese Empire in the Pacific theater during World War II. It fought in some of the bloodiest battles, including the Solomon Islands campaign, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign and the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign (namely the Battle of Okinawa). III Amphibious Corps redeployed to Tientsin, China, in September 1945, where it participated in the occupation of Northern China until June 1946. III Amphibious Corps was deactivated on 10 June 1946.

WW1 US ARMY AUDLEY 1914 DATED MILITARY HOLSER WWI

Lot #65 (Sale Order 72 of 784)

Audley 1914 Patent Dated Model 1911 “Rare” Military Swivel Style Safety Holster This is the desirable "military-style" holster complete with full flap, leg strap and swivelinggear attachment hardware. The holster remains in MINT condition showing some overall light minor scuffs. The back of the holster has crisp markings "AUDLEY / PATENTED / OCT.13.1914" retainer clip retains almost all of its nickel finish. Overall a great example for the 1911 collector and the overall condition is MINT

WW1 USMC TRENCH ART CANTEEN FIFTH MARINES WWI

Lot #66 (Sale Order 73 of 784)

Great hand engraved V Marines carved US Canteen. Canteen is dated 1918 and is maker marked AGM Co. US. Excellent The achievements of the 4th Marine Brigade on the battlefields of Europe, as one of the two infantry brigades of the Second Division, US Army, comprised the major effort of the Marine Corps in Europe during World War I. The 5th Regiment of Marines had landed in France with the first expedition of American troops in June 1917, and by February 1918, with the arrival of the 6th Marine Regiment and 6th Marine Machine Gun Battalion, the 4th Marine Brigade was brought up to full strength. On 14 March 1918, the 4th Brigade commenced movement into subsectors of the Verdun front, the first units entering the front line during the night of 16-17 March. The Marines remained on this relatively quiet front until 14 May, when the 4th Brigade relocated to the vicinity of Chaumont en Vixen, where intensive training was undertaken in anticipation of being assigned to an active front. It was here that the Marines received sudden orders to move to the Chateau-Thierry sector. In late May 1918, the Germans launched their third offensive, crossed the Chemin-des-Dames, captured Soissons, and on the last day of May, were advancing down the Marne Valley in the direction of Paris. The startling success of this German attack caused the Allies to throw the Second Division, including the 4th Marine Brigade, into the front lines, blocking the German advance in the Chateau-Thierry sector. The fighting in this sector was divided into two parts, one a stubborn defensive action lasting a week, and the other a vicious offensive. The end of the Aisne defensive operation (31 May – 5 June) found the front line well established at that point of the Marne salient nearest to Paris. On 6 June the Allies took the initiative away from the Germans and started an offensive that did not end until 1 July. On the first day of the attack, the Marine Brigade captured Hill 142 and Bouresches in bitter fighting. By 26 June, the Marines had finished clearing the Germans out of Bois de Belleau (Belleau Wood). During these 31 days of constant fighting, the Marines suffered 9,063 casualties, 1,062 battle deaths and 7,253 wounded. The French Army in appreciation of the valor of the 4th Brigade, officially renamed Belleau Wood as the “Bois de la Brigade de Marine.” After being relieved during the night of 5-6 July, the Marine Brigade moved to an area in the rear of the front lines and occupied the Line of Defense, or Army Line, with headquarters at Nanteuil-sur-Marne. It remained until 16 July. On 17 July 1918, the Marines along with other Allied units, were hurriedly and secretly led on forced night marches over jammed roads, through rain and mud, to a point near Soissons. Early on the morning of 18 July, the 5th Marine Regiment, in coordination with other Allied units, began a major offensive. Sweeping the Germans through the woods before them, the Marines soon captured Translon and Verte Feuille Farms, halting their onward rush only after the enemy managed to reinforce their defense line running south through Vierzy. The attack had succeeded so well that another advance was ordered the same afternoon. When the advancing Marines finally stopped for the night, the front lines had pushed to nearly a mile east of Vierzy. By this time, the 5th Marine Regiment was so completely exhausted that it could make no further effort. The 6th Marine Regiment, from its initial position in reserve, had moved to the front. When a continuation of the attack was made on 19 July, the 6th Marines moved out in attack on a front of about 2,500 yards, with the first battalion leading on the right, the second on the left, and the third in support. The objective was still the same, the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry road, and the Germans were making every effort to strengthen the line to stop the Allies’ advance before it reached this strategic position. The Marines, with insufficient artillery support, advanced across the level ground without any concealment and in perfect view of the enemy. The German artillery, with ample air observation, promptly put down a destructive fire upon the advancing Marines, which, together with machine gun fire, virtually slaughtered the ranks of the leading battalions. The enemy’s strongly organized position in Tigny soon stopped the advance of the first battalion. The second battalion managed to reach the shelter of the woods about five hundred yards west of Villemontoire. The losses to the original front line battalions averaged more than 50 percent. Since it was hopeless for the decimated regiment to attempt further advance without reinforcements, the Marines were ordered to dig in during the early afternoon. That night, the entire 4th Marine Brigade was relieved from their positions on the front lines. Remaining in a reserve position until 22 July, the 4th Brigade, after final relief from this active sector, billeted in an area around Nateuil-le-Ha

KAISER WILHELM II SIGNED PROMOTIONAL DOCUMENT

Lot #67 (Sale Order 74 of 784)

Kaiser Wilhelm II Manuscript Document Signed "Wilhelm" in German as Emperor and King of Prussia, three pages, 8.25" x 14", front and verso. Berlin, December 15, 1890. Promotion of Oberst Lieutenant Hahn of the 16th (1st East Prussian) Field Artillery. Embossed three-inch diameter seal to the left of the Kaiser's bold signature in which the ink has filled in four of the six upper loops. Wilhelm was the eldest son of Kaiser Frederick III and the Princess Victoria (Queen Victoria's eldest daughter). The document bears the usual folds and slight soiling. Overall, it is in fine condition.

KAISER WILHELM II SIGNED PROMOTIONAL DOCUMENT

Lot #68 (Sale Order 75 of 784)

Kaiser Wilhelm II Manuscript Document Signed "Wilhelm" in German as Emperor and King of Prussia, three pages, 8.25" x 14", front and verso. Berlin, June 16, 1894. Promotion of General Major Hahn of the 3rd Guards Field Artillery. Embossed three-inch diameter seal to the left of the Kaiser's bold signature in which the ink has filled in four of the six upper loops. Wilhelm was the eldest son of Kaiser Frederick III and the Princess Victoria (Queen Victoria's eldest daughter). The document bears the usual folds and slight soiling. Overall, it is in fine condition.

WW1 & WWII IMPERIAL GERMAN MEDAL BAR LOT OF 2 WW2

Lot #69 (Sale Order 76 of 784)

Imperial German medal bar lot to include 1) 5 placement medal bar including Iron Cross 2nd class, Braunschweig Landwehr cross, Combatants Cross of Honor 1914/1918, War Commemorative Medal (Austria) and finally the 1914-18 Hungarian Combatant’s Commemorative Service Medal, 2) Three placement medal bar to include Iron Cross 2nd Class, Combatants Cross of Honor 1914/1918 and finally the 25 year faithful service medal.

WWII BRITISH HATE BELT W/ 14 HAT BADGES WW2

Lot #70 (Sale Order 77 of 784)

British WWII Military Hate Belt. Includes 14 English insignia. Also includes a named empty British Defense Medal Box. Excellent

EARLY CAA WAR TRAINING SERVICE CIVIL PILOT WINGS

Lot #71 (Sale Order 78 of 784)

Pre WWII 1st pattern US CAA or Civil Aeronautics Administration pilot wings with wright flyer to the center. Wings measure 3 inches wide with pin and catch to the reverse. Excellent condition with a fine patina. Excellent Establishment In the years immediately preceding World War II, several European countries, particularly Italy and Nazi Germany, began training thousands of young people to become pilots. Purportedly civilian in nature, these European government-sponsored programs were, in fact, nothing more than clandestine military flight training academies. In October 1938, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold brought in the top three aviation school representatives to request they establish an unfunded startup of CPTP schools at their own risk. These were Oliver Parks of Parks Air College, C. C. Moseley of the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute, and Theophilus Lee of the Boeing School of Aeronautics; all agreed to start work.[1] The CAA headed by Robert Hinckley, created the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that contained language authorizing and funding a trial program for what would evolve into the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP). President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the program on December 27, 1938, announcing at a White House press conference that he had signed off on a proposal to provide a needed boost to general aviation by providing pilot training to 20,000 college students a year. Following the precedent established by the Europeans, the CPTP was established as a civilian program but its potential for national defense was undisguised. The program started in 1939 with two laws passed by Congress in April and June,[2] with the government paying for a 72-hour ground school course followed by 35 to 50 hours of flight instruction at facilities located near eleven colleges and universities. It was an unqualified success and provided a grand vision for its supporters—to greatly expand the nation's civilian pilot population by training thousands of college students to fly. Controversy The military establishment was initially unenthusiastic about the CPTP concept, quite unimpressed by any program initiated and administered by civilians. Congress, too, was split along mostly party lines as to the value of the CPTP. Isolationists branded the program as provocative saber-rattling that threatened the nation's neutrality; others slammed it as a pork barrel waste of tax dollars, while supporters touted the positive impacts on the aviation industry and the defense value of a vastly enlarged base of trained pilots. After the Nazi invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, triggered World War II, the military value of the CPTP became obvious, even to the program's detractors. The United States started to evaluate its ability to fight an air war and the results were appalling. Pilots, instructors, and training aircraft were all in short supply. Acknowledging the shortage of trained pilots, both the Army Air Corps and Navy reluctantly waived certain “elimination” courses for CPTP graduates and allowed them to proceed directly into pilot training. The Army Air Corps deemed the situation to be so grave it proposed that private aviation be suspended and all pilot training (most notably the CPTP) be brought under the control of the military. The December 13, 1940, issue of American Aviation Daily carried this account of the Army's intentions: “Preliminary plans are understood to be already drafted by the Army to ground all private flying in the United States for the duration of the national emergency...The Army will take over all training (including CPTP).” The Army's proposal met with stiff resistance. Just two weeks after the American Aviation Daily article appeared, 83 companies with a vested interest in general aviation organized the National Aviation Training Association (NATA). NATA members recognized that, if left unchallenged, the Army plan would, for all practical purposes, ban private aircraft from U.S. skies. The NATA and other aviation interests blunted the Army's bid with an effective lobbying campaign in Congress. Their actions not only saved the CPTP, they may have saved the entire general aviation industry in the United States. Buildup The result was a revitalized CPTP and an expansion of its curriculum to a larger segment of the nation's colleges and universities. In May 1939 the first nine schools were selected, nine more were added in August 1940 (as the Battle of Britain was raging), 11 more in March 1941, and 15 more by October 1941—four months after the formation of the USAAF—and just two months before the United States' entry into World War II. By the program's peak, 1,132 educational institutions and 1,460 flight schools were participating in the CPTP. Institutions such as the University of Michigan; University of Virginia; University of Washington; Georgia Institute of Technology; Pomona Junior College; San Jose State Teachers College; and most notably, the Tuskegee Institute, all included the

PRE WWI IMPERIAL GERMAN ADMIN OFFICERS VISOR HAT

Lot #72 (Sale Order 79 of 784)

WW1 Imperial German Administration Officer Schirmmutze Visor Hat in about size 57 in excellent condition. The interior is lined in a lime green silk with a stunning makers label and wide black leather sweatband with a green forward section.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN PATRIOTIC INK WELL w/ SOLDIER

Lot #72a (Sale Order 80 of 784)

Imperial German patriotic ink well measuring 11 inches inches being made of smelt medal. Ink well is still very displayable depicting an Officer wearing a pickelhauben or spiked helmet while holding a sword were the inkwell is hidden in the form of a tree trunk. There is some damage to the bottom of the stand as seen in the photos. Very Good

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN HATE BELT W 24 DEVICES WWI

Lot #73 (Sale Order 81 of 784)

WW1 Imperial German belt and buckle with 24 devices taken from other service members uniforms. these are commonly called hate belts. The devices include US collar disk and Imperial German State buttons and other collar and shoulder board insignia. Excellent

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVY VETERANS HAT W? COVER WWI

Lot #74 (Sale Order 82 of 784)

Deep navy blue wool construction visor cap. The cap features a one-piece circular crown, a body with seams to each of its cardinal points, a one-piece center band whose vertical seam is to the reverse, and a blackened leather visor. DRKB insignia was the first officially sanctioned pattern, two-piece insignia is comprised of a stamped alloy, open-topped gilt oak leaf wreath has a rope-like border, attached to its center. To the center of the ring is an off-white cloth backdrop to a woven Iron Cross against a red square. To the center of the black Iron Cross, which is edged in white, is a white circle with the black silhouette of the Kyffhäuser monument. Just above that is a stamped, gilt-washed alloy eagle, whose spread wings have a span of 65mm, with a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons, and a black enamel-painted Iron Cross to its breast, behind which is an anchor and crossed swords. The black rayon center band features alternating, machine embroidered Oakleaf pattern. Fixed by the black anchor buttons positioned over each ear is a twisted black chincord. The visor has blackened canvas reinforcing stitched along its edge. The cap is in overall very nice condition. Roughly a size 57 having both removable tops, white and blue. Excellent The DRKB, "Deutscher Reichs-krieger-bund" (German National-veterans’-association), was formed during WWI, and based on the DKB originally formed in the 1870s. It was absorbed by the NS-RKB in 1938.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN BAVARIAN GRUPPE IV BANNER WWI

Lot #75 (Sale Order 83 of 784)

Beautiful Imperial German wall banner with gold fringe from Bavarian Army Group IV. This banner measures 18 1/2 X 15 inches and is made of beautiful blue velvet with white silk backing and is completely hand embroidered "Zur Erinnerung an die Gruppe IV" and to the center, two rampart Lions holding a checkered white and blue crest of Bavaria. MINT

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN MECKLENBURG BELT BUCKLE

Lot #75a (Sale Order 84 of 784)

Approximately 63mm x 47mm (for the standard 45mm belt) slightly convex brass construction two-piece buckle features to its obverse a plain field upon which is a coat of arms for Mecklenburg surrounded in a rope border. To the reverse is its braised buckle catch and a prong bar with dual prongs, for the belt's retaining tongue.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVAL DAGGER BY ALCOSO WWI

Lot #76 (Sale Order 85 of 784)

The outside of this naval dirk is in extremely fine condition. It is a high quality example and exudes outstanding preservation. The brass pommel cap is the imperial crown style with high raised finials which contain an orb at the top. The finials still have their crisp edges. Beneath the finials the top of the crown is beautifully hand checkered with dots in the center. On the edges the crown displays the domed figures of alternating crosses and Prussian eagles. Some of the original gilt still remains in this pommel recesses. The matching crossguard is of equal quality also having some original gilt. The blade release button is the style that is drilled into the crossguard and works perfectly. The crossguards are beautifully shaped flaring outward to capstans at the end. The grip is the higher cost type and also is in beautiful condition having beautiful coloring. The scabbard also has none of it's original gild remaining. It is a lightning bolt variety and it is completely dent free. This scabbard displays the palmettes over and under the carrying bands and at the bottom are lightning bolts with ermine feet and pointed style acanthus leaves that have been hand enhanced throughout. The blade is a double etched example with high center ridge on both sides. The etching appears to have had the usual floral scenes. Unfortunately this blade only grades as good because its been polished out. Maker marked to Alcoso.

WW1 US 28th DIVISION UNIFORM GROUPING W HELMET WWI

Lot #77 (Sale Order 86 of 784)

WWI 28th Division uniform grouping to include 1) 28th Division painted helmet complete with liner and chinstrap. Helmet is in excellent condition. 2) 28th Division patched service tunic and trousers. The tunic is adorned with a 28th Division felt patch and two gold overseas stripes. Also in the lot is a M1910 backpack complete with all straps, canteen with cup and cover, .45 leather holster and a 16 inch Springfield rifle bayonet with scabbard. Finally a pair of Pershing shoes overall excellent World War I Federalization The division moved to Camp Hancock, Georgia, in April 1917, and was there when the entire division was federalized on 5 August 1917. From May to 11 October 1917, the division was reorganized into the two-brigade, four regiment scheme, and thus became the 28th Division. Order of battle Headquarters, 28th Division 55th Infantry Brigade 109th Infantry Regiment 110th Infantry Regiment 108th Machine Gun Battalion 56th Infantry Brigade 111th Infantry Regiment 112th Infantry Regiments 109th Machine Gun Battalion 53rd Field Artillery Brigade [15] 107th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 108th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 109th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 103rd Trench Mortar Battery 107th Machine Gun Battalion 103rd Engineer Regiment 103rd Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 28th Division 103rd Train Headquarters and Military Police 103rd Ammunition Train 103rd Supply Train 103rd Sanitary Train 109th, 110th, 111th, and 112th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals The situation for the division at Camp Hancock was dismal. The men arrived there in summer uniforms, which were not replaced by winter ones until the winter was well along. Adequate blankets were not available until January. Training equipment was woeful. There was but one bayonet for each three men; machine guns made of wood; and there was but one 37-mm gun for the whole division. By May 1918 the division had arrived in Europe, and began training with the British. On 14 July, ahead of an expected German offensive, the division was moving forward, with most of it committed to the second line of defence south of the Marne River and east of Château-Thierry. As the division took up defensive positions, the Germans commenced their attack, which became the Battle of Chateau-Thierry, with a fierce artillery bombardment. When the German assault collided with the main force of the 28th, the fighting became bitter hand-to-hand combat. The 28th repelled the German forces and decisively defeated their enemy. However, four isolated companies of the 109th and 110th Infantry stationed on the first defensive line suffered heavy losses. After the battle, General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, visited the battlefield and declared that the 28th soldiers were "Men of Iron" and named the 28th ID as his "Iron Division." The 28th developed a red keystone-shaped shoulder patch, officially adopted on 27 October 1918. During World War I, the division was involved in the Meuse-Argonne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne including the Battle of Fismes and Fismette, Oise-Aisne, and Ypres-Lys (FA) operations. During the war, it took a total of 14,139 casualties (2,165 killed and 11,974 wounded). 2 individuals received the Medal of Honor: Sergeant James I. Mestrovitch, Company C, 111th Infantry; and Major Joseph H. Thompson, Headquarters, 110th Infantry.[19] More detail about the history of the division during World War I can be found in Edward Martin's The Twenty-Eighth Division: Pennsylvania's Guard in the World War.

WWI US ARMY GENERAL OPERATING CASE WITH TOOLS WW1

Lot #77a (Sale Order 87 of 784)

Large WWI US Army General Operating Case with contents. This massive set although is incomplete but retains 90% of it's original tools including a large bone saw, drill saw with a cylindrical blade and other gruesome torture devices. Excellent

WW1 BRITISH CAP OR HAT BADGE LOT OF 32 WWI

Lot #78 (Sale Order 88 of 784)

WW1 British cap devices to include 1) Duke of Wellington 's Regiment 1914 2) Border Regiment 1914 3) Royal Sussex Regiment 1914 4) Hampshire Regiment 1914 5) Hampshire Regiment Officer 1914 6) South Staffordshire Regiment 1914 7) Dorsetshire Regiment 1914 8) Dorsetshire Regiment 1951 9) South Lancashire Regiment 1914 10) Welsh Regiment 1914 11) Black Watch 1914 12) Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 13) Essex Regiment 1914 14) Sherwood Foresters 1914 15) Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914 16) Northhamptonshire Regiment 1914 17) Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914 18) Royal West Kent Regiment 1914 19) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1914 20) King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1914 21) Middlesex Regiment 1914 22) King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1914 23) King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1914 24) Wiltshire Regiment 1914 25) Manchester Regiment 1914 26) North Staffordshire Regiment 1914 27) York And Lancaster Regiment 1914 28) Durham Light Infantry 1914 29) Royal Irish Rifles 1914 30) Royal Irish Fusiliers 1914 31) Connaught Rangers 1914 32) Leinster Regiment 1914. All badges are in excellent condition.

DAWN PATROL THE HERO AIRCRAFT PANEL

Lot #79 (Sale Order 89 of 784)

(Warner Bros, 1938) This panel comes from the N28, the "Hero" mount of Errol Flynn (coded with letter "N") in the movie. While it didn't actually fly, there are numerous scenes where we can see Flynn climbing in and out of the plane and the plane taxiing with Flynn inside (probably being pushed on the ground). Used in the movies were WWI Nieuport 28's (4 of them) owned by the movie aviator Garland Lincoln/Paul Mantz. This was the last movie (except for one of them) these planes appeared in, so it still retains the movie camouflage from 1938 (although worn after 70 years). After the movie, they resided in storage at Orange County airport, and eventually they were sold by Mantz/Tallman and went to different private collectors. This particular panel was from the N28 restored in the UK in the 90's, flown for awhile, and now on display at the Army Airforce Museum. As seen in the pictures, the panels were on the bare shell of the plane before being removed for the restoration of the plane. When looking at detailed pictures, the paint and markings on this panel can be matched up exactly with a picture from the movie. This piece measures 19" x 28.5".

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN LIDDED STEIN 61ST ARTILLERY

Lot #80 (Sale Order 90 of 784)

Imperial German lidded Regimental stein of the 7th Battalion 61st Lehr Field Artillery Regiment 1904-1906. Nice colors and detailed lid depicting a gun crew at their gun. Stein is named to Reservist Becker. Excellent.

WW1 81st DIVISION PAINTED GAS MASK W TRENCH MORTAR

Lot #81 (Sale Order 91 of 784)

WW1 painted 81st Division gas mask bag named to Robertas McConnell 1858617. Vosges Meuse - Argonne to the top. To the upper left is a pair of colored red, white and blue tinted American flags and to the right a 81st Division Wildcat insignia. To the center a very elaborate drawing of a trench mortar at the ready. 324th Inf. stencil and finally 81 Div AEF. The mask itself is also in excellent condition worthy in any collection. The 81st Infantry Division "Wildcats" was organized as a National Division of the United States Army in August 1917 during World War I at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. The division was originally organized with a small cadre of Regular Army officers, while the soldiers were predominantly Selective Service men drawn from the southeastern United States. After organizing and finishing training, the 81st Division deployed to Europe, arriving on the Western Front in August 1918. Elements of the 81st Division first saw limited action by defending the St. Dié sector in September and early October. After relief of mission, the 81st Division was attached to the American First Army in preparation for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. In the last days of World War I, the 81st Division attacked a portion of the German Army's defensive line on 9 November 1918, and remained engaged in combat operations until the Armistice with Germany at 1100 hours on 11 November 1918. After the cessation of hostilities, the 81st Division remained in France until May 1919; after which the division was shipped back to the United States and inactivated on 11 June 1919.

WWI U.S. ARMY 3RD DIVISION HELMET WW1

Lot #82 (Sale Order 92 of 784)

M1917 United States helmet with a painted 3rd Division insignia on the front. Liner and chin strap present. Leather is still supple. Minor battle damage to the rear. very good - excellent History World War I The 3rd Division was activated 21 November 1917, seven months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Greene, North Carolina. Eight months later, it saw combat for the first time in France on the Western Front. Order of battle Headquarters, 3rd Division 5th Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Regiment 8th Machine Gun Battalion 6th Infantry Brigade 30th Infantry Regiment 38th Infantry Regiment 9th Machine Gun Battalion 3rd Field Artillery Brigade 10th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 18th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 76th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 3rd Trench Mortar Battery 6th Engineer Regiment 5th Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 3rd Division 3rd Train Headquarters and Military Police 3rd Ammunition Train 3rd Supply Train 3rd Engineer Train 3rd Sanitary Train 5th, 7th, 26th, and 27th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals At midnight on 14 July 1918, the division earned lasting distinction. Engaged in the Aisne-Marne Offensive as a member of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to Europe, the division was protecting the French capital of Paris with a position on the banks of the Marne River. The 7th Machine Gun Battalion of the 3rd Division rushed to Château-Thierry amid retreating French troops[citation needed] and held the Germans back at the Marne River. While surrounding units retreated, the 3rd Division, including the 4th, 30th and 38th Infantry Regiments, remained steadfast throughout the Second Battle of the Marne, and Colonel Ulysses G. McAlexander's dogged defense earned the 3rd Division its nickname as the "Rock of the Marne". During the massive attack, the 3rd Infantry Division's commanding officer, Major General Joseph T. Dickman, famously cried out "Nous Resterons La" (We Shall Remain Here). Their Blue and White insignia also earned them the nickname The Blue and White Devils." The rest of the division was absorbed under French command until brought back together under the command of Major General Joseph T. Dickman and by 15 July 1918 they took the brunt of what was to be the last German offensive of the war. General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, Commander-in-chief (C-in-C) of the AEF on the Western Front, called this stand "one of the most brilliant pages in the annals of military history". During the war two members of the division were awarded the Medal of Honor. Casualties during the war were 3,177 killed in action with 12,940 wounded. Commanders MG Joseph T. Dickman (28 November 1917) BG James A. Irons (11 February 1918) MG Joseph T. Dickman (13 February 1918) BG James A. Irons (27 February 1918) BG Charles Crawford (8 March 1918) BG James A. Irons (10 March 1918) BG Charles Crawford (19 March 1918) MG Joseph T. Dickman (12 April 1918) BG Fred W. Sladen (18 August 1918) MG Beaumont B. Buck (27 August 1918) BG Preston Brown (18 October 1918) MG Robert L. Howze (19 November 1918)

WW1 US MEDIC 3RD CORPS 3RD ARMY PAINTED HELMET WWI

Lot #83 (Sale Order 93 of 784)

WW1 US Army 3rd Corps 3rd Army Medical painted helmet. US M1917 helmet is in excellent condition having a Medic insignia painted to the top of the crown. To the front center is a large 3rd Corps unit insignia with a smaller 3rd Army of Occupation insignia painted just underneath it. The liner is still present and very strong worthy in any collection! World War I III Corps was first organized on 16 May 1917 in France. It was designed as three of the four newly activated corps of the American Expeditionary Force, which at that time numbered over one million men in 23 divisions. The corps took command of US forces training with the French Seventh Army at the same time that IV Corps took command of US forces training with the French Eighth Army. Aisne-Marne campaign In July, the corps was rushed to the Villers-Cotterêts area in preparation for the Third Battle of the Aisne, the first major Allied counteroffensive of the year. There, it was put under the French Tenth Army and given administrative command of the 1st Division and the 2nd Division which were previously under command of the French XX Corps. However, the command group arrived in the area too late to exercise tactical command, and it was instead attached to the French XX Corps. On 18 July, the attack was launched, with the force spearheading the French Tenth Army's assault on the high ground south of Soissons. During this attack, the Corps also cut rail lines supplying the German Army. The first day of the attack was a success, but on the second day, the Germans were reinforced with heavier weapons and were able to blunt the attack, inflicting high casualties. The force was successful despite heavy casualties, and German forces were forced to retreat. On 1 August, the corps arrived in the Vesle area near the Marne River, where it assumed command of the 3rd Division, 28th Division, and 32nd Division from the French XXXVIII Corps, placing side by side with the U.S. I Corps for a few days. Troops continued to advance until September when they withdrew to form the new First United States Army. Meuse-Argonne campaign First Army formed up in preparation to advance in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. It consisted of over 600,000 men in I Corps, III Corps, and V Corps. III Corps took the Army's east flank, protecting it as the Army advanced to Montfaucon, then Cunel and Romagne-sous-Montfaucon. The offensive was slow and hampered by inexperience of many of the divisions under the Army's command, though III Corps was effective in protecting its sector. They advanced through September and October, taking a few weeks for rest after the formation of Second United States Army. On 1 November, the First Army went on a general offensive, pushing north to the Meuse River and the Barricourt Ridge. It was successful, pushing German forces back and advancing to the river until the end of the war. Around that time, III Corps received its shoulder sleeve insignia, approved it by telegram, though the insignia would not be officially authorized until 1922. The corps was demobilized in Neuwied, Germany at the close of hostilities. Following the end of World War I, III Corps remained in Europe for several months before it returned to the United States. It was demobilized at Camp Sherman, Ohio.

WW1 1ST DIVISION PHOTO FIRED 1ST SHOT FOR US ARMY

Lot #84 (Sale Order 94 of 784)

From the moment the first troops of the American Expeditionary Forces arrived at St. Nazaire, France on through the war and subsequent occupation of Germany, Indiana was always represented. In the case of Corporal James Gresham of Evansville, this meant being among the first to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country. In the case of Alex Arch of South Bend however, this meant being the first to strike at the enemy. On October 23, 1917, Alexander Arch would pull the lanyard on the gun that would cement his name in history. In a time when many immigrants’ loyalties were questioned, this young Austro-Hungarian immigrant from South Bend would deliver a sharp rebuttal to such doubts and earn a place among the American heroes of World War I. Alexander Arch in uniform posing next to the first American shell fired during World War I. Alexander Louis Arch was born on March 19, 1894 to Istvan and Terezia Arch in the small village of Potok in Austria-Hungary, which is now the village of Potoc in modern Romania. He was the youngest child with a brother, Mate, who was nine years older and a sister, Rosa, who was three. In 1903, at the age of seven, Alex and his family would immigrate to the United States where his father began working as clerk at a bookstore in South Bend, Indiana. Alex would later begin to help out as well, joining his brother Mate (now referred to as Matthew) working at Oliver Chilled Ploughworks to support his family, now with two younger siblings, Joseph and Elizabeth, to take care of as well. A mere seven years after arriving in America, Alex’s mother Terezia Arch would pass away, taking a big toll on Alex and his family. He would later be quoted saying “Home without a mother isn’t quite a home,” revealing just how important his mother was in his life. After working for a short time at the Singer Manufacturing Company, Alex made the decision to serve the country he had moved to and fallen in love with, enlisting in the United States Army on June 16, 1913. He was sent to Fort Douglas in Arizona where he received training and served along the United States Southern border with Mexico where he was promoted to the rank of corporal. He was later among the soldiers that John Pershing led into Mexico in pursuit of the paramilitary forces of Pancho Villa in an attempt to capture Villa in retaliation for his raid on Columbus New Mexico in 1916. During this expedition, Arch received a promotion to the rank of sergeant. These forces would be recalled and on April 06, 1917, the United States made its entrance into World War I. Arch as a part of Battery C of the 6th Field Artillery, 1st Division, would sail for France in July of 1917, later arriving at the port of St. Nazaire. After training with French forces, the American Expeditionary Forces under the command of General John Pershing began to move towards the front. Arch accompanied his unit moving their artillery into position at the front near the village of Bathelemont in France. Battery C was the first American artillery battery to position itself within firing range. On October 23, 1917 at exactly 10 seconds after 6:05 in the morning, according to Arch himself, Alex Arch pulled the lanyard that sent the first American shot of the war, a French 75mm explosive artillery round, screaming towards a German artillery battery in the German controlled region of Alsace-Lorraine near the French town of Xanrey.7 According to Arch, the gun fired seventeen more times over the course of two hours. After they had boldly announced the United States presence on the battlefield, the battery took a break from firing to have an 8:00 breakfast. News reports sped away from the front back to the United States but it wasn’t until Halloween, seven days afterward, that the New York Times would report “Indiana Sergeant Fired First Shot.” This article and many others were based on accounts from news correspondents in the field at the time. The report listed the man firing the first shot as a Sergeant who, when asked where he was from, replied, “I’m from South Bend, Indiana.” The identity of the gunner remained a mystery for a short while. Though it was known he was from South Bend, the stories of various publications were patched together from reports of the war department and accounts of various correspondents, leading to inaccuracies and confusion. For example, many reports claimed he had red hair and was Irish, even though no record of the firer's nationality had been made and of course Alex himself had brown hair and was Austro-Hungarian. Even after Wilma Sabo, a girl friend of Arch’s, received a letter from Alex in which he claimed he had fired the first shot and described it, some remained skeptical, repeating accounts that described the sergeant with red hair and some imposters even seizing on the confusion in an attempt to take the credit.10 It was not until almost a year later in September of 1918 that the officer in charge of the battery confirmed in a letter that

WW1 US ARMY DSC WINNER GROUPING W PHOTO LETTERS

Lot #85 (Sale Order 95 of 784)

Distinguished Service Cross grouping of Eugene F. Saunders, Private First Class, company F, 115th Infantry Regiment 29th Division, A.E.F. Date of action: October 8, 1918. Citation: “ The Distinguished Service Cross ...for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Consenvoye, France, October 8, 1918. Private Saunders carried a wounded comrade through a terrific machine-gun and artillery barrage to a place of safety and thereby saved he life, although risking his own in the exploit.” Grouping includes a large professional photographic portrait of Pvt. Saunders with it’s original envelope, written on the bottom is “Uncle Gene Saunders”. An original obituary of Saunders which noted he died young due to the effects of the poisons of the gas. It mentioned his DSC and how he achieved it. Included are two letters, the first tells his family that he has arrived in France, the second is ended this way “I guess you will be rather surprised to hear that I was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, for carrying a wounded comrade to safety, while under machine gun, and shell fire on Oct. 8-18. Well I hope I find everybody well when I return. Lovingly Yours, Gene.” A Distinguished Service Cross that is unnumbered and not his is also included and an original WW1 history of the 115th Regiment. Lastly, he may be the YOUNGEST winner of the DSC, the obituary states that he enlisted at 15 years of age

WW1 2ND DIVISION HEADQUARTERS ARTLLERY UNIFORM

Lot #86 (Sale Order 96 of 784)

WWI Officer’s 2nd Division Artillery Uniform with great patch, Identified with jacket and pants identified to 2nd Divisional Field Artillery Headquarters. The tunic and trousers are in very good condition. The tunic has two overseas stripes with a beautiful black velvet patch in the shape of an artillery shell with a white five pointed star and a side profile of an Indian Chief that has been silk screened onto it. Inside the pocket is a transportation slip that has his name onto it but is difficult to read as well as named to the interior pocket. The shoulders have a beautiful set on bullion major oakleaves. The trousers are nicely French made and made of corduroy. Excellent History World War I The 2nd Division was first constituted on 21 September 1917 in the Regular Army. It was organized on 26 October 1917 at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France. Order of battle Headquarters, 2nd Division 3rd Infantry Brigade 9th Infantry Regiment 23rd Infantry Regiment 5th Machine Gun Battalion 4th Marine Brigade 5th Marine Regiment 6th Marine Regiment 6th Machine Gun Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Brigade 12th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 15th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 17th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 2nd Trench Mortar Battery 4th Machine Gun Battalion 2nd Engineer Regiment 1st Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 2nd Division 2nd Train Headquarters and Military Police 2nd Ammunition Train 2nd Supply Train 2nd Engineer Train 2nd Sanitary Train 1st, 15th, 16th, and 23rd Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals Twice during World War I the division was commanded by US Marine Corps generals, Brigadier General Charles A. Doyen and Major General John A. Lejeune (after whom the Marine Corps Camp in North Carolina is named), the only time in U.S. military history when Marine Corps officers commanded an Army division. The division spent the winter of 1917–18 training with French and Scottish veterans. Though judged unprepared by French tacticians, the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was committed to combat in the spring of 1918 in a desperate attempt to halt a German advance toward Paris. Major General Edward Mann Lewis Commanded the 3rd Brigade as they deployed to reinforce the battered French along the Paris to Metz road. The Division first fought at the Battle of Belleau Wood and contributed to shattering the four-year-old stalemate on the battlefield during the Château-Thierry campaign that followed. On 28 July 1918, Marine Corps Major General Lejeune assumed command of the 2nd Division and remained in that capacity until August 1919, when the unit returned to the US. The division went on to win hard-fought victories at Soissons and Blanc Mont. Finally the Indianhead Division participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive which ended any German hope for victory. On 11 November 1918 the Armistice was declared, and the 2nd Division entered Germany, where it assumed occupation duties until April 1919. 2nd Division returned to U.S. in July 1919. The 2nd Division was three times awarded the French Croix de guerre for gallantry under fire at Belleau Wood, Soissons, and Blanc Mont. This entitles current members of the division and of those regiments that were part of the division at that time (including the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments) to wear a special lanyard, or fourragère, in commemoration. The Navy authorized a special uniform change that allows hospital corpsmen assigned to 5th and 6th Marine Regiments to wear a shoulder strap on the left shoulder of their dress uniform so that the fourragère can be worn. The division lost 1,964 (plus USMC: 4,478) killed in action and 9,782 (plus USMC: 17,752) wounded in action.

WW1 US ARMY 2nd DIVISION NAMED UNIFORM GROUP WWI

Lot #87 (Sale Order 97 of 784)

WW1 15th Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Division Artillery Grouping, Identified with photos. Has English made Jacket, trousers, papers, and cap. Has a nice faded but still sharp patch of the 15th FA, 2nd Battalion. One image shows a soldier on horseback, identified as Harry McBride, HQ troops, 15th FA, who sailed aboard the SS Adriatic, leaving NY 12/12/17. The 2nd participated in most major battles, then moved into occupation duty in Germany, with last elements of the 2nd returning home by August of 1919. Three overseas stripes = 18 months. Ribbon bar shows activity on the Mexican border, plus two VM clasps. The current collar disc is Battery E, Transfer? World War I The 15th Field Artillery (FA) Regiment was organized in Syracuse, New York on 1 June 1917. Assignment to the 2nd Infantry Division (2nd ID) followed on 21 September 1917, and earned them the unofficial nickname as the Indianheads. The coat of arms of the 15th FA contains a French 75mm howitzer with the Indianhead of the 2nd ID patch incised in the wheel. The 15th FA participated in six major campaigns during World War I and helped win the "War to end all Wars".

WW1 USMC NAMED 6TH MARINE REGIMENT UNIFORM GROUP

Lot #88 (Sale Order 98 of 784)

Fantastic 6th Marine Regiment Headquarters grouping, WW 1, of Sergeant Lloyd Backie. He is listed in the U.S, Marine Corps Awards of the Silver Star for Conspicuous Gallantry in Action during World War I. He was wounded in 1918, not evacuated. His beautifully marked gas mask bag is in the book “Equipping the Corps”. Included is his uniform, an Army blouse which was worn overseas by some of the 6th, with a great Headquarters, 6th Regt. 2nd Division patch, Helmet with painted insignia. He was in 82nd Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment. Engaged at Chateau Thierry, Belleau Woods, Scissons, St. Michiel, Champagne Sector and Argonne Woods. A folder of research comes with this grouping. The helmet is nicely executed with a black painted diamond with the iconic side profile of the Indian Chief within a white five pointed star. The liner has been lost to time but still retains the leather chinstrap. The uniform consist of a M1912 service tunic and trousers with the tunic being adorned with a stunning 6th Marine Regiment Headquarters patch on velvet, EGA collar disks, first sergeant chevron and a French Croix de Guerre. The overseas cap is also adorned with a beautiful chocolate brown EGA or Eagle Globe and Anchor and is roughly a size 7. Finally his named Gasmask with trench art painted cover. You will look long and hard before you find another of this detail and quality. World War I The 6th Marine Regiment was first organized at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on 11 July 1917 under the command of Medal of Honor holder Colonel Albertus W. Catlin. The regiment included three battalions: the 1st (74th, 75th, 76th, and 95th Companies), the 2nd (78th, 79th, 80th, and 96th Companies), and the 3rd (82nd, 83rd, 84th, and 97th Companies). Virtually all of the senior officers and staff non-commissioned officers of the 6th Marines were long-service professionals, while most junior officers and all privates were new enlistees. Although the new men were short on experience, they were long on education: Colonel Catlin estimated that 60% of them were college men. Regimental increments arrived in France during late 1917 and early 1918. Upon arrival, the 6th Marines joined the 5th Marine Regiment and the 6th Machine Gun Battalion to form the 4th Brigade, U.S. 2nd Division (Regular), American Expeditionary Force. The early spring was devoted to training under French tutelage. The "Marine" Brigade entered the trenches of the Toulon Sector near Verdun in March 1918, where it suffered its first combat casualties. The regiment had 33 men killed while in the trenches, most lost when the 74th Company billeting area was gassed on 13 April 1918. The 4th Brigade was ordered to shore up crumbling French lines near Château-Thierry in late May 1918. The 6th Marines took up positions southwest of Belleau Wood, then it was ordered to seize the town of Bouresches and to clear the southern half of Belleau Wood itself on 6 June. These attacks were the beginning of a month-long struggle that eventually became a landmark battle for the U.S. Marine Corps. Colonel Catlin was severely wounded not long after the first waves went over the top; his replacement was Lieutenant Colonel Harry Lee, who would command the regiment for the rest of the war. Gunnery Sergeant Fred W. Stockham voluntarily gave up his own gas mask to a platoonmate and was later awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for that action. Regimental dentist Weedon Osborne was also awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor. Regimental losses in this sector were 2,143 over 40 days. In recognition of the "brilliant courage, vigor, spirit, and tenacity of the Marines", the French government awarded Marine units at Belleau Wood the Croix de guerre with Palm and renamed Belleau Wood "Bois de la Brigade de Marine." The U.S. 2nd Division was attached to the French XX Corps to conduct a counterattack near Soissons in mid-July. The 6th Regiment was held in reserve when the initial assault waves went over the top on 18 July. The next day, the 6th Marine Regiment stepped off, advancing alone from Vierzy toward Tigny, but was stopped short of the objective by intense artillery and machinegun fire. Casualties were extremely heavy, estimated at 50 to 70% in most units. First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates (a future commandant of the Marine Corps) reported only about two dozen of more than 400 men survived and added "... There is no one on my left, and only a few on my right. I will hold." Regimental losses during the Aisne-Marne Offensive numbered 1,431; 19 July 1918 is the single costliest day of fighting in the history of the 6th Marine Regiment. Two Navy medical personnel attached to the 6th Regiment received Medals of Honor for their actions at Soissons: future admiral Joel T. Boone and corpsman John H. Balch. After a month-long rest, the Marines were assigned to the U.S. First Army to participate in the first "all-American" push, a double envelopment to eliminate the St. Mihiel salient.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN ALBATROS CAMO FABRIC FROM TAIL

Lot #89 (Sale Order 99 of 784)

WW1 “Tail Section Albatros D4 Shot down over France 1917” framed piece with original artwork. Framing done with conservation materials. Identification of the relic was written on the reverse and is replicated in the display. Great piece of a war-time relic. Frame is approximately 33x27 inches. The Albatros D.V was a fighter aircraft built by the Albatros Flugzeugwerke and used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. The D.V was the final development of the Albatros D.I family and the last Albatros fighter to see operational service. Despite its well-known shortcomings and general obsolescence, approximately 900 D.V and 1,612 D.Va aircraft were built before production halted in April 1918. The D.Va continued in operational service until the end of the war.

IMPERIAL GERMAN ADAC CAR PENNANT LOT OF 2

Lot #90 (Sale Order 100 of 784)

Imperial German lot of two car pennants to include 1) IMPERIAL GERMAN ADAC MEMBER'S VEHICLE PENNANT. A linen construction pennant 31cm across with a 18cm tall hoist edge. chain stitched to both sides of its white field is a black eagle, with "A.D.A.C." surrounding the eagle. The eagle is surrounded by a dual oval from whose cardinal points extend red bands with black edging immediately beyond them. The edges of the pennant are reinforced with double stitching and its hoist edge has a 20mm wide tunnel loop that has been cut. The ADAC was founded on 24 May 1903 in Stuttgart's Hotel Silber (Silver Hotel), as the Deutsche Motorradfahrer-Vereinigung (the German Motorbikers' Association), with an annual membership fee of six Marks. Following a name change in 1911 it became the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club The Prussian Eagle, which for many years was the main feature of the ADAC badge was chosen as the organisation's symbol in appreciation of the support received from the German Kaiser who was also Prussia's hereditary king. The ADAC break-down assistance service was launched in Germany in 1927. 2) IMPERIAL GERMAN 1st PATTERN ADAC VEHICLE PENNANT. A wool construction pennant 31cm across with a 18cm tall hoist edge. chain stitched to both sides of its black, white and red field is a black eagle, with an Imperial crown above the eagle. The ADAC was founded on 24 May 1903 in Stuttgart's Hotel Silber (Silver Hotel), as the Deutsche Motorradfahrer-Vereinigung (the German Motorbikers' Association), with an annual membership fee of six Marks. Following a name change in 1911 it became the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club The Prussian Eagle, which for many years was the main feature of the ADAC badge was chosen as the organisation's symbol in appreciation of the support received from the German Kaiser who was also Prussia's hereditary king. The ADAC break-down assistance service was launched in Germany in 1927. Slight Mothing otherwise Excellent

WW1 US ARMY NEGRO 1ST SERGEANT COLORED PHOTO WWI

Lot #91 (Sale Order 101 of 784)

WW1 colored portrait of a black 1st sergeant of the US Army. The NCO is wearing a full complement of gear including his pistol belt and .45 automatic. The photo is housed in a bubble glass frame measuring 18 X 12 inches and in excellent condition. World War I When the war broke out, several African-American Americans joined Allied armies. Most notably, Eugene Bullard and Bob Scanlon joined the French Foreign Legion within weeks of the start of the war. Of the twelve African-Americans who joined the Legion at the start, only two survived the war. The U.S. armed forces remained segregated through World War I. Still, many African Americans volunteered to join the military following America's entry into the war. By the time of the armistice with Germany on November 11, 1918, over 200,000 African Americans had served with the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, while 170,000 remained in the United States. Most African-American units were largely relegated to support roles and did not see combat. Still, African Americans played a notable role in America's war effort. For example, the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the "Harlem Hellfighters", was assigned to the French Army and served on the front lines for six months. 171 members of the 369th were awarded the Legion of Merit. Corporal Freddie Stowers of the 371st Infantry Regiment that was seconded to the 157th French Army division called the Red Hand Division in need of reinforcement under the command of the General Mariano Goybet was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor—the only African American to be so honored for actions in World War I. During action in France, Stowers had led an assault on German trenches, continuing to lead and encourage his men even after being twice wounded. Stowers died from his wounds, but his men continued the fight and eventually defeated the German troops. Stowers was recommended for the Medal of Honor shortly after his death, but the nomination was, according to the Army, misplaced. In 1990, under pressure from Congress, the Department of the Army launched an investigation. Based on findings from this investigation, the Army Decorations Board approved the award of the Medal of Honor to Stowers. On April 24, 1991–73 years after he was killed in action—Stowers' two surviving sisters received the Medal of Honor from President George H. W. Bush at the White House. The success of the investigation leading to Stowers' Medal of Honor later sparked a similar review that resulted in six African Americans being posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in World War II. Vernon Baker was the only recipient who was still alive to receive his award

WW1 NAVAL AVIATOR NAMED GROUP WINGS AND PHOTO WWI

Lot #92 (Sale Order 102 of 784)

WW1 Naval Aviator photograph and wing of William ashington Bell Aviator number 387 USNRF. The wings are in excellent condition and nicely marked to the reverse N S Meyer Meyer Metal. The photo is in excellent condition as well.

WW1 US AMBULANCE SERVICE PAINTED CAMO HELMET WWI

Lot #93 (Sale Order 103 of 784)

Stellar WW1 Ambulance Service Camo Painted US Made Helmet with Liner and Chinstrap. The helmet is in mint condition considering it's over 100 years old. The typical multi colored camo is separated with thick black lines. To the front of the lid is a white rooster om a red painted disk indicating the Ambulance Service. The interior like the outside is in near mint condition. The liner is complete with a full leather chinstrap. The Harjes Formation? In early October 1914 Harjes and his wife Frederica Berwind Harjes (1877? -1954), a member of the American Ambulance Hospital board, set up a mobile field hospital comprising several surgeons, orderlies, and drivers and set off to work in the Compiègne-Montdidier sector north of Paris, providing medical assistance for the French army. Their work continued through the autumn and winter of 1914-15 but increasingly, with more use by the French authorities of the mobile ambulance aspect of their operation, the drivers and vehicles began to operate independently of the medical facilities. In turn, more young American men were attracted to volunteer for work in this more active role. Harjes dropped the hospital branch in mid-February 1915. An element of ambulance duty that began to cause frustration for Harjes drivers and those of the other corps now operating in the field was that the French army was reluctant to allow the Americans to operate in or from frontline postes de secours (advanced dressing stations), given their status as nationals of a neutral power. The French feared that volunteers might harbour pro-German sympathies. Instead, the drivers were restricted to more routine "jitney" work, ferrying the sick and wounded from incoming sanitary trains to hospitals in rearguard towns and cities. The American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps? Richard Norton’s "Anglo-American" Corps began around the same time as Harjes and allied itself with the British Red Cross (BRC) after the American Ambulance Hospital refused to sponsor it. The hospital was initially unwilling to develop a large ambulance wing. The BRC helped underwrite some of Norton’s operating costs and used the corps to distribute supplies. Although technically attached to the BRC in Boulogne, the corps carried out most of its work in following months under the auspices of the French Second Army some seventy miles to the south-east. Norton’s relationship with the BRC was a strained one, with Norton finding his sponsor inflexible and administratively cumbersome. By December 1915 he joined Harjes – who had begun such a relationship six months earlier – in forging a link with the American (National) Red Cross (ANRC or ARC) instead. At the end of 1916 the Harjes and Norton corps merged into one ambulance unit, the Norton-Harjes Formation under the ARC banner. The American Ambulance Field Service? The work of the American Field Service, meanwhile, grew more directly and organically out of the American Ambulance Hospital in Neuilly. Differences remained between those on its board who wished to concentrate on core hospital work and others who saw the practical value of a mobile service. (The "Ambulance" in the hospital title had the association in France more akin to that of a military hospital than an emergency vehicle). But by late autumn 1914 its cars were allowed out into the field to serve regional hospitals. The AFS became the largest of the volunteer ambulance services, expanding rapidly with the arrival at the turn of 1914/1915 of Abram Piatt Andrew (1873-1936), a former assistant secretary of the US Treasury, who was to become the AFS’ director. Andrew extended the scope of his operation and eventually separated completely from the Ambulance Hospital in 1916. He developed the role of all the different volunteer corps in the field by persuading the French authorities in April 1915 to allow the volunteers of the three American services to function immediately behind frontline trenches in battlefield areas. As such, units of twenty-five to thirty men and some twenty ambulances were each assigned to individual French divisions, becoming the divisions’ principal ambulance service. Separate camion truck supply units were added, also manned by volunteers. They were to serve with the French across the Western Front and, in the case of two units of the AFS, with the French Army of the Orient in the Balkans. A principal source of recruitment for the services came from American colleges, with east coast Ivy League institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Cornell well represented plus west coast universities such as University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford. The colleges alone contributed some 1,855 men to the American Field Service, aided in the US by the recruitment efforts of Henry Sleeper (1878-1934), a friend of Piatt Andrew. AFS medical director Edmund Gros (1869-1942) also helped recruit AFS volunteers and others into the French legionnaire Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying C

SPAN AM PERIOD 10K 20TH US INFANTRY MEDAL NAMED

Lot #94 (Sale Order 104 of 784)

Early named 10K gold medal named to H. Liebmann of Co. I 20th US Infantry and dated to the 1880's and weights 7.61 grams of gold with a smelt value of 187.52 in today's market.

INDIAN WARS SOLID GOLD RIFLE MEDAL ST. LOUIS 1878

Lot #95 (Sale Order 105 of 784)

Early 10K gold medal for the rifle champion of the Mayors Guard of the St. Louis Cadets. The medal weights 30.28 grams of 10K gold with a current value of 745.19 in smelt. The obverse of the medal is engraved Won by St. Louis Cadets June 1/78 Forfeited to St. Louis Cadets June 1/79. The reverse of the medal has the inscription "Property of Company E. 1st Regt. Inf. N.G.M. Rainwater Rifles St. Louis Mo. and is exquisitely crafted

SENSENICH BROS. WOOD PROPELLER 100 INCHES LONG

Lot #96 (Sale Order 106 of 784)

Sensenich Two-blade Glued Laminated Wood Airplane Propeller measuring 100 inches and made in Lititz Pa. Original reinforced leading edges with manufacturing labels with the original hub. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN CARL ZEISS PANZER OR FLAK OPTIC

Lot #96a (Sale Order 107 of 784)

WWII Carl Zeiss Jena optic marked TWZF 3f 1.75 X 40 with a serial number 204100. We believe this is an optic for a tank or a very heavy artillery piece. Optics are still crystal clear and overall excellent condition.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN PRESENTATION HONOR BAYONET WWI

Lot #97 (Sale Order 108 of 784)

Eagle head bayonet. This stunning eagle head which has red eyes is in exceptionally nice condition. It has the imperial cipher on the wood grips. The obverse blade inscription reads “Erinnerung an den Weltkrieg” (Remembrance of the World War). The reverse blade features a World War I 1914 Iron Cross in the center of the reverse blade decorative motif. The leather buffer is still in place and has original paint, though worn, it is still exceptionally nice.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN PRUSSIAN SPIKED HELMET WWI

Lot #98 (Sale Order 109 of 784)

Prussian M1915 Pickelhaube in overall excellent condition. Eagle Wappen and removable M15 spike top are all original but the wappen is a period replacement. Prussian and Reich Kokardes and chinstrap are nice originals. Good solid undamaged leather liner. The rear neck flap is unit marked. Overall Very Good. Development of the pickelhaube may be traced back to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV who initiated the original design and introduced it for wear by most of the Prussian line Infantry regiments on October 23RD 1842. The pickelhaube became a visual symbol of Prussia's military might and underwent numerous modifications starting in 1860 and continuing right up until 1915. The demise of the pickelhaube began in the fields of WWI as a result of increased head wounds suffered by the German troops which were mainly caused by grenade and shell fragments. As a result of the increased head wounds and the development of the first "modern" steel helmets by the French army in early 1915 and by the British army later that year the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production of the new steel helmets began at the Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. After the introduction of the M16 helmet the pickelhaube was relegated for wear only on ceremonial occasions.

WWI IMPERIAL GERMAN BAVARIAN S 98 nA DRESS BAYONET

Lot #99 (Sale Order 110 of 784)

(Seitengewehr) A second pattern model 1898 bayonet, with the two-piece grips introduced in 1902, known as the S 98 nA ("Seitengewehr 98 neuer Art" - Bayonet ‘98 new Pattern), and its original leather scabbard. The unsheathed bayonet has an overall length of 52cm. Its steel, contoured bird’s head pommel has a stud guide and locking stud. Blade is nicely engraved on both side with a floral pattern and In Treue Fest the Bavarian motto. Super nice condition.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS WWI

Lot #99a (Sale Order 111 of 784)

1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, the re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. All three emblems are in nice high relief. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly with a heavy vault. The order of the Iron Cross was founded by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, after the "Freidenskrieg," or war of liberation from Napoleon, in 1813. It was to be an award for gallantry conferred only in time of war, and open to all soldiers, regardless of rank or social status. The Iron Cross was re-instituted at the commencement of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the First World War in 1914, and the Second World War in 1939. In each of the three latter cases, the specific re-institution date may be seen to the lower obverse arm.

WW1 IMPERIAL GERMAN IRON CROSS LOT OF 2 WWI

Lot #99b (Sale Order 112 of 784)

WW1 Imperial German Iron Cross lot of two to include 1) 1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. The reverse of the cross features an embossed, central, oak-leaf cluster, with the "FW" cypher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III, a King’s crown to the top arm and the original institution date, "1813", to the bottom arm. All the emblems are in nice high relief. The ribbon suspension loop and ring are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. Unmarked. 2) 1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. The reverse of the cross features an embossed, central, oak-leaf cluster, with the "FW" cypher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III, a King’s crown to the top arm and the original institution date, "1813", to the bottom arm. All the emblems are in nice high relief. The ribbon suspension loop and ring are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. Unmarked. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. The Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The second class medal was for award to personnel who performed a single act of bravery in combat. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914 by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI.

WWII NAZI GERMAN METAL DESK OR TABLE SWASTIKA WW2

Lot #99c (Sale Order 113 of 784)

Large metallic canted swastika made from a very low magnetic metal measuring 7 inches tall and being very heavy, about 10 pounds. I think this was produced is a Aircraft factory by a very talented machinist. The base of the piece measures 4 3/4 X 4 3/4 inches and is in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE SWORD - SMF WW2

Lot #100 (Sale Order 114 of 784)

Excellent example Luftwaffe sword. The crossguard is in the characteristic down swept, tripartite “wing” design, with fine detailing throughout the feathering. The grip is of carved wood covered in fine Moroccan leather. The leather is excellent, showing little wear. The grip is tightly wrapped springy metal wire. The scabbard shell is straight throughout, with Moroccan leather. There are a couple of minor scuffs but no cuts or other problems. The tow matching nickel silver scabbard mounts are in perfect, pristine condition, each retained by flat head side screws. The blade is in near mint condition. The reverse ricasso of the blade is marked with the Seated King trademark of the SMF firm and the original blue leather blade washer is in place. Excellent In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Also in late 1934 the "Ehrenschwert", (Honor Sword), was introduced by Hermann Göring for presentation to specifically selected personnel of the Fliegerschaft. With the official establishment of the Luftwaffe in March 1935, the newly introduced sword was awarded to all Luftwaffe officer’s in good-standing and the official designation of the sword was altered to Offizierschwert, (Officer’s Sword), although it was most commonly referred to as the Fliegerschwert, (Flyer’s Sword). Regulations dictated that all Officer’s and senior NCO’s wear the sword with the Service, Reporting, Walking-out, and Parade Dress uniforms. The early issue swords were constructed with German nickel/silver or plated fittings while later models, (circa-1940), had aluminum fittings. Of Note: Wear of the Luftwaffe Officer’s swords was discontinued by order of December 23RD 1944.

WWII HOLOCAUST JUDE STAR OF DAVID VETERAN BRING BK

Lot #100a (Sale Order 115 of 784)

If there's something truly iconic related the Holocaust and ghettos, that's the star of David. Along with the blue/white striped uniforms, the barbed wire and the Zyklon B, this item is the most wanted by collectors and museums. These yellow stars were the shaped cloth patches Nazis obligued the Jews to wear sewn to their cloths so that everybody could know they were Jews, the "enemy" Nazis tried ruthlessly and mercilessly to exterminate until 1945. Nazis determined that Stars should be yellow and they must have the word "Jude" written inside it. Then other stars were created depending on the country the Jews were from: Belgium "J", Holland "Jood", France "Juif", Poland and Germany "Jude", Croatia "Zidov", Slowakia "HZ", etc. Having a star like this is having a piece of our history. A symbol of the suffering of a country without a land who had to bear its systematic extermination and persecution. Quite a few items do the talking so clearly only with a picture. These stars were sewn normally to a piece of thick cloth so that it could be then sewn and unsewn to different garments. Other people preferred to sew it around the edges and the black lines that conform the star without a thick piece of cloth below. Many set-ups have been seen in many period pictures indeed. This star is a 100% genuine non issued one, in mint condition, with the official yellow color and the official letter type for "Jude" word. They are made fine cotton thread and cut off from big sheets of stars. Many of these were manufactured in Ghettos like Litzmannstadt (Lodz) or Warsaw or in KL's where workshops were operative, by same Jews that were obligued to wear them. In this case, this particular star was brought back by a local veteran along with oher Waffen SS cloth insignia. Excellent

WW1 WWII NAZI GERMAN 4 PLACEMENT MEDAL MEDAL BAR

Lot #100b (Sale Order 116 of 784)

WW1 WWII GERMAN 4 PLACEMENT MEDAL MEDAL BAR to include 1) BAVARIAN LUDWIG CROSS. King Ludwig's Cross for voluntary participation in WW1. This is a bronze made example. 2) COMBATANTS CROSS OF HONOR 1914/18. Die struck, magnetic sheet metal award with a bronze wash. The award is in the form of a cross Patté with a central circular motif featuring an embossed laurel leaf wreath encompassing the embossed dates, "1914-1918", on a smooth background field. The cross has swords emanating upwards between its arms, indicating a combatant's award. 3) LANDWEHR-DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG 2ND CLASS. Territorial Army Long Service Award II class (BAYERN. Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Klasse) Measures 33mm in diameter. 4) CIVIL AIR DEFENCE HONOR DECORATION 2ND CLASS, 1938. Roughly, 38m diameter, early, die struck alloy construction award with a nickel silver finish. The circular award features an embossed oak-leaf wreath to the outside edge encompassing an embossed, canted, swastika on a subtly pebbled field encircled by the embossed, Latin script, "Für Verdienste im Luftschutz", (For Meritorious Service in Air Defence), to the obverse. The reverse also has the embossed, oak-leaf wreath to the outside edge encompassing the embossed, institution date, "1938", also on a subtly pebbled field.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE OFFICER'S DAGGER WKC

Lot #101 (Sale Order 117 of 784)

Roughly 29cm long bright nickel/silver plated double edged drop forged steel stiletto style blade with a flat central plane. Maker marked to "WKC", indicating manufacture by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. The leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a well defined nicely detailed cast aluminum crossguard, ferrule and pommel. The crossguard features a stylized national eagle with down-swept wings clutching a swastika to the obverse with a random pebbled field to the reverse. The top edge of the crossguard has an ornate embossed oak-leaf pattern. The cast ferrule has a repeating, embossed oak-leaf pattern. The orb shaped pommel features an embossed oak-leaf pattern encompassing a dual encircled canted embossed swastika on a pebbled field background to both the obverse and the reverse. The dagger has a molded orange bakelite grip with the correct fine twisted silver/aluminum wire wrap inset into the diagonally angled grooves. The dagger also comes complete with its original magnetic sheet steel scabbard. The scabbard features a pebbled field to both the obverse and the reverse with smooth side panels. The scabbard has an ornate embossed oak-leaf pattern to both the obverse and reverse of the bottom tip. The scabbard also has sweated on alloy hanger suspension bands with an ornate embossed repeating oak-leaf pattern. The hanger suspension rings are both intact. The scabbards top throat has its retaining screw intact. Also included are a set of original delux dagger hangers. In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots licence. On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued. Additional regulations of March and August 1940 extended wear of the second pattern dagger to senior NCO’s, senior reserve NCO’s and Officials with the equivalent NCO’s ranks. Blade side arm portepees and troddels were originally introduced in the Prussian army in 1808, and continued to be worn with the Dress uniform, as a tradition and identifying item through WWI, the Weimar Republic and on into the Third Reich, with minor modifications. The Luftwaffe version of the portepee was officially introduced on March 1ST 1935 and the design was based on the earlier army officers portepee.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA DAGGER BY WMW M7/12

Lot #102 (Sale Order 118 of 784)

Nice quality dagger features a roughly, 8 3/4", (22.2 cm), long double edged nickel/silver plated drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 13 5/8" (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light scabbard runners and most of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice, deep, well defined, acid etched Fraktur style, script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All/Everything for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. Maker marked to "M7/12" WMW - Waffenfabrik Max Weyersberg. The dagger has the plated nickle crossguard, pommel, and tang nut. The dagger has a very nicely contoured, reddish tinged, brown, stained, hardwood grip, which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has a nicely inset, solid nickel/silver national eagle and a nickel/silver and enameled runic SA button both intact. The dagger comes with it’s original, coppery brown, painted, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. Excellent The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA DAGGER BY FRIEDRICH HERDER WW2

Lot #103 (Sale Order 119 of 784)

Nice quality dagger features a roughly, 8 3/4", (22.2 cm), long double edged nickel/silver plated drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 13 5/8" (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light scabbard runners and most of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice, deep, well defined, acid etched Fraktur style, script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All/Everything for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. Maker marked to "M7/49" Friedrich Herder of Solingen. The dagger has the plated nickel crossguard, pommel, and tang nut. The dagger has a very nicely contoured, reddish tinged, brown, stained, hardwood grip, which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has a nicely inset, solid nickel/silver national eagle and a nickel/silver and enameled runic SA button both intact. The dagger comes with it’s original, coppery brown, painted, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. Excellent The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE 1st MODEL SWORD WW2

Lot #104 (Sale Order 120 of 784)

This Luftwaffe Sword has never been cleaned and as a result the solid nickel mounts do show quite a bit of patination. The pommel is an excellent example, having no hits to the rim edges. The rim is stamped with a fine decoration of connected oak leaves and acorns, and it has the medallion insert style sun-wheel swastika. It appears as though there is no silvering left between the legs of the swastika. The crossguard has the same medallion inserts although in this case it appears as though the silvering is intact. The guard is the three section variety, which slopes downward and bears good, enhanced feathering. The grip is a carved wood base, and is covered with a fine blue Moroccan leather. This leather shows some usage with scuffs here and there, but be covered in with Meltonian leather cream and it cleaned up quite nicely. The grip is tightly wrapped with springy copper wire. The scabbard shell of this piece is straight throughout, and is also covered in Moroccan leather. The scabbard is in very good condition, showing minor scuffs to the leather. The scabbard mounts are the matching nickel-silver types, in good condition. They are retained by headless side screws. The original crescent hanger is in place, in good condition and equipped with a matching nickel-silver box clip. The blade is in near mint condition, with highest quality nickel-plated surfaces. It is marked on the reverse ricasso, F. & A. Helbig / Steinbach. Above the trademark is a waffenamt, consisting of a stickbird with a number 5 visible in his belly. The original blue leather blade washer is in place, in good condition and showing only minor wear. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSFK TARGET COMPETITION 1938 WW2

Lot #105 (Sale Order 121 of 784)

A Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Erinnerungsplakette 1938 mit Urkundes im Etui. The Bronze Coastal Flight Award Medallion was awarded for placing in the national NSFK Zielstrecken-Segelflug competition. It is constructed out of a die stamped aluminum alloy base that has been bronze washed and lacquered. The oval shaped obverse features a centrally placed NSFK emblem, which features; the Greek god ‘Icarus' behind a mobile swastika to his legs/feet below an arched “NSFK”, on a smooth oval backing, surrounded by “Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Zielstrecken-Segelflug-Wettbewerb 1938” (National Socialist Flying Corps Target Routes Glider Competition 1938) on a textured background. The full back reverse reads: “Mit Unserem Führer im Gleichen Schritt und Tritt Fliegen wir für Unser Ewiges Deutschland” (In equal pace and stride with our Führer we fly for our eternal Germany), above Generalleutnant Friedrich Christiansen signature and a stamped “133”. The medallion measures 3 ¾ inches wide by 3 inches tall. The medallion comes housed in its appropriate issue case. A typical wood and pressed covered in a simulated black leather. The interior lid reads, in gold: “Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Der Korpsführer”. Base is blue felt. Hinge and press button work well. It measures: 4 11/16 x 3 11/16 x 13/16. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1937 NSFK AIR RALLY AWARD WW2

Lot #106 (Sale Order 122 of 784)

A 1937 NSFK Air Rally Award - 1937 Air Rally Table Award - German National Socialist Flyers Corps - Measuring 97.45 x 86mm, blackened aluminum, mint condition in its original velvet lined leather casing

WWII NAZI GERMAN OFFICERS DAGGER W/ HANGERS WKC

Lot #107 (Sale Order 123 of 784)

The dagger features a roughly 26cm long drop forged steel construction nickel/silver plated stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge. The blade is in overall excellent condition with most of the original cross-graining is still visible. Ricasso is well marked with the stamped manufacturers logo name and location. "WKC Solingen". The original brown leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a cast alloy nickel/silver plated cross guard, ferrule, and pommel. The obverse cross guard features the embossed army eagle with outstretched wings and a plain reverse. The ferrule and pommel both feature embossed repeating oak-leaf patterns. The dagger has a molded, burnt orange celluloid grip with the correct diagonally angled ribbing. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, magnetic, sheet metal nickel/silver plated scabbard with a random pebbled pattern to both the obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. Both of the sweated on scabbard bands with a repeating, horizontally embossed oak-leave pattern and the hanger suspension rings are intact. Throat retaining screws are also intact. The dagger comes with a dagger set of dagger hanger and portepee. Excellent Traditionally German Army Officer’s had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favor within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that officer ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the dress dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN FORESTRY CUTLASS BY EICKHORN WW2

Lot #108 (Sale Order 124 of 784)

This example is constructed of fine quality brass mounts. The "D" guard is adorned with banner's and oak leaves and at the end there is a simulated deer hoof. The hair of the hoof is hand-chiseled at the areas just above. The ferrule area is decorated with a seated squirrel to both sides. Below the cross guard area formed by the "D" guard there is a clamshell. This clamshell has a beautifully executed stag scene it has a flared quillon end which goes upward in a teardrop. The grip plates are made of genuine stag antler. This antler has most attractive dark brown and tan "grains", and edges of the stag have turned a pleasing golden color. The grip plates are decorated with three nuts with oak leaves. These nuts have fine checkered caps and all six are present and are original to this cutlass. The leather scabbard is black and is in excellent condition showing little to no age. This shell has decorative twin lines on the obverse and reverse and the reverse is sewn tight. Mounted to the shell are brass upper and lower fittings. These fittings have scalloped ends where they meet the leather and they are retained by staples in the usual manner. There are numbers visible beneath the staples. The lower fitting has twin line decoration with a distinct chape button at the lower, and the upper mount is fitted with an acorn style lug. The blade of this example is as nice as you will see. It measures 13 inches and is triple-etched. This blade is still bright and has all of its frosting in the backgrounds. The blade is in a mint condition. The obverse etch features a hunter kneeling and aiming his rifle at a large stag chasing after a doe jumping over a log. At the upper portion of the etch is a capercaille bird which is sitting on an oak branch chirping. The reverse blade is the etch featuring the hunter running after a boar who is being pounced upon by dogs. The hunter carries a rifle and a cutlass. There are six dogs which are trying to bring this boar down. Some are succeeding, while others are being thrown on their heads. The etch ends up with a humming-bird like which is hovering above an oak-leafed branch. The spine is etched with overlapping oak leaves. The blade of this example is stamped with the early double oval trademark which traps the firm’s name and location, “Carl Eickhorn Solingen”. Inside is a rabbit-like squirrel eating a nut with serrated tail. This trademark was used from about 1933-35. The green felt washer is still in place. A fine cutlass here in excellent, collectible condition.

SENIOR FORESTRY CUTLASS BY CLEMEN & JUNG

Lot #109 (Sale Order 125 of 784)

Gilded brass hilt fittings show light surface wear with much gilding remaining to the oak leaf embellished knuckle-bow and crossguard and to the clamshell which features a charging stag. Obverse ferrule features a squirrel cast into the fitting, while the reverse features a running doe. Ivory grip shows light surface wear and age toning, with three acorns with oak leaves on both the obverse & reverse grip plates. Plated blade is double-etched, featuring scenes of Auerhahns, stag, doe, hunting dogs, and boar. Blade grades excellent with light surface wear and runner marks. Black leather scabbard is solid and crease-free with light surface wear and a few nicks to the black leather. Gilded brass fittings show light surface wear/age with much gilding remaining

WWII NAZI GERMAN OFFICERS DAGGER W/ HANGERS WKC

Lot #110 (Sale Order 126 of 784)

The dagger features a roughly 26cm long drop forged steel construction nickel/silver plated stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge. The blade is in overall excellent condition with most of the original cross-graining is still visible. Ricasso is well marked with the stamped manufacturers logo name and location. "WKC Solingen". The original brown leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a cast alloy nickel/silver plated cross guard, ferrule, and pommel. The obverse cross guard features the embossed army eagle with outstretched wings and a plain reverse. The ferrule and pommel both feature embossed repeating oak-leaf patterns. The dagger has a molded, burnt orange celluloid grip with the correct diagonally angled ribbing. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, magnetic, sheet metal nickel/silver plated scabbard with a random pebbled pattern to both the obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. Both of the sweated on scabbard bands with a repeating, horizontally embossed oak-leave pattern and the hanger suspension rings are intact. Throat retaining screws are also intact. The dagger comes with a dagger set of dagger hanger and portepee. Excellent Traditionally German Army Officer’s had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favor within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that officer ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the dress dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLIZEI STAG GRIP BAYONET WW2

Lot #111 (Sale Order 127 of 784)

Early, shortened, reissued, long model, M98/05 Prussian police un-slotted dress bayonet. Roughly 33cm long, bright, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel blade has full length fullers running off the tip end. Maker marked to Alexander Coppel. Nice unit markings S.Kg.1093. The bayonet has an ornate, nickel/silver plated alloy, single upswept cross guard and stylized eagle head pommel both intact. The obverse and part of the reverse of the cross guard have an embossed, repeating, oak-leaf and acorn pattern. The stylized eagle head pommel shows nicely detailed feathers, eyes and beak. The bayonet has stag horn grips, secured by two, dome headed, natural aluminum rivet retainers. The obverse of the grip has a stamped, natural aluminum, second pattern, (circa April 1936), police eagle and wreath intact. The bayonet comes housed in its leather scabbard with stitched, central, vertical spine to the reverse, and top and bottom nickel/silver plated alloy fittings. The bottom scabbard fitting has a scalloped top edge and ball tip while the top fitting has a scalloped bottom edge. Both the fittings are secured to the scabbard by a single staple type attachment. The top fitting has its extended frog lug and throat retaining screw both intact. Excellent. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted in July 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new uniform regulations was the introduction of a standardized bayonet based on the earlier Prussian Landespolizei bayonet. The bayonet came in a un-slotted dress model and a "T" slotted service model.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HJ HIKE CAMP KNIFE AUGUST MERTEN

Lot #112 (Sale Order 128 of 784)

The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth). The HJ Fahrtenmesser, (Hike/Camp knife), was introduced in early 1933 and was the first blade sidearm to be officially sanctioned by the NSDAP. Of Note: Although the HJ camp knife was the first, officially sanctioned, blade, side arm the SA dagger was the first, officially sanctioned, dagger. Originally the camp knife was intended for wear by all HJ members regardless of rank but in 1937 a presentation Leader’s dagger was introduced for wear by the ranks of Gefolgschaftsführer to Reichsjugendführer and the camp knife was relegated for wear by the ranks of Hauptgefolgschaftsführer and below. An additional NSDAP party formation, the DJ Deutsche Jugend, (German Youth), with members, aged 10-14, were also permitted wear of the HJ camp knife. The distribution of the HJ camp knife was controlled by the NSDAP and was dependant on the recipient successfully completing the appropriate proficiency requirements and tests. After meeting the requirements the individual was still responsible for purchasing the HJ camp knife through official channels. Regulations stated that the HJ camp knife was only to be worn while the recipient was in uniform, although it is highly doubtful that young boys/men adhered to these regulations unless they were strictly enforced. Originally the HJ camp knives had a blade inscription with the HJ motto, "Blut und Ehre!", (Blood and Honor), inscribed in a facsimile of the HJ Reichsjugendführer, (Hitler Youth National Youth Leader), Baldur von Schirach’s handwriting, but in August 1938 the blade inscription was discontinued. Of Note: The HJ was an official NSDAP formation and as a result it’s uniforms and equipment items fell under the authority of the RZM, Reich Zeug Meisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster). The RZM, was officially founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP, as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, including the HJ, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for Party formations met required specification and were standardized. Uniforms and equipment items manufactured for the HJ came under the quality control of the RZM and were generally marked by the appropriate RZM approval/acceptance markings. Further production of the HJ camp knives was official discontinued in October 1942.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE CASED OBSERVER'S BADGE

Lot #113 (Sale Order 129 of 784)

Nice quality, die struck alloy construction, two piece badge is in the form of a silver washed, vertically oval, wreath with a separate, burnished silver finished, stylized, spread winged, eagle in flight, clutching a canted, swastika mounted on the wreath. The eagle is attached to the wreath by two, small, rivets which are visible to the reverse. The vertically oval wreath features embossed laurel leaves to the right side and oak-leaves to the left side. The highly vaunted, eagle shows nice detailing including intricate feathering and cut-outs to the wing tips and tail feathers. The eagle’s wings extend beyond both sides of the wreath. The smooth reverse of the wreath has a solid, soldered hinge, a thin round vertical pin, and a heavy soldered catch on a circular base plate all intact. Catch and catch plate are complete. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with the impressed manufacturer’s logo/initial, consisting of a stylized, A", indicating manufacture by F. W. Assmann & Söhne of Lüdenscheid. Complete with original case. The Observer’s qualification badge was introduced by Hermann Göring on March 26TH 1936 for award to Observers, Navigators and Bombardiers who had met the required criteria. The Observer’s badge was awarded on an individual basis and criteria for bestowal included five operational flights over enemy territory or a minimum of two months active service. As with other flyer’s specialty badges a cloth version of the Observer’s Badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCO’s and a hand embroidered pattern for Officer’s.

WWII NAZI LUFTWAFFE PARATROOPER'S BADGE ASSMANN

Lot #114 (Sale Order 130 of 784)

Two piece, die struck alloy award with burnished silver and gilt washed finishes features a stylized, "diving", eagle clutching a swastika in its talons, encompassed by a vertically oval wreath. The wreath features embossed laurel leaves to the right hand side and oak-leaves to the left hand side. The badge shows nice detailing including the "feathering" to the eagle and cut-outs to the arms of the swastika. The eagle is secured to the wreath by two, small, flat headed rivets which are visible to the reverse of the badge. The reverse of the wreath has a solid, soldered, hinge, a thin, round, vertical pin and soldered catch all intact. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with a stamped, stylized "A", indicating manufacturer by F. W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid. Comes with original issue case. Excellent As a result of observations of the Russian experimentation with the newly developing paratroop personnel in 1928 the Germans began serious consideration of also developing paratroop units and plans were drawn up for formation of such units in late 1935. Both the Luftwaffe and Army eventually established paratrooper units, consisting of voluntary personnel, on January 29TH 1936 and March 31ST 1937 respectively and a paratroop training school was established at Stendal in early 1937. The Paratrooper’s qualification badge was instituted by Hermann Göring on November 5TH 1936 for award to Luftwaffe personnel who had written the required tests and completed six parachute jumps. Individuals who were awarded the badge were obligated to requalify annually in order to retain it. On May 2ND 1944 award of the badge was extended to include Luftwaffe medical, administrative and legal personnel who had passed the required tests and completed one parachute jump. As with most other Luftwaffe qualification badges a cloth version of the paratroopers badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCO’s and a hand embroidered pattern for Officers.

REICHSWETTKÄMPFE DER SA 1939 NON PORTABLE AWARD

Lot #115 (Sale Order 131 of 784)

1938 Third Reich SA Non Portable Award for the Reichswettkämpfe Der SA Berlin 1938. Eagle and swastika to the center of the obverse and the reverse has the SA sports badge to the center and underneath “ZWEITER PREIS” (Second Prize). Complete with its original blue leatherette box of issue. Some wear to the box but generally good condition.

WWII NAZI ADOLF HITLER NON PORTABLE WALL PLAQUE

Lot #116 (Sale Order 132 of 784)

WWII Nazi bronze wall plaque measures 5 3/4 X 4 inches. The plaque is marker marked and artist signed. The plaque underneath the bust of Adolf Hitler is "Die voraussetzung zur tat ist der wille und der mut wahrhaftigkeit " which translates to The prerequisite for doing is the will and courage of truthfulness. On the reverse of the plaque it is maker marked Genehmigter Alleinverkauf Adolf Trumpf of Düsseldorf. Plaque is housed in the original leatherette covered wood case. Excellent. Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP); National Socialist German Workers Party). He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany (as Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. Hitler was at the centre of Nazi Germany, World War II in Europe, and the Holocaust. Hitler was a decorated veteran of World War I. He joined the German Workers' Party (precursor of the NSDAP) in 1919, and became leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted a coup d'état in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch. The failed coup resulted in Hitler's imprisonment, during which time he wrote his memoir, Mein Kampf (My Struggle). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. After his appointment as chancellor in 1933, he transformed the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich, a single-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism. Hitler's aim was to establish a New Order of absolute Nazi German hegemony in continental Europe. To this end, his foreign and domestic policies had the aim of seizing Lebensraum ("living space") for the Germanic people. He directed the rearmament of Germany and the invasion of Poland by the Wehrmacht in September 1939, resulting in the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Under Hitler's rule, in 1941 German forces and their European allies occupied most of Europe and North Africa. In 1943, Germany was forced onto the defensive and suffered a series of escalating defeats. In the final days of the war, during the Battle of Berlin in 1945, Hitler married his long-time partner, Eva Braun. On 30 April 1945, less than two days later, the two committed suicide to avoid capture by the Red Army, and their corpses were burned. Hitler's aggressive foreign policy is considered to be the primary cause of the outbreak of World War II in Europe. His antisemitic policies and racially motivated ideology resulted in the deaths of at least 5.5 million Jews, and millions of other people whom he and his followers deemed racially inferior.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KREBS ARMY DRESS DAGGER W HANGERS

Lot #117 (Sale Order 133 of 784)

The dagger features a roughly, 25.5cm long, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated, stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge. The obverse ricasso is well marked with the stamped manufacturers logo and script "Carl Julius Krebs Solingen". The original blackened leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a cast alloy, nickel/silver plated, crossguard, ferrule, and pommel. The obverse crossguard features the embossed army eagle with outstretched wings and a plain reverse. The ferrule and pommel both feature embossed repeating oak-leaf patterns. The dagger has a molded, burnt orange celluloid grip with the correct diagonally angled ribbing. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, magnetic sheet metal construction, nickel/silver plated scabbard with a random pebbled pattern to both the obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. Both of the sweated on scabbard bands with a repeating, horizontally embossed oak-leaf pattern and the hanger suspension rings are intact. The dome headed throat retaining screw is also intact. The dagger also comes with a portepee and the dagger hangers. Traditionally German Army Officer’s had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favor within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that officer ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the dress dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE 1st MODEL DAGGER WIGEN

Lot #118 (Sale Order 134 of 784)

Early roughly 31cm long bright nickel/silver plated drop forged steel double edged stiletto style blade with a flat central plane. The blade is still very bright and clean and shows minimal light surface scratching and scabbard runners. Maker marked to Anton Wingen. The original pebbled blue leather washer is intact. The dagger has a cast nickel/silver plated alloy crossguard and pommel. The crossguard is in the form of extended horizontal down swept stylized wings with a raised central circular panel with a gilt washed sunwheel swastika to each side of the circular panel. The formed wooden grip is wrapped in blue Moroccan leather with dual twisted nickel/silver plated wire wrap flanked by a single strand of straight wire to both the top and bottom edges. The circular pommel also has gilt washed sunwheel swastikas to each side. The dagger comes complete with its original, blue Moroccan leather wrapped scabbard with three nickel/silver plated alloy fittings. All scabbard screws are complete. The top and center fittings each have a hanger ring and an integral alloy hanger with nine circular links to the top hanger and fourteen circular links to the bottom hanger. Both the top and bottom chain link hangers are attached to a alloy friction clip. Excellent In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both side arms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots licence. Originally the early daggers were produced utilizing nickel/silver fittings until 1936 when the early fittings were replaced with polished natural aluminum fittings. Of Note: On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE PILOT BADGE OM MARKED

Lot #119 (Sale Order 135 of 784)

Pilot’s Badge by Rare “OM” Maker - Badge in silvered tombac, 62.65mm(w) x 52.68mm(h), weighs 42.6 grams, maker marked OM on reverse (unknown maker), of excellent, high quality manufacture with crisp details, high relief wreath, slightly worn, in extremely fine condition; an excellent example of the pilot’s badge of this rare maker. Medal is housed in it's original leatherette case. Excellent The Pilot’s Qualification Badge was originally introduced on January 19TH 1935 for award to personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband Fliegerschaft, (German Air Sports Association Pilot Base), the secret forerunner of the Luftwaffe, who had achieved their pilot's licenses. The badge was officially adopted by the Luftwaffe on March 26TH 1936, by order of Hermann Göring. The Pilot’s Badge was awarded on an individual basis to personnel who had successfully completed the appropriate theory and flight training and had achieved their pilot's license. As with other flyer’s specialty badges, a cloth version of the Pilot’s Badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse, with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCOs and a hand embroidered pattern for Officers.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA M33 DAGGER G. REINHOLD WW2

Lot #120 (Sale Order 136 of 784)

Early nice quality dagger features a roughly 8 3/4" (22.2 cm) long double edged nickel/silver plated drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length including the hilt of roughly 13 5/8" (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light scabbard runners and most of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice deep well defined acid etched Fraktur style script motto "Alles für Deutschland" (All/Everything for Germany) which is crisp and well defined. Maker marked to "G. Reinhold Solingen-Foche". The dagger has the early cast solid, nickel/silver crossguard pommel, and tang nut which all show a nice even light age patina with the lower bring marked to Gau Om. The dagger has a very nicely contoured brown stained hardwood grip which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has a nicely inset solid nickel/silver national eagle and a nickel/silver and enameled runic SA button both intact. Both insets show light age patina. The dagger comes with it’s original coppery brown anodized magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. The scabbard anodized finish is worn. Both of the scabbard fittings retain their original dome headed securing screws and the top fitting also retains its hanger suspension loop and ring. Nice early example. The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP POLITICAL LEADER VISOR CAP

Lot #121 (Sale Order 137 of 784)

A 1939 pattern tan-colored, fine whipcord-weave, wool/rayon construction visor cap. The cap features a one-piece circular crown, piped in blue, a body with seams to each of its cardinal points, a one-piece, light brown velvet center band, also piped in blue along its upper and lower edges and whose vertical seam is to the reverse, and a chocolate brown vulcanfiber visor. The blue piping, as well as the center band color, is indicative of the political "Ortsgruppe" (Local-group) level. Fixed over the forward seam line of the body is a slightly convex, 1939 pattern, gilt-colored, stamped alloy eagle which clutches a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. Beneath it, affixed to the front and following the contours of the center band, is a 1939 pattern, gold anodized, stamped alloy oak-leaf wreath, encompassing a three-piece cockade. The wreath is comprised of eight oak leaves, each pebbled to resemble embroidery, four to either side of a simulated binding "cord" with four raised "beads" arranged vertically to its center. Alloy wreaths were worn by those holding the rank of "Hauptgemeinschaftsleiter" (roughly equivalent to a Second Lieutenant) and below. Between the center band and the visor is a gilt wire chin chord, attached over each ear by gilt washed, pebbled metal buttons. The cord and button color establish the wearer as having been an "Ortsgruppenleiter" (as lower levels had silver chin cords and buttons). The chocolate brown vulcanfibre visor has a protective lacquered finish to its upper surface. Leather sweatband has damage as seen in the photos. Original oilcloth RZM tag is present. Gold rayon liner is complete but is missing the celluloid sweat diamond. Roughly a size 55. Nice untouched cap. Uniform regulations for Nazi political leaders were addressed as early as 1920, with the standard headgear at that time being a Kepi-style cap. These regulations underwent numerous modifications, and in January of 1934 a visor cap, based on the army style, was introduced for wear. This 1934 visor cap was also modified until a final pattern was introduced in July of 1939. The NSDAP was structured in four ascending levels of government, consisting of the "Ortsgruppenleitung," the "Kreisleitung," the "Gauleitung," and the "Reichsleitung," with each group being distinguished by a specific color of piping on the collar tabs and visor cap.

WWII NSDAP NAZI PARTY ARMBAND

Lot #121a (Sale Order 138 of 784)

Printed cotton swastika armband. No tags or stamps. Very Good

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLITICAL LEADER TUNIC W/ ARMBAND

Lot #121b (Sale Order 139 of 784)

Nazi German Ortsgruppe Level Political leaders tunic with armband. Tan tunic is light weight ribbed cotton twill construction. Complete with its original S-ring removable gilt washed political buttons. Oilcloth RZM tag is still present. Approx. 36" chest. Near mint with blue piped collar tabs one having a single pip. BeVo armband. Excellent. The NSDAP, "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (National-socialist German Worker’s-party), was originally founded, in Munich, in January of 1919. Known then as the DAP, "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (German Worker’s-party), when Adolf Hitler joined it, in the autumn of 1919, he set about reforming what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as its first chairman in July of 1921, Hitler restructured the party along para-military lines in four ascending levels of government, consisting of the "Ortsgruppenleitung," the "Kreisleitung," the "Gauleitung," and the "Reichsleitung," with each group being distinguished by a specific color of piping on their collar tabs and visor cap. Uniform regulations for Nazi political leaders were addressed as early as 1920, underwent numerous modifications, and were largely finalized by May of 1939.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ORGANISATION TODT SERVICE TUNIC

Lot #121c (Sale Order 140 of 784)

Rare Organisation Todt service jacket, consisting of brown cloth four pleated pocket tunic with turn back cuffs. Cloth party pattern armband with applied Org Todt band above. Plain silver pebbled buttons to the front and pockets. Roughly a size 38. Excellent. The OT, Organization Todt, was originally established in July 1933 under the command of Dr. Fritz Todt, an NSDAP member since 1923 and a construction engineer, who had just recently been appointed as General Inspector of Roads. In June 1938 the OT was charged with building the fortifications on the West Wall and in March 1940 Dr. Todt was also appointed as Minister of Munitions & Armament. In August 1941 Dr. Todt was also assigned as Minister for Water and Energy. Beginning in early 1942 the OT was also responsible for constructing the submarine pens on the northern coast of France. While the OT was a quasi-political organization when it was engaged in construction projects for the armed forces it nominally came under military control. The OT personnel consisted mostly of trained civil engineers and laborers. Uniforms for OT personnel were introduced shortly after the outbreak of the war and were basically the same uniform as worn by RAD Reichs Arbeits Dienst, (National Labor Service), personnel with minor variations.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ORTSGRUPPE AMTESLEITER UNIFORM

Lot #122 (Sale Order 141 of 784)

WWII Nazi German NSDAP Ortsgruppe Amtesleiter service tunic and leather belt. Standard four pocket tunic. Collar tabs and wool armband neatly hand stitched to the tunic. Roughly a size 40" chest. The matching condition leather belt is in excellent condition having a gilded aluminum political leaders belt buckle marked M4/39. The NSDAP, "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (National-socialist German Worker’s-party), was originally founded, in Munich, in January of 1919. Known then as the DAP, "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (German Worker’s-party), when Adolf Hitler joined it, in the autumn of 1919, he set about reforming what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as its first chairman in July of 1921, Hitler restructured the party along para-military lines in four ascending levels of government, consisting of the "Ortsgruppenleitung," the "Kreisleitung," the "Gauleitung," and the "Reichsleitung," with each group being distinguished by a specific color of piping on their collar tabs and visor cap. Uniform regulations for Nazi political leaders were addressed as early as 1920, underwent numerous modifications, and were largely finalized by May of 1939.

WWII NAZI ARTILLERY UNTEROFFIZIER M35 DRESS TUNIC

Lot #123 (Sale Order 142 of 784)

A nice quality, private purchase, field-gray wool/tricot blend construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical, eight button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down, blue/green badge cloth collar. Nice high quality hand embroidered breast eagle with original application to the tunic. Buttons all complete. Sew on should straps for the 29th Artillery Rgt. The collar liner studs are complete to the interior or the collar. The tunic is roughly a size 36" chest. Minor moth and lining separations. Very Good. A nice quality, private purchase, field-gray wool/tricot blend construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical, eight button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down, blue/green badge cloth collar. Nice high quality hand embroidered breast eagle with original application to the tunic. Buttons all complete. Sew on should straps for the 29th Artillery Rgt. The collar liner studs are complete to the interior or the collar. The tunic is roughly a size 36" chest. Has minor mothing and lining separations to the interior. Very Good The M35 dress tunic was introduced for wear by all ranks on June 29TH 1935 as the walking out, parade and ceremonial dress with the piped, stone grey long pants. The design of the M35 dress tunic was based on the Imperial German army’s service tunic but was a different color and generally of much higher quality. Originally all personnel were issued two M35 dress tunics but manufacture was discontinued in late 1939 or early 1940 and was to be reinstated at the successful conclusion of the war. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 stated that the M35 dress tunics that were no longer suitable for dress wear were to be modified and reissued to personnel of the replacement and reserve units for every day wear. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER ARTILLERY VISOR HAT WW2

Lot #124 (Sale Order 143 of 784)

Nice quality, issued, visor cap with a field-gray wool and rayon blend body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with red wool waffenfarbe to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has a silver washed, stamped aluminum, second pattern, national eagle. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern, stamped, polished natural aluminum, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece, high relief, national tri-color cockade. The cap has a blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, sheet metal retaining clips and two black painted, vertically oval, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by a small, smooth finish, black painted, magnetic sheet metal button with one missing. The cap has an extended, black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip at the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in orange, issue quality, cloth. Sweatshield is complete. The interior of the cap also has a complete original leather sweatband. Size is roughly a size 56. Excellent Visor caps were a standard issue item for EM/NCO’s during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated that they be worn with the Reporting and Walking Out dress, and the Undress uniform. Regulations also required Senior NCO’s to wear the visor cap with the Service uniform. Of Note: Certain Senior NCO ranks were also permitted to wear privately purchased visor caps of higher quality.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARTILLERY DER SPIESS TUNIC WW2

Lot #125 (Sale Order 144 of 784)

Very nice quality, field-gray wool construction tunic with a subtle whipcord weave. The tunic features an eight button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes at the neck. The right breast has a NCO/Officer’s quality, machine woven national eagle in bright silver/aluminum flat-wire threads, on a cut-out, woven greenish/tan rayon base and a cut-out field-gray wool backing. The eagle is neatly handstitched to the tunic. The left breast has two vertical and two horizontal thread loops for wear of awards plus an additional two for a ribbon bar. The sleeves each have two horizontally aligned, strips of bright, Reichswehr era, woven silver waffle patterned NCO’s tress hand stitched to the cuffs. The tress signifies the owner had been appointed as a Hauptfeldwebel which would be the equivalent of a Company Sergeant Major. The designation of Hauptfeldwebel was not a rank but an appointed position. Hauptfeldwebel’s were commonly referred to as, "Der Spiess", (The Spear). The reverse of the tunic has a central, vertical, tail skirt vent with two belt ramp buttons situated at its top edge. The tunic has sewn on shoulder straps of blue/green badge cloth with red wool waffenfarbe. The shoulder straps feature bright, woven silver waffle patterned NCO’s tress to the outside edges and slip on 33 regiment cyphers. The shoulder strap retaining buttons are intact. The tunic has a lay down, blue/green badge cloth collar with the typical zig-zag reinforcement stitching to the reverse. The forward edge of the collar is trimmed in bright, woven silver, waffle patterned NCO’s tress and features machine woven collar tab litzen in woven silver with interwoven red branch of service and center stripes. The collar tabs have an underlaying padding giving them a vaunted appearance and are mounted on rectangular red wool bases which are machine stitched in place. The interior of the tunic is fully lined in a gray cotton/rayon blend fabric with off white striped sleeves. The tunic is in overall very good condition with minimal nap wear. The tunic is roughly size 36" chest. Beautiful tunic!.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE PANZER WRAPPER TYPE II WW2

Lot #125a (Sale Order 145 of 784)

Second pattern black wool/rayon blend construction waist length double breasted style tunic with fold back lapels and a large lay down collar. The left front closure panel of the tunic has four hidden button eyelets and an additional three un-hidden button eyelets on the fold back lapel. The right front closure panel has four large corresponding buttons and three smaller buttons all intact. The edge of the right front closure panel has an additional two small buttons positioned underneath the overlapping left closure panel with two internal fabric loops for a secure closure with a neat appearance. The tunic has a single metal hook and eye positioned at the forward neckline. The left sleeve has a machine woven police eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons, encompassed by a vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath in gray threads on a black background. The obverse of the tunic has two diagonally angled tapering darts while the reverse of the tunic has two vertical tapering darts and a central vertical seam. The sleeve cuffs each have a small vertical outside seam slash with dual fit adjustment buttons to each. The tunic has Schutzpolizei des Reichs Wachtmeister's slip on shoulder boards. The tunic has a large lay down collar with the typical zig-zag reinforcement stitching to the reverse and exaggerated forward pointed tips. The collar has green waffenfarbe piping. The collar features a September 1935 pattern, machine woven collar tabs with field-gray litzen and interwoven green center stripe and green branch of service stripes. The collar tabs are machine stitched to the collar. The interior breast panels are lined in subtly ribbed black cotton/rayon blend material. The lining has a horizontal slash patch pocket to the right breast panel and a vertical slash patch pocket to the left breast panel. All original buttons and stitching. The lower, right panel is well marked with white size ink stamps and is dated 1943. MINT The black Panzer Wrap tunic was originally introduced by the army on November 12TH 1934, for wear by armored vehicle personnel and was worn through-out the war with minor modifications in 1936 and 1942. Allegedly Chief of the motorized troops, Oberst Heinz Guderian came up with the coloration and design of the form fitting uniform which he based on a popular ski outfit of the time. Black was chosen as the color as it help conceal the grease and grime commonly encountered by motorized personnel. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive. The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Generally officer’s ranks utilized hand or machine embroidered breast eagles while EM/NCO’s ranks utilized machine embroidered or machine woven breast eagles. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with pink being chosen for Panzer, (Armored), personnel. Of Note: The general waffenfarbe for all armored units was pink although other colors were utilized including red for armored artillery units, golden yellow for armored reconnaissance units and the 24TH Panzer Division, lemon yellow for armored signals units and, for a short time, alternating black and white for armored engineer units. On the field blouse, service tunic and Panzer wrap tunic the waffenfarbe was generally displayed on the shoulder straps/boards and the collar tabs. Originally the Panzer wrap tunics also utilized the waffenfarbe as piping on the forward edge of the collar until regulations of mid-1942 abolished the use of the collar piping and instructed it to be removed from the tunics, although the directive was not strictly adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT JACKET WW2

Lot #126 (Sale Order 146 of 784)

Manufactured in blue gray cloth with velveteen lining and collar. Main closer zipper is a period replacement by Talon but does have their original aluminum sleeve zippers. The jacket features a manufacturer's woven label in green fabric but is faded. There is also a minor tear to one of the sleeve's but still overall excellent, still retaining the electrical hookups. Development of protective flight uniforms and equipment began with the advent of military aircraft in WWI and continued on into the Weimar and the Third Reich eras, resulting in three distinct one-piece combination pattern flight suits being approved before WWII and worn for the duration of the war. Regulations of July 4TH 1940 and April 24TH 1941 introduced two piece protective flight suits for fighter pilots designed to increase the wearers mobility and not be as restrictive in the close confines of a cockpit. The two piece flight suits consist of separate jacket and pants and was commonly referred to as the "Kanalanzug", (Channel Uniform).

WWII NAZI LUFTWAFFE K So/34 SUMMER FLIGHT SUIT WW2

Lot #127 (Sale Order 147 of 784)

Early pattern, (pre-June 1940), one piece, coverall style, summer flight suit constructed in slightly mottled, white flecked, tan cotton with chocolate brown leather, alloy and sheet metal fittings. All buttons, snaps and zippers looks to be complete and in good condition. The suit is in overall very good condition with minimal age and usage toning. The zippers are "Zipp" and still function. The snaps are all the "Prym" type and also still function. The flight suits were cut large to fit over the standard issue uniform and this example is roughly a size 42" chest. Nice makers mark with 1939 date. Excellent. Development of protective flight uniforms and equipment began with the advent of military aircraft in WWI and continued on into the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and the Third Reich resulting in three, distinct, one-piece, combination pattern flight suits being approved before WWII and worn for the duration of the war with minor modifications. The three basic one piece flight suits consisted of a light weight summer suit and two heavier winter flight suits with one intended for flights over land while the other was designed for flights over water. All three of the flight suits were cut large enough to fit over the standard uniform. Regulations of December 1935 dictated the only insignia to be worn on the one piece flight suits was the rank insignia for garments that normally would not have any rank insignia as developed in February 1935 that consisted of a series of stylized "wings" and bars. Originally the December 1935 pattern rank insignia was worn on both upper sleeves of the one piece flight suits but regulations of August 1942 restricted wear to the upper left sleeve as a cost saving measure. Interestingly the sleeve rank insignia was seldom worn in spite of regulations. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase uniform items of higher quality. Of Note: Regulations of July 4TH 1940 and April 24TH 1941 introduced two piece protective flight suits for fighter pilots designed to increase the wearers mobility and not be as restrictive in the close confines of a cockpit but the one piece suits continued to be worn right up until the end of the war. The summer flight suit underwent minor modifications in June 1940 with the replacement of the early, horizontal, fly opening by a vertical fly opening. Another modification was the inclusion of a hidden, quick removal, system of consisting of vertical slash opening with a series of internal grommets and a corresponding drawstring that permitted the wearer to quickly and easily remove the suit as required.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZERJÄGER EM’S M35 DRESS TUNIC

Lot #127a (Sale Order 148 of 784)

Private purchase field-grey wool construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical eight button front closure with double metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down blue/green badge cloth collar. Very nice pair of "Panzer 36" shoulder straps. The tunic is roughly a size 34" chest. Shows the expect light age and usage but overall very nice tunic. The M35 dress tunic was introduced for wear by all ranks on June 29TH 1935 as the walking out, parade and ceremonial dress with the piped, stone grey long pants. The design of the M35 dress tunic was based on the Imperial German army’s service tunic but was a different color and generally of much higher quality. Originally all personnel were issued two M35 dress tunics but manufacture was discontinued in late 1939 or early 1940 and was to be reinstated at the successful conclusion of the war. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 stated that the M35 dress tunics that were no longer suitable for dress wear were to be modified and reissued to personnel of the replacement and reserve units for every day wear. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN EAGLE ORDER MEDAL WW2

Lot #128 (Sale Order 149 of 784)

(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille des Deutsche Adlers mit Schwertern). A round silver medal, the obverse depicting the outline of the Order of the German Eagle. The reverse inscribed "Deutsche Verdienstmedaille” in block letters. On a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback. In overall extremely fine condition. The Series of the Order of the German Eagle was originally instituted by Hitler on May 1ST 1937, in varying degrees for award to foreign political dignitaries. The award was modified and other "degrees" were added in 1939, and again in 1943. The last version of these awards were designated "class" instead of "degree". Also in 1939 crossed swords were added to the award when it was to be issued to personnel who had displayed distinguished military merit.

WWII ORDER OF THE GERMAN EAGLE MERIT MEDAL SWORDS

Lot #129 (Sale Order 150 of 784)

(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille des Deutsche Adlers mit Schwertern). A round silver medal, the obverse depicting the outline of the Order of the German Eagle. The reverse inscribed "Deutsche Verdienstmedaille” in block letters with crossed swords fastened to the top of the medal. On a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback. Maker marked "Hauptmünzamt Wien”, with a Vienna city assay mark, and "835” for silver content. Measuring 38.15 mm in diameter and weighing 23.1 grams. In overall extremely fine condition. The Series of the Order of the German Eagle was originally instituted by Hitler on May 1ST 1937, in varying degrees for award to foreign political dignitaries. The award was modified and other "degrees" were added in 1939, and again in 1943. The last version of these awards were designated "class" instead of "degree". Also in 1939 crossed swords were added to the award when it was to be issued to personnel who had displayed distinguished military merit.

WWII KRIEGSMARINE 1st MODEL NAVAL DAGGER WKC

Lot #130 (Sale Order 151 of 784)

M1921 Kriegsmarine dagger having a roughly 25cm long, drop forged steel, nickel/silver plated, stiletto style blade with dual, narrow, central fullers. Blade features the standard acid etched design of fouled anchors and ornate foliage pattern. Reverse ricasso is well marked with manufacturers logo for WKC. The obverse has the original owner's named engraved to the hilt "Rohifs". Washer is intact. Nicely detailed, fire gilted, brass crossguard and pommel are both intact and show minor age tarnish. The crossguard features an embossed fouled anchor to both obverse and reverse centerpieces and an ornate foliage pattern and rosette tips to the horizontal arms. Reverse centerpiece of the crossguard has an integral spring loaded locking button which is fully intact and still functions. The ball pommel is extremely detailed, adorned with the old reed and cattail pattern. Age yellowed, white celluloid grip (with a couple of hairlines) with twisted, dual strand, brass wire wrap intact. Fire gilted brass 1st pattern hammered scabbard. Both sweated oak-leaf patterned hanger bands intact. Hanger bands each have the scabbard ring and hanger loop intact. Both dome headed throat screws also intact. Excellent The Kriegsmarine was the last of the three branches of the Armed Services to adopt a Nazified dagger on January 28TH 1938. The Kriegsmarine dagger was a modified version of a traditional design that dates back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848. The main modification of the Third Reich era dagger was a change in the Reichsmarine dagger pommel.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RED CROSS DRK SUBORDINATE'S HEWER

Lot #131 (Sale Order 152 of 784)

The hewer features a roughly, 10 1/2", (26.6 cm), long, broad, spear tipped, nickel/silver plated, drop forged, steel construction blade with deep, wide, fullers, a staggered, saw-toothed, edge, a large, flat, ricasso and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 15 5/8", (39.6 cm). The blade is in clean condition with some sharpening. The brown leather washer is still intact. The cast alloy construction, cross guard, languets, and pommel all have a matte, nickel/silver plated finish. The obverse, vertically oval, languet has a raised, smooth, outer edge encompassing an embossed second pattern, (Circa 1938-1945), DRK style national eagle with down-swept wings, a highly embossed swastika to it’s breast, and a traditional Greek style cross in it’s talons, on a slightly recessed, pebbled, field. The reverse, vertically oval, languet also has the raised, smooth, outer edge encompassing a slightly recessed, smooth field. The short, horizontally extended, cross guard features two, evenly spaced, deeply recessed, horizontal, lines near both the top and bottom edges. The unique shaped, horizontally oval, integral, plain pommel is intact. The hewer has molded, black, bakalite grips held in place by two, countersunk screws. The obverse grip features a repeating, diamond grooved pattern and the reverse grip is plain. The hewer comes with it’s original, black painted magnetic sheet metal scabbard with matte, nickel/silver plated top and bottom fittings. Both the top and bottom fittings are secured to the scabbard by two, small, dome headed screws. Complete with original frog. Excellent. The DRK, "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929, and in December of 1937 it was legally recognized by the NSDAP, becoming controlled by them a year later under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization. Due to its non-combatant status, it had to conform to the international Geneva Convention, which directed that its members not carry any weapons, including edged weapons. As a result, the DRK Subordinate’s hewer, introduced in 1938, was designed with a squared tip to preclude its classification as a weapon, allowing its wear in the field. It was worn by the ranks of "DRK-Anwärter" to "DRK-Haupthelfer".

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE OFFICERS DAGGER WW2

Lot #132 (Sale Order 153 of 784)

Roughly, 29cm long, bright, nickel/silver plated, double edged, drop forged steel, stiletto style blade with a flat central plane. Maker marked to P.D.Lüneschloss Solingen. The leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a well defined, nicely detailed, cast alloy crossguard, ferrule and pommel. The crossguard features a stylized national eagle with down-swept wings clutching a swastika to the obverse with a random pebbled field to the reverse. The top edge of the crossguard has an ornate embossed oak-leaf pattern. The cast ferrule has a repeating, embossed oak-leaf pattern. The orb shaped pommel features an embossed oak-leaf pattern encompassing a dual encircled, canted, embossed swastika on a pebbled field background to both the obverse and the reverse. The dagger has a molded, creamy white, bakalite grip with the correct, fine, twisted silver/aluminum wire wrap inset into the diagonally angled grooves. The grip is in overall good condition with no chips or cracks. The dagger also comes complete with its original magnetic sheet steel scabbard. The scabbard features a pebbled field to both the obverse and the reverse with smooth side panels. The scabbard has an ornate, embossed, oak-leaf pattern to both the obverse and reverse of the bottom tip. The scabbard also has sweated on, alloy hanger suspension bands with an ornate, embossed, repeating oak-leaf pattern. The hanger suspension rings are both intact. The scabbards top throat has the original small retaining screw intact. Hard maker to find for a Luftwaffe 2nd pattern dagger. In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots license. On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued. Additional regulations of March and August 1940 extended wear of the second pattern dagger to senior NCO’s, senior reserve NCO’s and Officials with the equivalent NCO’s ranks. Blade side arm portepees and troddels were originally introduced in the Prussian army in 1808, and continued to be worn with the Dress uniform, as a tradition and identifying item through WWI, the Weimar Republic and on into the Third Reich, with minor modifications. The Luftwaffe version of the portepee was officially introduced on March 1ST 1935 and the design was based on the earlier army officers portepee.

WW2 NAZI 1940 LUFTWAFFE SCHOOL COMMEMORATIVE PLATE

Lot #133 (Sale Order 154 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe School plate dated 1940/41 from the City of Amersfoort, Holland. Plate measures roughly 9 1/2 inches having the city overview with crest of arms to the lower bottom of the plate. To the top center a bold Luftwaffe Eagle. The reverse of the plate is marked J de Groot Apeldoorn Holland

WWII NAZI GERMAN WEHRMACHT COMMEMORATIVE PLATE

Lot #134 (Sale Order 155 of 784)

WWII Nazi German commemorative Wehrmacht white porcelain plate with a large three dimensional National Wehrmacht Eagle measuring roughly 10 inches. The plate was produced by Heinrich & Co. of Bavaria. and is in excellent condition.

WW2 NAZI 1937 DDAC REICHSTREFFEN CERAMIC WINE CRUG

Lot #135 (Sale Order 156 of 784)

Motorwelt, the official illustrated magazine of Der deutsche Automobil-Club (DDAC of The German Automobile Club) published an extensive article about the first national meeting of the DDAC, held in the city of Freiburg in May 1937 (1. DDAC Reichstreffen). Freiburg im Breisgau is Germany's most southern city, located in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg.DDAC AbzeichenMotorwelt magazineDDAC members and their families from all over Nazi Germany were invited to attend and the original ceramic Weinkrug or wine pitcher was a souvenir that was for sale at the 1. DDAC Reichstreffen in 1937. It tied in with the wine festival held at the Münsterplatz in Freiburg that was the official closing event of the 1937 national DDAC meeting.Nazi eagle and swastika DDAC logo1. DDAC Reichstreffen Freiburg 19371. DDAC Reichstreffen Freiburg 1937 Nazi eagle and swastika DDAC logo. The ceramic wine pitcher is just under 5 inches tall and is maker marked on the bottom. It is in superb condition - no cracks, no crazing, no chips. The 82+ year old DDAC Weinkrug looks as if it was never used.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 10x50 BINOCULARS BY BMJ WW2

Lot #136 (Sale Order 157 of 784)

Marked "bmj" on the binoculars, this is the German code for Hensholdt & Sohne Optische Werke A-G, Wetzlar Germany. Binoculars marked 10x50, "bmj" and serialized 569041. Ordnance tan paint, clear optics. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH SUITCASE BANN 226

Lot #137 (Sale Order 158 of 784)

Small leather suitcase measuring roughly 20 X 11 X 4 1/2 inches in excellent condition. To the front lid is a large Hitler Youth Diamond and to the side H. J. for Hitler-Jugend and underneath Bann 226 of Arolsen Germany. The Hitler Youth often abbreviated as HJ was the youth organization of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name Hitler-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys' youth organization in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organization; it was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14.With the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945, the organization de facto ceased to exist. On 10 October 1945, the Hitler Youth and its subordinate units were outlawed by the Allied Control Council

WWII NAZI GERMAN M35 COMBAT HELMET COMPLETE WW2

Lot #138 (Sale Order 159 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains a good portion of its hand applied over-paint in feldgrau. All three liner retaining rivets and both inserted ventilation bushings are all intact. The interior of the helmet has an M31 tan leather liner with all of its fingers and new recently added tie string intact. Size and lot numbers are not visible due to the overpaint. Period worn and used example. Not a beauty queen, but completely original. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTSCHUTZ BEADED M35 HELMET WW2

Lot #139 (Sale Order 160 of 784)

Stamped sheet steel construction, M35 style helmet with the addition of an embossed horizontal "bead" positioned at the apex of the front and rear visors and crown. The helmet retains almost all of its original dark blue satin finish. The front center of the helmet has a Luftschutz emblem decal in place. The black detailed, silver decal features stylized spread wings with a central oak-leaf sprig and a canted swastika positioned below a scripted banner, "Luftschutz". The decal is retained about 98%. All three liner retaining rivets and both inset ventilation bushings are all intact. The interior of the helmet has a cream colored leather construction, six finger liner. Shell is stamped with the manufacturers code and size, "Q64" indicating manufacture by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. Esslingen, size 64. Chinstrap is complete. For some reason, the M35's in these don’t turn up very often. Nice helmet! Formed in late 1932 the Deutsches Luftschutzverband, (German Air Protection League), was a voluntary organization designed to provide civil air raid protection in large civilian centers. Shortly after Hitler ascension to power the Deutsches Luftschutzverband was restructured and placed under the supervision of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, (National Air Ministry), under the control of Hermann Göring. On April 29TH 1933 the Deutsches Luftschutzverband was renamed RLB, Reichs Luftschutz Bund, (National Air Raid Protection League) and was given status as an official national organization tasked with all aspects of civil air raid defense. The RLB remained a voluntary organization with a small cadre of paid, full-time uniformed officials to oversee the organizations functions until June 1935 when obligatory service was introduced. Only the most basic uniform and equipment items were supplied to the cadre personnel, with the rest having to be bought personally by members. On September 26TH 1938 a specific helmet for RLB personnel was introduced that incorporated a raised horizontal "bead" between the visors and crown. These helmets commonly called the "Gladiator" style were supplemented with M35, M40 and M42 helmets that also incorporated a raised horizontal "bead" between the visors and crown. The Luftschutz also utilized a variety of captured helmets.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M42 SINGLE DECAL HELMET ET62 WW2

Lot #140 (Sale Order 161 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains most of its factory applied field-gray paint. The left side of the helmet has an Wehrmacht eagle shield decal featuring a eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons on a black, shield, shaped base. The decal is retained about 95%. All three liner retaining rivets are all intact. The interior of the helmet is missing the M31, tan, leather liner. Band is is still present. The interior reverse neck guard apron has a serial/lot number stamp that appears to be, "1229" and has the manufacturers code and size stamp, "EF62" indicating manufacture by Emaillierwerk, AG Fulda, size 62. Comes with original chinstrap. Nice helmet! The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet.

WWII NAZI LUFTSCHUTZ BEADED M38 GLADIATOR HELMET

Lot #141 (Sale Order 162 of 784)

The three piece, stamped, sheet steel construction Luftschutz M38 "Gladiator" style helmet retains a most of its original, smooth, dark satin blue paint. The front center of the helmet has a Luftschutz emblem decal. The black detailed, silver decal features stylized spread wings with a central oak-leaf sprig and a canted swastika positioned below a scripted banner, "Luftschutz". The helmet has two groups of seven "salt & pepper" ventilation holes to either side of the crown. All three of the small, flat headed, liner retaining rivets are intact. The helmet has an embossed, horizontal, beaded rim between the crown and the visor/neck guard. The visor/neck guard has a semi-circular "ear" cut-out and a brazed vertical seam to either side. Complete original liner. Size marked 56. Nice helmet. Formed in late 1932 the Deutscher Luftschutzverband, (German Air Protection League), was a voluntary organization designed to provide civil air raid protection in large civilian centers. Shortly after Hitler ascension to power the Deutscher Luftschutzverband was restructured and placed under the supervision of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, (National Air Ministry), under the control of Hermann Göring. On April 29TH 1933 the Deutscher Luftschutzverband was renamed RLB, Reichs Luftschutz Bund, (National Air Raid Protection League) and was given status as an official national organization tasked with all aspects of civil air raid defense. The RLB remained a voluntary organization with a small cadre of paid, full-time, uniformed officials to oversee the organizations functions until June 1935 when obligatory service was introduced. Only the most basic uniform and equipment items were supplied to the cadre personnel, with the rest having to be bought personally by members. On September 26TH 1938 a specific helmet for RLB personnel was introduced that incorporated a raised horizontal "bead" between the visors and crown. These helmets commonly called the "Gladiator" style were supplemented with M35, M40 and M42 helmets that also incorporated a raised horizontal "bead" between the visors and crown. The Luftschutz also utilized a variety of captured helmets.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZER OVERSEAS CAP WW2

Lot #142 (Sale Order 163 of 784)

German Luftwaffe “Other Ranks” Overseas Cap for Panzer or Mech. This cap is produced in black herringbone twill (HBT). The front peak has a hand applied, machine embroidered Luftwaffe eagle in silvery-gray cloth over black. The interior has minor wear from use, and is fully lined in black cloth. It is well-marked with maker and LBA number and is size marked 54 1/2. Also seen is a date of production, 1938. Near excellent! The "Schiffchenform", (Boat form), style overseas cap was originally developed by the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportverband, (German Air Sports League), the clandestine, civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, in 1933, and was adopted by the Luftwaffe shortly after its official establishment on February 26TH 1935. The insignia on the caps included the Luftwaffe style national eagle and the circular, black, white, and red national tri-color cockade as introduced on March 14TH 1933. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935. The original, short winged, first pattern national eagle was utilized until a, slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations dictated that the national eagle was to be worn on almost all headgear and on the right breast of almost all uniforms with a few minor exceptions. The overseas caps for Company and Field grade Officer's holding the ranks of Leutnant up to Oberst were distinguished from EM/NCO's caps by bright silver/aluminum piping while Officers holding Generals ranks of Generalmajor up to Reichsmarschall utilized gold colored fittings and EM/NCO's caps were generally not piped. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own headgear and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO's could choose to purchase their headgear from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase headgear of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE M35 DD HELMET ET64 WW2

Lot #143 (Sale Order 164 of 784)

Helmet retains a good portion of its original smooth, Luftwaffe blue/gray paint. Second pattern Luftwaffe eagle decal is retained about 75%. National tri-color shield decal is retained about 80%. All three liner retaining rivets and both ventilation bushings are all intact. M31 tan leather liner is fully intact with all fingers and original tie string. Liner is well marked with ink stamped size "58". The reverse, interior, neck guard apron is serial/lot number stamped, "3836" and the interior, left side, apron has the stamped manufacturer’s code and the size, "ET64" indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. Decent worn and used example complete with chinstrap. Very Good The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft personnel on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER DEMI CHAMPAGNE COOLER WW2

Lot #144 (Sale Order 165 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Demi wine or Champagne cooler that stands 7 inches tall and 6 inches wide with a large 3 1/2 inch wide Wehrmacht style National eagle. The cooler is lightweight and is nickel silvered base metal and most certainly is from an Officer's mess. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN HAND CARVED PLATE W SWASTIKA WW2

Lot #145 (Sale Order 166 of 784)

Large hand carved wooden plate measuring roughly 12 inches wide, having a white, sun wheeled swastika to the center with the carved inscription "Unser Täglich Brot Gib Uns Heute" or give us this day our daily bread. 100% original to the period of WWII, this plate is in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ANTI SEMITIC CARTOON BOOK WW2

Lot #146 (Sale Order 167 of 784)

Most Third Reich book collectors are familiar with the very anti-Semitic books Der Giftpilz (The Poison Mushroom) and Trau keinem Fuchs auf grüner Heid und keinem Jud auf seinem Eid! (Don't Trust a Fox in a Green Pasture Or a Jew Upon His Oath!) published by Julius Streicher's Stürmer Verlag. Those Nazi propaganda books were intended for children and were published in large printing runs in Nazi Germany. Lesser known but at least as politically incorrect illustrated Nazi books for adults by Otto Stoll, such as Der Frühling und anderes Gepfeffertes! Nur für natürlich empfindende Menschen (Spring and Other 'Spicey' Stories! Only for People Sensitive to Nature) were every bit as nasty and anti-Jewish in tone but were published for a mature audience in far smaller press runs. The very rare example of "Spring and Other 'Spicey' Stories!" is a hard cover 6-7/8 x 9-1/2 inch, 68-page book with a reddish cloth spine and has colorful illustrations by well-known artist H. Heyne throughout the Sütterlinschrift text. The book is undated but some of the Heyne illustrations have the date 1938 or 1939 under the artist's signature. It contains eight stories in chapters, some of which are extremely anti-Jewish. Intended to be humorous, the stories are all related to aspects of hunting and spending time outdoors, and contain typical ribald German hunting humor. As the book is printed in a Sütterlinschrift type face, it is often misunderstood or misrepresented, and incorrectly described by antique book sellers here in the United States, and in Europe. The book contains the extremely anti-Semitic story of Max Isidor Veilchenblau (the name means the color violet in German, not a compliment), a wealthy Jewish business man who wished to be a hunter. Max Isidor owned a big house on the edge of a forest where he lived with his wife Rosalinda. Veilchenblau tells his wife he has hunting plans but instead takes a beautiful, blond Aryan girl out to dinner. A romantic encounter in a secluded cabin in the forest after dinner did not turn out as Mr. Veilchenblau had planned. He had to flee and ended up stark naked in the woods where was found by his wife and a policeman. According to the moral of the rhyming text, the story is that Jews can never be hunters, and that no amount of money can make them hunters as their Jewish race just doesn't have 'hunter blood. There is another anti-Jewish story about a Jew who made a lot of money during World War I and his difficult experiences during a hunting outing with his neighbor, a count, and the count's lovely blond escort. Chapters have titles such as Spring, Hunter Latin, Quiet Retreat, Hunter Hans and his Dog Kosimar, and are accompanied by cartoon-like color illustrations of animals, hunters (drinking, misdeeds with chimneys and fireplaces, getting in trouble while hunting, hunting mishaps, farting, etc.), romantic encounters in the woods, hunters in trouble with the tax authorities, etc. Many of these stories would still be considered extremely funny by the target audience in Germany today! In the back of this rare Third Reich book is advertising for other humorous books published by Neumann Publishing company. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN ANTI TANK WEAPON PANZERFAUST 60

Lot #147 (Sale Order 168 of 784)

The heavy, thick, hollow, tooled steel construction Panzerfaust firing tube is roughly, 80cm, long with a, 50mm, diameter. The ordnance firing tube has a brazed on, sheet metal, hinged, risible sight and trigger. The sight has three, small, vertically aligned, rectangular cut-outs. Head is appears to be complete. Shows heavy wear, use and corrosion damage. This is a typical piece that came out of Russia and were repainted with stencils reapplied. Very Good. Development of an effective, personal, anti-tank weapon was started, at the request of the Heereswaffenamt, (Army Ordnance Office), by the Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft-Metalwarenfabrik firm of Leipzig in November 1942. Originally an employee of the Schneider firm, Dr. H. Langweiler, developed the Faustpatrone 1, (Fist Cartridge 1), nicknamed "Gretchen", followed by the "Faustpatrone 2", also referred to as the "Panzerfaust 30", (Armored Fist 30). In July 1943 the Faustpatrone 1 was field tested and the first five thousand Faustpatrone 1's were issued to personnel in the field in August that year. Both of these weapons were found to have insufficient penetrating power so further developments lead to the introduction of the longer range, higher velocity, Panzerfaust 60 in August 1944 and the Panzerfaust 100 in November 1944. Further models, Panzerfaust 150 and 200, were in development when the war ended. Of all the Panzerfaust models the Panzerfaust 60's were the most effective and by October 1944, roughly 400,000 Panzerfaust 60's were being produced and issued on monthly basis. All models of Panzerfaust were basically of the same design and consisted of assorted sized, sheet metal, hollow charged, tapered warheads, with stabilizing tail fins, which was inserted into a steel firing tube. The Panzerfaust 60, had an initial velocity of forty-five meters per second and was capable of penetrating two hundred millimeters of armor at an effective range of sixty to eighty meters. Of Note: Interestingly the main manufacturer of the Panzerfaust firing tubes was the Volkswagen-Werke at Fallersleben by Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony.

WWII NAZI GERMAN GLIDER SQUADRON CLASP IN BRONZE

Lot #148 (Sale Order 169 of 784)

Die struck, two piece, tombac construction clasp. The clasp is in the form of a central, circular, embossed, laurel leaf wreath, encompassing a separate, cut-out, stylized, eagle in flight clutching a canted swastika in its talons. The stylized eagle is secured to the clasp with a single rivet which is visible on the reverse. The clasp has three, overlapping, parallel rows of embossed oak-leaves extending horizontally outward from either side of the central wreath. The clasp shows nice detailing. The clasp has no visible manufacturer’s markings. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. The Transport and Glider Squadron Operational Flying Clasp was introduced by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring on November 19TH 1941, as the fourth clasp in a series of eight that were instituted at different points through-out the war to recognize the increasing number of operational flights achieved by specialized Luftwaffe personnel. All eight of the clasps were awarded in three grades of, Bronze for twenty operational flights, Silver for sixty operational flights, and Gold for one hundred ten operational flights. By mid-1942 many pilots and air crews were surpassing the number of Operational flights required for award of the clasps, so on June 26TH 1942, Reichsmarschall Göring introduced a star burst pendant device to recognize operational flights over one hundred and ten with a prescribed number of operational flights required for award depending on the type of clasp. In the case of the Transport and Glider Squadron Operational Flying Clasp five hundred operational flights were necessary for the award of the star burst pendant. pendant. Of Note: Due to the ever increasing operational flights achieved by Luftwaffe personnel Göring decided to replace the sun burst pendant on April 29TH 1944 with a new numbered pendant. The numbered pendants began at "200" and went up as high as "2000" in increments of one hundred.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE AIR GUNNER'S BADGE WW2

Lot #149 (Sale Order 170 of 784)

Die struck alloy construction badge with silver wash. The badge is in the form of a nicely convexed, vertically oval wreath with laurel leaves to the left side and oak-leaves to the right side with a swastika superimposed to the bottom center. Mounted on the wreath is a highly vaunted, stylized eagle in flight clutching dual lightening bolts in its talons. The eagle is secured to the wreath by two small dome headed rivets which are visible on the reverse. The eagles wing tips extend just beyond the outer edge of the wreath. The badge shows nice quality detailing including a cut-out to the top arm of the swastika and additional cut-outs to the lightening bolts. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with the stamped, manufacturers name JMME & SOHN BERLIN. Near Mint. The Wireless Operator’s/Air Gunner’s qualification badge was introduced by Hermann Göring on March 26TH 1936 for award to radio operators, air gunners and mechanics who had met the required criteria. The Wireless Operator’s/Air Gunner’s badge was awarded on an individual basis and the main criteria for bestowal of the award was the completion of five operational flights over enemy territory or a minimum of two months active service. As with other flyer’s specialty badges a cloth version of the Wireless Operator’s/Air Gunner’s Badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCO’s and a hand embroidered pattern for Officer’s. Of Note: After the introduction of the Air Gunner’s badge on June 22ND 1942, the Wireless Operator’s/Air Gunner’s badge was re-designated Bordfunkerabzeichen, (Wireless Operator’s Badge), and was bestowed exclusively to Wireless Operators.

WWII NAZI KRIEGSMARINE DESTROYER WAR BADGE R.S.

Lot #150 (Sale Order 171 of 784)

Solid backed injected molded alloy construction badge with gilt and burnished silver washes is in the form of a gilt washed vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with a small national eagle with down-swept wings clutching a canted swastika in its talons superimposed to the top center encompassing the forward side profile view of a cut-out burnished silver washed Destroyer and waves. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. Reverse is marked to R.S. indicating manufacture by Rudolf Souval of Wien. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1ST CLASS IRON CROSS EKI WW2

Lot #151 (Sale Order 172 of 784)

German WWII Cased 1st Class Iron Cross. The front has a swastika in the center and is dated '1939' below. Reverse has a wide vertical pin. Three piece construction with an iron magnetic center. Includes the black leatherette case. Has the outline of an Iron Cross on the lid. Excellent On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross second class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired.

WWII NAZI GERMAN TANK BADGE IN SILVER KWM WW2

Lot #152 (Sale Order 173 of 784)

Tank Badge in Silver Grade, in feinzink, solid, silvered, by maker Wurster, marked on reverse KWM within circle (Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen); badge retains nearly 100% of original finish, in very fine condition. The Panzer Assault Badge in silver was instituted by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on December 20TH 1939 for award to all ranks of tank personnel who served as a tank commander, driver, gunner or radio operator and had been involved in three different armored assaults on three different days. The institution order indicated the criteria for award of the badge was to be effective as of January 1ST 1940. Of Note: On June 1ST 1940 a Bronze version of the Panzer Assault Badge was introduced for award to Panzer-Grenadier, medical, and armored car personnel who participated in three different armored assaults on three different days. Also Of Note: By June 1943 it was realized that the Panzer Assault Badge didn’t sufficiently recognize the number of assaults participated in by armored personnel, which resulted in the introduction of the numbered Special Grade of the Panzer Assault Badge in both silver and bronze versions on June 22ND 1943. The numbered Special Grade of the Panzer Assault Badge were awarded with the numerals, 25, 50, 75 and 100. The numbered badges followed the basic design of their un-numbered predecessors but were larger and had the addition of an inset rectangular plate with a numeral to the bottom of the wreath.

WWII LUFTWAFFE AIR GUNNER'S BADGE BY DEUMER WW2

Lot #153 (Sale Order 174 of 784)

Two piece, die struck zinc construction badge with silver and dark burnished silver finishes. The badge is in the form of a silver washed, nicely convexed, vertically oval, wreath with laurel leaves to the left side and oak-leaves to the right side and a canted, swastika superimposed to the bottom center. Mounted on the wreath is a dark, burnished silver finished, highly vaunted, stylized eagle in flight clutching dual lightening bolts in its talons. The eagle is secured to the wreath by two, small dome headed rivets which are visible on the reverse. The eagles wing tips extend just beyond the outer edge of the wreath. The badge shows nice quality detailing including cut-outs to the lightening bolts. The reverse of the wreath has a soldered, barrel type hinge, a thin round vertical pin and a heavy soldered catch on a circular base plate all intact. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with the stamped, manufacturer’s name and location, "W. Deumer Lüdenscheid". The wireless operator’s/air gunner’s qualification badge was introduced by Hermann Göring on March 26TH 1936 for award to radio operators, air gunners and mechanics who had met the required criteria. The wireless operator’s/air gunner’s badge was awarded on an individual basis and the main criteria for bestowal of the badge was the completion of five operational flights over enemy territory or a minimum of two months active service. As with other flyer’s specialty badges a cloth version of the wireless operator’s/air gunner’s badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCO’s and a hand embroidered pattern for Officers. Of Note: After the introduction of the air gunner’s badge on June 22ND 1942, the wireless operator’s/air gunner’s badge was re-designated Bordfunkerabzeichen, (Wireless Operator’s Badge), and was bestowed exclusively to wireless operators.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KM COASTAL ARTILLERY WAR BADGE

Lot #154 (Sale Order 175 of 784)

Die struck, alloy construction badge in the form of a gilt washed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a national eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons, superimposed to the top center, encompassing the silver washed, cut-out likeness of an 88mm coastal artillery gun with the barrel of the gun extending beyond the edge of the wreath. Complete pin and catch assembly. Excellent The Coastal Artillery War Badge was introduced on June 24TH 1941 by Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine und Großadmiral, (Commander in Chief of the Navy and Grand Admiral), Erich Raeder for award to land based Naval coastal artillery and anti-aircraft personnel in recognition of their achievements. The award was bestowed based on a point system with the main criteria being "merit in action".

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE GROUND COMBAT BADGE WW2

Lot #155 (Sale Order 176 of 784)

Two piece, die struck alloy, solid backed award is in the form of a vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with separate Luftwaffe eagle superimposed to the top, encompassing a burnished matte grey washed cloud and lightning bolt. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. The reverse is well marked with deeply stamped manufacturer's name and location, "G.H. Osang Dresden". Nice! The first Luftwaffe ground combat units were formed in the winter of 1941/42 on the Russian front. In February 1942, Brigade Meindl was formed and consisted of five Luftwaffe Field Battalions. As a result of these new ground combat units the Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge was instituted on March 31ST 1942, for award to Luftwaffe personnel who had distinguished themselves in ground combat. Certain criteria had to be met for award of the badge with the main criteria being three separate ground combat actions. Of Note: On introduction of the Ground Combat Badge, Luftwaffe personnel who had been awarded the Infantry, Panzer or General Assault badges previously were required to exchange them for this badge. Prior to the introduction of this Ground Combat Badge, Flak personnel who had utilized their Flak guns against land or sea based targets three times were awarded the Flak War Badge. These personnel also exchanged their Flak War Badge for the Ground Combat Badge

WWII KRIEGSMARINE BLOCKADE RUNNER BADGE SCHWERIN

Lot #156 (Sale Order 177 of 784)

Heavy, die struck, solid backed, badge with both bright and a burnished silver finishes. The circular badge features the forward profile of a merchant ship with a large, stylized national eagle figurehead clutching a canted swastika in its talons, encompassed by embossed, stylized chain links. The bow of the ship is breaking the encompassing chain links at the bottom of the badge, symbolizing running the enemy blockade. The badge is nicely detailed including cut-outs to the eagle's wings and recessed "windows" on the ship's bridge deck. The reverse has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, tapering vertical pin and catch all intact (catch is bent in the closed position). The reverse is well marked with embossed designer's name, "Fec. Otto Placzek Berlin", and the manufacturer's name, "Ausf. Schwerin Berlin". Nice early example. The Blockade Runner’s Badge was instituted by Adolf Hitler on April 1ST 1941 for award to Naval personnel and Merchant marines who met specific criteria, the most important being returning a ship to Germany after running an enemy blockade.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET WAR BADGE WW2

Lot #157 (Sale Order 178 of 784)

Die struck, solid backed, nicely convexed, alloy construction badge with gilt and burnished silver finishes. The badge features a vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with a national eagle with out-stretched wings superimposed to the top center, encompassing a nicely detailed, cut-out, "face on", likeness of the battleship Bismarck cutting through waves. The solid reverse of the badge is slightly concaved. The reverse has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad vertical pin and a heavy soldered catch all intact. The reverse is well marked with the embossed designer and manufacturers names, "Fec. Adolf Bock", and "Ausf. Schwerin-Berlin", respectively. The High Seas Fleet War Badge was instituted by Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine und Großadmiral, (Commander in Chief of the Navy and Grand Admiral), Erich Raeder on April 30TH 1941 to recognize the actions of personnel serving on German battleships and cruisers in the battle against England. Bestowal criteria varied with the main qualification being twelve weeks of active service on a battleship or cruiser.

WWII NAZI GERMAN TANK BADGE IN SILVER KWM WW2

Lot #158 (Sale Order 179 of 784)

Tank Badge in Silver Grade, in feinzink, solid, silvered, by maker Wurster, marked on reverse KWM within circle (Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen); badge retains nearly 100% of original finish, in MINT condition. The Panzer Assault Badge in silver was instituted by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on December 20TH 1939 for award to all ranks of tank personnel who served as a tank commander, driver, gunner or radio operator and had been involved in three different armored assaults on three different days. The institution order indicated the criteria for award of the badge was to be effective as of January 1ST 1940. Of Note: On June 1ST 1940 a Bronze version of the Panzer Assault Badge was introduced for award to Panzer-Grenadier, medical, and armored car personnel who participated in three different armored assaults on three different days. Also Of Note: By June 1943 it was realized that the Panzer Assault Badge didn’t sufficiently recognize the number of assaults participated in by armored personnel, which resulted in the introduction of the numbered Special Grade of the Panzer Assault Badge in both silver and bronze versions on June 22ND 1943. The numbered Special Grade of the Panzer Assault Badge were awarded with the numerals, 25, 50, 75 and 100. The numbered badges followed the basic design of their un-numbered predecessors but were larger and had the addition of an inset rectangular plate with a numeral to the bottom of the wreath.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE AIR GUNNER'S BADGE WW2

Lot #159 (Sale Order 180 of 784)

Two piece, die struck zinc construction badge with silver and dark burnished silver finishes. The badge is in the form of a silver washed, nicely convexed, vertically oval, wreath with laurel leaves to the left side and oak-leaves to the right side and a canted, swastika superimposed to the bottom center. Mounted on the wreath is a dark, burnished silver finished, highly vaunted, stylized eagle in flight clutching dual lightening bolts in its talons. The eagle is secured to the wreath by two, small dome headed rivets which are visible on the reverse. The eagles wing tips extend just beyond the outer edge of the wreath. The badge shows nice quality detailing including cut-outs to the lightening bolts. The reverse of the wreath has a soldered, barrel type hinge, a thin round vertical pin and a heavy soldered catch on a circular base plate all intact. The reverse is not maker marked. The wireless operator’s/air gunner’s qualification badge was introduced by Hermann Göring on March 26TH 1936 for award to radio operators, air gunners and mechanics who had met the required criteria. The wireless operator’s/air gunner’s badge was awarded on an individual basis and the main criteria for bestowal of the badge was the completion of five operational flights over enemy territory or a minimum of two months active service. As with other flyer’s specialty badges a cloth version of the wireless operator’s/air gunner’s badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCO’s and a hand embroidered pattern for Officers. Of Note: After the introduction of the air gunner’s badge on June 22ND 1942, the wireless operator’s/air gunner’s badge was re-designated Bordfunkerabzeichen, (Wireless Operator’s Badge), and was bestowed exclusively to wireless operators.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1ST CLASS IRON CROSS #20 EKI WW2

Lot #160 (Sale Order 181 of 784)

German WWII Cased 1st Class Iron Cross. The front has a swastika in the center and is dated '1939' below. Reverse has a wide vertical pin and is maker marked 20 to the reverse indicating the maker C. F. Zimmermann . Three piece construction with an iron magnetic center. Includes the black leatherette case. Has the outline of an Iron Cross on the lid. Excellent On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross second class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA DAGGER M7/3/39 KUNO RITTER WW2

Lot #160a (Sale Order 182 of 784)

Nice quality dagger features a roughly, 8 3/4", (22.2 cm), long double edged nickel/silver plated drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 13 5/8" (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light scabbard runners and some of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice, deep, well defined, acid etched Fraktur style, script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All/Everything for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. Maker marked to "M7/3/39" Kuno Ritter of Solingen. The dagger has the plated nickel crossguard, pommel, and tang nut. The dagger has a very nicely contoured, reddish tinged, brown, stained, hardwood grip, which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings with one chip towards the top crossguard. The grip has a nicely inset, solid nickel/silver national eagle and a nickel/silver and enameled runic SA button both intact. The dagger comes with it’s original, coppery brown, painted, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. Dagger comes complete with it's brown leather hanger with oval, pronged, solid nickel/silver buckle and friction clip. Excellent The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along paramilitary lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE OFFICERS DAGGER WW2

Lot #160b (Sale Order 183 of 784)

Roughly 29cm long bright nickel/silver plated double edged drop forged steel stiletto style blade with a flat central plane. Maker marked to "Robt. Klaas". The leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a well defined, nicely detailed, cast, aluminum cross guard, ferrule and pommel. The cross guard features a stylized national eagle with down-swept wings clutching a swastika to the obverse with a random pebbled field to the reverse. The top edge of the crossguard has an ornate embossed oak-leaf pattern. The cast ferrule has a repeating, embossed oak-leaf pattern. The orb shaped pommel features an embossed oak-leaf pattern encompassing a dual encircled, canted, embossed swastika on a pebbled field background to both the obverse and the reverse. The dagger has a molded orange, Bakelite grip with the correct, fine twisted silver/aluminum wire wrap inset into the diagonally angled grooves. The grip is in overall good condition with one chip at the top towards the pommel. The dagger also comes complete with its original magnetic sheet steel scabbard. The scabbard features a pebbled field to both the obverse and the reverse with smooth side panels. The scabbard has an ornate embossed, oak-leaf pattern to both the obverse and reverse of the bottom tip. The scabbard also has sweated on alloy hanger suspension band with an ornate embossed, repeating oak-leaf pattern. There is one hanger suspension rings missing. The scabbards top throat has its retaining screw intact. Shows the expected age. Very Good In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots license. On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued. Additional regulations of March and August 1940 extended wear of the second pattern dagger to senior NCO’s, senior reserve NCO’s and Officials with the equivalent NCO’s ranks. Blade side arm portepees and troddels were originally introduced in the Prussian army in 1808, and continued to be worn with the Dress uniform, as a tradition and identifying item through WWI, the Weimar Republic and on into the Third Reich, with minor modifications. The Luftwaffe version of the portepee was officially introduced on March 1ST 1935 and the design was based on the earlier army officers portepee.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER ARMY OFFICERS DAGGER WW2

Lot #160c (Sale Order 184 of 784)

The dagger features a roughly, 26cm long, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated, stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 38cm. Blade has spotting and some sharpening. Blade is unmarked. The original brown leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a cast alloy, crossguard, ferrule, and pommel. The obverse crossguard features the embossed, army style national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons and a plain reverse. The ferrule and pommel both feature embossed repeating oak-leaf patterns. The dagger has a molded, dark orange/yellow, celluloid grip with the correct, diagonally angled ribbing. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, magnetic sheet metal construction scabbard with a random pebbled pattern to both the obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. Both of the sweated on scabbard bands with a repeating, horizontally embossed oak-leaf pattern and the hanger suspension rings are intact. Both, dome headed, throat retaining screws are also intact. Traditionally German Army Officers had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), Reichswehr, (National Defence {Force}), and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favour within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. The edged weapon portepees were originally introduced in the Prussian army in 1808, and continued to be worn with the Dress uniform, as a tradition and identifying item through WWI, the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich, with minor modifications. Originally designed as a functional item to secure the blade sidearm to the holder’s wrist the portepee evolved into a purely decorative accessory. The Third Reich era Officer’s dagger portepee was introduced along with the Officer’s dagger on May 4TH 1935 and was intended for wear by all Officers and Senior NCO’s with permission to wear the dagger. Of Note: Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger and portepee was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that officer ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the dress dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CAVALRY OFFICER'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #161 (Sale Order 185 of 784)

Nice quality private purchase visor cap with a field-gray doeskin wool construction body and crown and a dark green wool centerband with golden yellow wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and the top and bottom edges of the centerband. Aluminum wreath and metal national eagle all original to the cap. The cap has a twisted bright silver/aluminum chin cord intact secured in place by two small silver washed pebbled alloy buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in gray rayon. Nice complete sweat shield. The interior of the cap also has a wide leather sweatband. The cap is roughly size 55.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M36 CAVALRY OFFICER JACKET WW2

Lot #162 (Sale Order 186 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, field-gray, wool/rayon blend construction tunic features a vertical, five button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline. Officer’s collar tabs, shoulder boards and breast eagle and the Edelweiss tradition badge are all original period stitching to the tunic. The tunic is roughly a size 36" chest. Shows the expected light age and use with some mothing to the green wool collar. Very Good The Officer’s service tunic followed the basic design of the EM/NCO’s field blouse with the most readily visible difference, besides the insignia, being the turned up French cuffs. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER STRAIGHT LEG TROUSERS WW2

Lot #163 (Sale Order 187 of 784)

1943 production, feldgrau, wool/rayon blend construction, straight legged, issue long pants. Buttons look to be all original stitching. Rbnr# marked. Roughly a waist size 40". Light wear, but overall excellent condition with a couple of period repairs. The German army utilized a wide variety of long trousers and breeches including the M35 dress pants, the standard straight legged long pants, assorted breeches, drill and field pants, tapered "keilhose" pants and assorted specialized pants designed for specific branch of service personnel such as the Mountain troopers pants and the Panzer and Assault Gunner’s pants. The standard issue long pants were a basic uniform item for all unmounted personnel and was obligatory wear for all ranks for the field dress. The long pants were also worn by EM/NCO’s with the service, guard and reporting dress and by NCO’s with the undress uniform. The long pants with branch of service piping down the outside leg seams were also worn by unmounted EM/NCO’s with the parade dress and by all ranks with the walking out dress. Originally the long pants were produced in stone grey fabric until 1940 when regulations dictated that newly produced long pants be constructed in field-grey fabric. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive. These pants appears to be a private purchase example.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH TROUSERS MINT WW2

Lot #163a (Sale Order 188 of 784)

Loosely woven black wool/rayon blend construction trousers that feature a five button French fly with an hook situated on the waistband. All buttons have original stitching. Unmarked. The pants are roughly size 34" waist. MINT The Hitler Youth may be traced back to March of 1922, with the formation of the "Jugendbund der NSDAP" (Youth-league of-the NSDAP), under control of the SA. In April of 1924 the "Jugendbund der NSDAP" was renamed "Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung" (Greater-German Youth-movement), and in July of 1926 the "Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung" was officially renamed "Hitlerjugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend" (Hitler-youth League of-the German Worker-youth).

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER PIONEER M35 DRESS TUNIC WW2

Lot #164 (Sale Order 189 of 784)

High quality, private purchase, field-gray wool/tricot blend construction M35 dress tunic features a vertical, eight button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline and a lay down, blue/green badge cloth collar. Buttons and insignia are all original stitching. Award loops for one badge. The tunic is roughly a size 36" chest. Original marksman lanyard is also included. Superb untouched tunic showing only the expected age and light use. The M35 dress tunic was introduced for wear by all ranks on June 29TH 1935 as the walking out, parade and ceremonial dress with the piped, stone grey long pants. The design of the M35 dress tunic was based on the Imperial German army’s service tunic but was a different color and generally of much higher quality. Originally all personnel were issued two M35 dress tunics but manufacture was discontinued in late 1939 or early 1940 and was to be reinstated at the successful conclusion of the war. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 stated that the M35 dress tunics that were no longer suitable for dress wear were to be modified and reissued to personnel of the replacement and reserve units for every day wear. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLAK VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #165 (Sale Order 190 of 784)

Nice quality, privately purchased, Luftwaffe blue/gray, wool/rayon blend construction visor cap features a black, horizontally ribbed, interwoven, mohair centerband, and bright red wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. Original, 2nd pattern, Luftwaffe insignia is complete. The cap has a black, patent leather chinstrap with two, black painted, vertically rectangular, metal, retaining clips and two, black painted, vertically oval, metal, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, smooth, black painted sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, leather visor with a machine stitched, simulated leather lip to the forward edge. Complete liner and sweatband. Sweat shield is complete. Size marked 57 and dated 1938. Superb unit markings on the reverse sweatband. Nice cap! Visor caps were a standard item for all military personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with, based on the individual’s rank. On its inception on February 26TH 1935, the Luftwaffe, (Air-{Weapon}, Force), adopted most of the uniform items of the earlier DLV, Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, including the visor cap. In March 1935 the earlier, "Tellerform", saucer shaped, caps were replaced with a new a "Sattelform" saddle shaped, cap with a higher front peak and an oval shaped top. The insignia utilized on the visor caps consisted of the Luftwaffe style national eagle as introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935 along with a new, winged, wreath and the national tri-color cockade. The original, first pattern, Luftwaffe style, national eagle was utilized until a slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. The visor caps for Company and Field grade Officers, holding the ranks of Leutnant up to Oberst were distinguished from EM/NCO’s caps by bright, silver/aluminum piping and a silver/aluminum chin cord while Officers holding Generals ranks of Generalmajor up to Reichsmarschall utilized gold colored fittings. EM/NCO ranks visor caps utilized the appropriate waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), piping and blackened leather chinstraps. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with golden yellow being chosen for Flieger, (Flight), personnel which was displayed as piping on EM/NCO’s visor caps.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLAK TUNIC & Y STRAPS

Lot #166 (Sale Order 191 of 784)

Nice quality, 1935 pattern, Luftwaffe blue/gray, wool/rayon, blend construction tunic features a vertical, four button, front closure with small, fold back, lapels and a lay down collar. The tunic has four, pleated, front pockets with straight edged button down flaps. The right breast has a machine embroidered, first pattern, (droop tail), Luftwaffe eagle clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons, in silvery/gray cotton threads on a cut-out, Luftwaffe, blue/gray wool base. The eagle is neatly handstitched to the tunic. The straight cut, non-adjustable, sleeves have deep, fold back, French cuffs which are tacked in the upright position at both the inner and outer sleeve seams. The side panels at the waistline each have four, vertically aligned, horizontal, thread loops and a central, vertical, slash for the belt support hooks. The reverse of the tunic has a short, central, vertical, tail skirt vent. The tunic has sewn on shoulder straps in Luftwaffe blue/gray wool with red wool waffenfarbe piping with a single rank pip. The shoulder strap retaining buttons are intact. Unit number cyphers have been removed from the straps. The collar has bright red, wool collar tabs with three, stamped, rank "gulls" to each. Red collar cording is complete. The interior of the tunic is fully lined in ribbed, gray, cotton twill and the lining has a horizontal slash pocket to the left breast panel. The interior side panels at the waistline each have a vertical, grey cotton twill strap with six stitched eyelets to each to secure the belt support hooks. The left breast lining is well marked with black size and unit ink stamps. The tunic is roughly a size 36" chest. Comes with original leather Y straps and a belt and buckle, all are in excellent condition. The Reichsluftwaffe was official established on February 26TH 1935 as the third branch of service of the Armed Forces. On March 9TH 1935 the formation of the new Reichsluftwaffe was announced to the foreign press and on March 16TH conscription was reintroduced for all three branches of service. On May 21ST 1935 the Reichsluftwaffe designation was altered to Luftwaffe. The standard pattern service uniform was adopted by the Luftwaffe in March 1935, and was based on the uniform worn by personnel in the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), a civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, as early as 1933, with minor modifications. The 1935 pattern uniform tunic was designated Tuchrock, (Cloth tunic), and was worn open at the neck. On November 11TH 1938 a new pattern tunic was introduced that had allowances for it to be worn closed at the neck. The 1938 pattern tunic was designated Anzugrock, (Uniform tunic), and was intended to replace the 1935 pattern Tuchrock and Fliegerbluse, (Flight Blouse). The 1938 pattern tunic eventually did replace the Tuchrock, but not the Fliegerbluse. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase uniform items of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Colors), with bright red being chosen for personnel serving with, Flugzeugabwehrartillerie, (Anti-Aircraft Artillery), units which was generally displayed as collar piping for EM/NCO’s, (discontinued in March 1940), on the collar tabs and as piping on the shoulder strap/boards of the service tunic. Originally NCO’s with the ranks of Unteroffizier to Stabsfeldwebel inclusively, were distinguished by the addition of bright silver/aluminum tress on the forward collar edge of the dress and service tunics, on the tropical and continental field blouses, as adornment on the shoulder straps and dress tunic cuffs and also as sleeve rank chevrons. On September 1ST 1942, the Luftwaffe following the army’s lead, introduced a new subdued matte blue/grey rayon tress for wear on the field uniform. Although the new subdued tress was intended to replace the highly visible bright silver/aluminum tress it continued in usage until the end of the war.

WWII RED DEVIL WITH PITCHFORK AIRCRAFT FABRIC WW2

Lot #167 (Sale Order 192 of 784)

Military aircraft fabric of an unknown squadron, featuring a flying red Devil with a pitchfork and a shield measuring 18 X 11 1/2 inches and in very good condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE TROPICAL TROUSERS WW2

Lot #168 (Sale Order 193 of 784)

Luftwaffe tropical Überfallhose made of Luftwaffe colored tan hbt herringbone twill material, pleated front, lined at the waist in white cotton and with pocket bags of the same material, having the Luftwaffe style integral belt and tan painted steel sliding buckle arrangement at the waist, with one large flapped pocket on the left upper thigh, plus two rear flapped pockets and two front slash pockets, each flapped pocket has the white cotton facing material, with tightening straps and buckles at the ankles, trousers have tan composite buttons used throughout. Roughly a size 34 waist. Near MINT! In late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, the army quickly developed and issued tropical uniforms and equipment in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, (German Africa Corps), personnel’s arrival in Tripoli in February 1941. At the same time the Luftwaffe also developed and introduced their own version of the tropical uniform and equipment independently from the other branches of service. Originally the tropical uniforms were only intended for wear in North Africa but that was later expanded to include personnel serving in southern areas of continental Europe during the summer months, (May 1ST to September 30TH). The design of the tropical uniform was based on the standard continental uniform but in a different color and material. The Luftwaffe tropical uniform remained basically unchanged for the duration of the war with minor modifications. Originally issues of the tropical uniform included long pants of the same design as the continental long pants but these were discontinued by April 1942 in favor of the more popular and practical Tropen Überfallhose, (Tropical Bloused Pants).

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE TRUNK GROUPING WW2

Lot #169 (Sale Order 194 of 784)

Stellar WWII Nazi German trunk grouping of a Kriegsmarine sailor to include 1) COASTAL ARTILLERY OVERSEAS CAP. Nice quality, private purchase, field-gray wool/rayon blend construction, overseas cap features fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle in golden yellow threads on a cut-out, woven, blue/green, rayon base. The front center of the fold down panels has a machine woven national tri-color cockade, on a woven, diamond shaped, blue/green, rayon base. The insignia is machine stitched to the cap. The cockade is flanked by a golden yellow rayon, inverted, "V", soutache. The soutache has been applied in the correct manner, being machine stitched in place and inserted through two small puncture holes near the bottom edge of the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in gray cotton/rayon blend material. Nicely maker marked from Paris. Size marked 55. The cap is in overall excellent condition. 2) KRIEGSMARINE EM/NCO OVERSEAS CAP. Nice quality, deep navy blue wool/rayon blend construction overseas cap features fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle in golden yellow threads on a cut-out, woven, navy blue, rayon base. The front center of the fold down panels has a machine woven national tri-color cockade, on a woven, navy blue, diamond shaped base. Both pieces of insignia are hand stitched to the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in light weight black cotton material. Nice cap. 3) EM/NCO'S BLUE JUMPER SHIRT WITH DICKIE. Blue wool jumper shirt, tie with dickie. Eagle with golden threads is hand stitched to the upper right chest. Also to the sleeve of the tunic is a specialty rate patch for signalman. Separate collar dickie is nicely marked and dated 1940. Buttons to the cuffs are all original. Roughly a 40" chest. Excellent 4) KRIEGSMARINE SCHULSCHIFF DEUTSCHLAND CAP TALLEY. A full length, 1936 to 1945 pattern, woven, black rayon construction cap talley features machine woven, block letters, "Schulschiff Deutschland", in bright golden yellow celleon threads. The ends of the talley are cut at a diagonal angle which would create the "swallow-tail", affect when applied to the cap. 5) KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT STOP WATCH BY HEUER. A Kriegsmarine U-Boat Stop Watch By Heuer - With white dial, this stop watch functions perfectly, 5cm in diameter (2 "), with Eagle N markings on reverse, magnetic case, near very fine condition and scarce with chain. 6) HANDMADE KRIEGSMARINE PATRIOTIC BRASS PHOTO FRAME. Stellar brass framed photo of the owner of this trunk grouping. Frame is in the form of a fouled anchor with a life ring with crossed hook and oar measuring roughly 10 inches tall. On the life ring is the name of the ship M.N.S. Bülk 7) NAZI U-BOAT POSTER TITLED: Laden eines torpedos im uboot. Framed 8-color offset print: Motif "Loading a torpedo in a submarine in WWII" based on a painting by a German marine painter in the Wilhelm Limpert printing and publishing house in Berlin by the Marine Bilderdienst, published with the support of the High Command of the Navy. Dimensions: 75 x 55 cm. with edge wear. 8) LEATHER CIGARETTE CASE. Leather tobacco case with cigarettes still inside. 9) NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE FIELD MANUAL "DER SOLDATENFREUND 1943. Cloth covered book in well used condition and to the interior an unused KM EM/NCO breast eagle. 10) Small KM USED PERSONAL FOOTLOCKER WITH PADLOCK. Small trunk being made if sheet steel with a green finish in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS #20 WW2

Lot #170 (Sale Order 195 of 784)

German WWII Cased 1st Class Iron Cross. The front has a swastika in the center and is dated '1939' below. Reverse has a wide vertical pin and is maker marked 20 to the reverse indicating the maker C. F. Zimmermann . Three piece construction with an iron magnetic center. Includes the black leatherette case. Has the outline of an Iron Cross on the lid. Excellent On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross second class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired.

WWII NAZI M18 DOUBLE DECAL TRANSITIONAL HELMET WW2

Lot #171 (Sale Order 196 of 784)

The stamped sheet steel construction M18 helmet retains most of its green, transitional over-paint. The left side of the helmet has an Wehrmacht eagle decal which is retained about 15%. Tri-color is retained 40%. The helmet has all three liner retaining rivets and both of the extended ventilation side lugs intact. The interior of the helmet has a nice complete M31 leather liner which is fully intact with all eight fingers and the original tie string. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. At the end of WWI it is estimated that Germany had produced about 8,500,000 steel helmets. As a result of the restrictions placed on the German’s by the Treaty of Versailles, which dictated a standing army of only 100,000 personnel, there was an abundant surplus of these helmets, and though they saw widespread use by Freikorps personnel, there was still a stockpile controlled by the Reichswehr. These excess helmets underwent minor modifications in 1923 with the addition of provincial identifying shield decals and in 1931 with the development of a new chinstrap and liner system. Although helmet development was ongoing when Hitler came to power in 1933, the M16 and M18 helmets were still the main headgear worn by the Reichswehr. The helmets remained the same until March 1933 when the provincial shields were discontinued in favour of the national tri-color shield. In 1934 the national eagle shield was introduced, and both the tri-color and eagle shields were applied to the helmets. After the development of the new M35 helmet, the WWI helmets were still issued to second line and training troops well into WWII.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M40 SD HELMET WITH LINER NS64 WW2

Lot #172 (Sale Order 197 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains a good portion of its original paint showing lots of wear and field usage. Eagle decal is about 80% complete. All three liner retaining rivets and both inserted ventilation bushings are all intact. The interior of the helmet has a tan, M31 leather liner with all eight of its fingers intact. Liner is size marked "56". Original size adjustment string is present. The interior reverse neck guard apron is lot number stamped, "DN73", and the interior left side apron is stamped with the manufacturers code and size, "N.S. 64", indicating manufacture by Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke, AG. Schwerte, size 64. Chinstrap is present but has a small split. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NORMANDY CAMO HEER HELMET Q62

Lot #173 (Sale Order 198 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains about 80% of its field-applied, camouflage over-paint in random splotches of green tan and brown with spots of wear to the base steel, primarily to the crown. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has an heavily aged and used, darkened, M31 tan leather liner with nine fingers. The interior, reverse, neck guard apron has a stamped serial number, "DN170". The interior, left side, apron has the stamped manufacturer’s code and size,"Q62 indicating manufacture by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. Esslingen, size 62. Excellent The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GRENADE LAUNCHER ASSEMBLY FOR 98K MAUSER

Lot #174 (Sale Order 199 of 784)

This two piece cast metal 98K grenade launcher has a rear piece that clamps around the muzzle and is marked "G. Gr. Ger. / jnw" over an eagle/WaA240 proof. The threaded rifled barrel end where grenade is inserted is stamped with an eagle/WaA240 proof and the number "70". Complete with leather carrying pouch and wrench and original demilled round. Excellent The Schiessbecher (German spelling: Schießbecher - literally "shooting cup") grenade launcher or Gewehrgranatgerät (literally "rifle grenade device") was used by German forces in World War II. It was introduced as of 1942 and based on rifle grenade launcher models designed during World War I. The Schiessbecher was intended to replace all previous rifle grenade launcher models. The Schiessbecher rifle grenade launcher could be used against infantry, fortifications and light armored vehicles up to a range of 280 m (310 yd). For these differing tasks several specialized grenades with accompanying special propelling cartridges were developed for the Schiessbecher rifle grenade launchers. The rifle grenade propelling cartridges fired a wooden projectile through the barrel to the rifle grenade that upon impact automatically primed the rifle grenade. The Schiessbecher had a short rifled barrel with a caliber of 30 mm (1.2 in) and a length of 250 mm (9.8 in). It weighed 750 g (26 oz) and could be attached to weapons chambered for 7.92×57mm or 7.92×33mm Kurz ammunition like the Karabiner 98k, Karabiner 98a, G98/40, StG 44 and FG 42. A rather complicated aiming device was mounted to the left of the original sights and allowed for aiming ranges from 0 of up to 250 m (270 yd) in 25 m (27 yd) increments. The Schiessbecher was produced until May 1944. The total production was 1,450,114. A Schiessbecher was used in an attempt to kill 2nd Lt. Daniel Inouye in Liguria at the end of April 1945. However, the grenade was a dud, but at the cost of severing Inouye's right arm.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1ST CLASS IRON CROSS #65 EKI WW2

Lot #175 (Sale Order 200 of 784)

German WWII Cased 1st Class Iron Cross. The front has a swastika in the center and is dated '1939' below. Reverse has a wide vertical pin and is maker marked 65 indicating manufacture by Klein & Quenzer of Idar/Oberstein. Three piece construction with an iron magnetic center. Includes the black leatherette case. Has the outline of an Iron Cross on the lid. Excellent On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross second class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PARATROOPER GRAVITY KNIFE

Lot #176 (Sale Order 201 of 784)

Blade marked "Paul Wyersburg & Co. Solingen Rostfrei" stainless steel gravity knife with wooden handles, spike, and lanyard retention ring. Blade measures approximately 4" with 3.6" spike -- these were issued to Falschrimjaeger and Luftwaffe troops for cutting shroud lines and tangled cords on parachutes after landing a jump from an aircraft. All original hardware, three rivets at the center, 4 pins in the handle. This is the early war model, not the "take-down" model. Very Good with the German's Veterans named carved into the side plate.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZER OFFICER'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #177 (Sale Order 202 of 784)

Field-gray wool/rayon blend body and crown, with a blue/green badge cloth centerband with pink wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has an early, hand embroidered national eagle with short, out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in its talons, in bright silver/aluminum and bullion wire threads with green accent threads on a cut-out, blue/green, badge cloth base. The eagle is hand stitched to the cap. The front center of the centerband has a nice quality, hand embroidered, oak-leaf wreath in bright, silver/aluminum and bullion wire threads encompassing a highly vaunted, three piece, national tri-color cockade. The wreath and cockade are mounted on a cut-out, blue/green badge cloth base that is handstitched to the cap. The cap has a twisted, bright, silver/aluminum chin cord secured to the cap by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip to the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in grey cotton/rayon. The interior crown lining has a clear, celluloid, sweat rhomboid which is complete. Leather sweatband is also present. The cap is roughly size 56. Good

WWII NAZI COMBAT ENGINEER EM/NCO'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #178 (Sale Order 203 of 784)

Nice quality, issued, visor cap with a field-gray wool and rayon blend body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with black wool waffenfarbe to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has a silver washed, stamped alloy, second pattern, national eagle. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern, stamped, polished natural aluminum, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece, high relief, national tri-color cockade. The cap has a blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, sheet metal retaining clips and two black painted, vertically oval, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, smooth finish, black painted, magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended, black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip at the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in orange, issue quality, cloth. Sweat shield is now missing. The interior of the cap also has a complete original leather sweatband. Size marked 53. Dated 1937 on the reverse of the sweatband. Nice clean cap that is unit marked. Visor caps were a standard item for all personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with black being chosen for Pionier, (Combat Engineer), personnel, which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Of Note: As the spearhead troops, personnel serving with an Engineer unit, generally experienced higher casualties rates then standard units. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI HEER SECOND PATTERN TROPICAL PITH HELMET

Lot #179 (Sale Order 204 of 784)

Second pattern pith helmet constructed in a one piece, seamless, formed, olive-drab felt crown with a horizontal band stitched at the rear center and covered by a vertical strip of felt mounted on a formed cork base. The top center of the crown has a raised, removable, felt covered, circular alloy knob with three semi-circular, cut-out ventilation holes. Top of the crown is slightly punched in, but would probably push back into shape. The helmet features an all around extended visor which is somewhat shorter at the front and is constructed of one piece, seamless, formed, olive-drab felt and trimmed with stitched on gray/green leather. There is edge wear to the leather trim. The helmet has two stamped alloy shields with a national eagle to the left side and a national tri-color shield to the right side. The national eagle shield features a high relief, embossed Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, on a slightly textured, black painted, background field. The national tri-color shield features three diagonally angled bars in the colors of red, white, and black on a slightly textured background field. The bottom edge of the visor brim is lined in teal green felt and the interior crown is lined in red felt. The interior crown liner has three large and two smaller circular ventilation cut-outs. The interior of the helmet has a wide, light tan leather sweatband which is secure in place by six small extended prongs with corresponding metal cotter retaining pins. Marked "RF", dated for "1942" and size marked 56. The interior crown has an alloy grommet under the exterior top crown knob. The helmet comes complete with a gray/green leather chinstrap with sliding magnetic sheet metal length adjustment buckle, a retaining clip and a quick release hook. Nice clean helmet with dust goggles. In late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, tropical uniforms, headgear and equipment were quickly developed and issued in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, (German Africa Corps), personnel’s arrival in Tripoli in February 1941. One of the new headgear items introduced was the tropical pith helmet which was based on the design of the earlier Kriegsmarine pith helmet. On its introduction the pith helmet was constructed of a formed cork base with a cotton twill covering until a second pattern pith helmet was introduced with a formed cork base with a felt covering. The second pattern pith helmet followed the same basic design as the first pattern but was modified to ease production time and material costs. Wear of the pith helmets was extended to personnel serving in southern areas of continental Europe but the helmets proved ineffective and unpopular and manufacture was discontinued sometime in 1942.

SA STANDARTE FELDHERRNHALLE DOUBLE DECAL HELMET

Lot #179a (Sale Order 205 of 784)

Exceedingly rare SA Standarte Feldherrnhalle Double Decal Helmet. This is a heavy square dip commercial helmet from the 1930's and has been reissued to the SA-Standarte Feldherrnhalle. The helmet still retains the original sweatband and three pad leather liner. The helmet has two separate, groups of seven, "salt & pepper" ventilation holes positioned on each side of the crown. All four of the flat headed liner retaining rivets are intact. The decals are the correct with both decals remaining roughly 90%. Excellent SA-Standarte Feldherrnhalle The SA-Standarte Feldherrnhalle was formed in 1935 and renamed Feldherrnhalle in 1936. It was the elite unit of the SA and guarded important SA, state and party offices. Its headquarters were in Berlin and battalions of the unit were stationed in Berlin, Hannover, Hattingen, Krefeld, Munich, Ruhr, Stetten and Stuttgart. It was one of the units that entered Austria in March 1938 and it was placed under the control of the Wehrmacht in September 1938. In February 1939 most of it was transferred to the Luftwaffe (where it was incorporated into the fallschirmjäger-units) and another part of it was made a part of Infanterie-Regiment 271 of 93. Infanterie-Division but it continued to exist as an SA unit during the war on a smaller scale Commanders SA-Brigadeführer Reimann Hermann Göring Order of battle I Wachsturmbann Stabschef - Güttergötz II Wachsturmbann - München III Wachsturmbann - Hattinger / Ruhr IV Wachsturmbann - Fichtenheim & Krefeld V Wachsturmbann - Stettin VI Wachsturmbann - Bad Cannstatt bei Stuttgart VII Wachsturmbann - Wien (from 1938) VIII Wachsturmbann - Lindau (from July 1941) IX Wachsturmbann - Konitz (Pommern) X Wachsturmbann - Warsaw Insignia According to an order issued in June 1937 former members of this unit could get permission to wear a special insignia, an oval patch with the Feldherrnhalle emblem on the left forearm of the SA uniform. On the left side of the helmet a special image of the Feldherrnhalle was used by the men of this unit.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE M40 SINGLE DECAL HELMET

Lot #180 (Sale Order 206 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction M40 helmet retains about a good portion of its slightly rough textured, Luftwaffe blue/gray paint. The left side of the helmet has a second pattern, (circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle decal which is retained about 95%. All three of the liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a light tan, M31 leather liner with all eight fingers and the original tie string intact. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron has a faint, stamped is serial number that appears to be, "DN97", and the interior, left side apron is stamped with the manufacturer’s code and size that appears to be, "Q64", indicating manufacture by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. Esslingen, size 64. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

RARE WEIMAR PERIOD DOUBLE DECAL Württemberg HELMET

Lot #181 (Sale Order 207 of 784)

Rare Wiemar period double decal modified M18 helmet of the State of Württemberg. These helmets are exceedingly rare because after the treaty of Versailles, the German Army was restricted to a 100,000 man standing Army. With Württemberg being a very small State, that makes this a very rare helmet indeed. This helmet is a modified M16 helmet with a complete liner and chinstrap. The leather to both liner and chinstrap are in excellent condition. The interior of the helmet is marked Si66 indicating the maker Eisenhuette Silesia, Paruschowitz Oberschlesien and size is 66. The liner has been modified to accept the new style chinstrap. The helmet retains most of its original feldgrau factory paint. The chinstrap has a sliding steel length adjustment buckle intact and also the spring loaded attachment clip. Very nice helmet, scarce to see with the original chinstrap which are so often missing on these M18's. Super nice helmet! The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP BLOCKLEITER UNIFORM GROUP

Lot #181a (Sale Order 208 of 784)

A uniform grouping comprised of a service tunic, tie and breeches. Standard four pocket tunic. Blockleiter collar tabs and wool armband neatly hand stitched to the tunic. Buttons look to be all original stitching. Roughly a size 40" chest. Comes with a nice complete pair of size 34" breeches and a tan RZM tagged tie. There also is a reproduction Golden Party Pin included and was used for display purposes. The NSDAP, "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (National-socialist German Worker’s-party), was originally founded, in Munich, in January of 1919. Known then as the DAP, "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (German Worker’s-party), when Adolf Hitler joined it, in the autumn of 1919, he set about reforming what was basically a debating society into an active political party. Appointed as its first chairman in July of 1921, Hitler restructured the party along para-military lines in four ascending levels of government, consisting of the "Ortsgruppenleitung," the "Kreisleitung," the "Gauleitung," and the "Reichsleitung," with each group being distinguished by a specific color of piping on their collar tabs and visor cap. Uniform regulations for Nazi political leaders were addressed as early as 1920, underwent numerous modifications, and were largely finalized by May of 1939.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE TROPICAL TUNIC WW2

Lot #182 (Sale Order 209 of 784)

WWII German Luftwaffe Tropical Service Blouse. This is produced in tropical tan heavy duty cloth. There are four pockets with straight flaps. The breast pockets are pleated and the lower pockets are plain. There is a six button closure and all buttons are pebbled brown painted aluminum. There are adjustable cuffs and a lay down collar. The breast eagle is machine embroidered in silvery gray cloth over tan cloth and has been machine applied. The interior is unlined. There are no interior pockets. There are ink stamps on the left side with size and production info. Roughly a size 36. Excellent In late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, the army quickly developed and issued tropical uniforms and equipment in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, (German Africa Corps), personnel’s arrival in Tripoli in February 1941. At the same time the Luftwaffe also developed and introduced their own version of the tropical uniform and equipment independently from the other branches of service. Originally the tropical uniforms were only intended for wear in North Africa but that was later expanded to include personnel serving in southern areas of continental Europe during the summer months, (May 1ST to September 30TH). The design of the tropical uniform was based on the standard continental uniform but in a different color and material. The Luftwaffe tropical uniform remained basically unchanged for the duration of the war with minor modifications. Officer and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase uniform items of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN TROPICAL SHORT PANTS WW2

Lot #183 (Sale Order 210 of 784)

German WWII tropical or Afrika Korps Luftwaffe shorts. Luftwaffe tropical cotton shorts have wide waistband with two button hidden front. Cotton belt and the Luftwaffe style Silver slide buckle. Glass buttons for the fly and the back pockets. On the back are two pockets with flaps. Partial liner inside with the maker and size stamps in the liner waist band. The markings are easy to read. Shows light storage stains to the inner pockets, but minor. Size is about 38 US waist. Rare to find Luftwaffe DAK shorts! In late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, tropical uniforms and equipment were quickly developed and issued in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, (German Africa Corps), personnel’s arrival in Tripoli in February 1941. Originally the tropical uniforms were only intended for wear in North Africa but that was later expanded to include personnel serving in southern areas of continental Europe during the summer months, (May 1ST to September 30TH). The design of the tropical uniform items were based on the standard continental uniform items but in a different color and material. Due to the hot climate one of the tropical uniform items developed were short pants. As a safety precaution regulations dictated that the short pants were not to be worn during combat but only when personnel were behind the front lines.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZER OFFICER M36 TUNIC WW2

Lot #184 (Sale Order 211 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, field-gray, wool/rayon blend construction tunic features a vertical, six button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes positioned at the forward neckline. Original 2nd class Spange is properly applied to the send button hole. Panzer officer collar tabs, shoulder boards and officer’s breast eagle all look to be original period stitching. Award loops for one breast badge and one ribbon bar. Original internal dagger hanger strap is still present. The tunic is roughly a size 38" chest. Shows the expected light age and use. Very nice tunic. The Officer’s service tunic followed the basic design of the EM/NCO’s field blouse with the most readily visible difference, besides the insignia, being the turned up French cuffs. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL LOT PANZER EKI WOUND BADGE

Lot #185 (Sale Order 212 of 784)

WWII Nazi German medal lot to include 1) PANZER ASSAULT BADGE IN SILVER. Die struck alloy construction, partially flat backed, Panzer Assault Badge with a silver washed finish. The badge is in the form of a vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimpose to the top center, encompassing the cut-out, forward profile of a tank. The reverse of the badge has scooped depressions to the tank barrel and body. The reverse has a crimped hinge inset into a rectangular recess with raised, crimped, outer retaining lips, a thin round vertical pin all intact. The Panzer Assault Badge in silver was instituted by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on December 20TH 1939 for award to all ranks of tank personnel who served as a tank commander, driver, gunner or radio operator and had been involved in three different armored assaults on three different days. The institution order indicated the criteria for award of the badge was to be effective as of January 1ST 1940. Of Note: On June 1ST 1940 a Bronze version of the Panzer Assault Badge was introduced for award to Panzer-Grenadier, medical, and armored car personnel who participated in three different armored assaults on three different days. 2) IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The plain reverse of the award has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, thick, vertical, pin and catch all intact. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross second class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired. 3) BLACK WOUND BADGE. 1939 pattern, die stamped, tombak construction, hollow backed badge with a black wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of an M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse and has a crimped, soldered hinge, a thin, round, vertical pin and catch all intact. The wound badge was originally established on March 3RD 1918 by King Wilhelm II to recognize the sacrifice of those wounded during WWI. The badge was instituted in three classes, of black, silver and gold with the class bestowed reflecting the number or severity of the wounds received. On May 22ND 1939 Adolf Hitler re-instituted a slightly modified version of the wound badge with the addition of a swastika to the WWI pattern badge for award to German volunteers who had been wounded supporting the Spanish Nationalist Falangist Generalissimo Francisco Franco against the communist allied Republican Loyalist party in the Spanish Civil War. (July 1936-March 1939). With the outbreak of WWII, on September 1ST 1939, Hitler once again re-instituted another slightly modified version of the wound badge by altering the WWI pattern helmet on the badge to the newly designed M35 style helmet. The badge was awarded to both military and uniformed non-military personnel and later, (March 1943), to civilian personnel who received wounds as a result of enemy actions. The black wound badge was the lowest of the three classes and was awarded for one or two wounds.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MOUNTAIN OFFICERS M43 HAT WW2

Lot #186 (Sale Order 213 of 784)

Nice quality, field-gray wool construction cap features fold down back and side panels with a downward scalloped front edge and forward sides and two pebbled metal button front closure. The back and side panels were designed to be folded down to protect the wearers ears and neck and the scalloped front section could be secured with the buttons closed under the wearers chin. The top crown edge is piped in bright, interwoven, silver/aluminum braiding. Early pattern, machine woven national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons, in bright silver wire threads, positioned above a national tri-color cockade, with a black outer circle encompassing a silver wire inner circle and a red center dot, on an woven, dark green rayon, "T" formed base. The cap has an extended, cloth covered, forward visor with an internal stiffener with a subtly raised lip to the bottom of the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in green/tan rayon. Cap is nicely size marked "57". Excellent The M43 field cap was introduced for wear by all ranks on June 11TH 1943 as a replacement cap for the other field caps then in use. The design of the M43 field cap was based on the earlier M42 Feldmütze, (Overseas cap), and the Mountain Troopers Bergmütze, (Mountain Cap), with minor variations. The standard issue M43 field caps were constructed of field-grey material while a black version was introduced at the same time for Panzer personnel. Officer’s ranks were distinguished by piping on the crown of the cap with silver piping for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt piping for General Officer’s ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall while EM/NCO’s caps were not piped. Further regulations also dictated that the buttons on the cap were also to be an indicator of rank with field-grey buttons for EM/NCO’s, silver for field and company grade officers and gilt for General’s ranks but this was not strictly adhered to. Officer and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M36 INFANTRY COMBAT TUNIC WW2

Lot #187 (Sale Order 214 of 784)

Field-gray wool/rayon blend construction field blouse features a vertical, five button front closure with a single metal hook and eye positioned at the neckline. The field blouse has four, pleated patch, front pockets with scalloped button down flaps. The field blouse has four sets of three, vertically aligned, stitched eyelets with one set situated at either side of the front closure panels and the other two to the reverse side panels. The eyelets were designed for the belt support hooks. The back panel has two vertical tapering darts and a short, central vertical tail skirt vent. The straight cut sleeve cuffs each have a vertical slash to the outside seam with dual fit adjustment buttons. The field blouse has a blue/green badge cloth, lay down collar with the typical zig-zag reinforcement stitching to the reverse. Awards loops for one breast badge. Second pattern, slip on, shoulder straps with white waffenfarbe. Blue/green badge cloth straps bordered on two sides in bright waffle patterned silver/aluminum tress. The field blouse is roughly size 37" chest. Superb tunic. Sold with mannequin The development of the M36 field blouse can be traced back to April 1933 with the introduction of the first pattern field blouses which were a departure from the cut and style of tunics utilized in World War I. From its introduction until 1936 the field blouse underwent a couple of small modifications designed to enhance its performance, appearance and longevity. Modifications to the 1933 pattern field blouse began in December 1934 when the original field-grey basic cloth collar was altered to a field-grey badge cloth for a better appearance. In September 1935 the collar was altered again from the field-grey badge cloth to dark blue/green badge cloth. The final pre-war modification to the field blouse occurred in December 1936 with the addition of a partial lining to the interior breast and upper back panels to increase its wear-out time. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kliederkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARTILLERY OFFICER'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #188 (Sale Order 215 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, visor cap with a field-gray doeskin wool construction body and crown and a dark green wool centerband with red wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern, stamped, polished natural aluminum, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece, high relief, national tri-color cockade. The cap has a blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, sheet metal retaining clips and two black painted, vertically oval, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, smooth finish, black painted, magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in gold rayon. Nice complete sweat shield with makers logo. The interior of the cap also has a wide leather sweatband which is complete and in nice condition. The cap is roughly size 57. Excellent. Visor caps were a standard item for all personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the German army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with red being chosen for artillery, personnel which was displayed as piping on the shoulder straps.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE TROPICAL PITH HELMET

Lot #189 (Sale Order 216 of 784)

Luftwaffe issue, tropical pith helmet, with a formed cork core covered in a ribbed, light tan cotton twill. The helmet features a six panel, vertically seamed, tan cotton twill crown with a horizontal band machine stitched at the rear center at the juncture of the crown and the all around visor. The top center of the crown has a raised, removable, cotton twill covered, circular, alloy knob with three semi-circular, cut-out ventilation holes. The all around visor is shorter at the front and consists of a formed cork core with a two piece, tan cotton twill covering with vertical machine stitched seams at each side. The forward edge of the visor is trimmed with machine stitched on tan leather. The bottom edge of the all around visor brim is lined in light weight, olive drab linen and the interior crown is lined in light weight red cotton. Chinstrap is complete. The interior of the helmet has a tan leather sweatband, stitched to a pressed cardboard liner band. Nicely maker marked "GAH". Size marked 58. Dated 1942. Excellent In late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, tropical uniforms, headgear and equipment were quickly developed and issued in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, (German Africa Corps), personnel’s arrival in Tripoli in February 1941. One of the new headgear items introduced was the tropical pith helmet which was based on the design of the earlier Kriegsmarine pith helmet. On its introduction the pith helmet was constructed of a formed cork base with a cotton twill covering until a second pattern pith helmet was introduced with a formed cork base with a felt covering. The second pattern pith helmet followed the same basic design as the first pattern but was modified to ease production time and material costs. Wear of the pith helmets was extended to personnel serving in southern areas of continental Europe but the helmets proved ineffective and unpopular and manufacture was discontinued sometime in 1942. On introduction the tropical pith helmets were outfitted with a national eagle and national tri-color identification shields.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA COFFEE CAN VISOR HAT OR CAP

Lot #190 (Sale Order 217 of 784)

An SA Kepi (coffee can) hat with a pink band identifying it from the Alpenland district (Alps). The interior of the cap is missing the orange oilcloth lining but still retains the leather sweatband. Cap has light soiling and still retains the original chinstrap. Very Good.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA DAGGER BY AESCULAP TUTTLINGEN

Lot #191 (Sale Order 218 of 784)

Early, nice quality dagger features a roughly, 8 3/4", (22.2 cm), long, double edged, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 13 5/8", (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light scabbard runners and most of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice, deep, well defined, acid etched Fraktur style, script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All/Everything for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. Maker marked to "AESCULAP TUTTLINGEN ". The dagger has the early, cast, solid, nickel/silver crossguard, pommel, and tang nut which all show a nice, even, light, age patina. The dagger has a very nicely contoured, reddish tinged, brown, stained, hardwood grip, which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has a nicely inset, solid nickel/silver national eagle and a nickel/silver and enameled runic SA button both intact. Both insets show light age patina. The dagger comes with it’s original, coppery brown, anodized, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. The scabbard anodized finish is very good. Both of the scabbard fittings retain their original, dome headed, securing screws and the top fitting also retains its hanger suspension loop and ring. The weight and balance of the scabbard would seem to indicate it still has its original internal lead counterweight insert intact. Nice, early, example. The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN INFANTRY OFFICERS VISOR HAT WW2

Lot #192 (Sale Order 219 of 784)

Nice quality private purchase visor cap with a slightly mottled field-gray doeskin wool body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with white wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The internal crown stiffening wire has been removed but an internal padding and a vertical stiffener to the interior front are all still intact and retains the caps oval, "Sattelform" crown shape with a high central forward peak. The front center of the cap features a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) frosty silver washed stamped alloy national eagle with out-stretched wings clutching a wreathed canted swastika in it’s talons. The eagle is secured to the cap by two bent over prongs on the reverse. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) silver bullion thread oak-leaf wreath encompassing a separate high vaunted three piece stamped alloy national tri-color cockade. The national tri-color cockade consists of a black fluted alloy base a bright silver washed alloy roundel and an inserted red wool center dot Both the wreath and cockade are secured to the cap by bent over prongs on the reverse. The cap has a twisted silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two small, silver washed pebbled metal buttons. The cap has an extended forward black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in subtly textured gray rayon. The interior crown lining has a clear celluloid sweat rhomboid. The interior of the cap also has a wide, natural tan, leather sweatband. The sweatband is in overall very good condition. The cap is in overall very good condition with minor age and usage toning and some light nap wear to the crown and the waffenfarbe piping. Excellent Visor caps were a standard item for all Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces), personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individual’s rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the company and field grade officer’s ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officer’s twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with white being chosen for Infanterie, (Infantry), personnel which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. In order to retain conformity, caps privately purchased by EM and junior NCO’s had to be inspected and approved by the individual’s unit prior to being worn.

WWII NAZI GERMAN INFANTRY OFFICERS VISOR HAT WW2

Lot #193 (Sale Order 220 of 784)

Nice quality private purchase visor cap with a slightly mottled field-gray doeskin wool body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with white wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The internal crown stiffening wire has been removed but an internal padding and a vertical stiffener to the interior front are all still intact and retains the caps oval, "Sattelform" crown shape with a high central forward peak. The front center of the cap features a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) frosty silver washed stamped alloy national eagle with out-stretched wings clutching a wreathed canted swastika in it’s talons. The eagle is secured to the cap by two bent over prongs on the reverse. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) silver bullion thread oak-leaf wreath encompassing a separate high vaunted three piece stamped alloy national tri-color cockade. The national tri-color cockade consists of a black fluted alloy base a bright silver washed alloy roundel and an inserted red wool center dot Both the wreath and cockade are secured to the cap by bent over prongs on the reverse. The cap has a twisted silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two small, silver washed pebbled metal buttons. The cap has an extended forward black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in subtly textured gray rayon. The interior crown lining has a clear celluloid sweat rhomboid. The interior of the cap also has a wide, gray leatherette sweatband. The sweatband is in overall good condition with some minor separations. The cap is in overall very good condition with minor age and usage toning and some light nap wear to the crown and the waffenfarbe piping. Excellent Visor caps were a standard item for all Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces), personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individual’s rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the company and field grade officer’s ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officer’s twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with white being chosen for Infanterie, (Infantry), personnel which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. In order to retain conformity, caps privately purchased by EM and junior NCO’s had to be inspected and approved by the individual’s unit prior to being worn.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RED CROSS DRK ENLISTED VISOR CAP

Lot #194 (Sale Order 221 of 784)

Grey wool DRK EM/NCO visor cap whose one-piece circular crown is piped in light gray with a body with seams to each of its cardinal points a one-piece gray center band piped in light gray along both edges and whose vertical seam is to the reverse and a black leather visor. Fixed to the forward seam line of the body is an eagle with down-swept wings clutching the Red Cross and with a mobile swastika to its breast. The eagle is enameled in black and the Balkan cross is in red enamel. Beneath this fixed to the front of the center band is a three-piece cockade and wreath. Fixed by black cloth covered buttons positioned over each ear is the black leather chin strap. The leather visor is in excellent condition. Interior of the cap is fully lined in Puce rayon. The tan oilcloth sweatband is complete. Cap is roughly a size 55. Excellent The DRK, "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929. In December 1937 it gained status as a legally recognized organization by the NSDAP. As with other essential services in Third Reich Germany, it came under control of the NSDAP in late 1938 under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NS-RKB OFFICER'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #195 (Sale Order 222 of 784)

A 1936 pattern, deep navy blue wool construction visor cap. Fixed to the top center is a national cockade. Beneath this, gilt washed, stamped alloy, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a third pattern DRKB insignia, as introduced in late 1935. The insignia consists of a gilt washed alloy oval with the embossed black silhouette of the Kyffhäuserbund monument, on a white field, surmounting a red field with a black mobile swastika on a white circular field. The black rayon center band features machine embroidered mobile swastikas alternating with shields, within which are "Kyffhäuser" monuments (a monument to a united Germany located in Saxony). The cap has a twisted silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The interior of the cap is fully lined in mid-blue rayon, and features a tan leather sweatband. Ink stamped, in silver, to a celluloid diamond sewn to the interior crown is "Deutscher," "Reichskriegerbund," "Kyffhäuser," and "(ges. geschutzt)" (for "gesetzlich geschützt," or, by-law protected). Roughly a size 56. Cap is near mint and still has its original tissue paper from the maker. Nice! The DRKB, "Deutscher Reichskriegerbund" (German National-veterans’-league), was formed during WWI, and was based on the DKB, "Deutscher Kriegerbund," originally formed after the Franco-Prussian war in the 1870s. By 1936 it had incorporated most of the varied veterans’ associations into it, and was itself re-named the NS-RKB, "Nationalsozialistische - Reichskriegerbund," in 1938. Uniform and headgear regulations were introduced prior to 1933, were modified in 1936, and again in 1938.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RLB OFFICER’S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #196 (Sale Order 223 of 784)

Second pattern officer’s visor cap as introduced in 1938. Nice quality, private purchase, Luftwaffe blue/gray wool/rayon blend construction cap with a whipcord weave and a black wool centerband. Cap has bright, interwoven, silver/aluminum braid piping, to crown edge and top and bottom of centerband. Front center of cap has a aluminum, RLB style national eagle. Eagle is clutching a black canted, swastika superimposed on a silver/aluminum sunburst pattern. Front center of centerband has the unique hand embroidered winged laurel leaf wreath in silver/aluminum bullion and wire threads encompassing a vaunted cardboard, aluminum and cloth national tri-color cockade. Horizontal wings to either side of wreath/cockade. Black vulcanfibre visor with a raised lip to forward edge is intact. Twisted, bright, silver/aluminum braid chin cords held in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, magnetic sheet metal buttons. Interior of cap is fully lined in gray rayon. The leather sweatband is present and complete with no damage. Roughly a size 57. Scarce cap. Excellent. Formed in late 1932 the Deutsches Luftschutzverband, (German Air Protection League), was a voluntary organization designed to provide civil air raid protection in large civilian centers. Shortly after Hitler ascension to power the Deutsches Luftschutzverband was restructured and placed under the supervision of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, (National Air Ministry), under the control of Hermann Göring. On April 29TH 1933 the Deutsches Luftschutzverband was renamed RLB, Reichs Luftschutz Bund, (National Air Raid Protection League) and was given status as an official national organization tasked with all aspects of civil air raid defence. The RLB remained a voluntary organization with a small cadre of paid, full-time uniformed officials to oversee the organizations functions until June 1935 when obligatory service was introduced. Only the most basic uniform and equipment items were supplied to the cadre personnel, with the rest having to be bought personally by members.

WWII NAZI AUXILIARY POLICE NCO'S SHAKO HELMET WW2

Lot #197 (Sale Order 224 of 784)

An Auxiliary Police (Polizei) NCO's Shako - Molded sturdy vulcanfibre body with a lacquered black leather exterior. The body of the shako has an extruding humped curve reverse with a black leather downward sloping vulcanfibre front visor and rear neck guard along with a circular "coffee can" style top in the traditional police helmet style that was established in the 1920s and lasted until 1945. Both the front visor and rear neck guard are secured to the shako by a narrow horizontal strip of black leather which is machine stitched along the bottom edge. The circular black leather "coffee can" style top is secured to the shako by a row of horizontal stitching running through small evenly spaced puncture holes. Each side of the shako body has places for two small, screened ventilation holes situated just below the crown seam. The front center of the shako has a large high relief stamped natural aluminum second pattern (c. June 1936 - May 1945) wreathed Police eagle insignia with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed canted swastika in it’s talons. The eagle shows nice detailing and is nicely convexed to fit the contours of the shako and is secured by two threaded screwposts with retaining nuts that are visible in the interior. The front center of the shako also has a small, horizontal slot to accommodate the retaining loop of the national tri-colour cockade. The cockade is stamped aluminum vertically oval with five silver washed simulated twisted rope outer edge encompassing a single black painted simulated twisted rope inner edge a single silver washed ribbed, inner trim and a red painted recessed centerpiece and is not maker marked. The shako has a soft, black leather chinstrap with dual, aluminum, sliding, length adjustment buckles and aluminum retaining rings and posts. The underside of the visor and neck guard are synthetic and finished in forest green. The inside comes complete with its original leather liner It measures 165 mm x 245 mm x 155 mm in height, the exterior exhibiting minor scuffing marks in the black leather. The shako retains its overall shape and integrity with a label makers mark to the interior Hans Romer and is size marked 56. Very fine.

WWII NAZI GERMAN REICHSPOST PERSONNEL'S VISOR CAP

Lot #198 (Sale Order 225 of 784)

Dark navy blue wool construction visor cap, featuring a one-piece circular crown, piped in orange and whose internal stiffening wire is still intact, a body with seams to each of its cardinal points, a one-piece center band, also piped in orange along its edges and whose vertical seam is to the reverse, and a blackened visor. Fixed to the forward seam line of the body is a stamped political-style national eagle, whose out-stretched wings have a 37mm span, and which clutches a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. An internal, vertical shape retainer is behind this forward seam line, giving the cap a high peak to the front. Fixed to the front of the black velvet center band is a 35mm diameter, silver-washed, stamped alloy oak leaf wreath, encircling the black painted, fluted base to a raised, polished aluminum korkarden, to whose center is a red felt "dot. "Fixed by a convex metal button over each ear is a blackened, patent leather chin strap, wrapped and riveted around rectangular alloy "rings," through which then loop the main body of the strap, with two metal sliding adjustment buckles along its length. All of its metal and alloy components are also blackened. The vulcanfibre visor, with a raised lip along its forward edge, is blackened to its upper surface, and tan colored to its underside. The interior of the cap is fully lined in light tan/gray colored rayon, and features a wide leather sweatband. Very nice makers label to Peter Kemper and dated 1943.

WWII NAZI GERMAN REICHSBAHN NCO’S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #199 (Sale Order 226 of 784)

Issued, navy blue wool construction visor cap with black velvet centerband and orange/red wool piping to the top and bottom edges of the centerband. Gilt washed national eagle metal with three piece construction, alloy, winged wheel with nation cockade. Nice complete visor, oilcloth liner, celluloid shield and full ersatz sweatband. Sweatband has 1 tear. Original chin cord is present. Size 57 1/2. Excellent When Hitler and the NSDAP gained power in January 1933 the German railway system was maintained and administered by two civilian organizations, the DR, Deutsches Reichsbahn, (German National Railway), and the, DR-G, Deutsches Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft, (German National Railway-Corporation), which were overseen by the national government. Both the DR, and the DR-G were uniformed organizations responsible for all the railways within Greater Germany and eventually in the occupied areas. In February 1937 in a restructuring of the national railways the DR-G was absorbed into the DR. The uniforms and insignia of the DR personnel were modified numerous times during the Third Reich including, July 1935 , June 1936, February 1941, September 1941 and February 1942. As a civilian organization DR personnel were not graded with ranks but were assigned positions as officials.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CASED IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS #100

Lot #200 (Sale Order 227 of 784)

Die struck, three piece, iron and nickel/silver plated alloy construction Patté style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The plain reverse has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, tapered, vertical pin and a heavy soldered catch all intact. The reverse of the pin is well marked with the embossed manufacturer's numerical code within a rectangular recess "100", indicating manufacture by Rudolf Wächtler & Lange of Mittwaida. The cross comes housed in its wood and pressed cardboard construction issue case with a simulated black grained leather covering. The cross and interior case are near mint. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914 by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross 2ND class.

WWII NAZI GERMAN COMBAT ENGINEER OFFICER VISOR CAP

Lot #201 (Sale Order 228 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, field-gray wool construction visor cap features a blue/green badge cloth centerband and black wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap features a second pattern, stamped natural aluminum, national eagle and the front center of the centerband has a nice quality, hand embroidered, oak-leaf wreath in bright silver/aluminum wire threads encompassing a highly vaunted three piece national tri-color cockad. The cap has a twisted silver/aluminum chin cord which was secured in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in golden/tan rayon with a smooth finish. The interior crown lining has a clear celluloid sweat rhomboid. Cap is roughly a size 57. Super nice! Visor caps were a standard item for all personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Officer and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted the Weimar Reichsheer patterns which included a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. Regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. Of Note: Both the first pattern Reichsheer era visor cap eagle and wreath were replaced with the second pattern in March 1935. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a particular identifying waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with black being chosen for Pionier, (Combat Engineer), personnel which was displayed as piping on the visor cap.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZER OFFICER VISOR HAT WW2

Lot #202 (Sale Order 229 of 784)

Nice quality private purchase field-gray wool and rayon blend construction visor cap with a blue/green badge cloth centerband and pink wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap features a second pattern national eagle. The front center of the centerband has a second oak-leaf wreath encompassing a high relief three piece national tri-color cockade. The national tri-color cockade consists of a fluted, black alloy base, a silver washed alloy roundel and an inserted red felt centerpiece. The cap has a twisted silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two small silver washed pebbled alloy buttons. The cap has a black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in golden/tan rayon with a smooth finish. The interior of the cap also has a wide brown leather sweatband. The cap is roughly size 58. Minor moth damage to the bottom edge of the hat. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDICAL OFFICER'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #203 (Sale Order 230 of 784)

Private purchase, visor cap with a field-gray wool body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with cornflower blue rayon/wrapped waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has a second pattern, (circa 1935-1945), stamped aluminum national eagle and cockade. The cap has a bright, twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord secured in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip to the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in subtly ribbed, light gray rayon. Late war sweatband is also present with minimal wear. Excellent Visor caps were a standard item for all armed forces personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with cornflower blue being chosen for Sanitäts, (Medical), personnel which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII ORTS LEVEL NSDAP POLITICAL LEADER'S VISOR CAP

Lot #204 (Sale Order 231 of 784)

A 1939 pattern tan-colored, fine whipcord-weave, wool/rayon construction visor cap. The cap features a one-piece circular crown, piped in blue, a body with seams to each of its cardinal points, a one-piece, light brown velvet center band, also piped in blue along its upper and lower edges and whose vertical seam is to the reverse, and a chocolate brown vulcanfiber visor. The blue piping, as well as the center band color, is indicative of the political "Ortsgruppe" (Local-group) level. Fixed over the forward seam line of the body is a slightly convex, 1939 pattern, gilt-colored, stamped alloy eagle which clutches a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. Beneath it, affixed to the front and following the contours of the center band, is a 1939 pattern, gold anodized, stamped alloy oak-leaf wreath, encompassing a three-piece cockade. The wreath is comprised of eight oak leaves, each pebbled to resemble embroidery, four to either side of a simulated binding "cord" with four raised "beads" arranged vertically to its center. Alloy wreaths were worn by those holding the rank of "Hauptgemeinschaftsleiter" (roughly equivalent to a Second Lieutenant) and below. Between the center band and the visor is a gilt wire chin chord, attached over each ear by gilt washed, pebbled metal buttons. The cord and button color establish the wearer as having been an "Ortsgruppenleiter" (as lower levels had silver chin cords and buttons). The chocolate brown vulcanfibre visor has a protective lacquered finish to its upper surface. Nice complete leather sweatband. Original oilcloth RZM tag is present. Gold rayon liner is complete as is the original celluloid sweat diamond. Roughly a size 57. Nice untouched cap. Uniform regulations for Nazi political leaders were addressed as early as 1920, with the standard headgear at that time being a Kepi-style cap. These regulations underwent numerous modifications, and in January of 1934 a visor cap, based on the army style, was introduced for wear. This 1934 visor cap was also modified until a final pattern was introduced in July of 1939. The NSDAP was structured in four ascending levels of government, consisting of the "Ortsgruppenleitung," the "Kreisleitung," the "Gauleitung," and the "Reichsleitung," with each group being distinguished by a specific color of piping on the collar tabs and visor cap.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HJ FANFARE TRUMPET BANNER WW2

Lot #205 (Sale Order 232 of 784)

An approximately 48cm square, double sided, multi-piece cotton construction banner, with four doubled tie strings along its upper edge for affixing it to a trumpet. Double sided with the typical HJ pattern swastika with red and white field while the other side is adorned with the single sig rune. A 30mm white fringe runs along both sides and the bottom of the banner. White portions show the expected light age yellowing, but overall very nice untouched example. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth).

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE BATTLE FLAG 100X170

Lot #206 (Sale Order 233 of 784)

Second pattern (Circa 1937/38-1945) single piece dual sided printed cotton/linen construction national war flag. The flag features a red base field with a central white/black/white/black bordered white disk with a black and white bordered black canted swastika to the center. The flag has black vertical and horizontal bars emanating from the central disk with white/black/white borders. The canton features a white/black/white bordered black Iron Cross. The hoist edge has a small dual-ply reinforcement panel to each corner. The hoist edge is trimmed in white tunnel looped cotton/rayon blend bunting for the suspension rope. The twisted suspension rope is still intact and has a closed loop to both the top and bottom edges. Size marked 100x 170 and maker marked with Eagle M. Nice clean example. The first modern German war flag was introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm I in July 1867. The war flag went through a number of minor modifications through the years until it reached its final design format in September 1903. The 1903 version of the Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge, (Imperial War Flag), was utilized until it was abolished after Germany’s defeat in WWI on September 27TH 1919. On April 11TH 1921 a new national war flag was introduced that utilized Hohenzollern Empire tri-colors of black, white and red, with the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), national tri-colors of black, red, and gold inserted into the canton, (upper left corner), with a black Iron Cross to the center. In March 1933, shortly after Hitler gained power, he abolished the Weimar era canton insert on the national war flag. The 1933 pattern national war flag was utilized until November 7TH 1935 when Hitler introduced a new, totally redesigned, national war flag that incorporated the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika emblem. Of Note: The 1935 pattern national war flag was utilized until late 1937 or early 1938, when a slightly modified second pattern flag was introduced. The national war flag was flown on all Kriegsmarine, (Navy), warships, Luftwaffe, (Air Force), airfields and all buildings owned by the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces). The flag was also to be hoisted daily at all occupied barracks and was also utilized at victory parades and special events along with the standard national swastika flag. This example is the second pattern War Flag, circa 1937/38-1945.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PODIUM BANNER SHIELD SHAPED WW2

Lot #207 (Sale Order 234 of 784)

Double sided podium banner with a printed swastika on applied disc. Machine stitched white trim. 23" x 34". Has some staining and a small tear but otherwise excellent Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE BATTLE FLAG 80X135

Lot #208 (Sale Order 235 of 784)

Second pattern (Circa 1937/38-1945) single piece dual sided printed cotton/linen construction national war flag. The flag features a red base field with a central white/black/white/black bordered white disk with a black and white bordered black canted swastika to the center. The flag has black vertical and horizontal bars emanating from the central disk with white/black/white borders. The canton features a white/black/white bordered black Iron Cross. The hoist edge has a small dual-ply reinforcement panel to each corner. The hoist edge is trimmed in white tunnel looped cotton/rayon blend bunting for the suspension rope. The twisted suspension rope is still intact and has a closed loop to both the top and bottom edges. Size marked 80X135 and maker marked. Nice clean example. The first modern German war flag was introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm I in July 1867. The war flag went through a number of minor modifications through the years until it reached its final design format in September 1903. The 1903 version of the Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge, (Imperial War Flag), was utilized until it was abolished after Germany’s defeat in WWI on September 27TH 1919. On April 11TH 1921 a new national war flag was introduced that utilized Hohenzollern Empire tri-colors of black, white and red, with the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), national tri-colors of black, red, and gold inserted into the canton, (upper left corner), with a black Iron Cross to the center. In March 1933, shortly after Hitler gained power, he abolished the Weimar era canton insert on the national war flag. The 1933 pattern national war flag was utilized until November 7TH 1935 when Hitler introduced a new, totally redesigned, national war flag that incorporated the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika emblem. Of Note: The 1935 pattern national war flag was utilized until late 1937 or early 1938, when a slightly modified second pattern flag was introduced. The national war flag was flown on all Kriegsmarine, (Navy), warships, Luftwaffe, (Air Force), airfields and all buildings owned by the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces). The flag was also to be hoisted daily at all occupied barracks and was also utilized at victory parades and special events along with the standard national swastika flag. This example is the second pattern War Flag, circa 1937/38-1945.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DRK RED CROSS EM'S OVERSEAS CAP

Lot #209 (Sale Order 236 of 784)

Originally introduced in August of 1935, this second pattern overseas cap has an expansion fold along its two-piece crown and a two-piece body with two-piece fold-down side panels all in grey wool. The panels scallop in the front where there is sewn an army pattern machine woven tri-color cockade. To the left side panel is sewn a machine woven DRK emblem of a black eagle with down-swept wings clutching a red Balkan cross in its talons with a mobile swastika superimposed upon its breast. The interior is fully lined in grey rayon roughly is a size 57. Near Mint

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE BATTLE FLAG 80X135

Lot #210 (Sale Order 237 of 784)

Second pattern (Circa 1937/38-1945) single piece dual sided printed cotton/linen construction national war flag. The flag features a red base field with a central white/black/white/black bordered white disk with a black and white bordered black canted swastika to the center. The flag has black vertical and horizontal bars emanating from the central disk with white/black/white borders. The canton features a white/black/white bordered black Iron Cross. The hoist edge has a small dual-ply reinforcement panel to each corner. The hoist edge is trimmed in white tunnel looped cotton/rayon blend bunting for the suspension rope. Size marked 80X135 and maker marked. MINT example. The first modern German war flag was introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm I in July 1867. The war flag went through a number of minor modifications through the years until it reached its final design format in September 1903. The 1903 version of the Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge, (Imperial War Flag), was utilized until it was abolished after Germany’s defeat in WWI on September 27TH 1919. On April 11TH 1921 a new national war flag was introduced that utilized Hohenzollern Empire tri-colors of black, white and red, with the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), national tri-colors of black, red, and gold inserted into the canton, (upper left corner), with a black Iron Cross to the center. In March 1933, shortly after Hitler gained power, he abolished the Weimar era canton insert on the national war flag. The 1933 pattern national war flag was utilized until November 7TH 1935 when Hitler introduced a new, totally redesigned, national war flag that incorporated the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika emblem. Of Note: The 1935 pattern national war flag was utilized until late 1937 or early 1938, when a slightly modified second pattern flag was introduced. The national war flag was flown on all Kriegsmarine, (Navy), warships, Luftwaffe, (Air Force), airfields and all buildings owned by the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces). The flag was also to be hoisted daily at all occupied barracks and was also utilized at victory parades and special events along with the standard national swastika flag. This example is the second pattern War Flag, circa 1937/38-1945.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DRK VEHICLE CAR PENNANT WW2

Lot #211 (Sale Order 238 of 784)

An linen pennant, 32cm across with a 20cm tall hoist edge. To both sides of the pennant are printed, against a white background, the DRK emblem of a black eagle with down-swept wings and a white, mobile swastika to its breast, clutching a red Balkan cross in its talons. White and gray twisted piping to the edges. The DRK, "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929. In December 1937 it gained status as a legally recognized organization by the NSDAP. As with other essential services in Third Reich Germany, it came under control of the Nazi Party in late 1938 under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization.

WWII NSDAP POLITICAL VEHICLE PENNANT WW2

Lot #211a (Sale Order 239 of 784)

A cotton covered, double sided vehicle pennant measuring approximately 35cm x 20cm has a 10cm white discs with a black mobile swastika. Hoist edge is trimmed in black. Original clip and attachment cord are still present. Nice. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE BATTLE FLAG 80X135

Lot #212 (Sale Order 240 of 784)

Second pattern (Circa 1937/38-1945) single piece dual sided printed cotton/linen construction national war flag. The flag features a red base field with a central white/black/white/black bordered white disk with a black and white bordered black canted swastika to the center. The flag has black vertical and horizontal bars emanating from the central disk with white/black/white borders. The canton features a white/black/white bordered black Iron Cross. The hoist edge has a small dual-ply reinforcement panel to each corner. The hoist edge is trimmed in white tunnel looped cotton/rayon blend bunting for the suspension rope. Suspension rope is completely intact. Size marked 80X135 and maker marked. MINT example. The first modern German war flag was introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm I in July 1867. The war flag went through a number of minor modifications through the years until it reached its final design format in September 1903. The 1903 version of the Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge, (Imperial War Flag), was utilized until it was abolished after Germany’s defeat in WWI on September 27TH 1919. On April 11TH 1921 a new national war flag was introduced that utilized Hohenzollern Empire tri-colors of black, white and red, with the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), national tri-colors of black, red, and gold inserted into the canton, (upper left corner), with a black Iron Cross to the center. In March 1933, shortly after Hitler gained power, he abolished the Weimar era canton insert on the national war flag. The 1933 pattern national war flag was utilized until November 7TH 1935 when Hitler introduced a new, totally redesigned, national war flag that incorporated the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika emblem. Of Note: The 1935 pattern national war flag was utilized until late 1937 or early 1938, when a slightly modified second pattern flag was introduced. The national war flag was flown on all Kriegsmarine, (Navy), warships, Luftwaffe, (Air Force), airfields and all buildings owned by the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces). The flag was also to be hoisted daily at all occupied barracks and was also utilized at victory parades and special events along with the standard national swastika flag. This example is the second pattern War Flag, circa 1937/38-1945.

WWII NAZI ASSAULT GUNNER EM/NCO'S COLLAR TABS WW2

Lot #212a (Sale Order 241 of 784)

Elongated, rectangular, field-gray wool construction collar tabs with red wool waffenfarbe piping and a stamped, aluminum Prussian "Danziger" style skulls and crossbones to each. The skulls and crossbones both feature circular eye and triangular nose cut-outs, embossed cranium detailing and dual rows of teeth with no bottom jaw. The skulls have a subtly pebbled background field and the crossbones extend outwards from either side of each. Original attachment prongs are complete to both. The waffenfarbe edging is visible to the reverse. Excellent The use of collar ornamentation on military uniforms was utilized by numerous assorted nations with the main function being the indication of the wearers rank and/or branch of service. Development of self-propelled assault artillery to support the infantry in a close fire support role began in the late 1930's and continued through-out the war. With the development of these new weapons it was decided that crew personnel would require a uniform designed specifically for wear in the close constrains of their vehicles. The black panzer wrap uniform had proven practical in the confines of tanks, but it was determined that the color was too conspicuous for use while performing the close support role as the assault gunners were quite often required to leave their vehicles for observation within close range and view of the enemy. This consideration led to the introduction of the field-grey Sturmartillerie uniform on May 29TH 1940, with the same design and cut of the Black panzer wrap uniform. Along with the field-grey wrap tunic Sturmartillerie personnel wore the unique Panzer collar tabs which utilized the old Prussian "Danziger" style skull and crossbones. The skulls and crossbones were worn through-out the war with minor manufacturing variations.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SS MEMBER'S WOOL ARMBAND WW2

Lot #213 (Sale Order 242 of 784)

Nice quality multi-piece construction armband features a red wool base field with a central vertically ribbed white rayon circular field with a canted ribbed, black rayon tape swastika to the front center. The top and bottom edges of the armband are bordered in the correct, 5/16" wide (9mm wide) vertically ribbed black rayon tape. The central white circular field. The swastika and the top and bottom edge border trim are all machine stitched to the armband. The reverse of the armband has a machine stitched vertical seam. Untouched original. Removed from a uniform. In April 1925 the fledgling Schutzkommando, introduced its own version of the standard NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika armband by the addition of black stripes to both the top and bottom edge to differentiate SS personnel from SA, (Storm/Assault Detachment), personnel, since both groups were outfitted with the traditional brown shirt "uniform" at that period in time. The SS armband was worn on the black service dress and the early field-grey uniforms, until it was replaced with the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), sleeve eagle in May 1936. Of Note: The Schutzkommando, was renamed, Schutzstaffel on November 9TH 1925 and the SS-VT would evolve into the Waffen-SS, (Armed SS) in December 1939. Also Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the SS came under the quality control of the RZM and were marked by a cloth RZM/SS approval tag. The dimensions and design of these cloth tags was altered in 1935 and this second pattern tag remained in use until early 1938, when it was replaced by a paper tag. Of Note: In 1943 the Waffen-SS assumed full control over their uniform item production and no longer fell under the authority of the RZM.

WWII NAZI SOCIAL WELFARE LEADER'S DRESS DAGGER WW2

Lot #214 (Sale Order 243 of 784)

Roughly 25cm long, dual edged, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel blade with a raised central spine and large flat ricasso. The blade is unmarked. The thick blackened leather washer is still intact. The cast alloy cross guard, langets, and pommel all have a matte nickel/silver plating. The obverse vertically oval langet has a raised, smooth outer edge encompassing an embossed second pattern, (1938), DRK eagle with a highly embossed swastika to its breast, on a slightly recessed, pebbled field. The reverse vertically oval langet also has the raised, smooth outer edge encompassing a slightly recessed, smooth field. The cross guard features two deeply recessed horizontal lines near both the top and bottom edges. The unique shaped, plain pommel has a multi-slotted, flush, tang screw to the top edge. The dagger has an orange celluloid grip (one small hairline crack that's been repaired) with ten raised, horizontal lines. The grip tapers slightly at both ends. The dagger comes with its original matte nickel/silver plated, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with a pebbled finished obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. The bottom tip of the scabbard is also smooth and has a scalloped tipped top. The scabbard has smooth integral hanger bands with hanger suspension ramps angled diagonally upward with circular cut-outs for the hangers. The scabbard has both of its original dome headed throat screws intact. Of Note: There were two versions of the DRK dagger scabbard, with one featuring rectangular hanger cut-outs, and the other having circular hanger cut-outs. The circular hanger cut-out scabbard was designed for the Social Welfare dagger, which although identical to the DRK Leader’s dagger, came with a different set of hangers. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN WEHRMACHT ATHLETIC SHIRT & FLAG

Lot #214a (Sale Order 244 of 784)

WWII Nazi German enlisted / NCO athletic shirt with extra sports shirt emblem. Shirt is soiled with a couple of minor tears. Shirt is roughly a large. The insignia consists of a white, rayon, half-moon shaped base with a black, machine woven, national eagle, with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it's talons, to the center. The eagles wingspan is roughly, 23.5cm wide from wing tip to wing tip. Very Good

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY OFFICER'S DAGGER WKC WW2

Lot #215 (Sale Order 245 of 784)

The dagger features a roughly, 26cm long drop forged steel construction nickel/silver plated stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge. Blade shows typical scabbard runner marks. Reverse ricasso is well marked with deeply acid etched manufacturers logo of a medieval style helmet and script "WKC Solingen" indicating manufacture by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. Waffenfabrik Solingen-Wald. The original brown leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a cast alloy nickel/silver plated cross guard, ferrule, and pommel. The obverse cross guard features the embossed army eagle with outstretched wings and a plain reverse. The ferrule and pommel both feature embossed repeating oak-leaf patterns. The dagger has a molded, yellow celluloid grip with the correct diagonally angled ribbing. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, sheet metal, nickel/silver plated scabbard with a random pebbled pattern to both the obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. Both of the sweated on scabbard bands with a repeating, horizontally embossed oak-leave pattern and the hanger suspension rings are intact. Throat retaining screws are also intact. Excellent Traditionally German Army Officer’s had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favour within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicate

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE DAGGER EICKHORN WW2

Lot #216 (Sale Order 246 of 784)

Roughly 25cm long nickel/silver plated drop forged steel construction stiletto style blade with dual narrow central fullers to each side. Double engraved maker marked to Eickhorn. The dagger has a nicely detailed, fire gilted, alloy construction crossguard and pommel. The crossguard features an embossed fouled anchor to both the obverse and reverse centerpieces and an ornate foliage pattern and rosette tips to the horizontal arms. The reverse centerpiece of the crossguard has an integral spring loaded locking button which is fully intact and still functions. The pommel is a likeness of the Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings clutching a canted wreathed swastika. The dagger has a nicely aged white celluloid grip mounted on a wooden sleeve with twisted brass wire wrap still intact. The dagger comes with its original fire gilt brass construction scabbard with the standard etched lightning bolt design. The scabbard has both of the sweated on embossed oak-leaf patterned hanger bands with the scabbard rings and hanger loops all intact. The top throat is secured to the scabbard by two, small screws with one situated at either side near the top edge. The Kriegsmarine was the last of the three branches of the Armed Services to adopt a Nazified dagger on January 28TH 1938. The Kriegsmarine dagger was a modified version of a traditional design that dates back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848. The main modification of the Third Reich era dagger was a change in the Reichsmarine dagger pommel.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RED CROSS HEWER EM DAGGER WW2

Lot #217 (Sale Order 247 of 784)

Model 1938 Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross) Hewer. The blade is untouched and in excellent condition. The sharp teeth to the saw back are in perfect condition. The blade is stamped Ges Geschutzt at the ricasso. The black enamel painted scabbard has 85+% original paint. The solid nickel-silver scabbard fittings look excellent, matching the hilt perfectly. All four screws remain intact. Has the corrcet bakelite checkered/smooth grip plates. They are tightly secured by two steel screws. The black leather frog is stamped "B" and has been stitched as it has a horizontal tear. very good

WWII NAZI GERMAN RLB DAGGER BY KRONECK EM TYPE II

Lot #218 (Sale Order 248 of 784)

KRONECK in triangle with crown and ERNST ERICH WITTE, SOLINGEN below TM. Aluminum hilt fittings show light surface wear with no damage to pommel and crossguard with art deco stylized RLB eagle on obverse langet. Black wooden grip shows light wear and no cracks or chips. 2nd Pattern RLB starburst insignia is properly pinned to the obverse grip which shows minor loss to enamel. Blade grades EX showing surface wear/runner marks and light hazing. Dent-free steel scabbard retains 90% of the original black enamel showing only minor spots of paint loss with no lifting to shell. Dent-free lower scabbard fitting shows no damage to the flush-mounted, headless retaining screws. The part of the integral black leather hanger is missing. Excellent The RLB, Reichsluftschutzbund (National Air Protection League), was officially established on April 29TH 1933 as a voluntary Air Protection service, but in June 1935 service became obligatory. The RLB was tasked with all aspects of air raid protection and education, as well as civil defense, rescue, and first aid duties. In 1936 the RLB introduced a Subordinate’s and a Leader’s dagger for bestowal to worthy full-time salaried personnel. The daggers were distributed by the RLB main offices and were not available on the commercial market. In 1938 a second pattern of both daggers was introduced, and the first pattern was discontinued.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NAMED RAD DAGGER BY KREBS WW2

Lot #219 (Sale Order 249 of 784)

Broad, 24.5cm long drop forged steel nickel/silver plated Bowie style blade with narrow fuller and false edge. Blade shows moderate scabbard runners and sharpening. Obverse blade features the acid etched RAD motto, "Arbeit adelt" (Work Ennobles) in Gothic script. Reverse ricasso is well marked with acid etched "RADJ" inspection mark in an inverted triangle above script "Ges. Gesch." indicating Gesetzlich Geschützt (Protected by Law) and manufacturers name and logo. Logo features dual vertical ovals encompassing a stylized crown and "K", with manufacturers name "Carl Jul. Krebs Solingen", in between the dual ovals. Nickel/silver plated single cross guard, bolster, and pommel all intact with the pommel being in the form of a stylized eagle’s head. Natural stag grips held in place by two countersunk screw headed bolts. Magnetic sheet metal scabbard (scabbard finish is worn) has nickel/silver plated fittings to both top and bottom. Top fitting features an ornate, impressed Celtic style swirl pattern with horizontal ribbing and downward pointed tip. Top fitting also has an extended vertical bar for the hewer hangers. Bottom fitting features an impressed RAD emblem of a spade head with canted swastika flanked by sheaf's of wheat. Spade head has a horizontal ribbed background field and fitting has an upward pointed tip. Shows the expected age and use. Nice unit marking "Bn 2250" scabbard throat. EXCELLENT. Introduced in August 1934 for wear by ranks of Truppführer, (Corporal), and above in the Reichs Arbeits Dienst, (National Labor Service). In 1937 a Leader’s dagger was introduced and the hewer was only worn by RAD Unterführen (EM/NCO’s).

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARTILLERY OFFICER’S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #220 (Sale Order 250 of 784)

Nice quality private purchase visor cap with a field-gray doeskin wool body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with bright red wool waffenfarben piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The internal crown stiffening wire, internal padding and a vertical stiffener to the interior front are all still intact and retain the caps oval "Sattelform" crown shape with a high central forward peak. The front center of the cap features a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) silver washed stamped alloy national eagle with out-stretched wings clutching a wreathed canted swastika in it’s talons. The eagle is secured to the cap by three bent over prongs on the reverse. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) silver washed stamped alloy oak-leaf wreath encompassing a separate, high vaunted three piece stamped alloy national tri-color cockade. The national tri-color cockade consists of a black fluted alloy base, a bright silver washed alloy, roundel and an inserted red wool center dot. Blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two black painted rectangular sheet metal retaining buckles and two black painted rectangular length adjustment buckles. Chinstrap is secured to cap by two small smooth finish black painted magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in subtly textured, gray rayon. The interior of the cap also has a wide brown leatherette sweatband. The cap is in overall excellent condition with minor age and usage toning. The cap is roughly size 57. Visor caps were a standard item for all Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces), personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individual’s rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the company and field grade officer’s ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officer’s twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with bright red being chosen for Artillerie, (Artillery), personnel which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ADMIN OFFICIAL'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #221 (Sale Order 251 of 784)

Private purchase field-gray doeskin visor cap with blue/green centerband and dark green wool waffenfarbe to crown edge and top and bottom of centerband. Nice quality hand embroidered wreath. Aluminum eagle is complete. Blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two black painted rectangular sheet metal retaining buckles and two black painted rectangular length adjustment buckles. Chinstrap is secured to cap by two small smooth finish black painted magnetic sheet metal buttons. Black vulcanfibre visor with raised lip to forward edge. Gold rayon lined and still retains its original sweat diamond. Leather sweatband is complete. Roughly a size 55/56. Visor caps were a standard item for all armed forces personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individual’s rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The German army had a tradition, dating from the 1700's, of maintaining a separate branch of Administrative Officials attached to the army to oversee all administrative functions, thus freeing up active army Officers and allowing them to concentrate on actual military matters. The Officials were responsible for a wide variety of administrative tasks from Court Martial, Librarian, Supply, Technical and Meteorological Services, to School, Barracks, and Hospital administration. Most Officials careers consisted of four varying grades, of high, elevated, medium and low grade with slightly differing identifying insignia for each grade. The grade of the career was determined by the education and/or experience of the individual. During the Reichswehr era the Officials were divided into military and civilian personnel until December 22ND 1934 when the German High Command did away with the differentiation and consolidate all the Officials into the newly formed Wehrmachtbeamte-Heer, (Armed Forces Officials-Army). Regulations of March 12TH 1937 reorganized the Officials and instituted the new Beamte auf Kriegsdauer a.K., (Wartime Officials for the duration of the war), to be activated in times of mobilization. Originally the uniformed Officials were allotted an identifying, dark green waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with a nebenfarbe, (secondary color), to indicate their actual career. Regulations of March 21ST 1940, replaced the assorted nebenfarbe colors with a secondary color of light grey for all Officials regardless of career or function. On the visor cap the Officials only utilized the dark green waffenfarbe as piping without the secondary, career nebenfarben. Administrative Officials were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN FELDGENDARMIE OFFICER VISOR HAT

Lot #222 (Sale Order 252 of 784)

Nice quality, issued, visor cap with a field-gray wool and rayon blend body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with orange wool waffenfarbe to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has a silver washed, stamped aluminum, second pattern, national eagle. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern, bullion thread oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece, high relief, national tri-color cockade. The cap has a bright, twisted silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has an extended, black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip at the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in golden yellow rayon. Sweatshield is complete. The interior of the cap also has a complete original leather sweatband. Size is roughly a 57. Very scarce orange waffenfarbe! Visor caps were a standard item for all personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the German army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with orange being chosen for Feldgendarmie, (Military Police), personnel which was displayed as piping on the shoulder straps. Of Note: Originally personnel serving with the army recruiting service were also allocated orange waffenfarbe until it was altered to white in 1942. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARTILLERY OFFICER'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #223 (Sale Order 253 of 784)

Nice quality private purchase visor cap with a field-gray wool/rayon blend body and crown with a whipcord weave and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with bright red wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap features a nice hand embroidered national eagle. The front center of the centerband has a nice quality, hand embroidered, oak-leaf wreath in silver/aluminum threads encompassing a highly vaunted, metal national tri-color cockade with a red felt centerpiece on a cut-out blue/green badge cloth base. The cap has a black lacquered vulcanfibre visor which has a raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in woven golden tan rayon. The interior crown lining has a clear celluloid sweat diamond which is partially intact. The interior of the cap also has a wide leather sweatband. Roughly a size 57. Nice worn and used example. Visor caps were a standard issue item for EM/NCO’s during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated that they be worn with the Reporting and Walking Out dress, and the Undress uniform. Regulations also required Senior NCO’s to wear the visor cap with the Service uniform. Of Note: Certain Senior NCO ranks were also permitted to wear privately purchased visor caps of higher quality.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZER COLLAR TAB SET WW2

Lot #224 (Sale Order 254 of 784)

Nice quality, elongated, rectangular, black wool construction collar tabs with pink wool waffenfarbe piping and a silver washed, stamped alloy, construction Prussian "Danziger" style skull and crossbones. The skulls and crossbones feature circular eye and nose cut-outs, embossed cranium detailing and dual rows of teeth with no bottom jaw. The crossbones extend outwards from either side of the skull. Collar tabs have the standard buckram backing. Prongs all complete. Excellent The use of collar ornamentation on military uniforms was utilized by numerous assorted nations with the main function being the indication of the wearer’s rank and/or branch of service. In November 1934 the Germans introduced the black Panzer wrap tunic for the newly formed armored units and it was worn through-out the war with minor modifications in 1936 and 1942. Along with the new black Panzer wrap tunic the Germans also introduced the unique Panzer collar tabs which utilized the old Prussian "Danziger" style skull and crossbones. The skulls and crossbones were worn through-out the war with minor manufacturing variations. The different branches of service within the German army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with pink being chosen for Panzer, (Armored), personnel, which was generally displayed on the collar tabs. Of Note: The general waffenfarbe for all armored units was pink although other colors were utilized including red for armored artillery units, golden yellow for armored reconnaissance units and the 24TH Panzer Division, lemon yellow for armored signals units and, for a short time, alternating black and white for armored engineer units. Also Of Note: The "Danziger" style skull and crossbones were also worn on the field-grey Assault Artillery wrap tunic.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WEHRMACHT INFANTRY VISOR HAT WW2

Lot #225 (Sale Order 255 of 784)

Beautiful quality private purchase officer's visor cap with a slightly mottled field-gray doeskin wool body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with white wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The internal crown stiffening wire has been removed but an internal padding and a vertical stiffener to the interior front are all still intact and retains the caps oval "Sattelform" crown shape with a high central forward peak. The front center of the cap features a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) aluminum stamped national eagle with out-stretched wings clutching a wreathed canted swastika in it’s talons. The eagle is secured to the cap by two bent over prongs on the reverse. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern (circa 1935-1945) aluminum stamped oak-leaf wreath encompassing a separate high vaunted three piece stamped alloy national tri-color cockade. The national tri-color cockade consists of a black fluted alloy base a bright silver washed alloy roundel and an inserted red wool center dot. Both the wreath and cockade are secured to the cap by bent over prongs on the reverse. The cap has a twisted silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two small pebbled magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended forward black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in subtly textured golden/tan rayon. The interior of the cap also has a wide natural tan leather sweatband. The sweatband is in overall very good condition. The cap is in overall excellent condition with minor age and usage toning and sized 55. Visor caps were a standard item for all Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces), personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individual’s rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the company and field grade officer’s ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officer’s twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with white being chosen for Infanterie, (Infantry), personnel which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. In order to retain conformity, caps privately purchased by EM and junior NCO’s had to be inspected and approved by the individual’s unit prior to being worn.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP NATIONAL FLAG OR BANNER WW2

Lot #226 (Sale Order 256 of 784)

Multi-piece cotton construction banner approximately 46 x 116 inches. To both its red fields are sewn white disks, with a printed mobile swastikas in black. Shows the expected period use and wear but overall near mint condition with a makers label. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE SCHUTZPOLIZEI VISOR CAP

Lot #227 (Sale Order 257 of 784)

Schutzpolizei des Reichs, (National Protection Police), visor cap. The cap consists of a police green wool/rayon blend body and crown with a brown felt centerband and police green wool truppenfarbe, (Branch of service color), to the crown edge and to both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. Both sides of the overhanging crown have dual, inserted, magnetic sheet metal ventilation screens. The front center of the cap has a three piece national tri-color cockade consisting of a black, fluted, alloy, a silvered alloy roundel and an inset red felt central dot. The front center of the cap has a three piece national tri-color cockade consisting of a black, fluted, alloy base, a silver washed alloy roundel and an inset red felt central dot. The front center of the centerband has a stamped aluminum second pattern (circa April 1936-May 1945) police eagle encompassed by a vertically oval oak-leaf wreath. The cap has a blackened patent chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, magnetic sheet metal, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, black painted smooth surface magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has a black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a raised lip to the forward edge. The interior of the cap is lined in orangish/tan oilcloth to the top, while orange felt to the sides. There is also a faint manufactures stamp to the crown and previous owners name has been blacked out. Excellent On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA M33 DAGGER Ground Röhm WW2

Lot #228 (Sale Order 258 of 784)

Early, (Circa 1933-1934), nice quality dagger features a roughly, 8 3/4", (22.3 cm), long, double edged, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 13 5/8", (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows moderate scabbard runners and some spotting with some of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice, deep, well defined, acid etched Fraktur style, script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All/Everything for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. Röhm inscription removed from the reverse with just traces of the inscription. The reverse of the blade has the acid etched, manufacturer’s name/logo, "AESCULAP TUTTLINGEN ". The dagger has the early, cast, solid, nickel/silver crossguard, pommel, and tang nut which all show a nice, even, light, age patina. The reverse of the crossguard is stamped with the SA-Gruppe abbreviation, "Wm", indicating issue by SA-Gruppe Westmark. The dagger has a very nicely contoured hardwood grip with reddish accents, which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has a nicely inset, nickel/silver plated, alloy national eagle and a nickel/silver plated and enameled runic SA button both intact. The dagger comes with it’s original, coppery brown, anodized, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings and retains about 80% of its original coppery brown anodized finish. The scabbard fittings have the same nice, even, light, age patina as found on the crossguard, pommel, and tang nut. Both of the scabbard fittings retain their original, dome headed, securing screws and the top fitting also retains its hanger suspension loop and ring. Nice, early, example by a seldom encountered manufacturer. The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE OFFICERS DAGGER WKC

Lot #229 (Sale Order 259 of 784)

Roughly 29cm long bright nickel/silver plated double edged drop forged steel stiletto style blade with a flat central plane. Maker marked to "WKC" indicating manufacture by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. The leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a well defined nicely detailed, cast aluminum crossguard, ferrule and pommel. The crossguard features a stylized national eagle with down-swept wings clutching a swastika to the obverse with a random pebbled field to the reverse. The top edge of the crossguard has an ornate embossed oak-leaf pattern. The cast ferrule has a repeating, embossed oak-leaf pattern. The orb shaped pommel features an embossed oak-leaf pattern encompassing a dual encircled, canted, embossed swastika on a pebbled field background to both the obverse and the reverse. The dagger has a molded orange bakelite grip with the correct fine twisted silver/aluminum wire wrap inset into the diagonally angled grooves. The grip is in overall excellent condition with no chips or cracks. The dagger also comes complete with its original magnetic sheet steel scabbard. The scabbard features a pebbled field to both the obverse and the reverse with smooth side panels. The scabbard has an ornate embossed oak-leaf pattern to both the obverse and reverse of the bottom tip. The scabbard also has sweated on alloy hanger suspension bands with an ornate embossed repeating oak-leaf pattern. The hanger suspension rings are both intact. The scabbards top throat has its retaining screw intact. Shows the expected age. The dagger comes with a woven silver/aluminum Portepee, tied in the correct manner. The porteppe consists of a bright interwoven silver/aluminum cord, slide, stem, crown and ball. The slide and stem are both woven with a repeating "V" pattern while the crown is in horizontally laid twisted bright silver/aluminum braid with the ball in vertically laid twisted bright silver/aluminum braid. Near MINT In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots license. On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued. Additional regulations of March and August 1940 extended wear of the second pattern dagger to senior NCO’s, senior reserve NCO’s and Officials with the equivalent NCO’s ranks. Blade side arm portepees and troddels were originally introduced in the Prussian army in 1808, and continued to be worn with the Dress uniform, as a tradition and identifying item through WWI, the Weimar Republic and on into the Third Reich, with minor modifications. The Luftwaffe version of the portepee was officially introduced on March 1ST 1935 and the design was based on the earlier army officers portepee.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY OFFICER DAGGER HORSTER WW2

Lot #230 (Sale Order 260 of 784)

The dagger features a roughly, 26cm long, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated, stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge. The blade is in overall good condition with minor scabbard runners and surface spotting and most of the original cross-graining is still visible. The reverse ricasso is well marked with the acid etched manufacturers logo and script. The logo consists of a vertically oval cartouche with the manufacturers name and location, "E. & F.Hörster Solingen", encompassing stylized initials "H", and "S", and a downward pointing broadsword. The original brown leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a cast alloy, nickel/silver plated, cross guard, ferrule, and pommel. The obverse cross guard features the embossed army eagle with outstretched wings and a plain reverse. The ferrule and pommel both feature embossed repeating oak-leaf patterns. The dagger has a molded, white celluloid grip with the correct diagonally angled ribbing. Couple of small cracks to the grip which is common. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, magnetic, sheet metal, nickel/silver plated scabbard with a random pebbled pattern to both the obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. The nickel/silver plating to the scabbard shows moderate age tarnish and spots of wear to the base alloy with light surface spotting. Both of the sweated on scabbard bands with a repeating, horizontally embossed oak-leave pattern and the hanger suspension rings are intact. Throat retaining screw is also intact. The dagger comes with a dagger set of dagger hanger and portepee. Nice example showing the expected age. Traditionally German Army Officer’s had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favour within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that officer ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the dress dagger.

WWII NAZI POLIZEI UN-SLOTTED STAG GRIP BAYONET WW2

Lot #231 (Sale Order 261 of 784)

Early shortened and reissued long model M98/05 Prussian police un-slotted dress bayonet. Roughly 33cm long with a bright nickel/silver plated drop forged steel blade that has full length fullers running off the tip end. Maker marked to ACS. Nice unit markings S.Lg.401. The spine of the blade has a small Prussian police acceptance stamp. The bayonet has intact ornate nickel/silver plated alloy and single upswept cross guard and stylized eagle head pommel. The obverse and part of the reverse of the cross guard have an embossed repeating oak-leaf and acorn pattern. The stylized eagle head pommel shows nicely detailed feathers, eyes, and beak. The bayonet has stag horn grips secured by two dome headed natural aluminum rivet retainers. The obverse of the grip has a stamped natural aluminum second pattern (circa April 1936), police eagle and wreath intact. The bayonet comes housed in its leather scabbard with a stitched central vertical spine to the reverse, and top and bottom nickel/silver plated alloy fittings. The bottom scabbard fitting has a scalloped top edge and ball tip while the top fitting has a scalloped bottom edge. Both the fittings are secured to the scabbard by a single staple type attachment. The top fitting has its extended frog lug and throat retaining screw both intact. Comes with a superbly marked bayonet frog. Excellent. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted in July 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new uniform regulations was the introduction of a standardized bayonet based on the earlier Prussian Landespolizei bayonet. The bayonet came in a un-slotted dress model and a "T" slotted service model.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PUMA HITLER YOUTH HIKE CAMP KNIFE

Lot #232 (Sale Order 262 of 784)

The early, (Circa 1933-1938), HJ camp knife with blade motto has a roughly 5 1/8", (13 cm) long drop forged steel construction single edged, non-fullered, nickel/silver plated, blade and a full length including the hilt of roughly 9 1/4", (23.6 cm). The obverse of the blade has an acid etched motto, "Blut und Ehre!", (Blood and Honor), in a facsimile of RJF von Schirach’s handwriting. Maker marked to Hart Kopf. The tooled steel construction hilt features a single, up-swept, cross guard arm and a stylized eagle head pommel. The knife has molded, black, diamond grooved, Bakelite grips with dual, small, dome headed, alloy retaining rivets fully intact. The obverse grip has an embedded enameled and silver washed alloy HJ diamond. The HJ diamond features red enamel top and bottom quarters and white enamel side quarters with a central, canted, black enamel swastika. The diamond has the correct translucent red enamel with a pebbled field visible underneath. The knife comes with it’s original magnetic sheet metal scabbard. Straps and snap are all complete. Nice example. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth). The HJ Fahrtenmesser, (Hike/Camp knife), was introduced in early 1933 and was the first blade sidearm to be officially sanctioned by the NSDAP. Of Note: Although the HJ camp knife was the first, officially sanctioned, blade, side arm the SA dagger was the first, officially sanctioned, dagger. Originally the camp knife was intended for wear by all HJ members regardless of rank but in 1937 a presentation Leader’s dagger was introduced for wear by the ranks of Gefolgschaftsführer to Reichsjugendführer and the camp knife was relegated for wear by the ranks of Hauptgefolgschaftsführer and below. An additional NSDAP party formation, the DJ Deutsche Jugend, (German Youth), with members, aged 10-14, were also permitted wear of the HJ camp knife. The distribution of the HJ camp knife was controlled by the NSDAP and was dependant on the recipient successfully completing the appropriate proficiency requirements and tests. After meeting the requirements the individual was still responsible for purchasing the HJ camp knife through official channels. Regulations stated that the HJ camp knife was only to be worn while the recipient was in uniform, although it is highly doubtful that young boys/men adhered to these regulations unless they were strictly enforced. Originally the HJ camp knives had a blade inscription with the HJ motto, "Blut und Ehre!", (Blood and Honor), inscribed in a facsimile of the HJ Reichsjugendführer, (Hitler Youth National Youth Leader), Baldur von Schirach’s handwriting, but in August 1938 the blade inscription was discontinued. Of Note: The HJ was an official NSDAP formation and as a result it’s uniforms and equipment items fell under the authority of the RZM, Reich Zeug Meisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster). The RZM, was officially founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP, as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, including the HJ, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for Party formations met required specification and were standardized. Uniforms and equipment items manufactured for the HJ came under the quality control of the RZM and were generally marked by the appropriate RZM approval/acceptance markings. Further production of the HJ camp knives was official discontinued in October 1942.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PARATROOPER GRAVITY KNIFE WW2

Lot #233 (Sale Order 263 of 784)

Blade marked "Paul Wyersburg & Co. Solingen Rostfrei" stainless steel gravity knife with wooden handles, spike, and lanyard retention ring. Blade measures approximately 4" with 3.6" spike -- these were issued to Falschrimjaeger and Luftwaffe troops for cutting shroud lines and tangled cords on parachutes after landing a jump from an aircraft. All original hardware, three rivets at the center, 4 pins in the handle. This is the early war model, not the "take-down" model. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS SLEEVE EAGLE LOT WW2

Lot #234 (Sale Order 264 of 784)

WWII Nazi German sleeve eagle lot to include 1) WAFFEN SS DACHAU MADE EM/NCO'S SLEEVE EAGLE. Second pattern, (Circa 1939-1945), machine embroidered, SS sleeve eagle with out-stretched wings in silvery/gray, rayon threads on a black wool base. This is the final pattern machine embroidered version and has been removed from the tunic. 2) WAFFEN SS BeVo EM/NCO'S SLEEVE EAGLE. Second pattern, (Circa 1939-1945), machine woven SS sleeve eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it's talons in silvery/gray rayon threads on a woven, black, rayon base. Removed from a uniform. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler (Shock Troops Adolf Hitler), and was redesignated Schutzstaffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer-Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Troopers) on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker's Party). The first pattern SS sleeve eagle was officially introduced in May 1936 although photographic evidence indicates that it was in use as early as the summer of 1935. Shortly after its official introduction the eagle underwent minor modifications resulting in the second pattern that was worn for the duration of the war. These second pattern eagles were originally issued in a hand embroidered version for Officer's ranks and a machine embroidered version for EM/NCO's until a machine woven version was introduced in 1939. Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was officially founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster's Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, including the SS, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the SS came under the quality control of the RZM and were marked with an RZM/SS approval tag. In 1943 the Waffen-SS assumed full control over their uniform item production and no longer fell under the authority of the RZM.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KVK EKI EKII MEDAL LOT OF 6 WW2

Lot #235 (Sale Order 265 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot of medals to include 1) WWII NAZI WAR MERIT CROSS 1ST CLASS WITHOUT SWORDS. Early nice quality nickel/silver plated die struck alloy award is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed canted swastika encircled by an oak-leaf wreath to the obverse. The background field of the obverse centerpiece is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised smooth outer edges. Complete with original hinge pin and catch assembly. The reverse of the pin is well marked with embossed manufacturer's numerical code, "4", indicating manufacture by Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid. MINT 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS 1939 L/15. 1939 pattern, private purchase, die struck, three piece, iron and nickel/silver plated alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika stands out in nice, high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The plain reverse has a solid, soldered block type hinge, a broad, tapering, vertical "Coke " bottle, pin and a heavy soldered catch all intact. The reverse of the cross is well marked with the stamped manufacturer’s LDO code "L/15", indicating manufacture by Gustav Brehmer of Markneukirchen/Sa. Excellent. 3) WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS EKI. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medals loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Non ring marked in near mint condition. 4) WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS EKI. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medals loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Non ring marked in near mint condition. 5) WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS EKI. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medals loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Non ring marked in very good condition. 6) IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS, 1914. 1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. The reverse of the cross features an embossed, central, oak-leaf cluster, with the "FW" cypher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III, a King’s crown to the top arm and the original institution date, "1813", to the bottom arm. All the emblems are in nice high relief. The ribbon suspension loop and ring are both intact. Ring Marked. Complete with WWII 1939 ribbon.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDICAL EM/NCO VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #236 (Sale Order 266 of 784)

Private purchase, visor cap with a field-gray wool body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with cornflower blue rayon/wrapped waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has a second pattern, (circa 1935-1945), silver washed, stamped zinc national eagle and cockade. The cap has a blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, sheet metal retaining clips and two black painted, vertically oval, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, smooth finish, black painted, magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip to the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in subtly ribbed, gray rayon. Sweat diamond is present and has the German's name underneath. Leatherette sweatband is still very solid with one minor tear. Roughly a size 57. Excellent Visor caps were a standard item for all armed forces personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with cornflower blue being chosen for Sanitäts, (Medical), personnel which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DLV DAGGER BY SMF WW2

Lot #237 (Sale Order 267 of 784)

DLV glider pilot’s dagger. The 17cm long silver/nickel plated blade is in nice condition with some minor spotting and slight pitting and expected scabbard wear. Maker marked to SMF. Solid nickel/silver cross guard and pommel. Black enameled swastika to both sides of cross guard. Wooden grip wrapped in Moroccan blue leather intact. Scabbard is missing the leather wrap. Nickel/silver plated fittings to the scabbard. All scabbard screws are complete. Shows the expected age and use. Complete with leather hanger with plated friction clip and face plates. Excellent On March 25TH 1933 the DLV, Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. In September 1933 the DLV was further enlarged by incorporating the SA and SS Fliegersturm groups. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. The DLV was divided into two distinct groups with the main group consisting of civilians and a second group, entitled the Fliegerschaft, which was the secret military branch of the DLV. Uniform regulations were first addressed on November 4TH 1933 and included a visor cap with two distinctly different forms of insignia that were worn concurrently. With the official unveiling of the Luftwaffe on February 26TH 1935, the DLV lost a substantial amount of its manpower and its previous function as a secret training ground for future pilots was rendered redundant. As a result the DLV was disbanded on April 17TH 1937 with its remaining membership being absorbed into the newly reconstituted NSFK.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP LUFTWAFFE POSTAL INSIGNIA

Lot #238 (Sale Order 268 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) FLIGHT LEUTNANT'S COLLAR TABS. A pair of yellow wool construction collar tabs with a single, hand embroidered rank "gull" positioned above an opened top, oak-leaf, half-wreath all in bright silver/aluminum wire threads. The collar tabs are piped in twisted bright silver/aluminum cord and are mounted on buckram backings. 2) MEDICAL HAUPTMANN'S COLLAR TABS. Blue wool construction collar tabs with three, hand embroidered, rank "gulls" positioned above an oak-leaf, half-wreath in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads to each. The collar tabs are piped in fine, twisted, bright, silver/aluminum, cord and are mounted on tan buckram backings. 3) REICHSPOST "Postschaffner" COLLAR TABS. Dark blue wool collar tabs piped in orange with two rank pips. As with most nations, the German national postal service was a uniformed organization, whose uniform regulations were altered shortly after the NSDAP achieved political power in January of 1933. 4) MOTHER'S CROSS IN SILVER. Second pattern, two piece, stamped tombac award with a silver wash and blue and white enamel work. Award in the form of a Christian cross with outward fluted arms in semi-translucent blue enamel with white enamel border. Cross has a raised sunburst pattern emanating between its arms. Separate central circular field with white enamel base and black static swastika, encompassed by a circular border with embossed Latin script, "Der Deutschen Mutter", (The German Mother). Reverse has impressed simulated handwritten script, "16 Dezember 1938", and facsimile Hitler signature. Nice section of original ribbon is also included. 5) NSDAP MEMBERSHIP LAPEL PIN "M1/100". Standard issue lapel pin awarded to all personnel on acceptance as an official party member. Roughly 23mm diameter, die struck alloy badge NSDAP membership badge with multi-colored enamel work. Badge features a translucent red, circular outer border with embossed silvered script, "National-Sozialistiche-D.A.P.", encompassing a white enamel field with canted black enamel swastika. Pebbled field is visible below the translucent red enameled outer border. Reverse is well marked with embossed RZM logo with dual circular borders and manufacturers code, "M1/100" indicating the maker Werner Redo of Saarlautern. 6) DRL SPORTS BADGE, BRONZE. A 1937 pattern, die struck bronze award. The badge is in the form of a vertical oval oak leaf wreath, with a mobile swastika and bow to its base, encompassing the stylized, cut-out letters, "DRL." To the reverse is a vertical pin-back device, hinged to its top and with a catch to its base. Nicely maker marked to the reverse. 7) HJ PROFICIENCY BADGE IN BRONZE. Die-struck alloy award is in the form of a Tyr-rune with a circle superimposed to it, upon which is embossed, in runic script, "Für Leistungen In Der H.J." (For Proficiency In The H.J.), encompassing a mobile swastika. Marked with an RZM logo with dual circular borders and embossed manufacturers code, "M1/34" indicating manufacture by Karl Wurster of Markneukirchen. The pin-back device is intact.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER LUFTWAFFE RAD INSIGNIA LOT

Lot #239 (Sale Order 269 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) WWII Nazi German Wehrmacht EM/NCO'S Tropical Overseas / M41 Cap Eagle Tropen Mützen Adler. Machine woven national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons in blue/grey rayon threads on a woven, tan rayon base. The eagle is still on its original woven tan rayon factory roll. MINT! 2) WWII Nazi German Wehrmacht EM/NCO'S Overseas / M43 Cap Eagle Mützen Adler. Machine woven national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in matte gray rayon threads on a woven field-gray rayon base. The eagle’s wingspan is roughly, 65mm from wing tip to wing tip. The eagle is still on it’s original field-gray factory roll. 3) EM/NCO Luftwaffe Breast Eagle. Machine embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in silvery/grey rayon threads on a cut-out Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base. Nice clean eagle. 4) EM/NCO Luftwaffe Breast Eagle. Machine embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in silvery/grey rayon threads on a cut-out Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base. Nice clean eagle. 5) EM/NCO Wehrmacht Italian Made Breast Eagle. Early, machine embroidered, national breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching an encircled, canted, swastika in it’s talons in silvery/grey cotton threads on a cut-out, dark, blue/green badge cloth base. 6) Wehrmacht Infantry Assault Badge in Silver. Die struck alloy award. The nicely detailed badge features an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to the top center, encompassing a cut-out rifle with fixed bayonet and sling. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. Maker marked to R.S. 7) WWII German Nazi RAD 4 Year Service Medal In Bronze Reichsarbeitdienst. Given for men who served at least 4 years of service in the RAD or the Reichsarbeitdienst.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLIZEI POLICE DRESS BAYONET WW2

Lot #240 (Sale Order 270 of 784)

The detailing to the pommel eagle is exceptional throughout. The crossguard has the usual overlapping oak leaves on the obverse; the reverse is plain and only has these leaves at the quillon. The grip plates are very fine antler. They have deep rich brown tones and good "grain". Attached to the obverse plate is an open silver Police insignia which retains fine detailing throughout. The scabbard is the long style. It is straight throughout with 95% of the original paint. The blade of this example measures 13 inches long. It is the style with a wide fuller. The reverse is stamped with the F. W. Holler of Solingen, and the original leather blade washer remains in place. It shows minor age. A good period example here which is actually quite rare with leather frog and portepee. Excellent On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted in July 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new uniform regulations was the introduction of a standardized bayonet based on the earlier Prussian Landespolizei bayonet. The bayonet came in a un-slotted dress model and a "T" slotted service model.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE OFFICER'S DAGGER WW2

Lot #241 (Sale Order 271 of 784)

Roughly, 25cm long, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel construction, stiletto style blade with dual, narrow, central fullers to each side. The blade is bright and clean and in excellent condition. Unmarked. The dagger has a nicely detailed, fire gilt, brass construction crossguard and pommel. The crossguard features an embossed fouled anchor to both the obverse and reverse centerpieces and an ornate foliage pattern and rosette tips to the horizontal arms. The reverse centerpiece of the crossguard has an integral spring loaded locking button which is fully intact and still functions. The pommel is a likeness of the Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings clutching a canted, wreathed swastika. The dagger has a nicely aged white celluloid grip mounted on a wooden sleeve with twisted, brass wire wrap still intact. The dagger comes with its original brass construction scabbard with the standard etched lightning bolt design. The scabbard has both of the sweated on, embossed, oak-leaf patterned hanger bands with the scabbard rings and hanger loops all intact. The top throat is secured to the scabbard by two, small screws with one situated at either side near the top edge. Scarce with the plane blade. The Kriegsmarine was the last of the three branches of the German Armed Forces to adopt a Nazified dagger on January 28TH 1938. The Kriegsmarine dagger was a modified version of a traditional design that dates back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848. The main modification of the Third Reich era dagger was a change in the Reichsmarine pattern "flame" shaped pommel to one featuring the national eagle with the swastika. Dress regulations for Officers and senior NCO’s prescribed wear of side arms, including the dagger, as a component of particular forms of dress. Officer and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms, including side arms, and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Navy’s Offizierkleiderkasse, (Officer’s Clothing Account), system. Although enlisted personnel were issued their side arms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately manufactured side arms although the price may have been restrictive. When worn the dagger was accompanied by a portepee and specific hangers. Originally designed as a functional item to secure the blade sidearm to the holders wrist the portepee evolved into a purely decorative accessory and was to be worn with all Kriegsmarine Officers daggers. Regulations of May 7TH 1943 discontinued further manufacture of the portepee’s although those already issued continued to be utilized and regulations of February 25TH 1944 discontinued wear of the dagger to be replaced with a pistol until the successful conclusion of the war.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE KRETA CUFFTILE WW2

Lot #242 (Sale Order 272 of 784)

Subtly ribbed woven white cotton/rayon blend construction cufftitle with machine embroidered block Latin script "Kreta" flanked on either side by ornate acanthus leaves all in bright golden yellow cotton threads. The script stands out in nice high relief while the leaf ornamentation is slightly lower. The cufftitle is bordered at both the top and bottom edges in bright golden yellow rayon Russian braiding. The acanthus leaves are the typical type with seven petals to each side. The cufftitle has the typical opened back construction. Very Good The "Kreta", (Crete), cufftitle was the first in a series of four, campaign award, cufftitles and was introduced on October 16TH 1942, for award to personnel who participated in the successful assault on the Greek, Mediterranean island of Crete from May 20TH to June 1ST 1941. The cufftitle was considered a military combat decoration, and as such, was bestowed with a corresponding award possession document and entered into the recipient’s official military service documentation. Bestowal of the award was opened to personnel in all three branches of service who had actively been involved in the invasion of Crete. The "Kreta" cufftitle was worn on the lower left sleeve of the field blouse, service tunic and greatcoat by all eligible personnel with no differentiation for rank. Of Note: The "Kreta" cufftitle utilized acanthus leaves as ornamentation which is a perennial herb or shrub native to the Mediterranean area and has been used through-out ancient history as ornamentation in art and architecture. The acanthus leaves symbolize quality, strength, longevity and creativity. The "Kreta" cufftitle was manufactured in two slightly different versions with one version having seven acanthus leaf petals and the other with nine. Due to the significant role that the German Fallschirmjäger, (Paratroopers), played in the successful invasion they were awarded a large percentage of the "Kreta" cufftitles. Of Note: The Greek, Mediterranean island of Crete was very strategically important to the Allies affording them secure naval harbors in the eastern Mediterranean and airfields within range of the significant, German allied, Romanian oilfields. Although the German’s had successfully utilized it’s Paratrooper and Glider borne Infantry on a limited basis, in Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, France and Greece, Unternehmen Merkur, (Operation Mercury), launched on May 20TH 1941, the German assault on Crete, was the first, primarily, airborne assault ever mounted with roughly half of the German participants being Paratrooper and Glider borne Infantry personnel. Although the operation was a success the German airborne casualties were considered so high by Hitler it prompted him to reevaluate German airborne assault doctrine and allegedly declare to Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, (later Oak-leaves to the Knight’s Cross holder), General der Flieger Kurt Student, that the ultimately important, surprise element of the Paratroopers had been eliminated and as a result the German’s never launched another large airborne assault during the remainder of the war. Also Of Note: The other three campaign award cufftitles consisted of the "Afrika" cufftitle as introduced on January 15TH 1943, the "Metz" cufftitle as introduced on October 24TH 1944 and the "Kurland", (Courland), cufftitle as introduced on March 12TH 1945.

WWII ALLGEMEINE SS CUFFTITLE San- Abt XXXXIII WW2

Lot #243 (Sale Order 273 of 784)

Allgemeine SS Sanitäts-Abteilung XXXXIII cuff titles for medical detachment battalion 43. Everything about this cuff title is textbook with RZM tags remnants

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA NIEDERSACHSEN KEPI COFFEE CAN

Lot #244 (Sale Order 274 of 784)

A tan cotton twill kepi with a flat crown soft sides and visor. The brown wool gruppe band is in excellent condition. A 1927 pattern silver washed stamped alloy eagle and swastika is applied to the colored front by the two prongs to its reverse. A silver-colored metal button is to this seam between the eagle and the chinstrap. The brown leather chinstrap is in two sections, connected by a vertical oval "ring" and with a brown-painted metal sliding adjustment buckle to either side. The chinstrap is attached at either end by two small smooth brown-painted metal buttons. The kepi’s short stiff visor is covered in tan cotton twill. The interior crown is lined in light tan cloth. Its black sweatband has minimal wear and is in overall excellent condition and complete. Originally worn by a member of S.A.-group Niedersachsen Group, as distinguished by the brown color along its top in combination with the silver-colored button to its front. The ranks of S.A.-Mann through S.A.- Obertruppführer wore these un-piped kepi with the Gruppe color exposed above the fold-down panels. Size is roughly 57. Shows the expected period use and wear but overall excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FUR LEATHER WINTER CAP

Lot #244a (Sale Order 275 of 784)

Nice quality multi-panel patch work whitened sheep skin construction winter cap with the natural hide to the exterior and the white sheep’s wool to the interior. The cap features fold down side and back panels with the panels held in position at the top of the cap by a thread loop and a corresponding button. When the side and back panels are in the upright position the sheep’s wool is visible to the exterior. The back and side panels were designed to be folded down to protect the wearer’s ears and neck and the panels could be secured with the fabric loop and button closed under the wearer’s chin as required. The fold down side panels each have a small circular cut-out with a corresponding overlapping horizontal "U" shaped closure panel with a single brown painted sheet metal "Prym" closure snap to each. The side panels also have an additional male snap enabling the horizontal, "U" shaped closure panels to be secured in the open position as required. Luftwaffe eagle to the front of the cap. Roughly a size 57. Very Good The severe cold encountered on the Russian front in the winter of 1941/42 found the Germans completely unprepared not only in heat retaining cold weather garments but also snow camouflage garments. This resulted in numerous, hastily improvised and makeshift heat retaining and snow camouflage items being utilized including everything from civilian winter clothing to white bed sheets. After the winter of 1941/42 the Oberkommando des Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces), recognized the need for heavier winter clothing and testing began in the spring of 1942 to develop suitable garments. In April 1942 Hitler approved the chosen design, and the first models were issued in the autumn of that year, included assorted winter fur caps. The fur caps were a standard issue item and were distributed to all EM/NCO’s for the winter season, (September 15TH to April 15TH), with other winter garments and were to be returned to the units storage depot at the end of the season for storage, repair and cleaning to be reissued the following September. Originally Officers and senior NCO’s responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear were required to purchase the new winter garments until regulations of December 1942 extended the issue winter clothing to all ranks in the colder theatres of operation. Although there was no official standard model of the fur cap the most commonly encountered type followed the basic pattern of the Mountain and M43 caps with fold down back and side panels designed to protect the wearers ears and neck.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PPK LUFTWAFFE HOLSTER RIG WW2

Lot #245 (Sale Order 276 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe PPK holster and belt rig with rare "Crank Case" Droop Tail belt buckle. The PPK marked holster is D.R.G.M. marked under the main flap along with a manufactures mark. The lather belt is size marked 105 and is maker marked and dated 1942. The buckle is an early, 1935 pattern, die stamped, aluminum construction box buckle features a pebbled outer field with a central, embossed, high relief, horizontally oval laurel leaf wreath encompassing a slightly domed, pebbled inner field with an embossed, early, "droop tailed", pattern, (Circa 1935-1937/38), Luftwaffe eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons, to the center. The reverse is a rare Crank Case version very seldom seen. Excellent

WW2 NAZI EARLY ORDER OF THE GERMAN EAGLE 2nd CLASS

Lot #246 (Sale Order 277 of 784)

Die struck, silver, 2th class award, with white enamel work and fire gilded finish. Award in the form of a 50mm square, Maltese style cross with white enamel arms. National eagles with down swept wings, clutching wreathed swastikas are seated between each of the crosses arms. Background of wreathed swastika is also in white enamel. Enamel all fully intact and still quite bright and clean. Reverse is complete with original pin and catch. Marked "Silber 900". Deschler & Sohn of München production example. Nice example & Scarce! Originally instituted in May 1937, in varying degrees for award to foreign political dignitaries. The award was modified and other degrees were added in 1939, and again in 1943. The last version of these awards were designated class instead of degree. Also in 1939 crossed swords were added to the award when it was to be issued to personnel who had displayed distinguished military merit.

WWII NAZI GERMAN FORESTRY CUTLASS BY HORSTER WW2

Lot #247 (Sale Order 278 of 784)

This is a senior German forestry cutlass with scabbard by Horster. The right ricasso is maker marked to "E. u. F. HOLSTER / SOLINGEN". The right side of the blade has a very detailed acid-etched hunting scene, showing dogs being released onto a giant boar. There is a humming bird amongst floral elements. The blade spine has vine-like etchings. The left side of the blade has a scene of two deer running away from a hunter, pointing his rifle. The top has a calling bird among floral elements, please see our photographs. The clamshell guard has a rippled finish and the bone grips have inlaid metal acorn / oak leaf medallions (three per side). The frog stud of the sheath has the likeness of an acorn. The blade is approximately 13" long, with an overall length of approximately 17-3/4".This is a beautifully crafted Forestry dagger depicting highly detailed hunting scenes, with rich floral presentations. The grips appear to be real bone with inlaid acorn medallions. The knuckle guard is D-shaped and made of brass, with a brass clamshell guard. The cutlass comes with a white felt throat guard. The sheath has a leather body with brass fittings is also in near mint condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE EARLY PILOT BADGE B&NL

Lot #248 (Sale Order 279 of 784)

Nice quality, early die struck alloy construction, two piece badge is in the form of a vertically oval wreath with a separate burnished silver finished, stylized, spread winged eagle in flight, clutching a swastika mounted on the wreath. The eagle is attached to the wreath by two small dome headed rivets which are visible to the reverse. The vertically oval wreath features embossed laurel leaves to the left side and oak-leaves to the right side. The smooth reverse of the wreath has a soldered barrel type hinge, a thin round vertical pin, and catch all intact. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with the impressed manufacturer's logo and initials B&N L indicating the maker Berg & Nolte of Lüdenscheid. The Pilot’s Qualification Badge was originally introduced on January 19TH 1935 for award to personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband Fliegerschaft, (German Air Sports Association Pilot Base), the secret forerunner of the Luftwaffe, who had achieved their pilot's licenses. The badge was officially adopted by the Luftwaffe on March 26TH 1936, by order of Hermann Göring. The Pilot’s Badge was awarded on an individual basis to personnel who had successfully completed the appropriate theory and flight training and had achieved their pilot's license. As with other flyer’s specialty badges, a cloth version of the Pilot’s Badge was authorized for wear on the flight blouse, with a machine embroidered pattern for EM/NCOs and a hand embroidered pattern for Officers.

WWII NAZI GERMAN N. S. REICHS KRIEGERBUND POLE TOP

Lot #249 (Sale Order 280 of 784)

Great looking National Socialist Reichs Kriegerbund Flag Pole Top that is made of bakelite. This piece stands about 9 3/4 inches tall and in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 50 DRKB FLAGBEARER'S GORGET WW2

Lot #250 (Sale Order 281 of 784)

Very nice early (circa 1937) multi-piece stamped polished natural aluminum construction heart shaped 50 gorget base with a separate fire gilted and multi-colored enamel work face plate. All complete and in nice untouched condition. The DRKB Deutscher Reichskriegerbund (Kyffhäuserbund) (German National Association of Veterans Kyffhäuser Association),was formed during WWI and was based on the DKB Deutscher Kriegerbund (German Veterans Association), originally formed after the war of 1870-71. The addition of "Kyffhäuser" in the associations name referred to the Kyffhäuser mountain where a large war memorial had been erected by ex-soldiers in 1896. The goal of the association was to preserve the morale and comradeship of former soldiers and to financially assist its members if required. In 1937 the DRKB introduced a flag bearers gorget as an aid to rallying its personnel behind the flag bearer at parades and functions. On March 29TH 1938 the DRKB was was renamed NS-RKB Nationalsozialistische-Reichskriegerbund, (National Socialist-State Soldiers League) by the NSDAP and amalgamated with most of the earlier veterans associations into one national organization. After amalgamation into the NS-RKB the earlier DRKB gorget was replaced with a slightly altered new pattern.

GERMAN 1st PATTERN STADTWEHR POLICE GORGET

Lot #251 (Sale Order 282 of 784)

Outstanding example of the rare first pattern Stadtwehr Police Gorget 4035 worn by paramilitary police personnel in the city of Bremen, between the wars. The Stadtwehr was one of many paramilitary organizations, such as the Freikorps and others, that existed during the tumultuous period after WWI, to retain order. They wore military uniforms, and wore a special serial-numbered police gorget, similar to military police personnel of the German Army (at that time, the Reichswehr). This Police gorget is made out of a very light stamped metal sheet that appears to be nickel silver. Both sides have a pleasant patina that would be expected. The gorget itself is about 6-1/2 inches long. Overall, this is a great example of a very scarce piece of interwar regalia that would compliment any Polizei collection. Gorgets were originally part of a knight’s armor during medieval times. Long after suits of armor were abandoned, the gorget continued to be used in many European armies as a form of military insignia. In the Imperial German Army until 1914, gorgets were worn as a special mark of distinction by certain elite units. Following WWI, German paramilitary and police organizations used gorgets for standard bearers, as insignia, and to denote personnel assigned special tasks. Following the Nazi rise to power, there was a vast increase in the number of uniformed organizations, and a variety of new gorgets were instituted for use by these civil, political and paramiliary organizations, as well as by the military. Standard bearers of most organizations, who were entrusted with carrying flags at rallies and in parades, wore gorgets. Other gorgets indicated assignment to guard or security forces. The military police personnel of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS had their own gorgets as a part of their uniforms, and were nicknamed “chained dogs” by the troops due to the chain used to suspend the gorget around the wearer’s neck. Because gorgets were never general issue to all personnel of any organization or military branch, they were manufactured in limited numbers, and are generally scarce to encounter today.

WWII THIRD REICH ORGANISATION TODT GORGET WW2

Lot #252 (Sale Order 283 of 784)

Metal, White enamel background w/ Black enamel logo and lettering, "Eagle w/Swastika with a wreath", Reads "Organisation Todt", Some chips on edges, Very little if any scratches on front. Chain is present. TeNo, Technischen Nothilfe, (Technical Emergency Corps), was originally established in September 1919, of trained, voluntary, civilian personnel to maintain and repair essential services in the event of a natural disaster or emergency. Many of its personnel were ex-service men and a large amount of them had some type of specialized technical training which was key to its mandate. TeNo was a civilian organization administered under the Minister of the Interior, until mid-1939 when it became an official State organization under control of the Police which in turn was controlled by the SS. With this change in status a small nucleus of salaried Officials were employed to run the organization. As the war dragged on TeNo, became more and more a para-military organization with its direction becoming more controlled by the Waffen-SS.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DOVE HEAD OFFICERS SWORD HORSTER

Lot #253 (Sale Order 284 of 784)

This E. u. F. Hörster Dove Head sword is of all brass construction. This brass example is entirely engraved throughout. The pommel and backstrap area feature nicely done oak leaves and acorns having hand pebbling over the leaves and the veins all hand accented. The same is true of the oak leaves and acorns on the “P” guard. The grip tabs have two acorns which go around the rivet area. The crossguard has a series of box devices running throughout the length ending in a teardrop with an engraved swirl. The obverse langet features a Wehrmacht-style half opened wing eagle, which is facing to the viewer’s left. This bird clutches a mobile swastika. As with all of the above decoration this eagle is entirely hand carved into the brass. The ferrule above has a cross motif on the obverse and reverse with more oak leaves and acorns. The grip is a black celluloid over a carved wood base. The celluloid remains in mint condition and is tightly wrapped with triple twisted brass wire. The scabbard is straight throughout. This scabbard has good original black paint. The paint is 985 showing. The 30 1/2 inch long blade is in very good condition having high quality nickel-plated finish and retaining its needlelike tip. The obverse ricasso is marked with the E&F Hörster double ovals. The ovals contain the firm’s name and the Solingen location. The center area features the large “H” letter with the smaller “H” and “S” letters that are pierced by a sword. The original brown leather washer is in place. Very Good The Sword/Sabre is an age old military tradition, that evolved from a functional weapon into an item of uniform dress ornamentation by the start of WWI. This strong tradition continues in many army’s to this day as a symbol of strength and power. After Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and the reintroduction of conscription in early 1935 a wide variety of new sword and sabre designs were introduced to outfit the rapidly growing Wehrmacht.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS MARKED ASHTRAY WW2

Lot #254 (Sale Order 285 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Waffen SS ashtray manufactured by Bauscher Weiden and dated 1942 to the reverse. The obverse has a beautiful Nuremberg style eagle to the front. The ashtray measures 5 3/4 X 4 1/4 inches and in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1ST PATTERN NSKK CRASH HELMET WW2

Lot #255 (Sale Order 286 of 784)

Molded, smooth, blackened leather helmet with raised, padded, protective bars running horizontally around the helmets bottom edge, and another one running from front to back over the crown top. Front center of helmet has a 1st pattern NSKK stylized national eagle. Helmet has a short blackened leather visor stitched to front and stitched on, extended, blackened, grained, leather, protective side and rear panels. Side panels each have a vertical half-moon shaped, ear cut-out with stitched on closure flaps. Flaps were designed to protect the ears while still allowing for hearing. Rear neck flap intact. Side panels also have extended straps to bottoms which act as the chinstrap (buckle missing). Interior of helmet has a tan leather, nine finger liner. Roughly a size 57. Leather has a lot of crazing and is very dry. Very Good

WWII NAZI GERMAN M35 SINGLE DECAL HELMET WW2

Lot #255a (Sale Order 287 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains a good portion of its field-gray paint. The left side of the helmet has a Wehrmacht eagle shield decal which is retained about 70%. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 leather liner with all eight fingers. The interior reverse neck guard apron is lot number stamped, "4456", and the interior left side apron is stamped with the manufacturers code and size, "ET64", indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. Reproduction chinstrap but otherwise excellent. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DAF POLE TOP IN BRASS WW2

Lot #256 (Sale Order 288 of 784)

DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) pole topper. very minor wear. 9.25" x 5.5" very good - excellent and hard to find in brass. With the dissolution of all Free Trade Unions in Germany in May 1933 the Deutsche Arbeitsfront, (German Labor Front), was established to replace the unions and to educate the workers in industry and commerce for smooth and efficient operation of all labor in the Third Reich. In October 1934 the DAF was given official status as a sub-section of the NSDAP and in March 1936 it was recognized as an independent NSDAP affiliated association and granted control of its own monetary budget.

WW1 NAMED 89TH DIVISION PAINTED HELMET W LINER WWI

Lot #257 (Sale Order 289 of 784)

WWI, 89th Division Helmet – named – Russell Bleeke, Co. B, 314th Signal Battalion, liner is loose and missing the leather chinstrap. Good World War I Headquarters, 89th Division 177th Infantry Brigade 353rd Infantry Regiment 354th Infantry Regiment 341st Machine Gun Battalion 178th Infantry Brigade 355th Infantry Regiment 356th Infantry Regiment 342nd Machine Gun Battalion 164th Field Artillery Brigade 340th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 341st Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 342nd Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 314th Trench Mortar Battery 340th Machine Gun Battalion 314th Engineer Regiment 314th Medical Regiment 314th Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 89th Division 314th Train Headquarters and Military Police 314th Ammunition Train 314th Supply Train 314th Engineer Train 314th Sanitary Train 353rd, 354th, 355th, and 356th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals

WWII NAZI LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT EM/NCO'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #258 (Sale Order 290 of 784)

Nice quality privately purchased Luftwaffe blue/gray wool/rayon blend construction flight EM/NCO’s visor cap features a black horizontally ribbed interwoven mohair centerband, and golden yellow wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has an second pattern (Circa 1936/1937-1945) silver washed stamped aluminum Luftwaffe eagle clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons. The front center of the centerband has a silver washed stamped aluminum winged wreath with a black silver and red painted national tri-color cockade. The cap has a black patent leather chinstrap with two black painted vertically rectangular, metal retaining clips and two black painted vertically oval metal sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two smooth black painted sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended forward black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a machine stitched simulated leather lip to the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in orange/tan material. Complete celluloid sweat rhomboid with makers name and address. Dated for 1939 and size marked 58 1/2. The interior of the cap also has a tan leather sweatband with ventilation perforations to the front forehead section. Excellent Visor caps were a standard item for all military personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with, based on the individual’s rank. On its inception on February 26TH 1935, the Luftwaffe, (Air-{Weapon}, Force), adopted most of the uniform items of the earlier DLV, Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, including the visor cap. In March 1935 the earlier, "Tellerform", saucer shaped, caps were replaced with a new a "Sattelform" saddle shaped, cap with a higher front peak and an oval shaped top. The insignia utilized on the visor caps consisted of the Luftwaffe style national eagle as introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935 along with a new, winged, wreath and the national tri-color cockade. The original, first pattern, Luftwaffe style, national eagle was utilized until a slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. The visor caps for Company and Field grade Officers, holding the ranks of Leutnant up to Oberst were distinguished from EM/NCO’s caps by bright, silver/aluminum piping and a silver/aluminum chin cord while Officers holding Generals ranks of Generalmajor up to Reichsmarschall utilized gold colored fittings. EM/NCO ranks visor caps utilized the appropriate waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), piping and blackened leather chinstraps. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with golden yellow being chosen for Flieger, (Flight), personnel which was displayed as piping on EM/NCO’s visor caps.

WWII NAZI GERMAN Ground Röhm SA DAGGER WW2

Lot #259 (Sale Order 291 of 784)

Double edged, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge. The blade is still quite clean and bright with some runner marks and most of the original cross-graining is still visible. Blade Röhm inscription has been completely removed from the reverse. The obverse of the blade has the acid etched Fraktur script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. The reverse of the blade has the manufacturers acid etched logo "Anton Wingen Jr." and "C.G. HAENEL SUHL WAFFEN-u.FAHRRAD FABRIK". The dagger has the early, cast, solid, nickel/silver crossguard, pommel, and tang nut which all show a nice, even, light, age patina. The reverse of the crossguard is stamped with the SA-Gruppe abbreviation, "He", indicating issue by SA-Gruppe Hesse. The dagger has a very nicely formed walnut grip which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has nicely inset solid nickel/silver national eagle and nickel/silver and enameled runic SA button both intact. The dagger comes with its original coppery brown anodized sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. The scabbard retains about 40% of its original coppery brown anodized finish. Both fittings retain their original dome headed securing screws and the top fitting also retains its hanger suspension loop and ring. The weight and balance of the scabbard would seem to indicate it still has its original internal lead counterweight insert intact. Comes complete with it's original leather vertical hanger. Excellent The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 8mm AMMO + 2 MINIATURE BAYONETS

Lot #259a (Sale Order 292 of 784)

One pack of 8mm 1939 dated Nazi German rifle ammo on stripper clips (partially damaged lid) and two miniature souvenir bayonets, one Swiss with cross crest, and one K-98 SS marked bayonet, both appear to be post-WWII construction. Very Good - Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSKK CAR VEHICLE PENNANT WW2

Lot #260 (Sale Order 293 of 784)

A multi-piece cotton construction pennant, 36cm across with a 23cm tall hoist edge. Sewn to both sides of its red field is a 11cm diameter white disk, upon which is machine woven silver .gray colored spread-winged eagle with a wreathed mobile swastika in black in its talons. The disk is edged in black and a black-edged banner with "N.S.K.K." to it also in black extends beyond the disk and arches above the eagle. Original rings are still attached. Excellent The development of the NSKK, "National Sozialistisches Kraftfahr Korps" (National Socialist Motor Corps), can be traced back to 1923 when the SA introduced a "Kraftfahr Abteilung" (Motor Section) to transport personnel as required. In 1928 the SA Motor section was expanded to "Kraftfahrstaffeln" (Motor-squadrons). In an attempt to create a national motor corps, the NSAK, "National Sozialistisches Automobil Korps" (National Socialist Automobile Corps), was formed in April of 1930 as an NSDAP auxiliary organization, subordinate to the SA. In early 1931 Adolf Hühnlein was appointed as Chief of the NSAK and proposed a name change to NSKK, which was officially accepted in April of 1931. Shortly after the purge of the SA in the "Night of the Long Knives," in June of 1934, the NSKK was promoted to an official NSDAP organization, given independent status within the party and absorbed the SA Motor Squadron’s personnel.

WWII NAZI GERMAN FALLSCHIRMJAGER MEDAL GROUPING

Lot #261 (Sale Order 294 of 784)

Medal grouping attributed to Obergefreiter Albert Eschmann. They are housed in a contemporary case but the photo and written description are to the period of WWII. Medals included are 1st class Iron Cross that is unmarked to the reverse with a typical coke bottle shaped pin and soldered catch both complete. The second badge is a mid-war production two piece die struck alloy award with burnished silver and gilt washed finishes features a stylized "diving" eagle clutching a swastika in its talons encompassed by a vertically oval wreath. The wreath features embossed laurel leaves to the right hand side and oak-leaves to the left hand side. The badge shows nice detailing including the "feathering" to the eagle and cut-outs to the arms of the swastika. The eagle is secured to the wreath by two, small flat headed rivets which are visible to the reverse of the badge. The reverse of the wreath has a solid soldered hinge a thin round vertical pin and soldered catch all intact. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with a stamped stylized "A", indicating manufacturer by F. W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid. Third badge is a Luftwaffe Ground Assault badge that is single piece alloy construction solid backed badge is in the form of a vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with a Luftwaffe style eagle clutching a canted swastika in one talon superimposed to the top center encompassing a cut-out cloud and downward striking blitz style lightning bolt. Complete with original hinge pin and catch assembly. Forth medal is a 1939 pattern die stamped magnetic sheet metal construction hollow backed badge with a black wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed vertically oval laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of an M35 pattern helmet with a high relief canted swastika to the center superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse and has a crimped soldered hinge a thin round vertical pin and catch all intact. The reverse is not marked. Finally a two place medal ribbon bar from the EK1 and Russian Front medal. This set of medals was given to a GI who befriended him while in captivity. After Albert's release he even drove him back to his home in Neustadt Germany. A very attractive set. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE BELT RIG W P38 HOLSTER

Lot #262 (Sale Order 295 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe belt rig to include 1) 1938 pattern, injection molded, natural aluminum construction box buckle features a pebbled outer field with a central, embossed, horizontally oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing a slightly domed, pebbled inner field with an embossed, second pattern, Luftwaffe eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted swastika in its talons to the center. The reverse of the buckle is a mirror image of the obverse and has an integral, raised, slotted, buckle catch and separate prong bar and prongs all intact. The reverse of the buckle is well marked with the embossed, manufacturer’s initials, "R.S.&S.", indicating manufacture by Richard Sieper & Söhne of Lüdenscheid. The prong bar has a mid-brown leather tab machine stitched in place. 2) 85 CM marked leather belt in excellent condition. 3) Matching K98 bayonet with roughly 25cm long, drop forged, steel construction blade with wide fullers. Blade retains most of it's original blueing. Bakelite grip. Stud functions well. Both sides of the ricasso are well marked with, impressed serial number, "7460 n", to the obverse and the manufacturers name "Horster" to the reverse. Comes with a nice early frog. 4) P38 Holster is a second pattern, molded, leather construction, P38 "softshell" holster. The holster features a fold over top flap with a horizontal stitched hinge to the reverse and a stitched on vertical leather closure strap to the obverse. The top flap closure strap attaches to a natural steel stud that is situated on a fold back panel to the left hand side of the holster body. The holster body also has a stitched on, spare magazine pocket to the right front. The reverse of the holster has two slightly diagonally angled stitched on leather belt loops. Maker marked "bla 1944" Also has an original P38 magazine with a Waffenamt stick bird marked 359. 5) Lastly a single K98 ammo pouch. Later pattern, blackened pebbled leather construction, three compartment ammo pouch. Separator strips are complete. Rbnr# marked.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE CUSTOMS CLAMSHELL BAYONET

Lot #263 (Sale Order 296 of 784)

This outstanding Clamshell Bayonet is the longer type that would normally have been carried by an NCO. The detailing to the pommel is extremely fine, and the oak leaves on the obverse guard both remain crisply detailed. The reverse guard only has the oak leaves on the end of the quillon, the rest being plain. Below this is fine clamshell bearing a crisply detailed Prussian eagle. The grip plates are good quality antler, with pleasing brown and gold tones. These plates are retained by steel rivets. The black leather scabbard shell is in excellent shape, showing wear, and has the standard dual trim lines on the edges. The rounded edge mounts are also excellent, being retained by staples. These mounts are typical E&F HORSTER types. The blade is very good. It measures 16 7/8 inches long, with a narrow fuller and a stepped end. The ricasso is marked with the name of the maker E&F HORSTER. Very Good

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH HJ HIKE CAMP KNIFE

Lot #263a (Sale Order 297 of 784)

Later, (Circa 1939-1945) HJ camp knife with blade motto has a roughly 5 1/8" (13 cm) long drop forged steel construction single edged non-fullered nickel/silver plated blade and a full length including the hilt of roughly 9 1/4" (23.6 cm). Reverse of the blade is marked RZM M7/94 1939 indicating the maker Gebruder Bell of Solingen with two nicks in the blade. The blackened leather washer is still intact. The tooled steel construction hilt features a single, up-swept, cross guard arm and a stylized eagle head pommel. The knife has molded, black, diamond grooved, Bakelite grips with dual, small, dome headed, alloy retaining rivets fully intact. The obverse grip has an embedded enameled and silver washed alloy HJ diamond. The HJ diamond features red enamel top and bottom quarters and white enamel side quarters with a central, canted, black enamel swastika. The diamond has the correct translucent red enamel with a pebbled field visible underneath. The knife comes with it’s original magnetic sheet metal scabbard. Straps and snap are all complete. Nice example. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth). The HJ Fahrtenmesser, (Hike/Camp knife), was introduced in early 1933 and was the first blade sidearm to be officially sanctioned by the NSDAP. Of Note: Although the HJ camp knife was the first, officially sanctioned, blade, side arm the SA dagger was the first, officially sanctioned, dagger. Originally the camp knife was intended for wear by all HJ members regardless of rank but in 1937 a presentation Leader’s dagger was introduced for wear by the ranks of Gefolgschaftsführer to Reichsjugendführer and the camp knife was relegated for wear by the ranks of Hauptgefolgschaftsführer and below. An additional NSDAP party formation, the DJ Deutsche Jugend, (German Youth), with members, aged 10-14, were also permitted wear of the HJ camp knife. The distribution of the HJ camp knife was controlled by the NSDAP and was dependant on the recipient successfully completing the appropriate proficiency requirements and tests. After meeting the requirements the individual was still responsible for purchasing the HJ camp knife through official channels. Regulations stated that the HJ camp knife was only to be worn while the recipient was in uniform, although it is highly doubtful that young boys/men adhered to these regulations unless they were strictly enforced. Originally the HJ camp knives had a blade inscription with the HJ motto, "Blut und Ehre!", (Blood and Honor), inscribed in a facsimile of the HJ Reichsjugendführer, (Hitler Youth National Youth Leader), Baldur von Schirach’s handwriting, but in August 1938 the blade inscription was discontinued. Of Note: The HJ was an official NSDAP formation and as a result it’s uniforms and equipment items fell under the authority of the RZM, Reich Zeug Meisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster). The RZM, was officially founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP, as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, including the HJ, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for Party formations met required specification and were standardized. Uniforms and equipment items manufactured for the HJ came under the quality control of the RZM and were generally marked by the appropriate RZM approval/acceptance markings. Further production of the HJ camp knives was official discontinued in October 1942.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SS DEUTCHSLAND OFFICERS CUFFTITLE

Lot #264 (Sale Order 298 of 784)

Machine woven, Pre RZM pattern, black rayon cufftitle with hand embroidered Gothic script, "Deutchsland", in bright silver/aluminum wire threads. The cufftitle is bordered at both top and bottom edges in horizontally woven, seven strand, bright silver/aluminum threads. The cufftitle is roughly 26mm wide and 38cm long. The cufftitle has a woven, ribbed, protective black fabric backing sewn to the reverse of the embroidery. Shows signs of being glued to an album. Excellent

WWII NAZI LUFTWAFFE CIVILIAN RADIO OPERATOR BADGE

Lot #265 (Sale Order 299 of 784)

(Luftwaffe Ziviles Flugzeugfüherabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak; the obverse consisting of a winged mobile swastika; the reverse plain, with a horizontal slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; marked “C.E. Juncker, Berlin SW” on the reverse. Excellent The Civil Radio Operator Badge was instituted on April 1, 1936, and it was conferred upon civilian aircrew members of the German Luftwaffe. To be eligible for the badge, civilian radio operators and flight engineers had to attain a Luftwaffe flight certificate and serve for a minimum of one uninterrupted year in the Luftwaffe.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL LOT EKI SA DRL MOTHER CROSS

Lot #266 (Sale Order 300 of 784)

WWII Nazi German medal group to include 1) RON CROSS 1ST CLASS. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Patté style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. This award is unmarked to the reverse. 2) MOTHER'S CROSS IN BRONZE. Second pattern, two piece, stamped tombac award with a bronze wash and blue and white enamel work. Award in the form of a Christian cross with outward fluted arms in semi-translucent blue enamel with white enamel border. Cross has a raised sunburst pattern emanating between its arms. Separate central circular field with white enamel base and black static swastika, encompassed by a circular border with embossed Latin script, "Der Deutschen Mutter", (The German Mother). Reverse has impressed simulated handwritten script, "16 Dezember 1938", and facsimile Hitler signature. Original ribbon is also included. 3) CASED TWENTY-FIVE YEAR FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION. A second class, die struck alloy decoration with nickel-silver plated highlights, a frosted white finish and a black enamel swastika. The decoration is in the form of a "cross Patté," with a circular oak-leaf wreath extending between the arms of the cross. The center of the cross has a square plate with a black enameled static swastika to the obverse, and the embossed Gothic script, "Für treue Dienste" (For Loyal Service), to the reverse. The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, dual stepped, raised outer edge. Fed onto the ribbon suspension ring, which passes through the loop to the top of the award, is its original ribbed rayon cornflower blue ribbon, which has a brass pin-back device stitched to its reverse top. The award is housed in a red simulated leather cardboard case, with a "25" encompassed by a cogged wheel embossed in silver to its top. The red felt interior has a slotted retaining cross bar to its base to hold the award in place. 4) SA SPORTS BADGE IN BRONZE. Die struck, magnetic sheet metal, badge with a bronze wash. The badge is in the form of a circular oak-leaf wreath encompassing an upward pointing Roman broad sword which is superimposed on a central, canted swastika. Detailing includes veins to the oak-leaves, horizontal ribbing to the sword grip and cut-outs to the interior of the circular wreath and swastika arms. Reverse is a mirror image of obverse. Raised soldered catch, semi-rounded vertical pin and soldered catch all intact to reverse. Reverse is well marked with embossed, third pattern inscription, (circa 1939-44), "Eigentum der Obersten S.A. Führung", (Property of the SA Supreme Command). Reverse also has embossed manufacturers name and location, FECHLER BERNSBACH / SA. 5) DRL SPORTS BADGE, SILVER. A 1937 pattern, die struck zinc award with a silver wash (wash is worn as is normal with zinc). The badge is in the form of a 50mm tall, vertical oval oak leaf wreath, with a mobile swastika and bow to its base, encompassing the stylized, cut-out letters, "DRL." To the reverse is a vertical pin-back device, hinged to its top and with a catch to its base. Embossed to the left of the reverse is "D.R.G.M. 35269" ("Deutsche Reichs Gebrauchsmuster," or, German National Registered-design [Patent] 35269), and "Wernstein Jena" is to the right. Scarce to see in zinc!

WWII US ARMY 60TH REGIMENT PAINTED M1 HELMET WW2

Lot #267 (Sale Order 301 of 784)

WWII US Army painted 60th Infantry regiment painted M1 combat helmet has legitimate combat and field use. The rear seam swivel bail helmet has 60th Infantry regiment unit insignia painted to each side. The liner is named to Pvt. Charles Kiss Jr. along with his illegible ASN. The liner was produced by Mine Safety Appliance. The outside shell, like the interior shows plenty of use but shows a tremendous amount of character. Helmet still retains both chinstraps although frayed. Very Good The “Go Devils” insignia of the 60th Infantry Regiment, depicting a red devil head, had its origin back in 1942. In an interview with Lt. Col. Arden C. Brill, who at that point in time was a 2nd Lt., and Motor Officer of the 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, he vividly remembered how the name came to life. During the Carolina Maneuvers the 60th Infantry Regiment was opposing the 44th Infantry Regiment in a mock battle. The 60th Infantry Regiment was smashing through all opposition, as they would later do in combat. The split second timing, precisioned movements and aggressiveness of the regiment during these motorized maneuvers gave birth to their name. Someone shouted “way to go, you devils!” The story and the name was shared by many men, and it became clear that the story reached far later that summer. Colonel Manham, later to be the Commanding Officer of the 33rd Infantry Division and to be killed in a airplane accident, issued orders to the men of the 60th Infantry Regiment for an attack, and stated in part “Go you Devils!“ The Regiment would later enter the battlefields of World War 2, forever known as the “Go Devils”. The men painted the letter G and O on both sides of a devil’s head on their helmets. Combat chronicle The 9th Infantry Division was among the first U.S. combat units to engage in offensive ground operations during World War II. (The others were the 32nd and the 41st in the Pacific on New Guinea, Carlson's Raiders on Makin Island, the 1st Marine, and the Americal on Guadalcanal, and, alongside the 9th in North Africa, were the 1st Infantry, 3rd Infantry and the 2nd Armored Divisions.) The 9th saw its first combat on 8 November 1942, when its elements landed at Algiers, Safi, and Port Lyautey, with the taking of Safi by the 3rd Battalion of the 47th Infantry Regiment standing as the first liberation of a city from Axis control in World War II. With the collapse of French resistance on 11 November 1942, the division patrolled the Spanish Moroccan border. The 9th returned to Tunisia in February and engaged in small defensive actions and patrol activity. On 28 March 1943 it launched an attack in southern Tunisia and fought its way north into Bizerte, 7 May. In August, the 9th landed at Palermo, Sicily, and took part in the capture of Randazzo and Messina. After being sent to England for further training, the division landed on Utah Beach on 10 June 1944 (D plus 4), cut off the Cotentin Peninsula, drove on to Cherbourg and penetrated the port's heavy defenses. After a brief rest in July, the division took part in the St. Lo break-through and in August helped close the Falaise Gap. Turning east, the 9th crossed the Marne, 28 August, swept through Saarlautern,[4] and in November and December held defensive positions from Monschau to Losheim. Moving north to Bergrath, Germany, it launched an attack toward the Roer, 10 December, taking Echtz and Schlich. From mid-December through January 1945, the division held defensive positions from Kalterherberg to Elsenborn. On 30 January the division jumped off from Monschau in a drive across the Roer and to the Rhine, crossing at Remagen, 7 March. After breaking out of the Remagen bridgehead, the 9th assisted in the sealing and clearing of the Ruhr Pocket, then moved 150 miles (240 km) east to Nordhausen (where it assisted in the liberation of the local concentration camp) and attacked in the Harz Mountains, 14–20 April. On 21 April the Division relieved the 3d Armored Division along the Mulde River, near Dessau, and held that line until VE-day.

WWII US ARMY 36th DIVISION PAINTED MEDIC HELMET

Lot #268 (Sale Order 302 of 784)

US WWII Army 36th Infantry Division Painted Combat Helmet. Includes the liner and chin strap. The front seam swivel bail helmet is in excellent condition with a heat stamp of 803C and the liner was produced by Westinghouse. To each side of the helmet is a 36th Division unit insignia hand painted to each side. The most interesting thing about this helmet is that to the front and back center was a Combat Medic insignia or white disk with a red cross painted to it and then covered up. It is very clear and easily seen. Combat operations The 36th Division landed in French North Africa on 13 April 1943, and trained at Arzew and Rabat. However, the training was hampered by the need to supply guards for some 25,000 Axis prisoners of war (POWs) who had surrendered at the conclusion of the Tunisian Campaign in May. It was assigned to Major General Ernest J. Dawley's VI Corps, part of the Fifth Army, but attached to the Services of Supply, North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), for supply. The 36th Division was originally intended to take part in the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, but Lieutenant General George S. Patton the Seventh Army commander, preferred to use experienced troops instead and the 36th Division remained in North Africa. The Fifth Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, who knew the 36th Division well from his time as chief of staff to Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, commander of Army Ground Forces, and specifically chose the 36th Division, rather than the more experienced 34th Infantry \ Division, together with the British 46th and 56th Infantry Divisions, to spearhead the Allied assault landings at Salerno, Italy, which was given the codename of Operation Avalanche. The division first saw action, in the Italian campaign, on 9 September 1943. It was the first U.S. combat unit to fight on the European continent when it landed by sea at Paestum and fought in the Battle of Salerno against intense German opposition. The Germans launched numerous fierce counterattacks on 12–14 September, but the 36th, which at one stage during the battle was holding a 35-mile sector of the front (six times more than a full-strength infantry division was able to hold), repulsed them with the aid of air support and naval gunfire, and, with the help of paratroopers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, advanced slowly, securing the area from Agropoli to Altavilla. After sustaining over 4,000 casualties in its first major action, the division spent the next few weeks behind the lines, where it remained in the Fifth Army reserve, absorbing replacements and training for future combat operations. Despite the heavy losses, the 36th Division was considered to have fought well, and four men were awarded the Medal of Honor. The 36th Division returned to combat in mid-November, after six weeks of rest, now under Major General Geoffrey Keyes' II Corps command. It captured Mount Maggiore, Mount Lungo, and the village of San Pietro despite strong enemy positions and severe winter weather. This grueling campaign against the Bernhardt Line was marked by futile attempts to establish a secure bridgehead across the Gari River, erroneously identified as the Rapido on 1 January 1944, to 8 February. The division attacked across the Gari River on 20 January but was harshly repulsed by the 15th Panzergrenadier Division, and the 141st and 143rd Infantry Regiments were virtually destroyed and the attack was stopped on 22 January. In 48 hours the 36th Division had sustained 1,681 casualties, 143 of them killed, 663 wounded, and 875 missing, out of almost 6,000 men who took part. Many of the casualties consisted of newly arrived replacements who were poorly trained. German losses were minimal, with only 64 killed and a further 179 wounded. A company commander in the 143rd Infantry said, "I had 184 men. Forty-eight hours later, I had 17. If that's not mass murder, I don't know what is." Strong controversy flared among the officers of the division and Lieutenant General Clark, the Fifth Army commander, was severely criticized for having ordered a difficult frontal attack and was accused of having caused the disaster. After the war Congress, urged by veterans of the division, conducted an investigation into the causes and responsibility for the defeat on the Gari River. Clark was absolved of blame and he personally believed the attack to be necessary, in order to attract German reserves from Northern Italy to prevent their use at Anzio, where an amphibious assault, codenamed Operation Shingle, was being launched by Anglo-American forces in an attempt to outflank the Winter Line, capture the Italian capital of Rome and potentially force a German withdrawal away from their formidable Winter Line defenses.

WWII US NAVY ENSIGN FOR AND AFT HAT W EPAULETTES

Lot #269 (Sale Order 303 of 784)

Cased US Navy Officer epaulettes and fore and aft cap set. Cap crafted of beaver with bullion ribbon and tassels, interior lined in silk with maker, "Trade Conqueror mark Flex-Air". Epaulettes in bullion with anchor device for Ensign rank. Reverse marked, "Made in France". Set in period metal fitted case painted black with the initials V.E.S. USN. Excellent

WWII NEW ZEALAND FIELD ENGINEERS IDED UNIFORM WW2

Lot #270 (Sale Order 304 of 784)

WWII New Zealand battle dress for a Bronze Star recipient belonging to Captain A. L. King of the 8th Field Company, New Zealand Field Engineers. Captain King won the Bronze Star while serving in Italy and was one of only 7 New Zealanders to receive that award in WWII. Battle dress is in excellent condition and is nicely patched out with New Zealand titles and Captain Rank insignia. The jacket shows minor wear and a couple of moth nips here and there. The ribbon bars include 1939-45 Star, North Afrika Star (with 8th Army Clasp), Italy Star, Defense Medal, New Zealand Service Medal, War Medal, Mentioned In Dispatches and the Bronze Star. Excellent

WWII NAMED 8th AIR FORCE 337th BS UNIFORM GROUP

Lot #271 (Sale Order 305 of 784)

WWII US Army Air Corps uniform grouping named to Lt. Ira Middaugh of the 96th Bomb Group, 337th Bomber Squadron who was shot down on 7/26/43 in a B-17F "Mary R." and was captured and sent to Stalag Luft III. Both uniforms are in excellent condition and tailored by the same Company. The khaki uniform has a stellar 8th Air Force patch and four gold overseas stripes. The uniform also has a Sterling marked set of pilot wings and the standard US and wing and prop devices. The green wool service tunic has a standard Air Corps patch along with the blue wool background with another set of Sterling marked Amico pilot wings. This blue background was an 8th Air Force tradition to show combat pilot status. Both uniforms are in excellent condition History World War II From 14 May 1943 to 21 April 1945, the squadron conducted strategic bombardment of shipyards, submarine bases, marshaling yards, oil facilities, airfields, and aircraft plants. On occasion, it flew tactical sorties against gun emplacements, rocket sites, enemy troops, and communications centers. On 17 August 1943, it earned its first Distinguished Unit Citation, striking targets at Regensburg and Schweinfurt, Germany. Soon after, on 14 October 1943, the squadron participated in World War II's single most important raid on ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt. On 9 April 1944, it earned a second DUC in an attack on aircraft component factories at Poznan, Poland. The squadron subsequently attacked enemy field batteries and miscellaneous targets in support of Normandy operations on 6 June 1944

WWII MARS TASK FORCE UNIFORM GROUPING WW2

Lot #272 (Sale Order 306 of 784)

WWII NAMED MARS TASK FORCE GROUPING to include 1) George Bracik's 4 pocket service uniform. This coat is adorned with a stellar MARS TASK FORCE shoulder sleeve insignia that is theater made. on the other shoulder is a standard US made OD bordered CBI patch. The collar has standard US an crossed rifle devices as well as two theater made CBI patch DI's. The chest has a five medal ribbon bar to include Victory Medal, VFW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three stars and finally American Campaign Medal also has a expert marksmanship badge with Machine Gun and Pistol D bars. On the lower sleeve there is 4 gold overseas stripes. 2) Named Good Conduct Medal Combat Infantry Badge that also has George Bracik's name on it along with MARS TASK FORCE. Both medals are housed in a period case. 3) CBI theater made bullion patch 4) Numbered 14141 Republic of China Victory Medal 5) 1980's reissue medals to include Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three campaign stars, China Burma India Commemorative Medal Set. 6) Wood Plaque named to George and Betty Bracik for generous contributions to CBIVA memorial fund. Excellent Formation and training In the Quebec Conference (QUADRANT) of August 1943, Allied leaders decided to form a U.S. deep penetration unit that would attack Japanese troops in Burma. The new U.S. force was directly inspired by, and partially modeled on Orde Wingate's Chindits Long Range Penetration Force. A call for volunteers attracted around 3,000 men. A Memorandum from the Operations Division (OPD) of the War Department dated 18 September 1943 (OPD 320.2) listed the proposed composition of the new American long-range penetration force, which would be an all-volunteer unit. The Caribbean Defense Command provided 960 jungle-trained officers and men, 970 jungle-trained officers and men came from Army Ground Forces (based in the Continental United States) and a further 674 "battle-tested" jungle troops from the South Pacific Command (Army veterans of the Guadalcanal and Solomon Islands campaigns), with all troops to assemble at Nouméa, New Caledonia. General Douglas MacArthur was also directed to transfer 274 Army combat-experienced volunteers from the Southwest Pacific Command, veterans of the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns. A few Pacific veteran volunteers came from stockades where volunteering earned them their freedom. They were sprinkled throughout the unit and called "The Dead End Kids" after the Hollywood film series featuring juvenile delinquents. The unit was officially designated as 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) with the code name Galahad. The men were first sent to India arriving in Bombay on 31 October 1943 to train. Here they were reinforced with Air Corps and Signal Corps personnel, as well as an animal transport company with mules and experienced muledrivers. Officers and men were equipped with U.S. HBT cotton OD uniforms, M-1943 fatigues, Type II field shoes (with or without canvas leggings), jungle boots, canvas load-bearing equipment, blanket (one-half tent or "shelter-half" per man), poncho, and a machete or kukri for brush clearing. Small arms included the .30-06 M1 Garand, the .30-06 M1903A4 sniper rifle, the .30 M1 carbine, the .45 Thompson submachine gun, the .45 M1911 pistol, the .30-06 BAR (M1922 machine rifle version), and the .30 M1919 Browning air-cooled belt-fed machine gun. Mules were used to haul radios, ammunition, and heavier support weapons, including the 2.36-inch M1A1 bazooka and the U.S. 60 mm M2 Mortar; the latter was often employed without its baseplate in order to speed deployment. The 5307th was originally destined to train in long-range penetration tactics under the direction of Brigadier Charles Orde Wingate, commander of the Chindits. At Deolali, 200 km (125 miles) outside Bombay, the troops endured both physical conditioning and close-order drill, before entraining for Deogarh, Madhya Pradesh. The unit was to have 700 animals that included 360 mules. There were to be as many more but the ship that was carrying them was torpedoed in the Arabian Sea. They were replaced by 360 Australian Waler horses that had originally been with the 112th Cavalry in New Caledonia who were deemed unfit for jungle warfare. They had traveled to India where they served with the Chinese Army before being assigned to the 5307th. From the end of November 1943 to the end of January 1944, the 5307th remained at Deogarh and trained intensively. All officers and men received instruction in scouting and patrolling, stream crossings, weapons, navigation, demolitions, camouflage, small-unit attacks on entrenchments, evacuation of wounded personnel, and the then-novel technique of supply by airdrop. Special emphasis was placed on "jungle lane" marksmanship at pop-up and moving targets using small arms.

WWII NAMED GROUPING MERRILLS MARAUDERS PATCH MEDAL

Lot #273 (Sale Order 307 of 784)

WWII Named grouping to a member of the famed unit 5307th Composite Unit otherwise known as Merrill’s Marauders. The grouping was owned by Edward Warta HHq 5307th-475th from Parma Ohio. The grouping consist of his 1) US and Crossed Rifles collar disk 2) Combat Infantry Badge 3) Marksmanship Badge with Carbine Rifle Sub Machine and Machine Gun bars 4) CBI patch DI 5) Stellar quilted Merrill’s Marauders silk SSI 6) Theater made CBI patch 7) Stellar quilted Merrill’s Marauders silk SSI 8) Named Bronze Star 9) Named Good Conduct Medal 10) Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three stars 11) American Campaign Medal 12) Victory Medal 13) Discharge Lapel Pin. Excellent Formation and training In the Quebec Conference (QUADRANT) of August 1943, Allied leaders decided to form a U.S. deep penetration unit that would attack Japanese troops in Burma. The new U.S. force was directly inspired by, and partially modeled on Orde Wingate's Chindits Long Range Penetration Force. A call for volunteers attracted around 3,000 men. A Memorandum from the Operations Division (OPD) of the War Department dated 18 September 1943 (OPD 320.2) listed the proposed composition of the new American long-range penetration force, which would be an all-volunteer unit. The Caribbean Defense Command provided 960 jungle-trained officers and men, 970 jungle-trained officers and men came from Army Ground Forces (based in the Continental United States) and a further 674 "battle-tested" jungle troops from the South Pacific Command (Army veterans of the Guadalcanal and Solomon Islands campaigns), with all troops to assemble at Nouméa, New Caledonia. General Douglas MacArthur was also directed to transfer 274 Army combat-experienced volunteers from the Southwest Pacific Command, veterans of the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns. A few Pacific veteran volunteers came from stockades where volunteering earned them their freedom. They were sprinkled throughout the unit and called "The Dead End Kids" after the Hollywood film series featuring juvenile delinquents. The unit was officially designated as 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) with the code name Galahad. The men were first sent to India arriving in Bombay on 31 October 1943 to train. Here they were reinforced with Air Corps and Signal Corps personnel, as well as an animal transport company with mules and experienced muledrivers. Officers and men were equipped with U.S. HBT cotton OD uniforms, M-1943 fatigues, Type II field shoes (with or without canvas leggings), jungle boots, canvas load-bearing equipment, blanket (one-half tent or "shelter-half" per man), poncho, and a machete or kukri for brush clearing. Small arms included the .30-06 M1 Garand, the .30-06 M1903A4 sniper rifle, the .30 M1 carbine, the .45 Thompson submachine gun, the .45 M1911 pistol, the .30-06 BAR (M1922 machine rifle version), and the .30 M1919 Browning air-cooled belt-fed machine gun. Mules were used to haul radios, ammunition, and heavier support weapons, including the 2.36-inch M1A1 bazooka and the U.S. 60 mm M2 Mortar; the latter was often employed without its baseplate in order to speed deployment. The 5307th was originally destined to train in long-range penetration tactics under the direction of Brigadier Charles Orde Wingate, commander of the Chindits. At Deolali, 200 km (125 miles) outside Bombay, the troops endured both physical conditioning and close-order drill, before entraining for Deogarh, Madhya Pradesh. The unit was to have 700 animals that included 360 mules. There were to be as many more but the ship that was carrying them was torpedoed in the Arabian Sea. They were replaced by 360 Australian Waler horses that had originally been with the 112th Cavalry in New Caledonia who were deemed unfit for jungle warfare. They had traveled to India where they served with the Chinese Army before being assigned to the 5307th. From the end of November 1943 to the end of January 1944, the 5307th remained at Deogarh and trained intensively. All officers and men received instruction in scouting and patrolling, stream crossings, weapons, navigation, demolitions, camouflage, small-unit attacks on entrenchments, evacuation of wounded personnel, and the then-novel technique of supply by airdrop. Special emphasis was placed on "jungle lane" marksmanship at pop-up and moving targets using small arms. In December the 5307th conducted a weeklong maneuver in coordination with Chindit forces. U.S. General Joseph Stilwell was determined that the only U.S. combat troops available in the theater would not serve under British command. As the only Allied ground commander without a subordinate contingent of infantry forces from his own army, Stilwell was aware that he would have minimal influence upon Allied ground strategy in Burma unless he could gain command of the Marauders.

WWII US ARMY 87th ARMORED JEOPARD OVERSEAS HAT DI

Lot #273a (Sale Order 308 of 784)

Fantastic WWII US Army Armored overseas cap with the very difficult to find 87th field artillery battalion DI or distinctive Insignia. Cap as well as the device is in excellent condition worthy is any WWII collection

WWII US ARMY OFFICER 95TH DIVISION GROUPING WW2

Lot #273b (Sale Order 309 of 784)

WWII US Army Officer grouping consisting of a named four pocket service dress tunic that is nicely patched out with a 5 plave ribbon bar including Bronze Star Victory Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze stars American Campaign Medal American Defense Service Medal. The tunis has crossed rifle Infantry brass as well as the standard US devices. The tunic is named to the interior to a Lt. Griggs. He upgraded the rank to a captain by placing two Lt. bars to each side. The tunic was tailored on 5/42 and is marked to a 39R. The grouping also has a set of boxed 95th Division marked glasses, all are in MINT CONDITION. History World War II On 15 July 1942, the division was ordered into active military service and reorganized at Camp Swift, Texas. The 189th and 190th Infantry Brigades were disbanded as part of an army-wide elimination of brigades. Instead, the division was based around three infantry regiments, the 377th Infantry Regiment, the 378th Infantry Regiment, and the 379th Infantry Regiment. The division also received a new shoulder sleeve insignia in August 1942. Over the next two years, the division trained extensively in locations throughout the United States, including Camp Coxcomb in California. Order of battle Headquarters, 95th Infantry Division 377th Infantry Regiment 378th Infantry Regiment 379th Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 95th Infantry Division Artillery 358th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 359th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 360th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm) 920th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 320th Engineer Combat Battalion 320th Medical Battalion 95th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized Headquarters, Special Troops, 95th Infantry Division Headquarters Company, 95th Infantry Division 795th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 95th Quartermaster Company 95th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Band 95th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment Europe The 95th Infantry Division was assigned to XIII Corps of the Ninth United States Army, Twelfth United States Army Group. The division sailed for Europe on 10 August 1944. The 95th Infantry Division arrived in England on 17 August. After receiving additional training, it moved to France one month later on 15 September. During this time it was reassigned to III Corps. The division bivouacked near Norroy-le-Sec, from 1 to 14 October. It was then assigned to XX Corps of the Third United States Army. The division was sent into combat on 19 October in the Moselle bridgehead sector east of Moselle and South of Metz and patrolled the Seille near Cheminot, capturing the forts surrounding Metz and repulsing enemy attempts to cross the river. It was during the defense of this town from repeated German attacks that the division received its nickname, "The Iron Men of Metz." On 1 November, elements went over to the offensive, reducing an enemy pocket east of Maizières-lès-Metz. On 8 November, these units crossed the Moselle River and advanced to Bertrange. Against heavy resistance, the 95th captured the forts surrounding Metz and captured the city by 22 November. The division pushed toward the Saar on 25 November and entered Germany on the 28th. The 95th seized a Saar River bridge on 3 December and engaged in bitter house-to-house fighting for Saarlautern. Suburbs of the city fell and, although the enemy resisted fiercely, the Saar bridgehead was firmly established by 19 December. While some units went to an assembly area, others held the area against strong German attacks. On 2 February 1945, the division began moving to the Maastricht area in the Netherlands, and by 14 February, elements were in the line near Meerselo in relief of British units. During this time the division returned to the Ninth Army under XIX Corps, though saw temporary assignments to several other corps through the spring. On 23 February, the division was relieved, and the 95th assembled near Jülich, Germany, on 1 March. It forced the enemy into a pocket near the Hitler Bridge at Uerdingen and cleared the pocket on 5 March, while elements advanced to the Rhine. From 12 March, the 95th established defenses in the vicinity of Neuss. Assembling east of the Rhine at Beckum on 3 April, it launched an attack across the Lippe River the next day and captured Hamm and Kamen on the 6th. After clearing the enemy pocket north of the Ruhr and the Möhne Rivers, the division took Werl and Unna on 9/10 April, Dortmund on 13 April and maintained positions on the north bank of the Ruhr. It held this position until the end of the war. Casualties Total battle casualties: 6,591 Killed in action: 1,205 Wounded in action: 4,945 Missing in action: 61 Prisoner of war: 380 Demobilization The division returned to the United States on 29 June 1945 where it began the process of preparing to join the invasion forces of the Japanese Island of Honshu as part of the First United States Army.

WWII US ARMY K RATION BREAKFAST DINNER RATIONS WW2

Lot #274 (Sale Order 310 of 784)

WWII US Army K ration lot to include 1) Camo Breakfast that has been partially opened. 2) US Dinner unit has been opened but all the contents are still present. Excellent condition. History In 1941, Ancel Keys, a University of Minnesota physiologist, was assigned by the U.S. War Department to design a non-perishable, ready-to-eat meal that could fit in a soldier's pocket as a short-duration, individual ration. Keys went to a local supermarket to choose foods that would be inexpensive, but still be enough to provide energy. He purchased hard biscuits, dry sausages, hard candy, and chocolate bars. He then tested his 28-ounce (800-gram), 3,200-kilocalorie (13,000-kilojoule) meals on six soldiers in a nearby army base. The meals only gained "palatable" and "better than nothing" ratings from the soldiers, but were successful in relieving hunger and providing sufficient energy. The new rations were initially intended as individual rations suitable for short durations only, to be used for a maximum of fifteen meals before supplementation or replacement with 'A-ration' or 'B-ration' field rations. They were soon called the "paratrooper ration", since paratroopers were the first to be issued the ration on an experimental basis. The actual prototype of the K-ration was a pocket ration for paratroopers developed by the Subsistence Research Laboratory (SRL) at the request of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) early in the war. Two original samples (one version used pemmican biscuits, a peanut bar, raisins, and bouillon paste; the other used pemmican biscuits, a small D ration bar, canned processed meat, and lemon beverage powder) evolved into the one-package breakfast-dinner-supper combination later adopted as standard. The Quartermaster Command's Subsistence Branch altered some components and renamed the ration the Field Ration, Type K, or "K-ration"; the final version totaled 2,830 kilocalories (11,800 kJ).The first procurement of K-rations was made in May 1942. Some believed the K-ration was named after Dr. Keys or was short for "Commando" (as elite troops were the first to receive it). However, the letter "K" was selected because it was phonetically distinct from other letter-name rations. The K-ration first saw use in 1942, when it was issued to U.S. Airborne troops on an experimental basis. Initial reports praised it for the variety of the foods incorporated, as well as the light weight. However, testing in extreme climatic and operating environments was extremely limited: in jungle testing, for example, the K-ration was evaluated in Panama by paratroopers and the Panama Jungle Test Platoon in an experiment lasting only three days. Marching was done not through jungle, as might be expected, but only on flat or gently rolling terrain on cleared roads, for an average of only 11 miles (18 km) per day. The test platoons carried one K-ration, weapon, poncho, shelter half, and a single filled one-quart canteen. No testing was done of men on extended patrols or with heavier individual loads of ammunition and water. At the end of the three days, the men were weighed, and as no abnormal weight loss was noted, the K-ration was deemed successful. These findings were later used in 1943 to support a decision to discontinue production of the Mountain ration and the Jungle ration. Both of these specialized rations had proved costlier to produce in their original form, and were intensely disliked by the Army's Subsistence Branch staff of the Quartermaster Corps, who had to secure additional supply contracts and storage facilities for the new rations. Though the K-ration was designed to be an emergency ration, Quartermaster Corps officials would continue to insist until the end of the war that the K-ration would satisfy all requirements for a lightweight complete field ration for all front-line troops at a scale of one K-ration per man per day, using the prior experiments with airborne forces as evidence. The ration's intended use as a short-term assault ration would soon fall by the wayside once U.S. forces entered combat. One major criticism of the K-ration was its caloric and vitamin content, judged as inadequate based on evaluations made during and after World War II of the ration's actual use by Army forces. There was also a danger of over-reliance, which could cause the three meals to become monotonous if issued for long periods of time. The K-ration allowance was one ration per man per day, (breakfast, dinner and supper) because of the short duration and hasty nature of experimental testing of the K-ration before adoption. Ration planners did not realize that soldiers fighting, digging, and marching in extreme conditions would require many more calories per day than a soldier marching over cleared roads in temperate climates. Nevertheless, one K-ration per man per day would remain the basis of issue, even for mountain troops fighting at high altitudes and infantrymen fighting in the thick jungles of Burma. Military personnel

WWII NAMED 76th FIGHTER GROUP W SQUADRON PATCH

Lot #275 (Sale Order 311 of 784)

WWII US early 14th Air Force grouping consisting of 1) Chenille US made 76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group patch in excellent condition. 2) Early 1814 Blood Chit that has wear as seen in the photos. This Chit certainly was taken off his A-2 jacket. 3) Fundamentals in Air Fighting manual 4) Early quilted CBI Blood Chit made of silk 5) Eastern China Escape and Evasion Map 6) Pointie Talkie Phrase Book. A pocket-sized phrase book for downed airmen with a large section in Chinese and smaller sections in Burmese, French, Annamese, Thai, Shan Lolo and Lao. 7) China made War Diary for 1944 8) 1943 Soldiers Guide to Hindustani named to Lt. Irving M. Sauders. 9) Post War named Air Medal named to Irving M Sanders. This is a 1980's reissue medal. Excellent World War II The history of the 76th dates to the earliest days of World War II. During the summer of 1941, Claire Lee Chennault formed a small group of American pilots into three fighter squadrons, the American Volunteer Group, of the Chinese Air Force. The unit immediately garnered international attention for their combat successes while defending China and Burma, and they became known as the "Flying Tigers." Some members of the AVG joined or rejoined the United States Air Force after the AVG was disbanded. The 76th squadron remained in combat in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater from 18 July 1942 to 11 August 1945, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for missions in China in June 1944. History World War II By 15 June 1942, under orders from Tenth Air Force, an advance cadre of pilots and aircraft had proceeded over the Hump to Kunming, China, for combat familiarization. Without ceremony, the 23rd Fighter Group was activated 4 July 1942, marking the first such activation of a United States fighter unit on a field of battle in World War II. Claire L. Chennault, meanwhile, had been recalled to active duty with the rank of brigadier general and placed at the head of the China Air Task Force (later to grow into Fourteenth Air Force). The 23rd Fighter Group became a component of the Task Force and was assigned three squadrons, the 74th, 75th, and 76th Fighter Squadrons. The group inherited the mission of the American Volunteer Group "Flying Tigers" (AVG). Five of Chennault's staff officers, five pilots and 19 ground crewmen entered the United States Army Air Forces and became members of the 23rd Fighter Group. Approximately 25 Flying Tiger pilots, still in civilian status, volunteered to extend their contracts for two weeks to train the new group following the disbanding of their organization. The original aircraft of the group were a mixture of Curtiss P-40 Warhawks from a batch of 50 sent to China for the AVG between January and June 1942, and a follow-up shipment of 68 P-40Es transferred from the 51st Fighter Group in India and flown over the Hump by personnel to be assigned to the 23rd, also mostly from the 51st Group. Others from the ranks of the original Flying Tigers left China when their contracts expired, although some returned to duty later with the Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater. In addition to inheriting operational responsibilities from the AVG, the 23rd Fighter Group also benefited from the knowledge and experience of the AVG pilots, and took on the nickname of the disbanded unit. Col. Robert L. Scott Jr., already in India as a commander of the Hump operation, became the first commander of the 23rd Fighter Group. He would later author the military classic, "God Is My Co-Pilot." On the very first day of its activation, the 23rd Fighter Group engaged three successive waves of enemy aircraft and promptly recorded the destruction of five enemy aircraft with no losses to itself. The next three years saw the 23rd Fighter Group involved in much of the action over southeast and southwest Asia. It provided air defense for the Chinese terminus of the Hump route, but its operations extended beyond China to Burma, French Indochina and as far as Taiwan. The unit helped pioneer a number of innovative fighter and fighter-bomber tactics. The group used its so-called "B-40" (P-40's carrying 1,000-pound bombs) to destroy Japanese bridges and kill bridge repair crews, sometimes demolishing their target with a single bomb. The unit gained another increase in capability with its conversion to the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft in November 1943. Representative of the encounters undertaken by this small and often ill-equipped group was the defense against a major Japanese push down the Hsiang Valley in Hunan 17–25 June 1944. Ignoring inhibiting weather conditions and heavy ground fire, the 23rd Fighter Group provided air support for Chinese land forces and repeatedly struck at enemy troops and transportation. Its efforts in this instance earned it the Distinguished Unit Citation for "outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy. "In 1945 it help turn the Japanese spring offensive and harassed the retreating Japanese by strafing

AN-M26 AIRCRAFT FLARE LARGE INERT SHELL

Lot #276 (Sale Order 312 of 784)

Inert bomb shell marked "Flare, Aircraft Parachute AN-M26." Lot number was never placed on the body of the bomb. Initially developed by the US Navy during World War II, the M26 parachute flare was meant to illuminate targets during night-time bombing runs. 46" tall, 9" x 9" at the base. Exhibits very light age and wear. Very Good

WWII CANADIAN M9-A1 OPTICAL RANGEFINDER WW2

Lot #277 (Sale Order 313 of 784)

WWII Era Canadian M9-A1 Optical Rangefinder, #1791, with M3 cradle with transportation case. Good for ranges from 500 to 20,000 yards, measuring approx. 44'' long with a dia. of 2-1/4''. All dials and optics are intact. Used in a myriad of applications from artillery, armor, and individual mortar squad uses. Condition is excellent, in good working order. Shoulder strap is present. Excellent

MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT GENERALS MESS UNIFORM

Lot #278 (Sale Order 314 of 784)

"1921 Pattern" Mess White jacket, this is a formal dress jacket for US Army Officers with unrimmed buttons and linked buttons at the front. This particular example is marked inside "C D R" and "Col. C. D. Roberts 1928." On the cuff of each arm there are two thick cuff braids signifying a General, and a single star, for Brigadier General. Charles Duval Roberts served in the army for over 40 years, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions at the battle of El Caney, Cuba in 1898, for “gallantly assisting in the rescue of the wounded in front of the lines and under heavy fire of the enemy.” during the Spanish-American War where he began his career as a Second Lieutenant with the 17th Infantry. He remained in the Army, receiving the Distinguished Service Medal for his service with the 81st Infantry Division in World War I, and was commanding General of the 19th Infantry in the Panama Canal Zone after World War I. This uniform dates to his time shortly after his promotion to Brigadier General in February 1929 as evidenced by the alteration to the cuffs and the star added. General Roberts retired in 1937 as a Brigadier General, 40 years after graduating from West Point. One of only two Medal of Honor recipients from the battle of El Caney, both members of the 17th US Infantry. Good - Excellent.

WWII ID'ed 82nd AIRBORNE A-2 FLIGHT JACKET WW2

Lot #279 (Sale Order 315 of 784)

82nd Airborne named A-2 with English and Arabic nameplate. Jacket is named to Mort D. Solomon. Comes with a copy image of him wearing this jacket in a jeep, family kept original, possibly in North Africa. Remnants of the white painted captain bars can still be seen on the jacket, probably removed before combat. Pants appear to be bloused. Leather in good condition, not dry and brittle, label is present and is a size 40. World War II 82nd Airborne Division "All American Division" (1942–45) Initial training and conversion The 82nd Division was redesignated on 13 February 1942 during World War II, just two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the German declaration of war, as Division Headquarters, 82nd Division. It was recalled to active service on 25 March 1942, and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the command of Major General Omar Bradley. During this training period, the division brought together three officers who would ultimately steer the U.S. Army during the following two decades: Matthew Ridgway, James M. Gavin, and Maxwell D. Taylor. Under Major General Bradley, the 82nd Division's Chief of Staff was George Van Pope. On 15 August 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division, now commanded by Major General Ridgway, became the first airborne division in the history of the U.S. Army, and was redesignated as the 82nd Airborne Division. The division initially consisted of the 325th, 326th and 327th Infantry Regiments, and supporting units. The 327th was soon transferred to help form the 101st Airborne Division and was replaced by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, leaving the division with two regiments of glider infantry and one of parachute infantry. In February 1943 the division received another change when the 326th was transferred to the 13th Airborne Division, being replaced by the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, under James M. Gavin, then a colonel, who was later destined to command the division. Sicily and Italy In April 1943, after several months of tough training, its troopers deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, under the command of Major General Ridgway to take part in the campaign to invade Sicily. The division's first two combat operations were parachute assaults into Sicily on 9 July and Salerno on 13 September 1943. The initial assault on Sicily, by the 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, under Colonel Gavin, was the first regimental-sized combat parachute assault conducted by the United States Army. The first glider assault did not occur until Operation Neptune as part of the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. Glider troopers of the 319th and 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalions and the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (and the 3rd Battalion of the 504th PIR) instead arrived in Italy by landing craft at Maiori (319th) and Salerno (320th, 325th). In January 1944, the 504th, commanded by Colonel Reuben Tucker, which was temporarily detached to fight at Anzio, adopted the nickname "Devils in Baggy Pants", taken from an entry in a German officer's diary. The 504th was replaced in the division by the inexperienced 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel George V. Millet, Jr.. While the 504th was detached, the remainder of the 82nd Airborne Division moved to the United Kingdom in November 1943 to prepare for the liberation of Europe. See RAF North Witham and RAF Folkingham. Normandy With two combat drops under its belt, the 82nd Airborne Division was now ready for the most ambitious airborne operation of the war so far, as part of Operation Neptune, the Allied invasion of Normandy. The division conducted Mission Boston, part of the airborne assault phase of the Operation Overlord plan. In preparation for the operation, the division was significantly reorganized. To ease the integration of replacement troops, rest, and refitting following the fighting in Italy, the 504th PIR did not rejoin the division for the invasion. Two new parachute infantry regiments (PIRs), the 507th and the 508th, provided it, along with the veteran 505th, a three-parachute infantry regiment punch. The 325th was also reinforced by the addition of the 3rd Battalion of the 401st GIR, bringing it up to a strength of three battalions. On 5 and 6 June these paratroopers, parachute artillery elements, and the 319th and 320th, boarded hundreds of transport planes and gliders to begin history's largest airborne assault at the time (only Operation Market Garden later that year would be larger). During the 6 June assault, a 508th platoon leader, First Lieutenant Robert P. Mathias, would be the first U.S. Army officer killed by German fire on D-Day.[17] On 7 June, after this first wave of attack, the 325th GIR would arrive by glider to provide a division reserve. In Normandy, the 82nd gained its first Medal of Honor of the war, belonging to Private First Class Charles N. DeGlopper of the 325th GIR.[18] By the time the division was relieved, in early July, the 82nd h

WWII U.S. ARMY M38 TANKERS HELMET W/ GOGGLES WW2

Lot #280 (Sale Order 316 of 784)

The helmet consists of a fiber resin shell with leather ear flaps and a fiber resin rear neck guard. Evenly spaced around the crown are ten ventilation holes. Nice complete leather liner and is roughly a size 7. Pair of original well worn goggles included. Nice set! The tanker helmet was often referred to as a crash helmet, since it provided no protection against projectiles and only protected the head against sharp objects in the tank. Prior to 1938 the Infantry and the Cavalry both had their own designs for tank helmets. It was decided that the use of two helmets added unnecessary costs to the supply chain. The Ordinance Board began testing several commercial varieties along with the two military models and decided that the Cavalry design had the needed properties. The Rawlings Manufacturing Company, who manufactured football helmets, came up with a design that was patented on May 1, 1941.

WWII JAPANESE FLAG SOVINEER OF 6th NIGHT FIGHTER

Lot #280a (Sale Order 317 of 784)

This WWII Japanese national flag is from the 6th Night Fighter Squadron of the 5th Air Force. Silk flag measures 24X39 inches and depicts a P-61 Black Widow to the center of the rising sun. Flag is named to James Abernathy who was stationed at Johnson Army Air Base in 1947-48 out of Tokyo Japan. In each corner of the flag is a unique insignia. Top left, 5th Air Force patch, top right, Far East Air Force patch, lower left Squadron insignia of the 6th Night Fighter and finally lower right the Squadron insignia of the 339th Fighter Squadron ALL WEATHER. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor destroyed the squadron's 18 P-36As on the line at Wheeler Field, none of the aircraft survived. It was re-equipped with some P-40C Warhawks that were shipped in from the states and the squadron resumed air defense flights in the surrounding waters. It was moved to Kahuku Army Air Field in the northern part of the Island of Oahu as a dispersal move in August 1942 where it continued its air defense mission, moving to Kipapa Airfield in November. At Kipapa, the P-40 Warhawks were replaced with Douglas P-70s and the squadron was redesignated as the 6th Night Fighter Squadron in January 1943. After training in night interception operations in Hawaii, The squadron was deployed to the South Pacific Area and began combat operations in February 1943 from Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, in an attempt to intercept high-flying Japanese night raiders. The P-70s, however didn't have the speed to intercept the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, and two Lockheed P-38F Lightnings equipped with radar as single seat night fighters were assigned to the squadron to curb the activities of "Bedcheck Charlie", a Japanese aircraft flying nuisance sorties over Gualdacanal at night. On 20/21 March 1943, Detachment B’s P-70s failed to stop Japanese night bombers from damaging fifteen of the 307th Bombardment Group’s Consolidated B-24 Liberators and five of the 5th Bombardment Group’s Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses on the ground at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Eight months later, in November, enemy night bombers sank one and damaged three Allied ships at Bougainville Island. The Army Air Forces concluded from this initial experiment in night fighting that “it proved impossible to prevent the Japanese from inflicting some damage” on U.S. ground and surface forces. The 6th received its first Northrop P-61 Black Widows in early June 1944. The aircraft were quickly assembled and underwent flight testing as the pilots transitioned from the squadron's aging P-70s. The first operational P-61 mission occurred on 25 June. On 30 June 1944, the P-61 scored its first kill when a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber was shot down. Japanese night bombers launched a major effort to disrupt the construction of U.S. airfields on Saipan needed for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress campaign against the home islands. Flying P-61s, the 6th began defensive operations nine days after the Marines’ June 15 landing on Saipan. Enemy attackers held the initiative until new Microwave Early Warning radars linked to SCR-615 and AN/TPS-10 “Li’l Abner” height finder radars made three Japanese sorties one-way trips. In thirty-seven attempts at interception from 24 June to 21 July, the defense of the island made twenty-seven airborne radar contacts and claimed three kills. A typical Japanese aerial assault force consisted of a dozen Mitsubishi G4M Betty bombers flying twenty miles apart. P-61 crews discovered that if they could shoot down the lead bomber, the others would jettison their bombs and flee. Black Widows from the 6th and 548th Night Fighter Squadrons downed five additional enemy intruders before the attacks stopped in January 1945. The 6th flew defensive patrols to protect the B-29 bases there until the end of the war. NEAR MINT

WW US ENGLISH MADE UNIFORM GROUPING 8TH AIR FORCE

Lot #280b (Sale Order 318 of 784)

Two uniforms of a 8th Air Force pilot named Lt. S. E. Cloud. Both these uniforms are private purchased, the first 4 pocket tunic was tailored by Kahn Tailoring Co. of Indianapolis. The interior tag reads Moody Field Exchange 6/44 No. 37640 Cloth 131 S. E. Cloud. The insignia on this jacket is an English made wool 8th Air Force patch with bullion lieutenant bars to the shoulders along standard U.S. and wing and prop devices to the collars. Finally a blue fielded set of heavy clutch backed pilot wings. This indicated he was a combat pilot. This blue backed wing was a tradition of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. The tunic is in excellent condition and roughly a size 38R. The second jacket is an English made Ike jacket tailored by Joseph J. Page of Rushden which is a city in Northamptonshire, England. Once again the tunic is named to the interior S. E. Cloud and is dated January 2nd 1945. To the interior pocket are two ribbon bars with one bar having Air Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, Victory Medal while the other bar has European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal and Good Conduct Medal. To the shoulders are a standard Army Air Corps patch and a British Made wool Eighth Air Force patch. To the collars are standard U.S. and wing and prop devices and finally a stunning blue backed bullion pilot wings. This tunic is also roughly a size 38R. Both recently came out of a house in Ohio but nothing more is known about Lt. Cloud. During World War II, under the leadership of such generals as Ira Eaker and Jimmy Doolittle, the VIII BC (then Eighth Air Force) formed the greatest air armada in history. By mid-1944, the unit had a total strength of more than 200,000 people, and it could send more than 2,000 four-engine bombers and 1,000 fighters on a single mission against enemy targets in Europe. For this reason, Eighth Air Force is commonly known as the "Mighty Eighth." From May 1942 to July 1945, the Eighth planned and precisely executed America's daylight strategic bombing campaign against Nazi-occupied Europe, and in doing so the organization compiled an impressive war record. That record, however, carried a high price. For instance, the Eighth suffered about half of the U.S. Army Air Force's casualties (47,483 out of 115,332), including more than 26,000 dead. The Eighth's brave men earned 17 Medals of Honor, 220 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 442,000 Air Medals. The Eighth's combat record also shows 566 aces (261 fighter pilots with 31 having 15 or more victories and 305 enlisted gunners), over 440,000 bomber sorties to drop 697,000 tons of bombs, and over 5,100 aircraft losses and 11,200 aerial victories.

WWII US AIR CORPS 375th BOMB GROUP PATCH GROUPING

Lot #281 (Sale Order 319 of 784)

375th Bomb Squadron, theater made patches, blood chits, photo of crew all professionally framed. This splendid set of insignia per frame consist of a 1) Multi piece leather, 375th Bomber Squadron patch having the Grim Reaper with his scythe in one hand and a bomb in the other. American Flag Blood chit in multi piece leather with 5 small Japanese flags penned to the top indicating the crews kills. Staff Sergeant Chevron. Leather Bomb also again the a numeral 5 indicating the kills of the crew. 2) Silk American flag chit that was worn on the interior of his A-2 flight jacket. A stellar photo of his crew in front of their plane. 3) 17 language blood chit also worn on the interior of his flight jacket. History Activated in early 1942 in Idaho as a long-range B-24 Liberator bombardment squadron under Second Air Force. For the next three months little training occurred while the unit worked through its growing pains, resolving administrative and personnel acquisition difficulties. Then a totally new problem arose....all but four personnel were transferred to the 330th Bombardment Group! While active on paper, it was not until September that personnel were taken from the 39th Bombardment Group to form a headquarters cadre for the 308th Group, again making it a viable unit. On 29 September the squadron was designated an Operational Training Unit (OTU) with Wendover Field, Utah as its home station. The unit was fully manned by November, after receiving personnel from the 18th Replacement Wing. During this time of trials and tribulations in forming a recognizable force, the flying echelon had transferred to Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, on 20 June for incidental training. The flight crews had been chosen and assigned, having completed their respective training schools; i.e., pilot, navigator, bombardier, engineer, radio and gunnery. Members of the 375th had to complete three phases of training prior to moving overseas and entering combat. The flying personnel spent most of October in transition training with the B-24, training combat crews as well. Meanwhile, the ground echelon was acquiring, organizing and processing personnel and supplies at Wendover Field. With the training complete and the personnel and supplies processed, the 308th Bomb Group and the 375th BS officially transferred to Fourteenth Air Force in China early in 1943. The air echelon began flying its 'brand new' B-24D Liberators from Morrison Field, Florida on 15 February 1943. Traveling by way of the South Atlantic Transport Route though Central and South America, the Azores, Central Africa, Arabia and finally India; while the ground echelon traveled by ship across the Pacific Ocean. The squadron arrived in India and made many trips over the 'Hump' between India and China to obtain gasoline, bombs, spare parts, and other items they needed to prepare for and sustain their combat operations. The 375th supported Chinese ground forces; attacked airfields, coal yards, docks, oil refineries and fuel dumps in French Indochina; mined rivers and ports; bombed maintenance shops and docks at Rangoon, Burma; attacked Japanese shipping in the East China Sea, Formosa Straits, South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin.

WWII NAMED US 8TH & 9TH AIR FORCE JACKET W/ WINGS

Lot #281a (Sale Order 320 of 784)

WWII named US Army Air Corps tunic size 38R. Jacket is named to Sgt. Kingsford Basse B3515. The tunic has a pair of lovely theater made Air Crew wings along with a ribbon bar the bears the Purple Heart, Air Medal and the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. On the wearers left sleeve is a beautiful 9th Air Force shoulder sleeve insignia, Sergeant Chevron along with 5 gold overseas stripes and a enlistment stripe. On the right sleeve is a stubby theater made 8th Air Force shoulder sleeve patch, Sergeant Chevron and a theater made Armament Specialist Sleeve patch. Tunic is in excellent condition.

WWII US PARATROOPER CARBINE SCABBARD AIRBORNE WW2

Lot #282 (Sale Order 321 of 784)

WWII Army Airborne Paratrooper Carbine Scabbard. M1 Carbine Scabbard made by Atlas Awning 1944 dated World War II US Army Airborne / Paratrooper jump case / carrier for the M1 Paratrooper Carbine. Has 2 "Lift the dot" snaps on the cover, and a leg tie strap at the bottom, lined with heavy cotton. Excellent

WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS ESCAPE & EVASION MAPS LOT

Lot #282a (Sale Order 322 of 784)

Large grouping of Army Air Corps escape and evasion maps include 1) Eastern Asia second edition AMS 2 NJ 50 2) Eastern Asia second edition AMS 2 NJ 51 3) Eastern Asia second edition AMS 2 NJ 52 4) Eastern Asia second edition AMS 2 NJ 54 5) Eastern Asia second edition AMS 2 NK 50 6) Eastern Asia second edition AMS 2 NK 54 7) Eastern Asia second edition AMS 2 NJ 54 There is also two navigational charts titled Nemuro Japan and Southeast China No. 34. All maps are double sided and in excellent condition.

WWII NAMED NISEI UNIFORM GROUPING 442nd RCT HELMET

Lot #283 (Sale Order 323 of 784)

WWII US Army 442nd Nisei Solider uniform grouping named David Izumi. Items to include 1) M1 painted helmet liner named to David Izumi manufactured by Firestone with his last name stenciled on the front of the helmet in white paint. This helmet can be seen in his photo album later in the listing. 2) Ike jacket size 34S named to David Izumi and is adorned with a beautiful set of 442nd RCT DI's, standard US and Artillery collar disk, Ribbon bar with Good Conduct, American Campaign Medal and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 campaign stars. The patches on the coat are 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Third Army and finally Corporal Chevrons. 3) M43 Field Jacket named to David Izumi size 36R and has the 442nd Patch on the sleeve. 4) Overseas cap size 6 3/4. 5) 522nd Field Artillery Battalion Battery C "Go For Broke" 442nd Regimental Combat Team photo album named to David Izumi's parents in the lower right corner. This album was made overseas but is empty unfortunately 6) 522nd Field Artillery Battalion Battery C "Go For Broke" 442nd Regimental Combat Team photo album named to David Izumi. This album contains several photos as well as documents. Photos are of friends and family as well as David in his uniform. 7) The Album 442nd Combat Team 1943 unit history that is also named to David Izumi. This album has several photos tipped into the album. 8) My Service Record leather covered Album named to David Izumi with a written military history of David Izumi's carrier to the inside. 9) Nisei in Uniform booklet 10) Several other various papers with David's name and other family members of his family. and other photos most certainly that has fallen out of his photo album. 11) Patches removed from the tunic to include 442nd RCT, 1st Armored, 34th Infantry Division and 36th Infantry Division. 12) Colored studio portrait of David Izumi 13) Several copies of High Angle, the 442nd RCT newspaper 14) Amvets named to Nisei Amvets post 147 photo album named to David Izumi. This album has several photo's of events of their Amvets post. This post was based out of Detroit Michigan. 15) Advanced Map and Aerial Photograph Reading. Excellent The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment is best known for its history as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) who fought in World War II. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in the European Theatre, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) was organized on March 23, 1943, in response to the War Department’s call for volunteers to form the segregated Japanese American army combat unit. More than 12,000 Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) volunteers answered the call. Ultimately 2,686 from Hawaii and 1,500 from U.S. incarceration camps assembled at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in April 1943 for a year of infantry training. Many of the soldiers from the continental U.S. had families in internment camps while they fought abroad. The unit's motto was "Go for Broke". The 442nd Regiment is the most decorated unit for its size in U.S. military history. Created as the 442nd Regimental Combat Team when it was activated 1 February 1943, the unit quickly grew to its fighting complement of 4,000 men by April 1943, and an eventual total of about 14,000 men served overall. The unit earned more than 18,000 awards in less than two years, including more than 4,000 Purple Hearts and 4,000 Bronze Star Medals. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month). Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor. In 2010, Congress approved the granting of the Congressional Gold Medal to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and associated units who served during World War II, and in 2012, all surviving members were made chevaliers of the French Légion d'Honneur for their actions contributing to the liberation of France and their heroic rescue of the Lost Battalion. Arriving in the European Theatre, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, with its three infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and associated HQ and service companies, was attached to the 34th Infantry Division. On 11 June 1944, near Civitavecchia, Italy, the existing 100th Infantry Battalion, another all-Nisei fighting unit which had already been in combat since September 1943, was transferred from the 133rd Infantry Regiment to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Because of its combat record, the 100th was allowed to keep their original designation, with the 442nd renaming its 1st Infantry Battalion as its 100th Infantry Battalion. The related 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated at least one of the satellite labor camps of Dachau concentration camp and saved survivors of a death march near Waakirchen. The 442nd RCT was inactivated in 1946 and reactivated as a reserve battalion in 1947, garrisoned at Fort Shafter, H

WWII JAPANESE AMERICAN CONSTABULARY UNIFORM GROUP

Lot #283a (Sale Order 324 of 784)

WWII Japanese American Constabulary Forces uniform grouping of Kenneth Izumi and brother of the pervious lot of David Izumi of the 522nd Field Artillery Nisei. This grouping consist of 1) Kenneth's Ike jacket adorned with e a US made Constabulary SSI and a three place ribbon bar with Good Conduct, Occupation Medal and Victory Medal. Also on the tunic is a Presidential Unit Citation. Tunic is a size 38S and has his last name initial and last for of his service number to the interior. 2) Two overseas caps, one piped in yellow. Both caps have his name to the interior. 3) Ricker case with loose insignia, studio portrait of Kenneth Izumi, ribbon bar, Troopers Police Station Directory and Dog Tag named to Kenneth Izumi, 4) Roughly 50 candid photos of the Constabulary unit for which he served. 5) Troopers Guild Book 6) Spiral notebook with training notes 7) Other miscellaneous paper items with Kenneth's name on them 8) Patches and insignia taken from the uniform. 8) Lastly his DD-214 file And extensive grouping from a Japanese American who served proudly in the US Armed Forces. Reason The concept of a police-type occupation of Germany arose from the consideration of plans for the most efficient employment of the relatively small forces available. The speed of redeployment in the fall of 1945, and the certainty that the occupational troop basis would have to be reduced speedily, dictated the utmost economy in the use of manpower. The basic principle of the police-type occupation—that the lack of strength in the forces of occupation must be made up for by careful selection, rigid training, and high mobility—cannot be attributed to any single individual, or indeed to any single agency. Before any plans were worked out for the organization of the United States Constabulary, units of the United States Army assigned to occupational duties in Germany had experimented with the organization of parts of their forces into motorized patrols for guarding the borders and maintaining order in the large areas for which they were responsible. In September 1945, the G-2 Division of European Theater Headquarters put forward a plan, which was carried into effect towards the end of the years for the organization of a special security force known as the District Constabulary. In October 1945, the War Department asked European Theater Headquarters to consider the feasibility of organizing the major portion of the occupational forces into an efficient military police force on the model of state police or constabulary in the United States. Ideas crystallized rapidly. At the end of October 1945, General Eisenhower, then Theater Commander, announced to the proper authorities that the population of the United States Zone of Germany would ultimately be controlled by a super-police force or constabulary. In early November, the strength of the proposed constabulary was announced as 38,000. Planning was well advanced by the end of 1945, when the European Theater Headquarters notified the War Department that the constabulary would be organized as an elite force, composed of the highest caliber personnel obtainable under the voluntary re-enlistment program, and that it would be equipped with an efficient communications network, sufficient vehicles and liaison airplanes to make it highly mobile, and the most modern weapons. During the paper stage, the organization was known by a series of names. "State Police" was discarded for "State Constabulary." Then it was thought that "State" would be confusing, as the main United States Zone of Germany had been divided, for purposes of civil administration, into three states, or Länder. Then the organization emerged from the planning stage, it was known as the "Zone Constabulary," but before it became operational it was named "United States Constabulary." Command and staff On 10 January 1946, Major General Ernest N. Harmon, wartime commander of the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions and the XXII Corps, was appointed Commanding General of the United States Constabulary. At the direction of Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott, Commanding General, Third United States Army, a small group was detailed to assist General Harmon in carrying forward the planning for the new force. Its headquarters was established at Bad Tölz. Theater Headquarters had already announced the principle that the Constabulary would be organized along geographical lines to coincide as nearly as possible with the major divisions of the German civil administration, in order to facilitate liaison with the German police and United States Offices of Military Government. Thus, there would be one Constabulary Headquarters for the entire United States Zone, a brigade headquarters at each of the capitals of the three German Länder, and group, squadron, and troop headquarters established at points selected for ease in performing the mission.

WWII U.S. ARMY AAF RICHARD BONG AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

Lot #284 (Sale Order 325 of 784)

Autographed photo of Richard Bong standing in front of his P38 fighter plane "Marge". As is apparent by the Japanese flags on his plane, this photograph was taken when Bong had 25 kills. The photo is autographed in the bottom right hand corner in ink that has already turned brown. The inscription reads, "Tom Wimer, fellow Gardner Field Alum - Good Luck - Dick Bong". This photo was most likely taken in early April of 1944 as he scored his 25 kill on April 3 and his 26-28 kills on April 12. Richard Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter. He died in California while testing a jet aircraft shortly before the war ended. Bong was awarded the silver star with bronze oakleaf cluster, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Medal of Honor. The photograph itself measures 9.5" x 7.75" and is in a 12.5" x 10.5" frame. excellent.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LOT EKII OFFICER BREAST EAGLE LOT

Lot #285 (Sale Order 326 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS RING MARKED 5. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Ring is marked 5 indicting the maker Hermann Wernstein. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. 2) THREE WEHRMACHT OFFICER'S BREAST EAGLES. Hand embroidered, national breast eagles with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in bright, silver/aluminum bullion and wire threads with accent threads mounted on a cut-out dark blue/green badge cloth base. All removed from the uniform. The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s, national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Later amendments to the introductory order stipulated that the national eagle was also to be worn on all field caps, the sports uniform and the black panzer wrap. The eagle came in three distinct designs with two having slightly different out-stretched wings and the third with down-swept wings. Generally Officer’s ranks utilized hand or machine embroidered breast eagles while EM/NCO’s ranks utilized machine embroidered or machine woven breast eagles. During the war the breast eagles were manufactured in a variety of slightly different manufacturing techniques and colorations. 3) SKULL AND CROSSBONE RING IN SILVER. Ring is marked 835 to the interior. The ring's design shows a large skull and crossbones to the center with oakleaves to each side. Excellent

WWII US ENLISTED NAVAL AVIATOR RATE LOT OF 9 WW2

Lot #286 (Sale Order 327 of 784)

Lot of nine Enlisted Aviator patches to include 1) Chief Enlisted Aviator rate on dress blue material and dated 1943. 2) First Class Enlisted Aviator in dress blue material 3) First Class Enlisted Aviator (with floppy gold wings) in dress blue material 4) First Class Enlisted Aviator (floppy wings) in dress blue material dated 1943. 5) 2nd Class Enlisted Aviator (with gold wings) in dress blue material. 1943 dated. 6) First Class Enlisted Aviator (gold wings) in dress blue material. 7) 3rd Class Enlisted Aviator in dress blue material. 8) Third Class Enlisted Aviator (gold wings) in dress blue material. dated 1940. 9) 3rd Class Enlisted Naval Aviator with floppy wings All are excellent

WWII US NAVY WAVES RATE GROUPING OF 26 WW2

Lot #287 (Sale Order 328 of 784)

WWII US Navy WAVES rates to include 1) 2nd Class Parachute Rigger on dress blues material 2) 2nd Class Yeoman on dress blue material 3) 1st Class Yeoman on dress blue material 4) 1st Class Yeoman on seersucker material 5) 1st Class Yeoman on seersucker material 6) 1st Class Pharmacist Mate on seersucker material. 7) 1st Class Pharmacist Mate on seersucker material. 8) 3rd Class Pharmacist Mate on seersucker material. 9) Chief Personnel Specialist rate on white cotton 10) 3rd Class Specialist U: Utility rate for dress blues 11) 3rd Class Specialist T: Teacher, Instructor on Seersucker material 12) 3rd Class Specialist T: Teacher, Instructor on Seersucker material 13) 3rd Class Specialist T: Teacher, Instructor on Seersucker material 14) Chief Aerographer's Mate on white cotton 15) 3rd Class Aviation Metalsmith on seersucker 16) 2nd Class Mailman on seersucker 17) 2nd Class Radioman on seersucker material 18) 3rd Class Radioman on seersucker material 19) Aviation Photographers Mate 1st Class on seersucker material 20) Chief Apprentice on Dress Blue Material 21) Chief Apprentice on White Cotton 22) 1st Class Apprentice on Dress Blue 23) 3rd Class Apprentice on Dress Blue 24) 3rd Class Apprentice on Dress Blue 25) 3rd Class Apprentice on White Cotton 26) Unknown 3rd Class Rate on Seersucker All are excellent

WWII US ARMY FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCES HAT WW2

Lot #288 (Sale Order 329 of 784)

WWII US Army FSSF Overseas Cap being khaki cotton made with a alternating Red White and Blue piping. The cap is roughly a size 7 and in excellent condition. Background The volunteers for the 1800-man force consisted primarily of enlisted men recruited by advertising at Army posts, stating that preference was to be given to men previously employed as lumberjacks, forest rangers, hunters, game wardens, and the like. The 1st Special Service Force was officially activated on July 20, 1942 under the command of Lt. Colonel Robert T. Frederick. Much feared for their fighting prowess, the monicker "The Black Devils" was adopted after the discovery of the personal diary of a German officer referring to "die schwarzen Teufeln (the Black Devils)."[citation needed] With blackened faces, small units would often overwhelm German defenders without firing a shot, and then disappear into the night. Force members received rigorous and intensive training in stealth tactics; hand-to-hand combat; the use of explosives for demolition; parachuting; amphibious warfare; rock-climbing; mountain warfare, and as ski troops. From the outset, the 1st Special Service Force was armed with a variety of non-standard or limited-issue weapons, such as the M1941 Johnson machine gun. The Johnson LMG in particular helped greatly increase the firepower of the unit and was highly regarded by those who used it in combat. Frederick himself participated in the design of a fighting knife made exclusively for the Force called the V-42 combat knife, a derivative of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife. The formation patch was a red spearhead with the words USA written horizontally and CANADA written vertically. The branch of service insignia was the crossed arrows formerly worn by the U.S. Army Indian Scouts. The unit wore red, white, and blue piping on their garrison cap and on the breast oval behind their parachutist wings. Members of the unit also wore a red, white, and blue fourragere, lanyard, or shoulder cord made out of parachute shroud lines.

WWII US ARMY PATCH LOT FSSF WAR CRIMES AIR CADET

Lot #289 (Sale Order 330 of 784)

WWII US Army patch lot to include 1) US Army Shoulder Patch War Crimes Trails Philippines 1945. 2) US Army 158th Infantry/Regimental Combat Team (RCT) Patch. Direct embroidered on felt. 3) First Special Service Forces SSI. 4) CBI Chine Burma India War Correspondent Shoulder Patch. 5) WWII US Army Air Force Cadet Patch. Direct embroidered on twill with cheesecloth backing. 6) WWII US Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Flying Shoulder Patch. 7) U.S. Naval Aviation Red Felt Pocket Patch

WWII US ARMY CHEMICAL MORTAR BATTALION PATCH LOT

Lot #290 (Sale Order 331 of 784)

WWII US Army patch lot to include 1) 83rd Chemical Battalion Shoulder Patch. Insignia is direct embroidered on felt. 2) 84th Chemical Mortar Battalion Patch. Cut edge insignia is a fully embroidered patch 3) 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion Patch. Cut edge insignia is a fully embroidered patch. 4) 93rd Chemical Mortar Battalion Patch. Cut edge insignia is a fully embroidered patch. 5) Small Variant 96th Chemical Mortar Battalion Patch. Cut edge insignia is a fully embroidered patch. The 4.2" mortar battalions provided chemical warfare (White Phosphorus, smoke, and gas) support to Army divisions and were especially effective in support of Darby's Ranger Battalions. Originally without an HE capability, inasmuch as there were no HE rounds for the 4.2" mortar, in late 1942 an High Explosive round for the piece was developed. As a result of the HE round development the chemical mortars were available to provide welcome heavy mortar support for the infantry by 1943. Affording a highly mobile and effective 'artillery' for the infantry and Ranger units they were attached to. They distinguished themselves across the European Theatre. At Anzio the 83'd CMBn suffered heavy losses after a ship carrying most of the unit was sunk by German bombers; elements of the unit already ashore continued to support the Cisterna operation; and the breakout from the Anzio Beach-head. By the fall of 1944 there were sufficient battalions in the ETO to allow for a normal assignment of one company per infantry division. In some circumstances this would be augmented to a full battalion. The 2nd, 3rd, 81st, 83rd, 86th, 87th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, and 99th Battalions served in the European Theatre of Operations.

WWII US ARMY TANK DESTROYER VARIANT PATCH LOT WW2

Lot #291 (Sale Order 332 of 784)

WWII Tank Destroyer variants patch lot to include 1) WWII US Army Tank Destroyer NO WHEELS Insignia Patch. 2) WWII US Army Tank Destroyer NO Cannon Barrel 3) WWII US Army Tank Destroyer Winking Cat 4) The 474th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Patch, landed on Utah Beach on June 5, 1944, and served the rest of the war with the 3rd Armored (Spearhead) Division. All are excellent

WWII US ARMORED V & XVIII CORPS PATCH LOT OF 3 WW2

Lot #292 (Sale Order 333 of 784)

WWII US Armored patch lot to include 1) XVIII Armor Corp Patch. The XVIII Armored Corps was scheduled for activation, however it was never actually activated by the U.S. Army. 2) US Army 5th Armored Corps Patch. 3) XVIII Armor Corp Patch. The XVIII Armored Corps was scheduled for activation, however it was never actually activated by the U.S. Army. All patches are excellent

WWII US NAVY PRACTICE M-1 BAYONET LOT OF 2 WW2

Lot #293 (Sale Order 334 of 784)

WWII US M-1 Bayonet lot to include 1) US Navy M1 Garand Practice Bayonet with. This bayonet is marked Mark 1 on one side and on the other side it is marked P B C NXSO 29524. This bayonet is in very nice condition for it's age and for the simple fact that it has managed to survive for the purpose that it was made for. A lot of these either got broken or have a lot of nicks and chips on the blade edges. Excellent 2) U.S. M1 Garand Bayonet made by UFH & scabbard. US Army M1 Bayonet with M7 Scabbard for the M1 Garand Rifle. The M1 Bayonet was made with a 10" blade. It is marked: UFH over US w/Flaming Bomb. UFH is Union Fork & Hoe Co. It has black plastic grips that are in perfect condition. Bayonet has never been sharpened with minor surface rust. Very Good

WWII US UFH M1 RIFLE BAYONET W/ SCABBARD 16 INCH

Lot #294 (Sale Order 335 of 784)

This is a very nice condition U.S. M1942 bayonet for the M1 Garand Rifle, complete with the correct WWII Issue MK I USN fiberglass scabbard. Technically, this bayonet is considered an M1905 bayonet by the U.S. Army, manufactured in 1942 with plastic ribbed grips. The M1 Garand rifle was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles. To keep up with Wartime production, new orders were placed for a version of the M1905 bayonet with plastic grips, and collectors use the designation M1942 for these bayonets, made from 1942 to 1943. Six civilian firms produced 1,540,578 M1905 bayonets from April 1942 to May 1943. After this, the specification was changed to have a 10 inch blade, and many M1905 bayonets were shortened to this length. This bayonet however is still in the original configuration, which is rare to find on the market today. The blade ricasso is marked with maker U. F. H. (Union Fork & Hoe of Columbus, Ohio) above U.S. around the Ordnance flaming bomb. Below this is the manufacture date of 1942. Excellent

WWII US ARMY AIRBORNE GLIDER PATCH LOT OF 7 WW2

Lot #295 (Sale Order 336 of 784)

WWII US Army Airborne Glider patch lot to include 1) US Army Airborne Glider School Patch. Insignia measures 3 inches wide and is direct embroidered on twill. Excellent 2) US Army Artillery Glider Pocket Patch. Insignia measures 3 3/4 inches and is direct embroidered on felt. Excellent 3) First Airborne Task Force Glider Cap Patch. Insignia is heavily embroidered on felt. Excellent. 4) Airborne Glider Officers Infantry Cap Patch. Insignia is direct embroidered on twill and in excellent condition. 5) Airborne Glider Infantry Cap Patch. Insignia is direct embroidered on twill and in excellent condition. 6) Airborne Combined Glider Officers Parachute Cap Patch. Insignia in direct embroidered on twill. 7) Airborne Combined Glider Parachute Cap Patch. Insignia in direct embroidered on twill.

WWII US ARMY AIRBORNE PATCH LOT 101st GREENBACK

Lot #296 (Sale Order 337 of 784)

WWII US Army Airborne patch lot to include 1) White Tongue Green Backed 101st Airborne Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. This is a very nice original 2 piece Type 6 white tongue green back 101st Airborne Division patch with tab. This is a very nice desirable patch, that is hard to find. The patch is in nice used condition, and has had the tab hand sewn to the patch. 2) US Army Airborne Infantry Pocket Patch. WWII US Army Parachute Infantry pocket patch. Patch is direct embroidered on felt and is 100% to the period of WWII. Patch suffers minor moth damage to the edge of the patch. 3) US Army Airborne Artillery Pocket Patch. WWII US Army Parachute Artillery pocket patch. Patch is direct embroidered on felt and is 100% to the period of WWII. 4) WWII US Army 501st Airborne Jump Oval. Insignia is direct embroidered in felt with cheesecloth backing. 5) WWII Original On Twill Airborne Infantry Overseas Cap Patch. WWII issued infantry paratrooper cap badge embroidered on twill.

WWII US ARMY JINGPAW KACHIN RANGERS WW2

Lot #297 (Sale Order 338 of 784)

Lot of two rare WWII US Army shoulder sleeve patches including USA Kachin Rangers and USA Jingpaw Rangers. Both are cut edge WWII production insignia's and do not react to ultra violet light. Excellent condition. History "On April 14, 1942, William Donovan, as Coordinator of Information (which evolved into the Office of Strategic Services that June), activated Detachment 101 for action behind enemy lines in Burma. The first unit of its kind, the Detachment was charged with gathering intelligence, harassing the Japanese through guerrilla actions, identifying targets for the Army Air Force to bomb, and rescuing downed Allied airmen. Because Detachment 101 was never larger than a few hundred Americans, it relied on support from various tribal groups in Burma. In particular, the vigorously anti-Japanese Kachin people were vital to the unit's success. By the time of its deactivation on July 12, 1945, Detachment 101 had scored impressive results. According to official statistics, with a loss of some 22 Americans, Detachment 101 killed 5,428 Japanese and rescued 574 Allied personnel."[2] 101's efforts opened the way for Stilwell's Chinese forces, Wingate's Raiders, Merrill's Marauders, and the great counter-attack against the Japanese Imperial life-line." During most of the unit's existence, it funded and coordinated various resistance groups made up of the Kachin people of northern Burma. The best known resistance force was known as the Kachin Rangers and was under the command of Carl F. Eifler, though often the term Kachin Rangers has been used to describe all Kachin Forces raised during the war by the Americans in Northern Burma. In July 1942, twenty OSS men moved in and set up headquarters at Nazira in the northeastern Indian province of Assam. No operations of any significance occurred until the end of 1942. Starting in 1943, small groups or individuals were parachuted behind Japanese lines to remote Kachin villages, followed by a parachute supply drop. The Americans then began to create independent guerrilla groups of the Kachin people, calling in weapons and equipment drops. In December 1943 Stilwell issued a directive that Detachment 101 increase its strength to 3,000 guerillas. They were recruited from within Burma, many of them "fierce Kachins". Once established, the groups undertook a variety of unconventional missions. They ambushed Japanese patrols, rescued downed American pilots, and cleared small landing strips in the jungle. They also screened the advances of larger Allied forces, including Merrill's Marauders. Eifler held the rank of Colonel when he was relieved because of serious head injuries, Lt. Col. William R. Peers taking over command. At the end of the war, each Kachin Ranger received the CMA (Citation for Military Assistance) Award.[Note 1] Actually, the medal was the result of a mistake. An OSS officer, reading a radio message that advised him how to reward heroic Kachin action, misinterpreted the abbreviation for "comma" ("CMA") as signifying some sort of a medal. Reluctant to leave the Kachins empty handed, the OSS quickly created the medal and presented it to them.

WWII US PHANTOM DIVISION PATCH LOT OF 20 WW2

Lot #298 (Sale Order 339 of 784)

Lot of 20, WWII US Army Phantom Divisional patch lot of 20 to include 1) 6th Airborne Infantry Division 2) 9th Airborne Infantry Division 3) 18th Airborne Infantry Division 4) 21st Airborne Infantry Division 5) 135th Airborne Infantry Division 6) 11th Infantry Division 7) 14th Infantry Division 8) 17th Infantry Division 9) 22nd Infantry Division 10) 46th Infantry Division 11) Reverse color variant 46th Infantry Division 12) 48th Infantry Division 13) 50th Infantry Division 14) 55th Infantry Division 15) 59th Infantry Division 15) 108th Infantry Division 16) 119th Infantry Division 17) 130th Infantry Division 18) 141st Infantry Division 19) 157th Infantry Division. All patches are in excellent condition. The United States Army created a large number of notional deception formations that were used in a number of World War II deception operations. The most notable fictional US formation was the First U.S. Army Group (FUSAG); this field army was originally intended as the main invasion force for the Invasion of Normandy, however that was renamed to the 12th Army Group. FUSAG remained in existence on paper and was used during Operation Fortitude South to divert Axis attention to the Pas de Calais area. The imaginary formations ranged in size from battalion to field army and were faked using documents, photographs, double agents, news reportage and physical subterfuge. Some of the units were either based on existing decommissioned formations (usually World War I formations) or created afresh. Many were used multiple times, Clarke in particular believed that reusing units in the long term would help establish their existence in the mind of the enemy

WWII THEATER MADE FIGHTING KNIFE W/ SCABBARD WW2

Lot #298a (Sale Order 340 of 784)

Theater made fighting knife with a heavy tooled leather scabbard. Knife has a clipped point blade measuring 6 inches long with an aluminum and plastic spaced grip in excellent condition. The heavy tooled leather scabbard is completely hand made utilizing the back of a 45 holster manufactured by Enger-Kress. Overall in excellent condition.

WWII US ARMY 1ST DIVISION PAINTED M1 COMBAT HELMET

Lot #299 (Sale Order 341 of 784)

Stellar WWII US Army 1st Division painted helmet with liner. This recently acquired helmet came directly out of an estate in Illinois. The helmet's shell is heat stamped 523 indicting the helmet was made in May of 1943 and is a fixed bail with front seam. The helmet retains most of it's original finish and is adorn to the front a set of white painted Captain's bars and to the reverse the Officer's leadership stripe also in white. Both straps are present and shows wear but nothing to serious. The liner was manufactured by Firestone and is adorned with Captain's bars also in white paint with a 1st Division insignia painted just above the Officer's insignia. To the sides are the 26th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Insignia of DI. All the insignia to the liner and helmet are hand painted and in excellent condition. WWII In 1941, the 26th regiment once again stood with its sister regiments and prepared for war in Europe. The regiment was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division for the duration of World War II. In World War II, the 26th Infantry led America's first-ever amphibious assault in North Africa, fought at the Kasserine Pass, assaulted Sicily at the Amphibious Battle of Gela, invaded Normandy, conquered the first German city of the war at Aachen, vaulted the Rhine and attacked all the way to Czechoslovakia by war's end. The regiment, commanded by Colonel John F. R. Seitz, conducted three amphibious assaults, and earned seven battle streamers, a Presidential Unit Citation, and five foreign awards. Beginning another occupation of Germany, the Blue Spaders bore the United States national colors at the Allied Victory in Europe parade, and served as guards at Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Thus began a lengthy stay in Germany, first as conquerors and later as friends and allies. Called again to serve in the United States after a reorganization of the army, the unit was redesignated 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry and had a very short stay in the United States. Combat chronicle Shortly after the German invasion of Poland, beginning World War II in Europe, the 1st Infantry Division, under Major General Walter Short, was moved to Fort Benning, Georgia, on 19 November 1939 where it supported the U.S. Army Infantry School as part of American mobilization preparations. It then moved to the Sabine Parish, Louisiana area on 11 May 1940 to participate in the Louisiana Maneuvers. The division next relocated to Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn on 5 June 1940, where it spent over six months before moving to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, on 4 February 1941. As part of its training that year, the division participated in both Carolina Maneuvers of October and November before returning to Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 6 December 1941. A day later, on 7 December 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and, four days later, Germany declared war on the United States, thus bringing the United States into the conflict. The division was ordered to Camp Blanding, Florida, as quickly as trains could be gathered and winter weather permitted, and arrived on 21 February 1942. The division, now under Major General Donald C. Cubbison, was there reorganized and refurbished with new equipment, being re-designated as the 1st Infantry Division on 15 May 1942. Within a week, the division was returned to its former post at Fort Benning, Georgia, from where it was expedited on 21 June 1942 to Indiantown Gap Military Reservation for wartime overseas deployment final preparation. The division, now under the command of Major General Terry Allen, a distinguished World War I veteran, departed the New York Port of Embarkation on 1 August 1942, arrived in Beaminster in south-west England about a week later, and departed 22 October 1942 for the combat amphibious assault of North Africa. As part of II Corps, the division landed in Oran, Algeria on 8 November 1942 as part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. Elements of the division then took part in combat at Maktar, Tebourba, Medjez el Bab, the Battle of Kasserine Pass (where American forces were pushed back), and Gafsa. It then led the Allied assault in brutal fighting at El Guettar, Béja, and Mateur. The 1st Infantry Division was in combat in the Tunisian Campaign from 21 January 1943 to 9 May 1943, helping secure Tunisia. The campaign ended just days later, with the surrender of almost 250,000 Axis soldiers. After months of nearly continuous fighting, the division had a short rest before training for the next operation. In July 1943, the division took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, still under the command of Major General Allen. Lieutenant General George S. Patton, commanding the U.S. Seventh Army, specifically requested the division as part of his forces for the invasion of Sicily. It was still assigned to the II Corps. In Sicily the 1st Division saw heavy action when making amphibious landings opposed by Italian and German tanks at the Battle of Gela.

WWII US M1A1 BAZOOKA ANTI-TANK ROCKET LAUNCHER

Lot #300 (Sale Order 342 of 784)

In WW2 the US army came up with their own hand held anti tank solution, the rocket launcher. With a simple re-loadable launcher the first man aims, the second loads then bang, job done... but as the rocket was armed and very sensitive you only loaded it at the last moment, theres the risky bit... These Replica Bazookaa are all metal/wood construction and look and feel exactly as the real thing and most importantly does not fall under the NFA. Excellent

WWII ITALIAN FASCIST YOUTH DAGGER W SCABBARD WW2

Lot #300a (Sale Order 343 of 784)

A Italian Gioventu Italiana del Littorio Youth Dagger. Measuring 297 mm in length with the scabbard on, this dagger features a 165 mm long nickel-plated steel blade, magnetic, with unsharpened edges. Crossguard, ferrule, grip spine and pommel in bronze gilt, the pommel nut in bronze, the pommel illustrating an eagle's head with feathering forming the grip spine, the wooden grip is painted black with seven recessed grooves, each of the grooves with two rows of straight wire flanking a row of twisted wire, the wires in also in bronze gilt, the dagger measuring 283 mm in length. Accompanied by its dark brown leather scabbard, with reinforced stitching on the sides, the stitching coming away slightly near the opening, black leather belt strap dual-riveted to the reverse of the scabbard, the scabbard exhibiting wear at the tip on both sides and crazing in the leather throughout, measuring 177 mm in length. Near extremely fine.

WWII US POW A WARTIME LOG FILLED OUT STALAG III B

Lot #301 (Sale Order 344 of 784)

Fantastic archive of a POW's Wartime Log, given out by the YMCA as a way to chronicle their time in the POW Camp. This particular book is nicely filled out and owned by Alonzo W. Edwards, where he list the table of contents of the book as page 1) Freedom and Liberty 2) Mothers Soldier Boy 3) Things to Read 4) A Lonesome Soldiers Thoughts 5) Stalag Blues 8) The Draft Dodgers 10) Out Of Cigars 11) Prisoner of War 14) We've Done Our Hitch in Hell 15) A Dream That Came True 16) The Heart of a Soldier 17) Books I have Read 18) A Vacation in Heaven 19) My Buddies 20) Old Friends 22) What is Man? 23) Christmas box from Red Cross 25) The Bible in time of need There is three colored drawings also in the book and a swatch from his shirt along with several black and white photos including several in his POW Camp. Excellent

WWII NAMED CUSTOM MADE NICHOLS FIGHTING KNIFE

Lot #302 (Sale Order 345 of 784)

US WW2 Custom Hand Made by Floyd NICHOLS, David City, NE Theater Fighting Knife with Leather Sheath. This knife was given to Scott Stanley of Shelby Nebr. and is named of the cross guard as well as the leather scabbard. The 7 1/2 inch blade has sharpening to it but otherwise excellent. Leather scabbard is marked Alfred Cornish of Omaha, Neb. The pommel cap has a 1942 dated penny verses the normal Buffalo Nickel and the handle is made of welding rod and is in excellent condition.

WWII US CUSTOM MADE NICHOLS FIGHTING KNIFE WW2

Lot #303 (Sale Order 346 of 784)

US WW2 Custom Hand Made by Floyd NICHOLS, David City, NE Theater Fighting Knife. The 7 1/2 inch blade has the original factory edge. To the pommel cap is the typical Buffalo Nickel. The handle is made of welding rod and is in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSKK M33 DAGGER RZM M7/42 WW2

Lot #304 (Sale Order 347 of 784)

A NSKK EM’s dagger with its double-edged drop-forged nickel-silver blade in its original scabbard. The dagger has a plated pommel and tang nut. Its contoured wooden grip has inlaid to its obverse the enameled "SA" signet near the pommel, and an aluminum eagle and swastika to its center. Its cross guard is also plated nickel-silver. "Alles für Deutschland" (Everything for Germany) is acid etched to the obverse of the pointed blade. Blade is RZM marked M7/42 indicating the maker WKC. The original cross-graining is still nicely visible to both sides. Light scabbard runner marks are present as expected. The scabbard has a nickel-silver plated metal throat, mouthpiece, and lower scabbard fitting. The body of the scabbard is comprised of black finished sheet metal. Roughly 98% of the original black overpaint remains. Dome-headed securing screws are to either side of its throat and along the upper edges of its scalloped lower fitting. To one side of the mouthpiece of the scabbard is the loop for the hanger ring and the nickel-silver plated metal ring itself. Nice clean example. The development of the NSKK, "National Sozialistisches Kraftfahr Korps" (National Socialist Motor Corps), can be traced back to 1923 when the SA introduced a "Kraftfahr Abteilung" (Motor Section) to transport personnel as required. In 1928 the SA Motor section was expanded to "Kraftfahrstaffeln" (Motor Squadrons). In an attempt to create a national motor corps, the NSAK, "National Sozialistisches Automobil Korps" (National Socialist Automobile Corps), was formed in April of 1930 as an NSDAP auxiliary organization subordinate to the SA. In early 1931 Adolf Hühnlein was appointed as Chief of the NSAK and proposed a name change to NSKK, which was officially accepted in April of 1931. Still subordinate to the SA in 1933 when the SA dagger was introduced, the NSKK also adopted the dagger shortly after its introduction. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and its design was based on the traditional 16th century Swiss "Holbein" dagger. In May of 1936 Korpsführer Hühnlein decreed the NSKK dagger scabbards were to be finished in black to differentiate them from the SA dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA DAGGER BY ANTON WINGEN WW2

Lot #305 (Sale Order 348 of 784)

Early, nice quality dagger features a roughly, 8 3/4", (22.2 cm), long, double edged, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 13 5/8", (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light scabbard runners and most of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice, deep, well defined, acid etched Fraktur style, script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All/Everything for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. Maker marked to "Anton Wingen Jr. of Solingen". The dagger has the early, cast, solid, nickel/silver crossguard, pommel, and tang nut which all show a nice, even, age patina. The dagger has a very nicely contoured, reddish tinged, brown, stained, hardwood grip, which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has a nicely inset, solid nickel/silver national eagle and a nickel/silver and enameled runic SA button both intact. Both insets show light age patina. The dagger comes with it’s original, coppery brown, anodized, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. The scabbard anodized finish is very worn. Both of the scabbard fittings retain their original, dome headed, securing screws and the top fitting also retains its hanger suspension loop and ring. Nice, early, example. Original leather hanger is included. Excellent The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SS M33 SERVICE DAGGER BY KLASS

Lot #306 (Sale Order 349 of 784)

Early, (circa 1933-34), nice quality dagger features a roughly, 22cm long, double edged, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated blade with a low central ridge. The nickel/silver plated blade shows sharpening and has been tipped and polished. The obverse of the blade has a nice, deep, well defined acid etched motto, "Meine Ehre Heißt Treue", (My Honor is Loyalty). The reverse of the blade has a well defined acid etched manufacturers logo, name Robert Klaas and location Solingen. The dagger comes with a solid nickel/silver cross guard, pommel and tang nut and a carved ebony grip that shows a lot of wear. The reverse of the cross guard is well marked with stamped Roman numeral, "I". Of Note: It is alleged that the Roman numeral marking signifies this dagger was an issue item as opposed to a private purchase item. The grip has a flush, inset, solid nickel/silver national eagle and nickel/silver and enameled runic SS button nicely fit in place. The dagger comes with a black painted, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings. The scabbard retains about 80% of its black finish. Both the top and bottom scabbard fittings retain both of their dome headed retaining screws and the top fitting has the hanger suspension ring and loop intact. Poor The SS M33 service dagger was introduced on December 15TH 1933 for wear by all full SS members, regardless of rank. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was based on the traditional 16TH century Swiss "Holbein" hunting dagger as was being utilized for the SA personnel’s dagger with a different coloration and insignia. The daggers were bestowed annually to newly accepted SS members at 10:00pm on the anniversary of the unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch, (November 9TH), in front of the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality solid nickel/silver fittings until roughly early 1937 when the scabbards began to have a painted finish and cheaper nickel/silver plated fittings replaced the earlier solid nickel/silver fittings in 1938. Of Note: During the course of the Third Reich there were five distinct SS daggers introduced starting with the M33 dagger in 1933, the Röhm inscription, the Himmler dedication and the SS Honor dagger in 1934 and the M36 dagger in August 1936. Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the SS came under the quality control of the RZM and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: In 1943 the Waffen-SS assumed full control over production of their items, including edged weapons and production no longer fell under the authority of the RZM.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CHAINED M36 SS SERVICE DAGGER

Lot #307 (Sale Order 350 of 784)

M36 service dagger features a roughly 8 5/8" (22 cm) long double edged nickel/silver plated drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length including the hilt of roughly 13 5/8" (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light to moderate scabbard runners and some light surface spotting with some polishing. The obverse of the blade has a nice well defined Gothic scripted acid etched motto "Meine Ehre Heißt Treue" (My Honor is Loyalty). The blade is not maker marked which is correct for this type. The dagger comes with a cast solid, nickel/silver construction cross guard pommel and tang nut and a finely grained carved ebony grip. The nicely shaped ebony grip has a snug fit to the cross guard and pommel fittings. The grip has a flush inset, die stamped nickel/silver plated national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed canted swastika in it’s talons and a nickel/silver plated and black enameled runic SS button nicely fit in place. The dagger comes complete with a black painted magnetic sheet metal scabbard with three magnetic nickel/silver plated fittings. The scabbard retains most of its original finish. All three scabbard fittings retain both of their original matching small dome headed retaining screws and the smooth top fitting has an outwardly flared bottom edge and an integral, upward diagonally angled, chain suspension loop with a central, chain retaining cut-out. The central fitting features an embossed, scalloped lip, to both the top and bottom edges and embossed, stylized, conjoined swastika pattern to the center on a slightly textured, background field. The central fitting also has an integral, upward diagonally angled chain suspension loop with a central chain retaining cut-out. The smooth bottom scabbard fitting has an ovoid ball tip to the bottom edge. The second pattern non magnetic sheet metal suspension chain features two six sided, rectangular links, four connecting loops and a cut-out, square link to the top section and four, six sided, rectangular links and five connecting loops to bottom section. The attachment links feature alternating embossed skulls and crossbones and dual SS runes with the top section having the skull closest to the cloverleaf and the runes closet to the scabbard while the bottom section is reversed with the dual SS runes closest to the cloverleaf and the skull and crossbones closest to the scabbard. All six links have smooth, raised, outer edges and a slightly textured background field. Both the top and bottom chains connect to a Celtic swirl "cloverleaf" design at the top edge with a soldered friction clip to the reverse. The Celtic cloverleaf has a central recessed line and three of the four circular interiors are cut-out with the top one being solid. The reverse of the second top chain link closest to scabbard is well marked with the shallow stamped overlapping SS runes with an octagonal outer border. Shows age, use and period wear but overall very good condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE 1st MODEL DAGGER WW2

Lot #308 (Sale Order 351 of 784)

Early roughly 31cm long bright nickel/silver plated drop forged steel double edged stiletto style blade with a flat central plane. The blade is shows surface scratching and scabbard runners and spotting. Blade is non maker marked. The original pebbled blue leather washer is intact. The dagger has a cast nickel/silver plated alloy crossguard and pommel. The crossguard is in the form of extended horizontal down swept stylized wings with a raised central circular panel with a gilt washed sunwheel swastika to each side of the circular panel. The formed wooden grip is wrapped in blue Moroccan leather with dual twisted nickel/silver plated wire wrap flanked by a single strand of straight wire to both the top and bottom edges. The circular pommel also has gilt washed sunwheel swastikas to each side. The dagger comes complete with its original, blue Moroccan leather wrapped scabbard with three nickel/silver plated alloy fittings. All scabbard screws are complete. The top and center fittings each have a hanger ring and an integral aluminum alloy hanger with nine circular links to the top hanger and fourteen circular links to the bottom hanger. Both the top and bottom chain link hangers are attached to a aluminum alloy friction clip. Very Good In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both side arms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots licence. Originally the early daggers were produced utilizing nickel/silver fittings until 1936 when the early fittings were replaced with polished natural aluminum fittings. Of Note: On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS DAGGER WW2

Lot #309 (Sale Order 352 of 784)

This Diplomatic Official's Dagger. The pommel of this example of course portrays a noble eagle looking to the viewer’s left. The brow over the bird’s eye is still good on both sides and the feather segments that go downward on either side are also still crisp. The back hilt and the borders of the front hilt areas have the hand engraved accent line. The ferrule below has the usual cut in accent lines and is in excellent condition. Simulated mother of pearl grips are perfect with no chips, scratches or marks and has nice yellow aged toning. The beautiful diplomatic crossguard has the raised quillons at the end of the bird’s wings and the bird’s head of course looks opposite the pommel head. This bird is looking to the viewer’s right. The details are nice and clear throughout the wing spread, head, talons, wreath and raised swastika. The scabbard is nice and straight throughout and still has good crisp pebbling. This fine scabbard has the raised oak leaf and acorn motif which run upward towards the triple serrated eyelets. These eyelets have the sleeve on both of the edges where the ring goes through. This is a typical Alcoso part. The throat is a slightly thin type and it is retained by two small bore flatter head side screws. The silvering also is in totally perfect condition on this scabbard with absolutely no lifting. The blade is a very good example still being nice and bright and having the graining throughout with needlelike tip but does have some spotting throughout. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE M40 SINGLE DECAL HELMET

Lot #310 (Sale Order 353 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains a good portion of its original smooth textured paint. The left side of the helmet has a second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), black detailed, silvery/white, Luftwaffe eagle decal, clutching a canted swastika in one talon. The decal is retained 90%. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has an excellent M31 leather liner. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron is serial/lot number stamped, "1123" and the interior, left side, apron has the stamped manufacturer’s code and size, "ET64", indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. Nice untouched worn and used example. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, (Iron and Foundry Works), in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE M42 HELMET NS64 WW2

Lot #311 (Sale Order 354 of 784)

Helmet retains about 85% of its field-gray paint. Second pattern Luftwaffe eagle decal is also retained about 80%. All three liner retaining rivets intact. M31 tan leather liner is complete and in excellent condition. Liner adjustment string is original to the helmet. The reverse interior neck guard apron is lot number stamped, "2257" and is also stamped manufacturers code and size, "NS64", indicating manufacture by Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke, AG. Schwerte, size 64). Excellent The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, (Iron and Foundry Works), in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

EARLY ATTICA PRISON TOWER DOUBLE LOCK HANDCUFFS

Lot #312 (Sale Order 355 of 784)

Each handcuff is approximately 4 3/4" LONG AND 3" W. Tower Double Lock Handcuff" Despite the round bow the Tower bottom key and single lock models could be shimmed by a determined prisoner with a proper bit of metal. To permanently solve the problem Tower introduced the Tower "Double Lock" handcuff. Patented on August 19, 1879 this handcuff has a much more sophisticated lock mechanism. The lock had two settings. In the single lock mode it acted just like the single lock model. To open the lock the key was inserted an rotated one half turn to the left, counter-clockwise. However, if the key was turned instead to the right, a full turn clockwise, then the lock was put into a double locked setting. The catch or bolt was now frozen, the handcuff bow could not be opened, but it also could not be further closed. This prevented one from shimming open the cuff. To remove the double lock the key had to be reinserted and turned a full turn to the left, counter-clockwise. Another half turn to the left would then open the cuff completely. The earliest Tower double lock handcuffs are marvels of engineering. They were manufactured to very high tolerances. The key hole has a very tight opening requiring a key with a very thin wall. The bow also fits into the lock case with a very close fit. Indeed there is so little gap it is hard to imagine any prisoner successfully shimming open the cuff even without the double lock. One could reasonably argue that these handcuffs are the finest handcuffs ever made in America, at least in terms of adherence to quality standards of manufacturing. Unfortunately these comments apply only to the earliest double lock models. Double lock Tower hand cuffs were manufactured for over fifty years. Later models were not manufactured to such high standards. These particular handcuff were property stamped by Attica Prison as seen in the photos. Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus New York State prison in the town of Attica, New York, operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930 and held many of the most dangerous criminals of the time. A CS gas system (chlorobenzylidine malononitrile) installed in the mess hall and industry areas has been used to quell conflicts in these areas. The prison now holds many inmates who are serving various types of sentences (short-term to life), and who are usually sent to the facility because of disciplinary problems in other facilities.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M40 LUFTWAFFE HELMET W LINER WW2

Lot #313 (Sale Order 356 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction M40 helmet retains about a good portion of its Luftwaffe blue/gray paint. The left side of the helmet has a second pattern, (circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle decal which is retained about 80%. All three of the liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a complete M31 leather liner with all eight fingers. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron has a faint, stamped is serial/lot number that appears to be, "30133", and the interior, left side apron is stamped with the manufacturer’s code and size "hkp64" indicating manufacture by Sächsische Emaillier-und Stanzwerke, AG Lauter, size 64. Nice helmet. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH SNARE DRUM & LAMP

Lot #314 (Sale Order 357 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) Hitler Youth snare drum with wire belt holder & loop hanger. 10.75" diameter. Tight heads and 5" tall. Painted wood body with original drum sticks. 2) Collapsible candle lamp with swastika. Red paper collapsible lamp measures roughly 12 inches tall with a large black mobile swastika to the center. Excellent The Hitler Youth (German: Hitlerjugend ['h?tl??ju?gn?t] (About this soundlisten), often abbreviated as HJ, [ha?'j?t] (About this soundlisten)) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name Hitler-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys' youth organisation in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organisation; it was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14. With the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945, the organisation de facto ceased to exist. On 10 October 1945, the Hitler Youth and its subordinate units were outlawed by the Allied Control Council along with other Nazi Party organisations. Under Section 86 of the Criminal Code of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hitler Youth is an "unconstitutional organisation" and the distribution or public use of its symbols, except for educational or research purposes, is illegal.

WWII NAZI RAD ARBEITSMAN SERVICE TUNIC & CAP WW2

Lot #316 (Sale Order 358 of 784)

Nice quality, 1939 pattern, earth brown wool/rayon blend tunic with a fine whipcord weave. Tunic features a six button front closure with a chocolate brown collar. Tunic has two pleated patch breast pockets with straight edged button down flaps and two diagonally angled slash hip pockets with forward edge curved button down flaps. Left pocket has award loops for one badge. The medal on the coat is a SA storm troops sports mdal. Reverse vertical tail skirt vent with dual buttons to top edge. Left sleeve has a unit assignment shield hand stitched on (original stitching). Black machine woven rayon base with machine woven inverted spade head in white with red "353/7". Matched pair of black felt collar tabs, with original stitching. Original NSDAP armband to the left sleeve. Tunic interior fully lined in tan ribbed cotton. Buttons are all the silver washed pebbled type and most retain all of their silver wash. Buttons look to be original stitching. Tunic in overall very good condition, roughly size 36" chest with moth damage primarily om the lower front right side. The overseas cap is of earth brown wool overseas cap with simulated fold-down side panels. Machine woven RAD enlisted cap badge is hand stitched to the front of the cap. Single ventilation grommet to either side. The interior is fully lined in white cotton/rayon. Cap is roughly a size 55. The basis of the Reichsarbeitsdienst (National Labor Service) dates back, at least, to 1929 with the formation of the AAD (Anhalt Arbeitsdienst) and the FAD-B (Freiwillingen Arbeitsdienst-Bayern). Shortly after Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor, (February 1933) the NSDAP consolidated these, and other labor organizations into the NSAD (Nationalsozialist Arbeitsdienst) a national labor service. In June 1935 the NSAD was re-designated RAD. On its inception RAD personnel retained the previously used NSAD uniform.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE RZ-16 PARACHUTE WW2

Lot #317 (Sale Order 359 of 784)

Complete WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger RZ16 parachute and harness as used in the battle of Crete, the only time German ever used a massive attack by the Air. Hitler felt the casualties were too high and the risk was too great. This original parachute is extremely rare as were most reconfigure to the RZ20 quick release specs. All straps and buckles work like a charm and comes with it's original camo parachute. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSFK ENLISTED RANKS TUNIC WW2

Lot #317a (Sale Order 360 of 784)

Unissued NSFK enlisted ranks tunic. This ones not been issued and therefore has no numbers on the right tab. Its very nice clean no mothing. Luftwaffe blue/gray wool open neck cut four pocket tunic has yellow twist cord piping to the collar each tab is blank with yellow piping and a single yellow piped shoulder board. Alum pebbled buttons all over. It comes with the Party wool armband period applied. Full gray cotton twill liner no markings, a mint tunic! Originally instituted in January 1932 the NSFK Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps, (National Socialist Flying Corps), was soon absorbed into the DLV, Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League). On April 17TH 1937 the NSFK, was reestablished and at the same time the DLV, was disbanded. The NSFK was mainly a voluntary organization with a small cadre of paid personnel. The NSFK’s mandate covered all aspects of civilian flight and the organization was divided into three main sections consisting of aircraft, balloons and glider flight. As an affiliate organization of the NSDAP, personnel serving with the NSFK originally wore the "Tradition Uniform" as other NSDAP related organizations with minor variations. On its reestablishment in April 1937 the NSFK introduced specific uniforms and headgear that were based on the uniforms utilized by the DLV with minor variations. Originally the 1937 pattern uniforms only utilized a single shoulder strap/board until regulations of July 1941 introduced wear of two shoulder straps/boards. Of Note: The NSFK service tunic was almost identical to the Luftwaffe pattern service tunic.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS OFFICERS GREATCOAT

Lot #317b (Sale Order 361 of 784)

Issued style Waffen SS M35 pattern greatcoat. Field-gray wool blend construction double breasted style full length greatcoat with a lay down collar. The greatcoat features dual vertical parallel rows of six front closure buttons with corresponding button holes on the left front panel and a single button hole on the right front panel. The greatcoat also has a single metal hook and eye at the neckline. There are provisions for slip on boards. No visible markings to the interior. Shows the expected light age and period use. Roughly a size 40" chest. There was obviously an SS officer's sleeve eagle and cufftitle on this coat. There is a light color change to the garment that can easily be seen where the insignia was. The Greatcoat was an essential uniform item issued to all ranks, with minor variations, and followed the basic design of the Imperial German army’s greatcoat. Originally SS personnel were issued a black service greatcoat, until the earth/grey greatcoat was introduced in 1935. In 1937 the first field-grey greatcoats were introduced along with a heavier surcoat intended for wear in conditions of extreme cold. The surcoats followed the basic design of the greatcoats with minor modifications. The surcoats were cut large enough to fit over the standard issue greatcoat, had an additional blanket lining and were normally only issued to stationary guard personnel and drivers of opened cab vehicles. The surcoat underwent minor modifications during the war and continued in use right up until the end.

WWII LUFTWAFFE SUMMER FLIGHT SUIT W HELMET GOGGLES

Lot #318 (Sale Order 362 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Complete flight suit grouping to include 1) K So/34 SUMMER FLIGHT SUIT. Early pattern, (pre-June 1940), one piece, coverall style, summer flight suit constructed in slightly mottled, white flecked, tan cotton with chocolate brown leather, alloy and sheet metal fittings. All buttons (with the exception of the front flap button), snaps and zippers looks to be complete and in good condition. The suit is in overall very good condition with minimal age and usage toning. The zippers are made by Ri Ri and still function. The snaps are all the "Prym" type and also still function. The flight suits were cut large to fit over the standard issue uniform and this example is roughly a size 42" chest. Nice makers tag with 1939 date. 2) "FK34" SUMMER FLIGHT HELMET. Five panel, tan linen construction summer flight helmet. Flight helmet without radio equipment as used by bomber crews, and for training in gliders and aircraft without radios. Nice original tag. 3) MODEL 306 FLIGHT GOGGLES. Standard teardrop, aviator style lenses with separate grey/green painted aluminum frames and rubber eye sockets. Rubber eye sockets are stitched to frames. Frames have five ventilation vents to both top and bottom edges and are joined together by an aluminum nose bridge with single screw fit adjustment. Nose bridge has impressed manufacturers initials and date, "MW 42". Goggles have a ribbed gray/tan elastic headband with sliding metal fit adjustment buckle. 4) Nice quality, multi-panel construction, Pst 4004E leather flight boots are roughly, 14 3/4", (37.5cm), tall from the top of the heel to the top of the back calf section. The boots have a stitched on, dual layer, central, vertical, spine to both the obverse and the reverse of the calves. The alloy zippers pull tabs have the stamped manufacturer’s name/logo, "Zipp", and "D.R.P.", indicating, Deutsche Reichs Patent, (German National Patent). The top edge of the outer calf sections have a small, horizontal, overlapping closure strap with a magnetic sheet metal, female, "Stocko", snap and a corresponding male snap positioned at the top edge of the zipper closure. The top edge of the calf sections also have an additional, horizontal, leather strap with three, evenly spaced, vertical, leather retaining loops and a matte grey painted, sheet metal, sliding, fit adjustment, gripper buckle. The boots have stacked leather heels and soles with non-skid, rubber, panels. Sections of the leather heels and the non-skid rubber panels. The boots are roughly North American size 10, or European size 44. All are excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT SERVICE UNIFORM

Lot #319 (Sale Order 363 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe Flight uniform to include 1) HAUPTGEFREITER'S FLIGHT SERVICE TUNIC Luftwaffe blue/gray wool/rayon blend construction tunic with a subtle whipcord weave features a vertical four button front closure with small fold back lapels and a lay down collar with yellow piping indicating flight personnel. Both collar tabs and shoulder boards are also in yellow for flight personnel. The tunic has two, pleated patch breast pockets and two pleated hip pockets all with button down flaps. The left breast has two vertical loops for wear of an award and a ribbon/medal bar. The straight cut non-adjustable sleeves have deep fold back French cuffs which are tacked in the upright position at both the inner and outer sleeve seams. The reverse of the tunic has a short central vertical tail skirt vent with two inserted silver washed stamped alloy pebbled belt support ramp buttons positioned at the top edge. The interior of the tunic is fully lined in ribbed, charcoal gray cotton/rayon material with striped rayon sleeves. The lining has a horizontal slash pocket to the left breast panel and still retains the dagger hanger. 2) Private purchased, Luftwaffe blue/gray, wool/rayon blend, construction breeches feature a vertical, four button French fly with an additional button positioned on the waistband. Buttons all look to be original stitching. The breeches are roughly size 34" waist with leather reinforced seat. Excellent The Reichsluftwaffe was official established on February 26TH 1935 as the third branch of service of the Armed Forces. On March 9TH 1935 the formation of the new Reichsluftwaffe was announced to the foreign press and on March 16TH conscription was reintroduced for all three branches of service. On May 21ST 1935 the Reichsluftwaffe designation was altered to Luftwaffe. The standard pattern service uniform was adopted by the Luftwaffe in March 1935, and was based on the uniform worn by personnel in the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), a civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, as early as 1933, with minor modifications. The 1935 pattern uniform tunic was designated Tuchrock, (Cloth tunic), and was worn open at the neck. On November 11TH 1938 a new pattern tunic was introduced that had allowances for it to be worn closed at the neck. The 1938 pattern tunic was designated Anzugrock, (Uniform tunic), and was intended to replace the 1935 pattern Tuchrock and Fliegerbluse, (Flight Blouse). The 1938 pattern tunic eventually did replace the Tuchrock, but not the Fliegerbluse. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase uniform items of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Colors), with yellow being chosen for flight personnel, units which was generally displayed as collar piping for EM/NCO’s, (discontinued in March 1940), on the collar tabs and as piping on the shoulder strap/boards of the service tunic. Originally NCO’s with the ranks of Unteroffizier to Stabsfeldwebel inclusively, were distinguished by the addition of bright silver/aluminum tress on the forward collar edge of the dress and service tunics, on the tropical and continental field blouses, as adornment on the shoulder straps and dress tunic cuffs and also as sleeve rank chevrons. On September 1ST 1942, the Luftwaffe following the army’s lead, introduced a new subdued matte blue/grey rayon tress for wear on the field uniform. Although the new subdued tress was intended to replace the highly visible bright silver/aluminum tress it continued in usage until the end of the war.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY M44 LOW QUARTER SHOES WW2

Lot #320 (Sale Order 364 of 784)

M44 low quarter hob nail shoes features three rows of hobnails with heel plate and toe cap. Approx. size 9. excellent. Besides the helmet, the tall marching boot is probably one of the most instantly recognizable items of the German military. However the German concern with leather shortages was evident as early as September 1939 when issue of the traditional tall leather marching boot was restricted to personnel serving in the field. Regulations in November 1939 shortened the tall leather marching boot in an attempt to conserve leather. In early 1940 the lace-up ankle boots were first introduced as a further leather conservation method and by 1941 the ankle boot was issued to all new recruits in place of the marching boot. By 1943 with escalating leather shortages the gaiter’s and lace up ankle boots were issued to all replacement personnel and manufacture of the tall marching boots was discontinued altogether. Of Note: Although the short lace-up ankle boots were completely serviceable they proved quite unpopular with the troops and a great deal of effort was put into the care and maintenance of the tall marching boots by those personnel who had retained them.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY INFANTRY TUNIC M40 WW2

Lot #321 (Sale Order 365 of 784)

Field-gray wool/rayon blend construction field blouse features a vertical five button front closure with a single metal hook and eye positioned at the neckline. The field blouse has four pleated front pockets with straight edged button down flaps. The breast pocket are the basic patch type while the hip pockets are the saddlebag type with expanding side panels. Super nice pair of original infantry slip on straps. Nice size and Rbnr# markings and is dated 1940. The field blouse is roughly size 38 to 40" chest. Super nice tunic and in great condition. The M40 field blouse was basically a continuation of the modifications of the M33 field blouse which had evolved into the M36 field blouse. Modifications to the M36 field blouse included alteration of the bright silver/aluminum NCO tress and rank chevrons to a less visible subdued matte grey tress in April 1940, and changing the blue/green badge cloth collar to a field-grey basic cloth collar in May 1940. These alterations resulted in the M40 field blouse. Of Note: Although the bright silver/aluminum NCO tress and rank chevrons were to be replaced with the less visible subdued matte grey tress, it is not uncommon to find the brighter tress still in use on the M40 or even later produced field blouses. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kliederkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE STRAIGHT LEG TROUSERS WW2

Lot #322 (Sale Order 366 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, wool construction, straight legged dress pants feature a vertical French fly with a four button closure. Shows the expected age and use. The pants are roughly size 36" waist. The German army utilized a wide variety of long trousers and breeches including the M35 dress pants, the standard straight legged long pants, assorted breeches, drill and field pants, tapered "keilhose" pants and assorted specialized pants designed for specific branch of service personnel such as the Mountain troopers pants and the Panzer and Assault Gunner’s pants. The standard issue long pants were a basic uniform item for all unmounted personnel and was obligatory wear for all ranks for the field dress. The long pants were also worn by EM/NCO’s with the service, guard and reporting dress and by NCO’s with the undress uniform. The long pants with branch of service piping down the outside leg seams were introduced in June 1935 and were also worn by unmounted EM/NCO’s with the parade dress and by all ranks with the walking out dress. Originally the long pants were produced in stone grey fabric until 1940 when regulations dictated that newly produced long pants be constructed in field-grey fabric. Further production of the piped parade/walking out pants was discontinued at the out break of the war but could still be obtained as a custom made, private purchase option. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT SERVICE UNIFORM

Lot #323 (Sale Order 367 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe Flight uniform to include 1) FELWEBEL'S FLIGHT SERVICE TUNIC Luftwaffe blue/gray wool/rayon blend construction tunic with a subtle whipcord weave features a vertical four button front closure with small fold back lapels and a lay down collar with yellow piping indicating flight personnel. Both collar tabs and shoulder boards are also in yellow for flight personnel. The tunic has two, pleated patch breast pockets and two pleated hip pockets all with button down flaps. The left breast has two vertical loops for wear of an award and a ribbon/medal bar. The straight cut non-adjustable sleeves have deep fold back French cuffs which are tacked in the upright position at both the inner and outer sleeve seams. The reverse of the tunic has a short central vertical tail skirt vent with two inserted silver washed stamped alloy pebbled belt support ramp buttons positioned at the top edge. The interior of the tunic is fully lined in ribbed, charcoal gray cotton/rayon material with striped rayon sleeves. The lining has a horizontal slash pocket to the left breast panel and still retains the dagger hanger. 2) EM/NCO'S LONG PANTS. Private purchase, Luftwaffe blue/gray wool/rayon blend construction EM/NCO’s long pants feature a vertical, four button French fly with an additional button at the waistband. The pants have two diagonally angled, zippered slash front pockets. The waistband has eight buttons for the suspenders. The reverse of the pants also have two small vertical tapering darts and a horizontal fit adjustment straps with corresponding, blued, sheet metal, gripper buckle. The pants are roughly size 34" waist. Nice!! The Reichsluftwaffe was official established on February 26TH 1935 as the third branch of service of the Armed Forces. On March 9TH 1935 the formation of the new Reichsluftwaffe was announced to the foreign press and on March 16TH conscription was reintroduced for all three branches of service. On May 21ST 1935 the Reichsluftwaffe designation was altered to Luftwaffe. The standard pattern service uniform was adopted by the Luftwaffe in March 1935, and was based on the uniform worn by personnel in the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), a civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, as early as 1933, with minor modifications. The 1935 pattern uniform tunic was designated Tuchrock, (Cloth tunic), and was worn open at the neck. On November 11TH 1938 a new pattern tunic was introduced that had allowances for it to be worn closed at the neck. The 1938 pattern tunic was designated Anzugrock, (Uniform tunic), and was intended to replace the 1935 pattern Tuchrock and Fliegerbluse, (Flight Blouse). The 1938 pattern tunic eventually did replace the Tuchrock, but not the Fliegerbluse. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase uniform items of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Colors), with yellow being chosen for flight personnel, units which was generally displayed as collar piping for EM/NCO’s, (discontinued in March 1940), on the collar tabs and as piping on the shoulder strap/boards of the service tunic. Originally NCO’s with the ranks of Unteroffizier to Stabsfeldwebel inclusively, were distinguished by the addition of bright silver/aluminum tress on the forward collar edge of the dress and service tunics, on the tropical and continental field blouses, as adornment on the shoulder straps and dress tunic cuffs and also as sleeve rank chevrons. On September 1ST 1942, the Luftwaffe following the army’s lead, introduced a new subdued matte blue/grey rayon tress for wear on the field uniform. Although the new subdued tress was intended to replace the highly visible bright silver/aluminum tress it continued in usage until the end of the war.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY M44 LOW QUARTER SHOES WW2

Lot #324 (Sale Order 368 of 784)

M44 low quarter hob nail shoes features five rows of hobnails with heel plate and toe cap. Approx. size 9. excellent. Besides the helmet, the tall marching boot is probably one of the most instantly recognizable items of the German military. However the German concern with leather shortages was evident as early as September 1939 when issue of the traditional tall leather marching boot was restricted to personnel serving in the field. Regulations in November 1939 shortened the tall leather marching boot in an attempt to conserve leather. In early 1940 the lace-up ankle boots were first introduced as a further leather conservation method and by 1941 the ankle boot was issued to all new recruits in place of the marching boot. By 1943 with escalating leather shortages the gaiter’s and lace up ankle boots were issued to all replacement personnel and manufacture of the tall marching boots was discontinued altogether. Of Note: Although the short lace-up ankle boots were completely serviceable they proved quite unpopular with the troops and a great deal of effort was put into the care and maintenance of the tall marching boots by those personnel who had retained them.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M42 COMBAT HELMET W/ LINER WW2

Lot #325 (Sale Order 369 of 784)

This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about 90% of its original field-gray paint. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 liner in place. Leather is still fully intact with all the fingers. Marked "EF66" "2442", indicating manufacture by Emaillierwerk, AG Fulda, size 66. Still retains the original chinstrap as well. Excellent. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M42 HELMET W/ LINER WW2

Lot #326 (Sale Order 370 of 784)

This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about 90% of its original field-gray paint. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 liner in place. Leather is still fully intact with all the fingers. Marked "CKL64 " "5659", indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M42 SINGLE DECAL HELMET WW2

Lot #327 (Sale Order 371 of 784)

Helmet retains a good portion of its rough textured Luftwaffe grey paint. Second pattern Luftwaffe eagle decal is retained about 50%. All three liner retaining rivets intact. M31 tan leather liner is complete. The reverse interior neck guard apron is lot number stamped, "2019" and the interior left side apron has stamped manufacturers code and size, "ET64", indicating manufacture by indicating manufacture byEisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. Complete original chinstrap. Nice untouched helmet. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, (Iron and Foundry Works), in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER M40 HELMET W/ LINER WW2

Lot #328 (Sale Order 372 of 784)

The stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about 65% tp 70% of its slightly rough textured, age darkened field-grey paint with numerous small surface scratches and minor surface spotting. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 style, leather liner with all of its fingers intact. The liner is in overall good condition with light age and usage toning and it has started to stiffen with age. Original size adjustment string is present. The reverse interior neck guard apron has a stamped serial number, "5219", and the interior left side apron has the stamped manufacturers code and size, "E.T. 64", indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. Period worn and used example The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE M40 HELMET W/ LINER WW2

Lot #329 (Sale Order 373 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains 95% of its original rough textured paint. The left side of the helmet has a second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), black detailed, silvery/white, Luftwaffe eagle decal, clutching a canted swastika in one talon. The decal is retained 30%. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 leather liner with with significant wear. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron is serial number stamped, "463" and the interior, left side, apron has the stamped manufacturer’s code and size, "ET64", indicating manufacture byEisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, (Iron and Foundry Works), in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ID'ed KRIEGSMARINE M42 HELMET WW2

Lot #330 (Sale Order 374 of 784)

WWII decal removed M42 Nazi Kriegsmarine helmet named to Zygmunt Tydda 04312/R and is named as such to the rear liner and skirt of the helmet. ET64 and has a lot number of 1399. helmet is complete with liner size marked 57 and chinstrap and overall is in excellent condition. This helmet was purchased from a descendant in the family and a very interesting thread was opened on Wehrmacht Awards and can be seen here: www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=965270 This link with share an email from the Grandson of Mr. Tydda explaining how he was Polish and was conscripted by the Germans to be in the Kriegsmarine and was captured by the Royal Navy and found out he was of Polish descent and was turned by Allies forces and joined the OSS. It makes for an interesting read, The lot number according to Brian Ice's booklet on German Helmet Lot Number's does show that the helmet lot number does in fact show going to the Kriegsmarine.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M40 LUFTSCHUTZ HELMET WW2

Lot #330a (Sale Order 375 of 784)

Luftschutz combat helmet, M40 style, with leather liner and chinstrap and cork. Sweatband / crown leather is stamped "57" and is missing the string in the center. Very Good

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH INSIGNIA GROUPING

Lot #332 (Sale Order 376 of 784)

WWII Nazi German insignia grouping to consist of 1) HJ HITLER YOUTH ARMBAND PRINTED. Single piece, printed cotton construction armband features a red base field with a central, white, horizontal stripe, with a white diamond with a canted black swastika to the center. Nice worn and used example showing the expected age and wear. 2) HJ MEMBERSHIP BADGE. Roughly 25mm tall, 14mm wide, die struck alloy, diamond shaped badge with red, white and black enamel work. The vertical diamond badge features translucent red enamel with an underlying pebbled field to the top and bottom quarters and solid white enamel to the side quarters. The center of the badge has a diamond with a central canted black enamel swastika. Pin back device intact. M1/14 indicating the maker Matth. Oechsler & Sohn of Ansbach. 3) DJ MARKSMAN'S BADGE. A approximately 22mm diameter, convex alloy badge, whose obverse features four concentric silver-washed rings against a black enamel background, to the center of which is affixed the single DJ sigrune, with crossed, silver-washed rifles behind it. The 9mm tall sigrune is in white enamel with a silver border. A horizontal pin-back device is crimped to a circular plate soldered to its reverse. Above the plate is embossed an RZM, "Reichszeugmeisterei" (National-material-control-office), logo and "M1/66" indicating the maker Fritz Kohm of Pforzheim. 4) HJ MEMBERSHIP BADGE. Roughly 25mm tall, 14mm wide, die struck alloy, diamond shaped badge with red, white and black enamel work. The vertical diamond badge features translucent red enamel with an underlying pebbled field to the top and bottom quarters and solid white enamel to the side quarters. The center of the badge has a diamond with a central canted black enamel swastika. Pin back device intact. 5) 1937 YOUTH FESTIVAL BADGE. A stamped alloy badge with a silver wash. The badge takes the form of a stylized eagle upon whose breast is the HJ diamond and swastika, with "Deutsches" scrolled above and "Jugendfest 1937" below. To the unmarked reverse is a horizontal pin-back device. 6) HJ PROFICIENCY BADGE IN SILVER. The stamped, polished alloy award is in the form of a Tyr-rune with a circle superimposed to it, upon which is embossed, in runic script, "Für Leistungen In Der H.J." (For Proficiency In The H.J.), encompassing a mobile swastika. To the reverse is a raised RZM mark, "M1/34" indicating manufacture by Karl Wurster Markneukirchen. The pin-back device is intact and the badge is numbered 45589. 7) HJ HITLER YOUTH ARMBAND. Multi piece, cotton construction armband features a red base field with a central, white, horizontal stripe, with a white diamond with a canted black swastika to the center. Nice worn and used example showing the expected age and wear. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker's Party), under control of the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth). Although German youth organizations had worn armbands as early as 1923, it wasn't until 1933 that regulations decreed the official pattern armband for wear by all HJ members. The armband was worn on the upper left sleeve on almost all uniforms of HJ members as organizational identifying insignia.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #333 (Sale Order 377 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, Luftwaffe blue/gray, wool/tricot blend construction visor cap, features a black, horizontally ribbed, interwoven, mohair centerband, and golden yellow wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. Nice quality, 2nd pattern, Luftwaffe insignia to the front of the cap.The cap has an interwoven, twisted silver/aluminum braid chin cord which is secured to the cap by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, leather visor with a machine stitched, simulated leather lip to the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in orange oilcloth. The crown lining has a clear celluloid sweat rhomboid with a small, opened ended, "pocket" near the forward edge. The interior of the cap also has a wide, tan ersatz sweatband with ventilation perforations to the front forehead section, intact. Excellent condition and a nice size 56 1/2. Visor caps were a standard item for all military personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with, based on the individual’s rank. On its inception on February 26TH 1935, the Luftwaffe, (Air-{Weapon}, Force), adopted most of the uniform items of the earlier DLV, Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, including the visor cap. In March 1935 the earlier, "Tellerform", saucer shaped, caps were replaced with a new a "Sattelform" saddle shaped, cap with a higher front peak and an oval shaped top. The insignia utilized on the visor caps consisted of the Luftwaffe style national eagle as introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935 along with a new, winged, wreath and the national tri-color cockade. The original, first pattern, Luftwaffe style, national eagle was utilized until a slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. The visor caps for Company and Field grade Officers, holding the ranks of Leutnant up to Oberst were distinguished from EM/NCO’s caps by bright, silver/aluminum piping and a silver/aluminum chin cord while Officers holding Generals ranks of Generalmajor up to Reichsmarschall utilized gold colored fittings. EM/NCO ranks visor caps utilized the appropriate waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), piping and blackened leather chinstraps. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with golden yellow being chosen for Flieger, (Flight), personnel which was displayed as piping on EM/NCO’s visor caps.

WWII NAZI GERMAN BADGE LOT NSDAP HJ NSKOV WW2

Lot #334 (Sale Order 378 of 784)

WWII Nazi German insignia grouping to consist 1) FORTY YEAR FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION. Die struck alloy, first class award with a fire gilt finish and black enamel work. The decoration is in the form of a cross Pattée with an embossed circular oak-leaf wreath extending between the arms of the cross. The center of the cross has a square plate with a black enameled static swastika to the obverse and embossed Gothic script to the reverse, "Für treue Dienste", (For Loyal Service). The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with smooth, dual stepped, raised outer edges. The fire gilt finish and the black enamel are both fully intact and the decoration is still very bright and clean. The ribbon suspension ring and loop are both intact. The decoration comes complete with an original piece of ribbed, moiré, cornflower blue ribbon with a brass pin back device handstitched to the reverse top edge. 2) TWENTY-FIVE YEAR FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION. A second class, die struck alloy decoration with nickel-silver plated highlights, a frosted white finish and a black enamel swastika. The decoration is in the form of a cross Pattée with a circular oak-leaf wreath extending between the arms of the cross. The center of the cross has a square plate with a black enameled static swastika to the obverse, and the embossed Gothic script to the reverse, "Für treue Dienste" (For Loyal Service). The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, dual stepped, raised outer edge. Complete with original ribbon with pin-back device. 3) NSDAP 1933 NATIONAL PARTY DAY BADGE. Solid, die-struck, tombak construction badge measures 34mm x 53mm. Badge takes the form of a large political eagle with swastika perched over the city of Nürnberg. Badge reads "N.S.D.A.P. REICHSPARTEITAG NÜRNBERG 1933". Pin back device is complete. Unmarked. Very nice crisp details, attractive badge. 4) ESSEN 1925-1935 BADGE. Gilt washed, die-struck, aluminum construction badge. Features crossed hammer and a sword with the dates "1925, 1935". Complete with original pin back device. Maker marked Hoffstätter, Berlin. 5) NSRL/DRL 1938 BRESLAU SPORTS BADGE. Roughly 42mm diameter. "Deursches Turn-u.Sportfest Breslau 1938". Complete with original pinback device. Maker marked. 6) NS-RKB FIFTY MEMBER'S PIN. A gilt washed and enameled, 24mm x 20mm, lapel pin comprised of a gilt washed oak-leaf wreath encompassing a translucent red enamel shield, bordered in silver, with a silver bordered black enamel Iron Cross with a mobile swastika to its center. To the top of the pin is the number "50" in gilt on a black enamel, bordered in gilt, circular base. The reverse is marked with "Ges. Gesch" and "4". Its pin-back device is fully intact. 7) Gautag 1936 Koblenz Trier Tinnie Pin Badge. Metal tinnie features an eagle clutching a swastika overlooking a map of the Saar. Back has a a safety type pin and catch. Measures about 52 mm x 38 mm. 8) DAF WERKSCHAR SLEEVE DIAMOND. 42mm x 42mm rhomboid black wool base over a buckram backing. Affixed to the front is the typical DAF fourteen tooth cog wheel encompassing a canted swastika. 9) WAR MERIT CROSS 2ND CLASS WITH SWORDS. Die struck zinc construction bravery award is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed, canted, swastika encircled by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath to the obverse. The reverse centerpiece has the embossed date,"1939", which is also encompassed by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath. The background field of both the obverse and reverse centerpieces is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges. The swords, indicating bravery, emanated upward, between the arms of the cross. The ribbon suspension ring and medal loop are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. 10) 1936 German Cycling Federation District Champions Medal. (Deutscher Radfahrer-Verband = DRV): Silvered copper, obverse illustrating crossed flags of the DRV and Nazi Germany, the Olympic rings above and a flame flanked by oak leaves below, surrounded by the inscription "IM JAHRE DER OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE", reverse inscribed "1936" inside a full wreath of oak leaves, inscribed "GAUMEISTER" above and "D.R.V" below, the inscriptions separated by a single oak leaf on either side, 55 mm.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CAR PENNANT WITH UNUSUAL BORDER

Lot #335 (Sale Order 379 of 784)

A multi-piece cotton construction pennant 9 X 13 inches. Sewn to either side of its dual-ply red field are 5 1/4 diameter white disks each with a black mobile swastika. Original black, red and white rope border. Both hoist rings are also still present. With a deep understanding of pageantry and symbolism, and its propaganda and psychological effectiveness, the NSDAP went to great lengths to reinforce their political party to the general populace of Germany, with repetitive slogans and the omnipresent use of the swastika. Swastikas adorned flags, banners and pennants and were utilized at every possible opportunity.

WWII NAZI GERMAN AFRIKAKORPS USED BINOCULARS WW2

Lot #336 (Sale Order 380 of 784)

Tooled alloy and aluminum construction 6 x 30 power binoculars with black Bakelite and simulated leather fittings. The lens bodies retains most of it's tan finish. The binoculars have molded, brown Bakelite eye sockets which are fully intact and the focus adjustment still functions. The optics are clean. The right lens has a horizontal reticule pattern with vertical bars emanating from the center, outward, to either side in increments of 10 degrees up to 40 degrees to each side. The central lens joining bracket with swivel width adjustment is intact and still functions. The right hand side, ocular end, body panel is well marked with the impressed designation "Dienstglas 6 x 30" (Service Glasses), serial number, "121444" and the grid-scale designation, "H/6400". The left hand side, ocular end, body panel is also well marked with impressed manufacturers code CAG indicating the maker D. Swarovski Glasfabrik und Tyrolit-Schleifmittelwerke of Wattens/Tirol. Comes with its original Bakelite case that is period painted with a palm tree with a canted swastika to the center. On the other side of the case is the text "A.K. Switsfaun". Reverse belt straps are all complete to the case. Also included is the original shoulder strap. Excellent

WWII NAZI LUFTWAFFE Hermann Göring CUFFTITLE WW2

Lot #337 (Sale Order 381 of 784)

Roughly 35mm tall by 28cm long, later (circa May 1942-May 1945) final pattern deep navy blue wool construction cufftitle with heavy machine embroidered block letter Latin script "Hermann Göring" in silvery/white rayon threads. The cufftitle has the typical opened back construction with the top and bottom edges folded over and machine stitched to the reverse. Removed from a uniform.

WW2 NAZI GERMAN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS VISOR CAP

Lot #338 (Sale Order 382 of 784)

Private purchase field-gray doeskin visor cap with blue/green centerband and dark green wool waffenfarbe to crown edge and top and bottom of centerband. The front center of the cap features a second pattern, (circa 1935-1945), silver washed, stamped aluminum, national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons. The eagle is secured to the cap by two, bent over prongs on the reverse. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern, (circa 1935-1945) silver washed, stamped aluminum, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a separate, high vaunted, three piece, stamped alloy, national tri-color cockade. Both the wreath and cockade are secured to the cap by bent over prongs on the reverse. Black vulcanfibre visor with raised lip to forward edge. Gold rayon lined and still retains some of its original sweat diamond. Leather sweatband is solid and without damage. Roughly a size 56. Visor caps were a standard item for all armed forces personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individual’s rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era, pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer’s ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The German army had a tradition, dating from the 1700's, of maintaining a separate branch of Administrative Officials attached to the army to oversee all administrative functions, thus freeing up active army Officers and allowing them to concentrate on actual military matters. The Officials were responsible for a wide variety of administrative tasks from Court Martial, Librarian, Supply, Technical and Meteorological Services, to School, Barracks, and Hospital administration. Most Officials careers consisted of four varying grades, of high, elevated, medium and low grade with slightly differing identifying insignia for each grade. The grade of the career was determined by the education and/or experience of the individual. During the Reichswehr era the Officials were divided into military and civilian personnel until December 22ND 1934 when the German High Command did away with the differentiation and consolidate all the Officials into the newly formed Wehrmachtbeamte-Heer, (Armed Forces Officials-Army). Regulations of March 12TH 1937 reorganized the Officials and instituted the new Beamte auf Kriegsdauer a.K., (Wartime Officials for the duration of the war), to be activated in times of mobilization. Originally the uniformed Officials were allotted an identifying, dark green waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with a nebenfarbe, (secondary color), to indicate their actual career. Regulations of March 21ST 1940, replaced the assorted nebenfarbe colors with a secondary color of light grey for all Officials regardless of career or function. On the visor cap the Officials only utilized the dark green waffenfarbe as piping without the secondary, career nebenfarben. Administrative Officials were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMBAND LOT SA HEER NSDAP WW2

Lot #339 (Sale Order 383 of 784)

WWII Nazi German armband lot to include 1) NON-MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ARMBAND. Woven golden yellow cotton construction armband with a black, machine woven, stylized national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons to the obverse center. The top and bottom edges of the armband have interwoven rows of reinforcement stitching and the reverse of the armband has a machine stitched, vertical, seam. 2) NSDAP MEMBER'S ARMBAND. An early red cotton armband, upon which is sewn an approximately 9cm diameter white disk, with a separate black mobile swastika. 3) NSDAP IDENTIFICATION CUFFTITLE. A 45cm x 52mm, printed cotton-rayon blend cuff band, whose red base is interrupted by a 40mm diameter white disk with a black, mobile swastika to it. Its upper and lower edges are folded back and sewn unto themselves to the reverse. Very light age toning, nice clean example. 4) SA MILITARY DEFENSE/TEAM SPORTS ARMBAND. The approximately 10cm x 45cm red cotton armband has a 9cm diameter white field sewn to it, upon which is the SA sports badge machine woven in copper-colored threads. The SA sports badge is in the form of an upright short sword against a mobile swastika surrounded by an oak leaf wreath. The armband's vertical seam is to the reverse.

WWII NAZI GERMAN INFANTRY EM/NCO'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #340 (Sale Order 384 of 784)

Private purchase visor cap with field-gray wool body and crown with a subtle whipcord weave. Cap features a blue/green badge cloth centerband and white rayon waffenfarbe to crown edge and top and bottom edges of centerband. Front center of cap has a stamped, second pattern, natural aluminum, national eagle and front center of centerband has a second pattern, stamped, alloy oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece, high relief, national tri-color cockade all intact. Blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, sheet metal retaining buckles and two black painted, rectangular, length adjustment buckles. Chinstrap is secured to cap by two, small, smooth finish, black painted, magnetic sheet metal buttons. Black vulcanfibre visor with raised lip near forward edge. Interior of cap is fully lined in golden rayon. Celluloid sweat diamond is missing. Beautiful makers label to Rudolf Beckert Deutsche Arbeit of Dessau. Interior of cap also has a wide leather sweatband. Roughly a size 57. Visor caps were a standard item for all personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap.

WWII NAZI GERMAN COMBAT ENGINEER VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #341 (Sale Order 385 of 784)

Nice quality, issued, visor cap with a field-gray wool and rayon blend body and crown and a blue/green badge cloth centerband with black wool waffenfarbe to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The front center of the cap has a silver washed, stamped alloy, second pattern, national eagle. The front center of the centerband has a second pattern, stamped, polished natural aluminum, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece, high relief, national tri-color cockade. The cap has a blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, sheet metal retaining clips and two black painted, vertically oval, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, smooth finish, black painted, magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended, black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip at the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in orange, issue quality, cloth. Sweatshield is now missing. The interior of the cap also has a complete original leather sweatband. Size marked 56. Unit marked on the reverse of the sweatband S./Pi.20 I. Nice clean cap. Visor caps were a standard item for all personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap. The different branches of service within the army were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with black being chosen for Pionier, (Combat Engineer), personnel, which was displayed as piping on the visor cap for EM/NCO’s and Company and Field grade officers. Of Note: As the spearhead troops, personnel serving with an Engineer unit, generally experienced higher casualties rates then standard units. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN OFFICER HBT COMBAT FIELD BLOUSE

Lot #342 (Sale Order 386 of 784)

Reed green cotton/rayon blend construction field blouse with an HBT weave, features a vertical, six button, front closure with a single metal hook and eye positioned at the forward neckline. The field blouse has four, non-pleated front pockets with straight edged button down flaps. The breast pockets are the basic patch type while the hip pockets are the saddlebag type with expanding side panels. The side panels of the field blouse each have three, vertically aligned, stitched eyelets at the waistline for the belt support hooks. The reverse of the field blouse has a short, central, vertical, tail skirt vent and two, vertical, tapering darts. The straight cut sleeve cuffs have a small, vertical, slash to the outside seams with dual fit adjustment buttons to each. The fabric shoulder strap retaining loops and pebbled alloy buttons are intact. Slip on shoulder boards of matte, silver/aluminum Russian braid mounted on white wool waffenfarbe bases. The field blouse has a lay down collar with the typical zig-zag reinforcement stitching to the reverse. The collar features the second pattern, officer collar tabs as introduced on May 9TH 1940 for wear. The machine woven, collar tabs feature light gray, litzen with mouse gray, branch of service and center stripes. The collar tabs are machine stitched directly to the collar with green backing material. M44 Breast eagle is machine woven with out-stretched wings in matte gray threads on an inverted, woven, green rayon, triangular base and is machine sewn to the uniform. The unlined interior of the field blouse has gray rayon reinforcement panels to each side panel and around the armpits. The interior side panels each have a vertical, reed/green, cotton/rayon strap with six stitched eyelets to each for the belt support hooks positioned at the waistline. The forward right tail skirt has a rayon field dressing pocket with a single button closure. All three collar liner buttons are intact. Nice size marking and maker markings on the dressing pocket. Of Note: The RB numbers, Reichsbetriebnummer, (National factory code numbers), were introduced in late 1942 and were intended to replace the manufacturers marks on garments and equipment to conceal the manufactures name and location from the allies, to prevent bombing raids on German industrial factories. The front closure and exterior pocket buttons are all the removable, field-grey painted, pebbled alloy and sheet metal types secured by circular "S" rings. The shoulder strap buttons are also the field-grey painted, pebbled, alloy type but are stitched in place. The buttons all retain the large majority of their field-gray paint. The cuff, field dressing pocket and collar liner buttons are all the ersatz, pressed, natural tan, cardboard type and appear to have their original stitching. The field blouse is roughly size 40" chest. Untouched tunic in a very large size, nice! HBT, (Herring Bone Twill), uniforms were originally introduced on April 1ST 1933 to be utilized as a drill uniform and save wear and tear on the service uniform and field blouse. Regulations prescribed that the drill uniform was the basic uniform to worn by all new recruits for most daily functions. Originally the drill uniforms were constructed in natural, unbleached cotton with an HBT weave that proved especially durable but impractical due to easy soiling. On February 12TH 1940 the color of the drill uniforms was altered to a more practical reed green coloration. When utilized as a drill tunic the garments were issued with no insignia with only EM/NCO sleeve rank and collar trim insignia applied to donate the wearers rank. The drill uniforms were utilized for the duration of the war with minor modifications and in early 1942 a modified drill tunic was introduced for wear as a summer combat field blouse and followed the basic modifications of the standard issue field blouse through-out the war. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SCHUTZPOLIZEI NCO'S POLICE SHAKO

Lot #343 (Sale Order 387 of 784)

Nice quality 1936 pattern Shutzpolizei (Protection Police) NCO’s Shako consisting of a molded black vulcanfibre body with a slightly mottled police green wool covering to the exterior with some moth damage throughout. The body of the Shako has an extruding humped curve reverse with black lacquered downward sloping front and rear vulcanfibre visors and a circular "coffee can" style top. Both the front and rear visors are secured to the Shako by a narrow horizontal strip of blackened leather which is machine stitched all along the bottom edge. The circular, black lacquered vulcanfibre, "coffee can", style top is also secured to the Shako by a row of horizontal stitching running through small evenly spaced puncture holes. Each side of the Shako body has two small, screened ventilation holes situated just below the crown seam with internal sliding vent closure panels permitting the forward vent to be closed. The front center of the Shako has a large, high relief stamped natural aluminum second pattern wreathed Police eagle emblem. The eagle shows nice detailing and is nicely con vexed to fit the contours of the Shako. The eagle and wreath are still quite clean and bright. The eagle is secured to the Shako by two small screw threaded retaining post being inserted through two small holes in the body with retaining nuts that are visible in the interior. The front center of the Shako also has a small stitch reinforced horizontal slash to accommodate the national tri-color cockade retaining wires. The Shako has a stamped alloy vertically oval national tri-color cockade with five silver washed simulated twisted rope outer edge encompassing a single black painted simulated twisted rope inner edge a single silver washed ribbed inner trim and a red painted recessed centerpiece. The bottom edge of the cockade has an extended wire loop to secure it to the Shako. The Shako has a blackened leather chinstrap with dual natural aluminum sliding length adjustment buckles and natural aluminum retaining rings. The retaining rings are secured onto extended M1891 pattern natural aluminum chinstrap side posts which are positioned on each side of the Shako’s body. The interior of the Shako has a nine finger natural tan leather construction liner with ventilation perforations to the front forehead section. Roughly a size 56. Excellent The origins of the distinctive Shako has been somewhat shrouded with the passing of time with some military historians accrediting the French with its development in the 1780's, based on the design of the civilian top hat, while others acclaim that it was based on the Austro-Hungarian or Bavarian Casquette headgear that was introduced at roughly the same time. It is known, however, that the Shako was originally adopted by the Prussian army as a experimental model in 1801 and was the standard headgear utilized by Jäger and Schützen personnel during the Napoleonic Wars. The 1801 pattern shako went through numerous modifications and in March 1854 a new pattern was officially adopted by Jäger and Schnelle Truppen, (Light Infantry and Mobile Troops). Further minor modifications to the Shako occurred in 1860, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1897, and 1915. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new dress regulations introduced a slightly modified version of the Shako for wear by all civil police personnel with minor variations.

WWII NAZI GERMAN INFANTRY EM/NCO'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #344 (Sale Order 388 of 784)

Private purchase visor cap with field-gray wool body and crown with a subtle whipcord weave. Cap features a blue/green badge cloth centerband and white rayon waffenfarbe to crown edge and top and bottom edges of centerband. Front center of cap has a stamped, second pattern, natural aluminum, national eagle and front center of centerband has a second pattern, stamped, alloy oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece, high relief, national tri-color cockade all intact. Blackened patent leather chinstrap intact with two, black painted, rectangular, sheet metal retaining buckles and two black painted, rectangular, length adjustment buckles. Chinstrap is secured to cap by two, small, smooth finish, black painted, magnetic sheet metal buttons. Black vulcanfibre visor with raised lip near forward edge. Interior of cap is fully lined in gray rayon. Celluloid sweat diamond is present. Maker marked to Hansa. Interior of cap also has a wide gray leatherette sweatband. Roughly a size 57. Excellent Visor caps were a standard item for all personnel during the Third Reich period and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Originally the insignia worn on the visor caps consisted of the Weimar Reichswehr pattern oak-leaf wreath and cockade and a blackened leather chinstrap for all ranks. In February 1927 new chin cords for Officer ranks were introduced with silver cords for the ranks of Leutnant to Oberst and gilt cords for the ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall. On March 14TH 1933 the Reichswehr’s oval black, red and gold cockade was replaced with a circular cockade in black, white, and red and on February 17TH 1934 the Third Reich pattern national eagle for the army was officially introduced for wear on the visor cap. In March 1935 a new, more detailed, pattern wreath and cockade and a second, larger pattern national eagle were also introduced for wear and in late 1935 regulations altered the Reichswehr era field-grey colored centerband to a dark blue/green coloration which was utilized until the end of the war. Further regulations of February 26TH 1936 also permitted senior NCO’s who were Officer Candidates to wear the Officers twisted silver/aluminum chin cord on their visor caps as opposed to the standard EM/NCO’s leather chinstrap.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HEER WINTER FUR CAP WW2

Lot #345 (Sale Order 389 of 784)

Field-gray wool construction cap with rabbit fur front, fold down side ear lugs and back panels. Tie-string complete. Quilted rayon liner. Maker marked and size marked 57. Dated for 1944. Heer metal eagle attached to the front. Nice cap. The severe cold encountered on the Russian front in the winter of 1941/42 found the Germans completely unprepared not only in heat retaining cold weather garments but also snow camouflage garments. This resulted in numerous, hastily improvised and makeshift heat retaining and snow camouflage items being utilized including everything from civilian winter clothing to white bed sheets. After the winter of 1941/42 the Oberkommando des Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces), recognized the need for heavier winter clothing and testing began in the spring of 1942 to develop suitable garments. In April 1942 Hitler approved the chosen design, and the first models were issued in the autumn of that year, included assorted winter fur caps. The fur caps were a standard issue item and were distributed to all EM/NCO’s for the winter season, (September 15TH to April 15TH), with other winter garments and were to be returned to the units storage depot at the end of the season for storage, repair and cleaning to be reissued the following September. Originally Officers and senior NCO’s responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear were required to purchase the new winter garments until regulations of December 1942 extended the issue winter clothing to all ranks in the colder theatres of operation. Although there was no official standard model of the fur cap the most commonly encountered type followed the basic pattern of the Mountain and M43 caps with fold down back and side panels designed to protect the wearers ears and neck.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMBAND LOT HEER REICHSPOST HJ

Lot #346 (Sale Order 390 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Armband armbands to include 1) "DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT" ARMBAND. Roughly, 10.5cm tall, 36cm long, woven, yellow cotton construction armband with machine woven, black, Gothic script in two lines to the obverse, "Deutsche Wehrmacht", (German Armed Forces). The top and bottom edges of the armband have interwoven rows of reinforcement stitching and the reverse of the armband has a machine stitched, vertical seam. 2) HJ MEMBER'S ARMBAND. A mid production, three-piece construction, red cotton armband. The armband has a central white horizontal stripe, with a white diamond and a machine woven construction black mobile swastika. 3) NAZI DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST ARMBAND. German postal worker's armband is entirely of machine woven construction, black thread on a green cotton blended backing, BeVo embroidered. The seamed reverse includes the woven name and location of the manufacturer, Wuppertal.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE 1st MODEL SWORD WW2

Lot #347 (Sale Order 391 of 784)

This Luftwaffe Sword has never been cleaned and as a result the solid nickel mounts do show quite a bit of patination. The pommel is an excellent example, having no hits to the rim edges. The rim is stamped with a fine decoration of connected oak leaves and acorns, and it has the medallion insert style sun-wheel swastika. The crossguard has the same medallion inserts although in this case it appears as though the silvering is intact. The guard is the three section variety, which slopes downward and bears good, enhanced feathering. The grip is a carved wood base, and is covered with a fine blue Moroccan leather. This leather shows some usage with scuffs here and there with some loss to the bottom of the grip. The grip is tightly wrapped with springy copper wire. The scabbard shell of this piece is also covered in Moroccan leather. There is a tape repair to the lower portion. The scabbard mounts are the matching nickel-silver types, in good condition. They are retained by headless side screws. The blade is in excellent condition, with highest quality nickel-plated surfaces. It is marked on the reverse ricasso, David Malsch. Above the trademark is a waffenamt, consisting of a stickbird with a number 8 visible in his belly. The original blue leather blade washer is in place, in good condition and showing expected use. Very Good. In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Also in late 1934 the "Ehrenschwert", (Honor Sword), was introduced by Hermann Göring for presentation to specifically selected personnel of the Fliegerschaft. With the official establishment of the Luftwaffe in March 1935, the newly introduced sword was awarded to all Luftwaffe officer’s in good-standing and the official designation of the sword was altered to Offizierschwert, (Officer’s Sword), although it was most commonly referred to as the Fliegerschwert, (Flyer’s Sword). Regulations dictated that all Officer’s and senior NCO’s wear the sword with the Service, Reporting, Walking-out, and Parade Dress uniforms. The early issue swords were constructed with German nickel/silver or plated fittings while later models, (circa-1940), had aluminum fittings. Of Note: Wear of the Luftwaffe Officer’s swords was discontinued by order of December 23RD 1944.

WWII NAZI GERMAN OFFICERS DOVEHEAD SWORD WW2

Lot #348 (Sale Order 392 of 784)

This Dove Head Army Sword is of all gilded brass construction. The back strap and “p” guard are cast with an oak leaf and acorn motif. The cross guard features a Wehrmacht eagle looking to the viewer’s right. The bird has exceptional detail to his eye, breast feathering, wing feathering, talons and to the mobile swastika. The grip of this example is a black celluloid covered handle. The nearly 29 1/2” long blade has outstanding nickel plated surfaces and is mint throughout. The obverse has the Robert Klass trademark deeply stamped beneath the ricasso. The scabbard retaining 100% of it's repainted black finish. Excellent The Sword/Sabre is an age old military tradition, that evolved from a functional weapon into an item of uniform dress ornamentation by the start of WWI. This strong tradition continues in many army’s to this day as a symbol of strength and power. After Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and the reintroduction of conscription in early 1935 a wide variety of new sword and sabre designs were introduced to outfit the rapidly growing Wehrmacht.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ALLGEMEINE SS EM/NCO'S VISOR CAP

Lot #349 (Sale Order 393 of 784)

Nice quality, black wool construction visor cap with a whip cord weave. The centerband is also constructed in the same black wool whip cord weave with the weave ribbing running in a different direction. The cap has white wool waffenfarbe to the top crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband with moth damage throughout. The internal crown stiffening wire is and an additional vertical stiffener to the front center are both still intact and give the cap a nice saddle form shape with a high central peak. Missing both Eagle and Totenkopf. The cap has a blackened patent leather chinstrap with two, rectangular, sliding, sheet metal, length adjustment buckles and a central sheet metal retaining clip all intact. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two small, smooth, black painted, sheet metal buttons. The cap has a black vulcanfibre visor with a raised lip near the forward edge. The diamond patterned, orangish/tan bottom edge of the visor is well marked with black inkstamped SS runes encompassed by the initials, "RZM". The interior of the cap is fully lined with a high quality gray rayon. The crown lining is missing its original clear celluloid sweat diamond. The crown lining beneath the sweat diamond is well marked with the printed, circular bordered, outline of the SS runes encompassed by a second circular border. The interior of the cap also has a tan leatherette sweatband fully intact with some minor damage. The cap has a black oilcloth RZM/SS tag with white printed script and inkstamped manufacturers numerical code, machine stitched beneath the sweatband. The script on the tag includes the RZM logo, designation, "Tuchmütze für SS", (Cloth cap for the SS), and, "Uniformteile müssen sichtbar das Schutzzeichen der RZM der NSDAP tragen. Bekanntmachung vom 16. 1. 1935. Reichzeugmeisterei der NSDAP", (Uniform items are obliged to carry a visible trade mark of the RZM of the NSDAP. As per the proclamation of 16. 1. 1935 of the National Equipment Quartermaster of the NSDAP). Maker 27 is Felix Weissbach. An early Sonderanfertigung (Extra Class) visor. Roughly a size 56.Good condition just needing insignia. Originally members of the fledgling SS had no official headgear and most wore a grey ski type cap as worn by personnel of the SA. In April 1925 the SS had adopted, what was to become known as, the "Tradition Uniform" and personnel were outfitted with the same brown shirt uniform and Kepi as the SA. In November 1925 personnel of the newly formed SS adopted a black Kepi to distinguish them from their SA counterparts. In 1932, the first SS black service visor caps were introduced for wear to replace the kepi as the standard issue cap for all ranks. Originally all the service caps were piped with the white waffenfarbe until regulations of June 1934 introduced the silver/aluminum piping for the ranks of SS-Oberführer and above. In 1938 the first earth-grey versions of the service visor cap were introduced for wear with the newly introduced field-grey uniform.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLIZEI STAG GRIP BAYONET WW2

Lot #349a (Sale Order 394 of 784)

Early, shortened, reissued, long model, M98/05 Prussian police un-slotted dress bayonet. Roughly 33cm long, bright, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel blade has full length fullers running off the tip end. Maker marked to E. F. Horster. Nice unit markings S.Me.II.644. The bayonet has an ornate, nickel/silver plated alloy, single upswept cross guard and stylized eagle head pommel both intact. The obverse and part of the reverse of the cross guard have an embossed, repeating, oak-leaf and acorn pattern. The stylized eagle head pommel shows nicely detailed feathers, eyes and beak. The bayonet has stag horn grips, secured by two, dome headed, natural aluminum rivet retainers. The obverse of the grip has a stamped, natural aluminum, second pattern, (circa April 1936), police eagle and wreath intact. The bayonet comes housed in its leather scabbard with stitched, central, vertical spine to the reverse, and top and bottom nickel/silver plated alloy fittings. The bottom scabbard fitting has a scalloped top edge and ball tip while the top fitting has a scalloped bottom edge. Both the fittings are secured to the scabbard by a single staple type attachment. The top fitting has its extended frog lug and throat retaining screw both intact. Excellent. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted in July 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new uniform regulations was the introduction of a standardized bayonet based on the earlier Prussian Landespolizei bayonet. The bayonet came in a un-slotted dress model and a "T" slotted service model.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE DRESS BAYONET EICKHORN

Lot #349b (Sale Order 395 of 784)

Signed on the ricasso with Eickhorn sqirrel mark. Features stag grips, and comes with white and yellow bayonet knot / porteppe in original scabbard with leather frog. Frog has a letter "L" stamped on the back. Very nice bright 7" blade with 2" clip point and fuller. Bayonet retains original leather washer. Sheath is painted black metal and some of the paint is worn away. Very Good - Excellent.

3 WWII NAZI GERMAN DRESS BAYONET LOT OF 3 WW2

Lot #349c (Sale Order 396 of 784)

A grouping of three WWII Nazi German dress bayonets to include 1) Marked "WKC" with a knight logo at the ricasso. 9.8" blade with a 1.8" false edge, 14.6" overall length. Has black composite grips and black painted steel scabbard. Scabbard shows minimal wear, retaining approximately 95% of its original finish. Blade is excellent with no dings or nicks to the edge. Excellent with original black leather frog. 2) Roughly, 25cm long, nickel/silver plated, drop forged, steel construction blade with wide fullers to each side. The blade is in overall very good, clean and bright condition with minor scabbard runner marks and light surface scratching. Unmarked. The leather washer is still intact. The bayonet has a nickel/silver plated alloy, opened muzzle ring, crossguard with one up-swept arm, a flash guard and a stylized eagle head pommel. The bayonet has diamond grooved, molded black bakelite grips which are secured to the hilt by two, small, dome headed steel rivets. The "TO" slotted, stylized eagle head pommel and stud button are intact and functional. The dome headed, throat retaining screw and frog lug are both intact. 3) 12 1/2" with 7 3/4" bright blademarked Anton Wigen Jr. retains leather washer and brown leather frog. Light overall wear. Excellent

WWII NAZI LUFTWAFFE ENGRAVED ALCOSO DAGGER WW2

Lot #350 (Sale Order 397 of 784)

This is one of the rarest of the rare, in near mint condition by Alcoso. This dagger exhibits all the text book features associated with Alcoso produced double-etched blades: impressive etch motifs , contrasting frosted panels, 2rd pattern Luftwaffe eagle and heavy nickel plating and beautiful dedication and dated 1938 to the reverse. The pommel with pebbled background. The eagle cross guard shows well with left over right oak leaf pattern. Beautiful orange celluloid grip is perfect condition, and is complete with tight spring aluminum wire wrap.The high quality heavily plated double etched blade grades in excellent. The scabbard retains 100% of the original finish. Excellent In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots licence. On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued. Additional regulations of March and August 1940 extended wear of the second pattern dagger to senior NCO’s, senior reserve NCO’s and Officials with the equivalent NCO’s ranks. Blade side arm portepees and troddels were originally introduced in the Prussian army in 1808, and continued to be worn with the Dress uniform, as a tradition and identifying item through WWI, the Weimar Republic and on into the Third Reich, with minor modifications. The Luftwaffe version of the portepee was officially introduced on March 1ST 1935 and the design was based on the earlier army officers portepee.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSKK M36 CHAINED SERVICE DAGGER

Lot #351 (Sale Order 398 of 784)

Double edged, nickel/silver plated blade with a low central ridge. Blade is in overall excellent condition with original cross-graining still visible. Shows the normal scabbard runner marks and typical light age. Obverse of blade features well defined acid etched Fraktur script motto, "Alles Für Deutschland", (All for Germany). Reverse with deeply acid etched Justinuswerk Solingen. Blade has nice snug fit to bottom edge of cross guard. Solid nickel/silver cross guard, pommel and tang nut. Nice reddish brown hardwood grip with nice snug fit, to top and bottom fittings. Nickle/silver national eagle and nickel/silver and enameled SA button nicely inset to grip. Black enameled sheet metal scabbard with top, bottom and central nickel/silver plated sheet metal fittings. Scabbard retains about 99.5% of its original black. Bottom fitting with ball tip and upward pointing scalloped raised lip top edge. Central fitting with raised scalloped lip to top and bottom edges. Top fitting with raised lip exaggerated scalloped bottom edge. Top and bottom fittings with dual dome headed retaining screws and single retaining screw to central fitting. Top and central scabbard fittings with integral chain suspension loops. Suspension loops are both attached to the suspension chains. Top suspension chain with four die struck sheet metal links connected together with two circular rings to each. Links all have an embossed pattern with a stylized national eagle to top and bottom links and a sunwheel style swastika to the two center links. Bottom suspension chain consists of five die struck sheet metal links also connected together with two circular rings to each. Links also have embossed patterns with a stylized national eagle to top and bottom links followed by a sunwheel swastika on the next two inner links and a Thurs rune to the central link. The triangular Thurs rune represented the power over life and death. Each link has two small holes for the connecting rings. Holes are the correct elliptical shape with a flat edge on one side. Both top and bottom chains connect to a rounded tipped shield shaped tab with dual embossed oak-leaves flanking a central acorn at top with soldered friction clip to reverse. Reverse of one chain with impressed script, "Musterschutz NSKK-Korpsführung", (Copyright NSKK- Corps Leadership). Near MINT untouched dagger. Formed from the short lived NSAK which was subordinate to the SA, the NSKK adopted the SA dagger in 1933 shortly after it’s introduction. In May 1936 Korpsführer Adolf Hühnlein decreed the NSKK dagger scabbards were to be finished in black to differentiate them from the SA dagger scabbards. Shortly after SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler introduced the SS M36 chained service dagger in August 1936, Korpsführer Hühnlein followed suit and introduced a chained service dagger for NSKK personnel with the rank of NSKK-Sturmführer and above.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SS OFFICER RUNIC COLLAR TAB WW2

Lot #352 (Sale Order 399 of 784)

The collar tab consist of the right hand side SS runic collar tab. The right hand side collar tab features a black wool base with hand embroidered SS runes in bright silver/aluminum wire threads. Collar tab has a twisted silver/aluminum piping to the outside edges and is mounted on tan buckram base. MINT! Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler’s obsession with pagan runic symbolism manifested itself in runic emblems used by the SS, the most famous of which was the dual sig-runes used on the collar tabs and helmets decals of the SS. The dual sig-runes design was initiated by SS-Sturmhauptführer and graphic artist Walter Heck in May 1933, who sold his design to the SS for 2.50 Reichs Marks. In August 1929 the SS incorporated the wear of rank collar tabs on the left side of the collar of the service tunic. The SS collar tabs were originally adopted from the earlier rank collar tabs as utilized by the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm Troops). The SS collar tabs remained in usage through-out the war with a couple of minor alterations. The ranks of SS-Sturmscharführer to SS-Hauptsturmführer inclusively utilized alternating twisted black and silver/aluminum cord piping from May 19TH 1933 until October 24TH 1934 when it was altered to silver/aluminum cord piping.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SS OFFICER'S SLEEVE EAGLE WW2

Lot #353 (Sale Order 400 of 784)

Very nice quality, hand embroidered Officer’s sleeve eagle in bright silver/aluminum wire and bullion threads with black accent threads on a cut-out black wool base. The eagle is still very bright and clean with original paper backing. MINT! The first pattern SS sleeve eagle was officially introduced in May 1936 although photographic evidence indicates that it was in use as early as the summer of 1935. Shortly after its official introduction the eagle underwent minor modifications resulting in the second pattern that was worn for the duration of the war. These second pattern eagles were originally issued in a hand embroidery version for Officer’s ranks and a machine embroidered version for EM/NCO’s until a machine woven version was introduced in 1939.

WWII Waffen SS Generals Gruppenführer Collar Tabs

Lot #354 (Sale Order 401 of 784)

(Waffen-SS Kragenspiegel). A pair of Waffen-SS Gruppenführer collar tabs, each constructed of black velvet, trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire, bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire oak leaves, both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm, in excellent condition. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler’s obsession with pagan runic symbolism manifested itself in runic emblems used by the SS, the most famous of which was the dual sig-runes used on the collar tabs and helmets decals of the SS. The dual sig-runes design was initiated by SS-Sturmhauptführer and graphic artist Walter Heck in May 1933, who sold his design to the SS for 2.50 Reichs Marks. In August 1929 the SS incorporated the wear of rank collar tabs on the left side of the collar of the service tunic. The SS collar tabs were originally adopted from the earlier rank collar tabs as utilized by the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm Troops). The SS collar tabs remained in usage through-out the war with a couple of minor alterations. The ranks of SS-Sturmscharführer to SS-Hauptsturmführer inclusively utilized alternating twisted black and silver/aluminum cord piping from May 19TH 1933 until October 24TH 1934 when it was altered to silver/aluminum cord piping.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HJ FANFARE TRUMPET BANNER WW2

Lot #355 (Sale Order 402 of 784)

An approximately 48cm square, double sided, multi-piece cotton construction banner, with four doubled tie strings along its upper edge for affixing it to a trumpet. Double sided with the typical HJ pattern swastika with red and white field while the other side is adorned with the single sig rune. A 30mm white fringe runs along both sides and the bottom of the banner. White portions show the expected light age yellowing, but overall very nice untouched example. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth).

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE BATTLE FLAG 100X170

Lot #355a (Sale Order 403 of 784)

Second pattern (Circa 1937/38-1945) single piece dual sided printed cotton/linen construction national war flag. The flag features a red base field with a central white/black/white/black bordered white disk with a black and white bordered black canted swastika to the center. The flag has black, vertical and horizontal bars emanating from the central disk with white/black/white borders. The canton features a white/black/white bordered black Iron Cross. The hoist edge has a small dual-ply reinforcement panel to each corner. The hoist edge is trimmed in white tunnel looped cotton/rayon blend bunting. Nicely marked Kr. Fl. 100 x 170 and is also nicely maker marked. Nice worn and used example showing the expected age and wear. Excellent. The first modern German war flag was introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm I in July 1867. The war flag went through a number of minor modifications through the years until it reached its final design format in September 1903. The 1903 version of the Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge, (Imperial War Flag), was utilized until it was abolished after Germany’s defeat in WWI on September 27TH 1919. On April 11TH 1921 a new national war flag was introduced that utilized Hohenzollern Empire tri-colors of black, white and red, with the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), national tri-colors of black, red, and gold inserted into the canton, (upper left corner), with a black Iron Cross to the center. In March 1933, shortly after Hitler gained power, he abolished the Weimar era canton insert on the national war flag. The 1933 pattern national war flag was utilized until November 7TH 1935 when Hitler introduced a new, totally redesigned, national war flag that incorporated the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika emblem. Of Note: The 1935 pattern national war flag was utilized until late 1937 or early 1938, when a slightly modified second pattern flag was introduced. The national war flag was flown on all Kriegsmarine, (Navy), warships, Luftwaffe, (Air Force), airfields and all buildings owned by the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces). The flag was also to be hoisted daily at all occupied barracks and was also utilized at victory parades and special events along with the standard national swastika flag. This example is the second pattern War Flag, circa 1937/38-1945.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP WALL FLAG OR BANNER WW2

Lot #355b (Sale Order 404 of 784)

Multi-piece cotton construction banner approximately 27 x 28 inches. To both its red fields are sewn white disks, with a printed mobile swastikas in black. Shows the expected period use and wear but overall very excellent condition. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE BATTLE FLAG 200X335

Lot #355c (Sale Order 405 of 784)

Second pattern (Circa 1937/38-1945) single piece dual sided printed cotton/linen construction national war flag. The flag features a red base field with a central white/black/white/black bordered white disk with a black and white bordered black canted swastika to the center. The flag has black vertical and horizontal bars emanating from the central disk with white/black/white borders. The canton features a white/black/white bordered black Iron Cross. The hoist edge has a small dual-ply reinforcement panel to each corner. The hoist edge is trimmed in white tunnel looped cotton/rayon blend bunting for the suspension rope. The twisted suspension rope is still intact and has a closed loop to both the top and bottom edges. Nicely maker marked, size marked 200 x 335 and KM eagle over "M" marked. Scattered mothing throughout. The first modern German war flag was introduced by Kaiser Wilhelm I in July 1867. The war flag went through a number of minor modifications through the years until it reached its final design format in September 1903. The 1903 version of the Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge, (Imperial War Flag), was utilized until it was abolished after Germany’s defeat in WWI on September 27TH 1919. On April 11TH 1921 a new national war flag was introduced that utilized Hohenzollern Empire tri-colors of black, white and red, with the Weimar era, (Circa 1919-1933), national tri-colors of black, red, and gold inserted into the canton, (upper left corner), with a black Iron Cross to the center. In March 1933, shortly after Hitler gained power, he abolished the Weimar era canton insert on the national war flag. The 1933 pattern national war flag was utilized until November 7TH 1935 when Hitler introduced a new, totally redesigned, national war flag that incorporated the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika emblem. Of Note: The 1935 pattern national war flag was utilized until late 1937 or early 1938, when a slightly modified second pattern flag was introduced. The national war flag was flown on all Kriegsmarine, (Navy), warships, Luftwaffe, (Air Force), airfields and all buildings owned by the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces). The flag was also to be hoisted daily at all occupied barracks and was also utilized at victory parades and special events along with the standard national swastika flag. This example is the second pattern War Flag, circa 1937/38-1945.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP ID VEHICLE FLAG WW2

Lot #355d (Sale Order 406 of 784)

Multi-piece cotton construction banner approximately 37 x 28 inches. To both its red fields are sewn an white disks with a printed mobile swastikas in black. Shows the expected period use and wear but overall excellent condition with a single rivet to each corner for the ability to attach to captured vehicles to avoid friendly fire. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE M40 COMBAT HELMET WW2

Lot #356 (Sale Order 407 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains 80% of its original rough textured paint. The left side of the helmet has a second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), black detailed, silvery/white, Luftwaffe eagle decal, clutching a canted swastika in one talon. The decal is retained 60%. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 leather liner with all eight of it’s fingers intact. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron is serial number stamped, "76" and the interior, left side, apron has the stamped manufacturer’s code and size, "ET64", indicating manufacture byEisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, (Iron and Foundry Works), in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934, and adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935 along with the national tri-color shield for wear on the helmet. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN VASE FOR FLORAL COMPETITION WW2

Lot #357 (Sale Order 408 of 784)

Vase for the 1938 urban expansion in Munich and vase for the 1939 flower decoration competition in Munich. Porcelain glazed white, inscription "Grosshadern, Pasing, Feldmoching with Munich 1.4.1938", the Nymphenburg manufacture mark on the bottom, height 25.5 cm. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS ARMBAND WW2

Lot #358 (Sale Order 409 of 784)

Roughly 10.5cm tall, 39cm long, bright golden yellow rayon construction armband with black machine woven Latin script with SS runes, "Waffen-SS" to the obverse. The reverse of the armband has a machine stitched vertical seam. Both the top and bottom edges of the armband have a row of reinforcement stitching. With the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22ND 1941 the German army and the Waffen-SS encountered large segments of the non-ethnic Russian populace that greeted them as liberators from the yoke of Bolshevism. Although Hitler was suspicious of the ethnic make-up and loyalty of these personnel the German commanders in the field quickly saw the advantage of utilizing these willing personnel in non-combatant roles. As a result of manpower restrictions the German army and the Waffen-SS began employing non-ethnic Russian POW's and volunteers as laborers, drivers, supply personnel etc., in the rear areas as early as the summer of 1941 against the express wishes of Hitler. When incorporated into service with the Waffen-SS these non-uniformed civilian auxiliary personnel were issued an identifying armband to be worn on the upper left sleeve.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SS MEMBERS ARMBAND WW2 W/ TAG

Lot #359 (Sale Order 410 of 784)

Nice quality multi-piece construction armband features a red wool, base field with a central, vertically ribbed, white rayon, circular field with a canted, ribbed, black rayon tape swastika to the front center. The top and bottom edges of the armband are bordered in the correct, 5/16" wide, (9mm wide), vertically ribbed, black rayon tape. The central white circular field. The swastika and the top and bottom edge border trim are all machine stitched to the armband. The reverse of the armband has a machine stitched, vertical, seam. Still retains the original black paper RZM SS tag. Excellent In April 1925 the fledgling Schutzkommando, introduced its own version of the standard NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), swastika armband by the addition of black stripes to both the top and bottom edge to differentiate SS personnel from SA, (Storm/Assault Detachment), personnel, since both groups were outfitted with the traditional brown shirt "uniform" at that period in time. The SS armband was worn on the black service dress and the early field-grey uniforms, until it was replaced with the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), sleeve eagle in May 1936. Of Note: The Schutzkommando, was renamed, Schutzstaffel on November 9TH 1925 and the SS-VT would evolve into the Waffen-SS, (Armed SS) in December 1939. Also Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the SS came under the quality control of the RZM and were marked by a cloth RZM/SS approval tag. The dimensions and design of these cloth tags was altered in 1935 and this second pattern tag remained in use until early 1938, when it was replaced by a paper tag. Of Note: In 1943 the Waffen-SS assumed full control over their uniform item production and no longer fell under the authority of the RZM.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KREIS LEVEL NSDAP WW2

Lot #360 (Sale Order 411 of 784)

NSDAP Kreis Level Administration Political Leader’s Armband – constructed of red wool, centering black ribbed swastika superimposed on the white ribbed circle, both edged in golden/yellow cello twisted threads; edged on top and bottom with large golden Cellion oakleaves and red stitched fabric; colors are nice and bright, unworn, in mint condition. An excellent example! Rare to find a NSDAP Kreis Level Administration Political Leader’s Armband in this condition. Nearly every military, civil, political and paramilitary organization in existence during the Third Reich used armbands. Armbands were worn on military and civilian uniforms and also on civilian clothes, from suit jackets to work clothing. They were used to denote membership in organizations, to indicate a specific role or function of the bearer, and as insignia of rank. Many organizations would change the design of their armbands over time, which added to the variety produced. These were manufactured in countless variations, ranging from simple printed bands to elaborately hand-embroidered pieces of the highest quality. Some Nazi armbands were worn by all members of large organizations and were made by the millions. Others were intended for use at a specific time and place and were unique. Many types were made in very limited numbers. Some bore metal insignia or special identifiers that indicated the wearer’s rank, unit affiliation, or nationality. Armbands were sometimes but not always marked with ink stamps by the issuing authorities.

WWII LUFTWAFFE DEPUTY AIR DEFENSE LEADER ARMBAND

Lot #361 (Sale Order 412 of 784)

This Luftwaffe Deputy Air Defense Leader Armband is an excellent example of this rare and desirable military armband. It is constructed from thin, white fabric, with a detailed Luftwaffe eagle and swastika emblem that is Bevo woven as part of the armband (as opposed to being a separately applied patch). The upper and lower edges of this Luftwaffe Deputy Air Defense Leader Armband are trimmed with blue rayon Tresse. Nearly every military, civil, political and paramilitary organization in existence during the Third Reich used armbands. Armbands were worn on military and civilian uniforms and also on civilian clothes, from suit jackets to work clothing. They were used to denote membership in organizations, to indicate a specific role or function of the bearer, and as insignia of rank. Many organizations would change the design of their armbands over time, which added to the variety produced. These were manufactured in countless variations, ranging from simple printed bands to elaborately hand-embroidered pieces of the highest quality. Some Nazi armbands were worn by all members of large organizations and were made by the millions. Others were intended for use at a specific time and place and were unique. Many types were made in very limited numbers. Some bore metal insignia or special identifiers that indicated the wearer’s rank, unit affiliation, or nationality. Armbands were sometimes but not always marked with ink stamps by the issuing authorities.

WW2 NAZI GERMAN RLB OFFICER & ENLISTED ARMBAND LOT

Lot #362 (Sale Order 413 of 784)

WWII Nazi German armband lot to include 1) RLB OFFICER'S ARMBAND. First pattern, (circa 1933-1939), mid-blue cotton construction RLB Officer’s armband features a machine embroidered first pattern RLB emblem to the obverse center. The RLB emblem is in the form of a forty-eight point white star burst pattern base with stylized, navy blue initials, "RLB" to the center positioned above a small, canted, navy blue swastika. Both the top and bottom edges of the armband are trimmed in woven wire tress signifying Officers ranks. The reverse of armband has a central, vertical, machine stitched seam. Very nice example. 2) RLB ARMBAND. A light blue, cotton armband with a machine embroidered white star burst with a mobile swastika to the center. To the reverse, along the vertical stitching are the embroidered words "ges.gesch. H&F." The armband shows light wrinkling and stains, but overall is a very nice example. Formed in late 1932 the Deutscher Luftschutzverband (German Air Protection League), was a voluntary organization designed to provide civil air raid protection in large civilian centers. Shortly after Hitler ascension to power the Deutscher Luftschutzverband was restructured and placed under the supervision of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, (National Ministry of Aviation), under the control of Hermann Göring. On April 29TH 1933 the Deutscher Luftschutzverband was renamed RLB, Reichs Luftschutz Bund, (National Air Raid Protection League), and was given status as an official, national, organization tasked with all aspects of civil air raid defence. The RLB remained a voluntary organization with a small cadre of paid, full-time, uniformed, officials to oversee the organizations functions until June 1935 when obligatory service was introduced. The first pattern RLB emblem, (Circa 1933-1938), consisted of a forty-eight point white star burst pattern with the stylized initials, "RLB" to the center, positioned above a small, canted, swastika. In October 1938 the RLB emblem was redesigned and replaced the RLB letters with a large swastika

WWII NAZI GERMAN EM/NCO'S OVERSEAS CAP WW2

Lot #363 (Sale Order 414 of 784)

October 1935 pattern, field-gray wool/rayon blend construction cap with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides. The fold down panels are handstitched in the upright position at the front center of the cap as is typical. The cap has metal alloy, ventilation grommet to either side, just below the crown edge. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle in pale mouse grey threads on a cut-out, woven field-grey rayon base. The front center of the fold down panels has a machine woven national tri-color cockade, on a woven cotton, diamond shaped base. Both the eagle and the cockade are neatly handstitched to the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in ribbed, gray cotton twill. Maker marked and made in Wien Size marked 54. Nice untouched, early overseas cap. The M34 Overseas cap for wear by EM/NCO personnel was initially introduced on March 24TH 1934, with non-functional front buttons, and a different insignia configuration. Regulations of October 1935, did away with the buttons and altered the insignia utilized on the cap. The M34 cap was worn by EM/NCO’s until the introduction of the newly designed M42 overseas cap on July 21ST 1942.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE OVERSEAS CAP OR HAT

Lot #364 (Sale Order 415 of 784)

Nice quality deep navy blue wool/rayon blend construction overseas cap features fold down side and back panels with gently sloping downward scallops to the front and forward sides. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle in golden yellow threads on a cut-out woven navy blue rayon base. The front center of the fold down panels has a machine woven national tri-color cockade on a woven navy blue diamond shaped base. Both pieces of insignia are original stitching to the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in light weight black cotton/rayon blend material. maker marked Heinrich Balke Bremen 1941 and is size marked 57 1/2. German Naval uniforms and headgear were based on traditional designs that date back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848, and although uniforms and headgear did evolve during the interim years many items used during the Third Reich would still have been quite recognizable to the Imperial sailor. The Kriegsmarine overseas cap was originally introduced on November 10TH 1938 and was officially designated, Gefechtsmütze (Battle cap). This early pattern overseas cap was restricted for wear on ships by certain specific personnel. On October 7TH 1939 the cap underwent minor modifications, was re-designated, Bordmütze, (Board cap), and became a regular issue item for wear by all personnel both on and off ship for the duration of the war. Officer and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the OKK, Offizier Kleiderkasse der Kriegsmarine, (Officer’s Clothing Account of the Navy). Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. Generally speaking officers bought nice quality, private purchase, uniform items but they could also choose to buy their uniforms directly from the military clothing depots. Officer ranks overseas caps were distinguished from EM/NCO’s by the addition of gilt piping around the forward edge of the flaps while administrative officials utilized silver piping.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE EM/NCO'S OVERSEAS CAP

Lot #365 (Sale Order 416 of 784)

Luftwaffe blue/gray wool/rayon blend construction cap features fold down side and back panels with gently sloping downward scallops to the front and forward sides. The front center of the cap has a machine embroidered second pattern (Circa 1936/1937-1945) Luftwaffe eagle clutching a canted swastika in one talon in pale silvery/gray cotton threads mounted on a cut-out blue/gray wool base and the front center of the fold down panels has a machine embroidered national tri-color cockade in black white and red rayon threads. Both the eagle and the cockade are machine stitched in place. The interior of the cap is fully lined in green/gray rayon. Size is roughly 54. The "Schiffchenform", (Boat form), style overseas cap was originally developed by the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportverband, (German Air Sports League), the clandestine, civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, in 1933, and was adopted by the Luftwaffe shortly after its official establishment on February 26TH 1935. The insignia on the caps included the Luftwaffe style national eagle and the circular, black, white, and red national tri-color cockade as introduced on March 14TH 1933. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935. The original, short winged, first pattern national eagle was utilized until a, slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations dictated that the national eagle was to be worn on almost all headgear and on the right breast of almost all uniforms with a few minor exceptions. The overseas caps for Company and Field grade Officer's holding the ranks of Leutnant up to Oberst were distinguished from EM/NCO's caps by bright silver/aluminum piping while Officers holding Generals ranks of Generalmajor up to Reichsmarschall utilized gold colored fittings and EM/NCO's caps were generally not piped. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own headgear and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO's could choose to purchase their headgear from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase headgear of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DRK RED CROSS EM'S OVERSEAS CAP

Lot #366 (Sale Order 417 of 784)

Originally introduced in August of 1935, this second pattern overseas cap has an expansion fold along its two-piece crown and a two-piece body with two-piece fold-down side panels all in grey wool. The panels scallop in the front where there is sewn an army pattern machine woven tri-color cockade. To the left side panel is sewn a machine woven DRK emblem of a black eagle with down-swept wings clutching a red Balkan cross in its talons with a mobile swastika superimposed upon its breast. The interior is fully lined in gray rayon is size marked 58. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH OVERSEAS CAP WW2

Lot #367 (Sale Order 418 of 784)

Hitler youth overseas cap. Comes with oil cloth RZM tag. The Hitler youth diamond is hand sewn to the front of the cap. The red piping is machine sewn. Excellent As a result of the rapid expansion of the HJ there was a lack of trained personnel to fill the required leadership positions. To counter this problem Deputy HJ Leader Hartmann Lauterbacher instituted the "Leo Schlageter Schule" in Fletchtorf in 1932. In 1933 the school was re-designated Reichsführerschule, (National Leadership School), and was relocated in Potsdam. The schools mandate was to train future HJ Leaders with an eight week course divided into eight specific categories including; field exercises, small arms shooting, service training and political indoctrination. Following the establishment of the Reichsführerschule additional Gebeitsführerschulen, (District Leadership Schools), were instituted which provide a shortened version of the Reichsführerschule training courses to three weeks duration. By 1934 there were twenty-two such Gebeitsführerschulen, and by the end of the war there were forty. During the war the courses at the Gebeitsführerschulen were shortened to two weeks duration and were geared even more to basic military training to replenish the losses of the Armed forces. Students wore a variety of DJ/HJ uniforms and headgear.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA GARRISON OVERSEAS CAP WW2

Lot #368 (Sale Order 419 of 784)

Originally introduced in August of 1935, this second pattern overseas cap has an expansion fold along its two-piece crown and a two-piece body with two-piece fold-down side panels all in grey wool. The panels scallop in the front where there is sewn an army pattern machine woven tri-color cockade. To the left side panel is sewn a machine woven DRK emblem of a black eagle with down-swept wings clutching a red Balkan cross in its talons with a mobile swastika superimposed upon its breast. The interior is fully lined in gray rayon is size marked 58. Excellent Introduced in 1934, the Lagermütze was used by SA members while on exercises and marches.

WWII NAZI K98 BAYONET W/ MATCHING SCABBARD & FROG

Lot #369 (Sale Order 420 of 784)

K98 bayonet manufactured by 44 ffc indicating the maker F. Herder. Other side of blade is stamped 9486c. Scabbard is matching, stamped 9486c. Other side of scabbard is stamped 44ffc. Frog shows minor wear and is in excellent. Bayonet & scabbard are Near Mint condition. The K98 bayonet was a modification of the already modified S84/98 bayonet that had been originally developed in 1915. Manufacture of this new modified bayonet began in 1934 with mass production beginning in 1936. The K98 bayonet was a standard issue item and was accompanied by a bayonet frog to be worn on the reverse left side of the weight bearing waist belt. The K98 bayonet remained the standard issue bayonet through-out the war with minor manufacturing variations. As the war continued the quality of the bayonets deteriorated and in mid-1944 most manufacturers discontinued producing the bayonet to concentrate on producing other essential war materials.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL of the REICH MINISTER w BOX

Lot #370 (Sale Order 421 of 784)

This is a bronzed table medallion is a decent sized - 65mm - It was awarded for special achievements in animal breeding, presented by the “Der Reichsminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (Nutrition and Agriculture). A beautiful raised eagle to the front Lined in red velvet the case has a un-marked gold inlay Adler to the front. The case is just as good looking as the medallion itself – extremely fine and a rare award.

WWII CASED BRONZE 1929 NÜRNBERG RALLY AWARD WW2

Lot #371 (Sale Order 422 of 784)

The Nuremberg Party Day Badge was a highly revered political decoration of the Nazi Party, eventually ranking fourth in order after the German Order, Blood Order, and the Coburg Badge. The non portable award was presented in grades of gold, silver and bronze at the first Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg in 1929. This example is in bronze and is contained within its original fitted case. The award is maker marked on the reverse by Hoffstatter of Bonn. The front surface of the case shows scuffing and measures 2 1/8 X 3 3/4. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE NON PORTABLE AWARD WW2

Lot #372 (Sale Order 423 of 784)

NON PORTABLE AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE TECHNICAL BRANCH OF THE AIR-FORCE. (Medaille für Ausgezeichnete Leistungen im Technischen Dienst der Luftwaffe). Front shows a picture of Göring facing left with the inscription, "Der Oberbefehlshaber Der Luftwaffe OUTSTANDINGReichsmarschall Göring", (The Commander-in Chief of the Air-Force Reichsmarschall Göring). The reverse shows the Luftwaffe eagle grasping a swastika with the inscription, "Für Ausgezeichnete Leistungen im Technischen Dienst der Luftwaffe", (For Outstanding Achievements in the Technical Service of the Air Force). Alloy medal with all of the finish gone. Approx. 75mm in size. German Militaria (Outstanding Technical Achievement Medallion). Comes with the original issue case. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LOYAL SERVICE AWARD MEDAL W/ CASE

Lot #373 (Sale Order 424 of 784)

Silvered bronze, obverse illustrating a left-facing worker, his right hand resting upon an anvil, factories in the background to the left, a left-facing spread-winged eagle with its talons clenching a wreathed swastika below, engraver marked "F. MÄNERT", reverse illustrating a town before a mountain, inscribed "Die Industrie - und Handelskammer in Reichenberg fürlangjährige treue Mitarbeit." to the right, the scene and inscription separated by a half-frame of laurel leaves, 60 mm, scattered silvering wear, light contact, extremely fine. In its hardshelled case of issue, recessed medal bed, spotting on the exterior, case also extremely fine.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSKK MEMBER’S ARMBAND WW2

Lot #374 (Sale Order 425 of 784)

A printed cotton construction armband, 11cm tall and 21cm wide. To the center its obverse red field is a 8cm diameter white disk, upon which is printed a spread-winged eagle with a wreathed, mobile swastika, in black, in its talons and a black-edged banner, with "N.S.K.K." to it. Complete with original paper RZM tag. Scarce. The development of the NSKK, "National Sozialistisches Kraftfahr Korps" (National Socialist Motor Corps), can be traced back to 1923 when the SA introduced a "Kraftfahr Abteilung" (Motor Section) to transport personnel as required. In 1928 the SA Motor section was expanded to "Kraftfahrstaffeln" (Motor-squadrons). In an attempt to create a national motor corps, the NSAK, "National Sozialistisches Automobil Korps" (National Socialist Automobile Corps), was formed in April of 1930 as an NSDAP auxiliary organization, subordinate to the SA. In early 1931 Adolf Hühnlein was appointed as Chief of the NSAK and proposed a name change to NSKK, which was officially accepted in April of 1931. Shortly after the purge of the SA in the "Night of the Long Knives," in June of 1934, the NSKK was promoted to an official NSDAP organization, given independent status within the party and absorbed the SA Motor Squadron’s personnel.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMBAND LOT WEHRMACHT WW2

Lot #375 (Sale Order 426 of 784)

WWII Nazi German armband lot to include 1) DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM WEHRMACHT ARMBAND. The armband has a central white horizontal stripe BeVo applied to the red cotton field with a printed National Eagle with the text DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM WEHRMACHT. Excellent 2) RECRUITING PERSONNEL'S ARMBAND. Roughly, 10cm tall, 36cm long, woven white cotton/rayon construction armband with a black, machine woven, Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings to the obverse center. Both the top and bottom edges of the armband have a row of reinforcement stitching and the reverse has a machine stitched vertical seam. 3) NON-MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ARMBAND. Woven golden yellow cotton construction armband with a black, machine woven, stylized national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons to the obverse center. The top and bottom edges of the armband have interwoven rows of reinforcement stitching and the reverse of the armband has a machine stitched, vertical, seam.

1939 GERMAN MINISTRY OF FOOD & AGRICULTURAL PRISE

Lot #376 (Sale Order 427 of 784)

A 1939 German Ministry of Food & Agricultural Prize; In silvered feinzink, 60mm, virtually mint condition with case of issue for raw milk production. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN REICHS PLAQUE FOR DOGS WW2

Lot #377 (Sale Order 428 of 784)

Reich Association for Dogs plaque "for excellent performance" in the issue case by the firm KPM. Beautiful white porcelain plaque measuring 4 X 2 1/2 inches with a case measurements of 3 3/4 X 5 inches

WWII NAZI GERMAN HORSE RACING MEDAL 1938 MUNICH

Lot #378 (Sale Order 429 of 784)

German Horse Racing medal 1938 Munich - Official participation medal for the most important horse racing during the Nazi time "Braunes Band von Deutschland" in Munich with inscription "Das Braune Band von Deutschland München Riem 1938". Bronze, silver plated, 5 cm in original case with gold embossing. The "Braune Band von Deutschland"(Brown ribbon of Germany) was a Nazi prize for a three year old thoroughbred horse from Germany and was offered between 1934 and 1944 in Munich/Riem.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MEDAL WW2

Lot #379 (Sale Order 430 of 784)

A table medal from the Minister of Agriculture for Nutrition and Agriculture for Breeding Achievements; in bronze; the obverse with an eagle perched sideways on a mobile swastika, circumscribed “Der Reichsminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft - Für Züchterliche Leistungen”; the reverse; with a rooster; measuring 65.45 mm; weighing 97.0 grams. Accompanied by its case of issue, constructed of heavy pressed paper with a lightly textured black faux leather (leatherette) exterior with a golden national eagle embossed on the outside of the lid; embossed “Preussische Staatsmünze, Berlin S.W.19” in silver on the underside of the case; lined interior lid with a recessed medal bed; functional; spring catch with stud release; intact fabric hinge cover; functional exterior metal hinge; measuring 89 mm x 91 mm MINT!

WWII NAZI GEERMAN HITLER YOUTH NAMED CASED AWARD

Lot #380 (Sale Order 431 of 784)

Large Hitler Youth Bund solid Bronze medal named to Dr. Ernst Dycke with the inscription in Latin "Concors amicitia vitae decus" The obverse shows the tree of life with a sword and intertwined the roots of the tree is a Hitler Youth Diamond. The medal is an impressive 4 inches wide and very heavy being solid Bronze. The fitted case measures 5 X 5 inches. Near MINT!

WWII NAZI GERMAN CASED GOLD WOUND BADGE WW2

Lot #381 (Sale Order 432 of 784)

1939 pattern, die struck, alloy construction, solid backed badge with a gilt wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of a M35 pattern helmet with a high relief canted swastika to the center superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly with original issue burgundy leatherette case. Excellent The wound badge was originally established on March 3RD 1918 by King Wilhelm II to recognise the sacrifice of those wounded during WWI. The badge was instituted in three classes, of black, silver and gold with the class bestowed reflecting the number or severity of the wounds received. On May 22ND 1939 Adolf Hitler re-instituted a slightly modified version of the wound badge with the addition of a swastika to the WWI pattern badge for award to German volunteers who had been wounded supporting the Spanish Nationalist Falangist Generalissimo Francisco Franco against the communist allied Republican Loyalist party in the Spanish Civil War. (July 1936-March 1939). With the outbreak of WWII, on September 1ST 1939, Hitler once again re-instituted another slightly modified version of the wound badge by altering the WWI pattern helmet on the badge to the newly designed M35 style helmet. The badge was awarded to both military and uniformed non-military personnel and later, (March 1943), to civilian personnel who received wounds as a result of enemy actions. The gold wound badge was the highest of the three classes and was awarded for five or more wounds, or if the individual was totally disabled. It was also awarded posthumously if the individual was killed in battle.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CASED GOLD WOUND BADGE WW2

Lot #382 (Sale Order 433 of 784)

1939 pattern, die struck, alloy construction, solid backed badge with a gilt wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of a M35 pattern helmet with a high relief canted swastika to the center superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. Nice early example maker marked 30 indicating manufacture by Hauptmünzamt of Wien, (Chief Mint Vienna) with original issue black leatherette case. MINT The wound badge was originally established on March 3RD 1918 by King Wilhelm II to recognise the sacrifice of those wounded during WWI. The badge was instituted in three classes, of black, silver and gold with the class bestowed reflecting the number or severity of the wounds received. On May 22ND 1939 Adolf Hitler re-instituted a slightly modified version of the wound badge with the addition of a swastika to the WWI pattern badge for award to German volunteers who had been wounded supporting the Spanish Nationalist Falangist Generalissimo Francisco Franco against the communist allied Republican Loyalist party in the Spanish Civil War. (July 1936-March 1939). With the outbreak of WWII, on September 1ST 1939, Hitler once again re-instituted another slightly modified version of the wound badge by altering the WWI pattern helmet on the badge to the newly designed M35 style helmet. The badge was awarded to both military and uniformed non-military personnel and later, (March 1943), to civilian personnel who received wounds as a result of enemy actions. The gold wound badge was the highest of the three classes and was awarded for five or more wounds, or if the individual was totally disabled. It was also awarded posthumously if the individual was killed in battle.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CASED WAR MERIT CROSS LOT WW2

Lot #383 (Sale Order 434 of 784)

WWII Nazi German cased awards to include 1) CASED WAR MERIT CROSS 1ST CLASS, 1939 WITH SWORDS. Die struck, alloy construction bravery award with a German Nickle/silver plate is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed, canted, swastika encircled by an oak-leave wreath to the obverse. The swords, indicating bravery, emanated upwards between the arms of the cross. The background field of the obverse centerpiece is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges. The plain, reverse has a soldered, solid style hinge with a broad pin and catch all intact. Maker marked "15" indicating manufacture Friedrich Orth of Wien. The award comes housed in a roughly, 7cm square, 2cm thick, pressed cardboard and wood construction case with a black, simulated grained leather covering. The top lid of the case has an impressed, silvered outline of the War Merit Cross with swords. The interior of the top lid is lined in white satin while the interior bottom of the case has a vertical cut-out to secure the hinge, pin and catch assembly of the badge. 2) VAULTED CASED WAR MERIT CROSS 1ST CLASS, 1939 WITH SWORDS. Die struck, heavy vaulted alloy construction bravery award in zinc is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed, canted, swastika encircled by an oak-leave wreath to the obverse. The swords, indicating bravery, emanated upwards between the arms of the cross. The background field of the obverse centerpiece is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges. The plain, reverse has a soldered, solid style hinge with a broad pin and catch all intact. Maker marked "4" indicating manufacture by Steinhauer & Luck of Ludenscheid. The award comes housed in a roughly, 7cm square, 2cm thick, pressed cardboard and wood construction case with a black, simulated grained leather covering. The top lid of the case has an impressed, silvered outline of the War Merit Cross with swords. The interior of the top lid is lined in white satin while the interior bottom of the case has a vertical cut-out to secure the hinge, pin and catch assembly of the badge.

NAZI GERMAN CASED AWARD LOT NSDAP MOTHERS CROSS

Lot #384 (Sale Order 435 of 784)

WWII Nazi German cased medals to include 1) WWII NAZI GERMAN CASED MOTHER'S CROSS IN GOLD. First class award, rendered for bearing eight or more children. Second pattern, two piece, die struck tombac award with a fire gilt finish and blue and white enamel work. Award in the form of a Christian cross with outward fluted arms in semi-translucent blue enamel with a white enamel border. Cross has a raised sunburst pattern emanating between its arms. Separate central circular field with white enamel base and black static swastika, encompassed by embossed Latin script, "Der Deutschen Mutter", (The German Mother). Reverse with stamped, simulated handwritten script, "16 Dezember 1938", and facsimile Hitler signature. Complete with section of original ribbed rayon ribbon. Award housed in a, 11cm x 5cm x 2cm, case, finished in simulated dark blue leather with an impression of the cross in to top cover. Interior with white satin lining to top and white velvet lining with retaining arm with cut-out recess to hold the award in place, to bottom. Excellent 2) CASED TWENTY-FIVE YEAR FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION. A second class, die struck alloy decoration with nickel-silver plated highlights, a frosted white finish and a black enamel swastika. The decoration is in the form of a "cross Patté," with a circular oak-leaf wreath extending between the arms of the cross. The center of the cross has a square plate with a black enameled static swastika to the obverse, and the embossed Gothic script, "Für treue Dienste" (For Loyal Service), to the reverse. The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, dual stepped, raised outer edge. Fed onto the ribbon suspension ring, which passes through the loop to the top of the award, is its original ribbed rayon cornflower blue ribbon, which has a brass pin-back device stitched to its reverse top. The award is housed in a red simulated leather cardboard case, with a "25" encompassed by a cogged wheel embossed in silver to its top. The red felt interior has a slotted retaining cross bar to its base to hold the award in place. 3) CASED COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF 1ST OCTOBER 1938. Roughly 31mm diameter, die struck alloy award with a bronze wash. The obverse of the award features two embossed figures symbolically breaking the chains of bondage with an unfurled national flag in the background and a high relief national eagle to the bottom. The reverse features embossed Latin script to the center, "1 Oktober 1938", encompassed by additional embossed script, "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer" (One People, One State, One Leader). The suspension loop and medal ring are both intact and the award comes complete with a roughly 35mm wide, 9cm long, piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. The ribbon is still very nice and clean and has a brass pin back device hand-stitched to the top reverse edge. The award comes housed in its original, roughly 10cm x 5cm x 2cm softwood and pressed cardboard construction issue case with a simulated grained burgundy leather covering with an impressed, gilt printed national eagle to the center of the fold back top lid. The reverse of the case has a magnetic staggered bar hinge and the obverse has a magnetic spring activated closure button. The interior of the case has a burgundy flocking lining to the bottom with a raised bar with a central cut-out to secure the award in place. The interior top lid is lined in white satin.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ADOLF HITLER NON PORTABLE AWARDS

Lot #385 (Sale Order 436 of 784)

WWII Nazi German non portable award lot to include 1) Adolf Hitler 1933 - Unser Die Zukunft: Obverse: Ours is the future - head of Adolf Hitler; reverse: 1933 - Jahre deutscher Schicksalwende (The German turning point year), German eagle breaking it's chain. Commemorating Jan 30 1933, the date Hitler became Reichs Chancellor. Coin silver, 36 mm, scarce, light wear. Award is housed in the original red leatherette box with swastika to the front. 2) 1938 Adolf Hitler Anchluss Silver Medal: Struck to commemorate the incorporation of the Sudetenland and Austria into Germany. Encouraged by this success, Germany demanded a land bridge to Danzig from Poland like it had before WW1. Eleven months after the date on this medal, when Poland refused, Germany took it by force, which started WW2. By secret agreement, a criminal conspiracy to wage aggressive war, Germany and the Soviet Union split Poland between them. Maker marked on the rim and 835 German Silver, 36 mm crown size, designer Hanisch Concee. Housed in the original cardboard box. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL LOT WEST WALL POLICE MEDAL

Lot #386 (Sale Order 437 of 784)

WWII Nazi German medal lot to include 1) WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE 25 YEAR SERVICE MEDAL CASED. First class, die struck alloy construction award with a fire gilted finish for twenty-five years service. The award is in the form of a Pattée style cross with a central, vertically oval, centerpiece. The obverse centerpiece features an embossed oak-leaf wreath encompassing a national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted, wreathed swastika on a smooth background field. The eagles wings extended beyond the oak-leaf wreath onto the horizontal arms of the cross. The reverse centerpiece has embossed block Latin script, "Für Treue Dienst in der Polizei", (For Loyal Service in the Police), also on a smooth background field. The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, raised, outer border edging. The fire gilted finish is fully retained and is still quite clean and bright. The ribbon suspension ring and medal loop are both intact. The award comes complete with a piece of original, horizontally ribbed, cornflower blue, moire rayon ribbon and embroidered polizei eagle ribbon and is housed in the original green leatherette box. Mint 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN WEST WALL MEDAL WITH ISSUE CASE. Die struck, tombac construction medal with a bronze wash is in the form of a roughly, 41mm tall, 32mm wide, vertical oval with embossed, oak-leaf wreath edging encompassing a smooth field with an embossed national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons, positioned above a crossed spade and sword which are in turn positioned above a pillbox to the obverse. The reverse also has the embossed, oak-leaf wreath edging which encompasses embossed, Latin script, "Für Arbeit zum Schutze Deutschlands", (For Work on the Defenses of Germany), on a smooth background field. The medal loop and the ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Included is an original piece of rayon ribbon and is housed in the original issue case. The case is extremely rare.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SILVER PANZER BADGE W BOX WW2

Lot #387 (Sale Order 438 of 784)

CASED PANZER ASSAULT BADGE IN SILVER. Die struck construction, solid backed, badge with a silver washed finish features a vertically oval, oak-leave wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons, superimpose to the top center, encompassing the cut-out, forward profile of a tank. The plain, solid, reverse has its original pin and catch assembly. Comes with original cardboard issue box. Excellent The Panzer Assault Badge in bronze was introduced by Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch on June 1ST 1940 for award to Panzer-Grenadier, medical, and armored car personnel who participated in three different armored assaults on three different days. The design of the badge was identical to the earlier instituted Panzer Assault Badge in silver for Panzer personnel except for the coloration. Of Note: By June 1943 it was realized that the Panzer Assault Badge didn’t sufficiently recognize the number of assaults participated in by armored personnel, which resulted in the introduction of the numbered Special Grade of the Panzer Assault Badge in both silver and bronze versions on June 22ND 1943. The numbered Special Grade of the Panzer Assault Badge were awarded with the numerals, 25, 50, 75 and 100. The numbered badges followed the basic design of their un-numbered predecessors but were larger and had the addition of an inset rectangular plate with a numeral to the bottom of the wreath.

WWII CASED MUNICH WORKMAN & LABOR MEDAL IN GOLD

Lot #388 (Sale Order 439 of 784)

Nice black cased Munich medallion in gilt finish. Front shows the City of München emblem and reads, "Die Hauptstadt der bewegung München" (The Capital of the Movement Munich). The reverse reads, "Müncheners Dienst boten und Arbeiterstiftung begründet von A. G. Mascher" (Native of Munich domestic employee and workman's fund established by A.G. Mascher). Mint!

WWII NAZI GERMAN AVIATION PERFORMANCE MEDAL WW2

Lot #389 (Sale Order 440 of 784)

WWII Nazi German 1937 RDKl (National Association of German Small Animal Breeders / Reichsverband Deutscher Kleintierzüchter) Reichsbrieftaubenwesen “Für Hervorragende Flugleistung” medal; in zink; unmarked; measuring 39.22 mm in diameter; weighing 25.5 grams in near extremely fine condition and is housed in the original issue case.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSKK DDAC REICHSBAHN MEDALS WW2

Lot #390 (Sale Order 441 of 784)

Reichsbahn Werbesportfest 1939 Plaque (Bernburg) with Case. Fine and detailed bronze plaque “1. SIEGER WERBESPORTFEST BERNBURG 17. 18.6. 1939” (measuring 46x30mm) with its original case of issue with violet inlay and lining. Lettered on top with “Reichsbahn Werbesportfest Bernburg 1939” (measuring 53x37mm). 2) NSKK DDAC Medallion. A beautiful and unique cased unissued medal which features the N.S.K.K. and D.D.A.C. eagles on the front along with the script, "KRAFTFAHRZEUG-WINTERPRäFUNG 1935" or Motor Vehicle Winter Trails 1935. The reverse is blank with oakleaves around the perimeter. Case in excellent condition.45mm in size, weighing 38 grams. Approx. 3mm thick. German Militaria (NSKK DDAC Medallion)

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE HELMET ON MARBLE BASE

Lot #391 (Sale Order 442 of 784)

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE HELMET ON MARBLE BASE. Metal helmet on a marble base. The overall size is approx. 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 inches tall. Bronzed M35 Luftwaffe helmet resting on a marble base in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HJ NSDAP PARTY ARMBAND LOT WW2

Lot #392 (Sale Order 443 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot of armbands to include 1) PRINTED HITLER YOUTH ARMBAND. More like a Volksturm cuffband in it's measurements with the text Hitler Jugend and is in excellent condition. 2) HJ MEMBER'S ARMBAND. A mid production, three-piece construction, red cotton armband. The armband has a central white horizontal stripe, with a white diamond and a machine woven construction black mobile swastika. 3) NSDAP MEMBER'S ARMBAND. Red cotton armband. Printed type. Nice untouched condition MINT! 4) NSDAP MEMBER'S ARMBAND. Red cotton armband. Printed type. Nice untouched condition MINT!

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMBAND LOT REICHSBAHN REICHSPOST

Lot #393 (Sale Order 444 of 784)

WWII Nazi German armband lot to include 1) WWII Deutsches Reichsbahn Service Personnel Embroidered Armband. Armband is in excellent condition and is BeVo made. 2) WWII Nazi Deutsche Reichspost Armband Kampfbinde. Dark blue wool armband with a machine woven, golden-yellow eagle, whose spread wings have a span of 3 inches, clutching a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons, with, in Gothic script, "Reichspost" arching underneath it.. Mint!

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSKOV NS-RKB ARMBAND LOT WW2

Lot #394 (Sale Order 445 of 784)

WWII Nazi German NSKOV armband lot to include 1) NSKOV Gau Koln-Aachen District Veteran's Association Armband. (National Sozialistische Kriegsopferversorung, Gau München-Oberbayern): Armband in dark navy blue wool, with gray embroidery lettering, inscribed "NSKOV" (National Sozialistische Kriegsopferversorung) in an arch above "Gau Koln-Aachen", with a 15.5 mm x 30.5 mm silvered tombac Police badge sewn in place via gray threading between the inscriptions, top and bottom edges trimmed in silvered bullion threading and sewn in place with white threading, the ends sewn together with black threading on the reverse. 2) Kyffhäuser League Member’s Armband. Constructed of black wool, with the logo of the Kyffhäuser League embroidered in black, red, and white sewn onto the armband. The DRKB, "Deutscher Reichs-Krieger-Bund" (German National-veterans’-association), was formed during WWI, and based on the DKB, "Deutscher Krieger-Bund," originally formed in the 1870s. By 1936 it had incorporated most of the varied veterans’ associations into it, and was itself re-named the NS-RKB, "Nationalsozialistische Reichskriegerbund" (National-socialist State-veterans’-organization), in 1938.

WWII NAZI GERMAN TENO ARMBAND LOT OF 2 WW2

Lot #395 (Sale Order 446 of 784)

WWII Nazi German armband lot to include 1) TeNo PERSONNEL'S ARMBAND. White rayon construction armband with black, red and white, printed TeNo emblem to obverse center. Emblem consist of a red square background field with black canted swastika with superimposed white cogwheel encompassing overlapping stylized initials "TN". Reverse of armband has a machine stitched vertical seam. Armband was worn by TeNo personnel when in civilian clothing. 2) TeNo PERSONNEL'S GREEN ARMBAND. TeNo green rayon armband. Maker Marked by B. & W. (A yet still unknown Maker. TeNo, "Technischen Nothilfe" (Technical Emergency-Aid), was originally established in 1919, its members comprised of skilled civilian personnel who would voluntarily avail themselves to maintain and repair essential services in the event of a natural disaster or emergency. TeNo was administered by the Minister of the Interior, until mid-1939 when it became an official state organization under control of the Police, which, in turn, was controlled by the SS. With this change in status a small nucleus of salaried officials were employed to run the organization. As the war dragged on, TeNo became more of a para-military organization, with its direction becoming increasingly controlled by the Waffen-SS.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMBAND LUFTWAFFE ADMIN SA NSKOV

Lot #396 (Sale Order 447 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot of armbands to include 1) Stahlhelm Association Armband. Rare armband that is similar to the NSDAP armband but the red field is in gray and worn only for a short period of time. 2) SA Military Defense Team Sports Armband. The approximately 10cm x 45cm red cotton armband has a 9cm diameter white field sewn to it, upon which is the SA sports badge machine woven in copper-colored threads. The SA sports badge is in the form of an upright short sword against a mobile swastika surrounded by an oak leaf wreath. The armband's vertical seam is to the reverse. Original RZM tag is present. 3) WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe Administrator Armband. Burgundy wool armband with a vertical rear seam. To the front a small Luftwaffe eagle in slivery gray threads on a field gray wool base.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DRV NON PORTABLE CYCLING AWARD

Lot #397 (Sale Order 448 of 784)

Deutscher Radfahrer-Verband DRV Three-piece construction, silvered bronze with a red, white and black enameled DRV insignia, illustrating a standing cyclist, his right hand resting upon the handlebars of his bicycle, his left hand holding a wreath of oak leaves with a large ribbon tied at the top, engraved "5.PREIS RUND UM DEN BÜRGERPARK CA.42 KM R.V. "UNTERWESER" 4.8.35." to the right of the DRV insignia, 55 mm x 85 mm, intact enamels, light contact, extremely fine. In its cardboard box of issue, recessed medal bed, maker's label inscribed "ADOLF GAMPER BREMEN" on the bottom, box also extremely fine.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RDK HOSPITAL BASIN OR BOWL WW2

Lot #398 (Sale Order 449 of 784)

Large white porcelain covered metal basin or bowl for the DRK and is dated 1942 and is nicely marked to the bottom of the bowl measuring 13 1/2 inches wide and with just a couple of enamel chips, is in excellent condition. The DRK, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization, originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929. In December 1937 it gained status as a legally recognized organization by the NSDAP. As with other essential services in Third Reich Germany it came under control of the NSDAP in late 1938 under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization.

WWII NAZI GERMAN OVERSEAS CAP LOT DAF POLICE WW2

Lot #399 (Sale Order 450 of 784)

WWII Nazi German overseas cap lot to include 1) DAF WERKSCHAR PERSONNEL'S OVERSEAS CAP. Nice quality, deep navy blue wool construction, second pattern, DAF-Werkscharen personnel’s overseas cap. The cap features non-functional, side and back panels which slope gently downwards to the front center of the cap. The crown and side, back panel top edges are all trimmed with light blue rayon piping. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle with out-stretched wings in bright silver/aluminum flat-wire threads on a black, woven rayon, inverted triangular base positioned above two, small, pebbled, magnetic sheet metal, buttons. The eagle is neatly handstitched to the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in black rayon, with a partial tan leather sweatband to the front section. Size marked 59. MINT. The Deutsche Arbeitsfront, (German Labor Front), originally founded in 1933, became an official NSDAP organization in October 1934. Its stated purpose was to educate the workers in industry and commerce for smooth and efficient operation of all labor in the Third Reich. The structure of the DAF was basically the same as the NSDAP with different political levels of organization. Due to the diversification in labor the DAF was divided into sub-sections for specific trades and/or professions and it also controlled the Kdf, Kraft durch Freude, (Strength through Joy), organization which provided recreation for workers. However the DAF’s most important goal was to enforce the political stability of the large mass of the work force. One of the sub-sections of the DAF was the DAF-Werkscharen, (DAF-Labor Squads). The Werkscharen were established in February 1935 and were to act as the NSDAP’s "watch-dog", in industrial factories. In June 1935 the Werkscharen were granted independent status and uniform regulations were enacted. In November 1935 the first pattern Werkscharen overseas cap was introduced. In April 1937 with a reorganization of the Werkscharen a second pattern overseas cap was introduced and the first pattern cap was discontinued. Originally the colored piping was intended to indicate rank groups but when the DAF submitted the design of the cap to the RZM they misinterpreted the meaning of the colored piping to indicate the political regional level of the wearer as with the NSDAP political leaders caps with the light blue indicating Orts Gruppe level as opposed to the DAF’s intention of rank. In March 1938, with a restructuring of DAF ranks the colored political level piping was abolished and only silver and gold piping was utilized by the appropriate ranks. 2) FEUERSCHUTZPOLIZEI NCO'S OVERSEAS CAP. Nice quality, navy blue, wool/rayon blend construction overseas cap features simulated fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides. The cap is trimmed with carmine wool truppenfarbe piping. The front center of the cap has a machine woven, second pattern, (circa June 1936-May 1945), wreathed, police style national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons, in white rayon threads on a, woven black trapezoidal, rayon base. The insignia is original hand stitching to the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in gray rayon. Size marked 56. MINT. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted on June 25TH 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. The police NCO’s overseas cap was originally introduced on July 7TH 1937 and was utilized for the duration of the war. The Feuerschutzpolizei, (Fire Protection Police), were distinguished from other police personnel with navy blue uniforms and headgear as opposed to the police green uniforms of the other police agencies. Of Note: A Himmler directive in November 1938 dictated that the Urban Fire Protection Police exchange their blue uniforms for the new police green uniforms. The Police were divided into eight assorted branches of service with each branch being assigned a specific identifying, truppenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with the Feuerschutzpolizei being allocated carmine truppenfarbe which was generally displayed as piping on NCO’s overseas caps. The insignia on the police overseas caps consisted of the second pattern police eagle as introduced on June 25TH 1936. Although wear of the national tri-color cockade was contrary to regulations it was a fairly common practice.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PLAQUE LOT NSDAP AND WEHRMACHT

Lot #400 (Sale Order 451 of 784)

WWII Nazi German plaque lot to include 1) NAZI GERMAN CAST IRON PLAQUE. One-sided cast iron plaque 1933 (W. Felgträger / Eisenhütte Gleiwitz) "And they understood each other". Woman floating on a sphere with raised arms, below the people looking up. 93.8 x 146.4 mm, 233.48 g. Blackened with hanging device, extremely fine 2) BRASS WEHRMACHT HEROIC PLAQUE. Side profile of a German soldier wearing an M35 combat helmet with a small national eagle to the lower left. Plaque measures 63.5 X 82.55 mm Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS SINGLE DECAL HELMET

Lot #401 (Sale Order 452 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction M40 helmet retains about a good portion of its original feldgrau paint. The right side of the helmet has an "SS" runic decal with black, angular runes on a silvery/white shield shaped base with a wide black bordered edging. The runic decal is retained about 96%. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. M31 liner is present, and is in worn but excellent untouched condition. The interior, reverse, neck guard apron has a stamped serial/lot number "2597", and the left side apron is stamped with the manufacturer’s code and size "Q66" indicating manufacture by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. of Esslingen, size 66. Great untouched original SS M40 in a nice large size! The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German Army Forces began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, (Iron and Foundry Works), in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. The M35 had an inserted ventilation bushing positioned on each side of the helmet and a rolled bottom edge while the M40 eliminated the bushings and replaced them by stamping the ventilation eyelets directly into the helmet, although it still retained the rolled bottom edge. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The M42 retained the stamped ventilation eyelets as found on the M40 helmets but eliminated the bottom, rolled edge. Originally regulations dictated that helmets issued to the SS were to have a black painted finish that was usually applied at unit level, by over-painting the issued, parade green painted helmets. In May 1936 the first parade green painted helmets were issued to personnel serving with LSSAH, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, (Life Regiment Adolf Hitler). By mid-1939 the earlier, black painted helmets, primarily M16's, were recalled and grey/black painted helmets were issued for wear with the black uniform while the factory, painted, parade green helmets were issued for use in the field. Eventually all SS field units were issue with the same types of helmets as the rest of the Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces), with SS decals, as mentioned above. Besides the black and black/grey painted helmets all early M35 helmets and some early M40 helmets, were originally issued with a factory applied parade green painted finish although most were later repainted using a matte field-grey paint. Regulations of January 27TH 1940 dictated that all issue helmets were to have a factory applied matte field-grey painted finish. Further regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that all issue helmets were to have a factory applied, rough textured, matte, slate/field-grey painted finish which remained in use for the remainder of the war with minor variations in shade/tone. Quantities of the darker, rough textured, matte, slate/field-grey paint and application instructions were also issued to personnel in the field. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units) and eventually the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), were also allocated quantities of the assorted models of helmets through-out the war. Originally SS personnel didn’t utilized any helmet insignia until the first pattern runic SS helmet decals with silver runes on a black field were introduced on February 23RD 1934, but were only worn for a short time by SS-VT personnel. On August 12TH 1935 the black runic SS helmet decal on a silver shield shaped base and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), party shield decal were both introduced for wear by all SS personnel. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the NSDAP party shield decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of November 1ST 1943 abolished the SS runic decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to. Of Note: The SS runic decal underwent a minor modification sometime early in the war with the runes being somewhat less angular.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HORSE BREEDING TROPHY IN BOX WW2

Lot #402 (Sale Order 453 of 784)

Reich Association for Breeding and Testing of German Warmbloods: non-portable golden merit plaque "For outstanding achievements in horse care and husbandry". Horse groom badge in gold on the gold-plated metal plate, placed on a black wooden plate, on the back with a stand to set up. Plaque measures 3 7/8 X 5 3/8 inches and is housed into the original green box. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN SHOOTING AWARD SMALL BORE RIFLE

Lot #403 (Sale Order 454 of 784)

German Rifle Association Gau North Sea Championships of the German Shooting Association Lower district championship 1939 Given by the Gau North Sea D. Sch. V. Large bronze medal (award) for small bore rifle in the original case measuring 5 5/8 X X 5 5/8 Excellent.

WW2 NAZI GERMAN RUSSIAN FRONT WOOL & LEATHER BOOTS

Lot #404 (Sale Order 455 of 784)

Coarsely woven, gray wool and brown leather construction boots are roughly, 28.5cm tall from the top of the heel to the top of the back calf section. The top 11cm of the calves are constructed in the wool. To the interior to each boot is a pair of pull tabs. The bottoms of each sole is smooth and has a foot that measures approximately 30cm (12") long. The felt and leather boots were originally introduced after the first devastating winter in Russian as the standard leather marching boots didn’t provide the warmth required in the extreme cold. The felt and leather boots came in two styles with a lighter weight style which offered warmth and enabled the wearer to retain a degree of mobility and a second heavier felt and leather over-boot intended for wear by stationary guards and sentinels. The lighter style felt and leather boots were designed to replace the leather marching boot while the heavier felt and leather over-boots were designed to slip over the leather marching boot. Both of the boots gained widespread popularity by all personnel in the sub-zero temperatures on the Eastern front. Both styles of the felt and leather boots were distributed to EM/NCO’s for the winter season, (September 15TH to April 15TH), with other winter garments and were to be returned to the units clothing depot in April for storage, repair and cleaning to be reissued the following September. Originally Officers and senior NCO’s responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and footwear were required to purchase the felt and leather winter boots until regulations of December 1942 extended the issue winter clothing and footwear to all ranks in the colder theatres of operation. Of Note: Luftwaffe personnel initially utilized brown leather accoutrements but during the war the leather items were generally blackened.

WWII GERMAN LUFTWAFFE PARATROOPER CAMO PARACHUTE

Lot #405 (Sale Order 456 of 784)

This is a totally original German WWII Rz20 Paratrooper 28 foot panel camouflage silk canopy with shroud lines in mint condition with bag. The silk canopy has panel stamps. Overall condition is excellent. German parachute troops used at least three types of parachutes: marked RZ1, RZ16, and RZ20. The RZ16, which was invented and first constructed at Cologne, has been in service since the beginning of 1940, and, because it opens without shock, is fast becoming the preferred type. Parachute equipment is divided into four main parts: the parachute proper (or canopy and shroud lines), the outer bag and deployment bag, the harness, and the accessories. The parachute itself consists of a silken (or substitute material) canopy made up of a certain number of panels, each panel cut in the shape of a thin isosceles triangle with the apex removed. Each of the three types has 28 panels. Each panel has 4 gores (tapered sections), cut from a single piece of material in such manner that warp and weft are both at an angle of 45 degrees to the long axis of the panel. Panels are numbered serially in the lower corner, number 1 carrying in addition the special markings of the parachute. These are the manufacturer's stamp or trademark, which includes type, mark number, weight, date of manufacture, and identification number; the manufacturer's inspection mark, giving the date of the last factory inspection; and the Air Ministry stamp which gives the date of the Air Ministry inspection. In a German parachute with 28 panels there are 14 shroud lines which pass through the top vent. The lines are continued down through the seams on opposite sides of the canopy and then run as free lines to the lift webs. Each line is 21 meters (69 feet) long, so that a canopy with 62 square meters (648 square feet) in area, there are some 5 to 6 meters (16 to 20 feet) of free shroud line on each side, between the periphery of the canopy and the lift webs. When packed, the canopy and shroud lines fold inside the bag, which is fastened by means of a ring to the static line. The bag is then contained within the pack, which consists of a base (next to the man's back) and four flaps which close over the bag. A further bag, in which the whole parachute is kept during shipment, is included among the accessories, and is removed when the person enters the plane. The harness is made of webbing and consists of a belt with a large buckle in front, two braces, two thigh straps, and a strap across the top of the chest. It is connected to the rigging lines by hemp lift webs. Each web is so made that its lower end forms an eye which fits into the appropriate "D" ring of the harness, where it is secured by a screw, the free upper ends being joined to form two eyes. To each of the four eyes so formed, seven rigging-line ends are attached. The parachutes are automatically opened by a static cord, 6 meters (20 feet) long, fastened to the inside of the plane, which pulls the bag away from the pack, releasing the canopy. The cord then becomes detached, taking the bag with it. After a drop of some 80 feet the parachute has become completely operative and the subsequent falling speed of a man and parachute is about 16 feet per second. The shock felt by the parachutist when he reaches the ground is comparable to that transmitted by a jump without parachute of from 16 to 18 feet. Early tests also showed that the static line sometimes fouled the canopy on opening. The static line problem was solved with the improved version of the RZ1, called the RZ16, which replaced it in early 1940. The RZ16 static line was stowed side to side on top of the contents of the parachute pack. This outer cover was also stitched to the harness instead of being attached with string. The RZ16 canopy bag was fitted with external loops for the stowing of the shroud lines. The harness still retained the two slide release buckles and snap hooks on the legs. The carry lines attached at the waist gave the jumper no control during descent. As you can see above, this Fj is suspended at an angle as he comes in to land. The RZ1 & RZ16 although safe for the wearer were difficult to remove on landing. The RZ20 was similar to the RZ16 parachute but the new harness was fitted with 4 quick release buckles which enabled the parachutist to clamber free of his chute quickly and more easily than before, most welcome when landing under fire or caught in a ground wind. Men trying to struggle free of parachute harnesses became easy targets. It was first used in the battle for Crete in May 1941 and continued in service until the end of the war. The number of canopy panels were reduced in this variant from 28 to 20. Parachute colorings were also improved at this time, until now the main color was white, which showed up to easily on the ground and acted as a beacon. Crete saw the use of camouflage-patterned canopy’s as well as white. Officers were distinguished by white capped canopy’s for easy recognition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WEHRMACHT WINTER FUR CAP

Lot #406 (Sale Order 457 of 784)

Field-gray wool construction cap with rabbit fur front, fold down side ear lugs and back panels. Tie-string complete. Quilted rayon liner. Size marked 55. Nice cap. The severe cold encountered on the Russian front in the winter of 1941/42 found the Germans completely unprepared not only in heat retaining cold weather garments but also snow camouflage garments. This resulted in numerous, hastily improvised and makeshift heat retaining and snow camouflage items being utilized including everything from civilian winter clothing to white bed sheets. After the winter of 1941/42 the Oberkommando des Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces), recognized the need for heavier winter clothing and testing began in the spring of 1942 to develop suitable garments. In April 1942 Hitler approved the chosen design, and the first models were issued in the autumn of that year, included assorted winter fur caps. The fur caps were a standard issue item and were distributed to all EM/NCO’s for the winter season, (September 15TH to April 15TH), with other winter garments and were to be returned to the units storage depot at the end of the season for storage, repair and cleaning to be reissued the following September. Originally Officers and senior NCO’s responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear were required to purchase the new winter garments until regulations of December 1942 extended the issue winter clothing to all ranks in the colder theatres of operation. Although there was no official standard model of the fur cap the most commonly encountered type followed the basic pattern of the Mountain and M43 caps with fold down back and side panels designed to protect the wearers ears and neck.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MACHINE GUN TOOL FIGHTING KNIFE

Lot #407 (Sale Order 458 of 784)

This pattern of combat knife came in some different designs, made by different manufacturers. These knives were used in machine-gun units. Occasionally one of the tools, (instead the screwdriver), was a PATRONENHEBER MG 34 like this one. This knife, I´m showing you today, is marked with an "S" upon the blade. Blade has been sharpened as seen in the photos. Grips are darkened oak and in excellent condition. Sheet metal scabbard retains about 40% of the original black finish with a dent to the reverse. Overall very good.

GERMAN FERNROHRLAGE 10X60MM ASKANIA SIGHTING SCOPE

Lot #408 (Sale Order 459 of 784)

WWII German Fernrohrlage I 10X60mm sighting telescope for the Askania Kinotheodolite/Cinetheodolite instrument used in the famous V2 rocket program! Originally, there would have been two of these 10X60mm telescopes mounted onto each side of the kinotheodolite/cinetheodolite, and were used to guide the instrument along the flight path of the object being tracked through the sky. The instrument was used to film the flight of the missile/rocket, and calculate its speed, acceleration, and trajectory. Using this data, German scientists and engineers were able to improve the design of accuracy of weapons such as the V2 rocket. This particular 10X60mm Fernrohrlage is in very good condition, showing obvious signs of wear to the exterior from handling/use throughout the past 70+ years, including wear to the original paint in the form of chips, scratches, etc. It still looks AWESOME on display, and even includes the original light bulb for the illuminated reticles system built into the telescope! All of the controls and knobs appear to be functional. The optical adjustment around the viewfinder turns smoothly and precisely, the built in filter for the Hell/Klar/Dunkel adjustment (in English I believe this is Bright/Clear/Dark) One of the reticles include a small, very fine set of crosshairs in the center, along with 4 alignment lines around the edge. The other reticle evenly divides the field of view with multiple lines, with each line assigned a number at intervals of 10. The optics are in good condition, though they do exhibit some signs of age to be expected in vintage/antique optical devices, including some light internal haze, dust, etc. Two images of the view through the viewfinder have been provided (the reticles are much sharper/easier to see when actually looking through the viewfinder). Overall, this is an incredibly rare and hard to find WW2 German optical device, associated with one of the most famous weapons programs of the Third Reich.

WWII NAZI SPANISH CROSS IN BRONZE WITH SWORDS WW2

Lot #409 (Sale Order 460 of 784)

Nicely detailed, convexed, multi-piece, die struck bronze construction award in the form of a Maltese style cross with circular center piece, with embossed canted swastika, encompassed by two circular embossed lines on a slightly rough textured background field. Cross arms also have a slightly rough textured background field with a narrow, smooth, raised outer border. Upward pointing, sword blades and hilts emanate between the crosses arms and have a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a swastika affixed to each. Swastika detailing includes cut-outs to three of the four arms. Sword blades have a central embossed rib and hilts have fine diagonal pebbled lines. Reverse with broad, tapering vertical pin, solid soldered hinge and heavy soldered catch assembly all intact. With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936 the Germans supported the Nationalist Falangist Generalissimo Francisco Franco against the communist allied Republican Loyalist party. The German support consisted of assorted field equipment and weapons, the Imker-Gruppe, (Beekeeper Group), of ground personnel which included the Drohne-Gruppe, (Drone Group), of Panzer units and a group of Luftwaffe volunteers designated as the Condor Legion. The participation in this conflict enabled the Germans to test their fledgling armed forces and by rotating personnel gave them a core of troops with actual combat experience. With the successful conclusion of the Spanish Civil War at the end of March 1939 the German contingent returned home, (May 1939), to be heralded as heroes and on April 14TH 1939 Hitler instituted the Spanish Cross series of awards to recognize the service of the German volunteers in Spain. The award was introduced in three classes, bronze, silver and gold, and a special class of gold with swords and diamonds. The bronze and silver crosses were awarded with swords for combatants and without swords for non-combatants, while the gold cross was only awarded with the swords. Criteria for award of a combatant's Spanish Cross included voluntary service in the Condor Legion, participation in specific Naval actions, and/or outstanding bravery or merit in combat. The non-combatant's crosses were awarded for three months service in a support role.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE RETIRED PILOTS BADGE

Lot #410 (Sale Order 461 of 784)

A Scarce Retired Luftwaffe Pilot's Badge; In Nickle Silver with fine and sharp details in slightly worn condition. The badge came into existence on 26 March 1936. It was to be placed on the lower left breast side of the tunic. It was oval in shape with an outside wreath of oak leaves around each side of the rim in polished silver and a Nazi swastika at the base. At the center of the badge was an eagle "perched" atop a boulder with its wings folded down. This part of the badge was oxidized silver, which gave it a gray appearance in color. The badge measured 54mm by 42mm, being originally produced in nickel silver. Then in 1937, it was produced in aluminum. There are two variations, with one produced with the area around the eagle's legs being solid and another where that same area is cut-out. A cloth version was also produced and could be worn on civilian clothes.

WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS BY SCHINKEL

Lot #411 (Sale Order 462 of 784)

IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS BY SCHINKEL. Rarer early WWII Schinkel form Iron Cross 1st class 800 L/11 marked. 3 piece construction with real 800 silver frames and magnetic iron center. Early type top pin hinge placement plate on the back. Excellent On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross second class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1ST CLASS IRON CROSS EKI WW2

Lot #412 (Sale Order 463 of 784)

1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The plain reverse of the award has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, thick, tapered, vertical, pin and catch all intact. Excellent On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross second class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 2nd CLASS IRON CROSS LOT OF 2 WW2

Lot #412a (Sale Order 464 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Iron lot of two. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style crosses with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medals loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Unmarked. The crosses comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Cross’s were reinstituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more reinstituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The second class medal was for award to personnel who performed a single act of bravery in combat. Excellent

WW2 NAZI GERMAN 25 YEAR FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL LOT

Lot #412b (Sale Order 465 of 784)

Three second class, die struck alloy decorations with nickel-silver plated highlights, a frosted white finish and a black enamel swastika. The decoration is in the form of a cross Pattée with a circular oak-leaf wreath extending between the arms of the cross. The center of the cross has a square plate with a black enameled static swastika to the obverse, and the embossed Gothic script to the reverse, "Für treue Dienste" (For Loyal Service). The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, dual stepped, raised outer edge. Two complete with original ribbons with pin-back device and one is missing ribbon. On January 30th, 1938, Hitler instituted the Faithful Service Decoration, in three classes, to recognize long-serving civil servants and public works personnel. The decorations were intended to be an incentive for the civilian population to foster workplace loyalty and create a stable civil service. The three classes of the decoration consisted of the special class for fifty years of continuous service with the same employer in the free economic system, the first class decoration for forty years of service, and the second class for twenty-five years service. All three classes followed the same basic design, with minor variations

WWII NAZI GERMAN SCREW BACK IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS

Lot #412c (Sale Order 466 of 784)

Private purchase, die struck, three piece, iron and nickel/silver plated alloy construction Patté style cross with a single piece bronze core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The plain reverse has a central, raised, screw receiving post with internal screw threads and a raised pin to the center of the top arm to prevent the cross from rotating when worn. The cross comes complete with a silver washed, convex, 31mm diameter, circular, alloy screw-back plate with a single embossed, horizontal rib, and a threaded screw post to the reverse center. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Crosses were re-instituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914 by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more re-instituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The first class medal was for award to personnel who performed three to five acts of bravery in combat, and had already been awarded the Iron Cross 2ND class. Recipients of an Iron Cross were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired. Due to the prestige of the award personnel who could afford it would opt to buy a jeweler’s copy for everyday wear with the actual award being put away for safe keeping. As of March 1941 manufacture of the Iron Crosses, as with other German awards, destined for private retail sale, was regulated by the LDO, Leistungsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Ordenshersteller, (Administration of German Medal Manufacturers). The LDO, acted as a quality control agent for awards that were intended for retail sale and manufacturers were to use an assigned LDO, "L", code on their products destined for retail sales. Awards that were to be bestowed by the government were also issued an official numerical government contract code known as a Lieferantnummer, (Contractor's Number), that was issued by the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers, (Presidential Council of the Führers), for formally approved manufacturers. The manufacturing firms that were licensed by both the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers and the LDO and would have used the same dies to stamp both the official issue and retail sales types of awards making them virtually indistinguishable from one another except for the markings. In 1941 the LDO decreed that manufacture of the Iron Cross 1ST class be standardized with the only variation allowed being the type of attachment device on the reverse. The two acceptable attachment devices were either the standard hinge, pin and catch assembly or the screw-back version.

WWII NAZI IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS 65 MKD W/ ENVELOPE

Lot #412d (Sale Order 467 of 784)

1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Ring marked, ‘65' for Klein & Quenzer A.G. Idar/Oberstein. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. Also included is the original issue packet. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Cross’s were reinstituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more reinstituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The second class medal was for award to personnel who performed a single act of bravery in combat.

WWII NAZI GERMAN EKII INFANTRY ASSUALT BADGE LOT

Lot #412e (Sale Order 468 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot of two combat medals to include 1) Second Class Iron Cross. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. 2) Silver Infantry Assault Badge. Die struck, solid backed, alloy award with an olive/bronze wash. Badge features an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to top, encompassing a rifle with fixed bayonet and sling. Badge shows nice detailing. Reverse with crimped soldered hinge, thin round vertical pin and soldered catch all intact. Reverse is also not maker marked.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SPANGE IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS WWI

Lot #412f (Sale Order 469 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Spange attached to a vaulted First Class Iron Cross. The 2nd class Spange has had the pins removed and been soldered to the EK. The Iron Cross is heavily vaulted 1914 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece silver alloy frame. The obverse of the cross features an embossed, central, "W" cypher for King Wilhelm II, the re-institution date, "1914", to the bottom arm and a King’s crown to the top arm. All three emblems are in nice high relief. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. Excellent On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Cross’s were reinstituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more reinstituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First and Second Classes and established the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross and two new Spangen, (Bars), for the first and second class awards to be bestowed to recipients of the 1939 Iron Cross who had also been awarded a first or second class 1914 Iron Cross during WWI. Originally the first pattern of this award had slightly scalloped tips to the ends of the date bar which was soon replaced with the second pattern award with diagonally angled ends. Recipients of an Iron Cross Bar were permitted, with the proper documentation, to privately purchase a jeweler’s copy of the award, at their own expense, if so desired. Due to the prestige of the award personnel who could afford it would opt to buy a jeweler’s copy for everyday wear with the actual award being put away for safe keeping. Of Note: The LDO, Leistungsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Ordenshersteller, (Administration of German Medal Manufacturers), began regulating the manufacture of German awards in March 1941 as a quality control agent for awards that were intended for retail sale and manufacturers were to use an assigned LDO, "L", code on their products destined for retail sales. Awards that were to be bestowed by the government were also issued an official numerical government contract code known as a, Lieferantnummer, (Contractors Number), that was issued by the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers, (Presidential Council of the Führers), for formally approved manufacturers. The manufacturing firms that were licensed by both the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers and the LDO and would have used the same dies to stamp both the official issue and retail sales types of awards making them virtually indistinguishable from one another except for the markings.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WHW RED DONATION CAN WW2

Lot #413 (Sale Order 470 of 784)

Original era manufacture. All steel construction with a red paint finish. Embossed lettering at the bottom edge of the can, "Gau Niederdonau". Excellent The Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes Winter Relief of the German People, commonly known by its abbreviated form Winterhilfswerk (WHW), was an annual drive by the National Socialist People's Welfare (German: Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt) to help finance charitable work. Its slogan was "None shall starve or freeze". The drive was originally set up under the government of Heinrich Brüning in 1931, though Adolf Hitler would later claim sole credit. It ran from 1933 to 1945 during the months of October through March and was designed to provide food, clothing, coal and other items to less fortunate Germans during the inclement months. Operation Certain weekends were assigned to all of the different Nazi associations, each with their own special Abzeichen, or badges, to pass out in exchange for a pfennig or two. The highly-collectible items were made of many different materials, such as wood, glass, paper, terra cotta, metal and plastic. Over 8,000 different pieces had been produced by the end of the war, and some of the rarer ones sell for quite a lot of money today. The Can Rattlers, as they became known, were relentless in their pursuit of making sure every good German citizen gave their share to the WHW. In fact, those who forgot to give had their names put in the paper to remind them of their neglect. Neighbors and even family members were encouraged to whisper the names of shirkers to their block leaders so that they could persuade them to do their duty. On one occasion, a civil servant was prosecuted for failure to donate, and his argument that it was voluntary was dismissed on the grounds it was an extreme view of liberty to neglect all duties that were not actually prescribed by law and therefore an abuse of liberty. It was not unheard of for workers to lose their jobs for not donating to Winterhilfe or not giving enough. For instance, when a worker was fired for not donating to Winterhilfe, the firing was upheld by a labour court on the grounds that it was "conduct hostile to the community of the people to be most strongly condemned". Large donations were also a means to establish oneself as a loyal supporter of the Nazi Party without the commitment of joining it. A greatly encouraged practice was once a month to have a one-pot meal (eintopf), reducing all the food to one course and the money thus saved was to be donated. During autumn and winter months from 1933 onward, the Eintopfsonntag (One-Pot Sunday or Stew Sunday) was officially scheduled by the WHW. Restaurants were required to offer an eintopf meal at one of several price points. Households were reminded of the occasion, although it has been noted that the authorities did not investigate whether the one-pot meal was actually served. Collection drives were a mainstay of the Winter Relief and those who did not give, or gave little (such as one pair of boots to a clothing drive), were sometimes the victims of mob violence and needed to be protected by the police. Similar initiatives were started in countries in German-occupied Europe, known in French as the Secours d'Hiver in Belgium and in Dutch as the Winterhulp Nederland and Winterhulp België.

WW2 NAZI OBERFELDWEBEL'S M36 MOUNTAIN FIELD BLOUSE

Lot #414 (Sale Order 471 of 784)

M36 combat tunic with the badge green cloth collar. Field-gray wool/rayon blend construction field blouse features a vertical, six button front closure with a single metal hook and eye positioned at the neckline. The field blouse has four, pleated patch, front pockets with scalloped button down flaps. The right breast has a machine woven national eagle in mouse gray threads on a cut-out darker green rayon base. The eagle is neatly handstitched to the breast. The field blouse has four sets of three, vertically aligned, stitched eyelets with one set situated at either side of the front closure panels and the other two to the reverse side panels. The eyelets were designed for the belt support hooks. The back panel has two vertical tapering darts and a short, central vertical tail skirt vent. The straight cut sleeve cuffs each have a vertical slash to the outside seam with dual fit adjustment buttons. The field blouse has the early, (circa November 1938-May 1940), second pattern, blue/green badge cloth construction slip on shoulder straps with bright silver/aluminum, diamond patterned, NCO’s tress to all the outside edges, two, stamped alloy rank pips and grass green wool waffenfarbe piping. The field blouse has a unusual colored green badge cloth with damage, lay down collar with the typical zig-zag reinforcement stitching to the reverse. The collar features bright silver/aluminum, diamond patterned NCO’s tress trim to the forward outside edges and the September 1935 pattern, machine woven collar tabs with field-grey litzen, an interwoven white center stripe and grass green branch of service stripes mounted on blue/green badge cloth bases. The NCO’s tress and the collar tabs are machine stitched in place. The interior of the field blouse is lined in ribbed gray rayon. The field blouse is roughly size 34" chest.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PORCELAIN PLAQUE BY KPM WW2

Lot #415 (Sale Order 472 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Porcelain plaque by KPM with accompanying letter thanking the individual for their contribution in the design of the plaque and for the brisk sales of it and is signed by the director of the company. The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin (German: Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, abbreviated as KPM), also known as the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin and whose products are generally called Berlin porcelain, was founded in 1763 by King Frederick II of Prussia (known as Frederick the Great). Its actual origins, however, lie in three private enterprises which, under crown patronage, were trying to establish the production of "white gold" (i.e. porcelain) in Berlin from the mid-18th century onwards. This plaque was to commemorate the State's porcelain's makers 175th year into production and shows workers both past and present working the kiln. To the top center a Eagle and swastika. Plaque measures 9 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches and is housed in the original cardboard box. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT VISOR HAT WW2

Lot #416 (Sale Order 473 of 784)

Nice quality, issued, Luftwaffe blue/gray, wool/tricot blend construction visor cap, features a black, horizontally ribbed, interwoven, mohair centerband, and golden yellow wool waffenfarbe piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. Nice quality, 2nd pattern, Luftwaffe insignia to the front of the cap. The cap has a black, patent leather chinstrap with two, black painted magnetic sheet metal, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, smooth, black painted, magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, leather visor with a machine stitched, simulated leather lip to the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in orange oilcloth. The crown lining is missing the sweat rhomboid. The interior of the cap also has a wide, leather sweatband with some minor damage. Visor caps were a standard item for all military personnel during the Third Reich period, (Circa 1933-1945), and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with, based on the individual’s rank. On its inception on February 26TH 1935, the Luftwaffe, (Air-{Weapon}, Force), adopted most of the uniform items of the earlier DLV, Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian forerunner of the Luftwaffe, including the visor cap. In March 1935 the earlier, "Tellerform", saucer shaped, caps were replaced with a new a "Sattelform" saddle shaped, cap with a higher front peak and an oval shaped top. The insignia utilized on the visor caps consisted of the Luftwaffe style national eagle as introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935 along with a new, winged, wreath and the national tri-color cockade. The original, first pattern, Luftwaffe style, national eagle was utilized until a slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. The visor caps for Company and Field grade Officers, holding the ranks of Leutnant up to Oberst were distinguished from EM/NCO’s caps by bright, silver/aluminum piping and a silver/aluminum chin cord while Officers holding Generals ranks of Generalmajor up to Reichsmarschall utilized gold colored fittings. EM/NCO ranks visor caps utilized the appropriate waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), piping and blackened leather chinstraps. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps although the price may have been restrictive. The different branches of service within the Luftwaffe were allocated a specific, identifying, waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color), with golden yellow being chosen for Flieger, (Flight), personnel which was displayed as piping on EM/NCO’s visor caps.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CLOTH INSIGNIA LOT HEER LUFTWAFFE

Lot #417 (Sale Order 474 of 784)

WWII Nazi German insignia to include 1) EM/NCO'S TROPICAL M41/OVERSEAS CAP EAGLE. Machine embroidered national eagle in golden yellow cotton threads on a cut-out ribbed tan cotton twill base. Near mint, scarce pattern. 2) EM/NCO'S TROPICAL BREAST EAGLE. Machine embroidered national eagle in golden yellow cotton threads on a cut-out ribbed tan cotton twill base. Near mint, scarce pattern. 3) ARMY PERSONNEL FORMER MEMBER OF TeNo EM/NCO'S SLEEVE BADGE. Machine woven, vertically oval, insignia features a blue/green rayon base with a silvery/gray, oak-leave wreath encompassing a central, silvery/gray, cogged wheel, which encircles the overlapping initials, "TN". The insignia is still on its original, woven, blue/green rayon factory roll. 4) EM/NCO'S M44 TRAPEZOID CAP INSIGNIA. Machine embroidered national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in silver/gray rayon threads, positioned above a national tri-color cockade with a black outer circle encompassing a white inner circle and a red center dot, on a loosely woven, brownish/field-gray rayon trapezoidal base. The outer edge of the trapezoidal base has reinforcement stitching in the same silver/gray threads as the eagle. 5) PANZER EM/NCO'S M36 BREAST EAGLE. Early, M36 pattern, machine woven national breast eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in white rayon threads on a woven, black, rayon base. The eagles wingspan is roughly, 10cm from wing tip to wing tip. 6) LUFTWAFFE EM/NCO'S BREAST EAGLE. Machine embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in silvery/gray rayon threads on a cut-out Luftwaffe blue/gray wool base. Nice clean eagle. 7) LUFTWAFFE EM/NCO'S BREAST EAGLE. Machine embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in silvery/gray rayon threads on a cut-out Luftwaffe blue/gray wool base. Nice clean eagle. 8) LUFTWAFFE EM/NCO'S BREAST EAGLE. Machine embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in silvery/gray rayon threads on a cut-out Luftwaffe blue/gray wool base. Nice clean eagle. 9) ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SOUND LOCATOR’S TRADE BADGE. The badge consists of a Luftwaffe blue/gray wool base with ornate scalloped edging. The base features a machine embroidered central oak-leaf cluster, positioned above a canted swastika, flanked by stylized wings, with a Gothic letter, "h" indicating, Horcher, (Listener/Sound Locator), to the top center all in silvery/gray, rayon threads. 10) WAFFEN-SS ITALIAN VOLUNTEER'S SLEEVE SHIELD. German manufactured, Italian sleeve shield consists of a roughly, 65mm tall, 60mm wide, flat topped, rounded bottom, black wool construction, shield shaped base which features a machine embroidered, golden yellow fasces bordered in red threads and encompassed by a golden yellow shield shaped border. 11) NSKK FIRST PATTERN CAP EAGLE. A machine woven, first pattern (1935-39) NSKK eagle and swastika, with a banner arching above upon which is "N.S.K.K.," all in the early silver/gray cotton thread with black accents, on a yellow, inverted triangular rayon base. The insignia is still on its original black rayon factory roll. The insignia is in effectively perfect, unissued condition. 12) NSKK SLEEVE EAGLE. The insignia is comprised of a machine woven, silver/aluminum flat-wire thread NSKK eagle and swastika beneath an arching banner reading "N.S.K.K.". Size 95mm x 50mm. This insignia was originally worn on the upper right sleeve until late 1938 or early 1939 when it was transferred to the upper left sleeve. 13) NSKK SECOND PATTERN CAP EAGLE. A machine woven, second pattern (1939-45) NSKK eagle and swastika, with a banner arching above upon which is "N.S.K.K.," all in silver/aluminum thread with black accents, on its original, black factory roll. Complete with original paper RZM tag. 14) RBD "Saarbrucken" SLEEVE EAGLE. A machine woven, right facing eagle with outstretched wings and a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons, positioned above the arching script, "RBD Saarbrucken". All of the threads are bright golden-yellow, against a half-moon shaped, woven black base, which is still on its original section of black rayon factory roll. The insignia indicates service with the "Saarbrucken" division of the "Reichsbahndirektion." 15) M44 PATTERN REICHSBAHN SLEEVE EAGLE. Later war, M44 style production/pattern, machine woven, national breast arm eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in pale, bright yellow/gold, rayon threads on a woven, inverted, triangular, blue/black rayon, base.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE GROUND COMBAT BADGE WW2

Lot #418 (Sale Order 475 of 784)

Nice quality, two piece, solid backed, die struck alloy construction , badge with bright silver and burnished grey finishes, is in the form of a silver washed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a separate silver washed, Luftwaffe style eagle clutching a canted, swastika in one talon, superimposed to the top center, encompassing a cut-out, burnished grey washed cloud and downward striking lightning bolt. The eagle is secured to the badge by a single, small, flush rivet which is visible on the reverse. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. Unmarked In late 1941 the first Luftwaffe ground combat units were hastily formed to help replace the massive lose of men on the Eastern front, followed by the formation of the Brigade Meindl consisting of five Luftwaffe Field Battalions in February 1942. As a result of the formation of these new ground combat units Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring established the Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge on March 31ST 1942, for award to all Luftwaffe personnel who had distinguished themselves in ground combat. Certain criteria had to be met for award of the badge with the main criteria being three separate ground combat actions. Of Note: Since the Luftwaffe had excess personnel on September 17TH 1942 Göring announced the formation of new Luftwaffe field divisions also to replace the massive lose of men on the Eastern front. Due to the lack of training and poor performance in the field, of the twenty-two divisions formed, seventeen were either destroyed or disbanded before the end of the war. Also Of Note: On introduction of the Ground Combat Badge, Luftwaffe personnel who had been awarded the Infantry, Panzer or General Assault badges previously, were required to exchange them for this badge. Prior to the introduction of this Ground Combat Badge, Flak personnel who had utilized their Flak guns against land or sea based targets three times were awarded the Flak War Badge. These personnel also exchanged their Flak War Badge for the Ground Combat Badge.

GERMAN HITLER YOUTH GAUSIEGER 1944 AWARD BADGE

Lot #419 (Sale Order 476 of 784)

WWII Nazi German 1944 Hitler Youth proficiency badge. The badge on the reverse is makers marked G.BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN. The front of the badge retains all of its original finish with minor oxidation. Excellent. In February 1934, National Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach and Dr. Robert Ley, head of the German Labor Front collaborated in a joint effort to institute a National Trade Competition to encourage German youth to develop proficient skills in manual, technical or professional trades. The competitions consisted of twenty main categories with over seven hundred assorted trades being represented. All participants were required to belong to the HJ, DAF, or another NSDAP organization, and only those under 21 years old were eligible to compete. Participants were required to demonstrate their particular skills and successfully complete appropriate written tests. The competitions were held at the three different political levels with the winners advancing to the next level. Local, (Kreis), level competitions were held in February followed by the State, (Gau), level competitions in March and the National, (Reichs), level competitions held in April, with the National winners being bestowed their awards by Hitler personally on May 1ST, the Day of National Labor. Although all competitors were issued a participants badge and certificate, originally only the National winners were bestowed an actual award with corresponding certificate. In 1938 a new award was instituted in three grades with the colored finish determining the grade of the award as follows, gold finish for the Reichs level award, a silver finish for the Gau level award and a bronze finish for the Kreis level award. Of Note: In 1938 eligibility to compete in the National Trade Competitions was extended to include those over 21 years old and participants were no longer required to belong to an NSDAP organization. After the outbreak of the war the competition was renamed, Kreigsberufswettkampf, (War Trade Competition), with the last event held in 1944.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE GLIDER PILOT BADGE WW2

Lot #420 (Sale Order 477 of 784)

Two piece die struck alloy award. The badge is in the form of an embossed vertically oval oak-leaf wreath with a swastika mounted to the bottom center encompassing a stylized gliding eagle with outstretched wings. The eagle's wings extend beyond the edges of the wreath. The eagle is secured to the wreath by two small dome headed rivets which are visible on the reverse. The reverse of the badge has a soldered barrel type hinge, a thin round vertical pin and a soldered catch all intact. The reverse of the eagle is well marked with stamped manufacturer’s name and location, "G.M. OSANG DRESDEN". Very Good

WWII NSFK KASSEL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAQUE 1938 WW2

Lot #421 (Sale Order 478 of 784)

(Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Reichswettkämpfe des NS-Fliegerkorps Kassel Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered aluminum; the obverse illustrating a mobile swastika superimposed on a winged man (Icarus) in flight, inscribed “Reichswettkämpfe des NS-Fliegerkorps des NS-Fliegerkorps Kassel 12-14.8.1938”; measuring 82 mm in diameter; in overall very fine condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN FUNERAL SASH LOT OF 2 NSDAP WW2

Lot #422 (Sale Order 479 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot of two funeral sashes made of red rayon with fringed ends. These were widely used by all political groups of the NSDAP. Both shows signs of wear but overall very good condition. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE CUSTOMS CLAMSHELL BAYONET

Lot #423 (Sale Order 480 of 784)

This outstanding Clamshell Bayonet is the smaller type that would normally have been carried by an officer. The detailing to the pommel is extremely fine, and the oak leaves on the obverse guard both remain crisply detailed. The reverse guard only has the oak leaves on the end of the quillon, the rest being plain. Below this is fine clamshell bearing a crisply detailed Prussian eagle. The grip plates are good quality antler, with pleasing brown and gold tones. These plates are retained by nickel rivets with dressed heads on the obverse, and the silvered Police insignia is a beauty that shows little wear. The black leather scabbard shell is in excellent shape, showing little wear, and has the standard dual trim lines on the edges. The rounded edge mounts are also excellent, being retained by staples. These mounts are typical WKC types. The blade is extremely nice. It measures 10 inches long, with a narrow fuller and a stepped end. The ricasso is marked with the Knight Head trademark of the WKC firm. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH KNIFE W MOTTO WW2

Lot #424 (Sale Order 481 of 784)

The early, (Circa 1933-1938), HJ camp knife, with blade motto, has a roughly, 5 1/8", (13 cm), long, drop forged, steel construction, single edged, non-fullered, nickel/silver plated, blade and a full length, including the hilt of roughly, 9 1/4", (23.6 cm). The obverse of the blade has the acid etched motto, "Blut und Ehre!", (Blood and Honor), in a facsimile of RJF von Schirach’s handwriting. Maker marked C. D. SCHAAFF, Solingen. The blackened leather washer is still intact. The tooled steel construction hilt features a single, up-swept, cross guard arm and a stylized eagle head pommel. The knife has molded, black, diamond grooved, bakelite grips with dual, small, dome headed, alloy retaining rivets fully intact. The obverse grip has an imbedded enameled and silver washed alloy HJ diamond. The HJ diamond features red enamel top and bottom quarters and white enamel side quarters with a central, canted, black enamel swastika. The diamond has the correct translucent red enamel with a pebbled field visible underneath. The knife comes with it’s original magnetic sheet metal scabbard. Straps and snap are all complete. Excellent The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth). The HJ Fahrtenmesser, (Hike/Camp knife), was introduced in early 1933 and was the first blade sidearm to be officially sanctioned by the NSDAP. Of Note: Although the HJ camp knife was the first, officially sanctioned, blade, side arm the SA dagger was the first, officially sanctioned, dagger. Originally the camp knife was intended for wear by all HJ members regardless of rank but in 1937 a presentation Leader’s dagger was introduced for wear by the ranks of Gefolgschaftsführer to Reichsjugendführer and the camp knife was relegated for wear by the ranks of Hauptgefolgschaftsführer and below. An additional NSDAP party formation, the DJ Deutsche Jugend, (German Youth), with members, aged 10-14, were also permitted wear of the HJ camp knife. The distribution of the HJ camp knife was controlled by the NSDAP and was dependant on the recipient successfully completing the appropriate proficiency requirements and tests. After meeting the requirements the individual was still responsible for purchasing the HJ camp knife through official channels. Regulations stated that the HJ camp knife was only to be worn while the recipient was in uniform, although it is highly doubtful that young boys/men adhered to these regulations unless they were strictly enforced. Originally the HJ camp knives had a blade inscription with the HJ motto, "Blut und Ehre!", (Blood and Honor), inscribed in a facsimile of the HJ Reichsjugendführer, (Hitler Youth National Youth Leader), Baldur von Schirach’s handwriting, but in August 1938 the blade inscription was discontinued. Of Note: The HJ was an official NSDAP formation and as a result it’s uniforms and equipment items fell under the authority of the RZM, Reich Zeug Meisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster). The RZM, was officially founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP, as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, including the HJ, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for Party formations met required specification and were standardized. Uniforms and equipment items manufactured for the HJ came under the quality control of the RZM and were generally marked by the appropriate RZM approval/acceptance markings. Further production of the HJ camp knives was official discontinued in October 1942.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LAND CUSTOMS OFFICIAL'S DAGGER

Lot #425 (Sale Order 482 of 784)

As a rule, the firm of Clemen & Jung did not make a lot of edged weapons, but they were fairly prolific with Customs Daggers. This example features early silvered fittings throughout. The pommel is fairly clean across its upper surfaces, still having a good crisp rim. The standing pointed style oak leaves used by the Customs are hand enhanced throughout. A very nice pommel here. The matching crossguard has a fine eagle featuring tipped wings. The bird shows a little bit of modest wear to the head and the breast feathering and talons, but the eye is still there, as is the cross checkering that was hand done for the breast feathering. The bird clutches a raised mobile swastika in a wreath. This mount is also a fine silvered example. The matching ferrule above features pointed oak leaves around its perimeter, also having hand enhancing. The grip is a carved wood base, having eleven ribs. The grip is covered with a green leather that still is in very fine condition. Some of the graining still shows in the surfaces. This grip is tightly wrapped with twisted silver wire. The scabbard shell has a steel base and is covered with green leather. The leather shows some wear to the surfaces and some old carrying signs here-and-there, but basically it is still all there. The shell is fitted with silvered steel mounts. These mounts have decorative lines running across the edges of the obverse only. The eyelets are the type that were applied to the mounts and they are equipped with matching silvered rings. The mounts are retained by headless flush mount screws, all on the left side of the fittings. The blade of this example is a typical Clemen & Jung. The grain shows running toward the tip rather than horizontal. This is an anomaly we see with this company and I have noticed it many times in the past. Overall, this blade grades at excellent to excellent plus. The reverse ricasso is stamped in two lines in capital letters, “CLEMEN & JUNG/SOLINGEN”. The original washer is also in place. Still retains the original Customs knot

WWII GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE MINIATURE DAGGER 1st MOD.

Lot #426 (Sale Order 483 of 784)

This early miniature dagger has much appeal and is of highest quality throughout. The brass ball pommel has fine detailing to the reeds and cattails. The matching crossguard remains new-like, with fouled anchor center blocks and acanthus leaves on the quillon arms. The quillon ends have crisp nipple tips and scribed lines. The grip of this dagger is orange celluloid, which is unusual to see. The color is quite pretty. The grip has a fine sheen and remains in perfect condition. The scabbard is as straight as an arrow. The detail is extremely well done, extending down to the ball chape. The scabbard is a standard lighting bolt type, with the attendant palmettes, ermine feet, and acanthus leaf decoration. There is a lot of original gilding in the areas that avoided hand and friction wear. The bands retains most of the gilding and have good crossed rope designs. The blade is still in near mint state measuring 5 1/8 inches and still retains the original knot. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT BOOTS WW2

Lot #427 (Sale Order 484 of 784)

Nice quality, multi-panel construction, Pst 4004E flight boots with upper, brushed leather, (suede), calf sections and smooth, blackened leather foot sections, are roughly, 14 3/4", (37.5cm), tall from the top of the heel to the top of the back calf section. The boots have a stitched on, dual layer, central, vertical, spine to both the obverse and the reverse of the calves. The upper calf sections are constructed in black suede panels and have a vertical, zipper closure with an underlying, protective suede and leather panel, to the inside calves. The alloy zippers pull tabs have the stamped manufacturer’s name/logo, "Ri Ri". The top edge of the inner calf sections have a small, horizontal, overlapping closure strap with a black painted, magnetic sheet metal, female, "RUPI 2", snap and a corresponding male snap positioned at the top edge of the zipper closure. The foot portion of the boots are constructed of two leather panels with a large forward panel and a smaller rear panel covering the heel area. The interior of the boots are fully lined in natural, white, lamb’s fleece The lower, interior of both of the underlying, protective suede and leather zipper panels have partially illegible, stamped numerical markings. The boots show areas of light chafe wear. The boots are roughly North American size 10, or European size 44. Development of protective flight uniforms, equipment and footwear began with the advent of military aircraft in WWI and continued on into the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), and the Third Reich eras. With a drop in temperature, (lapse rate), of roughly one degree Celsius per one hundred metres of altitude it can get considerably cooler at even relatively low flight altitudes. Considering the temperature/altitude lapse rate the requirement for warm clothing and footwear becomes evident. Flight boots were considered an integral part of the flight suit and originally Third Reich era flight personnel wore the previously introduced, fur lined, over-boots but further production of the early style over-boots was discontinued by regulations of June 16TH 1939. The first flight boots developed during the Third Reich were the fur lined, model Pst 3, boots as introduced on November 6TH 1935. On September 22ND 1937 an improved version of the Pst 3 flight boots were introduced and designated as model Pst 4004. Both the Pst 3 and the Pst4004 boots were utilized through-out the war. Although the boots proved to be suitable for flying both of the early models proved somewhat impractical as they were difficult to walk any distance in and the internal fur would become matted down easily resulting in loss of heat retention. Although assorted patterns of other footwear were considered to overcome the shortcomings of the flight boots no suitable pattern was ever officially adopted and the Pst 3 and the Pst4004 flight boots, with minor variations, continued to be utilized for the duration of the war. On June 25TH 1936 the Germans developed an electrically heated flight suit that consisted of a one piece, jacket/pant combination with separate gloves and socks. The electrically heated flight suits contained built-in, insulated heating elements that drew their power directly from the aircraft by means of a quick release, electrical coupling connection. The early electrically heated flight suits were intended for cold weather flights and were to be worn over the standard uniform and beneath the protective flight suit. On February 16TH 1940 the first electrically heated flight boots were introduced to augment the electrically heated flights suits and worked on the same principal with built-in, insulated heating elements that drew their power directly from the aircraft by means of a quick release, electrical coupling connection. The electrically heated flight boots were a modification of the earlier Pst 4004 flight boots and were designated Pst 4004 E, Pelzstiefel 4004 Elektrisch, (Fur Boots 4004 Electric). Of Note: Regulations of July 4TH 1940 and April 24TH 1941 introduced two piece protective flight suits for fighter pilots which were designed to increase the wearer’s mobility and not be as restrictive in the close confines of a cockpit although the earlier one piece suits continued to be worn right up until the end of the war. The two piece flight suits consist of separate jacket and pants and was commonly referred to as the "Kanalanzug", (Channel Uniform). Originally the two piece protective flight suits didn’t utilize the electrical heating elements although some later models did incorporate the electrically heated feature. Also Of Note: Although Officers and certain Senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Luftwaffe’s Verkaufsabteilung, (Air-Force Sales Department), system the flight uniform items, (one and two piece suits, flight helmets, gloves/gauntlets, footwear etc.), were considered spec

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE OFFICER DAGGER HANGERS

Lot #428 (Sale Order 485 of 784)

Luftwaffe Officer’s dagger hangers consisting of two, machine woven, Luftwaffe blue/gray rayon straps with a central, waffle pattern weave flanked by fine, parallel, vertical, silver/aluminum edges stripes. Aluminum fittings. MINT In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both side arms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots license. These first pattern daggers, which incorporated an integral hanger, were utilized until July 15TH 1937 when a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced. With the introduction of the second pattern dagger new, corresponding, dagger hangers were also established.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS M42 SD HELMET CKL64 WW2

Lot #429 (Sale Order 486 of 784)

The stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains most of its original field-gray paint. The right side of the helmet has a second pattern, "SS" runic decal with black runes on a silver shield shaped base with black bordered edging. The decal is retained about 90%. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 liner in place. Leather is still fully intact with all the fingers. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron has a faint, stamped serial/lot number and the stamped manufacturer’s code "ckl 64" indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. Of Note: The placement of the manufacturer’s code and size on the reverse, interior, neck guard apron indicates manufacture after mid-1943. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units) and eventually the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), were also allocated quantities of the assorted models of helmets through-out the war. Originally SS personnel didn’t utilized any helmet insignia until the first pattern runic SS helmet decals with silver runes on a black field were introduced on February 23RD 1934, but were only worn for a short time by SS-VT personnel. On August 12TH 1935 the black runic SS helmet decal on a silver shield shaped base and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), party shield decal were both introduced for wear by all SS personnel. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the NSDAP party shield decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of November 1ST 1943 abolished the SS runic decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to. Of Note: The SS runic decal underwent a minor modification sometime early in the war with the runes being somewhat less angular.

WWII NAZI GERMAN P38 PISTOL HOLSTER 1944 DATED WW2

Lot #430 (Sale Order 487 of 784)

Second pattern, molded, blackened pebbled, leather construction, P38 "softshell" holster. The holster features a fold over top flap with a horizontal stitched hinge to the reverse and a stitched on vertical leather closure strap to the obverse. The top flap closure strap attaches to a natural steel stud that is situated on a fold back panel to the left hand side of the holster body. The holster body also has a stitched on, spare magazine pocket to the right front. The reverse of the holster has two slightly diagonally angled stitched on leather belt loops. The reverse of the holster is well marked with impressed designation, "P38", a Waffen-amt stamp and the manufacturers three letter code "bml" and dated for 1944. Stone cold mint & super nice! In 1935 the Heereswaffenamt, (Army Ordnance Office), began looking for an alternative pistol to replace the P08 Luger which had been in service since 1908. Although the Luger was favored by the troops it was expensive to produced and was prone to allowing dirt into the toggle breech affecting its firing. In 1938 the Heereswaffenamt accepted the new P38 pistol, developed by the Carl Walther Waffenfabrik. The new P38 pistol didn’t completely replace the Luger which was still being manufactured until 1943 when it was finally discontinued. The P38 originally came in a molded "hardshell" holster until a "softshell" holster was introduced in late 1943.

WWII NAZI GERMAN STICKPIN LOT OF 30 SA DRL DAF SS

Lot #431 (Sale Order 488 of 784)

WWII Nazi German stickpins grouping of 30 to include 6 DLRG, Deutschen Lebensrettungsgesellschaft, (German Live Saving Association), Two NSKOV stickpins,2 DRL Deutsches Reichsabzeichen für Leibesübungen Aufschlagnadel, Two DAF Deutsche Arbeitsfront. SA Reserve stickpin, SA Stickpin, Three Veteran Leagues, Two Shooting organizations, DSB German Sports League, Two SS stickpins that are more than likely post War and others.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE NCO'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #432 (Sale Order 489 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, removable top, dark navy blue wool construction cap with a black, horizontally ribbed, mohair centerband. The top crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband are piped in the same navy blue wool as the balance of the cap. The front center of the cap has a hand embroidered national eagle in gilt wire & golden yellow celleon threads mounted on a cut-out navy blue wool base. The eagle is neatly handstitched to the cap. The front center of the centerband has a hand embroidered oak-leaf wreath in gilt wire threads encompassing a metal national tri-color cockade. The wreath and cockade are mounted on a padded, cut-out navy blue wool base which is also neatly handstitched to the cap. The cap has a black patent leather chinstrap with two sliding, leather length adjustment loops and a metal buckle and snap retainer all intact. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, fire gilted, alloy buttons. The chinstrap retaining buttons have a horizontally ribbed background field with an embossed fouled anchor and a simulated twisted rope outer edge. The cap has a black lacquered vulcanfibre forward visor with the simulated black leather trim to the forward edge. The interior crown of the cap is lined in blue rayon. Complete original leather sweatband. Size marked 56. The cap is in overall very good condition. Excellent German Naval uniforms and headgear were based on traditional designs that date back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848, and although uniforms and headgear did evolve during the interim years many items used during the Third Reich would still have been quite recognizable to the Imperial sailor. The Kriegsmarine clothing regulations differed from the army and Luftwaffe in that enlisted personnel did not wear visor caps although all ranks from senior NCO’s upward did and regulations dictated the form of dress they were to be worn with based on the individuals rank. Officer and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own caps and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the Kriegsmarine Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their caps directly from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase visor caps of higher quality. Originally the Reichsmarine era visor caps were worn until a new slightly modified version was introduced in 1933.Originally Kriegsmarine personnel wore the Weimar Reichsmarine era oval, black, Weimar eagle "cockade" on a gold background encompassed by a gold oak-leaf wreath on their visor caps until March 14TH 1933 when the Weimar era cockade was replaced with a circular black, white, and red cockade, followed by the new NSDAP style national eagle on March 24TH 1934 and a new, more detailed, pattern wreath on April 2ND 1935. Kriegsmarine officer’s visor cap also differed from their counterparts in the army and Luftwaffe in that they did not utilize the twisted chincords to denote rank as they proved impractical for actual usage and the leather chinstraps were worn instead. As a result of the use of the leather chinstraps there was no way to determine Officer’s from NCO’s until regulations of May 13TH 1936 introduced new identifying visor trim for officers ranks to distinguish them from the NCO’s. The new visor trim came in three different patterns with one pattern for Company Grade Officers, one for Field Grade Officers and the third for Flag Officers. Of Note: Kriegsmarine Administrative officials visor caps were distinguished from other Kriegsmarine personnel’s visor caps by the use of silver insignia and the twisted chincords.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA BAND SWALLOWS NEST WW2

Lot #433 (Sale Order 490 of 784)

WWII German SA Musician Swallows Nests. This is a pair of swallows nests for an SA musician. They are in excellent condition. The reverse is lined in tan cloth. There are a series of metal hooks that would have held these in place on the shoulder of the wearer. Excellent condition overall!

WWII NAZI RAD OFFICER'S BROCADE BELT & BELT BUCKLE

Lot #434 (Sale Order 491 of 784)

Roughly 43mm wide silver/aluminum brocade belt with three 4mm wide, parallel, horizontal chocolate brown stripes. Belt has two vertical keepers, one on either side of buckle, in the same brocade pattern as the belt. One end of belt is folded over and stitched to retain the open rectangular aluminum buckle catch and buckle. Reverse of belt with protective brown wool backing. Some mothing to the wool, see photos. Leather buckle retaining tongue is fully intact. Stamped, two piece, matte aluminum, 50mm diameter, circular belt buckle features five, highly embossed sheafs of wheat encompassing an embossed inverted spade head with high relief canted swastika on a subtlety textured, domed central field. Reverse of buckle has crimped outer edges and a separate circular plate insert with crimped catch and retaining hook. Circular plate is secured to the buckle by crimped edges to the reverse of the domed centerpiece. Reverse of buckle is well marked with impressed manufacturers logo A for Assmann and dated 1937. Belt & Buckle is in excellent condition. Brocade length is 95cm. Excellent The basis of the RAD, Reichsarbeitsdienst, (National Labour Service), dates back, at least, to 1929 with the formation of the AAD (Anhalt Arbeitsdienst) and the FAD-B (Freiwillingen Arbeitsdienst-Bayern), Shortly after Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor, (January 1933) the NSDAP consolidated these, and other labour organizations into the NSAD (Nationalsozialist Arbeitsdienst), a national labour service. On June 26TH 1935 the NSAD was re-designated RAD. Originally personnel serving with RAD wore a variety of earlier FAD/NSAD belt buckles until February 15TH 1936 when new pattern belt buckles for Officer’s and EM/NCO’s were introduced to provided uniformity in dress.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY PARATROOPER'S BADGE WW2

Lot #435 (Sale Order 492 of 784)

Two piece, die struck alloy construction badge with gilted and silver washed finishes. The badge is in the form of a vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a small Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings, clutching a canted, swastika in it talons, superimpose to the top center, encompassing a stylized diving eagle. The stylized diving eagle shows nice detailing including spread talons. The eagle is attached to the wreath by two, small, dome headed rivets which are visible to the reverse. The reverse of the wreath has a barrel type hinge, a thin, round, vertical pin and catch all intact. C. E. Juncker production example. Ex Eric Queen collection. As a result of observations of the Russian experimentation with the newly developing paratroop personnel in 1928 the Germans began serious consideration of also developing paratroop units and plans were drawn up for formation of such units in late 1935. Both the Luftwaffe and Army eventually established paratrooper units, consisting of voluntary personnel, on January 29TH 1936 and March 31ST 1937 respectively and a paratroop training school was established at Stendal in early 1937. On September 1ST 1937, Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, (Commander in Chief of the Army), Generaloberst Freiherr Werner von Fritsch established the Army Paratroopers qualification badge for award to personnel of the Fallschirm-Infanterie Bataillon, (Parachute Infantry Battalion), who had written the required tests and completed five parachute jumps. Individuals who were awarded the badge were obligated to requalify annually, with a minimum of six parachute jumps, in order to retain it. On January 1ST 1939 the army’s Fallschirm-Infanterie Battalion was transferred to the control of the Luftwaffe and became "II.Bataillion Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1". These two battalions would become the nucleus of the 7.Flieger (Fallschirm) Division. As a result of this transfer the Army Paratroopers Badge was discontinued in favor of the Luftwaffe’s Paratroopers Badge, although holders of the Army pattern badge were allowed to retain it. Of Note: On June 1ST 1943 the Army Parachute Badge was reinstituted for award to qualifying personnel serving with the 15./Brandenburg Fallschirm-Kompanie, (15TH Paratroop Company), of the Brandenburg Division. It is believed the cloth version of the badge wasn’t introduced until in was reinstated in 1943 and then only in a machine embroidered pattern as opposed to most cloth badges that were generally in a hand embroidered versions for Officers ranks and in a machine embroidered version for EM/NCO’s.

WWII US ARMY SCHRADE M2 SWITCHBLADE KNIFE AIRBORNE

Lot #436 (Sale Order 493 of 784)

WWII M2 Paratrooper Switchblade. Developed in WWII for paratroopers as an easy open access for shroud cutting, or combat. Designed to be carried in the knife pocket of the neck of the jump jacket. Original issues were ordered from Schrade Cutlery Co. 1940 as Knife, Pocket, M2. This is an early issue. The knife opens easily when button is depressed and locks in place. Bail intact, Schrade Walden NY marked. Blade is 3 1/8" the overall length is 7 1/4" Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE SWORD WEYERSBERG WW2

Lot #437 (Sale Order 494 of 784)

This Luftwaffe Sword has never been cleaned and as a result the solid nickel mounts do show quite a bit of patina. The pommel is an excellent example, having no hits to the rim edges. The rim is stamped with a fine decoration of connected oak leaves and acorns, and it has the medallion insert style sun-wheel swastika. It appears as though there is no silvering left between the legs of the swastika. The crossguard has the same medallion inserts although in this case it appears as though the silvering is intact. The guard is the three section variety, which slopes downward and bears good, enhanced feathering. The grip is a carved wood base, and is covered with a fine blue Moroccan leather. This leather shows some usage with scuffs here and there, but be covered in with Meltonian leather cream and it cleaned up quite nicely. The grip is tightly wrapped with springy copper wire. The scabbard shell of this piece is straight throughout, and is also covered in Moroccan leather. The scabbard is in very good condition, showing minor scuffs to the leather. The scabbard mounts are the matching nickel-silver types, in good condition. They are retained by headless side screws. The original crescent hanger is in place, in good condition and equipped with a matching nickel-silver box clip. The blade is in excellent condition, with highest quality nickel-plated surfaces. It is marked on the reverse ricasso, Paul Weyersberg with the trademark and a Waffenamt, consisting of a stick bird with a number 5 visible in his belly. The original blue leather blade washer is in place, in good condition and showing only minor wear. Excellent. In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Also in late 1934 the "Ehrenschwert", (Honor Sword), was introduced by Hermann Göring for presentation to specifically selected personnel of the Fliegerschaft. With the official establishment of the Luftwaffe in March 1935, the newly introduced sword was awarded to all Luftwaffe officer’s in good-standing and the official designation of the sword was altered to Offizierschwert, (Officer’s Sword), although it was most commonly referred to as the Fliegerschwert, (Flyer’s Sword). Regulations dictated that all Officer’s and senior NCO’s wear the sword with the Service, Reporting, Walking-out, and Parade Dress uniforms. The early issue swords were constructed with German nickel/silver or plated fittings while later models, (circa-1940), had aluminum fittings. Of Note: Wear of the Luftwaffe Officer’s swords was discontinued by order of December 23RD 1944.

WWII NAZI GERMAN COLLAR TAB SHOULDER BOARD LOT WW2

Lot #438 (Sale Order 495 of 784)

Collection of WWII Nazi German insignia to include 1) ORTSGRUPPE LEVEL Administrative MAIN DEPARTMENT LEADER'S COLLAR TAB 2) RESERVE FLIGHT LEUTNANT’S COLLAR TAB. 3) FLAK ARTILLERY UNTEROFFIZIER'S GREATCOAT COLLAR TAB. 4) DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN RAILWAY WORKER? COLLAR TAB. 5) FLAK ARTILLERY OBERST'S COLLAR TAB. 6) SIGNALS OBERSTLEUTNANT'S COLLAR TAB. 7) FIELD DIVISION OBERLEUTNANT'S COLLAR TAB. 8) CALVARY OFFICER'S COLLAR TAB. 9) M35 DRESS TUNIC SIGNALS OFFICER'S COLLAR TAB. 10) TRANSPORT LEUTNANT'S SHOULDER BOARD. 11) PANZERGRENADIER LEUTNANT'S SHOULDER BOARD. 12) COMBAT ENGINEER LEUTNANT'S SHOULDER BOARD. 13) HJ SHOULDER STRAP 81 IV 14) PANZER MAJOR'S SHOULDER BOARD. 15) FEUERSCHUTZPOLIZEI VOLUNTEER SHOULDER BOARD. 16) SCHUTZPOLIZEI DES REICHS WACHTMEISTER'S SHOULDER BOARD. 17) GENDARMERIE OBERWACHTMEISTER'S SHOULDER BOARD. 18) FEUERSCHUTZPOLIZEI VOLUNTEER SHOULDER BOARD. 19) SA EM/JUNIOR NCO'S SHOULDER BOARD. 20) UNKNOWN STRAP 21) UNKNOWN STRAP.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DRK SUBORDINATE'S HEWER WW2

Lot #439 (Sale Order 496 of 784)

The hewer features a roughly, 10 1/2", (26.6 cm), long, broad, squared, blunt tipped, nickel/silver plated, drop forged, steel construction blade with deep, wide, fullers, a staggered, saw-toothed, edge, a large, flat, ricasso and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 15 5/8", (39.6 cm). The blade is in superb, clean condition. The brown leather washer is still intact. The cast alloy construction, cross guard, languets, and pommel all have a matte, nickel/silver plated finish. The obverse, vertically oval, languet has a raised, smooth, outer edge encompassing an embossed second pattern, (Circa 1938-1945), DRK style national eagle with down-swept wings, a highly embossed swastika to it’s breast, and a traditional Greek style cross in it’s talons, on a slightly recessed, pebbled, field. The reverse, vertically oval, languet also has the raised, smooth, outer edge encompassing a slightly recessed, smooth field. The short, horizontally extended, cross guard features two, evenly spaced, deeply recessed, horizontal, lines near both the top and bottom edges. The unique shaped, horizontally oval, integral, plain pommel is intact. The hewer has molded, black, Bakelite grips held in place by two, countersunk screws. The obverse grip features a repeating, diamond grooved pattern and the reverse grip is plain. The hewer comes with it’s original, black painted magnetic sheet metal scabbard with matte, nickel/silver plated top and bottom fittings. Both the top and bottom fittings are secured to the scabbard by two, small, dome headed screws. Excellent The DRK, "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929, and in December of 1937 it was legally recognized by the NSDAP, becoming controlled by them a year later under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization. Due to its non-combatant status, it had to conform to the international Geneva Convention, which directed that its members not carry any weapons, including edged weapons. As a result, the DRK Subordinate’s hewer, introduced in 1938, was designed with a squared tip to preclude its classification as a weapon, allowing its wear in the field. It was worn by the ranks of "DRK-Anwärter" to "DRK-Haupthelfer".

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE DAGGER HANGER SET

Lot #440 (Sale Order 497 of 784)

Matching set of Navy officer dagger hangers that have deluxe front facing black nylon fabric and black corduroy backers, each strap fed through aluminum buckles with dual stacked lion’s heads. Matching aluminum clips at the either end of each strap. Shows little signs of wear on back black corduroy fabric. Overall the Navy Officer dagger hangers are in very good condition and would pair nicely with your administration Kriegsmarine dagger. The German Navy adopted the use of a dress dagger for its officers in the 19th century. In 1935, the Nazi leadership reintroduced universal conscription for German men as part of a plan to greatly expand German military power. The German Navy became part of the new Wehrmacht and was renamed the “Kriegsmarine.” The leadership of the Kriegsmarine was largely very traditional and initially retained many pre-Nazi traditions including the traditional dress dagger which was unchanged since WWI. But in 1938, a new dagger was introduced for the Kriegsmarine, that bore the Nazi swastika emblem. This pattern of dress dagger is known today as the Second Model Navy Dagger. The earlier “flaming ball” device used on the first model pommel was replaced with a German national eagle emblem clutching a wreathed swastika. The crossguard on the second model Navy dagger was longer than that found on the first pattern. The standard blade was acid etched with a fouled anchor and ornate foliage pattern. Because it was expected that these daggers would be worn at sea, all parts with the exception of the blade were initially made from brass. The Second Model Navy Dagger was made by more than a dozen manufacturers in a number of variants until the end of WWII. As with all officer dress daggers, they were not issued, but were private purchase items. Officers could customize these to suit their own tastes by upgrading them and customizing them in various ways.

WWII NAZI GERMAN BELT BUCKLE LOT HJ NSBO SA HEER

Lot #441 (Sale Order 498 of 784)

WWII Nazi German belt buckle lot to include 1) WWII NAZI GERMAN NSBO EM/NCO'S BELT BUCKLE. Slightly convex, stamped brass, two-piece construction buckle features, to the obverse, a plain field upon which is a circular face plate featuring an embossed NSBO cog with a hammer and swastika clenched in a fist. A stamped ‘N.S.B.O’ variety. The face plate is attached by two soldered spots, visible to the reverse. Also to the reverse is its raised buckle catch, and a prong bar with dual prongs, for the belt’s retaining tongue. Unmarked. Excellent. The RBA, "Reichsbetriebszellenabteilung" (National-factory-cells-department), was founded in January of 1931 and was renamed the NSBO, "Nationalsozialische Betriebszellen Organization" (National-socialist Industrial-cells Organization), in March of that year. This organization acted as the NSDAP's alternative to labor unions and communist worker groups in industrial factories. Officially a national organization, the NSBO was concentrated in the heavy industrial centers, with very little representation outside these areas. The NSBO was absorbed into the DAF in October of 1934, and ceased to exist in March of 1935. 2) WWII NAZI NSDAP POLITICAL LEADER'S BELT BUCKLE. A stamped, gold-washed aluminum belt buckle features a spread-winged eagle with a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. Encircling the eagle is a wreath of oak leaves, which the eagle’s wings extend into. To its solid, concave reverse is a buckle catch, opposite of which is crimped a keeper in the form of an open, vertical rectangle. Seen from the obverse, the inner bar of the keeper is decorated with an oak leaf motif. Embossed above the catch and crimped keeper to the reverse is an RZM, "Reichszeugmeisterei" (National-materiel-control-office), logo, alongside of which is "M4/27" indicating the maker Overhoff & Co. Excellent. The circular Political Leader’s buckle was introduced in 1940, a double open-claw buckle having been used prior to that and, prior to 1934, the SA buckle. 3) WWII NAZI GERMAN DJ MEMBER'S BELT BUCKLE SIG RUNE. Die struck, tombac construction box belt buckle with a nickel/silver plate. The buckle features a smooth background field with a central vertical, high relief, embossed sigrune. A brazed buckle catch, and a metal prong bar with dual prongs is also to the reverse. The DJ, Deutsche Jungvolk, (German Youth), originated in Vienna Austria in 1929, and was eventually to become the young branch of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), for boys from ten to fourteen years old. The sigrune emblem first became associated with the DJ on November 9TH 1929, the sixth anniversary of the failed Beer Hall Putsch, when the Gauleiter of Vienna presented them with their first official flag, consisting of a black field with a central silver sigrune. The sigrune was adopted as the official emblem of the DJ and was used on assorted insignia including the DJ box belt buckle. Originally DJ members wore a variety of unofficial belt buckles with a small version of the standard SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), belt buckle being the most common. In 1933 an official DJ box buckle was introduced and utilized until 1936 when in began to be phased in favor of the HJ belt buckle. In 1938 production of the DJ, sigrune belt buckle was discontinued altogether. 4) HJ MEMBERS BELT BUCKLE. Slightly convex, nickeled over brass, one-piece construction "Hitler Jugend" (Hitler Youth) buckle. Introduced in 1933, it features, against its plain, obverse field, an embossed HJ eagle and diamond with swastika against a slightly domed, pebble center, encompassed by a dual rope-like border within which, against a ribbed background, is the embossed Gothic script, "Blut und Ehre" (Blood and Honor). The reverse of the buckle is a mirror image of the obverse. The reverse has a brazed on buckle catch, and the prong bar and prongs are all intact. To the reverse is embossed an RZM, "Reichszeugmeisterei" (National-material-control-office), logo and "M4/39," for F.W. Assmann & Söhne of Lüdensheid. Scarce. 5) EM/NCO'S BELT BUCKLE WITH LEATHER TAB. 1940 pattern, stamped steel construction, combat box buckle features a smooth outer field with a high relief, embossed Wehrmacht eagle with down swept wings to the slightly domed center, encompassed by an oak-leaf cluster to the bottom and script, "Gott mit Uns", (God with Us), to the top. The oak-leaf cluster and script are on a ribbed background and are encircled by both an inner and outer simulated twisted rope border. The reverse of the buckle is a mirror image of the obverse. Maker marked "oLc".

WWII NAZI GERMAN BELT BUCKLE LOT HJ SA HEER NSDAP

Lot #442 (Sale Order 499 of 784)

WWII Nazi German belt buckle lot to include 1) WWII NAZI NSDAP POLITICAL LEADER'S BELT BUCKLE. A stamped, gold-washed aluminum belt buckle features a spread-winged eagle with a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. Encircling the eagle is a wreath of oak leaves, which the eagle’s wings extend into. To its solid, concave reverse is a buckle catch, opposite of which is crimped a keeper in the form of an open, vertical rectangle. Seen from the obverse, the inner bar of the keeper is decorated with an oak leaf motif. Embossed above the catch and crimped keeper to the reverse is an RZM, "Reichszeugmeisterei" (National-materiel-control-office), logo, alongside of which is "M4/27" indicating the maker Overhoff & Co. Excellent. The circular Political Leader’s buckle was introduced in 1940, a double open-claw buckle having been used prior to that and, prior to 1934, the SA buckle. 2) Wehrmacht EM/NCO'S BELT BUCKLE. Early, (circa 1936-1940), injection molded construction, natural aluminum box buckle with a pebbled background field and a slightly domed, embossed central motif. The central motif features an embossed Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings on a subtly pebbled field to the center, encompassed by an embossed oak-leaf cluster to the bottom and script, "Gott Mit Uns", (God with Us), to the top. The oak-leaf cluster and script are on a ribbed background field and are encircled by both an inner and outer simulated twisted rope border. The reverse has the integral, raised, slotted buckle catch and separate prong bar and prongs all intact. On January 24TH 1936 a new pattern EM/NCO’s belt buckle was officially introduced to replace the previously worn Weimar era Reichsheer buckle. The basic design of the Reichsheer buckle was retained with the addition of the new Wehrmacht style national eagle. This pattern buckle was worn through-out the Third Reich period with minor manufacturing variations and different colored finishes. The colored finish was determined by regulations depending on what form of uniform it was to be worn with. 3) HJ MEMBER'S BELT BUCKLE. The standard, cast aluminum, silver washed, HJ buckle, as introduced in 1933, featuring an embossed HJ eagle and diamond to its lightly pebbled center, encompassed by a dual rope-like border within which, against a ribbed background, is the embossed Gothic script, "Blut und Ehre" (Blood and Honor). To the reverse is an embossed RZM logo, "Reichszeugmeisterei" (National-material-control-office) with "M4/46" for Wilhelm Schröder & Cie Ludenscheid. Buckle catch, prong bar and dual prongs are all intact. The Hitler Youth may be traced back to March of 1922, with the formation of the "Jugendbund der NSDAP" (Youth-league of-the NSDAP), under control of the SA. In April of 1924 the "Jugendbund der NSDAP" was renamed "Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung" (Greater-german Youth-movement), and in July of 1926 the "Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung" was officially renamed "Hitlerjugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend" (Hitler-youth League of-the german Worker-youth). Prior to 1925, an assortment of uniform items were worn by "Hitler Jugend" members, mainly consisting of a white shirt and HJ armband. In an attempt to associate themselves more closely with the Nazi Party, the HJ adopted the NSDAP brown shirt in 1925. Their distinctive belt buckle was introduced in 1933. 4) SA EM/NCO'S BELT BUCKLE. Approximately 65mm x 50mm (for the standard 45mm belt), slightly convex, stamped brass, two-piece construction buckle features, to its obverse, a plain field upon which is an embossed, political-style national eagle clutching the laurel surround to a sunwheel swastika on a slightly domed, plain field. The eagle's head falls on the inside of the ribbed border with simulated twisted rope trim to its inner and outer edges. The ribbed border, which is 10mm in outside diameter, has a spray of oak leaves to its base, with the eagle's wings extending into it at the top. To the reverse is its buckle catch, and a prong bar with dual prongs, for the belt's retaining tongue. The SA, "Sturmabteilung" (Storm-troops), were originally formed in August of 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling Nazi Party. As with the NSDAP, "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (National-socialist German Worker's-party), the SA was structured along para-military lines. Most of its recruits were from the ranks of the various "Freikorps" groups of the day, composed mainly of disgruntled ex-soldiers, and they were first utilized at a Nazi party meeting in Munich in November of 1921. The SA pattern box buckle was the first belt buckle to be introduced by the NSDAP, with its estimated introductory dates ranging between 1921 and 1923. On its introduction it was not fully standardized and came in at least five variations. The SA pattern buckle was originally worn by other Nazi organizations including the SS, the NSKK, the NSBO, and political leaders.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE LOT BELT BUCKLE BOOKLET

Lot #442a (Sale Order 500 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Luftwaffe lot to include EM/NCO'S BELT BUCKLE. 1938 pattern standard issue silver washed injection molded aluminum construction box buckle features a pebbled outer field with a central embossed high relief horizontally oval laurel leaf wreath encompassing a domed pebbled inner field with an embossed second pattern (Circa 1937/1938-1945) Luftwaffe eagle with out-stretched wings clutching a canted swastika in one talon to the center. The reverse of the buckle is a crude mirror image of the obverse including parts of the outer pebbled field and has the integral raised slotted buckle catch and the separate prong bar and prongs all intact. Maker marked GB. Very Good. 2) Fallschirmjäger Parachute packing booklet. Booklet is in excellent condition showing that the parachute for which this booklet was given was packed 4 times,

WWII NAZI POLITICAL OPEN CLAW BELT BUCKLE LOT OF 5

Lot #442b (Sale Order 501 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Officer's open claw belt buckle lot of 5 with open rectangular, double claw belt buckles that are pebbled to their front. Reverse of the bucklse are RZM marked by various makers. Excellent The open claw belt buckle was authorized for wear by almost all political and military organizations during the Third Reich, with a variety of different institution dates. Belts for Political Leaders were initially produced of chocolate brown leather, until 1939 when the Havana brown coloration was chosen as its replacement. Similar, blackened belts were worn by a variety of political organizations, such as the NSKK and NSFK, with the color of the buckle being some indication of rank, gold rating higher than silver.

WWII NAZI POLITICAL OPEN CLAW BELT BUCKLE LOT OF 5

Lot #442c (Sale Order 502 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Officer's open claw belt buckle lot of 5 with open rectangular, double claw belt buckles that are pebbled to their front. Reverse of the buckles are RZM marked by various makers. Excellent The open claw belt buckle was authorized for wear by almost all political and military organizations during the Third Reich, with a variety of different institution dates. Belts for Political Leaders were initially produced of chocolate brown leather, until 1939 when the Havana brown coloration was chosen as its replacement. Similar, blackened belts were worn by a variety of political organizations, such as the NSKK and NSFK, with the color of the buckle being some indication of rank, gold rating higher than silver.

GERMAN OMEGAWERK PEN KNIFE WITH CORKSCREW

Lot #442d (Sale Order 503 of 784)

Celluloid handle, three-blade pen knife marked "Rostfrei INOX" on both blades, larger blade is also marked "OMEGAWERK SOLINGEN GERMANY." Has corkscrew. Large blade is 2.25" and small blade is 1.6" When folded, the knife is 3.5" overall. Shows wear and age. Very Good

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT WAR BADGE FO

Lot #443 (Sale Order 504 of 784)

Die struck, alloy construction badge with a faded gilt washed finish, is in the form of a horizontally oval, embossed, laurel leaf wreath with a national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons, superimposed to the top center, encompassing a cut-out, profile view of a submarine. The badge is nicely detailed and features veins to the laurel leaves, cut-out detailing to the swastika’s arms, the submarine’s conning tower, flag, and the forward deck gun. Original pin and catch are complete. The reverse of the badge is well marked with the embossed, stylized, manufacturer’s initials, "f.o", indicating manufacture by Friedrich Orth of Wien, (Vienna). The U-Boat, (Submarine), War Badge was instituted by Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine und Großadmiral, (Commander in Chief of the Navy and Grand Admiral), Erich Raeder on October 13TH 1939 for award to all ranks of U-Boat personnel who had served on at least two sorties against the enemy, or were wounded or killed in action. When bestowed the U-Boat War Badge was accompanied by an award/possession document. The design of the U-Boat War Badge was based on the 1918, Imperial, U-Boat War Badge but replaced the Imperial crown with the national eagle and swastika. The badge was to be worn, by qualified personnel, on the lower left breast of most uniforms. Of Note: At the conclusion of WWI an article of the Treaty of Versailles had expressly forbidden Germany from building and developing any type of U-Boat arm of service and although a Anglo-German Naval Agreement was negotiated in June 1935, permitting the Germans to produce a small number of U-Boats, at the outbreak of WWII, in September 1939, the German navy was drastically ill-prepared to go to war with less then sixty, serviceable U-Boats in total, of which only about twenty-five were suitable for operations in the deep seas of the Atlantic ocean. In spite of the shortage of serviceable vessels, under the command of, Kapitän zur See Karl Dönitz, (Later, Großadmiral, and Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine and also appointed as Hitler’s as the last head of the Third Reich state in May 1945, as Reichs Präsident), the German U-Boat arm originally had resounding success, during the, Glückliche Zeit, (Happy Time, Roughly, July 1940-May 1943), being credited with sinking roughly two hundred and fifteen allied vessels with registered tonnage of almost 750,000 tonnes by the end of 1939. Großadmiral Raeder was so pleased with Dönitz, early success that he presented him with a special version of the U-Boat War Badge with Diamonds, (Circa 1941). Although not an officially sanctioned badge, the U-Boat War Badge with Diamonds was also later bestowed by Dönitz, in a slightly different version then his own badge, to roughly twenty-seven U-Boat commanders who has already been awarded a Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak-Leaves. The effectiveness of the German U-Boat offensive was well recognized by Winston Churchill which he expressed with such quotes as, "The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril", and, "The U-Boat attack was our worst evil. It would have been wise for the Germans to stake all upon it". Also Of Note: German U-Boat personnel casualties are estimated to be as high as 80%, or more, resulting in it being one, if not the most, dangerous branch of service during WWII.

WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS LOT EKI & EKII WW2

Lot #444 (Sale Order 505 of 784)

WWII Nazi German medal lot to include 1) IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Unmarked. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. Excellent 2) IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Patté style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The award has a plain reverse. The plain reverse of the award has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, thick, tapered, vertical pin and catch all intact. Cross in unmarked. Excellent 3) IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Unmarked. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN HELMET LOT POLICE & LUFTSCHUTZ

Lot #445 (Sale Order 506 of 784)

WWII Nazi German helmet lot to include 1) LUFTSCHUTZ BEADED M38 GLADIATOR HELMET. The three piece, stamped, sheet steel construction Luftschutz M38 "Gladiator" style helmet retains a most of its original, smooth, dark satin blue paint. The front center of the helmet has a Luftschutz emblem decal. The black detailed, silver decal features stylized spread wings with a central oak-leaf sprig and a canted swastika positioned below a scripted banner, "Luftschutz". The helmet has two groups of seven "salt & pepper" ventilation holes to either side of the crown. All three of the small, flat headed, liner retaining rivets are intact. The helmet has an embossed, horizontal, beaded rim between the crown and the visor/neck guard. The visor/neck guard has a semi-circular "ear" cut-out and a brazed vertical seam to either side. Partial original liner and chinstrap. Size marked 56 2) M34 SINGLE DECAL FEUERSCHUTZPOLIZEI HELMET. The stamped, sheet steel construction, civic M34 helmet retains a good portion of its original black satin finish paint . The left side of the helmet has a silver bordered, black based, police decal with the second pattern, silver, wreathed police eagle as introduced on July 28TH 1936. The decal is retained about 80%. The helmet has two separate, groups of seven, "salt & pepper" ventilation holes positioned on each side of the crown. All four of the flat headed liner retaining rivets are intact. Complete well worn and used liner and chinstrap system. Shows the expected age, wear and use. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Beside the basic army style helmets the Germans also produced a wide variety of civic style helmets with no fewer then nine assorted variants of the model M34. These civic style helmets were utilized by assorted civilian and para-military organizations including the police. Shortly after Hitler ascension to power in January 1933 regulations indicated that police helmets were to have a canted white swastika applied to the right side and the Prussian state color shield applied to the left side until further regulations of April 23RD 1934 altered the Prussian state shield to the national tri-color shield. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country including the Feuerschutzpolizei, (Fire Protection Police). The new dress regulations included an attempt to standardize the helmets of the police. On July 28TH 1936 regulations once again altered the insignia on the police helmets with the new wreathed police eagle emblem to be applied to the left side of the helmet and the NSDAP party shield applied to the right side. The July 1936 police helmet insignia was utilized for the duration of the war.

WWII NAZI GERMAN GROSSDEUTSCHLAND CUFFTITLE WW2

Lot #446 (Sale Order 507 of 784)

Fourth and final pattern Grossdeutschland cufftitle (Division Großdeutschland Ärmelabzeichen). Constructed of black wool, the exterior trimmed with silver bullion threaded piping, with an inscription of “GROßDEUTSCHLAND” in silver-gray machine embroidery, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 420 mm (l), soiling evident throughout, in overall very fine condition. The reverse shows signs of being taken out of an album with glue residue.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CAMO M30 GASMASK & CANISTER WW2

Lot #447 (Sale Order 508 of 784)

Two color spray camo canister M30 pattern cloth covered, rubberized canvas gas mask. Mask is complete with all straps. Included is a "FE" 37 dated filter. Comes with its early, 25cm tall M30 Camouflage Gasmask canister retaining most of it's original two color spray camo. Very nice set of shoulder and support straps (Early Waa marking). Excellent. With the development of poisonous gasses used as offensive weapons in WWI appropriate defensive gasmasks also had to be developed. The German WWI M1915 and M1917 gasmasks evolved into the Reichswehr era M24 gasmask and eventually into the M30 and M38 gasmasks used in WWII. All German Army personnel were issued with a gasmask, carrying canister and accessories and were required to have it readily available at all times. Although the use of chemical warfare agents was considered by the German OKW, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces), fear of the Allies retribution forced them to reconsider and shelf the idea. Fear of the potential use of chemical warfare agents made the gasmask and canister a constant companion of the German soldier through-out the war. Of Note: In spite of the fear of the potential use of chemical warfare agents some German personnel opted to utilize their gasmask canisters as a container for extra food or contraband in spite of regulations.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS VISOR CAP PUBLISHED WW2

Lot #448 (Sale Order 509 of 784)

Nice quality, private purchase, field-gray wool/tricot blend construction visor cap with a whipcord weave features a wide, black velvet centerband and white wool waffenfarbe piping to the top of the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The cap has a bright, twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has a extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in a golden yellow rayon. Sweat diamond is absent. The interior of the cap also has a wide, brown leather sweatband. Roughly a size 56. Nice original tombac skull and an embroidered Wehrmacht style eagle. Excellent officer’s visor showing expected age. This cap has been published in a book written by Wade Krawczyk & Peter v Lukacs titled "Waffen SS Uniforms and Insignia" on page 13 and is prominently photographed. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler (Shock Troops Adolf Hitler), and was redesignated Schutzstaffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer-Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Troopers) on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party). From its inception the SS began an aggressive policy of expansion which resulted in the formation of the SS-SD, SS-Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei, (SS-Security Service and Security Police), in June 1931, the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), and the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units), in March 1933 which would eventually evolve into the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), in December 1939. Originally members of the fledgling SS had no official uniform or headgear until April 1925 when they adopted, what was to become known as the, "Tradition Uniform" and personnel were outfitted with the same brown shirt uniform and kepi as the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Troopers). In 1923 the Stabswache (Headquarter Guards), was the first SS unit to adopt the Imperial Prussian Danziger style skull for wear on their headgear which was extended to all SS personnel in April 1925. In November 1925 personnel of the newly formed SS adopted a black Kepi to distinguish them from their SA counterparts and in 1927 the SS were the first to adopted the national eagle insignia for wear on their headgear. In 1932, the first black SS service visor caps were introduced for wear to replace the kepi as the standard headgear for all ranks. Originally, SS personnel wore the Danziger style skull and the political 1927 pattern national eagle on their visor caps. In an attempt to distance themselves from the SA, the SS introduced a new pattern cap skull to replace the previously used Danziger style skull on October 6TH 1934 and in February 1936 a new SS pattern national cap eagle was introduced. Both these pieces of insignia were worn through-out the war. Originally all ranks wore white piping on the visor caps until regulations of June 23RD 1934 introduced silver/aluminum piping for the ranks of SS-Oberführer up to the rank of Reichsführer-SS while the ranks of SS-Anwärter to SS-Standartenführer continued to utilize the white piping. Also originally all ranks utilized a blackened leather chinstrap until regulations of 1935 introduced silver/aluminum chincords for all officer’s ranks. In 1938 the first earth-grey versions of the service visor cap were introduced for wear with the newly introduced field-grey uniform and the first field-grey version caps followed in 1939. Although the Waffen-SS adopted waffenfarben, (Branch of Service Colors), in 1939 the appropriate waffenfarbe was only displayed as piping on the shoulder straps and the base of the shoulder boards. Regulations of May 10TH 1940 introduced assorted waffenfarbe piping for Waffen-SS visor caps for the ranks of SS-Anwärter to SS-Standartenführer but the order was rescinded on November 5TH 1940 and the white piping was reinstated for all ranks up to SS-Oberführer. After the outbreak of WWII the black service headgear were eventually phased out of wear for all but Allgemeine-SS personnel. SS Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and as a result the SS established the SS-Kleiderkasse, (SS-Clothing Account), system in Munich in 1935.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M35 SINGLE DECAL HEER HELMET WW2

Lot #449 (Sale Order 510 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains a good portion of its hand applied over-paint in feldgrau. The left side of the helmet has a Wehrmacht eagle shield decal featuring a eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons on a black, shield, shaped base. The decal is retained about 50%. All three liner retaining rivets and both inserted ventilation bushings are all intact. The interior of the helmet has an M31 tan leather liner with all of its fingers and tie string intact size marked 56. There are two GI's names to the liner John Wasson along with his service number that's hard to read and a Lt. Rudolf Waipf or something close to that. Size and lot numbers are not visible due to the overpaint. Period worn and used example. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet.

WWII NAZI GERMAN OFFICERS METAL VEHICLE PENNANT

Lot #450 (Sale Order 511 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Wehrmacht Officer's enameled car pennant measuring 13 3/4 X 12 7/8 mount included. Car pennant shows chips and wear but overall is still very attractive. The white bordered pennant has a green body with a National Eagle clutching a canted wreathed Swastika to each side. Excellent Following an age old military tradition the German armed forces of the Third Reich utilized a wide variety of identifying flags and pennants to distinguish Officers and Headquarters and included specific flags and pennants for use by Officers who command units as varied in size as the Army High Command to Battalion sized units. Generally the flags and pennants were designed utilizing the basic unit size tactical map symbols and the appropriate waffenfarbe, (Branch of Service Color). On November 10TH 1934 the OKH, Oberkommnado des Heeres, (Army High Command), introduced the national eagle vehicle pennants for use by all Officers and Officials with officer rank/position as an identifying emblem of rank. The vehicle pennant was to be flown from the right front fender of a military or private vehicle when the Officer was present. Additional regulations on August 13TH 1936 prescribed the addition of white border trim to the pennants. Further regulations of September 8TH 1938 also dictated that the vehicle flying the pennant be of German manufacture and in good condition. Most commonly the pennants were stiffened with an internal wire frame or an exterior clear celluloid cover. The non-stiffened pennants are usually associated with use on a private vehicle as opposed to a military vehicle.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZER GRENADIER M40 GREATCOAT

Lot #451 (Sale Order 512 of 784)

Issued, heavy, post-1940 pattern, field-gray wool blend construction, double breasted style, full length, greatcoat with a field-grey wool blend lay down collar. The greatcoat features dual, vertical, parallel, rows of six front closure buttons with corresponding button holes on the left front panel, and a single button hole on the right front panel. The greatcoat also has a single metal hook and eye at the neckline. Buttons are all original stitching. Roughly a 38" chest. Comes with a nice pair of slip on M44 pattern Panzer Grenadier shoulder straps. Nice! The Greatcoat was an essential uniform item worn by all ranks, with minor variations, and followed the basic design of the Imperial German army’s greatcoat. During WWII the German army utilized at least thirteen different styles of greatcoats with numerous variations and intended purposes. The standard issue greatcoat produced during the Weimar Reichsheer era utilized a field-grey collar that was altered to a blue/green badge cloth collar circa 1935. During the war the standard issue greatcoat underwent a few minor modifications. The early production greatcoats came with button holes on both the left and right front closure panels which allowed the coat to be button up either left or right handedly but regulations of December 1ST 1939 abolished all but one of the button holes on the right side of the closure panel. Early production greatcoats also came with small metal hooks positioned at both sides of the bottom front closure panels, and additional small metal hooks positioned at both sides of the reverse tail skirt vent with corresponding thread loops situated at the side seams just below the waistline. The metal hooks and thread loops allowed the wearer to hook the tail skirt up out of the way when mounted or on the march. Regulations of 1940 abolished these metal hooks and thread loops and also reverted the collar back to a field-grey fabric. Of Note: Both of the above regulations were not strictly adhered to. Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase their uniforms from the armed forces clothing depots or to privately purchase garments of higher quality. Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored uniforms although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA COMMAND STANDARTE CAR PENNANT

Lot #452 (Sale Order 513 of 784)

A double sided, red cotton SA Reiter flag with a smaller white square sewn to the center. Printed SA eagle with chain stitched "R 80" unit marking. The pennant measures approximately 9 3/8 X 9 3/4 inches. Nice worn and used example showing the expected age and wear. Nice! Development of the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm Detachment), may be traced back to August 1921 when the first unit was formed to protect NSDAP leaders at party meetings and rallies and to act as opposition to rival political parties. Between its inception and Hitler’s ascension to power in January 1933 the SA had been uniformed, banned, reformed and reorganized. Prior to Hitler’s gaining of power the SA numbered about 300,000 personnel but by December 1933 it had reached a peak of roughly 4,500,000 personnel.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTSCHUTZ OFFICER COLLAR TAB WW2

Lot #453 (Sale Order 514 of 784)

Rare Luftschutz Factory Protection Officer's Collar Tab. Seldom encountered piece of insignia attributed to a high ranking official in the Luftschutz assigned to the protection of factories. Silver bullion depicts the eagle protecting a factory building. The RLB, Reichs Luftschutz Bund, (National Air Raid Protection League), was officially established on April 29TH 1933 as a voluntary Air Protection League, but obligatory service began in June 1935.

EARLY WWII NAZI GERMAN POLITICAL FLAG W/ EAGLE WW2

Lot #454 (Sale Order 515 of 784)

Unusual WWII Nazi German Political flag measuring 25 X 19 3/4 inches having a black Eagle with a white shield to the center of his chest with a red mobile Swastika resting on oakleaves and banner. To the other edges are gold bullion threads, one line to the top and bottom and three to each of the sides. The flag's body is made of white cotton. The maker of the flag signed the piece DEKA along with the companies logo. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP WALL BANNER WW2

Lot #455 (Sale Order 516 of 784)

Multi-piece wool construction banner approximately 56 X 98 inches. To both its red fields are sewn white disks, with a applied mobile swastikas in black. Minor holes but otherwise Excellent. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LAH ADOLF HITLER MARKED TEAPOT

Lot #456 (Sale Order 517 of 784)

WWII Nazi German LAH Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler marked teapot measuring 6 X 5 1/2 inches and us marked to the underside "35cl 1914 Sachs Metallw. Fabrik Aug. Wellner Sne AUE i.S 18" To one side is the iconic interlocking LAH initials. The lidded teapot is in excellent condition being made of German Silver. The 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler", short LSSAH, began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually grew into an elite division-sized unit during World War II. The LSSAH participated in combat during the invasion of Poland, and was amalgamated into the Waffen-SS together with the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and the combat units of the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941. By mid-1942 it had been increased in size from a regiment to a Panzergrenadier division and was designated SS Panzergrenadier Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler". It received its final form as a Panzer division in October 1943. Members of the LSSAH perpetrated numerous atrocities and war crimes, including the Malmedy massacre. They killed an estimated 5,000 prisoners of war in the period 1940–1945, mostly on the Eastern Front.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M42 SINGLE DECAL HELMET ET64 WW2

Lot #457 (Sale Order 518 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains most of its factory applied field-gray paint. The left side of the helmet has an Wehrmacht eagle shield decal featuring a eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons on a black, shield, shaped base. The decal is retained about 50%. All three liner retaining rivets are all intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31, tan, leather liner with seven of the eight fingers and the original tie string intact. Liner shows wear and use. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron has a stamped lot/serial number "2515", and the interior, left side apron has the stamped manufacturer’s code and size, "ET64", indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 64. Nice worn and used M42. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP FLAG MADE BY JAPANESE WW2

Lot #459 (Sale Order 519 of 784)

Roughly 27 X 42 inches, double sided cotton construction pennant being Japanese made. The pennant features a red base field with a printed central white circular disk with a printed canted black swastika to its center. Has Gold Leatherette reinforced corners with silk ties identical to any basic Japanese Flag. Probably one of the most recognizable pieces of insignia associated with the Nazi regime is the swastika flag. Utilized by pretty much by all the organization of the Third Reich in one form or another. The swastika, (a Sanskrit word meaning "well being"), is an ancient symbol that was utilized in numerous diverse cultures and signified both the cycle of life and the sun. The swastika was also a Nordic rune and the pagan Germanic symbol for Thor, God of Adventurers. During WWI the swastika began to represent national and anti-Semitic leanings in such organizations as the Thule society and other German nationalistic movements and later, assorted Freikorps groups. In the midsummer of 1920 Hitler adopted the swastika as the premier symbol of the NSDAP. In "Mein Kampf", Hitler states that although numerous party members had proposed the swastika and red, black and white as the party emblem and colors it was he himself who came up with the final design. The flag itself was adopted as the national flag of Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RAD PENNANT OR FLAG WW2

Lot #460 (Sale Order 520 of 784)

48 x 86 inches one piece, two sided RAD pennant. No holes or tears. A couple of small small stains but otherwise very good - excellent. The Reich Labor Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major organization established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militaries the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. It was the official state labor service, divided into separate sections for men and women. From June 1935 onward, men aged between 18 and 25 may have served six months before their military service. During World War II, compulsory service also included young women and the RAD developed to an auxiliary formation which provided support for the Wehrmacht armed forces.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DD M35 COMBAT HELMET Q66 WW2

Lot #461 (Sale Order 521 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Double Decal Combat Helmet. The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains a good portion of its feldgrau paint. All three liner retaining rivets and both inserted ventilation bushings are all intact. The interior of the helmet has an M31 tan leather liner with all of its fingers but has several cracks. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron has a stamped serial number "20767", and the interior, left side apron has the stamped manufacturer’s code and size, "Q66" indicating manufacture by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. Esslingen, size 66. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet.

WWII NAZI GERMAN M35 DD HEER HELMET W LINER WW2

Lot #462 (Sale Order 522 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains a good portion of its slightly rough textured, field-gray camouflage over-paint. Eagle decal is retained about 75%. National shield is an early Weimar shaped decal retaining roughly 99% All three liner retaining rivets and both inserted ventilation bushings are all intact. Helmet has a M31 leather liner. The interior reverse neck guard apron has a serial/lot number "3514", and the interior left side apron has the faint stamped manufacturers code and size "SE60" indicating manufacture by Sächsische Emaillier-und Stanzwerke, AG Lauter, size 60. Original chinstrap is included. Decent worn and used combat helmet. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

Hermann Göring Silverware - Formal Dinner Fork

Lot #463 (Sale Order 523 of 784)

This flatware is from Hermann Göring's country estate at Carinhalle and was bought separate from the other Göring treasure groupings. The Reichsmarschal had literally dozens of sets of silver and thousands of individual pieces of Besteck (cutlery). He had been given sets made in France, England, and various German districts by friends and admirers too numerous to mention. You don't go out and buy an important man a side of beef, but how about tools to serve it and indulge? We have seen many different patterns of Göring silverware and all that they really have pretty much in common are the ever-present crest from the full coat of arms. Even this had some variance according to whom the silver finisher was. This piece is marked Wellner, the same firm Adolf Hitler used. Here we present a formal dinner fork from the Hermann Göring flatware collection in Carinhalle. The fork measures 8 1/4 inches and is quite heavy. It is very classic in design and is a great Göring memento. Hermann Wilhelm Göring 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946 was a German political and military leader and a convicted war criminal. Göring was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, he was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite ("The Blue Max"). He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (Jasta 1), the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen. An early member of the Nazi Party, Göring was among those wounded in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. While receiving treatment for his injuries, he developed an addiction to morphine which persisted until the last year of his life. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Göring was named as minister without portfolio in the new government. One of his first acts as a cabinet minister was to oversee the creation of the Gestapo, which he ceded to Heinrich Himmler in 1934. Following the establishment of the Nazi state, Göring amassed power and political capital to become the second most powerful man in Germany. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (air force), a position he held until the final days of the regime. Upon being named Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan in 1936, Göring was entrusted with the task of mobilizing all sectors of the economy for war, an assignment which brought numerous government agencies under his control and helped him become one of the wealthiest men in the country. In September 1939 Hitler designated him as his successor and deputy in all his offices. After the Fall of France in 1940, he was bestowed the specially created rank of Reichsmarschall, which gave him seniority over all officers in Germany's armed forces. By 1941, Göring was at the peak of his power and influence. As the Second World War progressed, Göring's standing with Hitler and with the German public declined after the Luftwaffe proved incapable of preventing the Allied bombing of Germany's cities and resupplying surrounded Axis forces in Stalingrad. Around that time, Göring increasingly withdrew from military and political affairs to devote his attention to collecting property and artwork, much of which was stolen from Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Informed on 22 April 1945 that Hitler intended to commit suicide, Göring sent a telegram to Hitler requesting his permission to assume leadership of the Reich. Considering his request an act of treason, Hitler removed Göring from all his positions, expelled him from the party, and ordered his arrest. After the war, Göring was convicted of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He was sentenced to death by hanging, but committed suicide by ingesting cyanide hours before the sentence was to be carried out.

WWII BREDA MODEL 37 DISPLAY MACHINE GUN W TRIPOD

Lot #464 (Sale Order 524 of 784)

Included in this set is a fabulous BATF approved non-firing display Italian WWII Breda M37 display machine gun, dated 1939 and marked ROMA. It comes with the correct and complete original tripod, Four German WWII marked feed strip chest some with strips, and anti-aircraft sights and shoulder stock. Everything you could possibly need to complete a fabulous WWII MG collection. A VERY impressive display piece, ready to add to any collection! The Breda Modello 37 was an Italian heavy machine gun (Mitragliatrice Breda MOD.37) adopted in 1937. It was the standard machine gun for the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The M37 was meant as company/battalion support as compared to the more troublesome M1930 meant for squad/platoon support, and proved far more effective in combat. The Breda M37 was a gas-operated, air-cooled heavy machine gun. The Breda used a larger cartridge than its rivals, the 8 mm x59RB Breda. Unlike other infantry machine guns, the Breda lacked a camming mechanism for initial extraction of the cartridge case after firing, and this meant that each cartridge had to be oiled via an oiling mechanism before being fed into the chamber. This attracted dust and debris, particularly in desert environments such as found in the Royal Italian Army's World War II campaigns in Libya and the Western Desert. Another drawback was that the gun was fed by 20-round strips of cartridges. This limited continuous fire, as the gun could only be fired rapidly when a second crewmember fed in one ammunition strip after another. The rounds still had to be oiled to stop the cases sticking in the chamber, with all the disadvantages this entailed. Another peculiarity of the design is that the spent cases were reinserted in the strip as each round was fired. The mechanical energy required to perform this function substantially reduced the rate of fire, and the weapon tended to jam whenever a case was reinserted even slightly out of line. It also meant that in the event the metal clips had to be reused, the gunner's assistant had to first remove the empty cases from the strips. In service, the M-37 Breda proved to be a fairly reliable heavy machine gun. Perhaps because the heavy support weapons received more attention from their crews, field reports were generally positive except for jams caused by desert sand and dust, which in the Western Desert affected all infantry machine guns to some extent. The M37 Breda's slow rate of fire helped prevent overheating during continuous fire, and its powerful, heavy-bullet cartridge had excellent range and penetration. The weapon remained in first-line service with Italian forces throughout the war as well as by German infantry troops in North Africa, while captured examples were used in combat by British and Commonwealth forces, including units of the SAS.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RED CROSS PORCELAIN SIGN WW2

Lot #465 (Sale Order 525 of 784)

DRK enameled sign. This white rectangular vaulted wall plaque was to be used at buildings of the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz. The sign shows the 1938 DRK-pattern eagle as introduced in January of that year. the enamel is showing some minor damage but is overall in EXCELLENT condition. The sign measures 19 1/2/ X 19 1/2 inches. The DRK, "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929. In December 1937 it gained status as a legally recognized organization by the NSDAP. As with other essential services in Third Reich Germany, it came under control of the Nazi Party in late 1938 under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization

WW2 NAZI GERMAN MELDESTELLE DER HITLER JUGEND SIGN

Lot #466 (Sale Order 526 of 784)

Hitler Youth Enamel Sign with the wording “MELDESTELLE DER HITLER-JUGEND” which roughly translates to Registration Office of The Hitler Youth, The sign measures approx. 19 1/2 x 7 1/8, it has suffered somewhat over the years primarily to the upper facing left hand corner, for the most part the written area is very good, a seldom seen enamel sign and considered rare. The Hitler Youth (German: Hitlerjugend, often abbreviated as HJ, was the youth organization of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name Hitler-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys' youth organization in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organization; it was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14. With the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945, the organisation de facto ceased to exist. On 10 October 1945, the Hitler Youth and its subordinate units were outlawed by the Allied Control Council along with other Nazi Party organisations. Under Section 86 of the Criminal Code of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hitler Youth is an "unconstitutional organisation" and the distribution or public use of its symbols, except for educational or research purposes, is illegal.

NAZI GERMAN RED CROSS PORCELAIN SIGN 1st DESIGN

Lot #467 (Sale Order 527 of 784)

First pattern DRK enameled sign. This white rectangular vaulted wall plaque was to be used at buildings of the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz. The sign shows the 1938 DRK-pattern eagle as introduced in January of that year. the enamel is showing some minor damage but is overall in EXCELLENT condition. The sign measures 19 1/2/ X 19 1/2 inches. The DRK, "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929. In December 1937 it gained status as a legally recognized organization by the NSDAP. As with other essential services in Third Reich Germany, it came under control of the Nazi Party in late 1938 under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA der NSDAP STURM 1/95 SIGN WW2

Lot #468 (Sale Order 528 of 784)

Exceptional original enamel sign from the SA Sturm 1/95 (Coburg). The size is 19 1/2 X 19 1/2 inches and as can be seen on the pictures, there is only the usual damaged on the corners from ripping the sign off the wall which was common practice in 1945. Nobody bothered using a screwdriver to take these signs down when the Third Reich had come to an end and the public display of Nazi symbols became illegal in Germany. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA der NSDAP STURM 13/30 SIGN WW2

Lot #469 (Sale Order 529 of 784)

Exceptional original enamel sign from the SA Sturm 13/30. The size is 19 1/2 X 19 1/2 inches and as can be seen on the pictures, there is only the usual damaged on the corners from ripping the sign off the wall which was common practice in 1945. Nobody bothered using a screwdriver to take these signs down when the Third Reich had come to an end and the public display of Nazi symbols became illegal in Germany. The sign is also marker marked RZM 3/64 indicating the maker Herstellung v. Symbolen 1937 Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY NEWSPAPER SIGN FOR Thüringer

Lot #470 (Sale Order 530 of 784)

Exceptional original enamel sign that is a Red rectangular wall plaque with white border. In the upper part in white Gothic the inscription for the newspaper is positioned. Beneath this is a later national eagle, looking onto its left, with a wreathed swastika. In the lower part in white Gothic one can read: "Annahmestelle fur Anzeigen und Bezieher", which is explained with various other wall plaques. The word Bezieher means clients to buyers. In the right lower corner the manufactures name and location: Elsässchises Emalierwerk-Strassburg-Honheim.

WWII NAZI NATIONAL SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S WELFARE SIGN

Lot #471 (Sale Order 531 of 784)

WWII Nazi German black and white enameled sign that reads "NS. - Volkswohlfahrt" which translates to National Socialist People's Welfare. Sign measures 19 5/8 X 7 1/8 and is in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSDAP SUPPORTER DOOR PLAQUE

Lot #472 (Sale Order 532 of 784)

Early political door plaque showing support for the National Socialist party. These are porcelain enamel and were available in two sizes this one being the smaller size at about 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches. Depicts the standard NSDAP flag and the wording Mit Uns or With Us.

PRE WWII NAZI GERMAN SS-VT OVERSEAS CAP WW2

Lot #473 (Sale Order 533 of 784)

This is a rare green gray SS TV M34 overseas cap. The Allgemeine SS cap shows very little wear. The inside lining is also ink stamped with a size mark 56. The front SS skull button has been removed. One of the two black SS cloth tags are still present. Excellent The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler (Shock Troops Adolf Hitler), and was re designated Schutzstaffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer-Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP. From its inception the SS began an aggressive policy of expansion which resulted in the formation of the SS-SD, SS-Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei, (SS-Security Service and Security Police), in June 1931, the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), and the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units), in March 1933 which would eventually evolve into the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), in December 1939. Originally members of the fledgling SS had no official uniform or headgear until April 1925 when they adopted, what was to become known as the, "Tradition Uniform" and personnel were outfitted with the same brown shirt uniform and kepi as the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Troopers). In November 1925 SS personnel adopted a black kepi, necktie, breeches and border trim on their armbands to distinguish themselves from their SA counterparts. In June 1934 the first pattern "schiffchenform", (boat form), EM/NCO’s overseas cap was introduced and issued for wear until November 1940 when the second pattern overseas cap was introduced. Originally the first pattern overseas cap was produced in black until 1937 when the first earth grey version were produced. On its introduction the overseas cap had no insignia but shortly afterwards a button and a national eagle insignia were introduced. The first insignia for this style cap consisted of a pebbled button with no Totenkopf and a political style national eagle until a second pattern SS eagle was introduced in 1937 to replace the earlier political style eagle and is actually the first pattern SS cap eagle. SS Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and as a result the SS established the SS-Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system in Munich in 1935. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s were allotted a one time clothing allowance from the government with the amount varying depending on the individuals rank. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could also choose to purchase privately tailored garments of higher quality although the price may have been restrictive. With the rapid expansion of the Waffen-SS after the outbreak of the war the SS-Kleiderkasse also expanded to include no fewer then nine main offices with offices located in some of the occupied countries including, Poland, Norway, France, Czechoslovakia and Russia. Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the SS came under the quality control of the RZM and were marked by a cloth RZM/SS approval tag. The dimensions and design of these cloth tags was altered in 1935 and this second pattern tag remained in use until early 1938, when it was replaced by a paper tag. Of Note: In 1943 the Waffen-SS assumed full control over their uniform item production and no longer fell under the authority of the RZM.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY DRESS DAGGER W/ HANGERS WW2

Lot #474 (Sale Order 534 of 784)

The dagger features a roughly, 26cm long, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated, stiletto style blade with a flat central ridge. The blade is in overall good condition with minor scabbard runners and surface spotting and runner marks and is maker marked to Paul Weyersburg. The original brown leather washer is still intact. The dagger has a cast silvered alloy, cross guard, alloy plated ferrule, and pommel. The obverse cross guard features the embossed army eagle with outstretched wings and a plain reverse. The ferrule and pommel both feature embossed repeating oak-leaf patterns. The dagger has a molded, burnt orange celluloid grip with the correct diagonally angled ribbing. The dagger comes with its original, tooled, magnetic, sheet metal, nickel/silver plated scabbard with a random pebbled pattern to both the obverse and reverse and smooth side panels. The nickel/silver plating to the scabbard shows moderate age tarnish and spots of wear to the base alloy with light surface spotting. Both of the sweated on scabbard bands with a repeating, horizontally embossed oak-leave pattern and the hanger suspension rings are intact. Throat retaining screw is also intact. The dagger comes with a dagger set of dagger hanger and portepee. Nice example showing the expected age. Traditionally German Army Officer’s had worn a saber as part of the uniform dress and this tradition was carried on through the Weimar era and on into the Third Reich. In an attempt to build morale and curry favour within the Army, Hitler introduced the dress dagger for optional wear with the walking out dress, and retained the saber for wear on more formal occasions. The dress dagger was designed by Berlin graphic artist Paul Casberg and was officially approved for wear on May 4TH 1935 along with specifically styled dagger hangers and a new pattern portepee. Production of the dress dagger was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943 and further wear of the dress dagger was prohibited by order of September 5TH 1944. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that officer ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the dress dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1ST MOD. LUFTWAFFE DAGGER HORSTER

Lot #475 (Sale Order 535 of 784)

1st Model (1934/35) Luftwaffe dagger and hanger with aluminum crossguard, pommel, and scabbard fittings. Blade marked E F Horster Solingen with their logo. Leather grip has minor wear with all wire wrap tight. Blade has never been sharpened and is in excellent condition with a few tiny scuff marks. Hanger clip marked ges gesch with "OLC" in a diamond. Scabbard intact with some scuffing on one side. very good - excellent. In March 1933 the Deutscher Luftsport Verband, (German Air Sports League), was established by incorporating all civilian flying clubs into the one organization. The DLV was utilized as a camouflage civilian organization to train personnel for the future Luftwaffe. As a civilian organization it was able to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, which prohibited a German military air service. In February and April 1934 respectively the DLV introduced a dagger for Officer’s and a knife for all ranks. Later in 1934 members of the Fliegerschaft, the secret military branch of the DLV, adopted both sidearms for wear. Shortly after the unveiling of the Luftwaffe in March 1935 a modified version of the DLV’s Officer’s dagger was adopted for wear by Luftwaffe Officer’s and EM/NCO’s personnel who held a valid pilots license. Originally the early daggers were produced utilizing nickel/silver fittings until 1936 when the early fittings were replaced with polished natural aluminum fittings. Of Note: On July 15TH 1937 a second pattern Luftwaffe dagger was introduced was introduced for wear by Officers, Senior Officer Candidates and Officials with the equivalent Officers ranks and the first pattern dagger was discontinued.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE MICROSCOPE WW2

Lot #476 (Sale Order 536 of 784)

Cased WWII Eagle M marked electric microscope by E. Leitz Wetzlar and is serial numbered 352731 and is Kriegsmarine marked on the lower arm WM 10-3910 with the stick bird and M beneath it. The scope is housed in the original wood case measuring 15 3/4 X 7 3/4 X 6 inches and is as close to mint as it comes with optics being crystal clear.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA / SS GORGET WITH CHAIN WW2

Lot #477 (Sale Order 537 of 784)

Very nice multi-piece stamped brass construction heart shaped gorget with a heavy nickel/silver plating. Outside edge has a raised rolled back border lip. Upper corners of obverse each have a small ornate flower patterned nickel/silver plated brass button. Gorget has a large natural brass/tombak eight point sunburst pattern plate affixed to the center with a nickel/silver plated circular plate superimposed to center. Central circular plate is fashioned after the early SA belt buckle face plate and features a small stylized national eagle clutching a wreath encompassing a sunwheel style swastika on a smooth field. This in turn is encompassed by a twisted "rope" border followed by a ridged outer border with embossed oak-leaf half-wreath and another outer twisted "rope" border. Reverse of gorget with two bent over chain hanging tabs to upper corners and an off-centered retaining tab to middle for attaching the gorget through a uniform button hole. Original cloth backing is present.

WWII NAZI GERMAN 1ST CLASS IRON CROSS w/ DOCUMENT

Lot #478 (Sale Order 538 of 784)

WWII Nazi German 1st Class Iron Cross with Award Document. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Patté style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The award has a plain reverse. The plain reverse of the award has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, thick, tapered, vertical pin and catch all intact. Cross in unmarked. The cross comes housed in a 70mm square, 22mm thick, wood and pressed cardboard construction issue case with a simulated, grained, black leather covering. The top of the case has an impressed, silvered outline of an Iron Cross to the center. The fold back top lid has a magnetic, staggered, internal bar hinge to the reverse and a magnetic, spring loaded, closure button to the obverse. Both the hinge and the closure button still function. The interior of the top lid of the case is lined in white satin with an underlying padding. The award document is named to Unteroffizier Bernhard Sonntag and was a member of 1./K.Gr.z.b.V. 500 and was awarded October 1st 1942. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS LOT w DOCUMENTS WW2

Lot #479 (Sale Order 539 of 784)

WWII Nazi German 1st Class and 2nd Class Iron Cross lot with Award Documents named to same man. 1) 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Patté style cross with a single piece iron core and two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The award has a plain reverse. The plain reverse of the award has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, thick, tapered, vertical pin and catch all intact. Cross in unmarked. The award document is named to Feldwebel Heinz Kimpel of 7. / Grd. Regt. 528 and was awarded on February 20th 1943. 2) 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Unmarked. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. The award document is also named to now Unteroffizier Heinz Kimpel of 6./Inf. Regt. 528. On the back of both documents is a little biography of Heer Kimpel and on the back of the other document is a photo portrait of him in uniform. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN SPANGE & AWARD DOCUMENT W PHOTO

Lot #480 (Sale Order 540 of 784)

WWII Nazi German SPANGE BAR TO THE IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS 1939 EKII WITH AWARD DOCUMENT & MINIATURE. WWI Imperial German EKII with 1939 Spange bar. Nicely detailed die struck alloy construction second pattern nickel/silver plated award is in the form of a national eagle with outstretched wings clutching an oak-leaf wreath which encompasses a canted swastika positioned above a horizontal trapezoidal date bar with diagonally angled ends and the embossed institution date "1939". The award shows nice detailing including feathering to the eagles wings and a subtly textured background field to the swastika and the date bar. The eagle’s wingspan is roughly, 32mm from tip to tip and the award is roughly 31mm tall. The plain reverse of the award has all four soldered attachment prongs intact. Comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. Also in the lot is the award document named to Dr. Rudolf Kipp of Div. Stb./ 257. I. Div. and was awarded on July 18th 1940. There is also a named photo of Dr. Kipp wearing a suit standing with several Japanese soldiers. Lastly a buttonhole miniature of the Spange. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS LOT W DOCUMENTS WW2

Lot #481 (Sale Order 541 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Iron Cross 2nd Class lot to include 1) WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS 1939 WITH AWARD DOCUMENT. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Unmarked. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. The award document is named to Gefreiten Helmut Diemar of 2./ G.R. 533 and was awarded on July 17th 1943. Excellent 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS 1939 WITH AWARD DOCUMENT. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Unmarked. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon and comes with the original ribbon bar. The award document is named to Feldwebel Heinz Bilzer and was awarded on October 22nd 1943 and was signed by a Generalleuutnant and Division Commander. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAX DOCUMENT SEAL WW2

Lot #482 (Sale Order 542 of 784)

This is a stamp for sealing an official letter envelope for the Nazi regime. The brass stamp is mounted in a wooden post designed to fit comfortably in the hand when sealing the official important document. A rather rare and original Reich relic seldom seen or acquired yet an important historical addition to a collection of Third Reich items. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY PARATROOPER'S BADGE WW2

Lot #483 (Sale Order 543 of 784)

Two piece, die struck alloy construction badge with gilded and silver washed finishes. The badge is in the form of a vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a small Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings, clutching a canted, swastika in it talons, superimpose to the top center, encompassing a stylized diving eagle. The stylized diving eagle shows nice detailing including spread talons. The eagle is attached to the wreath by two, small, dome headed rivets which are visible to the reverse. The reverse of the wreath has a barrel type hinge, a thin, round, vertical pin and catch all intact. C. E. Juncker production example. As a result of observations of the Russian experimentation with the newly developing paratroop personnel in 1928 the Germans began serious consideration of also developing paratroop units and plans were drawn up for formation of such units in late 1935. Both the Luftwaffe and Army eventually established paratrooper units, consisting of voluntary personnel, on January 29TH 1936 and March 31ST 1937 respectively and a paratroop training school was established at Stendal in early 1937. On September 1ST 1937, Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, (Commander in Chief of the Army), Generaloberst Freiherr Werner von Fritsch established the Army Paratroopers qualification badge for award to personnel of the Fallschirm-Infanterie Bataillon, (Parachute Infantry Battalion), who had written the required tests and completed five parachute jumps. Individuals who were awarded the badge were obligated to re qualify annually, with a minimum of six parachute jumps, in order to retain it. On January 1ST 1939 the army’s Fallschirm-Infanterie Battalion was transferred to the control of the Luftwaffe and became "II.Bataillion Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1". These two battalions would become the nucleus of the 7.Flieger (Fallschirm) Division. As a result of this transfer the Army Paratroopers Badge was discontinued in favor of the Luftwaffe’s Paratroopers Badge, although holders of the Army pattern badge were allowed to retain it. Of Note: On June 1ST 1943 the Army Parachute Badge was reinstituted for award to qualifying personnel serving with the 15./Brandenburg Fallschirm-Kompanie, (15TH Paratroop Company), of the Brandenburg Division. It is believed the cloth version of the badge wasn’t introduced until in was reinstated in 1943 and then only in a machine embroidered pattern as opposed to most cloth badges that were generally in a hand embroidered versions for Officers ranks and in a machine embroidered version for EM/NCO’s.

WWII NAZI GERMAN FALLSCHIRMJÄGER GRAVITY KNIFE WW2

Lot #484 (Sale Order 544 of 784)

A Luftwaffe paratrooper knife using a sliding steel blade inside a metal grip fitted with walnut, the grain running through vertically, grip plates. The blade is a relatively blunt spear-point with a flat ground profile, tapering to a utility edge, measuring 100 mm with some sharpening. The throat has the arrow marking, pointing downward to the takedown actuator. A magnetic steel loop extends from the grip. The knife is equipped with a folding marlin spike marked R.B.NR. 0/0561/0019. The knife shows moderate surface wear and is in overall good condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN COFFEE MUG W/ HITLER INSCRIPTION

Lot #485 (Sale Order 545 of 784)

Large coffee mug measuring 4 1/4 inches wide X 3 3/4 inches tall with a large Swastika with the inscription "Unser Gruss Ist Heil Hitler!" The translation is Our Salute is Hail to Hitler and is named to R. Schödel, Mug is maker marked to the bottom and dated 1938. Mint

WWII NAZI GERMAN WEHRMACHT AFRIKA CUFFTITLE WW2

Lot #486 (Sale Order 546 of 784)

Woven brushed khaki/tan camelhair construction cuff title features machine embroidered, capitalized Latin script "Afrika" flanked by palm trees to either side in silvery/gray rayon threads. The top and bottom edges of the cuff title are bordered in machine stitched on horizontal, silvery/gray rayon Russian braiding. The cuff title has both the top and bottom edges machine stitched down to the reverse and has the typical opened back revealing the reverse of the embroidered script. In late 1940 the Germans began the hasty formation of the DAK, Deutsches Afrikakorps, (German Africa Corps), under command of, then Generalmajor, later Generalfeldmarschall, Erwin Rommel, as an expeditionary force to assist their Italian allies in the disastrous North African campaign. The first units of the DAK arrived in Tripoli in February 1941 and under Rommel’s inspired leadership the DAK and their Italian allies were soon able to push the British back and bring some stability to the region. As a result of the German OKW, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces), preoccupation with the invasion and battles in Russia and a lack of adequate supplies and reinforcements, the DAK would finally be defeated by the British in May 1943. Of Note: On July 18TH 1941, an "Afrikakorps" cuff title was officially introduced for wear by personnel serving with the DAK. The "Afrika" cuff title was introduced on January 15TH 1943 and was the second cuff title in a series of four that held the status of a campaign award. The cuff title was considered a military combat decoration, and as such, was bestowed with a corresponding award possession document. The basic criteria for award of the "Afrika" cuff title, was a minimum of six months service in the African campaign, although personnel who had been wounded, contracted a tropical illness, or had won a military award, regardless of the time served in the African theatre were also entitled bestowal of the award. Of Note: With the introduction of the "Afrika" cuff title the previously worn "Afrikakorps" cuff title was ordered removed. Although the "Afrika" cuff title was a campaign award most personnel who had worn the "Afrikakorps" cuff title would have been eligible for award of the "Afrika" cuff title. Also Of Note: The four campaign award cuff titles consisted of the "Kreta", (Crete), introduced on October 16TH 1942, the "Afrika" cuff title introduced on January 15TH 1943, the "Metz" cuff title introduced on October 24TH 1944 and the "Kurland", (Courland), cuff title introduced on March 12TH 1945.

WWII US ARMY MILITARY WRISTWATCH LOT OF TWO ELGIN

Lot #487 (Sale Order 547 of 784)

WWII Wristwatch lot to include 1) WWII US ARMY ORDNANCE DEPT. ELGIN WRISTWATCH. Ordnance Dept watches were spec'd as the most basic timekeepers for those who need basic timekeeping. This Elgin 15j official military issue watch comes on a khaki one piece cloth strap with a nickel buckle. The watch measures at approximately 33MM not including its original crown. 2) SWISS MADE BLACK FACE MILITARY WRISTWATCH. This private purchase watch was purchased by a 8th Air Force Veteran who was a pilot in a B-17. The watch is in excellent running order and comes with an original two piece military wristband. Both time pieces keep excellent time!

WWII NAZI BRONZE INFANTRY ASSAULT BADGE BY JFS WW2

Lot #488 (Sale Order 548 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Medal lot to include 1) WWII NAZI BRONZE INFANTRY ASSAULT BADGE BY JFS MINT!. Die struck, solid backed, alloy construction badge with a bronze wash features an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to the top center, encompassing a cut-out rifle with a fixed bayonet and a sling. The reverse has a ball hinge inset into a circular recess with a raised outer lip, a thin round vertical pin and a soldered catch on a rectangular base plate with raised retaining lips all intact. The reverse is well marked with the embossed manufacturers initials within a rectangular border, "JFS." indicating manufacture by Josef Feix Söhne of Gablonz. MINT badge! 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN INFANTRY ASSAULT BADGE IN BRONZE BY M.K.4 Roughly 2 1/2", tall, 1 7/8", wide, vertically oval, die struck, solid backed, alloy construction badge features an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht, (Armed-Forces), style eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a canted, swastika in its talons, superimposed to the top center, encompassing a cut-out, bolt action rifle with a fixed bayonet and a sling. Badge is maker marked M.K.4. A very beautiful badge! 3) INFANTRY ASSAULT BADGE IN BRONZE MINT! Die struck alloy award with bronze wash. The nicely detailed badge features an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to the top center, encompassing a cut-out rifle with fixed bayonet and sling. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. Unmarked but MINT! When Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch, introduced the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver on December 20TH 1939 bestowal of the badge was not extended to motorized infantry personnel. This was rectified on June 1ST 1940 with the introduction of the Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze for award to Officer's, and EM/NCO's of Motorized Infantry units. The requirements for bestowal, and design of the badge matched those of the silver badge. The criteria for the award varied, with the main qualification being participation in three separate motorized Infantry assaults.

WW2 NAZI PANZER OFFICER FLAT WIRE CAP EAGLE LOT 2

Lot #489 (Sale Order 549 of 784)

PANZER OFFICER FLAT WIRE OVERSEAS / M43 CAP EAGLE LOT OF TWO. Machine woven national eagle in silver flat wire threads on a woven black rayon base. Both eagles are mint! The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Regulations followed on October 30TH 1935 that stipulated the national eagle was also to be applied to all field caps. Generally the national eagle for wear on the EM/NCO’s overseas and M43 field caps were machine woven, first in white on a dark blue/green base, (circa 1934), then later in matte gray on a field-grey base, (circa 1939), while Officer’s versions were embroidered in bright silver/aluminum wire threads. A machine woven version in bright silver/aluminum flat-wire threads was also utilized by Officer’s but was also very popular with senior NCO’s.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PANZER OFFICER BREAST EAGLE LOT 2

Lot #490 (Sale Order 550 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Panzer Officer's Breast eagles to include: 1) PANZER OFFICER'S BREAST EAGLE. Nice quality, hand embroidered national breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads with bright, silver bullion and black accent threads mounted on a cut-out, black wool base with original paper backing. Has been removed from the tunic. 2) PANZER OFFICER'S BREAST EAGLE. Nice quality, hand embroidered national breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads with bright, silver bullion and black accent threads mounted on a cut-out, black wool base. Has been removed from the tunic. The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Later amendments to the introductory order stipulated that the national eagle was also to be worn on all field caps, the sports uniform and the black panzer wrap tunic. The eagle came in three distinct designs with two having slightly different, out-stretched wings and the third with down-swept wings. Generally officer’s ranks utilized hand or machine embroidered breast eagles while EM/NCO’s ranks utilized machine embroidered or machine woven breast eagles. During the war the breast eagles were manufactured in a variety of slightly different manufacturing techniques and colorations.

WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS PILOT WINGS BY LUXENBERG

Lot #491 (Sale Order 551 of 784)

WWII US Army Air Corps pilot wings by Luxenberg of New York and measure 3 1/8 inches and is the first pattern. This wing has never been cleaned and is absolutely stunning. This is the finest wing produced in WWII

WWII US AIR CORPS BOMBARDIER WINGS BY LUXENBERG

Lot #492 (Sale Order 552 of 784)

WWII US Army Air Corps Bombardier wings by Luxenberg of New York and measure 3 1/8 inches and is the second pattern wing. This wing has never been cleaned and is absolutely stunning. This is the finest wing produced in WWII

WWII US ARMY TECHNICAL OBSERVER PILOT WINGS WW2

Lot #493 (Sale Order 553 of 784)

Fantastic WWII Army Air Corps Technical Observer Pilot Wings by Gemsco NY. Wings measure 3 inches wide and have never been cleaned retaining their original clutches.

WWII PILOT OBSERVER BOMBARDIER WINGS ENLISG MADE

Lot #494 (Sale Order 554 of 784)

WWII Theater Made US Army Air Corps Wings lot to include 1) ENGLISH MADE J R GAUNT BOMBARDIER PILOT WINGS. Fantastic WWII Army Air Corps Bombardier Wings are English Made by JR Gaunt of London England, wings measure 3 inches wide and have never been cleaned. Easily identified as British Made by the pin and catch. 2) WWII AUSTRALIAN MADE PILOT OBSERVER WINGS. Fantastic WWII Army Air Corps Pilot Observer Pilot Wings are Australian Made, wings measure 3 inches wide and have never been cleaned. Easily identified as Australian Made by the pin and catch.

WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS FLIGHT NURSE SURGEON WINGS

Lot #495 (Sale Order 555 of 784)

WWII US Army Air Corps Flight Surgeon and Flight Nurse Wings lot to include 1) 3 Inch Flight Surgeon Wings are in pinback and have a large "P" hallmark to the reverse. The wings have never been cleaned. 2) WWII US Army Air Corps Flight Surgeon 2 Inch Wings By N.S. Meyer In Sterling. US Army Air Corps Flight Surgeon wings measure 2 inches and are maker marked N.S. Meyer of New York in STERLING. This beautiful set of wings have never been cleaned and are very attractive. The gate on the pin only opens to about 80 degrees which is correct on original WWII specimens. 3) WWII US Army Air Corps 2 Inch Flight Wings by Pasquale. Two inch gilded gold wing retaining most of it's original finish. Hallmarked to the reverse Pasquale STERLING. Before World War II, women’s positions in the military were limited. With the changing times of World War II, modern warfare called for a more active and present role for women in the Armed Forces. Not only were droves of women volunteering for nursing, but also their skills were needed across the board! From office, clerical jobs to truck drivers, airplane mechanics and laboratory technicians, radio operators, test pilots, to the new occupation of flight nursing, women’s roles in the military were vital to victory. Flight nurses were introduced into the US Army Air Force in 1942. The new program, the School of Air Evacuation, began in the fall of 1942 at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky and ran for six to nine weeks, eventually moving to Randolph Field, Texas in October 1944. Training was disorganized at best, a few squadrons even deployed overseas before training was officially over for them. The first group of flight nurses to complete the full course graduated in February 1943. Training consisted of aero-medical physiology, field survival, map reading, crash procedures, and physical conditioning. A flight surgeon and chief nurse were assigned to each Medical Air Evacuation Squadron. Each squad was then divided into four flights consisting of six teams of flight nurses and surgical technicians. Cooks, clerks, and drivers were situated at headquarters section. Flight surgeons are physicians (MDs or DOs) who serve as the primary care physicians for a variety of military aviation personnel on special duty status — e.g., pilots, Flight Officers, navigators/Combat Systems Officers, astronauts, missile combat crews, air traffic controllers, UAV operators and other aircrew members, both officer and enlisted. In the United States Department of Defense, the Army, Navy, and Air Force all train and utilize flight surgeons. In addition to serving as primary care for military members on special duty status and their families, the U.S. Department of Defense uses flight surgeons for a variety of other tasks. Aviation medicine is essentially a form of occupational medicine and flight surgeons are tasked with the responsibility of maintaining the military's strict medical standards, especially the even stricter standards that apply to those on flying, controlling or jump (airborne) status. In the U.S military, flight surgeons are trained to fill general public health and occupational and preventive medicine roles, and are only infrequently "surgeons" in an operating theater sense. Flight surgeons are typically rated aviators on flight status (i.e., they log flight hours in military aircraft as a crewmember), but are not required to be rated or licensed pilots, naval flight officers, or navigators/CSOs. They may be called upon to provide medical consultation as members of an investigation board into a military or NASA aviation or spaceflight mishap. Occasionally, they may serve to provide in-flight care to patients being evacuated via aeromedical evacuation, either fixed wing or rotary wing. The civilian equivalent of the flight surgeon is the Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). Some civilian AMEs have training similar to that of military flight surgeons, and some are either retired military flight surgeons or actively serving flight surgeons in a military Reserve Component.

WWII US MARINE CORPS WOMEN'S RESERVE OFFICER VISOR

Lot #496 (Sale Order 556 of 784)

WWII United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve Officer's named visor hats to include 1) World War two United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve hat made by Knox New York Patent design No. 135,439. Top of hat has the seam that extends only half way across the hat as is correct for the WWII issue. Red hat cord with acorns and screw back Officer's EGA by H&H. Cap is named to Helen G. Ingersoll and is size marked 22. Excellent 2) World War two United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve hat. Patent design No. 135,439. Top of hat has the seam that extends only half way across the hat as is correct for the WWII issue. White hat cord with acorns and screw back Officer's EGA by H&H. Excellent and is also a size 22. United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (Reserve) was the World War II women's branch of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. It was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942. Its purpose was to release officers and men for combat, and to replace them with women in U.S. shore stations for the duration of the war, plus six months. Ruth Cheney Streeter was appointed the first director. The Reserve did not have an official nickname, as did the other World War II women's military services. Young women were keen on serving in the military during WWII, and the Marine Corps desired only the best. The standards set for women who wished to volunteer for the Reserve were demanding. The Reserve did not accept African American or Japanese American women during World War II, but did accept Native American women. The officer candidates first trained at the Navy's Midshipmen School for women officers at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The initial training site for the enlisted women was at the Naval Training School at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York City. In due course, the Marine Corps discovered the advantages of having its own training centers. So on 1 July 1943, all Reserve training was shifted to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The members served at shore and air stations across the continental United States. The incorporated territory of Hawaii was the only overseas duty station where members were assigned. They served in occupations classified as professional, semi-professional, clerical, skilled trades, services, and sales. The peak strength of the Reserve was about 19,000. With the end of World War II in sight, the corps began to demobilize the members. By December 1945, the Reserve was down to 12,300, and by August 1946 it had about 300 members. Early on, the male members of the Marine Corps subjected the women to a degree of resentment and crude language. The women overcame these indignities with their accomplishments in the workplace and the poise with which they performed. In time, most of their detractors became their supporters. For her stewardship of the Reserve, the Marine Corps presented Ruth Cheney Streeter with the Legion of Merit. On the occasion of the first anniversary of its establishment, the Reserve received a message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which he observed, "You have quickly and efficiently taken over scores of different kinds of duties that not long ago were considered strictly masculine assignments, and in doing so, you have freed a large number of well trained, battle ready men of the corps for action." Initially, General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, had been opposed to having women serve in the Marine Corps. Before the end of 1943, however, he reversed himself, saying, "Like most Marines, when the matter first came up I didn't believe women could serve any useful purpose in the Marine Corps ... Since then I've changed my mind

WWII NAZI GERMAN M35 DOUBLE DECAL POLIZEI HELMET

Lot #497 (Sale Order 557 of 784)

Helmet retains most of it’s original smooth field-gray paint. Second pattern, un-bordered Police eagle decal and pointed tip, party shield decal are both retained about 85%. All three liner retaining rivets and and both ventilation bushings intact. M31 tan leather liner is fully intact with all fingers and is size marked 56. Original liner string is present. Interior neck guard apron is serial/lot number stamped "2921" and left side apron is stamped, "Q64", indicating manufacture by by, by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. Esslingen, size 64. There is a hairline fracture on the National Eahle side of the helmet. Excellent The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, (Iron and Foundry Works), AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. The M35 had an inserted ventilation bushing positioned on each side of the helmet and a rolled bottom edge while the M40 eliminated the bushings and replaced them by stamping the ventilation eyelets directly into the helmet, although it still retained the rolled bottom edge. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The M42 retained the stamped ventilation eyelets as found on the M40 helmets but eliminated the bottom, rolled edge. Beside the basic army style helmets the Germans also produced a wide variety of civic style helmets with no fewer then nine assorted variants of the model M34. These civic style helmets were utilized by assorted civilian and para-military organizations including the police. Shortly after Adolf Hitler’s ascension to power on January 30TH 1933 the independent Prussian state police introduced new helmet insignia in an attempt at creating uniformity in dress. The new helmet insignia consisted of a small, canted, white, swastika positioned on the right side and the Prussia state shield in black and white positioned diagonally on the left side. This insignia was utilized until April 23RD 1934 when new insignia for all of German police agencies was introduced that consisted of a small, canted, white, swastika positioned on the right side and the German national tri-color shield in black, white and red positioned diagonally on the left side. This second pattern insignia was only utilized until July 11TH 1934 when a third pattern insignia was introduced that consisted of a larger, canted, white, swastika positioned on the right side and a slightly modified German national tri-color shield in black, white and red positioned diagonally on the left side. This third pattern was utilized until a fourth and final pattern was introduced on July 28TH 1936. With Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader of the SS), Heinrich Himmler’s appointment to Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), on June 17TH 1936, he effectively had full control of all the police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. The new dress regulations included an attempt to standardize the helmets of the police and on July 28TH 1936 regulations once again altered the insignia on the police helmets with the new wreathed police eagle emblem to be applied to the left side of the helmet and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), shield applied to the right side. The July 1936 police helmet insignia was utilized for the duration of the war. Of Note: Although the police did utilize the helmet decals until the end of the war, most helmets produced for the police after November 1943 were issued without decals.

WWII US ARMY 508th 82nd AIRBORNE PURPLE HEART KIA

Lot #498 (Sale Order 558 of 784)

WWII Killed In Action Purple Herat named to Staff Sergeant Edward W. Wild ASN 15333561 of the 508th Airborne Regiment of the 82nd Airborne. The purple heart is officially engraved and comes with the issue blue box and the white outer box. S/Sgt. Wild was killed on January 29th 1945 in Holzheim Belgium. Also in the grouping are three xerox copies of Edward Wild and dealing with him being killed in action. The first is his restricted marked report of burial, Also a letter written by his mother asking Major General Ulio about a missing diary that her son was writing that is now missing. She is requesting him to look into the matter. finally a receipt of his inventory of Personal Effects. Two Airborne training command patches and two marksmanship medals with Rifle and Bayonet clasps or bars. Excellent 82nd Airborne Division "All American Division" Initial training and conversion The 82nd Division was redesignated on 13 February 1942 during World War II, just two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the German declaration of war, as Division Headquarters, 82nd Division. It was recalled to active service on 25 March 1942, and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the command of Major General Omar Bradley. During this training period, the division brought together three officers who would ultimately steer the U.S. Army during the following two decades: Matthew Ridgway, James M. Gavin, and Maxwell D. Taylor. Under Major General Bradley, the 82nd Division's Chief of Staff was George Van Pope. On 15 August 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division, now commanded by Major General Ridgway, became the first airborne division in the history of the U.S. Army, and was redesignated as the 82nd Airborne Division. The division initially consisted of the 325th, 326th and 327th Infantry Regiments, and supporting units. The 327th was soon transferred to help form the 101st Airborne Division and was replaced by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, leaving the division with two regiments of glider infantry and one of parachute infantry. In February 1943 the division received another change when the 326th was later transferred, being replaced by the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, under James M. Gavin, then a colonel, who was later destined to command the division. Sicily and Italy In April 1943, after several months of tough training, its troopers deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, under the command of Major General Ridgway to take part in the campaign to invade Sicily. The division's first two combat operations were parachute assaults into Sicily on 9 July and Salerno on 13 September 1943. The initial assault on Sicily, by the 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, under Colonel Gavin, was the first regimental-sized combat parachute assault conducted by the United States Army. The first glider assault did not occur until Operation Neptune as part of the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. Glider troopers of the 319th and 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalions and the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (and the 3rd Battalion of the 504th PIR) instead arrived in Italy by landing craft at Maiori (319th) and Salerno (320th, 325th). In January 1944, the 504th, commanded by Colonel Reuben Tucker, which was temporarily detached to fight at Anzio, adopted the nickname "Devils in Baggy Pants", taken from an entry in a German officer's diary. The 504th was replaced in the division by the inexperienced 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel George V. Millet, Jr.. While the 504th was detached, the remainder of the 82nd Airborne Division moved to the United Kingdom in November 1943 to prepare for the liberation of Europe. See RAF North Witham and RAF Folkingham. Normandy With two combat drops under its belt, the 82nd Airborne Division was now ready for the most ambitious airborne operation of the war so far, as part of Operation Neptune, the Allied invasion of Normandy. The division conducted Mission Boston, part of the airborne assault phase of the Operation Overlord plan. In preparation for the operation, the division was significantly reorganized. To ease the integration of replacement troops, rest, and refitting following the fighting in Italy, the 504th PIR did not rejoin the division for the invasion. Two new parachute infantry regiments (PIRs), the 507th and the 508th, provided it, along with the veteran 505th, a three-parachute infantry regiment punch. The 325th was also reinforced by the addition of the 3rd Battalion of the 401st GIR, bringing it up to a strength of three battalions. On 5 and 6 June, these paratroopers, parachute artillery elements, and the 319th and 320th, boarded hundreds of transport planes and gliders to begin history's largest airborne assault at the time (only Operation Market Garden later that year would be larger). During the 6 June assault, a 508th platoon leader, First Lieutenant Robert P. Mathias, would be the first U.S. Army officer killed by Germ

NAMED NASA FLIGHT SUIT & MEDALS SPACE SHUTTLE 51-C

Lot #499 (Sale Order 559 of 784)

Nasa Flight Suit and medals owned by James Buchli. The flight suit's tag is very difficult to read in the neck but in part there is faded hand writing that says S/N 039. the tag reads as P/N: 63A232010 SIZE SR MFG. BY: QUAL CRAFT MFGS. The flight suit shows a lot of frying to the collar but other than that, it is in very good condition. Also in the grouping is a crew photo for 51-C and two NASA medals, Exceptional Bravery Medal and Space Flight Medal and finally another Crew patch of 51-C. These items were purchased from a Michigan based museum called "Michigan's Own Inc. Military and Space Museum. Military career Buchli received his commission in the United States Marine Corps following graduation from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1967. He graduated from Basic Infantry Officer's Course and was subsequently sent to the Republic of Vietnam for a 1-year tour of duty, where he served as a Platoon Commander with the 9th Marine Regiment, and then as Executive Officer and Company Commander for B Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. He returned to the United States in 1969 for naval flight officer training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. After earning his wings, he spent the next 2 years assigned to VMFA-122 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. In 1973, he proceeded to duty with VMFA-115 at Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong in Thailand, and again MCAS Iwakuni. Upon completing this tour of duty, he again returned to the United States and participated in the Marine Advanced Degree Program at the University of West Florida. He was assigned subsequently to VMFA-312 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, and in 1977, to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. He has logged over 4,200 hours flying time: 4,000 hours in jet aircraft, including combat in the F-4 Phantom II. NASA career Buchli became a NASA astronaut in August 1979, selected as part of Group 8. He was a member of the support crew for STS-1 and STS-2, and On-Orbit CAPCOM for STS-2. A veteran of four space flights, Buchli has orbited the earth 319 times, traveling 7.74 million miles in 20 days, 10 hours, 25 minutes, 32 seconds. He served as a Mission Specialist on STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, and STS-48. From March 1989 till May 1992 he also served as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office. On September 1, 1992, Buchli retired from the Marine Corps and the NASA Astronaut Office to accept a position as Manager, Space Station Systems Operations and Requirements with Boeing Defense and Space Group, at Huntsville, Alabama. In April 1993, he was reassigned as Boeing Deputy for Payload Operations, Space Station Freedom Program. Buchli currently serves as Operations & Utilization Manager for Space Station, Boeing Defense and Space Group, at Houston, Texas. Space flights STS-51-C flew the Space Shuttle Discovery, and was the first dedicated Department of Defense mission. Launched January 24, 1985, from Kennedy Space Center, STS-51-C performed its mission to deploy a modified Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) vehicle from the Space Shuttle. Landing occurred on January 27, 1985, after slightly more than three days on orbit, ending a mission lasting 73 hours, 33 minutes, and 27 seconds.STS-61-A, launched October 30, 1985 and landing November 6, saw the Space Shuttle Challenger perform a West German D-1 Spacelab mission. It was the first to carry eight crew members, then the largest crew to fly in space, and the first in which payload activities were controlled from outside the United States. More than 75 scientific experiments were completed in the areas of physiological sciences, materials processing, biology, and navigation, and the mission duration was 168 hours, 44 minutes, and 51 seconds. STS-29, flew the Discovery from March 13, 1989 to March 18, a five-day mission during in which the crew deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and performed numerous secondary experiments, including a space station "heat pipe" radiator experiment, two student experiments, a protein crystal growth experiment, and a chromosome and plant cell division experiment. In addition, the crew took over 3,000 photographs of the Earth using several types of cameras, including the IMAX 70 mm movie camera, during the 119 hours, 39 minutes, 40 second mission. STS-48, from September 12, to September 18, 1991, was a five-day mission during which the crew of the Discovery deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) designed to provide scientists with their first complete data set on the upper atmosphere's chemistry, winds, and energy inputs. The crew also conducted numerous secondary experiments ranging from growing protein crystals, to studying how fluids and structures react in weightlessness. Mission duration was 128 hours, 27 minutes; 34 seconds.

WWII PAINTED A2 FLIGHT JACKET GROUPING W/ PATCHES

Lot #500 (Sale Order 560 of 784)

WWII US Army Air Corp Named Grouping of Frank "Clint" O'Bannon Jr. of the 464th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force to include 1) A-2 flight jacket with spec tag removed but roughly a size 38. Leather is still very supple with original cuffs and waistband with minor damage and a fully functioning Conmar zipper. The reverse of the jacket has been painted but overtime has almost lost what the painting was. The jacket has never had any insignia put on it or removed and I would say rates Excellent 2) Over 75 letters starting Dec. 1941 thru March 1945. Most are from him, a few from other friends and approx. 13 to him. Six letters have "Mission" or "Battle" content. Clint was very good in describing his thoughts and surroundings and does not hold much back, even to his parents. 3) Over two dozen large photos of bombing sites taken during the missions. 4) Full size Italian made 461st Bomb Group leather patch. 5) A second Theater made leather patch more modernly framed 6) Two sets of Miniature Medals 7) 461st Bomb Group set of Post War pins that is also nicely framed. 8) Collection of his Sons of the Revolutionary War pins. 9) 16 VHS tapes of war time base footage, post war interviews, reunions, ect. Some have been converted to DVD's. 10) Two large binders of the 461st BG History, one appears to be of original reports, the other copies of originals. 11) Other assorted images, post cards, training items and more. History World War II The group was constituted in May 1943 as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment group and activated on 1 July at Wendover Field, Utah, with the 764th, 765th, 766th and 767th Bombardment Squadrons assigned. It trained under Second and Fourth Air Forces at several airfields in Utah, Idaho, and California, with group elements undergoing combat simulation training at the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics in Florida. The 461st deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in February 1944, the air echelon flying its B-24's via the South Atlantic route, stopping in North Africa before joining the ground echelon in Italy. It was assigned to the 49th Bombardment Wing of Fifteenth Air Force at Torretto Airfield, Italy, in late February. The group began combat operations in April, engaging in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. It engaged chiefly in bombardment of communications, industries, and other strategic objectives in Italy, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Greece. It supported counter-air operations by bombing enemy airdromes and aircraft centers, receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for a mission on 13 April 1944 when the group battled its way through enemy defenses to attack an aircraft components plant in Budapest. The 461st BG conducted Oil Campaign of World War II operations against Brux Czechoslovakia; Blechhammer, Germany; and Moosbierbaum and Vienna in Austria. It received a second DUC for a July 1944 bombing of Ploie?ti despite flak, clouds, smoke, and fighters. Also operated in support of ground forces and flew some interdictory missions. It hit artillery positions in support of the Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France in August 1944 and flew supply missions to France in September. The group aided Operation Grapeshot, the spring 1945 Allied offensive in Italy, by attacking gun emplacements and troop concentrations. After V-E Day, the 461st dropped supplies to prisoner-of-war camps in Austria during May 1945. During its operations in the Mediterranean, the group suffered 108 aircraft lost in combat, and was credited with the destruction of 129 enemy aircraft. It dropped over 13,000 tons of bombs in over 46,000 hours of combat flying. The group began returning to the United States in early July. It reassembled at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota at the end of the month and was inactivated there on 28 August 1945

WWII US 1st RANGER BATTALION ID'ed LEATHER BRACE

Lot #500a (Sale Order 561 of 784)

WWII Leather back brace named to Eugene Byron Gerkins ASN 1302994 1912-1987, who was wounded in action Oct. 8th 1943 in the back and used this back brace while he recovered. He carved into the leather everyplace he went during the war. He carved Commandos 1st Rangers 30th Infantry 1st Ranger Battalion A.B.S. Service of Supply North Africa Jesus Saves with a cross Invasion of Sicily Invasion of Italy Tunisia - Bone - Oran Nocera - Pagani - Pass Italy Sidi-Bel-Abbes Ferryville North Africa Mediterranean Sea Bizerete French Morocco Termini Cefaki Licata Paleramo Messina Chiunsaa Pass Eusda Tyrrhenian Sea Maori Trapani Salerno Casablanca World War II 1st Battalion goes active The first Americans to see active combat in the European theater of World War II were forty-four enlisted men and five officers from the 1st Ranger Battalion. Dispersed among the Canadians and the British commandos, these men were the first American ground soldiers to see action against the Germans in the disastrous Dieppe Raid, officially known as Operation Jubilee. Three Rangers were killed and several captured. The first American soldier killed in Europe in World War II was part of the Dieppe Raid, Ranger Lieutenant E. V. Loustalot. During the mission, the British Captain leading the assault was killed. Loustalot took command and with his men attacked a clifftop machine gun nest. Scaling the steep cliff, Loustalot was wounded three times and then was killed by enemy crossfire. North Africa The first efforts to stop the German infiltration of Europe were by the 1st Ranger Battalion. Attempting to prevent German occupation of seaports in North Africa, the 1st Ranger Battalion spearheaded an invasion at the Port of Arzew in Algeria. This was accomplished by executing a surprise night landing, silencing two gun batteries, and opening the way for the capture of Oran. In Tunisia in 1943, the 1st Battalion executed the first Ranger behind-the-lines night raid for the purpose of gaining information and terrorizing the enemy. On 11 February the Rangers took a 32-mile (51 km) journey, 12 on foot, for their first raid on an Italian camp at Sened Station. Using the cloak of night, the Rangers slipped in 50 yards (46 m) of the Italian outpost and began their attack. It took the battalion only 20 minutes to achieve area control. Fifty enemy were killed and an additional 10 were taken prisoner. Darby, along with fellow commanders, was awarded the Silver Star for this victory and the battalion itself gained the nickname the "Black Death" by the Italians.[2] Later, in March, American units were decimated time and again while trying to break through the critical mountain pass at Djbel Ank. Given this mission, the 1st Rangers undertook a twelve-mile (19 km) night march through rugged terrain to reach the heights of Djbel Ank where, at dawn, the Rangers surprised the enemy from the rear, capturing two hundred prisoners and giving General Patton an opening though which he began the final and victorious battle in North Africa. Rangers played a crucial role in the battle of El Guettar which immediately followed, for which the First Ranger Battalion won its first Presidential Unit Citation (US). Sicily and Italy The early success of the 1st Ranger Battalion brought about the creation of the 3rd and 4th Battalions. The original 1st Battalion was divided into thirds. One third of the headquarters and each company was placed in each of the Battalions 1-3-4. 3rd Ranger Battalion was Activated on 21 May 1943 at Nemours, Morocco, while 4th Ranger Battalion was activated on 29 May 1943 in Tunisia. To provide command and control for these three Ranger Battalions, the 6615th Ranger Force (Provisional) was established. This force was rounded out with the addition of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, and the 2/509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The battle seasoned 1st Battalion moved into their newly assigned positions and trained their Ranger colleagues. The 1-3-4 Battalions were trained under Darby in Nemours, Morocco and prepared for the invasion of Sicily and Italy. Following the 1st Ranger Battalion success at the Amphibious Battle of Gela, all four of the initial Ranger Battalions were redesignated as Ranger Infantry Battalions on 1 August 1943 Had it not been for the accomplishments of the 1st Ranger Battalion in the early entry of WWII, there would be no Rangers today. Their successful invasions in North Africa opened the sea and its ports for the Allied forces. The Allies were now able to move ships and equipment to support subsequent campaigns, enabling the later forces to successfully infiltrate enemy lines along the African coast, in Sicily, and up into Italy. The Ranger Force targeted Salerno on 9 September 1943, and participated in the Naples-Foggia Campaign. Then they moved on to Anzio on 22 January 1944. The entire 6615th Ranger Force (Provisional) was destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Cisterna, Italy on 30 January 1944,

WWII 45TH DIVISION KIA OFFICER TRUNK GROUPING

Lot #501 (Sale Order 562 of 784)

WWII US Army 45th Division KIA Killed In Action trunk grouping belonging to 2nd Lt. Charles J. Frame O-1299552. All articles are housed in his painted trunk just as it was when the items where shipped back to the next of kin. The items to include 1) Khaki Officers Visor Hat size marked 7 1/8 in near mint condition. 2) Chocolate Officer's Visor Hat tailored made in Columbus Ohio also size marked 7 1/8 in excellent condition. 3) Five neck ties with three being Khaki and the other two are black. 4) Several papers and notebooks dealing with training of men. 5) Sam Browne Officer's Belt with original felt bag size marked 34. 6) Cased Purple Heart (Not Named) American Campaign Medal, European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal and finally his Combat Infantry Badge. 7) Five Overseas cap with two piped in Blue and one marked size 7 1/8 and two Khaki caps size marked 7 1/4 8) Set of enlisted puttees 9) Enlisted Tool service coat with US and Infantry collar brass size marked 37R 10) Officer's 2nd Lt. 45th Division patched jacket with Officer's brass. 11) Two sets of enlisted trousers 34X31 size marked in excellent condition. 12) Set of Pink Officer's trousers roughly the same size. 13) Two Khaki Officers shirts size marked 16 33 and 15 1/2 32 respectively 14) Khaki Officers trousers 14) Wool Overcoat 15) Wool Blanket. All items are in excellent condition. On 16 September 1940, the 45th Infantry Division, under Major General William S. Keys, was federalized from state control into the regular army force. It was one of four National Guard divisions to be federalized, alongside the 30th, the 41st and 44th Infantry Divisions, originally for a one-year period.[18] Its men immediately began basic combat training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Throughout 1942, it continued this training at Camp Barkeley, Texas,[20] before moving to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, to undergo amphibious assault training in preparation for an invasion of Italy. It then moved to Pine Camp, New York briefly for winter warfare training, but was hampered by continuously poor weather. In January 1943 it moved to Fort Pickett, Virginia, for its final training. The division, now commanded by Major General Troy H. Middleton, a Regular Army soldier and highly distinguished World War I veteran, moved to the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation's Camp Patrick Henry to await combat loading on the transports. The division's two combat commands, the 89th and 90th Infantry Brigades, were not activated, as the army favored smaller and more versatile regimental commands for the new conflict. The 45th Infantry Division was instead based around the 157th, 179th, and 180th Infantry Regiments.[24] Also assigned to the division were the 158th, 160th, 171st, and 189th Field Artillery Battalions, the 45th Signal Company, the 700th Ordnance Company, the 45th Quartermaster Company, the 45th Reconnaissance Troop, the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion, and the 120th Medical Battalion. Sicily The 45th Division sailed from the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation for the Mediterranean region on 8 June 1943, combat loaded aboard thirteen attack transports and five cargo attack vessels as convoy UGF-9 headed by the communications ship USS Ancon. By the time the 45th Division landed in North Africa on 22 June 1943, the Allies had largely secured the African theater. As a result, the division was not sent into combat upon arrival and instead commenced training at Arzew, French Morocco, in preparation for the invasion of Sicily. Allied intelligence estimated that the island was defended by approximately 230,000 troops, the majority of which were drawn mostly from weak Italian formations and two German divisions which had been reconstituted after being destroyed earlier. Against this, the Allies planned to land 180,000 troops, including the 45th Infantry Division, which was assigned to Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's II Corps, part of the U.S. Seventh Army under Lieutenant General George S. Patton, for the operation. The division was subsequently assigned a lead role in the amphibious assault on Sicily, coming ashore on 10 July. Landing near Scoglitti, the southernmost U.S. objective on the island, the division advanced north on the U.S. force's eastern flank. After initially encountering resistance from armor of the Herman Goering Division, the division advanced, supported by paratroopers of the 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, who landed inland on 11 July.[32] The paratroopers, conducting their first combat jump of the war, then set up to protect the 45th's flank against German counterattack, but without weapons to counter heavy armor, the paratroopers had to rely on support from the 2nd Armored Division to repulse the German Tiger I tanks.

WWII NUMBERED DSC MEDAL W WRAPPED BROOCH 13998

Lot #501a (Sale Order 563 of 784)

Early numbered Distinguished Service Cross 13998. DSC is in excellent condition with original silk ribbon. The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army (and previously, the United States Army Air Forces), for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations but do not meet the criteria for the Medal of Honor. The Distinguished Service Cross is equivalent to the Navy Cross (Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard) and the Air Force Cross (Air Force). The Distinguished Service Cross was first awarded during World War I. In addition, a number of awards were made for actions before World War I. In many cases, these were to soldiers who had received a Certificate of Merit for gallantry which, at the time, was the only other honor for gallantry the Army could award, or recommend a Medal of Honor. Others were belated recognition of actions in the Philippines, on the Mexican Border and during the Boxer Rebellion. The Distinguished Service Cross is distinct from the Distinguished Service Medal, which is awarded to persons in recognition of exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PARATROOPER GRAVITY KNIFE WW2

Lot #502 (Sale Order 564 of 784)

WWII German Fallschirmjager gravity knife, non maker marked blade. Serial numbered 563 4 on back of thumb tab. Some minor sharpening to blade. Mechanically still good. Overall excellent condition.

WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS 491ST BG A2 FLIGHT JACKET

Lot #503 (Sale Order 565 of 784)

WWII Named CBI China Burma India patched A-2 Flight Jacket from the 491st Bomb Squadron. The jackets body is in very good condition but does have damage to the cuffs and waistband. The jackets name tap says E. Abrams. The jacket is a size 38 and the lining also showing wear and there is also a blood chit to the interior. The crown zipper is not functioning. The shoulders like the chest has theater made leather patches to them showing signs of wear but matching the condition of the coat. World War II. Very Good The 491st Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated in September 1942 as a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber squadron at Karachi, India. It was assigned to the newly activated 341st Bombardment Group of Tenth Air Force. The squadron did not receive a full complement of aircraft and personnel until the end of the year. After moving to Chakulia Airfield, the squadron began combat operations, flying its first mission on 10 January 1943. For the remainder of the year the squadron was primarily tasked with interdicting Japanese lines of communication in Burma. The squadron was transferred to Fourteenth Air Force and moved to China in January 1944. Again the squadron's primary tasking was interdiction of Japanese lines of communication in China and eastern French Indochina (now Vietnam). In addition to strikes against airfields, bivouac and storage areas and bridges, the unit performed target of opportunity sweeps along roads, rivers and over the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea. When Japan surrendered, sixteen squadron aircrews and several aircraft maintenance personnel were in India undergoing transition training to Douglas A-26 Invader. About 31 August 1945 the remaining 491st personnel joined those in India. Those determined to meet rotation requirements embarked on a transport ship and returned to the United States, arriving on 1 November. The squadron was inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on 2 November 1945.

WW2 BRITISH FAIRBAIRN/SYKES FIGHTING KNIFE SHEATH

Lot #504 (Sale Order 566 of 784)

A third pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife with a 17cm stiletto style blade with high central spine. The cast blackened brass handle, with twenty-seven concentric rings, is marked with a "1" which indicates the mold that was used to make it. The knife has a straight 2" wide crossguard. The brown leather scabbard has a, round tipped, riveted on, blackened brass fitting to the bottom and raised, stitched spine to reverse. Sewn to the spine are leather tabs that were used for stitching the sheath to clothing. Riveted to the top of the scabbard is a leather tab with slashes for leg straps and the remains of the elastic retaining strap for the knife. The Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife came about through the need for a good fighting knife for the newly formed commando units. W. E. Fairbairn, E. A. Sykes and Robert Wilkinson Latham of the Wilkinson Sword Company, had a meeting in November of 1940 at which W. E. Fairbairn and E. A. Sykes described the knife they wanted and preliminary sketches were drawn up and the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife was created. There were three major patterns of the knife produced.

CANADIAN GENERAL BATTLEDRESS JACKET WITH INSIGNIA

Lot #504a (Sale Order 567 of 784)

Canadian battledress jacket, dated 1953, marked size 8, chest 37-38. Has "CANADA" arcs, and rank insignia for General on both shoulders. Has Canadian pilot wings and 4 rows of sewn-on ribbon bars denoting service in Italy and Africa during World War II, as well as UN missions postwar, and personal awards of the Knight of the British Empire, the Military Cross, and the Distinguished Service Order. Has General Officer red gorget tabs on the lapels. Unfortunately, not named. Excellent

WWII FREE FRENCH 1ST ARMY POW UNIFORM JACKET

Lot #504b (Sale Order 568 of 784)

WWII era uniform jacket with patches, ribbons, and medals. Snap-on Bevo style patch on left shoulder "Rhine et Danube" is the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 1st Army of Free France. Ribbons denote awards of the Liberation of France Commemoration medal with France and Allgemeine clasps, the Combattant's Cross, the Prisoner, hostage and Deportee's medal, the Escapee's Medal, and the two medals are for the Liberation of France during World War II and the World War II French Croix de Guerre. Has French bursting shell insignia on the lapels, silk lining and linen lined sleeves. This soldier was evidently taken prisoner while fighting in combat and escaped. Domed brass buttons, coat tailor tag "Bayard" has slight moth nips at the collar and back. Otherwise excellent.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HJ FANFARE TRUMPET BANNER WW2

Lot #505 (Sale Order 569 of 784)

An approximately 48cm square, double sided, multi-piece cotton construction banner, with four doubled tie strings along its upper edge for affixing it to a trumpet. Double sided with the typical HJ pattern swastika with red and white field while the other side is adorned with the single sig rune. A 30mm white fringe runs along both sides and the bottom of the banner. White portions show the expected light age yellowing, but overall very nice untouched example. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth).

WWII NAZI GERMAN U-BOAT COMBAT CLASP & VISOR WW2

Lot #506 (Sale Order 570 of 784)

WWII Kriegsmarine lot to include 1) WWII Nazi German Kriegsmarine U-Boat Combat Clasp, Silver Grade. Zinc with silver wash finish, this is the 2nd pattern of the badge, complete with wide scalloped or ‘fluted’ horizontal wearing pin, reverse makers marked: ‘Entwurf Peekhaus, Ausf. Schwerin-Berlin 68’. The badge appears to have been at some stage de-nazified with the swastika removed and then now professionally restored. The badge is also additionally scratch engraved with what appears to be the recipient’s surname. Extremely Rare. The award was instituted on 15 May, 1944 to bring the U-boat force in line with other branches of the German armed forces, all of which had a similar medal to recognize valor. There were no specified merits for earning the award; decoration was based on the recommendations of the U-boat commander and subject to approval by Karl Dönitz. Awards were often due to the number of patrols completed or demonstrations of valor in combat. According to Horst von Schroeder of U-123, 90 days were required to receive the bronze award, 180 days to receive the silver award, and although never created, 300 days were proposed for the gold award. 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN KREIGSMARINE OFFICER'S VISOR. The cap has a navy blue wool covering to the top edge with a row scalloped edges in gold bullion threads indicating Company Grade Officers. The forward edge of the visor is trimmed in simulated black leather.

WWII US NAVY REAR ADMIRAL NAMED OVERCOAT TO HERO

Lot #507 (Sale Order 571 of 784)

WWII Overcoat of Rear Admiral Edwin Parsons . The overcoat is in excellent condition retaining the rand insignia to the lower sleeves. The overcoat is named to the interior and is roughly a size 40R Early life Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Parsons graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1910 and after attending the University of Pennsylvania, moved to California, where he learned to fly at Dominguez Field, Carson, in 1912, then spent 1913–1915 in the Mexican Army's Aviation Corps. At one point, Pancho Villa wanted him to train airmen; however, Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico scotched Parsons' interest. Parsons was brevetted by Villa as a Captain at a salary of $200 per month, payable in gold. Parsons' attempt to teach some of Villa's cavalrymen to fly foundered on their lack of mechanical ability. Parsons also is reported to have been responsible for purchasing and later flying a Curtiss Model D two-seated pusher, as well as fetching needed parts from El Paso. Parsons departed as the Mexican Revolutionary movement split between Villa and Venustiano Carranza. World War I Thus Parsons was an experienced combat pilot when the war began. He went to France at the end of 1915. He served with the United States Ambulance service before enlisting in the French Foreign Legion. In 1916, he became a pilot in the Aéronautique Militaire (French Air Service) and, beginning in January 1917, he flew with the famed Lafayette Escadrille. He was credited with one victory and flew many times as Raoul Lufbery's wingman. He later elected to stay in the French air service instead of transferring to the USAAS when his unit was Americanized in February 1918. He was assigned to the French squadron SPA3 in 1918 where he was credited with an additional 7 victories for a total of 8 victories confirmed. Parsons was a tangential figure in a spectacular performance on 9 May. It was sparked by a disagreement between René Fonck on one hand, and Parsons and his friend Frank Baylies on the other. Although Fonck's three dozen victories spoke for themselves, the American duo believed that the Frenchman's attitude in his actual speech was atrocious. Perturbed by Fonck's highhanded lectures on aerial success, the two Americans bet Fonck a bottle of champagne that one of them would shoot down an enemy plane before Fonck. Baylies took off despite hazy weather and shot down a Halberstadt CL.II. Back at the airfield, rather than pay off the bet, a sulky Fonck badgered the Americans to change the terms of the bet to whoever shot down the most Germans that day would win. Lingering fog kept Fonck grounded most of the day. It was well into the afternoon before it cleared enough for him to take off at 1500 hours. Between 1600 and 1605 hours, he shot down three enemy two-seater reconnaissance planes. A couple of hours later, he repeated the feat. Understanding the importance of reconnaissance planes, with their potential to direct intensive artillery fire onto French troops, Fonck concentrated his attentions upon them; six shot down within a three-hour span proved it. List of aerial victories Confirmed victories are numbered and listed chronologically. Unconfirmed victories are denoted by "u/c" and may or may not be listed by date. No. Date/time Aircraft Foe Result Location Notes 1 4 September 1917 @ 0940 hours Nieuport Rumpler reconnaissance plane Destroyed Neuilly 2 6 May 1918 @ 1715 hours Spad German two-seater Destroyed West of Montdidier 3 16 May 1918 @ 0945 hours Spad German two-seater Destroyed Montdidier 4 19 May 1918 @ 1220 hours Spad German two-seater Destroyed Montdidier Shared victory with two French pilots 5 20 May 1918 @ 0915 hours Spad German two-seater Destroyed Gratibus 6 26 August 1918 Spad Fokker D.VII Destroyed Morchain 7 26 September 1918 @ 1800 hours Spad German two-seater Destroyed South of Tahure Victory shared with Pierre Pendaries and another French pilot 8 1 October 1918 @ 1510 hours Spad German two-seater Destroyed Somme-Py Between the World Wars When the war ended, Parsons returned to the United States and joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Special Agent from 1920–1923, but left to form his own unsuccessful private detective agency. With the help the film director and former World War I aviator William A. Wellman, Parsons was hired by Paramount as a technical consultant, working on the Oscar-winning Wings (1927), and on Howard Hughes epic Hell's Angels (1930), amongst others. Parsons also worked as a screenwriter, occasional actor, and technical director. He wrote articles for magazines, as well as authoring a book. He also wrote and narrated a radio series about his experiences, Heroes of the Lafayette.[8] Whilst in Hollywood in the mid 1930s he was a member of the Hollywood Hussars militia cavalry unit.

WWII MARINE RAIDER FIGHTING KNIFE GROUPING ID'ed

Lot #508 (Sale Order 572 of 784)

WWII Marine Corps identified knife grouping consisting of 1) ID'd WWII U.S. MARINE CORPS RAIDER STILETTO FIGHTING KNIFE. ID'd circa 1942 U.S. Marine Corps Raider issue Stiletto Fighting Knife and its original Sheath. The knife once belonged to Walter C. Witt Jr. USMCR 1942-46 2nd Marine Regiment and fought in Saipan and Iwo Jima. This is a textbook example of one of these very rare CAMILLUS manufactured knives. The handles on these are very fragile as they were manufactured of a zinc alloy that has almost always cracked over the years. This knife exhibits none of this cracking. The blade remains in its full 7.2 inches in length and has never been re-tipped. The leather sheath with metal fittings is original to the knife, is all intact including its leather leg thong, is not oilsoaked, and presents nicely on display. Attached to the scabbard is his dogtag named WALTER CARL WITT 451916 O T. 9/42 USMCR. 2) WWII Named handmade fighting made from a WW1 German Butcher bayonet. On he knuckle guard is his name stamped W. C. Witt. 3) Collins & Co. Machete No. 191 without a scabbard

WWII KRAG RIFLE NORWEGIAN BAYONET & SCABBARD

Lot #509 (Sale Order 573 of 784)

SUPER RARE ORIGINAL NORWEGIAN M 1944 KRAG JORGENSEN RIFLE BAYONET AND SHEATH.Excellent condition. In 1st August 1944 4600 bayonets were ordered from Erik Anton Berg's Fabriks Aktiebolag' in Eskilstuna.

WWII NAZI & NORWEGIAN MILITARY KRAG RIFLE BAYONET

Lot #510 (Sale Order 574 of 784)

Norwegian Krag Jorgensen M.1894 bayonet with Nazi waffenampt Wa184 on the crossguard. Marked on the blade. Complete with steel scabbard. Serial number 28 on the scabbard! CONDITION: Overall condition is excellent. Blade is in fine condition, with some sharpening marks. The hardwood grips show minimal to no wear. No dents to the scabbard

ITALIAN FIGHTING KNIFE ASSALTATORI ASSAULT TROOPS

Lot #511 (Sale Order 575 of 784)

A quite rare and interesting Italian fighting knife. This is the model 1960 knife for assault troops. It bears much resemblance with both the Italian WWII fighting knives and Mannlicher-Carcano bayonets. The blade was made in 1959 in the army factory in Torino, this is fine that the blade was made in 1959 and the knife bears the name of model 1960 since the officail adoptation of the knife followed first bunch of the knives made from trials. Condition of the knife is near MINT. Markings are very clear on the pommel cap

WWI + WWII US 1911 + M1911A1 PISTOL HOLSTERS

Lot #512 (Sale Order 576 of 784)

WWI + WWII US 1911 + M1911A1 PISTOL HOLSTERSPair of brown leather US embossed military holsters. First one is dated 1917 and the second is an "Enger Kress" open top shoulder holster with leather strap. Both show age and service wear. Very Good

WWII US NAMED SILVER STAR MEDAL GROUPING

Lot #513 (Sale Order 577 of 784)

Phenomenal set of medals named to World War II and Korea, US Army veteran James Lorenzo Spalding. This grouping consists of a mix of World War II original awards and later 20th Century replacement awards. Originals include: Cased, split brooch Baily, Banks, & Biddle strike Silver Star medal in titled case with lapel pin and extra ribbon. WWII slot brooch Purplke Heart Medal in titled case with lapel pin and ribbon. WWII wrap brooch Air Medal in titled case with lapel button and ribbon. World War sterling Combat Infantryman's Badge. Rifle and Bayonet qualified sharpshooter badge and assorted ribbon bars indicating service in World War II ETO and the Korean War. Later reissue / replacement awards include the Prisoner of War Medal, the ETO medal with 4 bronze campaign stars and two medals officially engraved to James L. Spalding - the Silver Star and the Air Medal. Mr. Spalding's citation for the Silver Star reads as follows: James L. Spalding HOME OF RECORD: Kentucky AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION:1 of 1 Silver Star AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II Service: Army Division: XII Corps GENERAL ORDERS: Headquarters, XII Corps, General Orders No. 18 (October 4, 1944) CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) James L. Spalding (ASN: 0-1172291), United States Army, for gallantry in action in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States while serving with the XII Corps, in action against the enemy in France, on 17 September 1944. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army. Older medals show wear and age, but are in good condition. Reissued medals are near mint. Very Good - Near Mint

WWII US NAVY PURPLE HEART GROUPING IWO JIMA

Lot #514 (Sale Order 578 of 784)

Incredible World War II archive to World War II veteran, Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Henry E. Atherton who was ounded on February 17th during the invasion of Iwo Jima. Grouping includes his original Type 1 Navy & Marine Corps gilt-split brooch Purple Heart medal in the original purple case and shipping box with 1/2" Navy & Marine Corps ribbon bar. Also includes a set of his ribbons, his original Asiatic & Pacific Theater and American Defense campaign medals in the original US Mint blue boxes, as wlel as his dog tags, WWII service medal, a rolled banner depicting his photo in uniform (still in the original cardboard shipping tube addressed to his wife, his dog tag with a "Remember Pearl Harbor" key fob, 3 aluminum theater made souvenir bracelets, the most ornate of which has his name, service number, USNR, and "Solomon Islands" stamped on it - the other is hand engraved "Guam" with islands and palm trees, and the last just says "LOVE" also includes a shell necklace with his initials, presumably a gift to his wife, who served during the war as a WAVE -- there are photos of her and a WAVE rank insignia patch as well. Lots more souvenir items too numerous to list. The Purple Heart looks like it's never been out of the case, some of the other items, including the photos, show age and wear. Very Good - Near Mint

WWII MARINE CORPS GROUPING + AAF ITEMS

Lot #515 (Sale Order 579 of 784)

Interesting historical lot of miscellaneous World War II items including a small named grouping of items belonging to US Marine veteran Marvin W. Odom, Jr. which includes several photos, Marine Corps insignia, his dog tags, a post-war souvenir USMC paperweight, his American Legion membership card, and more. Also includes a very nice WWII Army Officer's eagle cap badge, a WWI US marked brass compass, a rifle oil bottle, and more. Also includes a signed Army Air Corps training booklet, certificate, and Pilot's training graduation book signed by newly minted Army Air Corps pilots most of whom saw aerial combat in World War II. Condition rages from very good to near mint.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS M43 VISOR CAP SIZE 56

Lot #516 (Sale Order 580 of 784)

This is a superb example of an enlisted Waffen-SS M43 cap, in mid-war German wool with two piece stacked insignia. The cap is the single button scallop front style, with hand applied BeVo enlisted insignia on the front. The lining is cotton / rayon in mouse gray and the pull tabs are present inside the flaps at the sides. Size is 56 and is maker marked to Carl Wagenmann with a full leather sweatband . The cap has no mothing or holes, and shows elegant, gentle age toning. A fine addition to the Waffen-SS cloth collection. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler (Shock Troops Adolf Hitler), and was redesignated Schutz Staffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer-Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party). From its inception the SS began an aggressive policy of expansion which resulted in the formation of the SS-SD, SS-Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei, (SS-Security Service and Security Police), in June 1931, the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), and the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units), in March 1933 which would eventually evolve into the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), in December 1939. The field-grey M43 field cap was originally introduced in the German army on June 11TH 1943 as a replacement cap for other field caps then in use and was adopted for wear in the Waffen-SS on October 1ST 1943. The design of the M43 field cap was based on the earlier M42 Feldmütze, (Overseas cap), and the Mountain Troopers Bergmütze, (Mountain Cap), with minor variations. On its introduction a black version was also introduced for wear by Panzer personnel. Officer’s M43 field caps from the rank of SS-Untersturmführer up to Reichsführer-SS, were distinguished from EM/NCO’s caps by the addition of silver piping to the top crown edge and, on occasion, to the scalloped forward edge of the fold down panels as well. Generally the early versions of the M43 cap came with a two button front retainer while the later versions reduced it to a single button. The insignia utilized on the M43 field caps consisted of the SS pattern Totenkopf, (Death’s Head), as introduced in October 1934 and the SS pattern national eagle as introduced in February 1936. The cap insignia could be applied to the front center of the cap in one or two pieces, or separately with the Totenkopf applied to the front center and the eagle applied to the left side panel although it appears that both pieces of insignia applied to the front center was the most common application. SS Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and as a result the SS established the SS-Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system in Munich in 1935. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s were allotted a one time clothing allowance from the government with the amount varying depending on the individuals rank. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase privately tailored garments and headgear of higher quality although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII US CBI INSIGNIA GROUPING BLOOD CHIT LEATHER

Lot #517 (Sale Order 581 of 784)

WWII China Burma India or CBI insignia grouping to include 1) Large multi piece constructed leather CBI patch for jacket measuring 11 1/2 X 9 inches 2) Padded silk American Flag used on the interior of the A-2 flight jacket to show local natives that he was an American aviator. 3) Silk escape and evasion map of India Eastern and Western Portions. Map measures 24 X 22 inches and is in excellent condition. 4) Two Seven language German French English Russian Burmese Hindi and Urdu blood chits marked RESTRICTED and dated September of 1951 and are both numbered 59203 F & 66139 F respectively. More detail and insight of "Blood Chits".... Lt. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s Flying Tigers, having cloth patches depicting the Chinese flag and some Chinese lettering sewn onto the back sides of their flight suits and A-2 jackets? Those pieces of fabric were known as rescue patches, later called “blood chits.” They identified the wearers as Americans helping China fight the Japanese and requested the Chinese people to assist them. They represented a pass to safety for those who crashed or bailed out in areas occupied by the enemy. Blood chits were not only cloth patches. They also were cards or sometimes letters with a promise of reward directed to anyone who would assist a downed flier. In the early days of World War II, the British routinely issued blood chits to their aircrews, including several types in 1940 to fliers in Ethiopia. When the US entered the war, the American air services adopted the practice and they were eventually issued in all theaters of combat operations by all the western Allies. Blood chits were duly honored and the helpers were rewarded with money or gifts. Later, chits were printed in nearly 50 languages, including many European, North African, and Asian tongues. Not all of them contained the same statements, but all were bona fide government IOUs promising to reward those who assisted Allied airmen.

WWII US MILITARY POSTER DISSOLUTION OF NAZI PARTY

Lot #518 (Sale Order 582 of 784)

Military Poster For the US Military Supreme Commander's Area of Control announcing the Dissolution of the Nazi Party measuring 24 3/8 X 19 3/4 inches in part it says In order to end the regime of lawlessness, terror. and inhumanity established by the Nazi Party within the occupied territory, it is hereby ordered: 1. To the full extent of their operation in the occupied territory, the National Socialist German Labor Party, and the offices, organizations and institutions listed below are dissolved and declared illegal, all Party activities and the activities of the following offices, organizations and institutions, except as mentioned in Paragraph 5 are prohibited. It then list 52 political sub organizations within the NSDAP outlawing them and any future events. 2. The para military organizations listed below, all offices recruiting and training establishments and all depots connected therewith will in due course be dissolved. Orders regarding the personnel and equipment thereof will be issued by the Military authorities. Until receipt of such orders, all embodied officers and personnel will remain at their post in the organization. No further recruiting is permitted. 1 SA 2. SS 3. NSKK 4. NSFK 5. HJ 6. RAD 7. OT 8. TN 3. All offices of the NS-Volkswohlfabrt in the occupied territory will be closed. Its welfare activities will, subject to further direction by Military Government, be carried on by the Buergermeister. 4. All activities by any organization dissolved or suspended by the Military Government or their officers or members and any acts tending to continue or renew such activities under any form are prohibited. 5. All funds, property, equipment, accounts and records of any organization mentioned in this Law shall be preserved intact and shall be delivered or transferred as required by Military Government. Pending delivery or transfer, all property, accounts and records shall be subject to inspection. Officers and other in charge thereof, and administrative officials will remain at their post, until otherwise directed, and will be responsible to the Military Government for taking all steps to preserve intact and undamaged all such funds, property, equipment, accounts and records and for complying with the orders of Military Government regarding blocking and control of property. 6. Any person violating any provision of this law shall upon conviction by a Military Government Court be liable to any lawful punishment, including death, as the Court may determine. 7. This law shall become effective upon the date of its first promulgation. BY ORDER OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT. Dated 4-45. This poster or broadside is unique as it was printed in haste with the reverse side being a map of France. This is a historic poster announcing the end of the Third Reich.

LARGE WW1 US DOUGHBOY BRONZE THROWING GRENADE WWI

Lot #519 (Sale Order 583 of 784)

Bronze dated 1919 of a WW1 doughboy throwing a fragmentation grenade. Figure stands roughly 22 inches tall. Bronze is signed and dated 1919 and has a wonderful patina. This piece was produced by Roman bronze works of New York. The bronze shows a great amount of detail especially to the face. The soldier is wearing an overcoat with a helmet and is also wearing a bedroll and web belt with Musette bag.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ORIGINAL BOOK LOT OF 8 NSKOV WW2

Lot #520 (Sale Order 584 of 784)

WWII Nazi German book lot to include 1) Jahrbuch der Deutschen frontsoldaten und kriegsopfer 1940. Great photo yearbook for the NSKOV. 7 x 10 inches softcover books has 200+ pages and lots and lots of photos as well as great Third Reich advertisings, excellent reference material for anyone interested in the Nazi veteran's organization, the NSKOV. 2) Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung 1944. The Haus der Deutschen Kunst (House of German Art) was built in a park-like setting just northeast of the Feldherrnhalle in downtown München (Munich) on the orders of Adolf Hitler, to replace the Crystal Palace Gallery which had been destroyed by fire in 1931. It was built under the direction of Professor Paul Ludwig Troost who died before it was finished. The building was completed by his young widow, Gerdie Troost with the help of her associate professor Leonhard Gall in 1937. Each year the work of German artists from Germany and abroad was showcased at the House of German Art. Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung (Greater German Art Exhibition) that opened in July 1944 at the House of German Art in central München, Germany. It was the last one of these large Germanic art exhibitions held during the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler and because of Allied bombing of München, few people attended the exhibition and few catalogs were sold. The 198-page, 6 x 8-1/4 inch heavily illustrated softcover First Edition book begins with a Heinrich Hoffmann portrait of the Führer followed by a picture and multi-color floor plan of the Haus der Deutschen Kunst. That is followed by a written overview of the building and a directory of each of the artists and the works being exhibited. The next 68 pages are reproductions of the principal works of the exhibition (top Nazis, nudes, heroic sculptures, landscapes, etc.) one to a page. The last 40 pages contain contemporary advertising for things like SS Allach porcelain, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Rodenstock optical company, Rosenthal Porzellan, Sager & Woerner, Semperit, Allianz, Bernstein (amber) jewelry, Blaupunkt radios, Dornier, natural health remedies, artist supplies, the Hofbrauhaus and other beer breweries, bank, hotels, theaters and cultural festivals. Some of the artists featured in this rare 1944 Greater German Art Exhibition catalog are Arno Breker, Sepp Hilz, Kurt Schmid-Ehmen, Conrad Hommel, Wilhelm Dachauer, Julius Paul Junghanns, Richard Klein, Josef Thorak, Fritz Klimsch, Josef Pieper, Paul Mathias Padua, Müller, Miller, Hermann Kaspar, Theodor Kärner, August Goebel, Willy Kriegel, Georg Türke, Olly Waldschmidt, Adolf Lamprecht, Hugo Gugg, etc. 3) Adler Jahrbuck 1941. The Adler-Jahrbuch (Eagle Yearbook) was published by the the same company responsible for the well-known aviation magazine Der Adler during the Third Reich. Each Adler-Jahrbuch starts with a calendar of Gedenktage (important historical dates) and holidays, and has illustrated articles about the Luftwaffe and aviation usually written by Luftwaffe officers. The books contain great photographs and illustrations, short stories and advertising for aviation related products by companies such as Junkers, Messerschmitt, Fieseler, Heinkel, Henschel, Focke-Wulf, Arado, Dornier, Mercedes-Benz, Hensoldt, Neophan, Mauser, Walther and others. Verlag Scherl also advertised their other Adler aviation books, magazines and calendars. The Adler-Jahrbuch 1941 measures 6-¼ x 8-¾ inches and has 192 heavily illustrated pages. Opposite the title page is a full-page photo of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering. The soft cover book contains heavily illustrated articles about the role of the Luftwaffe in the Greater German Liberation Battle, Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger in Action, Eben Emael, the Capture of the British submarine Seal, the development of modern war planes, comparisons of World War I and World War II combat airplanes, Luftwaffe ground personnel, Ju88, Flakartillerie, Dunkirk, Air Force Physics, Instrument Flying, etc. There is also an overview of the first year of World War 2 from 1 September 1939 through July 1940, Luftwaffe song lyrics and illustrated information about uniforms and insignia of the Luftwaffe. This Adler-Jahrbuch 1941 has photos of Hermann Goering with members of the Luftwaffe, Generalfeldmarschall Milch, aerial combat, Hitler with the victorious paratroopers of Eben Emael, Professor Hugo Junkers, Professor Heinkel, Gerhard Fieseler, Air Attack at Narvik, Oberleutnant Baumbach receiving his Ritterkreuz, Goering awarding the Knights Cross to Unteroffizier der Flak Nelke, and many, many more. 4) Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung 1940. The Haus der Deutschen Kunst (House of German Art) was built in a park-like setting just northeast of the Feldherrnhalle in downtown München (Munich) on the orders of Adolf Hitler, to replace the Crystal Palace Gallery which had been destroyed by fire in 1931.

WWII NAZI GERMAN BOOK LOT OF 8 MOUNTAIN TROOPS WW2

Lot #521 (Sale Order 585 of 784)

WWII Nazi German book lot to include 1) Schwarze Panzerjäger Book. Very nice and hard to find book about the SS Panzer Jäger. A story about the SS fighting on the Western front written by Otto Keller. The overall condition of the book is excellent. Complete with all 176 pages. Printed in 1943. 2) Seven 21cm x 15cm, softcover, thirty-two page booklets from the "Kriegsbücherei der Deutschen Jugend" (War library of the German Youth) 3) Luftwaffen Fibel. The 5-1/4 x 7 inch, 80 page soft cover photo book in very good condition was written by was written by Hermann Adler, a high ranking officer in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW or High Command of the German Army) in conjunction with the Reich Air Ministry. It was published 1943 by J.F.Lehamnns Verlag in Munich/Berlin. The heavily illustrated book ex-plains the various different careers in the German Luftwaffe, shows uniforms, flags, awards and much more. The publication was intended to awake the interest for the service in the Luftwaffe among boys in the Hitler Youth. 4) Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung 1940. The Haus der Deutschen Kunst (House of German Art) was built in a park-like setting just northeast of the Feldherrnhalle in downtown München (Munich) on the orders of Adolf Hitler, to replace the Crystal Palace Gallery which had been destroyed by fire in 1931. It was built under the direction of Professor Paul Ludwig Troost who died before it was finished. The building was completed by his young widow, Gerdie Troost with the help of her associate professor Leonhard Gall in 1937. Each year the work of German artists from Germany and abroad was showcased at the House of German Art. Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung (Greater German Art Exhibition) that opened in July 1940 at the House of German Art in central München, Germany. 6 x 8-1/4 inch heavily illustrated softcover First Edition book begins with a Heinrich Hoffmann portrait of the Führer followed by a picture and multi-color floor plan of the Haus der Deutschen Kunst. That is followed by a written overview of the building and a directory of each of the artists and the works being exhibited. The next 68 pages are reproductions of the principal works of the exhibition (top Nazis, nudes, heroic sculptures, landscapes, etc.) one to a page. The last 40 pages contain contemporary advertising for things like SS Allach porcelain, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Rodenstock optical company, Rosenthal Porzellan, Sager & Woerner, Semperit, Allianz, Bernstein (amber) jewelry, Blaupunkt radios, Dornier, natural health remedies, artist supplies, the Hofbrauhaus and other beer breweries, bank, hotels, theaters and cultural festivals. 5) Narvik Ein Helden Kampf. Narvik ein Heldenkampf deutscher Zerstörer (Narvik - A Heroic Battle by German Destroyers) was written by Korvettenkapitän Fritz Otto Busch. This a First Edition from 1940 with a Preface by Großadmiral Raeder, Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegmarine. The 5 x 7-5/8 inch, 408-page hardcover book with a gold Narvik shield on the front cover has 50 pages of black & white photos. The first photo is of Kriegsmarine Captain Friedrich Bonte, Commander of the ten Nazi destroyers that transported troops to Narvik during the German invasion of Norway (Operation Weserübung) in April 1940. Captain Bonte died at Narvik on 10 April 1940. Narvik ein Heldenkampf deutscher Zerstörer tells the story of the Narvik-Kämpfer, the men of the German Army, Navy and Air Force - mountain troops, sailors, paratroopers and fliers - and their participation in the heroic battle for Narvik. There are several Third Reich books on this subject, but this one is written from a Kriegsmarine captain's point of view. Many of the photo is this book are not found in other Nazi era books on Operation Weserübung. There are several map illustrations as well. 6) NICE German Mountain Trooper Photo Book Alpenkorps In Polen 1939. A photo and historical record with 180 pages of the Alpine Troops in Poland. 7) Der Dienstunterricht in der Luftwaffe. Der Dienstunterricht in der Luftwaffe. Softcover, heavily illustrated 5 3/8 X 7 5/8 inch, 296 page, 1941 edition manual with over 250 illustrations. 8) Der Grosse Deutsche Feldzug Gegen Polen. Der große deutsche Feldzug gegen Polen (The Great German Battle Against Poland) is the definitive German Army photo-history of the first military campaign of Hitler's Third Reich. This book was published in cooperation with the Nazi Party's Chief of Photography, Professor Heinrich Hoffmann and the Head of the Archives of the Army in Berlin. A short text is accompanied by hundreds upon hundreds of the very best German combat photographs ever taken. Most are half-page or full-page and some are double page spreads. Each is accompanied by a very substantial caption. There are more than two dozen full-page portraits of Knight's Cross medal winners and military leaders who took a prominent part in the short but fierce destruction of the Polish Army.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CIGARETTE CARD ALBUM LOT OF 3 WW2

Lot #522 (Sale Order 586 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Cigarette card albums to include 1) WWII NAZI CIGARETTE ALBUM DEUTSHCLAND ERWACHT. German Cigarette album Deutschland Erwacht" (Germany Awakes). Album is in used condition and is complete with all of the cards. 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN CIGARETTE ALBUM BILDER DEUTSCHER. Cigarette album titled "Bilder Deutscher Geschihte". Album is complete with no missing cards. Good. 3) DIE DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT. WW2 German Cigarette Album "Die Deutsche Wehrmacht'. Album is complete with all cigarette cards. Excellent.

WWII NAZI GERMAN BOOK LOT OF 11 ADOLF HITLER HEER

Lot #523 (Sale Order 587 of 784)

WWII Nazi German book lot to include 1) George Biddle's War Drawings" Copyright 1944 extraordinary hardback book entitled “George Biddle’s War Drawings” copywright 1944. The inside front cover states “Requested by the War Department to head its Art Committee and cover the Mediterranean Campaigns, the well-known American artist accompanied the fighting forces to the front. For eight months he shared their perils and their hardships. … This is his pictorial diary of the war. A stirring historic document containing twelve full color pages and about one hundred drawings reproduced in black and white, with long running captions written by the artist.” The book is 78 pages in length. 2) Die Pause Magazine 4 Jahrgang, 3. heft. 88 pages with plenty of photos and stories of the Reich. 3) Die Wehrmacht 1940. Interesting OKW book / illustrated book The Wehrmacht 1940, publishing house the Wehrmacht, Berlin 1940. 319 pages with more than 200 photos and fold-out maps of the German campaigns in Poland, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, England and France. With the armed forces army, Waffen SS, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. Dimensions: 21.5 cm x 15.0 cm, full, olive-gray cover with embossed army eagle. 4) Unser Fuhrer Hitler propaganda book. 1939 print. Rich with pictures and description. but heavy wear including tears to the front. 5) Auf Den Strassen Des Sieges. Erlebnisse Mit Dem Fuhrer in Polen. 4th edition, 8vo, pp. 208, many photo plates, map endpapers. Original white lettered red cloth but shws it's age. 6) Der Zweite Weltkrieg. The Second World War - A Chronicle in Pictures by Heinz Bergschicker 7) Neues Deutschland Song Books. German Nazi propaganda music and song books measuring 12 1/8 X 9 1/8, both books are in excellent condition. 8) Elektrische Flugzeugausrüstung. Luftfahrt-Lehrbücherei Band 5. WW2 German School Book Luftfahrt Lehrbücherei. 9) Der Kampf Im Westen. German pop up book titled "Der Kampf im Westen". Book has the viewer and all of the original cards - slides. Book has been rebound and shows it's age. 10) Jagdim Atlantik by Herbert Sprang. 158 pages with numerous black-and-white photos and illustrations. 11) Mein Skizzenbuch (My Sketchbook). A German soldier's collection of b&w and a few color impressions from the early days of World War II. Following is a rough translation of a few lines from the foreword by Helmut Jahn: ''These sketches were developed from the direct experience of the war and its accompaniments.

EARLY MILITARY BOOKS PHOTOS LOT REMINGTON PRINTS

Lot #524 (Sale Order 588 of 784)

Military books and photos to include 1) Done in the Open, Drawings by Frederic Remington, with an Introduction and Verses by Owen Wister. First Edition, first issue. 1 vols. Folio. First Edition. Original pictorial boards, cloth spine, somewhat worn. Seventy-seven drawings: a splendid portfolio of vigorous outdoor scenes--portrait vignettes, full-page, and double-page illustrations--by this most famous of Western artists, accompanied by verses by the author of the prototype Western novel, The Virginian. Included is a double-page spread in color, "Caught in the Circle: the last stand of three troopers and a scout overtaken by a band of hostile Indians" which is everything a Remington should be. 2) Collier's New Photographic History of the world's war. A hardcover military related book titled “Collier’s New Photographic History of the World’s War ~ Including Sketches, Drawings and Paintings Made by Artists at the Front”, collected and arranged by Francis J. Reynolds and C.W. Taylor. The photographs are by the official photographers accompanying each army. Published by P.F. Collier & Son of New York with 1919 copyright date. This book has over 120 pages of views. 3) The Eighth Army, September 1941 to January 1943, Prepared for the War Office. The Eighth Army, September 1941 to January 1943. Prepared for the War Office by the Ministry of Information. First Published 1944, 105 pps. Printed by L.T.A Robinson Limited, London. A softcover book. Condition is good, showing wear and discoloration along the spine, some worn corners & edge wear. This book is a history of The British Eighth Army, including detailed maps and photographs. 4) 13 1893 photos of Niagara Falls with local photos along with a photo of the Columbian Liberty Bell. 5) Japanese War Map of the World shows its age with color prints.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LKPN101 SUMMER FLIGHT HELMET WW2

Lot #525 (Sale Order 589 of 784)

Early pattern, brown cotton mesh net construction flight helmet with brown leather fittings and Bakelite communications equipment. The helmet features a fine cotton mesh net to the crown and back with three, internal, vertical, reinforcement strips of brown HBT cotton and an additional two exterior, horizontal, brown HBT cotton reinforcement strips. The helmet has tan leather covered earphone mounts with a grooved lip to the top edges to secure the goggle straps in place. The reverse of the earphone mounts each have an external, vertical, brown leather strap with a single snap closure, also for securing the goggle straps. The reverse nape of the neck of the helmet has two horizontal fabric covered springs for a secure fit. The reverse center of the helmet has a vertical leather attachment for the larynx microphone and electrical cord with a break coupling plug. The "Mi 4c" larynx microphone, features dual, horizontal, leather, fit adjustment straps with dual pronged sheet metal buckles and two Bakelite microphones with single snap closure retaining straps are all intact. The short, black rubberized plug in electrical cord terminates in a molded Bakelite, four pronged, break coupling, plug which is also intact. The forward edges of the leather earphone mounts each have three vertically aligned inset sheet metal grommets. The grommets were designed to accepted a single, screw in, stud to each side for fastening the oxygen mask with the remaining two grommets available for fit adjustment. The central grommets to each side have a screwed in stud. The interior of the helmet is lined at the forehead, the top central seam and the nape of the neck in light tan chamois and the earphone mounts are lined in white fleece. The earphone mounts both have the internal clear plastic protective covers intact. Complete label. Maker marked to "hdc", size marked "52". Beautiful condition. With the advent of military aircraft in WWI most of the early pilots soon discovered that appropriate protective headgear was a necessity due to the cold and the all too frequent occurrence of oil leaking into the slipstream and covering the pilot. Originally the German military was caught unprepared and no specific headgear or uniforms for pilots were available. This resulted in the pilots utilizing commercially produced motor car helmets. These tight fitting, soft leather helmets proved to be ideal and future flight helmets were basically modified versions of the early motor car helmets. The LKpN101 flight helmet came in two slightly different variations but retained the same designation for both patterns. The earlier pattern had a two point oxygen mask attachment while the later pattern was equipped with a three point oxygen mask attachment. Both of these patterns were predominately used by fighter pilots.

WWII NAZI GERMAN K98 BAYONET MEIN KAMPF 1939 WW2

Lot #526 (Sale Order 590 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) A hard cover book measuring approximately 12cm x 19cm that consists of a dark blue, cloth cover that is embossed in gold with a NSDAP eagle , as well as "Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf" to the spine. The book consists of 782 pages with a small colour label is affixed to the inside of the front cover that translates from Dutch "V Means Germany wins for Europe on all fronts." A handwritten notation is to the opposite page. Facing the title page is a sepia-toned, head and shoulders portrait photograph of Hitler, with his facsimile signature beneath with a protective sheet of onionskin covering the image. This edition was published in 1939 by the "Zentralverlag der NSDAP. Fr[an]z. Eher Nachf., München," The book shows light usage and wear. Written while Hitler was in Landsberg prison after the abortive 1923 Munich "Putsch" (revolt or coup d’état), "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle) was originally published in two volumes, the first in 1925, and the second in 1927. The original title for the first volume was to be "4 1/2 Jahre Kampf gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit" (4 1/2 Year Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice) but the publisher shortened it to "Mein Kampf." When the two volumes were printed as one, starting in 1930, the first volume retained its subtitle, "Eine Abrechnung" (An Accounting) and outlined his ideology of racial nationalism. The second volume, entitled "Die nationalsozialistische Bewegung" (The national-socialist Movement), developed these theories and those of national self-sufficiency and economic independence. Considered the bible of National Socialism, its sales made Hitler a millionaire. 2) K98 COMBAT BAYONET. Roughly 25cm long, drop forged, steel construction blade with wide fullers. Blade retains about some of it's original bluing. Maker marked "44 ffc". Non matching serial number to scabbard. Bakelite grip. Stud functions well. Comes with original frog. Nice!

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH SLEEVE TRIANGLE LOT

Lot #527 (Sale Order 591 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Hitler Your Triangle lot to include 1) BDM "WEST HESSEN-NASSAU" DISTRICT SLEEVE TRIANGLE. A woven black rayon constructed isosceles triangle featuring machine woven Gothic script in two lines, "West Hessen Nassau", in silver/gray threads. The triangle also has a narrow machine woven silver/gray border stripe near the outside edges. The triangle has a small section of its original black rayon factory roll folded and machine stitched to the reverse. 2) BDM "WEST WESTFALEN" DISTRICT SLEEVE TRIANGLE. Black rayon construction isosceles triangle with a machine woven Gothic script in two lines, "West Westfalen" in gray to its interior. Still retains the original RZM tag. 3) BDM "WEST WESTFALEN" DISTRICT SLEEVE TRIANGLE. Black rayon construction isosceles triangle with a machine woven Gothic script in two lines, "West Westfalen" in gray to its interior. Still retains the original RZM tag. 4) BDM "WEST WESTFALEN" DISTRICT SLEEVE TRIANGLE. Black rayon construction isosceles triangle with a machine woven Gothic script in two lines, "West Westfalen" in gray to its interior. Still retains the original RZM tag. 5) HJ "WEST MITTELRHEIN" DISTRICT SLEEVE TRIANGLE. (Obergauarmdreieck). A woven black rayon construction isosceles triangle with features machine woven Gothic script in two lines, "West Mittelrhein", in golden yellow threads. The triangle also has a narrow machine woven golden yellow border stripe near the outside edges. The triangle has a section of its original black rayon factory roll folded to the reverse. This insignia is heavily faded. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth). The HJ district sleeve triangle was originally introduced for wear by all HJ personnel on January 1ST 1933. The original district sleeve triangles listed the wearers unit location in the organizational control of the HJ, with the Obergebiet, (Higher Organizational Control), followed by the Gebiet, (Lower Organizational Control), until a restructuring in November 1936 replaced the Obergebiet level with the Obergau level. Of Note: In April 1934 wear of the district sleeve triangles was extended to include BDM/JM personnel. The HJ district sleeve triangles featured golden yellow script while the BDM/JM district sleeve triangles utilized silver script. 6) DJ SIGRUNE SLEEVE BADGE "Oberbann 3". (Armscheibe). 1935 pattern, hand embroidered, white sigrune on a 50mm diameter green circular field mounted on a square tan rayon backing. Coloration of the insignia signifies Oberbann 3. Of Note: In April 1936 the Oberbann system was discontinued and with it the assorted colored Sigrune sleeve badges were also discontinued. However a Sigrune sleeve badge consisting of a red disc with white Sigrune continued to be worn to signify general membership in the DJ for EM/NCO’s ranks. Scarce short lived insignia, these colored example don’t turn up too often. Also scarce again being hand embroidered.

WWII ULTRA RARE E1R1 FLAMETHROWER WAND COMPLETE

Lot #528 (Sale Order 592 of 784)

Ultra RARE E1 Wand for the first Flamethrower used by the US in WWII , is complete and in excellent condition measuring in total length 45 inches long and has been looked at by one of the most knowledgeable people on the planet as far as US flamethrowers in concerned Larry Mclean who teaches the US Army personnel how to fire and maintain flamethrowers. Videos of him can easily be found on Youtube firing and demonstrating them. All you need is batteries and check the connections to fire this wand. This came out of a Cincinnati Ohio home along with the following lot which is the E1R1 tanks. Both the wand and tanks are in their original configuration. Larry told me that when WWII broke out there was 18 serviceable flamethrowers and this E1R1 set is serial numbered 18 and manufactured by Kincaid Company of New York. There are plenty of M2 flame throwers in compared to E1's and possibly the last opportunity to own one. Larry is in the process of writing a book and this set will be it. The M1 and M1A1 were portable flamethrowers developed by the United States during World War II. The M1 weighed 72 lb, had a range of 15 meters, and had a fuel tank capacity of five gallons. The improved M1A1 weighed less, at 65 lb, had a much longer range of 45 meters, had the same fuel tank capacity, and fired thickened fuel (napalm). Development of the weapon began in July 1940. The first prototype had the designation of E1. The prototype was further refined into the E1R1 model, which resulted in the adopted M1 model in August 1941. These man-portable weapons saw little use in Europe. They were more common in the Pacific, where they were used extensively when attacking pillboxes and fortifications. The M1's unreliability and lack of developed tactics resulted in the failure of the first flamethrower attack on a Japanese fortification in December 1942. The M1 was gradually replaced by the M1A1 in 1943. The M1A1 was replaced by the M2 flamethrower later during the war. Configuration The M1A1 had a backpack configuration with a fuel tank that consisted of two upright bottles. A third, smaller upright bottle, the propellant tank, was located between the fuel tanks. The backpack had a high-pressure valve. The nozzle of the weapon was located at the end of a long, thin pipe, which was connected to the backpack via a hose. The pipe was slightly bent at the nozzle end. The nozzle had a hydrogen-powered ignitor. The long and thin cylindrical hydrogen tank was attached parallel to the pipe. A battery provided the spark needed to ignite the hydrogen. The hydrogen flame then ignited the fuel, which was forced out of the fuel tank through the hose and out of the nozzle by the propellant pressure when a valve was opened. The valve lever was located at the other end of the pipe, at the junction of the hose and the pipe. Research and development The first experimental model, E1, was manufactured by the Kincaid Company of New York. Initial tests by the engineer board deemed the weapon not ready for military operations. The Chemical Warfare Service worked to redesign flaws in the E1's design, including an ability to fire from a prone position, dropping gas pressure levels, and weight to produce the E1R1, contracted through the Kincaid Company, in March 1941. These experimental versions were issued to soldiers at training camps and witnessed a few of the E1R1 being used in combat. The M1 was developed from test board suggestions, resulting in a heavier but more rugged American flamethrower system; the weapon system was manufactured in March 1942 and saw deployment by the end of the year to the South Pacific theater. With the invention of Napalm and its significantly improved flamethrowing distance, two to three times as far as the M1's, the flamethrower M1 platform needed to be adjusted to meet the higher operating pressure necessary to maximize the projection of napalm. The resulting M1A1 allowed for fire at pillboxes fifty yards away with 50% of its charge reaching into the structure as compared to the M1's 10% to a pillbox twenty yards away. Variants E1 Designated as Experiment 1 in the fall of 1940, the initial model consisting of four main components: fuel storage system, compressed gas storage system, igniter, and flame gun. The E1 had a single fuel tank vertical cylinder with two compartments, an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment contained pressurized nitrogen that pushed the five gallons of fuel oil in the lower compartment through the barrel and into the flame gun. The fuel system for the E1 consisted of either diesel oil, fuel oil, or blends of gasoline and oil. An igniter, consisting of a compressed hydrogen cylinder and battery, was attached to the flame gun. The flame gun had two triggers, dispense fuel and ignition of fuel as it exited the metal barrel. Weighing in at 70 pounds when filled, the E1 was capable of ranges from fourteen to twenty-one yards.

WWII ULTRA RARE E1R1 FLAMETHROWER TANKS #18 WW2

Lot #529 (Sale Order 593 of 784)

Ultra RARE E1R1 fuel tank for the first Flamethrower used by the US Government in WWII, is in excellent condition measuring in total length 20 inches tall and has been looked at by one of the most knowledgeable people on the planet as far as US flamethrowers in concerned Larry Mclean who teaches the US Army personnel how to fire and maintain flamethrowers. Videos of him can easily be found on Youtube firing and demonstrating them. This came out of a Cincinnati Ohio home along with the following lot which is the E1 wand in the pervious lot. Both the wand and tanks are in their original configuration. This is just missing the propellant bottle and pressure regulator cap. Larry told me that when WWII broke out there was 18 serviceable flamethrowers and this E1R1 set is serial numbered 18 and manufactured by Kincaid Company of New York. There are plenty of M2 flame throwers in compared to E1's and possibly the last opportunity to own one. Larry is in the process of writing a book and this set will be it. The E1R1 stands for Experiment 1 Revision 1. The M1 and M1A1 were portable flamethrowers developed by the United States during World War II. The M1 weighed 72 lb, had a range of 15 meters, and had a fuel tank capacity of five gallons. The improved M1A1 weighed less, at 65 lb, had a much longer range of 45 meters, had the same fuel tank capacity, and fired thickened fuel (napalm). Development of the weapon began in July 1940. The first prototype had the designation of E1. The prototype was further refined into the E1R1 model, which resulted in the adopted M1 model in August 1941. These man-portable weapons saw little use in Europe. They were more common in the Pacific, where they were used extensively when attacking pillboxes and fortifications. The M1's unreliability and lack of developed tactics resulted in the failure of the first flamethrower attack on a Japanese fortification in December 1942. The M1 was gradually replaced by the M1A1 in 1943. The M1A1 was replaced by the M2 flamethrower later during the war. Configuration The M1A1 had a backpack configuration with a fuel tank that consisted of two upright bottles. A third, smaller upright bottle, the propellant tank, was located between the fuel tanks. The backpack had a high-pressure valve. The nozzle of the weapon was located at the end of a long, thin pipe, which was connected to the backpack via a hose. The pipe was slightly bent at the nozzle end. The nozzle had a hydrogen-powered ignitor. The long and thin cylindrical hydrogen tank was attached parallel to the pipe. A battery provided the spark needed to ignite the hydrogen. The hydrogen flame then ignited the fuel, which was forced out of the fuel tank through the hose and out of the nozzle by the propellant pressure when a valve was opened. The valve lever was located at the other end of the pipe, at the junction of the hose and the pipe. Research and development The first experimental model, E1, was manufactured by the Kincaid Company of New York. Initial tests by the engineer board deemed the weapon not ready for military operations. The Chemical Warfare Service worked to redesign flaws in the E1's design, including an ability to fire from a prone position, dropping gas pressure levels, and weight to produce the E1R1, contracted through the Kincaid Company, in March 1941. These experimental versions were issued to soldiers at training camps and witnessed a few of the E1R1 being used in combat. The M1 was developed from test board suggestions, resulting in a heavier but more rugged American flamethrower system; the weapon system was manufactured in March 1942 and saw deployment by the end of the year to the South Pacific theater. With the invention of Napalm and its significantly improved flamethrowing distance, two to three times as far as the M1's, the flamethrower M1 platform needed to be adjusted to meet the higher operating pressure necessary to maximize the projection of napalm. The resulting M1A1 allowed for fire at pillboxes fifty yards away with 50% of its charge reaching into the structure as compared to the M1's 10% to a pillbox twenty yards away. Variants E1 Designated as Experiment 1 in the fall of 1940, the initial model consisting of four main components: fuel storage system, compressed gas storage system, igniter, and flame gun. The E1 had a single fuel tank vertical cylinder with two compartments, an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment contained pressurized nitrogen that pushed the five gallons of fuel oil in the lower compartment through the barrel and into the flame gun. The fuel system for the E1 consisted of either diesel oil, fuel oil, or blends of gasoline and oil. An igniter, consisting of a compressed hydrogen cylinder and battery, was attached to the flame gun. The flame gun had two triggers, dispense fuel and ignition of fuel as it exited the metal barrel. Weighing in at 70 pounds when filled, the E1 was capable of ranges from fourteen to twenty-one yards.

WWII BRITISH MADE 101ST AIRBORNE PATCH ROCKER WW2

Lot #530 (Sale Order 594 of 784)

British made, 101st Airborne, shoulder patch with correct wool rocker. Patch is 100% original to the period of WWII and does not react to Uv. light. Patch and rocker was removed from the tunic. The 101st Airborne Division was activated 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. On 19 August 1942, its first commander, Major General William C. Lee, promised his new recruits that the 101st had "no history but had a rendezvous with destiny." In his first address to his soldiers the day the division was born, Lee read General Order Number 5 dated 19 August 1942: The 101st Airborne Division, which was activated on 16 August 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny. Due to the nature of our armament, and the tactics in which we shall perfect ourselves, we shall be called upon to carry out operations of far-reaching military importance and we shall habitually go into action when the need is immediate and extreme. Let me call your attention to the fact that our badge is the great American eagle. This is a fitting emblem for a division that will crush its enemies by falling upon them like a thunderbolt from the skies. The history we shall make, the record of high achievement we hope to write in the annals of the American Army and the American people, depends wholly and completely on the men of this division. Each individual, each officer and each enlisted man, must therefore regard himself as a necessary part of a complex and powerful instrument for the overcoming of the enemies of the nation. Each, in his own job, must realize that he is not only a means, but an indispensable means for obtaining the goal of victory. It is, therefore, not too much to say that the future itself, in whose molding we expect to have our share, is in the hands of the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division. D-day The Pathfinders of the 101st Airborne Division led the way on D-Day in the night drop prior to the invasion. They left from RAF North Witham having trained there with the 82nd Airborne Division. The 101st Airborne Division's objectives were to secure the four causeway exits behind Utah Beach, destroy a German coastal artillery battery at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, capture buildings nearby at Mésières believed used as barracks and a command post for the artillery battery, capture the Douve River lock at La Barquette (opposite Carentan), capture two footbridges spanning the Douve at La Porte opposite Brévands, destroy the highway bridges over the Douve at Saint-Côme-du-Mont, and secure the Douve River valley. In the process units also disrupted German communications, established roadblocks to hamper the movement of German reinforcements, established a defensive line between the beachhead and Valognes, cleared the area of the drop zones to the unit boundary at Les Forges, and linked up with the 82nd Airborne Division. Operation Market Garden On 17 September 1944, the division became part of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the First Allied Airborne Army. The division took part in Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944), an unsuccessful Allied military operation under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery to capture Dutch bridges over the Rhine fought in the Netherlands and the largest airborne operation of all time. The plan, as outlined by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, required the seizure by airborne forces of several bridges on the Highway 69 across the Maas (Meuse River) and two arms of the Rhine (the Waal and the Lower Rhine), as well as several smaller canals and tributaries. Crossing these bridges would allow British armoured units to outflank the Siegfried Line, advance into northern Germany, and encircle the Ruhr, Germany's industrial heartland, thus ending the war. This meant the large-scale use of Allied airborne forces, including both the 82nd and 101st. The operation was initially successful. Several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured by the 82nd and 101st. The 101st met little resistance and captured most of their initial objectives by the end of 17 September. However, the demolition of the division's primary objective, a bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son, delayed the capture of the main road bridge over the Maas until 20 September. Faced with the loss of the bridge at Son, the 101st unsuccessfully attempted to capture a similar bridge a few kilometers away at Best but found the approach blocked. Other units continued moving to the south and eventually reached the northern end of Eindhoven. At 06:00 hours on 18 September the Irish Guards resumed the advance while facing determined resistance from German infantry and tanks. Around noon the 101st Airborne were met by the lead reconnaissance units from XXX Corps. At 16:00 radio contact alerted the main force that the Son bridge had been destroyed and requested that a Bailey bridge be brought forward.

WWII US FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCES PATCH LOT WW2

Lot #531 (Sale Order 595 of 784)

WWII US Army First Special Service Forces Shoulder Patch lot to include three patches and one being theater made and cut from the uniform. The two others are standard US made. Patch is 100% original to the period and does not react to Uv. light The Devil's Brigade (also called The Black Devils and The Black Devils' Brigade and Freddie's Freighters, officially the 1st Special Service Force), was an elite, joint World War II American-Canadian commando unit organized in 1942 and trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana in the United States. The brigade fought in the Aleutian Islands, Italy, and southern France before being disbanded in December 1944. The modern American and Canadian special operations forces trace their heritage to this unit

WWII US PARATROOPER WINGS LOT A&E & BELL MARKED

Lot #532 (Sale Order 596 of 784)

WWII US Army Paratrooper wing lot to include 1) WWII A&E US Army Paratrooper Jump Qualification Wings Sterling. Fantastic customized WWII US Army Paratrooper Wings or qualification badge are Die struck, maker marked A&E Utica New York and in Sterling. Wings measure 1 3/4 inches wide and have never been cleaned. 2) MINT WWII Bell Trading Post US Army Paratrooper Jump Qualification Wings In Sterling. Fantastic WWII US Army Paratrooper Wings or qualification badge are Die struck, Bell Trading Post maker marked and in STERLING. Wings measure 1 3/4 inches wide.

WWII FLYING TIGERS CHINESE AIR FORCE WINGS WW2 #ed

Lot #533 (Sale Order 597 of 784)

American Volunteer Group Flying Tiger Chinese Air Force Wing. Chinese Army wing measures 3", with screw-back fasteners, and stamped with Chinese characters and the number "71555". Wing is in excellent condition. Operations During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II, the ROCAF participated in attacks on Japanese warships on the eastern front and along the Yangtze river and interdiction and close-air support during the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. Chinese sources estimated the Japanese could field approximately 600 aircraft (from a total of 1,530) against China's 230 combat-ready aircraft. As the IJAAF and the IJNAF conducted mass-terror bombings against both civilian and military targets, the Chinese Air Force also planned raiding Japanese home island with the B-10 bomber that was suited for the transoceanic raid. The initial lineup of Chinese frontline fighter aircraft included but not limited to the Curtiss Hawk II, Hawk III, Boeing P-26C/Model 281, Fiat CR.32 among others. These engaged Japanese fighters, attack/bombers and reconnaissance aircraft in many major air battles beginning from 14 August 1937, when Imperial Japanese Navy's Kisarazu Air Group raided Jianqiao Airbase (Wades-Gile: "Chienchiao" airbase) with the schnellbomber strategy, but suffering heavy losses; "814" has thus become known as "Air Force Day". Chinese Boeing P-26/281 fighters engaged Japanese Mitsubishi A5M fighters in the world's first dogfight between all-metal monoplane fighters. A long-distance "bombing raid" over Japan on 19 May 1938 saw two Chinese Martin B-10 bombers led by Captain Xu Huansheng fly into Japan, albeit dropping only anti-war leaflets over the Japanese cities of Nagasaki, Saga, Fukuoka, among others cities. It was a war of attrition for the Chinese pilots, as many of their most experienced ace fighter pilots, such as Lieutenant Liu Tsui-kang , Colonel Kao Chih-hang, Yue Yiqin, among others, were lost. Six months into the war, the Chinese Air Force inventory of frontline American Hawk IIs and IIIs and P-26Cs, and various others, were mostly superseded by faster and better armed Polikarpov I-15s and I-16s provided under the Sino-Soviet Treaty, including Soviet volunteer combat aviators. However, with the Fall of Nanking, the Fall of Wuhan, and the losses at the Battle of South Guangxi, the supply primary supply-line of China's war of resistance against the Imperial Japanese onslaught dealt the war effort a further blow, not least of which the high-octane aviation fuel that was blocked-off from Chinese access, but still accessible to Imperial Japan. After suffering heavy losses in the Battle of Wuhan in October 1938, most active air force units were withdrawn hinterland for the defense of Sichuan against the most massive terror-bombing raids ever inflicted upon civilian populations and a level of brutality never before seen; nonetheless, the massive Japanese carpet-bombing campaigns were also fiercely contested and fought entirely by the Chinese Air Force units and Anti-Aircraft artillery units, sometimes with significant Japanese losses. But as China was not an aviation-industrial power at the time, losses continued to mount, and while the Japanese forces enjoyed a highly-developed aviation industry that saw constantly improving cutting-edge technological advancements that gave Japanese aircraft distinct performance advantages in speed, agility, altitude/climbing rate and firepower that greatly placed the increasingly underpowered and underarmed obsolescence of Chinese fighter aircraft burning low-grade fuel at tremendous disadvantage. The Imperial Japanese gained practically complete air-supremacy by 1941, and the Japanese military high-command attaining great confidence in proceeding with the implementation of Operation Z (the attack plan on Pearl Harbor). With the Japanese invasion of French Indochina, the United States enacted an oil and steel embargo against Japan and also the Lend-Lease Act on 11 March 1941, of which China was included as beneficiary on the 15th of March; the Republic of China government placed a request 1,000 aircraft to fight-back the Japanese. Through attrition and loss of their most experienced fighter pilots in the first half of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Republic of China Air Force suffered much irreversible losses in combat against the Japanese, and as the US imposed and by the beginning of 1942 the ROCAF was practically annihilated by Japanese aircraft, particularly due to the introduction of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The ROCAF was eventually supplemented with the establishment of the American Volunteer Group (known as the "Flying Tigers") with fast and heavily armed and armored Curtiss P-40 Warhawks, deploying dissimilar hit and run tactics, while the remains of the Chinese Air Force modernized and rebuilt its strength each year following Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, with new commitment and support from

WWII NAZI GERMAN REICH & GAU FRAUNENSCHAFT BADGE

Lot #534 (Sale Order 598 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Fraunenschaft membership badges to include 1) WWII German Nazi First Pattern Reichs Level Nat.Soz. Fraunenschaft Badge RZM 1/73 Mitgliedabzeichen. An alloy and enamel badge in the form of an inverted triangle, 28mm wide along its top edge and 31mm tall. "Nat Soz Frauenschaft" is to the white band to the top of the obverse, underneath of which is a white cross against a black background. To the center of the cross is a red, static swastika, and "G" is to its left arm, "H" to its right, and "L" to its base. These letters signify the Frauenschaft motto, "Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe" (Faith, Hope, Love). A yellow band is along the edges of the obverse, indicating that it was worn by a staff member at the Reichs level. Complete with original pinback device. Maker marked RZM 1/73 indicating its manufacture by Karl Erbacher of Pforzheim. 2) WWII German Nazi First Pattern Gau Level Nat.Soz. Fraunenschaft Badge RZM 1/13. An alloy and enamel badge in the form of an inverted triangle, 28mm wide along its top edge and 31mm tall. "Nat Soz Frauenschaft" is to the white band to the top of the obverse, underneath of which is a white cross against a black background. To the center of the cross is a red, static swastika, and "G" is to its left arm, "H" to its right, and "L" to its base. These letters signify the Frauenschaft motto, "Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe" (Faith, Hope, Love). A red is along the edges of the obverse, indicating that it was worn by a staff member at the Gau level. Complete with original pinback device. Maker marked RZM 1/13 indicating the maker L. Christian Lauer of Nuremberg. The "Nat. Soz. Frauenschaft" (National Socialist Women’s-organization) was formed by absorbing the earlier "Deutsches Frauenwerk" (German Women’s-welfare-organization), and the "Deutscher Frauenorden" (German Women’s-order), into a single national organization. The first pattern Frauenschaft member’s badge followed the design of the earlier "Deutscher Frauenorden" badge, as introduced in the mid-1920s, with minor variations. The colored borders of the badge indicated the command level of its bearer, with golden-yellow for "Reich" level, red for "Gau" (provincial) level, black for "Kreis" (district) level, and blue for the local level. The addition of wide silver borders beyond the colors indicated that the bearer was a leader within their respective level.

WWII ANTI NAZI GERMAN PATRIOTIC PAINTING WW2 KIA

Lot #535 (Sale Order 599 of 784)

9 1/2" by 7", in a 12 3/4" by 10 3/4" frame. World War Two Original painting entitled "The Unconquerable Conquered" Features a Nazi Guard in the forefront as numerous conquered people march by carrying the flags of their conquered nations. Above them in a cloud are Stalin Uncle Sam & Churchill with the quote Faith, Hope, Charity. Watercolor artist signed by Basil Garros who was a ball turret gunner on a B-17. Tragically he and 8 other members of his crew were killed in action while flying with the 8th Air Force. Light wear. Great colors and details. Very Good-Excellent

WWII US ARMY WAC WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS WHITE TUNIC

Lot #536 (Sale Order 600 of 784)

WWII US WAC or Women's Army Corps white tunic having a 5 button front with four false slash pockets to the front. Insignia to the collar is standard US and WAC insignia while having 5 plastic buttons to the front. Tunic is roughly a size 14 with very minor soiling that should easily come out in a wash if desired. Tunic was manufactured by Miles of Petersburg Va. History The WAAC's organization was designed by numerous Army bureaus coordinated by Lt. Col. Gillman C. Mudgett, the first WAAC Pre-Planner; however, nearly all of his plans were discarded or greatly modified before going into operation because he expected a corps of only 11,000 women. Without the support of the War Department, Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a bill on 28 May 1941, providing for a women's army auxiliary corps. The bill was held up for months by the Bureau of the Budget but was resurrected after the United States entered the war. The senate approved the bill on 14 May 1941 and became law on 15 May 1942. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the bill the next day, he set a recruitment goal of 25,000 women for the first year. That goal was unexpectedly exceeded, so Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson decided to increase the limit by authorizing the enlistment of 150,000 volunteers. The WAAC was modeled after comparable British units, especially the ATS, which caught the attention of Chief of Staff George C. Marshall. Members of the WAC became the first women other than nurses to serve within the United States Army. In 1942, the first contingent of 800 members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School, Iowa. The women were fitted for uniforms, interviewed, assigned to companies and barracks and inoculated against disease during the first day. The WAAC were first trained in three major specialties. The brightest and nimblest were trained as switchboard operators. Next came the mechanics, who had to have a high degree of mechanical aptitude and problem solving ability. The bakers were usually the lowest scoring recruits and were stereotyped as being the least intelligent and able by their fellow WAACs. This was later expanded to dozens of specialties like Postal Clerk, Driver, Stenographer, and Clerk-Typist. WAC armorers maintained and repaired small arms and heavy weapons that they were not allowed to use. A physical training manual titled "You Must Be Fit" was published by the War Department in July 1943, aimed at bringing the women recruits to top physical standards. The manual begins by naming the responsibility of the women: "Your Job: To Replace Men. Be Ready To Take Over." It cited the commitment of women to the war effort in England, Russia, Germany and Japan, and emphasized that the WAC recruits must be physically able to take on any job assigned to them. The fitness manual was state-of-the-art for its day, with sections on warming up, and progressive body-weight strength-building exercises for the arms, legs, stomach, and neck and back. It included a section on designing a personal fitness routine after basic training, and concluded with "The Army Way to Health and Added Attractiveness" with advice on skin care, make-up, and hair styles. Inept publicity and the poor appearance of the WAAC/WAC uniform, especially in comparison to that of the other services, handicapped recruiting efforts. A resistance by senior Army commanders was overcome by the efficient service of WAACs in the field, but the attitude of men in the rank and file remained generally negative and hopes that up to a million men could be replaced by women never materialized. The United States Army Air Forces became an early and staunch supporter of regular military status for women in the army. About 150,000 American women eventually served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army. While conservative opinion in the leadership of the Army and public opinion generally was initially opposed to women serving in uniform, the shortage of men necessitated a new policy. While most women served stateside, some went to various places around the world, including Europe, North Africa, and New Guinea. For example, WACs landed on Normandy Beach just a few weeks after the initial invasion

WWII US AIRBORNE 307TH MEDICAL JUMP OVAL W/ WING

Lot #537 (Sale Order 601 of 784)

This is a nice original 307th medical oval background on felt with Sterling set of jump wings. The oval is in used condition. This is a very nice oval and qualification badge that is very hard to find. On 5 August 1917 the 307th Sanitary Train was constituted in the National Army and assigned to the 82nd Infantry Division. The unit was organized in Camp Gordon, Georgia, on 20 September 1917, to aid in the support of World War I. For their efforts during World War I the 307th earned three campaign streamers, for St. Mihiell, Meuse-Argonne and Lorraine. On 9 May 1919 the 307th was demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey. After nearly 17 years the 307th was reconstituted on 24 November 1936 in the Organized Reserves as the 307th Sanitary Train. The 307th was again assigned to the 82nd Division and concurrently consolidated with the 307th Medical Regiment (Active). In October 1941 the location of the unit changed to Jacksonville, Florida. On 30 January 1942 the 307th Sanitary Train was redesignated as the 307th Medical Battalion and ordered onto active status on 25 March 1942 and sent to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. On 15 August 1942, Headquarters and Headquarters Company became the 307th Airborne Medical Company as an element of the 82nd Airborne Division. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta companies were concurrently inactivated in Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. In 1943 the 307th made their first combat jump with the 82nd Airborne Division completing three combat jumps into Sicily where they set up a medical clearing station. For eleven days the 307th clearing station was the only American medical service available in Naples. The 307th participated in "Operation Overlord" jumping and landing by glider into Normandy, France hastily constructing a shelter and treating over 4,000 casualties. In September the 307th jumped into Holland where they set up a clearing station in an open field near Grosbeek. Four medical teams worked around the clock to maintain medical service during a ten-day period. Then during the famous "Battle of the Bulge" the 307th established a clearing station in Belgium and later moved it to Cologne, Germany. The 307th earned six combat streamers for their service in World War II. Three were presented with arrowheads for assaults. Other decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, three French Croix de Guerre with palm, the Belgium Fourregere, Military Order of William and the Netherlands Orange Lanyard. On 15 December 1947 the unit was reorganized and reconstituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 307th Medical Battalion with organic units concurrently activated at Ft Bragg, North Carolina. On 18 May 1948 the unit became the 307th Airborne Medical Battalion and on 15 November 1948 was withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army.

WWII ARMY AIR CORPS PILOT WINGS JR GAUNT STERLING

Lot #538 (Sale Order 602 of 784)

Fantastic WWII Army Air Corps Pilot Wings are English Made by JR Gaunt of London England, wings measure 3 inches wide and have never been cleaned. Easily identified as British Made by the pin and catch assembly.

WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS P-51 PILOT GROUPING

Lot #539 (Sale Order 603 of 784)

Grouping consisting of photographs, documents, and insignia from the service of US Army Air Corps P-51 fighter pilot William W. Barnett from Charolotte NC Barnett completed his primary pilot training at Fort Stockton, Texas on May 25th, 1943. His diploma is included in this grouping. The grouping includes 3 cadet yearbooks in which Barnett is pictured or named or both. One of the yearbooks has signatures and personalized messages from his fellow pilots of class 43-1. Also includes several framed photos of Barnett in his A-2 and B-2 flying leather flying jackets, beside WWII aircraft, and his cadet and officer insignia and pilot wings. Excellent

WWII US GROUPING TO KIA RADIO OPERATOR PATCH

Lot #540 (Sale Order 604 of 784)

Small but impactful grouping of paperwork and insignia from the service and untimely death of US Army Air Corps radio operator Sergeant Keith W. Hill. Included in this grouping is his leather painted jacket patch from Yuma Army Air Field, where he trained for his missions overseas with the 751st Bomber Squadron, 457th Heavy Bomber Group. Also included are his Purple Heart award documents indicating he was killed in action January 13, 1945 in Europe. Grouping also includes his mothers Western Union telegram from an apparent relative of the pilot of hill's plane, Erwin C. Popham - I. W. Popham., to inform his mother how her son died -- "Friend reports watching our plane explode in air letter follows." That specific letter is not present with the grouping, but a narrative of the same event is recorded in the unit's online history, and a printed copy of that text is included with the grouping. ALso includes two letters sent home to Hill's sister Thelma, one of which was written the morning of the Normandy invasion, and in the letter, he celebrates the advance of the assault on Europe in the very early hours of the invasion -- his excitement is palpable in the letter. Among other items included in this grouping are souvenirs from his brief time in service including postcards and letters. This is a well preserved, meaningful, tragic group of items from the short service of an American servicemen who was witness to one of the greatest military invasions of all time and whose life was cut tragically short by combat. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN INSIGNIA MEDAL GROUP RAD HEER KM

Lot #541 (Sale Order 605 of 784)

WWII Nazi German insignia group to include 1) National Sozialistische Volkswohlfahrt Armband being made of white cotton with the printed logo of the NSV along with N. S. Volkswohlfahrt. Armband measures 14 1/2 inches long and 4 1/4 inches wide. The NSV, National Sozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, (National Socialist People’s Welfare Organization), was an NSDAP affiliated organization formed in May 1933 from personnel of the preceding DVD. Deutscher Volkswohl Dienst, (German Social Welfare Service), instituted by Otto von Bismarck. The NSV was responsible for a wide range of Social services including the WHW, Winter Hilf Werk, (Winter Assistance Work), and worked closely with the DRK, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, (German Red Cross). 2) Kriegsmarine Officer's Breast Eagle. Nice quality, hand embroidered breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in its talons, in heavy gilt wire threads with accent threads, mounted on a cut-out, navy blue, wool base. Backing paper complete. 3) Police Visor Cap Eagle. First pattern, (Circa April 1934-June 1936), two piece, die stamped alloy construction, police visor cap eagle with a frosted silvery/white washed finish. The nicely detailed, left facing eagle features extended, tapered, pointed tip, wings and is clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons. The reverse of the insignia is a mirror image of the obverse and both soldered attachment prongs are intact. 4) 25 Year Faithful Service Medal in Box By C. F. Zimmermann. A second class, die struck alloy decoration with nickel-silver plated highlights, a frosted white finish and a black enamel swastika. The decoration is in the form of a "cross Patté," with a circular oak-leaf wreath extending between the arms of the cross. The center of the cross has a square plate with a black enameled static swastika to the obverse, and the embossed Gothic script, "Für treue Dienste" (For Loyal Service), to the reverse. The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, dual stepped, raised outer edge. Fed onto the ribbon suspension ring, which passes through the loop to the top of the award, is its original ribbed rayon cornflower blue ribbon, which has a brass pin-back device stitched to its reverse top. The award is housed in a red simulated leather cardboard case, with a "25" encompassed by a cogged wheel embossed in silver to its top. The red felt interior has a slotted retaining cross bar to its base to hold the award in place. 5) Russian Front 1941/42 Medal. Die struck, alloy construction, medal with a silver washed outer rim and helmet, and a blued center. The obverse of the medal features a recessed outer rim with an embossed helmet and stick grenade to the top center and a high relief Wehrmacht style national eagle with down swept wings, clutching a static swastika in its talons which is superimposed on a laurel leaf sprig to the center. The reverse of the medal features a recessed outer rim with a smooth background field with embossed Latin script to the center, "Winterschlacht Im Osten 1941/42", (Winter Battle in the East 1941/42), above a crossed sword and laurel leaf sprig. The medal loop and the ribbon suspension ring are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. 6) Wehrmacht EM/NCO'S M43 Trapezoid Cap Insignia. Machine woven, national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons in matte gray, rayon threads, positioned above a national tri-color cockade with a black outer circle encompassing a white inner circle and a red center dot, on a woven, field-gray rayon trapezoidal base. The insignia is still on its original, woven, field-gray, rayon factory roll and is in overall excellent, un-issued, condition. 7) Wehrmacht EM/NCO'S M43 Trapezoid Cap Insignia. Machine embroidered national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in silver/gray rayon threads, positioned above a national tri-color cockade with a black outer circle encompassing a white inner circle and a red center dot, on a loosely woven, brownish/field-gray rayon trapezoidal base. The outer edge of the trapezoidal base has reinforcement stitching in the same silver/gray threads as the eagle. 8) Wehrmacht M36 Breast Eagle. Early, M36 pattern, machine woven breast eagle in light grey threads on a cut-out, woven blue/green rayon base. Removed from a uniform. 9) OBERGEFREITER/STABSGEFREITER'S RANK CHEVRON. The insignia consists of dual, machine woven, silver/aluminum, diamond patterned, tress chevrons, flanking a machine embroidered rank pip in silver/grey threads all mounted on an inverted triangular, field-grey badge cloth base. 10) 12 Faithful Service RAD Medal In Box. Reicharbeitsdienst Long Service Award for 12 Years of Service (3rd Class); in silvered zinc; on loop for suspension; on original corn flower blue ribbon; with silvered eagle.

WWII US AVG SILK BLOOD CHIT CHINA TASK FORCE WW2

Lot #542 (Sale Order 606 of 784)

Original WWII China, Burma, India "CBI" Silk Blood Chit. These were provided to Air Crews to Identify them as shot down & help would be re-payed in Gold. The "CHIT" measures 10 1/17 X 7/8" and being made of silk and is numbered 1690. More detail and insight of "BloodChits".... Lt. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s Flying Tigers, having cloth patches depicting the Chinese flag and some Chinese lettering sewn onto the back sides of their flight suits and A-2 jackets? Those pieces of fabric were known as rescue patches, later called “blood chits.” They identified the wearers as Americans helping China fight the Japanese and requested the Chinese people to assist them. They represented a pass to safety for those who crashed or bailed out in areas occupied by the enemy. Blood chits were not only cloth patches. They also were cards or sometimes letters with a promise of reward directed to anyone who would assist a downed flier. In the early days of World War II, the British routinely issued blood chits to their aircrews, including several types in 1940 to fliers in Ethiopia. When the US entered the war, the American air services adopted the practice and they were eventually issued in all theaters of combat operations by all the western Allies. Blood chits were duly honored and the helpers were rewarded with money or gifts. Later, chits were printed in nearly 50 languages, including many European, North African, and Asian tongues. Not all of them contained the same statements, but all were bona fide government IOUs promising to reward those who assisted Allied airmen.

WWII SILK BLOOD CHIT REMOVED FROM FLIGHT JACKET

Lot #542a (Sale Order 607 of 784)

Early China Air Task Force Chit numbered 2065 measuring 7 X 9 inches and has been removed from the flight jacket. Excellent History The first blood chit may have been made in 1793 when French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard demonstrated his hot air balloon in the United States. Because he could not control the direction of the balloon, no one knew where he would land. Because Blanchard did not speak English, George Washington, according to legend, gave him a letter that said that all U.S. citizens were obliged to assist him to return to Philadelphia. In World War I, British Royal Flying Corps pilots in India and Mesopotamia carried a "goolie chit" printed in four local languages that promised a reward to anyone who would bring an unharmed British aviator back to British lines. The British officer John Masters recorded in his autobiography that Pathan women in the North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955) of British India (now modern day Pakistan) during the Anglo-Afghan Wars would behead and castrate non Muslim soldiers who were captured, like British and Sikhs. In the Second Sino-Japanese War prior to World War II, foreign volunteer pilots of Flying Tigers carried notices printed in Chinese that informed the locals that this foreign pilot was fighting for China and they were obliged to help them. A text from one such blood chit translates as follows: I am an American airman. My plane is destroyed. I cannot speak your language. I am an enemy of the Japanese. Please give me food and take me to the nearest Allied military post. You will be rewarded. On the UN chit from the Korean war, it is written in Japanese that cooperators will be rewarded and should help for his own 'benefit'.

WWII US ARMY ENLISTED COLLAR DISK LOT OF 46 WW2

Lot #543 (Sale Order 608 of 784)

Large group of 46 WWII US enlisted collar disk to include 1) 12 Military Police collar brass, all variants of one another except for two C company brass they are both the same. 2) 12 Finance Department collar disk with several variants. 3) 4 Medical Service 4) 18 Ordnance depart brass, all with there connectors. Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN EKII INFANTRY ASSUALT BADGE LOT

Lot #544 (Sale Order 609 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot of two combat medals to include 1) Second Class Iron Cross. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the embossed original institution date, "1813". The swastika is in nice high relief while the dates are somewhat lower. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. 2) Silver Infantry Assault Badge. Die struck, solid backed, alloy award with an olive/bronze wash. Badge features an embossed, vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath with a Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to top, encompassing a rifle with fixed bayonet and sling. Badge shows nice detailing. Reverse with crimped soldered hinge, thin round vertical pin and soldered catch all intact. Reverse is also not maker marked.

WWII NAZI GERMAN EVA BRAUN SIGNED CARD & SPOON

Lot #545 (Sale Order 610 of 784)

Ultra rare WWII Nazi German calling card that is hand signed by Eva Braun along with her personal spoon in Sterling with monogrammed butterfly maker marked with dancing bear. Spoon measures 4 1/2 inches in length and both are in excellent condition. Eva Braun was born in Munich and was the second daughter of school teacher Friedrich "Fritz" Braun (1879–1964) and Franziska "Fanny" Kronberger (1885–1976); her mother had worked as a seamstress before her marriage. She had an elder sister, Ilse (1909–1979), and a younger sister, Margarete (Gretl) (1915–1987). Braun's parents were divorced in April 1921, but remarried in November 1922, probably for financial reasons (hyperinflation was plaguing the German economy at the time). Braun was educated at a Catholic lyceum in Munich, and then for one year at a business school in the Convent of the English Sisters in Simbach am Inn, where she had average grades and a talent for athletics. At age 17, she took a job working for Heinrich Hoffmann, the official photographer for the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Initially employed as a shop assistant and sales clerk, she soon learned how to use a camera and develop photographs. She met Hitler, 23 years her senior, at Hoffmann's studio in Munich in October 1929. He had been introduced to her as "Herr Wolff". Eva's sister, Gretl, also worked for Hoffman from 1932 onward, and the women rented an apartment together for a time. Gretl accompanied her sister on her later trips with Hitler to the Obersalzberg. Relationship with Hitler Hitler lived with his half-niece, Geli Raubal, in an apartment at Prinzregentenplatz 16 in Munich from 1929 until her death. On 18 September 1931, Raubal was found dead in the apartment with a gunshot wound, an apparent suicide with Hitler's pistol. Hitler was in Nuremberg at the time. The relationship—likely the most intense of his life—had been important to him. Hitler began seeing more of Braun after Raubal's suicide. Braun herself attempted suicide on 10 or 11 August 1932 by shooting herself in the chest with her father's pistol. Historians feel the attempt was not serious, but was a bid for Hitler's attention. After Braun's recovery, Hitler became more committed to her and by the end of 1932 they had become lovers. She often stayed overnight at his Munich apartment when he was in town. Beginning in 1933, Braun worked as a photographer for Hoffmann. This position enabled her to travel—accompanied by Hoffmann—with Hitler's entourage as a photographer for the Nazi Party. Later in her career, she worked for Hoffman's art press. According to a fragment of her diary and the account of biographer Nerin Gun, Braun's second suicide attempt occurred in May 1935. She took an overdose of sleeping pills when Hitler failed to make time for her in his life. Hitler provided Eva and her sister with a three-bedroom apartment in Munich that August, and the next year the sisters were provided with a villa in Bogenhausen at Wasserburgerstr. 12 (now Delpstr. 12). By 1936, Braun was at Hitler's household at the Berghof near Berchtesgaden whenever he was in residence there, but she lived mostly in Munich. Braun also had her own apartment at the new Reich Chancellery in Berlin, completed to a design by Albert Speer. Braun was a member of Hoffman's staff when she attended the Nuremberg Rally for the first time in 1935. Hitler's half-sister, Angela Raubal (the dead Geli's mother), took exception to her presence there, and was later dismissed from her position as housekeeper at his house in Berchtesgaden. Researchers are unable to ascertain if her dislike for Braun was the only reason for her departure, but other members of Hitler's entourage saw Braun as untouchable from then on. Hitler wished to present himself in the image of a chaste hero; in the Nazi ideology, men were the political leaders and warriors, and women were homemakers. He believed that he was sexually attractive to women and wished to exploit this for political gain by remaining single, as he felt marriage would decrease his appeal. He and Braun never appeared as a couple in public; the only time they appeared together in a published news photo was when she sat near him at the 1936 Winter Olympics. The German people were unaware of Braun's relationship with Hitler until after the war. Braun had her own room adjoining Hitler's at the Berghof, in Hitler's Berlin residence, and in the Berlin bunker. Biographer Heike Görtemaker wrote that women did not play a big role in the politics of Nazi Germany. Braun's political influence on Hitler was minimal; she was never allowed to stay in the room when business or political conversations took place and was sent out of the room when cabinet ministers or other dignitaries were present. She was not a member of the Nazi Party. In his post-war memoirs, Hoffmann characterized Braun's outlook as "inconsequential and feather-brained"; her main interests were sports, clothes, and the cinema.

WWII NAZI GERMAN EMMY GÖRING CONFECTIOERY BOWL

Lot #545a (Sale Order 611 of 784)

Emmy Göring Silver Confectionery bowl by Prof. Herbert Zeitner Hand-hammered with a gilded interior and protruding rim. The front bears a silver shield with Emmy Göring's coat of arms. The hallmark “830” and Professor Herbert Zeitner's mark are on the bottom. Three gilded feet in the form of acorns. Height ca. 8.3 cm.251191 Excellent Condition II Marriage to Hermann Göring On 10 April 1935, she married the prominent Nazi and Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, becoming Emmy Göring. It was also Göring's second marriage; his first wife, Carin, had died in October 1931. She was given an unsolicited membership to the Nazi Party during Christmas 1938. Their daughter, Edda, was born on 2 June 1938. Edda was reported as being named after Countess Edda Ciano, eldest child of Benito Mussolini. Time reported: "Herr and Frau Göring became her fast friends." However, in her autobiography, Göring said her daughter was named after one of her friends. Hermann Göring named his country house Carinhall after his first wife, while referring to his hunting lodge at Rominten (now Krasnolesye) – the Reichsjägerhof – as "Emmyhall". "First Lady of the Third Reich" Emmy Göring served as Hitler's hostess at many state functions prior to the Second World War. This and her claim to be the "First Lady of the Third Reich" created much animosity between herself and Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun, whom she snubbed and openly despised. Hitler consequently issued angry instructions to Hermann Göring demanding that Emmy treat Eva with more respect; one of the outcomes of Emmy's condescending attitude toward Eva was that she was no longer invited to Hitler's Bavarian retreat, the Berghof. As for Eva Braun, she allegedly never forgave Emmy for having assumed the role of "First Lady of the Reich". As wife of one of the richest and most powerful men in Europe, she received much public attention, was constantly photographed, and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle well into the Second World War. Her husband owned mansions, estates and castles in Austria, Germany and Poland and was a major beneficiary of the Nazis' confiscation of art and wealth from Jews and others deemed enemies by the Nazi regime. Her husband celebrated their daughter's birth by ordering 500 planes to fly over Berlin (he stated he would have flown 1,000 planes as a salute for a son). After the end of the war, a German denazification court convicted her of being a Nazi and sentenced her to one year in jail. When she was released, 30 percent of her property was confiscated, and she was banned from the stage for five years. Later years and death Some years after her release from jail, Emmy Göring was able to secure a very small flat in a building in the city of Munich and remained there for the rest of her life. In her final years, she suffered from sciatica. She wrote an autobiography, An der Seite meines Mannes (1967), published in English as My Life with Goering in 1972. Emmy Göring died in Munich on 8 June 1973 at the age of 80.[9] She is buried at Munich Waldfriedhof.

ADOLF HITLER SILVERWARE PERSONAL TABLE SERVICE

Lot #545b (Sale Order 612 of 784)

Adolf Hitler – Silverware from his Personal Table Service. Group of two pieces silverware, dinner knife and soup spoon with engraved initials “AH”. Stamped manufacturer marks WELLNER PATENT 90 45. knife Ca. 24cm length, spoon Ca. 20cm length. Excellent. Adolf Hitler 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP). He rose to power as the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then as Führer in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Austria—then part of Austria-Hungary—and was raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the NSDAP, and was appointed leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize power in a failed coup in Munich and was imprisoned. In jail, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, anti-semitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as part of a Jewish conspiracy. By November 1932, the Nazi Party had the most seats in the German Reichstag but did not have a majority. As a result, no party was able to form a majority parliamentary coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly after, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933 which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain and France. His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic Germans, which gave him significant popular support. Hitler sought Lebensraum ("living space") for the German people in Eastern Europe, and his aggressive foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. By the end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his longtime lover Eva Braun. Less than two days later, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army. Their corpses were burned. Under Hitler's leadership and racially motivated ideology, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen (subhumans) or socially undesirable. Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war. In addition, 28.7 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European theatre. The number of civilians killed during World War II was unprecedented in warfare, and the casualties constitute the deadliest conflict in history. Hitler's actions and ideology are almost universally regarded as evil.

PRE WWI CASED WILLSON 1929 DATED US PILOT GOGGLES

Lot #546 (Sale Order 613 of 784)

Rare 1920s era Willson US Navy Pilot Goggles in aluminum case, inscribed inside the lid "fitted with A O Co. Lenses 5-22-29." Bug eye lenses are in used very good condition. Backstrap is still elastic the single rubber pad is still flexible. Bottom of the case says Willson Pilot Goggle U.S. Navy Specifications Patent Pending Made In U.S.A. Important-The Sponge Rubber Vacuum Mask is made to fit closely to the top and sides of the nose. If too tight trim slightly with a sharp scissors. Rare to find goggles of this era because the US Navy Aviation Branch was so small. These goggles are early pre MKI .

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE OFFICERS SHAKO INSIGNIA

Lot #547 (Sale Order 614 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Officer's Police Shako insignia lot to include 1) Officer's frosted eagle that is stamped, natural aluminum, second pattern, (Circa June 1936-May 1945), wreathed, Police eagle emblem with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons. The eagle shows nice detailing and is nicely convexed to fit the contours of the Shako. The eagle and wreath are still quite clean and bright. The eagle is secured to the Shako by two sets of pins being inserted through two small holes in the body with retaining nuts that are visible in the interior. 2) Police Officer's Shako Chinscales. The patterned gilt aluminum chin strap has two sixteen scalloped panels on either side, with leather supports on the underside, linked together at the center junction with a hook and eye fixture in the end panels. The side posts on either side are capped by large gilt aluminum cockades and is size marked 57. 3) Two Cockades, one is complete with pins dated 1939 and is also maker marked while the other is missing the pins. The origins of the distinctive Shako has been somewhat shrouded with the passing of time with some military historians accrediting the French with its development in the 1780's, based on the design of the civilian top hat, while others acclaim that it was based on the Austro-Hungarian or Bavarian Casquette headgear that was introduced at roughly the same time. It is known, however, that the Shako was originally adopted by the Prussian army as a experimental model in 1801 and was the standard headgear utilized by Jäger and Schützen personnel during the Napoleonic Wars. The 1801 pattern shako went through numerous modifications and in March 1854 a new pattern was officially adopted by Jäger and Schnelle Truppen, (Light Infantry and Mobile Troops). Further minor modifications to the Shako occurred in 1860, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1897, and 1915. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted on June 25TH 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new dress regulations introduced a slightly modified version of the Shako for wear by all civil police personnel with minor variations. The minor variations included brown vulcanfibre Shako fittings for either Gendarmerie, (Rural Police), or Polizeibeamten, (Police Officials), personnel and black vulcanfibre Shako fittings for the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police), the Schutzpolizei, (Protection Police), and Gemeindepolizei, (Local Municipal Police). NCO ranks utilized the appropriate colored leather chinstraps while officers ranks of Polizei-Leutnant up to Polizei-Oberst utilized silver/aluminum "lobster tail", chinstraps and Generals ranks of Generalmajor to Generaloberst der Polizei utilized gilt "lobster tail", chinstraps Of Note: Police Officers holding the rank of Polizei-Leutnant to Generaloberst der Polizei were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and could purchase them through the SS-Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system which was originally established in Munich in 1935. The Officers were allotted a one time clothing allowance from the government with the amount varying depending on the individuals rank. The ranks of Polizei Unterwachtmeister to Polizei-Obermeister were issued their uniforms and headgear although they could also choose to purchase privately tailored items of higher quality although the price may have been restrictive. Also Of Note: The German Police had no enlisted ranks with the lowest rank being an Unterwachtmeister which was equivalent to the German army rank of Unteroffizier.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ARMY F33 FIELD TELEPHONE 1940 Dt

Lot #548 (Sale Order 615 of 784)

The roughly, 22cm tall, 28cm wide, 9cm thick, molded mottled brown Bakelite construction telephone housing case has a fold back top lid with a screwed on, magnetic sheet metal, horizontal bar hinge to the reverse and a screwed on, magnetic sheet metal, panel with an inset pressure closure clip to the obverse. Nice complete example. The alloy and bakelite crank handle is included. Dated for 1940. Shows the expected period use and wear but overall excellent condition. Accurate intelligence and secure lines of communication are crucial elements to all armies in the field and during WWII each division in the German Army had an integral Signals unit. The Signals unit were usually of Battalion strength and generally consisted of a Headquarters Company, a Radio Company and a Telephone Company. The Signals personnel utilized a wide variety of radio receivers, field telephones and associated communications equipment in all theatres of operation. The Feldfernsprecher 33, (Field Telephone 33), was the standard issue field telephone used by the German military during WWII. The induction magneto F33 field telephone was powered by a 1.5 volt dry cell battery and could be used as a wire communication set and a remote communication set in conjunction with the Tornister Funkgerät d2, and the Tornister Funkgerät b1 and F, (Portable Radio sets models d2, b1 and F).

WWII ITALIAN M1935 PITH HELMET WITH GOGGLES

Lot #549 (Sale Order 616 of 784)

Original era manufacture. A sound example with no damage to the cork body or cloth covering. The chinstrap is complete. Three color cockade on the front of the helmet displaying a Carabinieri emblem. Helmet comes with an original set of sun goggles with some cracking and loss to the pads.

WWII NAZI GERMAN FEUERSCHUTZPOLIZEI NCO VISOR CAP

Lot #550 (Sale Order 617 of 784)

Nice quality, Feuerschutzpolizei NCO’s visor cap features a deep navy blue doeskin wool body, a black velvet centerband and Feuerschutzpolizei carmine wool truppenfarbe, (Branch of service color), to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The internal wire stiffener is still in place giving the cap a nice high peak to the front center of the crown. The front center of the cap has a three piece national tri-color cockade consisting of a black, fluted, alloy base, a silver washed alloy roundel and an inset red felt central dot. The front center of the centerband has a stamped, polished aluminum, second pattern, (circa April 1936-May 1945), police eagle encompassed by a vertically oval oak-leaf wreath. The eagle and wreath are still quite clean and bright. The cap has a blackened patent leather chinstrap which has a complete but clean break in it with two, black painted, rectangular, magnetic sheet metal, sliding length adjustment buckles. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, black painted smooth surface magnetic sheet metal buttons. The cap has a black lacquered vulcanfibre visor with a raised lip to the forward edge. The interior crown of the cap is lined in orangish/tan oilcloth. The interior of the cap also has a wide tan leather sweatband fully intact. The cap is in overall very good condition with minimal age and usage toning and moth nips to the piping. Cap is about a size 57. Nice clean, untouched example. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany including the Feuerschutzpolizei, (Fire Protection Police). As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE EAGLE HELMET DECAL LOT

Lot #551 (Sale Order 618 of 784)

Lot of three, roughly, 1 3/4" tall, 2 7/8" wide, light weight paper base with a second pattern, (circa 1936-1937), Luftwaffe eagle decal. The reverse of the decal has a golden image of the eagle while the obverse has a blue printed outline with cross hair, centering lines and the blue printed manufacturer’s name and location, "Huber Jordan u. Koerner Nürnberg-O Abziehbilderfabrik". The obverse of the decal also has blue printed numerals, "(pr. No.31292) No.30654". The eagle has a roughly, 2 5/8" wingspan. The paper base shows light age but overall, all three are in excellent condition. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft personnel on August 18TH 1934, and was adopted for wear by the Luftwaffe on March 1ST 1935. The first pattern national eagle was utilized until a slightly modified second pattern eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Originally, (circa March 1935), Luftwaffe helmets were issued with the Luftwaffe eagle decal applied to the left hand side and the national tri-colored shield decal applied to the right hand side. Regulations of June 12TH 1940 discontinued the use of the national tri-color decal and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the national eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN DRKB 100 FLAGBEARER'S GORGET WW2

Lot #552 (Sale Order 619 of 784)

Very nice early (circa 1937) multi-piece stamped polished natural aluminum construction heart shaped gorget base with a separate fire gilted and multi-colored enamel work face plate with rare 100 which is seldom seen. All complete and in nice untouched condition and is maker marked 1. The DRKB Deutscher Reichskriegerbund (Kyffhäuserbund) (German National Association of Veterans Kyffhäuser Association),was formed during WWI and was based on the DKB Deutscher Kriegerbund (German Veterans Association), originally formed after the war of 1870-71. The addition of "Kyffhäuser" in the associations name referred to the Kyffhäuser mountain where a large war memorial had been erected by ex-soldiers in 1896. The goal of the association was to preserve the morale and comradeship of former soldiers and to financially assist its members if required. In 1937 the DRKB introduced a flag bearers gorget as an aid to rallying its personnel behind the flag bearer at parades and functions. On March 29TH 1938 the DRKB was was renamed NS-RKB Nationalsozialistische-Reichskriegerbund, (National Socialist-State Soldiers League) by the NSDAP and amalgamated with most of the earlier veterans associations into one national organization. After amalgamation into the NS-RKB the earlier DRKB gorget was replaced with a slightly altered new pattern.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LUFTWAFFE PROMOTION W EAGLE WW2

Lot #553 (Sale Order 620 of 784)

WWII promotional document and cut off Droop Tail Officers Eagle to a Luftwaffe Captain. The document reads as followed "Im Named des Führers befördere ich den Uberleutnant in der Luftwaffe Heinrich Hellmers mit Wirkung vom 1. Februar 1942 zum Hauptmann Ich vollziehe diese Urkunde in der Erwartung, dasz der Genannte getreu feinem Diensteide seine Berufspflichten gewiffenhaft erfullt und das Vertrauen rechtferigt, das ihm durch diefe Beforderung bewiefen wird. Zugleich darf er des befonderung Schutzes des Führers sicherfein hauptquartier des Ub.d.L., den 28. Januar 1942. Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt und Obersfehlshaber der Luftwaffe " In the name of the leader, I am promoting the lieutenant in the Luftwaffe Heinrich Hellmers to captain with effect from February 1, 1942. I am executing this document in the expectation that the person named will fulfill his professional duties in good faith and will justify the trust which this promotion gives him will prove. At the same time, he is allowed to protect the leader safely. Headquarters of the Ub.d.L., January 28, 1942. The Reich Minister of Aviation and Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force and is signed by Goring with a large Eagle clutching a canted Swastika surrounded by a wreath to the left side of the signature. The document measures 13 7/8 X 10 inches and is in excellent condition. Nice quality, hand embroidered first pattern Luftwaffe eagle, with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads, with bright silver bullion and off-white accent threads, on a cut-out, Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base. Excellent

WWII ORDER OF THE GERMAN EAGLE MEDAL OF MERIT WW2

Lot #554 (Sale Order 621 of 784)

1943 pattern. Roughly 39mm diameter, die struck tombac award. The obverse of the award features an embossed Maltese style cross with national eagles, with downs wept wings, clutching a canted, wreathed swastika, between the cross’s arms on a smooth background field with a raised outer edge. The reverse has embossed script "Deutsche Verdienst-Medaille", (German Merit-Medal), on a smooth background field with a raised outer edge. Complete with original ribbon and pin back device. NEAR MINT The Series of the Order of the German Eagle was originally instituted by Hitler on May 1ST 1937, in varying degrees for award to foreign political dignitaries. The award was modified and other "degrees" were added in 1939, and again in 1943. The last version of these awards were designated "class" instead of "degree". Also in 1939 crossed swords were added to the award when it was to be issued to personnel who had displayed distinguished military merit. The Medal of Merit was the lowest class in the series.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA DAGGER W/ SCABBARD & HANGER

Lot #555 (Sale Order 622 of 784)

SA Dagger RZM M7/13 by Arthur Schuttelhofer & Co is is in excellent condition. The blade and overall dagger is excellent plus! The dark and crisp acid etched “Alles für Deutschland” motto and RZM M7/13 by Arthur Schuttelhofer & Co maker mark are both beautifully executed. The cross grain can be seen the full length of the blade! The tip is perfect as is the fit!. The grip on this dagger is great, with a nice even finish and vibrant color. The SA enamel emblem and grip eagle show very little wear and are in pristine condition. The plated zinc crossguards do so normal wear and very minor lifting. Which is typical on these late war dagger. This SA Dagger – RZM M7/13 is complete with its original scabbard, which looks amazing. It retains nearly all of its original brown enamel paint, which has just minor handling marks. The scabbard fittings are plated zinc, a perfect match for the dagger fittings, and retain lots of original luster. The dagger scabbard ball at the bottom the scabbard is perfect with no dents or damage. This SA Dagger – RZM M7/13 by Arthur Schuttelhofer & Co is very attractive and seem to be very difficult to find in this excellent condition now days. The “Sturmabteilung” (SA), formed in 1921, was the original paramilitary branch of the Nazi party. With the Nazi rise to power in 1933, a dress dagger was introduced for wear with the iconic “brown shirt” uniform. As the SA was a huge organization, with an eventual strength of close to three million men, there was a huge demand for these daggers, and they were produced by 123 different makers, from larger factories to small, cottage-industry workshops. The daggers featured a wood grip with an inset enameled SA emblem and the German national eagle and swastika emblem. The blade was etched with the motto of the SA, “Alles für Deutschland.” The early daggers were crafted with the utmost quality, in both workmanship and materials. Originally, the name and logo of each manufacturer was etched on the reverse of the blade. These early daggers featured hand-fitted nickel silver fittings, and scabbards that had an anodized coating. Prior to around 1935, the daggers were stamped with an SA group letter on the reverse of the crossguard. In 1936, the Reichszeugmeisterie der NSDAP (RZM) organization began to standardize the manufacture of the SA dagger. Commercial type manufacturer markings were to be eliminated, and replaced with the RZM logo as well as an RZM code to indicate the manufacturer. Late production daggers marked with RZM logos usually are made with plated zinc fittings, and have aluminum grip eagles. Instead of the early anodizing process, later scabbards were simply painted. During the transitional period around 1936, many daggers were manufactured bearing the RZM logo and maker code in combination with the earlier type maker names and logos. These transitional daggers can be found with early or late features, or a mix of both.

WWII JAPANESE PORCELAIN TROPHY OF ADMIRAL TOJO

Lot #556 (Sale Order 623 of 784)

A Japanese Porcelain Figurine Prize. Light green color porcelain figurine of Admiral Togo awarded as prize to navy warrant officer of Japanese 4th fleet. Roughly 7 inches tall 251201 Excellent Condition Hideki Tojo (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for the majority of World War II. Before becoming Japan's head of government, Tojo was among the most outspoken proponents for preventive war against the United States during deliberations leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Upon becoming Prime Minister in October 17, 1941, he presided over the conquest of much of the West's territories in Asia and the Pacific until the defeat of Japanese forces at Midway and Guadalcanal. During his years in power, he also oversaw the perpetration of numerous war crimes including the systematic massacre and starvation of civilians and prisoners of war. As the war's tide increasingly turned against Japan, Tojo was forced to resign as Prime Minister on July 22, 1944. After Japan's surrender in September 1945, Tojo was arrested, convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, sentenced to death, and hanged on December 23, 1948.

WWII JAPANESE CASED RED CROSS MEDAL

Lot #557 (Sale Order 624 of 784)

Japanese Red Cross Medal in presentation black lacquered box, with very nice undamaged enamel work. Overall EXCELLENT

WWII NAZI GERMAN HITLER YOUTH KNIFE LOT OF 2 WW2

Lot #558 (Sale Order 625 of 784)

A pair of WWII Nazi German Hitler Youth knives to include 1) The early, (Circa 1933-1938), HJ camp knife, without blade motto, has a roughly, 5 1/8", (13 cm), long, drop forged, steel construction, single edged, non-fullered, nickel/silver plated, blade and a full length, including the hilt of roughly, 9 1/4", (23.6 cm). Maker marked Gottlieb Hammesfahr Solingen Foche Ge Gesch. Blade has been heavily polished. The blackened leather washer is missing. The tooled steel construction hilt features a single, up-swept, cross guard arm and a stylized eagle head pommel. The knife has molded, black, diamond grooved, bakelite grips with dual, small, dome headed, alloy retaining rivets fully intact. The obverse grip has an imbedded enameled and silver washed alloy HJ diamond. The HJ diamond features red enamel top and bottom quarters and white enamel side quarters with a central, canted, black enamel swastika. The diamond has the correct translucent red enamel with a pebbled field visible underneath. The knife comes with it’s original magnetic sheet metal scabbard. Leather backstrap is present but missing the snap strap. 2) Later pattern HJ camp knife has a roughly, 5 1/8", (13 cm), long, drop forged, steel construction, single edged, non-fullered, nickel/silver plated, blade and a full length, including the hilt of roughly, 9 1/4", (23.6 cm). Blade has been sharpened quite a bit. Maker marked M7/18 indicating manufacture by Richard Abr. Herder Solingen. The blackened leather washer is still intact. The tooled steel construction hilt features a single, up-swept, cross guard arm and a stylized eagle head pommel. The knife has molded, black, diamond grooved, bakelite grips (crack to the backside) with dual, small, dome headed, alloy retaining rivets fully intact. The obverse grip has an imbedded enameled and silver washed alloy HJ diamond. The HJ diamond features red enamel top and bottom quarters and white enamel side quarters with a central, canted, black enamel swastika. The diamond has the correct translucent red enamel with a pebbled field visible underneath. The knife comes with it’s original magnetic sheet metal scabbard. Straps and snap are all complete. Poor

JAPANESE WWII RICE BOWL & SAKE CUP VETERANS ORG

Lot #559 (Sale Order 626 of 784)

WWII Japanese Rice Bowl and Sake Cup of the Japanese Veterans' Organization. Insignia is displayed on both items. Writing is seen on bottom as well. Rice bowl measures 5" in diameter, sake cup is 3 1/2". VG condition.

WW1 WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL LOT W/ PANZER EAGLE

Lot #560 (Sale Order 627 of 784)

Lot of 3 Imperial German and Nazi German insignia included is an Imperial German gold would badge still retaining most of it's original gilt finish with a complete crimped hinge, pin and catch. 2nd is a tunic removed, early M36 pattern machine woven national breast eagle with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed canted swastika in it’s talons in white rayon threads on a woven black rayon base. The eagles wingspan is roughly 10cm from wing tip to wing tip. Finally a KVK with swords that is die struck bronze construction bravery award, with a bronze wash is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed, canted, swastika encircled by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath to the obverse. The reverse centerpiece has the embossed date,"1939", which is also encompassed by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath. The background field of both the obverse and reverse centerpieces is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges. The swords, indicating bravery emanated upward between the arms of the cross. The ribbon suspension ring and medal loop are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. All excellent

WWII NAZI OFFICER'S BELT & OPEN FACE BUCKLE

Lot #561 (Sale Order 628 of 784)

Very nice period worn and used example. Belt is 45mm wide by 85cm in length with seven pairs of buckling holes, maker marked Otto Sindel Berlin 1938. Still in good strong usable near mint condition

WWII WAFFEN SS 15th LATVIAN DIVISION COLLAR TAB

Lot #562 (Sale Order 629 of 784)

Black wool construction, 1944 pattern, right hand side, unit designation collar tab featuring a machine embroidered eleven point, sunburst pattern encompassing three stars within a semi-circular border and two downward curved stripes all in silver/gray rayon threads. The collar tab is mounted on a tan buckram backing. Excellent The Waffen-SS Grenadier-Division (lettische Nr.1), filled by Latvian volunteers and conscripts, was formed in February 1943. Because they were non-German they were not allowed to wear the SS rune collar tab. Instead they wore a blank tab until March 1943 when a swastika tab called the Latvian Fire Cross was introduced for wear.

PRE HJ REICHSBANNER JUNGSTRUM VORAN BELT BUCKLE

Lot #563 (Sale Order 630 of 784)

German 1920/30s era Reichsbanner JUNGSTURM VORAN Belt Buckle in brass with nickel center. Reverse has 3 solder points & clipped prongs and is unmarked. The Reichsbanner Jugend was the youth branch of the German SPD (Social Democratic Party) which was abolished with Hitler's rise to power in 1933. MINT The Hitler Youth may be traced back to March of 1922, with the formation of the "Jugendbund der NSDAP" (Youth-league of-the NSDAP), under control of the SA. In April of 1924 the "Jugendbund der NSDAP" was renamed "Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung" (Greater-german Youth-movement), and in July of 1926 the "Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung" was officially renamed "Hitlerjugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend" (Hitler-youth League of-the german Worker-youth). Prior to 1925, an assortment of uniform items were worn by "Hitler Jugend" members, mainly consisting of a white shirt and HJ armband. In an attempt to associate themselves more closely with the Nazi Party, the HJ adopted the NSDAP brown shirt in 1925. Their distinctive belt buckle was introduced in 1933.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE INSIGNIA LOT OF 8

Lot #564 (Sale Order 631 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Kriegsmarine trade or rate lot of 8. Lot includes 1) Helmsmen EM'S Career Sleeve Insignia Steuermann Laufbahnabzeichen. The insignia consists of a roughly, 60mm diameter, navy blue wool base with a machine embroidered sextant in golden yellow wool threads. 2) WWII German Nazi Kriegsmarine Oberstabsgefreiter's Rank Chevron Armwinkel. Final version, (circa-1940-1945), Oberstabsgefreiter’s sleeve rank chevron consists of dual machine embroidered, braided, cornflower blue artificial celleon chevrons flanking a hand embroidered rank pip all mounted on a inverted triangular, ribbed white cotton twill base. The insignia is in overall good condition with light to moderate age and usage toning to the white cotton base. 3) WWII German Nazi Administrative NCO'S Career Sleeve Insignia Verwaltungs Obermaat Laufbahnabzeichen. The insignia consists of a roughly, 3 1/2", (9 cm), tall, 2 3/4", (7 cm), wide, vertically oval, ribbed, white cotton/rayon blend base with a machine embroidered, vertical, Mercurian staff, (two serpents entwined on a winged staff), superimposed on a vertical anchor, all in cornflower blue rayon threads. The outer edge of the base has a narrow, white, cotton/rayon reinforcement strip, machine stitched in place. The reverse of the insignia has a protective, white, cotton backing fully intact. 4) WWII Hydrophone NCO'S Trade Badge Sonderausbildung Abzeichen für Unterwasser Horcher Unteroffizier. The 1940 pattern insignia consists of a vertically oval, deep navy blue wool base with a machine embroidered, downward pointing, vertical, arrow positioned above dual chevrons all in bright red, cotton threads. 5) WWII German Nazi Torpedo Mechanic EM'S Career Sleeve Badge Torpedomechaniker Laufbahnabzeichen. The insignia consists of a roughly, 60mm diameter, brushed, white cotton/rayon blend base with a machine embroidered horizontal torpedo superimposed over a cogged wheel with four internal spokes, all in cornflower blue rayon threads. The outer edge of the badge has a protective, white rayon strip machine stitched in place. 6) WWII German Nazi Kriegsmarine Musician EM'S Career Sleeve Badge Musik Laufbahnabzeichen. Insignia consists of a roughly 60mm diameter, circular, woven white cotton base with a hand embroidered lyre, in cornflower blue cotton threads. The base edge is trimmed in white cotton tape. 7) WWII German Nazi Kriegsmarine Oberstabsgefreiter's Rank Chevron Armwinkel. Final version, (circa-1940-1945), Oberstabsgefreiter’s sleeve rank chevron consists of dual, machine embroidered, braided, bright celluloid chevrons flanking a hand embroidered rank pip all mounted on a inverted, triangular, navy blue wool base. The insignia is in overall very good, unissued condition with minimal age toning and finally 8) WWII German Nazi Kriegsmarine Boatswain's EM'S Career Sleeve Insignia Bootsmann Laufbahnabzeichen. The insignia consists of a roughly 60mm diameter, navy blue wool base with a machine embroidered, five point star in bright, golden yellow, rayon threads. All are in excellent condition.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ATHLETIC FLAG & BELT W/ BUCKLE

Lot #565 (Sale Order 632 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Turnerbund rally flag and belt and buckle all in excellent condition. The emblem adorned on the flag and buckle is made up of four “F”s, a reference to the Turnerbund motto “Frisch, Froh, Fromm und Frei” – Fresh, Happy, Pious and Free. The belt and buckle is a fantastic example worn before and during WWII by members of the German Athletic Association, the “Turnerbund.” The front of this buckle bears the Turnerbund cross emblem. This buckle shows some extremely minor age toning, but no actual wear, and remains in near mint condition. All of the original detail is present to the emblem and pebbling on the front of the buckle. The reverse of this Turnerbund buckle is smooth, with the stamped cross emblem visible in reverse. There is a soldered brass catch, and a plated prong bar for attaching the buckle to a belt; both are intact and functional, with no signs of repair. This piece is manufacturer marked “O. & C. ges. gesch.” indicating a trademarked design made by Overhoff. It would be tough to find a better example of a Turnerbund belt buckle. The leather belt also in excellent condition measuring 80cm and is unmarked. The cotton flag is made of a multi piece construction featuring the Turnerbund cross that is double sided. Flag shows minor staining that would clean up with a cleaning and measuring 40 X 34 inches.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SS MARKED FIELD ISSUE CUTLERY SET

Lot #566 (Sale Order 633 of 784)

SS marked field issue cutlery set, comprised of a knife, a four tine fork, and a table/soup spoon, each of which slide into the slotted handle of a can/bottle opener. Can opener, knife and spoon are all the same maker and dated for 1941. Fork is a different maker, 1942 dated. Each of the three pieces have the SS runic symbol. Nice clean set. #108411 Excellent.

WWII GERMAN 3RD REICH 800 SILVER SA TREFFEN BADGE

Lot #567 (Sale Order 634 of 784)

WWII German Third Reich 800 Silver SA Treffen Badge. Marked "800" for silver. The pin back is mounted in a horizontal fashion, instead of vertical. Measures 2 inches by 1.5 inches. The badge is in very good condition

WWII NAZI GERMAN WEHRMACHT RESERVIST WALKING CANE

Lot #568 (Sale Order 635 of 784)

WWII Nazi German reservist wooden walking cane measuring 34 1/2 inches in total length. There are two plaques applied to to the cane "ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT" The second plaque has a Wehrmacht style eagle with "Parole Heimat Reserve Hat Ruh!". Cane is made of two pieces using two different colored woods giving it a pleasing look with crisscross alternating colored cording red, black and white with light blue tassels. Excellent.

WWII NAZI CAMEO PAINTING OF HERMANN GOERING

Lot #569 (Sale Order 636 of 784)

Cameo painting of Hermann Göring in superb condition. Original period painting of commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, a highly detailed chest up profile portrait oval image 3 1/2 X 2 3/4 showing Goering in uniform circa 1936 and is set into fine ivory under frame. Under the loop, it is clear that this image is hand painted and as done with great skill, undoubtedly as a presentation piece. Fine Condition Hermann Wilhelm Göring 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party (NSDAP), which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, he was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite ("The Blue Max"). He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (Jasta 1), the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen. An early member of the Nazi Party, Göring was among those wounded in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. While receiving treatment for his injuries, he developed an addiction to morphine which persisted until the last year of his life. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Göring was named as Minister Without Portfolio in the new government. One of his first acts as a cabinet minister was to oversee the creation of the Gestapo, which he ceded to Heinrich Himmler in 1934. Following the establishment of the Nazi state, Göring amassed power and political capital to become the second most powerful man in Germany. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (air force), a position he held until the final days of the regime. Upon being named Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan in 1936, Göring was entrusted with the task of mobilizing all sectors of the economy for war, an assignment which brought numerous government agencies under his control and helped him become one of the wealthiest men in the country. In September 1939 Hitler designated him as his successor and deputy in all his offices. After the Fall of France in 1940, he was bestowed the specially created rank of Reichsmarschall, which gave him seniority over all officers in Germany's armed forces. By 1941, Göring was at the peak of his power and influence. As the Second World War progressed, Göring's standing with Hitler and with the German public declined after the Luftwaffe proved incapable of preventing the Allied bombing of Germany's cities and re supplying surrounded Axis forces in Stalingrad. Around that time, Göring increasingly withdrew from the military and political scene to devote his attention to collecting property and artwork, much of which was stolen from Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Informed on 22 April 1945 that Hitler intended to commit suicide, Göring sent a telegram to Hitler requesting permission to assume control of the Reich. Considering his request an act of treason, Hitler removed Göring from all his positions, expelled him from the party, and ordered his arrest. After the war, Göring was convicted of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials. He was sentenced to death by hanging, but committed suicide by ingesting cyanide the night before the sentence was to be carried out.

WWII NAZI GROßDEUTSCHLANDS WIEDERGEBURT 3-D BOOK

Lot #570 (Sale Order 637 of 784)

RARE THIRD REICH 3-D BOOK AND PICTURE VIEWER FROM 1938 WITH ALL 120 ORIGINAL STEREO PHOTOGRAPHS GROßDEUTSCHLANDS WIEDERGEBURT - WELTGESCHICHTLICHE STUNDEN AN DER DONAU. This is a very nice, rare original example of the Schönstein Raumbildwerk book Großdeutschlands Wiedergeburt - Weltgeschichtliche Stunden an der Donau (The Rebirth of Greater Germany - Historic Hours Along The Danube) by Dr. Karl Bartz. This 80-page, 8 x 11-½ inch hardcover book was published in Wien (Vienna) in 1938 at the direction of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wiener Neueste Nachrichten, Südwest Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. with an introduction by Hermann Göring and amazing photos by Professor Heinrich Hoffmann. Schönstein Raumbildwerk (Three Dimensional Picture Publishers) books were unique in that they contained photographic stereo-view cards and a fold-up metal optical device with which the cards could be viewed. If you are not familiar with this Nazi three-dimensional photo book, you need to know that it consists of a well-written text by Dr. Karl Bartz on the subject of the liberation of and reunification with Austria by the government of Germany. There is a full-page, full-color portrait of both Adolf Hitler and one of Hermann Göring in the text as well as six other full-page plates depicting significant people and material from the Anschluß. The special red covers of this album are each about 1/2-inch thick and are die-cut with five cavities that hold 120 special Heinrich Hoffmann and Raumbild Verlag 3-dimensional stereo photographs (REAL photographs from negatives - NOT halftone prints) and the metal viewer with glass lenses (Raumbildbrille) that sets up to view the photographs. The 120 stereo photos each measure 2-3/8 x 5 inches and have a full description of the subject printed on the back. When seen in the viewer each picture is incredibly three-dimensional, almost as if the scene was being viewed in real life. We know of no other way for a history buff to observe a three-dimensional view of the house in which Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, the grave of his parents in Leonding, Hitler's huge Mercedes-Benz car or the triumphal entry of Hitler into Austria in March 1938. Naturally, the subject of the Anschluß is rather broad in its scope. Among the 100 three-dimensional views are Hitler's triumphal entry into Austria, cheering crowds welcoming him, replacing Dollfuß Platz street signs with Adolf Hitler Platz street signs, marching Hitler Youth and SA formations, huge crowds in Salzburg, Hitler in his rail car, Hitler and his entourage (including Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and SS-General Reinhard Heydrich), battle damage at the Marxhof, graves of Nazi heroes, the arrival of Rudolf Hess, Hilfszug Bayern in Wien, Gauleiter and Reichskommissar Josef Bürckel standing behind his desk in his office in Vienna, Reichsstatthalter Seyss-Inquart, etc., etc. This rare Third Reich stereo photo book is hardbound in red cloth with black lettering on the covers and the spine. It is complete with both color pictures and all 120 black & white 3D pictures and metal viewer and even has the rare original Nazi era Gebrauchsanweisung or instruction sheet on how to use the metal viewing glasses! This complete, rare 80 year old example of Großdeutschlands Wiedergeburt - Weltgeschichtliche Stunden an der Donau is in very good, little-used condition, with only minor wear to the covers. It would be hard to upgrade this one!

WW2 NAZI GERMAN HERMANN GOERING NON PORTABLE AWARD

Lot #571 (Sale Order 638 of 784)

This is one of the greatest art medals of the Third Reich--certainly the finest for detail and historic significance. The obverse depicts in fine bronze a bust portrait of Hermann Göring dated 1940. Around the edge it states: “Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring Schöpfer der neun Deutschen Luftwaffe,” which translates to: “The creator of the new German Air Force.” On the reverse is depicted the young Hermann Göring seated in the cockpit of his Fokker aircraft behind the machine gun. Over this depiction is an arrow with “22” (the number of his WWI air victories) and around the top edge the words translated: “Last commander of the Fighter Squadron Richtoffen.” Under the portrait is a paragraph from his address to his flying troops translated: “Our way is dark, comrades, however, our loyalty truly we hold!” Under this legend is a small Pour le Mérite, the cherished Blue Max that Göring had won in aerial combat. The medal measures 2 ¼ inches in diameter. This is truly a handsome medallion or art medal with tremendous historic significance.

WWII NAZI GERMAN BRONZE INVASION MEDAL BY GOETZ

Lot #572 (Sale Order 639 of 784)

Large bronze medal of Karl Xaver Goetz measuring 4 3/8 inches wide and is artist signed at the bottom of the medal. The invasion of 1944 is depicted on medal K-613 with the apocalyptic riders on planes. The German soldier, drafted to the military service in good faith, fighting for the existence of his nation and Europe, is not to blame for the war. Here on our side, as well as over there on the other side, he was obligated to fight. Death laureates the German soldier. The devil tries through trickery to wrest the sword from the soldier's hand. Finally he succeeds. With it ends a heroic but futile battle, burdened with blood guiltiness, leaving behind chaos and the nation thrown back a hundred years. We should never forget the honorable German soldiers who starved, fought, and suffered for six years, and eventually died for their country. Bronze is in excellent condition. In the year 1935, Karl Goetz made the medal, K-510, depicting his own portrait on the obverse side, and the stations of his life on the reverse. The medal was made to celebrate his 60th birthday. The stations of his life are written around a nude man carrying the symbol of the artist's birthplace, Augsburg, on his right shoulder. Born on June 28th, 1875, in Augsburg, Goetz attended the school of art in Augsburg, and continued his education in schools of art in Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, and Düsseldorf from 1895 to 1897. He then went to Utrecht, in Holland, and later to Le Locle, during the years 1897 to 1899, spent 5 years in Paris, and in 1904 moved to Munich. He grew to love this ancient city and it became his home. One of the proudest moments of Goetz's life came when the city of Munich awarded him rights as a citizen. He lived there for forty six years, until his death on September 8, 1950. Now an artist in his own field, Goetz led an active life, becoming a member of the Munich Artists Society, The Numismatic Society, The Antique Club of Munich, and The Austrian Association for Numismatics in Vienna. Nevertheless, Goetz managed to create over 800 medals. A great number of these medals are shown and possessed by the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin, the Münzkabinett in Munich, the Germanische Museum Nürnberg, and the Münzkabinetts Vienna, Grafenhage, and London. The Universitetets Myntkabinett in Oslo, Norway has 69 Goetz medals on display. There are also many medals which are owned by the American Numismatic Society in New York. Some of the largest private collections in the United States are the Saginaw Valley Collection, and, of course, the KarlGoetz.com Collection. Many of the medals made by Goetz were reduced in size to 60, 36, and 21 mm. The metal molds and steel dies were worked over and finished by Goetz himself, since he had gone through an engraver's apprenticeship in Augsburg. These medals were minted in bronze, silver, and gold by the Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich. One of the most common was the "Hindenburg" 80th birthday commemorative, K-386, struck in silver and gold, Mintage figures of these medals exceeded one million struck. Hundreds of metal molds and steel dies, which had been stored in the Hauptmünzamt in Munich, were rendered unserviceable by the bombings of World War II. Because of this portrait medal of Hindenburg, made in 1927, Goetz received the commission to design the Hindenburg postage stamp for the government in the year 1932. Goetz received many awards: the State Medal in silver at Nuremberg in 1906; the State Medal in silver at Gent 1913; and, awarded posthumously, the Silver State medal of the "II Exposición Nacional de Numismatica e Internacional de Medallas" held in Madrid, Spain in 1950. In 1946 Karl Goetz worked on his last medal, the great K-633, "The German Passion." On the reverse side is inscribed a passage taken from the Lord's prayer, "Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors, and lead us not in temptation, but deliver us from evil." On the other side the figure of a man, praying to Jesus Christ on the cross, resembles Goetz himself. This medal seems to have a wealth of symbolic meaning. One is reminded that Goetz and his fatherland, at the end of World War II in 1945, faced the question of what evil deeds had been committed during the fatal twelve years of the Hitler regime. This last medal by Goetz deserves recognition as the culmination of his lifework. It is fitting that his son Guido, who finished this medal due to his father's illness, changed the date from 1946, to 1950. It was an appropriate act to date this medal with Karl Goetz's year of death. Goetz was a man of genius who lived for his work. In the last years before his death, he had suffered from paralysis of the right hand; yet he continued his work as long as he was able. By the time of his death the right side of his body had become completely paralyzed. Karl Goetz died at the age of seventy-five on September 8, 1950. He was an artist to the end.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ALLACH TEAPOT CUP AND SAUCERS WW2

Lot #573 (Sale Order 640 of 784)

WWII Nazi German SS Allach marked Teapot with cups and saucers. Lidded Teapot measures 7 1/2 inches tall and is marked to the reverse with their iconic logo of interlocking SS ruins in green with the company name Allach. The saucers measures 4 1/4 inches wide. The set has three saucers and two cups both of them measuring 2 1/2 inches tall. History Franz Nagy had owned the land since 1925 that the Munich-Allach facility was built on. With his business partner, the porcelain artist Prof. Karl Diebitsch, he began the production of porcelain art. The porcelain factory Porzellan Manufaktur Allach was established as a private company in 1935 in the small town of Allach, near Munich, Germany. In 1936 the factory was acquired by the SS. Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS who was known for his obsession with Aryan mysticism, saw the acquisition of a porcelain factory for the production of works of art that would be representative, in Himmler's eyes, of Germanic culture. Allach porcelain was one of Himmler’s favorite projects and produced various figurines (soldiers, animals, etc.) to compete in the small but profitable German porcelain market. High-ranking artists were locked into contract. The output of the factory included over 240 ceramic models. As output at the Allach factory increased, the Nazis moved production to a new facility near the Dachau concentration camp. The use of slave labor from the Dachau camp was strongly denied by the factory managers at the Nuremberg Trials.[3] Initially intended as a temporary facility, Dachau remained the main location for porcelain manufacture even after the original factory in Allach was modernized and reopened in 1940. The factory in Allach was retrofitted for the production of ceramic products such as household pottery. Prof. Karl Diebitsch, was an Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS, and Himmler’s personal referent on art. Prof. Theodor Kärner was (besides Diebitsch) one of Germany’s most prestigious artists in porcelain. Kärner also worked with Meissen, Rosenthal and Hutschenreuther. Allach was a sub-camp of Dachau near Munich, located approximately 16 km from the main camp at Dachau. According to Marcus J. Smith, who wrote "Dachau: The Harrowing of Hell," the Allach camp was divided into two enclosures, one for 3,000 Jewish inmates and the other for 6,000 non-Jewish prisoners. Smith was a doctor in the US military, assigned to take over the care of the prisoners after the liberation. He wrote that the typhus epidemic had not reached Allach until 22 April 1945, about a week before the camp was liberated. The fall of the Third Reich brought an end to the Allach factory. The Allach factories were shut down in 1945, and never reopened.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SWASTIKA & DIAMOND EARRINGS WW2

Lot #574 (Sale Order 641 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lockable Fish Hook Earrings and on the pennant a non canted Swastika. To the top of the Swastika is a small rose cut diamond. Both are in excellent condition. The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945, that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The Nazi Party emerged from the German nationalist, racist and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post-World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into völkisch nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric, although this was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s the party's main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes. Pseudoscientific racist theories were central to Nazism, expressed in the idea of a "people's community" (Volksgemeinschaft). The party aimed to unite "racially desirable" Germans as national comrades, while excluding those deemed either to be political dissidents, physically or intellectually inferior, or of a foreign race (Fremdvölkische). The Nazis sought to strengthen the Germanic people, the "Aryan master race", through racial purity and eugenics, broad social welfare programs, and a collective subordination of individual rights, which could be sacrificed for the good of the state on behalf of the people. To protect the supposed purity and strength of the Aryan race, the Nazis sought to exterminate Jews, Romani, Poles and most other Slavs, along with the physically and mentally handicapped. They disenfranchised and segregated homosexuals, Africans, Jehovah's Witnesses and political opponents. The persecution reached its climax when the party-controlled German state set in motion the Final Solution—an industrial system of genocide which achieved the murder of around 6 million Jews and millions of other targeted victims, in what has become known as the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler, the party's leader since 1921, was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933. Hitler rapidly established a totalitarian regime known as the Third Reich. Following the defeat of the Third Reich at the conclusion of World War II in Europe, the party was "declared to be illegal" by the Allied powers, who carried out denazification in the years after the war both in Germany and in territories occupied by Nazi forces. The use of any symbols associated with the party is now outlawed in many European countries, including Germany and Austria.

FANTASTIC CLOISONNE JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD

Lot #575 (Sale Order 642 of 784)

This is rare Meiji-era Japanese ceremonial samurai tachi sword in enamel-cloisonné mounts with the very old Koto-or Shinto-era blade, having five holes in the tang (This usually indicates long history of remounting and possible warfare history.) The wooden part of the tsuka (hilt under the enamel cover) is covered with Japanese writings. The tsuba (guard) is signed “SOTEN HIKONE JU GOSHU.” This is later, early nineteenth-century Aizu work, iron marubori (carved in the round) depicting samurai in armor inlaid in gold and copper. The saya (scabbard) and tsuka (hilt) are Meiji circa 1900 done in cloisonné. The saya has in its background multicolor floral roundels; the kojiri (drag) and lower band are in plain, dark brass. The tsuka (hilt or handle) is with green background with beautiful multicolor butterflies. The length of the sword is 38 inches in its sheath and the blade is 28 inches long. They just aren’t found as good as this one these days. Astoundingly beautiful! PROVENANCE:--- H.H. Thomas Collection. Cloisonné is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, and inlays of cut gemstones, glass and other materials were also used during older periods. The resulting objects can also be called cloisonné. The decoration is formed by first adding compartments (cloisons in French) to the metal object by soldering or affixing silver or gold wires or thin strips placed on their edges. These remain visible in the finished piece, separating the different compartments of the enamel or inlays, which are often of several colors. Cloisonné enamel objects are worked on with enamel powder made into a paste, which then needs to be fired in a kiln. The technique is exceedingly tedious and arduous and perfection is achieved only by the absolute masters of the art. In antiquity, the cloisonné technique was mostly used for jewelry and small fittings for clothes, weapons, or similar small objects decorated with geometric, floral, or schematic designs, with thick cloisonné walls. In the Byzantine Empire, techniques using thinner wires were developed to allow more pictorial images to be produced, mostly used for religious images and jewelry, and by then always using enamel. By the 14th century this enamel technique had spread to China, where it was soon used for much larger vessels such as bowls and vases; the technique remains common in China to the present day, and cloisonné-enamel objects using Chinese-derived styles were produced in the West from the 18th century. In Japan, the art reached excellence never really effectively duplicated in the world. The cloisonné-mounted Tachi offered here is an example of the epitome of the enameller’s art.

WWII NAZI DEUTSCHES JUNGVOLK DJ MEMBER’S KNIFE WW2

Lot #576 (Sale Order 643 of 784)

(Deutsches Jungvolk Messer). A very well-preserved Deutsches Jungvolk (DJ) member’s knife, measuring 8 1/4 in length when inserted into the scabbard. The knife features a 4 1/4-long magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and edge. The blade sits flush with the nickel-plated upper crossguard, which has a hooked quillon and forms one piece with the handle and lower crossguard. The handle grip consists of two piece of pebbled black bakelite held together by dual rivets. It is accompanied by its period original scabbard, with enameled Hitler Youth Diamond and is constructed of black-painted magnetic metal. Its throat is held together by a single rivet and retains a functional spring catch, securely holding the dagger in place during storage. Two magnetic metal rivets attach a blackened leather belt loop to the scabbard. Scratching and running marks are visible on the blade, and age-appropriate fatigue is evident to the leather belt loop. It is in an overall excellent condition.

WWII LSSAH WAFFEN SS ADOLF HITLER DIV. MUSIC LAIR

Lot #577 (Sale Order 644 of 784)

WWII Nazi German LAH Waffen SS Musical Lair with the inscription Musikkorps Der SS Panzer Grenadier Division with a large set of SS ruins to the center and to the other side of the Lair L SS AH. The Lair measures 4 1/4 X 3 1/4 inches wide with two mounting brackets to the reverse. I believe this was for a car or some type of vehicle. The 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler", short LSSAH, (German: 1. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler") began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually grew into an elite division-sized unit during World War II. The LSSAH participated in combat during the invasion of Poland, and was amalgamated into the Waffen-SS together with the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and the combat units of the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941. By mid-1942 it had been increased in size from a regiment to a Panzergrenadier division and was designated SS Panzergrenadier Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler". It received its final form as a Panzer division in October 1943. Members of the LSSAH perpetrated numerous atrocities and war crimes, including the Malmedy massacre. They killed an estimated 5,000 prisoners of war in the period 1940–1945, mostly on the Eastern Front.

WWII THIRD REICH GERMAN AHNENERBE CANDLE HOLDER

Lot #578 (Sale Order 645 of 784)

Candle holder from Wewelsberg used in ceremonies of SS Ahenerbe in the form of Sonnenrad Hakenkreuz (sun wheel Swastika) measuring 9 inches by 9 inches. The word "Vererbung" (Inheritance) is carved on the front side and "Deutsches Ahnenerbe" can be seen on the reverse side. Piece is in good conditon with very little wear.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL & INSIGNIA LOT w/ TINNIES

Lot #579 (Sale Order 646 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include a Luftwaffe Droop Tail belt buckle. Early, 1935 pattern, die stamped, aluminum construction box buckle features a pebbled outer field with a central, embossed, high relief, horizontally oval laurel leaf wreath encompassing a slightly domed, pebbled inner field with an embossed, early, "droop tailed", pattern, (Circa 1935-1937/38), Luftwaffe eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons, to the center. The reverse of the buckle is a mirror image of the obverse and the brazed buckle catch, prong bar and prong (Missing One). War Merit Cross with Swords. Die struck alloy award with a silver wash is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed, canted, swastika encircled by an oak-leaf wreath to the obverse. The swords, indicating bravery, emanated upwards between the arms of the cross. The background field of the obverse centerpiece is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges. The plain, reverse has a solid soldered hinge on a rectangular base plate, inset into a rectangular recess, a broad, vertical tapered pin and a catch on a circular base plate, inset into a oval recess all intact. The reverse of the award is well marked with a deeply stamped manufacturers numerical code within a square border. Silver Wound Badge. 1939 pattern solid backed badge with a silver wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of a M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. The reverse of the badge is well marked with the embossed, manufacturer’s numerical code, "30" indicating manufacture by Hauptmünzamt of Wien, (Chief Mint Vienna). War Merit Cross without Swords. Die struck zinc service award is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed, canted, swastika encircled by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath to the obverse. The reverse centerpiece has the embossed date,"1939", which is also encompassed by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath. The background field of both the obverse and reverse centerpieces is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Russian Front Medal 1941/42. Die struck, alloy construction, medal with a silver washed outer rim and helmet, and a blued center. The obverse of the medal features a recessed outer rim with an embossed helmet and stick grenade to the top center and a high relief Wehrmacht style national eagle with down swept wings, clutching a static swastika in its talons which is superimposed on a laurel leaf sprig to the center. The reverse of the medal features a recessed outer rim with a smooth background field with embossed Latin script to the center, "Winterschlacht Im Osten 1941/42", (Winter Battle in the East 1941/42), above a crossed sword and laurel leaf sprig. DRKB Hat Badge missing one prong. Heer Visor Cap Wreath. Second pattern, (circa March 1935-May 1945), EM/NCO’s visor cap wreath and national tri-color cockade. The insignia consists of a nicely detailed, stamped, high relief, opened top, silver washed, zinc oak-leaf wreath with six small acorns. Six various tinnies and other cap insignia.

REPRO WW2 NAZI GERMAN VISOR HAT LOT OF 3 WAFFEN SS

Lot #580 (Sale Order 647 of 784)

Extremely high quality hat lot of three Waffen SS and Police Visor Hat lot to include 1) Waffen SS Panzer officer's visor hat missing the Totenkopf The cap is extremely well made of field-grey wool/tricot blend construction visor cap with a whipcord weave features a wide, black velvet centerband and pink wool waffenfarbe piping to the top of the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The cap has a bright, twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has a extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in a tan rayon. Sweat diamond is complete. The interior of the cap also has a wide, brown leather sweatband with a black velvet band. Roughly a size 56. 2) Waffen SS General's Visor Cap. Nice quality, field-grey wool features a wide, black velvet centerband and silver bullion piping to the top of the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the centerband. The cap has a bright, twisted, silver/aluminum chin cord which is secured in place by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has a extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a subtly raised lip near the forward edge. The interior of the cap is fully lined in a gray rayon. Sweat diamond is present. The interior of the cap also has a wide, brown leather sweatband. Roughly a size 56. 3) Police Officer's Visor Hat. Visor is a nice example but not nearly as high quality of the other two caps before. Complete liner, sweatband, sweatshield and original insignia. Cap is roughly a size 54/55.

WWII PAINTED PORTRAIT 774th TANK BATTALION SOLDIER

Lot #581 (Sale Order 648 of 784)

WWII wooden painted plate portrait of a soldier from the 774th Tank Battalion. The plate measures 10 1/4 inches wide and is named to the reverse Rudy Voelkel Bad Aibling Haus Brunauer Germany Bavaria 1946. The plate is in remarkable condition having the soldier proudly wearing the 774th patch on his shoulder. Activated on 15 December, 1941, at Camp Blanding, Florida. Converted to a towed battalion before arriving at Gourock, Scotland, on 12 June, 1944. Debarked at Utah Beach on 7 August. Joined fighting around Argentan. Ran eastward across France to Lorraine as part of a cavalry screen and the 7th Armored Division. Participated in fighting around Metz starting in September. Fought along the Saar in December and then joined rush north to the Ardennes. Converted to the M36 in late February 1945. Drove to the Rhine in March. Held Rhine west of the Ruhr Pocket in April, then took on military government duties. Attached to: 7th Armored Division; 5th, 80th, 90th, 94th, 95th Infantry divisions; 43d Cavalry Group.

WWII SPOT'EM CHILD AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION GAME

Lot #582 (Sale Order 649 of 784)

5x19.5x7/8” deep. ©1943. Box lid text explains “96 Leading Warplanes Of The Allied Nations And The Axis (American, British, German, Japanese, Italian)/It’s Fun/It’s Useful/It’s Patriotic.” Paper Products Division, Electric Corp. of America. Box has lt. spotting, scattered surface paper creases, scattered color rubs. Still displays Fine. Contents include die-cut simulated cockpit, 6 movable dials act as radar screens to identify 96 warplanes. Silhouettes appear through windows with corresponding stats appearing on adjacent dials and gauges. Also included is a detailed aircraft identification sheet with plane ID images shown. Sheet is lightly tanned. Fine. Rest of contents are Exc. Wonderful design with fantastic graphics.

WWII LARGE SCALE B-24 LIBERATOR PLANE MODEL IN BOX

Lot #583 (Sale Order 650 of 784)

WWII vintage model of the Consolidated B-24 heavy bomber used by the USAAF in WWII. The model airplane is in very good condition and still retains the original issued cardboard box. This is cast in a scale of 1/72. Wingspan measures 18 1/2" with a length of 11". Markings on bottom of fuselage reads: B-24 July '42 British Liberator with the Cruver 'circle C'.. US is in a box (typical marking for these early WWII models. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models designated as various LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category. At its inception, the B-24 was a modern design featuring a highly efficient shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing. The wing gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries, the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low-speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling and was less robust than the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. While aircrews tended to prefer the B-17, General Staff favored the B-24 and procured it in huge numbers for a wide variety of roles.[3][4] At approximately 18,500 units – including 8,685 manufactured by Ford Motor Company – it holds records as the world's most produced bomber, heavy bomber, multi-engine aircraft, and American military aircraft in history. The B-24 was used extensively in World War II. It served in every branch of the American armed forces as well as several Allied air forces and navies. It saw use in every theater of operations. Along with the B-17, the B-24 was the mainstay of the US strategic bombing campaign in the Western European theater. Due to its range, it proved useful in bombing operations in the Pacific, including the bombing of Japan. Long-range anti-submarine Liberators played an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The C-87 transport derivative served as a longer range, higher capacity counterpart to the Douglas C-47 Skytrain. By the end of World War II, the technological breakthroughs of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and other modern types had surpassed the bombers that served from the start of the war. The B-24 was rapidly phased out of U.S. service, although the PB4Y-2 Privateer maritime patrol derivative carried on in service with the U.S. Navy in the Korean War.

WWII OPERATION CROSSROADS USS DIXIE DOCUMENTS WW2

Lot #584 (Sale Order 651 of 784)

Photograph and document form the USS Dixie and Operation Crossroads. The sailors name was Shipfitter First Class Ralph Edward Dow ASN 3602609 who participated in nuclear bombing Able and Baker of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands and was issued by the Joint Task Force ONE Atomic Bomb Test and the document is signed by A. T. Hodges LCDR, USN. Also in the grouping is a black and white photo of the crew of the USS Dixie. History World War II Dixie sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, on 20 June 1940 for Pearl Harbor to serve the destroyers of the Battle Force until October, when she cleared for the West Coast and similar operations at San Diego, California. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, she was undergoing overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard, and quickly took up the task of readying ships for war service. In March 1942 she returned to Pearl Harbor to tend destroyers and other ships of the Fleet until November. Dixie alternated between Nouméa and Espiritu Santo in support of the operations in the Solomons from November 1942 to March 1944, then went to the Solomons where she was based at Hathorn Sound. In September she arrived at the huge fleet base at Ulithi, serving there until February 1945. Her essential services were next given at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, where Dixie remained until the end of the war. She served ships on occupation duty at Okinawa and Shanghai, then returned to the west coast in December 1945. Post-World War II operations and Korean War In the summer of 1946, Dixie sailed to Bikini Atoll for atomic weapons experiments, Operation Crossroads. In 1947 and in 1949 she cruised to the Far East and was based at Tsingtao to serve destroyers on patrol off the Chinese coast. Dixie was the last U.S. vessel to leave China when the Communist advance forced the evacuation of Americans from the mainland. It would take 37 years before U.S. naval vessels would once again visit China when USS Rentz (FFG-46), USS Reeves (DLG-24) and USS Oldendorf (DD-972) visited Tsingtao as part of China's new open door policy. Following her departure from China, she acted as headquarters for the American consul and chargé d'affaires at Hong Kong. She continued her active service alternating flagship duty for Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet, at San Diego, with tours in the Far East, based on Sasebo, Japan, or Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. During two of these western Pacific tours, she rendered valuable assistance to the ships of the United Nations operating off Korea. In 1959 and again in 1960, in addition to serving at San Diego, she sailed to the Far East to provide tender facilities for the 7th Fleet.

WWII US PATRIOTIC BANNER FLAG W/ UNCLE SAM WW2

Lot #585 (Sale Order 652 of 784)

Large banner measuring 35 X 43 inches excluding gold fringe with a patriotic theme with Uncle Sam with the text \"WELCOME HOME WE ARE PROUD OF YOU \" The red, white and blue banner is made of cotton and has an image of Uncle Sam with his hands open welcoming home the boys home from the War. Excellent Uncle Sam (initials U.S.) is a common national personification of the U.S. federal government or the country in general that, according to legend, came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson. The actual origin is by a legend. Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam has been a popular symbol of the US government in American culture and a manifestation of patriotic emotion. While the figure of Uncle Sam represents specifically the government, Columbia represents the United States as a nation. The image has also developed notoriety for its use in military propaganda. The first reference to Uncle Sam in formal literature (as distinct from newspapers) was in the 1816 allegorical book The Adventures of Uncle Sam, in Search After His Lost Honor by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. Other possible references date to the American Revolutionary War: an Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original lyrics of "Yankee Doodle", though it is not clear whether this reference is to Uncle Sam as a metaphor for the United States, or to an actual person named Sam. The lyrics as a whole celebrate the military efforts of the young nation in besieging the British at Boston. The 13th stanza is: Old Uncle Sam come there to change Some pancakes and some onions, For 'lasses cakes, to carry home To give his wife and young ones.

WWII NAZI GERMAN ADOLF HITLER POSTCARD LOT W OTHER

Lot #586 (Sale Order 653 of 784)

Collection of WWII Nazi German Adolf Hitler Postcards and first day covers to include 10 various postcards of Hitler, 1 photo taken from the cigarette card album tiled Adolf Hitler, 13 various first day covers including four sent on Hitler's Birthday with Hitler stamps on them including on sent from Krakau Poland for a total of 23 cards/photos. Adolf Hitler 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP). He rose to power as the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then as Führer in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Austria—then part of Austria-Hungary—and was raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the NSDAP, and was appointed leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize power in a failed coup in Munich and was imprisoned. In jail, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, anti-semitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as part of a Jewish conspiracy. By November 1932, the Nazi Party had the most seats in the German Reichstag but did not have a majority. As a result, no party was able to form a majority parliamentary coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly after, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933 which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain and France. His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic Germans, which gave him significant popular support. Hitler sought Lebensraum ("living space") for the German people in Eastern Europe, and his aggressive foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. By the end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his longtime lover Eva Braun. Less than two days later, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army. Their corpses were burned. Under Hitler's leadership and racially motivated ideology, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen (subhumans) or socially undesirable. Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war. In addition, 28.7 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European theatre. The number of civilians killed during World War II was unprecedented in warfare, and the casualties constitute the deadliest conflict in history. Hitler's actions and ideology are almost universally regarded as evil.

WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL & INSIGNIA PATCH LOT WW2

Lot #587 (Sale Order 654 of 784)

WWII Nazi German items to include 1) REICHSBAHN OFFICER'S BELT BUCKLE. A roughly 47mm diameter, stamped zinc, circular buckle with a gilt wash. Buckle features the RBD winged wheel below a swastika, encompassed by a laurel leaf wreath. 2) EM/NCO'S PARATROOPER'S BADGE IN CLOTH. The badge consists of a roughly, 70mm tall, 60mm wide, Luftwaffe blue/gray wool construction, vertically oval, base which features a machine embroidered, stylized "diving" eagle clutching a swastika in it’s talons, in golden yellow cotton threads, encompassed by a vertically oval wreath in silvery/gray cotton threads. The wreath features laurel leaves to the right side and oak-leaves to the left side. Well worn and used example. 3) REPRO LUFTSCHUTZ MEDAL FIRST CLASS. Die struck alloy construction award with a gilt wash. The award features cross with a swastika to its center encircled by the embossed, Latin script, "Für Verdienste im Luftschutz", (For Meritorious Service in Air Defense), to the obverse. The reverse also has the embossed institution date, "1938". The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact and comes complete with a piece of ribbed rayon ribbon. 4) FLAK ARTILLERY OBERGEFREITER'S COLLAR TABS. Red wool construction, rhomboid collar tabs with three stamped, alloy rank "gulls" to each mounted on a tan buckram backing. Removed from a uniform. 5) EM/NCO'S BREAST EAGLE. Machine embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a canted swastika in one talon, in silvery/grey rayon threads on a cut-out Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base. Nice clean eagle. 6) LUFTSCHUTZ-FEUERSCHUTZPOLIZEI COLLAR TABS. Pink wool construction collar tabs mounted on light buckram backings. Single rank gull to each. 7) DE-NAZIFIED BLACK WOUND BADGE. 1939 pattern, die stamped, tombak construction, hollow backed badge with a black wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of an M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse and has a crimped, soldered hinge, a thin, round, vertical pin and catch all intact. 8) SILVER WOUND BADGE. Injection molded, solid backed zinc badge. Badge is in the form of a vertical oval with an embossed profile of a M35 pattern helmet with superimposed, high relief, canted, swastika surmounted over crossed swords on a pebbled base surrounded by an oval laurel leaf wreath. Plain, smooth, reverse with thin round vertical pin and integral hinge and catch (Busted). Maker marked 2 on the pin. 9) HJ MEMBERSHIP BADGE. Roughly 25mm tall, 14mm wide, die struck alloy, diamond shaped badge with red, white and black enamel work. The vertical diamond badge features translucent red enamel with an underlying pebbled field to the top and bottom quarters and solid white enamel to the side quarters. The center of the badge has a diamond with a central canted black enamel swastika. Pin back device intact. Marked "Ges Gesch". 10) 1936 PATTERN "Reichsbahn, Reichspost & Customs" VISOR CAP EAGLE. 1936 pattern, die stamped, alloy construction national eagle clutching an oak-leaf wreath which encompasses an embossed, canted swastika on a slightly pebbled, recessed background field. The left facing eagle features extended, wing tips with a roughly 55mm wingspan. Reverse of the eagle is a mirror image of the obverse. Both original attachment prongs are missing 11) COMBATANTS CROSS OF HONOR 1914/18. Die struck, magnetic sheet metal award with a bronze wash. The award is in the form of a cross Patté with a central circular motif featuring an embossed laurel leaf wreath encompassing the embossed dates, "1914-1918", on a smooth background field. The cross has swords emanating upwards between its arms, indicating a combatant's award. The cross’s ribbon suspension loop and ring are both intact. Cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbon. 12) PRUSSIAN KYFFHÄUSER CROSS OF MERIT. An alloy construction medal in a pattée style cross. The obverse of the medal has the initials ‘PLKV’ between the arms of the cross representing the ‘Prussian State Veterans Association’. The Kyffhäuser monument is depicted to its center. The reverse of the medal has the text ‘Für Verdienst im Kriegervereins Wesen’ (For Merit in the War Veterans Association). The ribbon ring and loop are fully intact and makers marked, ‘H. Timm Berlin. Missing original ribbon. 12) NAZI PERIOD LIFE SAVING MEDAL. (Rettungsmedaille).

WWII NAZI GERMAN RAD EM/NCO'S OVERSEAS CAP WW2

Lot #588 (Sale Order 655 of 784)

Earth brown hbt overseas cap with simulated fold-down side panels with black piping. Machine woven RAD enlisted cap badge is hand stitched to the front of the cap. The interior is fully lined in white cotton/rayon. Nice unit and makers markings. Size marked 55. The basis of the RAD, "Reichs Arbeitsdienst" (National Labor-service), dates back, at least, to 1929 with the formation of the AAD, "Anhalt Arbeitsdienst" (Anhalt Labor-service), and the FAD-B, "Freiwillingen Arbeitsdienst-Bayern" (Volunteer Labor-service [of]-Bavaria). Shortly after Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, on January 30th, 1933, the NSDAP consolidated these, and other labor organizations, into the NSAD, "Nationalsozialist Arbeitsdienst" (National-socialist Labor-service); a national labor service. In June of 1935 the NSAD was re-designated RAD. In July of the same year RAD service became compulsory, with all German citizens between 19 and 25 years of age required to enlist for a six month term. This law also decreed that all military conscripts serve a nine month term.

WWII NAZI GERMAN CLOTH INSIGNIA LOT HEER NSKK LUFT

Lot #589 (Sale Order 656 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Cloth insignia to include 1) LUFTWAFFE EM/NCO'S TROPICAL SHIRT BREAST EAGLE. Machine embroidered, second pattern, (Circa 1936/1937-1945), Luftwaffe eagle, clutching a canted swastika in it's talons, in silvery/gray cotton threads on a cut-out tan cotton base. The eagle has a roughly, 83mm wingspan from tip to tip. The Luftwaffe pattern national eagle was originally introduced for wear by Fliegerschaft, (Pilot Base), personnel of the DLV, Deutscher Luftsportsverband, (German Air Sports Association), the clandestine, civilian, forerunner of the Luftwaffe on August 18TH 1934 and was officially adopted for wear by all Luftwaffe personnel on March 1ST 1935. The original first pattern national eagle was utilized until a, slightly modified, second pattern national eagle was introduced in late 1936 or early 1937. Regulations dictated that the national eagle was to be worn on almost all headgear and on the right breast of almost all uniforms with a few minor exceptions. Officer's ranks generally utilized hand embroidered breast eagles as opposed to the machine embroidered breast eagles as utilized by EM/NCO ranks. Of Note: Machine woven and even metal alloy national eagles were also utilized in limited quantities. Also Of Note: Officer holding ranks of Generalmajor to Generalfeldmarschall and Reichsmarschall Göring utilized gold colored accoutrements including breast eagles as opposed to the silver version sworn by all other ranks. In late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, the army quickly developed and issued tropical uniforms and equipment in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, (German Africa Corps), personnel's arrival in Tripoli in February 1941. At the same time the Luftwaffe also developed and introduced their own version of the tropical uniform and insignia including a slightly different colored breast eagle. 2) EM/NCO'S MOUNTAIN TROOPER "T" SHAPED CAP INSIGNIA. Later pattern, machine woven national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons, in matte grey rayon threads, positioned above a national tri-color cockade, with a black outer circle encompassing a white inner circle and a red center dot, on an woven, field-grey rayon, "T" formed base. The German army originally adopted a slightly modified version of the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), national eagle by order on February 17TH 1934, with instructions to have it applied to all steel helmets, visor caps, and tunics by May 1ST 1934. Regulations followed on October 30TH 1935 that stipulated the national eagle was also to be applied to all field caps. Generally the national eagle for wear on the EM/NCO’s overseas and M43 field caps were machine woven, first in white on a dark green base, (circa 1934), then later in matte grey on a field-grey base, (circa 1939), while Officer’s versions were embroidered in bright silver/aluminum wire threads. A machine woven version in bright silver/aluminum flat-wire threads was also utilized by Officer’s but was also very popular with senior NCO’s. Originally the Weimar, Reichswehr era, oval black, red and gold national cockade was utilized until it was replaced with a circular national cockade in black, white, and red on March 14TH 1933 and utilized through-out the Third Reich period on all soft caps with minor manufacturing variations. Of Note: This "T" form insignia with the combined national eagle and tri-color cockade was first used circa 1936, and was most commonly worn on the Mountain Troopers and the M43 field caps. 3) WEHRMACHT MOUNTAIN TROOP SLEEVE EDELWEISS. Pre-1940 pattern insignia with a roughly, 65mm tall, 55mm wide, vertically oval, machine woven, blue/green rayon base with a machine woven edelweiss flower with thirteen irregular white petals, an eight bulb, yellow stamen and dual green leaves and stem all in rayon threads. The edelweiss is encompassed with a simulated, pale grey rayon mountaineer rope border, with a silvery/grey piton to the top center. Still on original factory roll. On May 2ND 1939 the Oberkommando des Heeres, (High Command of the Army), authorized wear of a distinctive Edelweiss tradition badge for Mountain Troop personnel and the design of the badge was based on a pattern worn by German Alpine troops in WWI. On introduction the badge was on a blue/green badge cloth base, but in early 1940 this was altered to a field-grey wool base. Of Note: A metal edelweiss with stem was designed for wear on the mountain cap and a stemless edelweiss was authorized for wear on the visor cap. Originally regulations, unsuccessfully, dictated the edelweiss’s were to be removed from wear if the individual was transferred out of a Mountain Troop unit.

WWII GERMAN NAZI MEDAL LOT NARKIK SHIELD SA LUFT

Lot #590 (Sale Order 657 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Insignia and Medal lot to include 1) WWII NAZI GERMAN NARVIK CAMPAIGN SHIELD SILVER GRADE. Die stamped, Three prongs present, without backing plate and cloth. The Narvik Shield was issued on August 19th 1940. Adolf Hitler wanted to create a series of shields to be awarded to soldiers who participated in different battles. To this end he commissioned professor Richard Klein (Munich) to design the first of such shields; the Narvik shield. This award was given to soldiers from all branches who participated in the campaign around the Narvik region by Norway. The campaign took place between April 9th and June 9th of 1940. The shield consisted of an elongated shield attached to a piece of wool cloth. The color of the cloth was important in determining the branch of service to which the award was given. The shield has four prongs that attach it to the section of cloth. The award was sewn to the left sleeve of the uniform. An eagle rests atop the shield. The wings are retracted. The head is facing left. The eagle is clutching a swastika surrounded by a wreath. The word "Narvik" is written in large font just below. The center of the shield has a propeller and an anchor crossing each other. An edelweiss flower is placed just above the intersection. The date 1940 is written, where "19" is displayed to the left of the flower and "40" is written to the right. 2) 1936 PATTERN "Reichsbahn, Reichspost & Customs" VISOR CAP EAGLE.1936 pattern, die stamped, alloy construction national eagle clutching an oak-leaf wreath which encompasses an embossed, canted swastika on a slightly pebbled, recessed background field. The left facing eagle features extended, wing tips with a roughly 55mm wingspan. Reverse of the eagle is a mirror image of the obverse. Both original attachment prongs are intact. The NSDAP authorized these cap eagles for the following government organizations, called Reichs Behorden. This was in the spirit of the unification of State and Party. Per the Mitteilungsblatt der Reichszeugmeisterei, Jahrgang 3, Ausgabe 25, 5 Dezember1936... The following organizations were authorized to wear this style visor cap eagle. "Behorden des Reiches, der Lander und Gemeinden, Reichsbahn, Reichspost, Reichszollverwaltung, The Reichszollverwaltung created it's own unique visor cap eagle. 3) LUFTWAFFE OFFICER'S SUMMER TUNIC EAGLE. Nicely detailed, second pattern, (Circa 1936/37-1945), Aluminum, die stamped, stylized, Luftwaffe breast eagle in flight, clutching a canted swastika in one talon. Maker marked to the reverse A for Assmann. 4) DRL SPORTS BADGE, BRONZE. A 1937 pattern, die struck bronze award. The badge is in the form of a vertical oval oak leaf wreath, with a mobile swastika and bow to its base, encompassing the stylized, cut-out letters, "DRL." To the reverse is a vertical pin-back device, hinged to its top and with a catch to its base. Embossed to the left of the reverse is "D.R.G.M. 35269" ("Deutsche Reichs Gebrauchsmuster," or, German National Registered-design [Patent] 35269), and "Wernstein Jena" is to the right. Originally introduced in 1913 as the DRA badge, this was modified in 1933 to the DRL badge and again in 1937 with the addition of the swastika. The award was intended as an incentive for physical training, and was issued to both males and females between 18 and 32 years old who met the required criteria for an eight year period, or those between the ages of 32 to 40 who met the criteria over a twelve month period. 5) RARE DRL SPORTS BADGE IN BRONZE WITHOUT SWASTIKA. DRL - German National Union for Physical Training Badge in Bronze (1933-1937 issue). 6) WEHRMACHT FOUR YEAR LONG SERVICE MEDAL. Silver washed, die struck, sheet metal construction, fourth class award for four years service, features an embossed Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces), style eagle with down swept wings, clutching a canted, swastika in it’s talons, encompassed by Gothic script, "Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht" (Loyal Service in the Armed Forces), on a smooth background field to the obverse. The reverse has a large embossed numeral, "4" to the center encompassed by an embossed, circular, oak-leaf wreath. Original ribbon. On March 16TH 1936, one year after the reintroduction of military conscription, Adolf Hitler revived an Imperial German Army tradition, by instituting the Armed Forces Long Service Awards to reward military personnel, in all branches of service, for loyal long service. The awards were established in four classes for four, twelve, eighteen and twenty-five years service respectively. The Armed Forces Long Service Awards were designed by the renown graphic artist Professor Richard Klein of Munich and all four grades were worn suspended from a cornflower blue ribbon which was adorned with a national eagle cypher.

WWII NAZI GERMAN POLICE NCO'S M43 FIELD CAP WW2

Lot #591 (Sale Order 658 of 784)

Police green wool/rayon blend construction cap. Cap features fold down side and back panels with scalloped front with two pebbled sheet metal button closure. Buttons retain about 90% of their original green paint and have original stitching. Cloth covered visor with internal stiffener with raised lip at top of forward edge. Internal visor stiffener has split in two pieces. Machine woven, second pattern police eagle and wreathed swastika in matte mouse gray threads with national tri-color cockade on a green woven rayon six sided base. Insignia is hand stitched to front center of cap. Interior fully lined in cotton/rayon roughly a size 56. Shows the expected age period use and wear.

WWII NAZI GERMAN RAD 1935 WALL PLAQUE ABTELUNG WW2

Lot #592 (Sale Order 659 of 784)

(Nationalsozialistischer Arbeitsdienst Plakette). Constructed of patinated magnetic iron, the obverse featuring a central raised NSAD insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of “NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHER ARBEITSDIENST JAHRGANG 1935” (“NATIONAL SOCIALIST LABOUR SERVICE YEAR 1935”, with a company dedication of “2/170” in the Klenkenholzermoor district, with a suspension loop, unmarked, measuring 6 1/8 (w) x 8 7/8 (h), in extremely fine condition. The basis of the RAD, "Reichs Arbeitsdienst" (National Labor-service), dates back, at least, to 1929 with the formation of the AAD, "Anhalt Arbeitsdienst" (Anhalt Labor-service), and the FAD-B, "Freiwillingen Arbeitsdienst-Bayern" (Volunteer Labor-service [of]-Bavaria). Shortly after Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, on January 30th, 1933, the NSDAP consolidated these, and other labor organizations, into the NSAD, "Nationalsozialist Arbeitsdienst" (National-socialist Labor-service); a national labor service. In June of 1935 the NSAD was re-designated RAD. In July of the same year RAD service became compulsory, with all German citizens between 19 and 25 years of age required to enlist for a six month term. This law also decreed that all military conscripts serve a nine month term.

WWII NAZI KNIGHT'S CROSS OF THE IRON CROSS 935 MKD

Lot #593 (Sale Order 660 of 784)

Nicely detailed, die struck, three piece, iron and silver construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece, silver outer frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, high relief, central, canted swastika with re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm. The reverse bottom arm has the original, embossed, institution date, "1813", also in nice high relief. The arms of the swastika are slightly beveled and it is embossed flush with the inner ribbed edge of the silver frame while the date numerals are slightly lower. The black, baked on, enamel finish to the magnetic center is fully retained. The integral, ribbon, retaining suspension ring is intact. Also included are the correct, vertical oval, silver, ribbon suspension ring. Comes with its original ribbon. Marked to the reverse 935 indicating the maker Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid. On March 10TH 1813, Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross as a temporary gallantry award for bestowal during times of war. Originally the Iron Cross was introduced in three grades with a Grand Cross intended for award to Senior Commanders for successfully leading troops in combat and the First and Second classes for award to all ranks for bravery or merit in action. The Iron Cross’s were reinstituted by King Wilhelm I on July 19TH 1870 for award during the Franco-Prussian War and again on August 5TH 1914, by King Wilhelm II for award during WWI. On September 1ST 1939 Hitler once more reinstituted the Iron Cross series of awards in the First, Second and Grand Cross Classes and established the new Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Hitler reserved the right to personally authorize bestowal of the Knight’s Cross and all ranks were eligible for the award. Originally the criteria for bestowal of the Knight’s Cross was outstanding personal bravery or decisive leadership in combat but this was later expanded to include personnel who had continually demonstrated exceptional acts of courage or an extremely high success rate on the battlefield. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was the most coveted award of the Third Reich period and those presented with it were elevated to the status of a national hero. In total it is estimated that roughly 7,360 Knight’s Crosses were awarded during WWII, a relatively small number when one considers the amount of troops fielded and the magnitude of the war. Due to the prestige of the award personnel who could afford it would opt to buy a jeweler's copy for everyday wear with the actual award being put away for safe keeping. Of Note: The LDO, Leistungsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Ordenshersteller, (Administration of German Medal Manufacturers), began regulating the manufacture of German awards in March 1941 as a quality control agent for awards that were intended for retail sale and manufacturers were to use an assigned LDO, "L", code on their products destined for retail sales. Awards that were to be bestowed by the government were also issued an official numerical government contract code known as a, Lieferantnummer, (Contractors Number), that was issued by the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers, (Presidential Council of the Führers), for formally approved manufacturers. The manufacturing firms that were licenced by both the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers and the LDO and would have used the same dies to stamp both the official issue and retail sales types of awards making them virtually indistinguishable from one another except for the markings. Regulations of November 1ST 1941 prohibited further manufacturing of the Knight’s Cross for retail sale. Of Note: On June 3RD 1940 a higher echelon of the Knight’s Cross was established with the introduction of the Knight’s Cross with Oak-Leaves and on July 15TH 1941 an additional two higher grades of the Knight’s Cross with Oak-Leaves were introduced with the establishment of the Knight’s Cross with Oak-Leaves and Swords and the Knight’s Cross with Oak-Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Finally on December 29TH 1944 Hitler established the final grade of the Knight’s Cross with the Golden Oak-Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Also of Note: The Grand Cross of the Knight’s Cross was only awarded once to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and the Knight’s Cross with Golden Oak-Leaves, Swords and Diamonds was also only awarded once to Oberstleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

WWII NAZI M17 SS TRANSITIONAL WAFFEN SS HELMET WW2

Lot #594 (Sale Order 661 of 784)

The stamped, sheet steel construction, helmet retains a good portion of its overapplied green paint. This helmet originally was painted black for use in the Allgemeine-SS. The helmet has all three dome headed rivets, both of the extended ventilation side lugs are also present. The interior of the helmet has a M31, tan, leather liner with all eight of its original fingers and the original tie string intact. The right side of the helmet has a first pattern C.A. Pocher SS runic decal, as introduced on August 12TH 1935, with sharply angled black runes on a silver shield shaped base with narrow black outer border edging. The runic decal is retained about 90% but the ruins looks touched up to me. The left side of the helmet has the NSDAP party shield decal with a black canted swastika on a white circular field with a red shield shaped base with narrow black outer border edging. The party shield decal is also retained about 98%. Shell is marked "BF64" for F.C. Bellinger, Fulda. (Size 64). Comes with original 1938 dated chinstrap. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units) and eventually the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), were also allocated quantities of the assorted models of helmets through-out the war. Originally SS personnel didn’t utilized any helmet insignia until the first pattern runic SS helmet decals with silver runes on a black field were introduced on February 23RD 1934, but were only worn for a short time by SS-VT personnel. On August 12TH 1935 the black runic SS helmet decal on a silver shield shaped base and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), party shield decal were both introduced for wear by all SS personnel. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the NSDAP party shield decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of November 1ST 1943 abolished the SS runic decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

WWII NAZI GERMAN SA M33 DAGGER F. DICK WW2

Lot #595 (Sale Order 662 of 784)

Early, (Circa 1933-1934), nice quality dagger features a roughly, 8 3/4", (22.3 cm), long, double edged, nickel/silver plated, drop forged steel construction blade with a low central ridge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 13 5/8", (34.7 cm). The nickel/silver plated blade shows light to moderate scabbard runners and some minor spotting with some of the original cross graining still being visible. The obverse of the blade has the nice, deep, well defined, acid etched Fraktur style, script motto, "Alles für Deutschland", (All/Everything for Germany), which is crisp and well defined. The reverse of the blade has the acid etched, manufacturer’s name/logo, consisting of a arrow and the name, "F. Dick", within a rectangular border with scalloped ends, indicating manufacture by Paul Friedrich Dick Stahlwaren und Werkzeugfabrik/Dolche of Esslingen. Of Note: Originally founded in 1778 and still in business today, the F. Dick firm was, interestingly, never allocated a RZM manufacturing contract during the Third Reich era. The dagger has the early, cast, solid, nickel/silver crossguard, pommel, and tang nut which all show a nice, even, light, age patina. The reverse of the crossguard is stamped with the SA-Gruppe abbreviation, "Sw", indicating issue by SA-Gruppe Südwest. The dagger has a very nicely contoured hardwood grip with reddish accents, which has a nice snug fit to both the top and bottom fittings. The grip has a nicely inset, nickel/silver plated, alloy national eagle and a nickel/silver plated and enameled runic SA button both intact. The dagger comes with it’s original, coppery brown, anodized, magnetic sheet metal scabbard with solid nickel/silver fittings and retains about 80% of its original coppery brown anodized finish. The scabbard fittings have the same nice, even, light, age patina as found on the crossguard, pommel, and tang nut. Both of the scabbard fittings retain their original, dome headed, securing screws and the top fitting also retains its hanger suspension loop and ring. The weight and balance of the scabbard would seem to indicate it still has its original internal lead counterweight insert intact. Nice, early, example by a seldom encountered manufacturer. The SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), was originally formed in the August 1921 as a protective guard unit for the political leaders of the fledgling NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), and as with the NSDAP the SA was structure along para-military lines. The SA recruited most of its personnel from the ranks of the various Freikorps, (Free Corps), groups composed mainly of disgruntled, ex-WWI soldiers and was first utilized at a NSDAP meeting in Munich in November 1921.The SA M33 service dagger was the first dagger officially sanctioned by the NSDAP and was introduced on December 15TH 1933. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and the design was adapted by Professor Woenne of the Solingen School of Commerce who had based it on the traditional 16TH century, Swiss "Holbein", "Baselard" or "Basilard", hunting dagger with the original design being attributed to the Hans Holbein the Younger, (Circa 1497-1543). Originally the daggers featured an anodized scabbard and utilized nice quality, solid, nickel/silver fittings while later models had cheaper, nickel/silver plated fittings and painted scabbards. Regulations dictated that the daggers were to worn on the left side of the waist belt suspended by a specific, dagger hanger. In late 1934 items manufactured for the SA including daggers and accoutrements came under the quality control of the RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster) and as a result were marked with the RZM logo when appropriate. Of Note: The RZM was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Production of the SA M33 dagger was discontinued sometime in 1943. Of Note: Other daggers initiated by the SA included the Marine-SA Dagger, circa 1933-34, originally with black grip and scabbard and later with brown grip and scabbard but with brass colored fittings, the short lived, (Circa February 3RD 1934-July 4TH 1934), SA-Stabschef, (SA-Chief of Staff), Ernst Röhm Dedication Dagger with the inscription, "In herzlicher Freundschaft Ernst Röhm", (In heartfelt Friendship Ernst Röhm). After Röhm’s demise the new SA-Stabschef, Viktor Lutze introduced the SA Honour Dagger, circa 1935, the SA Standarte Feldhernnhalle Dagger, circa 1937, the SA High Leader’s Honour Dagger, circa 1938 and the Special SA Presentation Dagger circa 1938-39.

WWII NAZI CAVALRY TROOPER'S M34 SADDLE BAG SET WW2

Lot #596 (Sale Order 663 of 784)

Smooth finished, molded, tan leather construction right hand side M34 saddle bag with alloy fittings and machine stitched seams, designed to carry the Cavalry trooper’s kit. Nice clean set. Although considered highly mobilized for its time the German army still utilized a great number of horses through-out WWII with the average infantry division containing roughly five thousand horses. In 1939 the German army also had fifteen, primarily horse-mounted, Cavalry regiments that were mainly tasked with tactical reconnaissance. Even though most of the Cavalry units were mechanized by 1940 they still utilized a large number of horses through-out the war. By 1943 the Germans were experiencing fuel and vehicle shortages which resulted in an increase in the number of horses utilized in the field. Cavalry personnel were basically equipped the same as the standard infantry personnel with the addition of specialized horse equipment. All mounted personnel were issued with a pair of saddle bags instead of the standard backpack or rucksack. Originally the Reichswehr, (National {Defence} Force, Circa 1919-1933), era M26 pattern saddle bags were issued until the M34 saddle bags were introduced on May 7TH 1934. The M34 saddle bags consisted of the right hand side bag designed for carrying the Cavalry troopers kit, the left hand side bag designed for carrying the accessories for the horse and a central coupling device. Both of the bags could be detached from the central coupling device and the right hand side Cavalry troopers bag could be utilized as a backpack as required when the owner was on foot. Of Note: A new, smaller set of saddle bags were introduced on February 15TH 1940 but all three versions were used through-out the war. This example is the right hand side bag for the Cavalry trooper’s kit.

WWII US & NAZI GERMAN PROPAGANDA POSTER LOT WW2

Lot #597 (Sale Order 664 of 784)

WWII poster lot to include 1) 1943 WWII ORIGINAL POSTER LET 'EM HAVE IT BUY EXTRA BONDS 4TH WAR LOAN. 1943 World War II poster to inspire citizens to support the war effort by buying war bonds. Soldier throwing a hand grenade scene. It measures 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Excellent. 2) NSDAP PLAKAT NATIONALSOZIALISMUS IST DIE HÖCHSTE SOLDATISCHE HALTUNG IN UNSEREM LEBEN - HERMANN GÖRING. Printed in January of 1942 and measures 9 1/2 X 13 3/4.

REPRO WWII NAZI GERMAN CASED KNIGHTS CROSS L/12

Lot #598 (Sale Order 665 of 784)

Reproduction red leatherette cased Knights Cross. The box measures 7 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches with a gold embossed eagle to the front. To the interior is a Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 marked L/12 indicating the maker C. E. Juncker of Berlin. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 was the highest award made by Nazi Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership during World War II. The award is constructed a die struck three-piece construction that has been soldered together. The single piece core is constructed out of an iron metal base that has been black painted.

WWII JAPANESE CASED Ko-sho TYPE 2 WOUND BADGE WW2

Lot #599 (Sale Order 666 of 784)

Second model wound badge, introduced in August of 1938, and known as the "Shoigunjinsho." The gilded silver badge is comprised of a 15mm diameter medallion with the image of Kusunoke Masashige, a medieval Samurai and folk hero, to it, from behind which diagonally extend four spear points, 32mm from point to point, each separated by a horizontal or vertical, red enameled Samurai shield. To the reverse is a vertical, hinged, doubled pin-back device and its catch. To the reverse of each of the spear points and the horizontal shields is embossed a kanji character, which together translate as "Military Wound Badge." A further two characters are embossed beneath the pin-back device, being the rarer "Ko-sho"- establishing the badge as awarded for wounds from other reasons (as opposed to the more common "Sen-sho," awarded for wounds sustained in battle). Complete with original case.MINT example.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS SD HELMET SHELL Q66 WW2

Lot #600 (Sale Order 667 of 784)

The stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about most of its original field-gray paint. The right side of the helmet has a second pattern, "SS" runic decal with black runes on a silver shield shaped base with black bordered edging. The decal is retained about 90%. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron has a faint, stamped serial/lot number that appears to be, "8742", and the stamped manufacturer’s code "Q66" indicating manufacture by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. of Esslingen, size 66. Textbook, untouched decal! The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence Force, Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units) and eventually the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), were also allocated quantities of the assorted models of helmets through-out the war. Originally SS personnel didn’t utilized any helmet insignia until the first pattern runic SS helmet decals with silver runes on a black field were introduced on February 23RD 1934, but were only worn for a short time by SS-VT personnel. On August 12TH 1935 the black runic SS helmet decal on a silver shield shaped base and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), party shield decal were both introduced for wear by all SS personnel. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the NSDAP party shield decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of November 1ST 1943 abolished the SS runic decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to. Of Note: The SS runic decal underwent a minor modification sometime early in the war with the runes being somewhat less angular.

ADOLF HITLER SILVERWARE PERSONAL TABLE SERVICE

Lot #601 (Sale Order 668 of 784)

Adolf Hitler – Silverware from his Personal Table Service. Group of seven pieces silverware, dinner knife measuring 9 1/2 inches, butter knife measuring 8 1/4 inches, Dinner Fork measuring 8 inches, Cake Fork measuring 6 1/4 inches, dinner spoon measuring 8 inches, desert spoon measuring 6 1/4 inches and finally a tea spoon measuring 5 1/4 inches, with engraved initials “AH”. Stamped manufacturer marks WELLNER PATENT 90. Excellent. Adolf Hitler 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP). He rose to power as the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then as Führer in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Austria—then part of Austria-Hungary—and was raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the NSDAP, and was appointed leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize power in a failed coup in Munich and was imprisoned. In jail, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, anti-semitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as part of a Jewish conspiracy. By November 1932, the Nazi Party had the most seats in the German Reichstag but did not have a majority. As a result, no party was able to form a majority parliamentary coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly after, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933 which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain and France. His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic Germans, which gave him significant popular support. Hitler sought Lebensraum ("living space") for the German people in Eastern Europe, and his aggressive foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. By the end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his longtime lover Eva Braun. Less than two days later, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army. Their corpses were burned. Under Hitler's leadership and racially motivated ideology, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen (subhumans) or socially undesirable. Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war. In addition, 28.7 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European theatre. The number of civilians killed during World War II was unprecedented in warfare, and the casualties constitute the deadliest conflict in history. Hitler's actions and ideology are almost universally regarded as evil.

ADOLF HITLER SILVERWARE PERSONAL TABLE SERVICE

Lot #602 (Sale Order 669 of 784)

Adolf Hitler – Silverware from his Personal Table Service. Group of four pieces silverware, 1) Large Salad Server fork measuring 8 1/2 inches with A H engraved to the lower handle and reverse is marked WELLNER PATENT 90 21/2. 2) Large Serving Ladle measuring 8 inches and marked to the lower handle and down swept wing eagle used by Adolf Hitler and is marked to the reverse 35 90 ART. KRUPP BERNDORF. 3) Ladle measuring 7 inches, marked to the lower handle A H and the reverse is marked WELLNER PATENT 90 3. 4) Serving fork measuring 6 3/4 inches engraved to the lower handle and down swept wing eagle used by Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP). He rose to power as the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then as Führer in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Austria—then part of Austria-Hungary—and was raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the NSDAP, and was appointed leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize power in a failed coup in Munich and was imprisoned. In jail, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, anti-semitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as part of a Jewish conspiracy. By November 1932, the Nazi Party had the most seats in the German Reichstag but did not have a majority. As a result, no party was able to form a majority parliamentary coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly after, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933 which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain and France. His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic Germans, which gave him significant popular support. Hitler sought Lebensraum ("living space") for the German people in Eastern Europe, and his aggressive foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. By the end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his longtime lover Eva Braun. Less than two days later, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army. Their corpses were burned. Under Hitler's leadership and racially motivated ideology, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen (subhumans) or socially undesirable. Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war. In addition, 28.7 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European theatre. The number of civilians killed during World War II was unprecedented in warfare, and the casualties constitute the deadliest conflict in history. Hitler's actions and ideology are almost universally regarded as evil.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS MOUNTAIN TROOP M43 HAT

Lot #603 (Sale Order 670 of 784)

This is a well preserved M43 Waffen-SS Gebirgsjäger Bergmütze, constructed of beautifully textured green wool exterior, with fold-down panels with squared scallops to the front and forward sides, covering the entire neck on the sides and rear when in use. When not in use, the panels are raised with their ends resting upon the visor, being joined together via one green Bakelite buttons. The visor is reinforced with cardboard, and covered in matching green wool. Sewn in place on the left side is a SS-Gebirgstruppen cap Edelweiss flower, constructed of fine quality manufacture cotton, with four silvery/gray petals, a seven bulb yellow stamen, and dual silvery/grey leaves and stem. Sewn in place in the front of the cap is a standard BeVo style SS cap skull. constructed of machine woven gray and black accent threading. The interior of the cap is lined with a mouse gray rayon and is void of any makers marks and is roughly a size 55. The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler (Shock Troops Adolf Hitler), and was redesignated Schutz Staffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer-Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment), on the "Night of the Long Knives", the SS was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party). From its inception the SS began an aggressive policy of expansion which resulted in the formation of the SS-SD, SS-Sicherheitsdienst und Sicherheitspolizei, (SS-Security Service and Security Police), in June 1931, the SS-VT, SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), and the SS-TV, SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units), in March 1933 which would eventually evolve into the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), in December 1939. The field-grey M43 field cap was originally introduced in the German army on June 11TH 1943 as a replacement cap for other field caps then in use and was adopted for wear in the Waffen-SS on October 1ST 1943. The design of the M43 field cap was based on the earlier M42 Feldmütze, (Overseas cap), and the Mountain Troopers Bergmütze, (Mountain Cap), with minor variations. On its introduction a black version was also introduced for wear by Panzer personnel. Officer’s M43 field caps from the rank of SS-Untersturmführer up to Reichsführer-SS, were distinguished from EM/NCO’s caps by the addition of silver piping to the top crown edge and, on occasion, to the scalloped forward edge of the fold down panels as well. Generally the early versions of the M43 cap came with a two button front retainer while the later versions reduced it to a single button. The insignia utilized on the M43 field caps consisted of the SS pattern Totenkopf, (Death’s Head), as introduced in October 1934 and the SS pattern national eagle as introduced in February 1936. The cap insignia could be applied to the front center of the cap in one or two pieces, or separately with the Totenkopf applied to the front center and the eagle applied to the left side panel although it appears that both pieces of insignia applied to the front center was the most common application. SS Officers and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and as a result the SS established the SS-Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system in Munich in 1935. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s were allotted a one time clothing allowance from the government with the amount varying depending on the individuals rank. The Officers and certain senior NCO’s could choose to purchase privately tailored garments and headgear of higher quality although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PHOTO ALBUM LOT HEER LUFTWAFFE

Lot #604 (Sale Order 671 of 784)

WWII Nazi German photo albums to include 1) First album contains 180 photos and a few modern copies that have not been counted. This album has been assembled much later than WWII, or at least it has that feel to me. The album has not continuity to me however there still is several quality photos in it. The album has several portrait photos and several showing maneuvers and camp shots. 2) Second album has an orange cover with a Wehrmacht shield to the upper corner containing 152 images. This album also has the feel that it's been assembled much after WWII. Typical military snapshots with several wedding photos and portraits from all branches of service.

WWII ITALIAN PILOT & BOMBER WINGS LOT OF 3 WW2

Lot #605 (Sale Order 672 of 784)

WWII Italian pilot wings to include 1) ITALIAN WWII PILOTS WINGS. Original era manufacture. Clean, full size set of wings with the royal crown of Savoy at top, and clutched in the eagles talons, the fasces emblem. 2) WWII REGIA AERONAUTICA ITALIAN PILOT WINGS. WWII Italian Air Force Fascist Pilot wings with no reverse back marks. 3) ITALIAN AIR FORCE TORPEDO BOMBING WINGS 133a LA NOBLE. A very nice original WW2 Italian badge, we don’t know a great deal about this one but apparently it is a WW2 Italian Air Force Torpedo Bombing Group wing. It is in excellent order but does show age related surface wear.

WWII NAZI GERMAN WAFFEN SS POLICE DOCUMENT GROUP

Lot #606 (Sale Order 673 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Waffen SS Police grouping to include 1) Named Polizei Dienstpass to Anton Schwarz who was an SS Rottenfuhrer of 2. SS Polizei Artillery Regiment and is nicely filled out. 2) WAR MERIT CROSS 2ND CLASS WITH SWORDS WITH AWARD DOCUMENT. Also named to SS Rottenfuhrer Anton Schwarz of 2./SS-Pol.Art.Rgt. and was awarded on March 20th 1944. 3) RUSSIAN FRONT MEDAL 1941/42 WITH AWARD DOCUMENT. Also named to SS Rottenfuhrer Anton Schwarz of 2./SS-Pol.Art.Rgt. and was awarded on August 6 1942. 4) BLACK WOUND BADGE. 1939 pattern, die stamped, magnetic sheet metal construction, hollow backed badge with a black wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of an M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. The original black wash is retained about 90%. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse and has a crimped, soldered hinge, a thin, round, vertical pin and catch all intact. 5) Personalbogen or Personnel Sheet named to Anton Schwarz with a photo applied to the front with him in uniform. The folio is nicely filled out and several documents inside.

WWII NAZI GERMAN STICKPIN LOT NSKOV RLB HEER WW2

Lot #607 (Sale Order 674 of 784)

Large grouping of stickpins to include 1) SIX REICHSKOLONOIALBUND LAPEL PINS. 20mm x 15mm, alloy construction lapel pin depicting the insignia of the ‘RKB’. Complete with it’s original 50mm rifled stick pin. Makers logo and ‘Ges.Gesch’ marked. 2) WWII NAZI GERMAN DRKB STICKPIN. 20mm x 15mm, alloy construction lapel pin. Shield shaped Kyffhäuserbund emblem features a black silhouette of the Kyffhäuser monument on a white background field above a red base with small white circular field and black canted swastika. 3) FOUR DRKB MEMBER'S STICKPINS. Depicts the black silhouette of the Kyffhäuser monument, on a white background, above the national tri-colors of black-white-red in vertical bars. 4) RAD MEMBER'S COMMEMORATIVE LAPEL PIN. The 16mm x 22mm vertical oval pin has a pebbled red surround, with gilt edging inside and out, and, to its central white field, the RAD emblem of an upright, pointed spade head with a mobile swastika to its center and dual sheaves of wheat projecting diagonally upwards from its base. The emblem is in black, with its swastika and articulations in gilt. To the reverse is a 45mm long rifled pin and, embossed beneath its soldered base, "RAD" within a triangle.. Also present is the makers mark. 5) RLB MEMBER'S LAPEL STICKPIN. Roughly, 20mm diameter, die struck alloy construction, first pattern, (circa 1933-1938/39), RLB emblem, lapel pin with bright silver washed and mid-blue enameled finishes. The pin features a mid-blue, enamel base with a central, embossed, forty-eight point, silver washed, sunburst pattern with the superimposed, stylized, mid-blue enameled, initials, "RLB" to the center, positioned above a small, canted, mid-blue, enameled, swastika. The reverse of the pin is well marked with the embossed, manufacturer’s name and location and, "Ges. Gesch.", indicating, Gesetzlich Geschützt (Protected by Law). Complete with its original 50mm rifled pin. 6) DRKB 50 YEAR MEMBER'S STICKPIN. A gilt washed and enameled, 25mm x 2mm, lapel pin comprised of a oak-leaf wreath encompassing a silhouette of the Kyffhäuser monument below the date ‘1786'. To the top of the pin is the number "50". The solid reverse has its soldered, 50mm, vertical rifled stick pin intact. Unmarked. 7) DRKB 25 YEAR MEMBER'S PIN. A silver washed and enameled, 25mm x 2mm, lapel pin comprised of a oak-leaf wreath encompassing a silhouette of the Kyffhäuser monument below the date ‘1786'. To the top of the pin is the number "25".. The solid reverse has its soldered, 50mm, vertical rifled stick pin intact. Unmarked. 8) TWO NS-RKB MEMBER'S STICKPINS. Translucent red enamel shield, bordered in silver, with a silver bordered black enamel Iron Cross with a mobile swastika to its center. 9) WWII WEHRMACHT 1941 SHOOTING STICKPIN. Bronze stickpin with a Wehrmacht helmet with sword and oakleaves. 10) R.-V. SOMMERDA 1890 STICKPIN. 11) NAZI STICKPIN WITH MUSIC LAIR. 12) LUFTWAFFE OFFICER'S STICKPIN. Condor Legion Luftwaffe Stickpin - Silver gilt, unmarked, 19 mm x 28.7 mm, on a 48 mm pin, light contact and gilt wear, nice detail, better than very fine. 13) NSBO STICKPIN. Badge is in the form of a winged hammer. 14) SA RESERVE MEMBER'S LAPEL STICKPIN. (Aufschlagnadel) A die-struck, enamel and silver washed insignia, Marked "Ges." and "Gesch.," for "Gesetzlich Geschützt" (By-law Protected). A 40mm long vertical pin is crimped to its reverse. 15) NAZI TURNFEST STICKPIN. 16) NAZI RLB STICKPIN. die struck alloy construction, first pattern, (circa 1933-1938/39), RLB emblem with bright silver washed and mid-blue enameled finishes. Forty-eight point, silver washed, sunburst pattern with the superimposed, stylized, mid-blue enameled, initials, "RLB" to the center, positioned above a small, canted, mid-blue, enameled, swastika. Original pin-back device complete. 17) MUSIC LAIR IN BRONZE WITH SILVER OAKLEAF. 18) two DRKB MEMBER'S BRONZE SHOOTING AWARD STICKPINS. Post-1935 pattern, die struck, bronze washed, alloy, DRKB veterans shooting award lapel pin with black enamel work. The pin features a roughly, 23mm diameter, circular, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a cut-out, likeness of the Kyffhäuser monument with a superimposed canted, black enameled swastika positioned above crossed rifles. The top tip of the Kyffhäuser monument and the butts of the rifles extend beyond the edge of the oak-leaf wreath. Both the bronze and black enamel finishes are fully intact. The semi-scooped reverse has a vertical, soldered, rifle stick pin intact. Unmarked. 19) TWO Reichsnährstand (RNST) STICKPIN 20) DLRG LIGHT ACHIEVEMENT STICKPIN. Die stuck, lapel badge with a bronze wash. The badge is in the form of a horizontally oval base with a raised outer lip encompassing the embossed DLRG style national eagle with partially extended wings, perched above ‘waves’ with the embossed organizational abbreviation, ‘DLRG’ to the center. The raised outer edge lip has embossed oak-leaves to the bottom edge and embossed script, ‘Leistungsshein’, to the top edge. Unmarked. Comple

WWII NAZI GERMAN STICKPIN LOT PANZER RLB SA NSKOV

Lot #608 (Sale Order 675 of 784)

Large grouping of stickpins to include 1) NSBO MEMBER'S LAPEL PIN. A silver-washed alloy lapel pin, in the form of the NSBO emblem, approximately 15mm square. The emblem is comprised of, to the right, a disembodied hand holding upright a hammer with a static swastika to its head, with a partial cogged wheel proceeding to the left, against which is "N.S.B.O." Soldered to its reverse is the base of a 65mm long, vertical pin. Unmarked. 2) KFDK LAPEL STICKPIN. A 22mm x 17mm, stamped alloy construction badge in silver wash. The pin depicts the insignia of the ‘Kampfbund für Deutsche Kultur’ (Militant League for German Culture). Marked to its reverse, ‘Ges. Gesch’. Complete with its original 45mm rifled pin. 3) NSBO MEMBER'S LAPEL PIN. A bronze alloy lapel pin, in the form of the NSBO emblem, approximately 15mm square. The emblem is comprised of, to the right, a disembodied hand holding upright a hammer with a static swastika to its head, with a partial cogged wheel proceeding to the left, against which is "N.S.B.O." Soldered to its reverse is the base of a 65mm long, vertical pin. Unmarked. 4) TWO SA RESERVE MEMBER'S LAPEL STICKPINS. (Aufschlagnadel) A die-struck, enamel and silver washed insignia, Marked "Ges." and "Gesch.," for "Gesetzlich Geschützt" (By-law Protected). A 40mm long vertical pin is crimped to its reverse. 5) MINIATURE HJ PROFICIENCY BADGE IN SILVER. The stamped, polished alloy award is in the form of a Tyr-rune with a circle superimposed to it, upon which is embossed, in runic script, "Für Leistungen In Der H.J." (For Proficiency In The H.J.), encompassing a mobile swastika. 6) REICHSNAHRSTAND MEMBERSHIP PIN. Reichsnährstand (Reich Nutritional Estate) was a government body set up in Nazi Germany to regulate food production. 7) TWO NSRL/DRL MEMBERS STICKPINS. NSRL Mitgliedabzeichen) An approximately 16mm square, stamped metal lapel pin, with a bronze wash, for members of the DRL, "Deutsches Reichsabzeichen für Leibesübungen". The pin takes the form of an eagle with a mobile swastika superimposed to its breast. Embossed to the reverse is "DRL" & "Ges.Gesch." and the stylized makers logo. 8) N.S.K.O.V. DONATION BADGE. A cast zinc badge in the form of a circular oak leaf wreath, 21mm in diameter, encompassing a mobile swastika with rays radiating out from it, and with a vertical sword superimposed over the swastika which extends beyond the limits of the wreath. Complete with original pin. 9) NS-RKB MEMBER'S NATIONAL EAGLE LAPEL STICKPIN. A die stamped, natural aluminum eagle, with a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons, and a black enamel-painted Iron Cross to its breast which has swords crossing behind it. The eagle is slightly convex, with a 27mm wingspan. A 45mm long, vertical, rifled brass stick-pin is fixed to the center of its solid reverse. "Ges." and "Gesch.," for "Gesetzlich Geschützt" (By-law Protected), are to the reverse wings on either side of the pin, and the number "4" is embossed to the reverse of the wreathed swastika. 10) NSV MEMBER'S LAPEL PIN. Roughly 17mm diameter, die struck alloy, NSV member’s lapel pin. The lapel pin features a fine raised outer edge encompassing, embossed, stylized, overlapping initials, "NSV", with the "N" stylized like a wolfsangle and the "SV", imitating the Leben-rune, (Life rune), on a smooth background field. The reverse of the pin is well marked with embossed script, "Ges. Gesch., indicating, Gesetzlich Geschützt (Protected by Law), and the RZM logo with numerical code, "34". 11) RAD "ARBEITS DANK" LAPEL PIN. Roughly, 22mm tall, 15mm wide, vertically oval, die struck alloy lapel pin with multi-colored enamel work. The pin features a translucent red outer border with an underlying textured background with inlaid silvered script, "Arbeits Dank". The red outer border encompasses a white inner oval with a silver bordered, black spade head with a canted, central, swastika. The spade handle is flanked by diagonally angled sheaves of wheat. Marked with embossed script, "Ges. Gesch.", indicating, Gesetzlich Geschützt (Protected by Law). The reverse has its vertical pin back device. 12) TWO PLACE STICKPIN. A die struck alloy, combined, exact detailed miniatures of the 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class and the Wound Badge in black. Reverse has its 40mm stickpin intact. 13) PANZER ASSAULT BADGE IN SILVER STICKPIN. Nice quality, die struck alloy construction, exact detailed miniature of the Panzer Assault Badge in bronze. The roughly, 16mm tall, pin is in the form of a vertically oval, embossed, oak-leaf wreath with Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings, superimposed to the top center, encompassing the cut-out forward profile of a tank. The wreath, eagle and tank all show nice detailing.

WWII NAZI COASTAL ARTILLERY TROPICAL SERVICE TUNIC

Lot #609 (Sale Order 676 of 784)

The 1940 pattern, mid-tan, ribbed cotton twill construction tunic features a vertical, five button front closure and a lay down collar (Top button missing). The tunic has four pleated, front, patch pockets with scalloped button down flaps. Awards loops for two badges & a ribbon bar. Breast eagle is also present with the typical zig-zag stitching that is original to the tunic. Shoulder straps and loops present with Boatswain Oberfeldwebel's straps. Tunic is nicely maker marked to the interior. Roughly a size 38" chest. German Naval uniforms and headgear were based on traditional designs that date back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848, and although the uniforms and headgear did evolve during the interim years, many items used during the Third Reich would still have been quite recognizable to the Imperial sailor. The German navy also had a long tradition of brown and white tropical/landing dress that was worn in hot climates with the white uniform also serving as a walking out dress. The tradition was continued through the Weimar era and in 1929 the Reichsmarine introduced new brown and white tropical/landing dress uniforms with a stand-up collars. In 1937 the Kriegsmarine introduced new style brown and white tropical uniforms with lay down collars. With the impending entrance into the North African campaign in late 1940 the Kriegsmarine developed another new tropical brown uniform independently from the Heer and Luftwaffe, but retained the 1937 pattern white uniform. Officer and certain senior NCO ranks were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and as a result were allotted a clothing allowance through the OKK, Offizier Kleiderkasse der Kriegsmarine, (Officer’s Clothing Account of the Navy). Although enlisted personnel were issued their uniforms and headgear from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored items although the price may have been restrictive.

WWII NAZI USED M35 ITALIAN LEATHER TANK HELMET WW2

Lot #610 (Sale Order 677 of 784)

WWII M35 Italian tank crew helmet, black leather with padded band, ear and neck protection, Utilized by the Nazi Police and is roughly a size 54. The insignia has been on it for a very long time and also has a ink acceptance stamp to the interior. Excellent

WWII LUFTWAFFE JAGDGESHWADER RICHTHOFEN CUFFTITLE

Lot #611 (Sale Order 678 of 784)

Off-white embroidered script “Jagdgeschwader Richthofen”, on Royal blue doe skin wool with no damage and is full length. The unit was formed from parts of the 131st Fighter Wing on 1 May 1939 in Döberitz and its first commander was Colonel Robert Ritter von Greim. Excellent

WWII BATTLEFIELD RELIC SHOVEL BASTOGNE

Lot #612 (Sale Order 679 of 784)

WWI Battlefield relic shovel, described as having been recovered near the Noville - Foy area at the site of former German fighting positions. Fair.

WWII NAZI GERMAN P.08 LUGER HOLSTER + TOOL 1942

Lot #613 (Sale Order 680 of 784)

World War II Nazi German Luger Holster. Marked o nthe back "P.08" and signed "Otto Koberstein Landsberg a. W. 1942" with a waffenamt code WaA14" below. Takedown tool is present in the top flap and is marked "SA" The strap is torn and about half of it is missing - apparently stressed to the point of failure at the roller buckle. Brown leather holster shows service wear and age, but is stable and suitable for display even with the damaged strap. Very Good

7 WWII PISTOL MAGAZINES NAMBU P-38 + LUGER TOOL

Lot #613a (Sale Order 681 of 784)

Luger takedown / loading tool unmarked, 4 P-38 pistol magazines, one T-14 Japanese Nambu magazine marked "454" on the spine, one 1935-S pistol magazine, and one modified magazine with a finger rest. All magazines exhibit light service wear and age, Luger tool is excellent. Very Good - Excellent

WWII NAZI GERMAN TOWN FLAG W/ WOLFSANGLE WW2

Lot #614 (Sale Order 682 of 784)

WWII period Vertical Wolfsangel flag from the town of Maikammer. Measuring 25 X 30 1/2 inches with yellow silk fringe to two sides. The arms show the local village sign, which has been used in the local seals since the 17th century. The meaning or origin of the symbol is not known. It has been stated that the cross is derived from the cross of the State of Speyer, as the village belonged to Speyer until the early 19th century. The arms were granted on October 25, 1937 in the colors of the Pfalz. The Wolfsangel symbol in white was widely used during the Nazi regime and mainly by elements of the Waffen SS and the HJ. Flag has the original four nickel friction clips and loops for hanging. Excellent

WWII U-29 PROTECTIVE FOUL WEATHER SOUTHWESTER CAP

Lot #615 (Sale Order 683 of 784)

Rubberized, gray canvas construction Southwester style protective foul weather cap features a two piece, dual-ply, horizontal brim which is considerably longer in the back with dual, parallel, rows of reinforcement stitching near the outer edge and a vertical, stitched seam to both the obverse and reverse centers. The crown portion of the cap is constructed of four, evenly sized, single-ply, rubberized canvas panels with machine stitched seams. The unlined interior of the cap has dual, woven, white, cotton/rayon, tie, chinstraps, with an HBT, (Herring Bone Twill), weave, machine stitched into the side seams where the brim affixes to the crown panels. The interior of the cap is well marked with a size inkstamp, "58" and the inkstamped manufacturer’s name, location and date within a rectangular border, "Willy Sprengpfeil Mützenfabrik Hamburg 19", and the date, "1940" with U-29. MINT Design As one of the first ten German Type VII submarines later designated as Type VIIA submarines, U-29 had a displacement of 626 tonnes (616 long tons) when at the surface and 745 tonnes (733 long tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 64.51 m (211 ft 8 in), a pressure hull length of 45.50 m (149 ft 3 in), a beam of 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in), a height of 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in), and a draught of 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in). The submarine was powered by two MAN M 6 V 40/46 four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 2,100 to 2,310 metric horsepower (1,540 to 1,700 kW; 2,070 to 2,280 shp) for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft). The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). When submerged, the boat could operate for 73–94 nautical miles (135–174 km; 84–108 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 6,200 nautical miles (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-29 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), eleven torpedoes, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. Service history U-29 was responsible for the first British warship sunk in the war by enemy action, the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, on 17 September 1939. Three days earlier U-39 had attempted to torpedo HMS Ark Royal, but missed and was sunk by three British destroyers. Two years later U-81 hit Ark Royal with one torpedo, sinking her, but with the loss of only one life. The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, regarded the sinking of Courageous as "a wonderful success" and it led to widespread jubilation in the Kriegsmarine (German navy). Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the U-29 crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class. During U-29's career, she sank twelve ships, totaling 67,277 gross register tons (GRT) and one warship of 22,500 tons. At the beginning of 1941, U-29 was removed from front line duty and reassigned to the 24th U-boat Flotilla as a training submarine. The U-boat was used in this role until 17 April 1944 when she was decommissioned and used for instruction. Wolfpacks U-29 took part in one wolfpack, namely. Rösing (12–15 June 1940) Fate U-29 was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay, (east of Flensburg), on 5 May 1945 as part of Operation Regenbogen. The wreck was still in situ as of 1993.

WWII NAZI GERMAN PHOTO ALBUMBS RAD HJ W Göring

Lot #616 (Sale Order 684 of 784)

Three WWII Nazi German photo albums to include 1) Hitler Youth album with 60 photographs including marches, boat maneuvers, camping and scenery shots. 2) RADwJ The female version of the male RAD contains 130 photos with three candid shots of Hermann Goring on his Yacht Carin II. The woman was standing on the side of the dock when she took them, one with Goering looking at her with consternation. There are also several shots of Third Reich flags. 3) RADwJ The female version of the male RAD contains 95 photos with an autograph section in the back with several members of her group. She used colored chalk to decorate the interior of the album. She also took several shots of other family members in the service.

WWII PRESENTATION TRIPLE ENGRAVED EICKHORN SWORD

Lot #617 (Sale Order 685 of 784)

Rare triple engraved lion head dedicated sword by Eickhorn. Triple engraved with the dedication on the obverse in a frosted finish Da treuer Gefolgschaft with a scroll design to it's sides. The reverse has the inscription Uhr Feuerwehrkorps. This Army Lion Head Sword is in beautiful condition. It has a brass hilt which retains about a majority of the original gilding. The lion head pommel is highly detailed and has hand enhancement to the muzzle, brow, and mane. The mane runs partially down the backstrap, the remainder being a four pointed star pattern. The grip tabs are decorated with a floral pattern. The "P" guard also has the floral pattern. The reverse langet has a raised plain seal, while the obverse langet has a Wehrmacht style eagle with opened wings and clutching a swastika. The grip is carved wood covered in black celluloid. This celluloid is in perfect condition, wrapped with triples wires. The scabbard a couple of small dents and remains in excellent condition. The original black paint shows a little mild wear but remains about 85% intact. The blade is a very fine example with a highest quality nickel plated finish. It is in mint condition and measures 33 1/2 inches. The Sword/Saber is an age old military tradition, that evolved from a functional weapon into an item of uniform dress ornamentation by the start of WWI. This strong tradition continues in many armies to this day as a symbol of strength and power. After Hitler’s rise to power in January 1933 and the reintroduction of conscription in March 1935 a wide variety of new sword and saber designs were introduced to outfit the rapidly growing Wehrmacht. This revival in sword/saber production resulted in the numerous blade manufacturers, mainly located in Solingen, to develop a wide variety of ornate designs in an attempt to compete for the lucrative manufacturing contracts which resulted in over one hundred different patterns of the army sword/saber being produced during the Third Reich era. Dress regulations for Officers and senior NCO’s prescribed wear of side arms as a component of particular forms of dress. As a result of the war situation production of the swords and sabers was to be discontinued as per regulations of May 27TH 1943, although those already issued could still be worn on ceremonial occasions. Additional regulations of December 23RD 1944 indicated that all officers ranks were to wear a pistol in place of the sword/saber or the dress dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE PITH HELMET WW2

Lot #618 (Sale Order 686 of 784)

1940 pattern tropical pith helmet with formed cork core covered in ribbed tan canvas. Helmet features a six panel vertically seamed tan canvas twill crown with horizontal band stitched at rear and covered by a vertical piece of canvas. Top center of crown has a raised removable canvas covered circular alloy knob with three semi-circular ventilation holes. All around visor shorter at front of two piece side seamed tan canvas and trimmed with stitched on tan leather. Helmet has stamped alloy insignia with the Kriegsmarine style Wehrmacht eagle shield to the left side and the national tri-color shield to the right side. The Kriegsmarine style eagle shield differs from the Heer pattern as follows. The Kriegsmarine eagle shield doesn’t have the embossed outer edge trim and the eagle itself is impressed instead of embossed as with the Heer pattern. Also the eagle is finished in a gilt coloration as opposed to the silver Heer type. The national tri-colored shield also differed from the Heer pattern with the absence of the embossed outer edge trim. The tri-color shield features three diagonally angled bars in the colors of red, white, and black on a slightly textured background field. Bottom of visor brim is lined in light weight olive drab linen and the crown in red linen. Interior has a wide tan leather sweatband. Maker marked to Clemens Wagner and is size marked 54. Shows lots of nice period use and wear. Very Good

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE DONALD DUCK HAT WW2

Lot #619 (Sale Order 687 of 784)

White cotton construction "Donald Duck" style sailor’s cap features a one piece, circular crown and two piece side panels with machine stitched vertical seams to each side. The front center of the cap has a separate stamped alloy, national visor cap eagle with out-stretched wings and a three piece national tri-color cockade below. The cap has a black rayon cap talley with machine woven Gothic script, "6. Schiffsstammabteilung 6.", in Gold wire threads. The cap talley is secured to the cap by dual vertical and diagonally angled threads at the reverse center. The cap talley has long, extended, "tails" with diagonally cut ends creating the "swallow tail" effect. Complete leather sweatband. Roughly a size 57. Excellent German Naval uniforms and headgear were based on traditional designs that date back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848, and although uniforms and headgear did evolve during the interim years many items used during the Third Reich would still have been quite recognizable to the Imperial sailor. One of the traditional headgear items utilized during the Third Reich was the "Donald Duck" sailor’s cap intended for wear by all Junior NCO’s and enlisted personnel. The design of the cap underwent numerous minor modifications during the intervening years, including a cap with removable, interchangeable white and blue covers in April 1926. In December 1931 a final pattern was introduced that remained in use until the end of WWII with the only alterations being to the insignia and cap tallies worn. Regulations of October 29TH 1936 replaced the previously used gilt wire thread for the script on the cap tallies with golden yellow celleon threads as a result of the earlier cap tallies oxidizing to a greenish verdigris tone. On November 1ST 1938 the "Kriegsmarine" titled cap talley was introduced for wear as a security measure in the case of mobilization, and the wear of named cap tallies was restricted to barracks and on ships only if there was no possibility of them being seen by outside personnel. Additional regulations of September 5TH 1939 withdrew all named cap tallies from further wear, to be replaced with the "Kriegsmarine" cap talley, for the duration of the war.

WWII NAZI GERMAN STICKPIN LOT RAD LUFTWAFFE WW2

Lot #620 (Sale Order 688 of 784)

WWII Nazi German stickpin lot to include 1) German Small Animal Breeders Stickpin. Association of German Small Animal Breeders Stickpin - "Reichverband Deutscher Kleintierzuchter". Silvered bronze, marked "GES. GESCH." and maker marked "C.P." on the reverse, 13.5 mm x 19.5 mm, on a 51 mm pin. 2) Musical Band Stickpin. This is a German WWII stick pin. These items were issued to military, civilian and political individuals for various reasons. In the case of military personnel, a stickpin was given along with a full size award. The soldier could wear the stick pin instead of having to sport the full size badge. The civilian and political stickpins were usually issued as an indication that the person had attended an event, or to indicate the affiliation to a particular group. The stick pin featured here was probably awarded to an individual for belonging to a band in a town in Germany. The stick pin may also have been issued for participating in a particular event, or set of events. The design of the pin consists of a Greek mythical winged creature holdinh a harp. A swastika and the name of the town are placed at the base of the figure. The back pin is of smooth construction and it is attached to the body via the use of a circular metal device. The stick pin is made of metal material. The back reads GES GESCH, which translates to trademark. In addition manufacturer markings are provided. 3) Luftwaffe Heimat Und Alarm Flakartillerie Stickpin. A Luftwaffe Heimat und Alarm Flakartillerie Stickpin - a stickpin, 30x18mm, as worn by members of the "Heimat und Alarm Flakartillerie" (Homeland and Alarm Flak Artillery), a civil group consisting of factory and office employees, usually in industrial areas, who were organized into small Flak batteries; this type of stickpin was awarded following completion of Flak training. Very scarce stickpin. 4) German Police Stickpin. Silvered bronze, unmarked with very crisp detail 5) Aircraft Industry Merit Badge Stickpin. (Treuewerkabzeichen der Betriebsgemeinschaften der Luftfahrt Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi-coloured enamels, unmarked, measuring 18 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition. 6) Saar Reunification Propaganda Stickpin. (Saar Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by shaking hands, flanked by initials “D” and “S”, unmarked, measuring 15 mm (w) x 16 mm (h), in extremely fine condition. 7) Reichsnährstand / Blood And Soil Membership Stick Pin By Deschler & Sohn. A Reichsnährstand/Blut und Boden membership stick pin; in silvered bronze; 58 mm long knurled pin; maker marked “Deschler, München” and “Ges. Gesch.” on the reverse; measuring 22 mm x 22 mm; better than very fine condition. 8) German Writer’s Association Stickpin (silvered bronze with black enamels, marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschützt), the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "85" on the reverse, 18.7 mm x 22.3 mm, on a 50.3 mm pin) 9) RAD Gold Stickpin. RAD emblem of an upright, pointed spade head and dual sheaves of wheat projecting diagonally upwards from its base. 10) Nazi Olympic Stickpin. Beautiful Olympic rings with fine enamels. Pin is marked to the reverse.

WWII NAZI GERMAN STICKPIN DJ NSDAP LUFTWAFFE RAD

Lot #621 (Sale Order 689 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Stickpin and HJ lot to include 1) GERMAN HORSEMAN'S BADGE IN BRONZE STICKPIN. Roughly 15mm x 18mm. Complete with its original 50mm rifled pin. Nicely marked to Steinhauer & Lück. 2) CONDOR LEGION LUFTWAFFE STICKPIN. Heavy Condor Legion Luftwaffe Stickpin, unmarked, 19 mm x 28.7 mm, on a 48 mm pin, light contact and gilt wear, nice detail. 3) KREFELD STADTMEISTER 1939 SHOOTING STICKPIN. Beautifully executed stickpin with fine enamels having the crest of the City of Krefeld with a white target above it. 4) NSDAP EAGLE STICKPIN. NSDAP Eagle stickpin marked RZM to reverse and M1/8 indicating the maker Ferdinand Wagner. 5) NSDAP EAGLE STICKPIN. Small early style NSDAP Eagle stickpin, commonly used on a tie. 6) RAD REICHSARBEITSDIENST STICKPIN. Small silver colored pin commonly used on a tie. 7) 1941 GOLD WEHRMACHT SHOOTING STICKPIN. Awarded to the best shot on the Company lever during a shooting event. Nicely maker marked to the reverse. 8) NSDAP EAGLE STICKPIN. Small early style NSDAP Eagle stickpin, commonly used on a tie. 9) NSDAP EAGLE STICKPIN. NSDAP Eagle stickpin unmarked to the reverse. 10) NS VLASTI ZDAR CZECH FASCIST PARTY STICKPIN. The Fascist Czech party was active between 1941 to 1945. 11) CROATIAN H D LAPEL PIN. Croatian Fascist party lapel pin measuring 1 1/2 inches. 12) SMALL GOLD PARTY EAGLE STICKPIN. Gold colored party eagle commonly used on a tie. 13) DJ MARKSMAN'S BADGE M1/77. A approximately 22mm diameter, convex alloy badge, whose obverse features four concentric silver-washed rings against a black enamel background, to the center of which is affixed the single DJ sigrune, with crossed, silver-washed rifles behind it. The 9mm tall sigrune is in white enamel with a silver border. A horizontal pin-back device is crimped to a circular plate soldered to its reverse. Above the plate is embossed an RZM, "Reichszeugmeisterei" (National-material-control-office), logo and M1/77 Foerster & Barth of Pforzheim.

WWII HUNGARIAN PILOT BADGE & YOUTH BADGE LOT WW2

Lot #622 (Sale Order 690 of 784)

WWII Hungarian militaria lot to include 1) Rare Hungarian WWII Levente Youth Movement Badge. Rare Hungarian WWII Levente Youth Movement Badge. The movement was a paramilitary youth organization in Hungary in the interwar period from 1921-39. Levente was not openly fascist, but was compared to the Hitler Jugend and the Opera Nazionale Balille in Italy. Made of zinc based metal which has some oxidation. Very scarce badge to find. 2) WWII Hungarian Air Force Officer's Hat Badge in Bullion. This is a circa 1930s - World War II Hungarian Air Force officer's hat badge in bullion. This badge shows a eagle with a crown above.

WWII HUNGARIAN PARATROOPER BADGE St. LADISLAUS DIV

Lot #623 (Sale Order 691 of 784)

Original Hungarian Paratrooper badge of the St. Ladislaus Division. This badge is made of zinc with a crimped hinge and a vertical needle pin and C catch all intact. Badge measures 2 1/4 inches tall and in excellent condition. Unit History In October 1944, the Szent László Infantry Division was formed. Elements of the division saw action for the first time on 19 December when they were used as emergency troops to plug gaps in the front. This was just before the Battle of Budapest. The units engaged suffered heavy losses during the fighting in Hungary. The unit did not fight as a division until April, 1945. By then, it had received manpower from several other divisions to cover its earlier losses. The division continued to fight in northern Croatia and southern Austria until the end of the war. At that point, the division crossed the Carnic Alps and entered Carinthia where it surrendered to British forces. The personnel of the Szent László Infantry Division were allowed to keep their weapons until discussions between the British and Yugoslav partisans were settled. Subsequently, the division's remaining personnel were transferred to the regular prisoner of war camps in Germany. The Szent László Infantry Division was named for Saint László (also known as Ladislaus). Saint Laszlo was the King of Hungary from 1077 to 1095 and he was also the patron saint of military men and exiles.

WWII NAZI GERMAN STICKPIN LOT NSBO RKK LUFTWAFFE

Lot #624 (Sale Order 692 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Stickpin lot to include 1) Luftwaffe Membership Stickpin. Tombac and very high quality Luftwaffe Eagle clutching a canted swastika. 2) Reich's Culture Chamber Stickpin. This is one of the most sought-after and rare of all stickpins. It is for the Reichskulturkammer, RKK. This was the inner party organization that managed and directed, museums, art galleries, etc., in the world of Teutonic culture. This is extremely rare and one of the most beautifully designed pins of the Third Reich. This stickpin is well marked with the signature of the very famous firm of Deschler in Munich. It is also marked with the traditional "Ges. Gesch." 3) NSFK Stickpin. This is the stickpin for off-duty wear for a member of the NSFK (National Socialist Flying Corps). It is a beautifully crafted depiction of Icarus from Greek mythology. This was the symbol of the NSFK. 4) Deutsche Arbeits Front Stickpin. This was the National Work Organization that millions belonged to. The pin is Tombac and very high quality. 5) Organization for Air Travel Lapel Pin. This is the lapel pin for officials of the group that existed to promote travel by airplanes and zeppelins. It was formed by Hermann Göring in the 1930's. This organization had much influence with the aircraft industry. 6) Nazi German NSBO Membership Stickpin. The NSBO was a labor organization during the Third Reich. The stickpin featured here was issued to members of the group. The design consists of a hand clenching a hammer with a swastika in the center. A quarter gear is placed to the side of the hand. The letters NSBO are stamped along the gear. 7) Hitler Youth RJA Reichsjugend Sportabzeichen (National Youth Sports Badge) Stickpin. Maker marked badge on a knurled pin. 8) Wehrmacht Eagle Stickpin. This stick is in the shape of a Wehrmacht eagle. The bird looks to the viewer’s right and has half-opened wings. It clutches an open mobile swastika in it’s talons. 9) Swastika Lapel Pin. This Swastika Lapel Pin depicts a mobile swastika. It is apparently constructed of German Silver. A pin is soldered to the reverse, and is the type without serrations. 10) Reichsnährstand (National-food-estate) Stickpin Marked Ges Gesch Deschler U.S. MUNCH.

WWII NAZI GERMAN STICKPIN LOT SA RLB TENO DDAC DRC

Lot #625 (Sale Order 693 of 784)

WWII Nazi German Stickpin lot to include 1) TeNo MEMBER'S STICK PIN. A 22mm alloy and enamel lapel pin in the form of a black mobile swastika, on a red square base, with a fifteen cogged wheel to the center of the swastika, enclosing a stylized "TN". To the reverse is the 45mm rifled stick pin, above which is embossed "Ges. Gesch." (patent pending). Membership number is stamped below 42953. 2) SA MEMBER'S LAPEL PIN. A die-struck alloy insignia with bronze wash, featuring the SA runes. Diameter is 15mm. Reverse is marked "Ges." and "Gesch.," for "Gesetzlich Geschützt" (By-law Protected). Reverse is also RZM marked, "Reichszeugmeisterei" (National-material-control-office) and ‘26'. A 50mm long vertical pin is soldered to its reverse. 3) SA RESERVE MEMBER'S LAPEL PIN. (Aufschlagnadel) A die-struck, enamel and silver washed insignia, Marked "Ges." and "Gesch.," for "Gesetzlich Geschützt" (By-law Protected). A 40mm long vertical pin is crimped to its reverse. 4) 1934 DDAC HONOR LAPEL PIN. A silver and enamel lapel pin, in the form of a 16mm tall, vertical oval, along whose base extend sprays of laurels. Against the white enamel backdrop of the oval is a black, stylized eagle, articulated in silver, with "D.D.A.C.," also in silver, across its breast, and in whose talons is clutched the translucent red, circular surround to a black, mobile swastika. Both the swastika and its surround are also edged in silver. All enclosed by a dual oval, the innermost translucent red, the other black, each edged in silver. To the center of the spray of laurels to its base is a small rectangle with "1934," in black, against it. Extending from a circular base to the reverse is 50mm rifled pin. 5) WHW 1938 DSVB FUND RAISING STICK PIN. A 2cm x 2.5cm badge with a 5cm long pin re-soldered to the reverse. 6) NSRL/DRL MEMBERS’ STICKPIN. (NSRL Mitgliedabzeichen) An approximately 16mm square, stamped metal lapel pin, with a bronze wash, for members of the DRL, "Deutsches Reichsabzeichen für Leibesübungen". The pin takes the form of an eagle with a mobile swastika superimposed to its breast. Embossed to the reverse is "DRL" & "Ges.Gesch." and the stylized makers logo. Complete with original 50mm rifled pin. 7) DRK MEMBER'S STICKPIN. Die struck alloy lapel pin with a silver wash and black and red enamel paint. The stickpin features a 1938 pattern, black enamel eagle with silver washed accents and down-swept wings with a canted black swastika, on a silver washed diamond base, superimposed on its breast and a Greek style red enamel cross clutched in its talons. The reverse of the pin has embossed script, "GES. GESC"., indicating, Gesetzlich Geschützt, (Protected by Law) 8) RLB MEMBERSHIP STICKPIN. Die struck alloy construction, first pattern, (circa 1933-1938/39), RLB emblem, visor cap insignia with bright silver washed and mid-blue enameled finishes. Forty-eight point, silver washed, sunburst pattern with the superimposed, stylized, mid-blue enameled, initials, "RLB" to the center, positioned above a small, canted, mid-blue, enameled, swastika. Original pin-back device complete. Marked to the reverse. 9) NS-HAGO MEMBERSHIP STICKPIN. Early quality with nickel silver finish with black swastika. Shows light age and wear. 10) CIVILIAN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES LAPEL BADGE. Die struck, zinc construction, civilian members lapel badge. The badge features a roughly 23mm diameter, circular outer border encompassing a cut-out, stylized eagles head in profile flanked by stylized Gothic letters, "WG", indicating, Werhmacht Gefolge, (Armed Forces Retinue), with a small, canted swastika to the bottom center. The reverse of the badge is well marked with embossed designers name and location, ""Fec.O. Placzeck Berlin", and the manufacturers name and location, "Ausf. C. E. Junker Berlin". The badge comes complete with a soldered, vertical rifled pin on a circular base plate.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LOT NARVIK SHIELD SERVICE MEDALS

Lot #626 (Sale Order 694 of 784)

WWII Nazi German medals lot to include 1) NARVIK CAMPAIGN SHIELD. Die stamped, alloy/zic (Type 2) construction, shield featuring an embossed, stylized, national eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a wreathed, static swastika in its talons, to the top center, positioned above the embossed script, "Narvik 1940", an edelweiss flower and a crossed propeller and anchor. The edelweiss, propeller and anchor represent the Heer Gebirgsjäger, (Army Mountain troops), the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe respectively, that participated in the victory at Narvik. The shield is mounted on a cut-out field-grey wool base with an alloy backing plate with paper backing. 2) POLIZEI EIGHTEEN YEAR LONG SERVICE AWARD. Second class, die struck alloy construction award with bright nickel/silver plated and frosted white finishes for eighteen years service. The award is in the form of a Pattée style cross with a central, vertically oval, centerpiece. The obverse centerpiece features an embossed oak-leaf wreath encompassing a national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika on a smooth background field. The eagle’s wings extended beyond the oak-leaf wreath onto the horizontal arms of the cross. The reverse centerpiece has embossed, block Latin script, "Für Treue Dienst in der Polizei", (For Loyal Service in the Police), also on a smooth background field. The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with a smooth, raised, outer border edging. The ribbon suspension ring and medal loop are both intact. The award comes with a complete ribbon assembly. 3) FOUR YEAR LONG SERVICE MEDAL. Silver washed, die struck, sheet metal construction, fourth class award for four years service, features an embossed Wehrmacht, (Armed Forces), style eagle with down swept wings, clutching a canted, swastika in it’s talons, encompassed by Gothic script, "Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht" (Loyal Service in the Armed Forces), on a smooth background field to the obverse. The reverse has a large embossed numeral, "4" to the center encompassed by an embossed, circular, oak-leaf wreath. Single parade mount with original pin back device. 4) FORTY YEAR FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION. Die struck alloy, first class award with a fire gilt finish and black enamel work. The decoration is in the form of a cross Pattée with an embossed circular oak-leaf wreath extending between the arms of the cross. The center of the cross has a square plate with a black enameled static swastika to the obverse and embossed Gothic script to the reverse, "Für treue Dienste", (For Loyal Service). The arms of the cross have a slightly textured background field with smooth, dual stepped, raised outer edges. The fire gilt finish and the black enamel are both fully intact and the decoration is still very bright and clean. The ribbon suspension ring and loop are both intact. The decoration comes complete with an original piece of ribbed, moiré, cornflower blue ribbon

WWII NAZI GERMAN WEHRMACHT INSIGNIA LOT NSKK WW2

Lot #627 (Sale Order 695 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) SILVER WOUND BADGE MARKED 30. 1939 pattern solid backed badge with a silver wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of a M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. The reverse of the badge is well marked with the embossed, manufacturer’s numerical code, "30" indicating manufacture by Hauptmünzamt of Wien, (Chief Mint Vienna). 2) SILVER WOUND BADGE. 1939 pattern, die struck, alloy construction, solid backed badge with a silver wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of a M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. Complete pin and catch assembly. Badge is unmarked. 3) BLACK WOUND BADGE. 1939 pattern, die stamped, tombak construction, hollow backed badge with a black wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of an M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. The reverse of the badge is a mirror image of the obverse and has a crimped, soldered hinge, a thin, round, vertical pin and catch all intact. 4) WEHRMACHT OFFICER'S WHITE SUMMER TUNIC BREAST EAGLE. Nicely detailed, nickle/silver plated, die stamped, alloy construction, national breast eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons. The eagle shows nice detailing and the reverse is a mirror image of the obverse. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. 5) OFFICER'S BREAST EAGLE. Hand embroidered, national breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons in bright, silver/aluminum bullion and wire threads with accent threads mounted on a cut-out dark blue/green badge cloth base. Removed from a uniform. 6) NSKK SLEEVE EAGLE. The insignia is comprised of a machine woven, silver/aluminum flat-wire thread NSKK eagle and swastika beneath an arching banner reading "N.S.K.K.". Size 95mm x 50mm. This insignia was originally worn on the upper right sleeve until late 1938 or early 1939 when it was transferred to the upper left sleeve. Still retains the original RZM tag. 7) WEHRMACHT EM/NCO'S BELT BUCKLE. Early, (circa 1936-1940), injection molded construction, natural aluminum box buckle with a pebbled background field and a slightly domed, embossed central motif. The central motif features an embossed Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings on a subtly pebbled field to the center, encompassed by an embossed oak-leaf cluster to the bottom and script, "Gott Mit Uns", (God with Us), to the top. The oak-leaf cluster and script are on a ribbed background field and are encircled by both an inner and outer simulated twisted rope border. The reverse has the integral, raised, slotted buckle catch and separate prong bar and prongs all intact.

WWII BAYONET LOT OF 11 GERMAN BRITISH SIAM ITALIAN

Lot #628 (Sale Order 696 of 784)

Military bayonet lot to include 1) WWII Nazi German K98 bayonet with leather frog. Roughly 25cm long, drop forged, steel construction blade with wide fullers. Blade retains about most of it's original blueing. Maker marked 41 cof Scabbard and blade do not match. Bakelite grip. Stud functions well. Comes with a nice leather frog. 2) WWII Nazi German K98 bayonet. Roughly 25cm long, drop forged, steel construction blade with wide fullers. Blade retains about most of it's original blueing. Maker marked 44 asw Scabbard and blade do not match. Bakelite grip. Stud functions well. Very Good. 3) WWII Nazi German K98 bayonet. Roughly 25cm long, drop forged, steel construction blade with wide fullers. Blade retains about most of it's original blueing. Maker marked 41 ddl Scabbard and blade do not match. Bakelite grip. Stud functions well. Excellent. 4) Knife bayonet for use on the 8 mm. Hakim self-loading rifle. The Hakim is a variation of the 6.5 mm Swedish AG42b Ljungman rifle. The Hakim bayonet is closely patterned after the Swedish M1896 bayonet. However, it has a conventional tang and wood grip scales to provide added clearance for the Hakim's muzzle brake. 5) WWII Japanese type 30 Bayonet. Excellent condition type 30 bayonet with straight quillon, curved pommel and blued blade made by Toyoda Jidoshoki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works) under Nagoya supervision. Near Mint. 6) The No. 4 Mk. II was a simplified version, eliminating the milling cuts required to create the cruciform blade flutes. The No. 4 Mk. II was otherwise identical to the Mk. I, with the bayonet and socket one solid forging. Three firms produced the No. 4 Mk. II: Singer in Scotland, the Savage Stevens Co. in the USA, and Long Branch in Canada. The No. 4 Mk. II was, by far, the most numerous variant, with over 3.3 million units produced. This example is near mint with the scabbard. 7) Yugoslavian Model 1924 Mauser Bayonet. Sword bayonet for use with the 8 mm. Yugoslavian M1924 Mauser Short Rifle, closely patterned after the FN M1924 short rifle and was produced by Preduzece 44. 8) M1891 Italian Bayonet. This example was made at Fabbrica D'Armi Di Terni (Firearms Manufacturing of Terni) and has a ribbed steel scabbard. 9) Czech VZ23 Bayonet with Scabbard and Frog. Czechoslavakian VZ23 bayonet adapted for use on German G33/40 mountain rifle. Bayonet is in very good condition, with 95% bluing on blade and scabbard. SN matching on scabbard and bayonet. "dot" stamped on ricasso opposite SN. Overall very good example. 10) Siam (now Thailand) Type 45 Bayonet with Scabbard 11) British Jungle Carbine Bayonet with Scabbard. Correct bowie blade bayonet for the Enfield No. 5 carbine. Blades marked “RFI” – Rifle Factory Ishapore. Complete with steel scabbard.

WWII RUSSIAN GYMNASTIORKA SHIRT & TROUSERS WW2

Lot #629 (Sale Order 697 of 784)

Olive drab, heavy cotton twill construction with long sleeves and button cuffs. The shirt features a vertical, three button, front closure plaquet and a stand up collar. The shirt has two patch breast pockets with scalloped edged, button down flaps. To each shoulder is sewn a loop for the shoulder strap, as well a reinforced stitched button hole with opening that allows the shoulder board to be attached by using a button and string. The fabric is made of heavy cotton, along with buttons, are used to construct this Gymnastioka shirt with an additional two buttons inside the breast pocket to be used when attaching the shoulder boards. The chest measures approximately 44". Also matching set of trousers that are nicely marked to the interior are are roughly a size 34 waist

WWII EARLY 14th AIR FORCE AVG PILOT WING GROUPING

Lot #630 (Sale Order 698 of 784)

WWII Early CBI Pilot grouping consisting of 1) Chinese Numbered Pilot's Wing measuring 2 5/8 and numbered to the reverse 539 2) large 14th Air Force zinc badge measuring 2 1/8 inches with a small chip taken out of the edge. 3) CBI Pilot's ring in silver. 4) WWII Nationalist Chinese Sun Hat Badge. 5) Cloth set of Theater made US and Wing and Prop devices. 6) 14th Air Force Patch DI. 7) Sweetheart flag pin with Republic of China Flag, English Union Jack, American Flag and finally the Soviet Union.

WWII NAZI GERMAN INSIGNIA LOT KM HEER PANZER WW2

Lot #631 (Sale Order 699 of 784)

WWII Nazi German insignia to include 1) WWII German Nazi Panzer Beret Wreath & Cockade Taken From Album. Early pattern, (circa 1934-1939), insignia consists of a machine woven, black rayon base featuring a machine woven oak-leave wreath in white threads encompassing a woven, national tri-color cockade with a black outer edge, a white roundel and a red center dot. This insignia has glue residue to the reverse and has been removed from an album. 2) WWII Nazi German Wehrmacht Flat Wire Officer's Wreath & Cockade For Assault Beret or Crusher Hat. Early pattern, (circa 1934-1939), insignia consists of a machine woven, green rayon base featuring a machine woven oak-leave wreath in silver wire threads encompassing a woven, national tri-color cockade with a black outer edge, a white roundel and a red center dot. 3) WWII Nazi German Wehrmacht Flat Wire Officer's Wreath & Cockade For Assault Beret or Crusher Hat. Early pattern, (circa 1934-1939), insignia consists of a machine woven, green rayon base featuring a machine woven oak-leave wreath in silver wire threads encompassing a woven, national tri-color cockade with a black outer edge, a white roundel and a red center dot. 4) Second Pattern Generals ranks, visor cap wreath and national tri-color cockade. The insignia consists of a nicely detailed, stamped, high relief, opened top, fire gilded, alloy oak-leaf wreath. 5) Second Pattern Generals ranks, visor cap wreath and national tri-color cockade. The insignia consists of a nicely detailed, stamped, high relief, opened top, fire gilded, alloy oak-leaf wreath. 6) WWII Nazi German Heer Wreath and Cockade. Second pattern, (circa March 1935-May 1945), EM/NCO’s visor cap wreath and national tri-color cockade. The insignia consists of a nicely detailed, stamped, high relief, opened top, silver washed, aluminum oak-leaf wreath with six small acorns and a separate highly vaunted, three piece, national tri-color cockade. The cockade features a black, fluted, stamped alloy base, a silver washed, alloy roundel, and an red wool centerpiece. One pin is missing. 7) 5 Visor Cap Cockades. Three are complete while two are missing pins. 8) Kriegsmarine Officers Breast Eagle. Stamped alloy national eagle with spread wings and a fire gilted finish. Wingspan is roughly 9.5cm from tip to tip. Eagle shows nice detailing and reverse is a mirror image of obverse. Reverse with solid, soldered hinge, thin round horizontal pin and original catch all intact. Reverse of eagle also has a vertical retaining prong to wreath. Unmarked example. 9) Wehrmacht EM/NCO Visor Cap Eagles. Two, Second pattern, (Circa March 1935-May 1945) aluminum construction national eagles with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons. One eagle is missing a single prong and the other eagle is completely missing it's prongs.

WWII RAF BRITISH AIRCRAFT ROUNDEL OR COCKADE WW2

Lot #632 (Sale Order 700 of 784)

WWII RAF Royal Air Force aviation cockade or roundel Type A.2 measuring 35 inches and being made doped fabric and in very good condition. Britain used several cloth covered aircraft so I have no idea which one this is taken from.

WWII JAPANESE SURRENDER PHOTOS AT LE SHIMA 1945

Lot #633 (Sale Order 701 of 784)

WWII Japanese Peace Envoy held a Le Shima 1945. These are 6 original photos of that meeting nicely framed measuring 14 1/2 X 17 1/4 inches. The delegation of 16 military and civilian representatives disembarked from the 2 bombers and assembled in the shade, under the wing of an American C-54 Skymaster transport plane. There they were addressed by the island American commanders who briefed them about the forthcoming flight to the Philippines to meet with military representatives for General Douglas MacArthur. The Japanese delegation then boarded the C-54 for the trip to Manila, there to receive the terms for Allied occupation of the Japanese homeland and formal Japanese surrender. The crew of the two Bettys were detained overnight on Ie Shima until the surrender delegation returned from Manila the following day.

WWII US ARMY M1 GARAND BAYONET LOT OF 2 WW2

Lot #634 (Sale Order 702 of 784)

WWII US Army M1 Rifle bayonet lot to include 1) WWII M1 GARAND BAYONET MADE BY AFH. World War Two M1 Garand bayonet with the ricasso stamped AFH ( American Fork & Hoe ) over "US" and ordnance escutcheon. 10" uncut parkerized blade with black bakelite grips. very good - excellent. 2) WWII M1 GARAND BAYONET MADE BY UFH. World War Two M1 Garand bayonet with the ricasso stamped UFH 1942 ( Union Fork & Hoe ) over "US" and ordnance escutcheon. 10" cut parkerized blade with black bakelite grips. very good - excellent. History Development French Canadian-born Garand went to work at the United States Army's Springfield Armory and began working on a .30 caliber primer actuated blowback Model 1919 prototype. In 1924, twenty-four rifles, identified as "M1922s", were built at Springfield. At Fort Benning during 1925, they were tested against models by Berthier, Hatcher-Bang, Thompson, and Pedersen, the latter two being delayed blowback types. This led to a further trial of an improved "M1924" Garand against the Thompson, ultimately producing an inconclusive report. As a result, the Ordnance Board ordered a .30-06 Garand variant. In March 1927, the cavalry board reported trials among the Thompson, Garand, and 03 Springfield had not led to a clear winner. This led to a gas-operated .276 (7 mm) model (patented by Garand on 12 April 1930). In early 1928, both the infantry and cavalry boards ran trials with the .276 Pedersen T1 rifle, calling it "highly promising" (despite its use of waxed ammunition, shared by the Thompson). On 13 August 1928, a semiautomatic rifle board (SRB) carried out joint Army, Navy, and Marine Corps trials between the .30 Thompson, both cavalry and infantry versions of the T1 Pedersen, "M1924" Garand, and .256 Bang, and on 21 September, the board reported no clear winner. The .30 Garand, however, was dropped in favor of the .276. Further tests by the SRB in July 1929, which included rifle designs by Browning, Colt–Browning, Garand, Holek, Pedersen, Rheinmetall, Thompson, and an incomplete one by White, led to a recommendation that work on the (dropped) .30 gas-operated Garand be resumed, and a T1E1 was ordered 14 November 1929. Twenty gas-operated .276 T3E2 Garands were made and competed with T1 Pedersen rifles in early 1931. The .276 Garand was the clear winner of these trials. The .30 caliber Garand was also tested, in the form of a single T1E1, but was withdrawn with a cracked bolt on 9 October 1931. A 4 January 1932 meeting recommended adoption of the .276 caliber and production of approximately 125 T3E2s. Meanwhile, Garand redesigned his bolt and his improved T1E2 rifle was retested. The day after the successful conclusion of this test, Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur personally disapproved any caliber change, in part because there were extensive existing stocks of .30 M1 ball ammunition. On 25 February 1932, Adjutant General John B. Shuman, speaking for the Secretary of War, ordered work on the rifles and ammunition in .276 caliber cease immediately and completely, and all resources be directed toward identification and correction of deficiencies in the Garand .30 caliber. On 3 August 1933, the T1E2 became the "semi-automatic rifle, caliber 30, M1". In May 1934, 75 M1s went to field trials; 50 went to infantry, 25 to cavalry units. Numerous problems were reported, forcing the rifle to be modified, yet again, before it could be recommended for service and cleared for procurement on 7 November 1935, then standardized 9 January 1936. The first production model was successfully proof-fired, function-fired, and fired for accuracy on July 21, 1937. Production difficulties delayed deliveries to the Army until September 1937. Machine production began at Springfield Armory that month at a rate of ten rifles per day, and reached an output of 100 per day within two years. Despite going into production status, design issues were not at an end. The barrel, gas cylinder, and front sight assembly were redesigned and entered production in early 1940. Existing "gas-trap" rifles were recalled and retrofitted, mirroring problems with the earlier M1903 Springfield rifle that also had to be recalled and reworked approximately three years into production and foreshadowing rework of the M16 rifle at a similar point in its development. Production of the Garand increased in 1940 despite these difficulties, reaching 600 a day by 10 January 1941, and the Army was fully equipped by the end of 1941. Following the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Winchester was awarded an "educational" production contract for 65,000 rifles, with deliveries beginning in 1943. Service use The M1 Garand was made in large numbers during World War II; approximately 5.4 million were made. They were used by every branch of the United States military. The rifle generally performed well. General George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised."

WWII FASCIST ITALIAN AIR FORCE OFFICER SWORD

Lot #635 (Sale Order 703 of 784)

World War Two Italian officer's dress sword with eagle head pommel and feathered wing guard design with propeller shaped scabbard release button on the guard. Double etched 30" blade, 35" overall length. Black grips show minimal wear. Scabbard present and is straight. Very good.

WWII JAPANESE TYPE 90 NAVAL LANDING FORCE HELMET

Lot #636 (Sale Order 704 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese Naval Landing Forces combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJN metal Anchor affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Decent field worn example.

WWII JAPANESE IJA LIEUTENANT’S FULL DRESS CAP WW2

Lot #637 (Sale Order 705 of 784)

An officer’s black wool full dress cap, comprised of a one-piece circular crown, a two-piece body, a one-piece center band, and a black lacquered visor. The crown is ringed with golden tress, and has a five-pointed star, of gilt tress, sewn to its center. The body rises and then folds down towards the crown, and has vertical golden tress to each of its cardinal points. A horizontal band of golden tress masks the dividing line between the body and center band, into which the vertical tress disappears. There are a two rows of horizontal tress for the rank of Lieutenant. Affixed over these and the forward seam line of the body is a golden-colored alloy "sun," 15mm in diameter, from which extends eight long and eight short "rays," with smaller rays between them, creating an outside diameter of 55mm. Chinstrap and buttons show the typical mum (one missing). The blackened visor has a reinforcing, blackened edge sewn to it, and is smooth to its upper face, and textured to its lower. The interior is lined in black silk, with original makers name. Sweatband is complete and in good condition. Excellent

WWII JAPANESE WOUND BADGE, ROSETTE, LACQUER BOX

Lot #637b (Sale Order 706 of 784)

Small grouping of insignia and equipment from a WWII Japanese soldier. Includes a WWII Japanese Wound Badge in the original presentation case; a WWII Japanese Time Expired Imperial Army veteran badge - two piece construction with a silver star, badge, and red and white rosette, also in the original box of issue with paper tag inside, and a small lacquer hand-painted box approximately 5.5" x 3.5" x 1.25" with the "meatball" and "rising sun" peacetime and wartime Japanese flags on the front. The box has some damage to the lid. Also includes drawstring personal effects bag, meant to collect the personal effects of wounded or killed soldiers for safekeeping. The lacquered box is unsigned, all other pieces have kanji japanese characters on them. The badges are in excellent condition and appear unworn. The bag shows age but very little wear, and the box has damage to the lid and corners. Very Good - Excellent

WWII JAPANESE TYPE 90 NAVY MARINE COMBAT HELMET

Lot #638 (Sale Order 707 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJN metal anchor affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Decent field worn example.

WWII JAPANESE ARMY KNEE MORTAR TYPE 89 WW2

Lot #639 (Sale Order 708 of 784)

WWII Japanese Demilled Type 89 Grenade Launcher, complete. This matching weapon is numbered 1260 on the firing ring, base and the sight adjustment and retains most of the original blueing. This grenade launcher has been demilled in the correct fashion with a hole being cut in in the side of the tube and a bar has been welded in place so a projectile cannot be loaded. Excellent Background The Japanese Army, noting that grenades were short-ranged weapons, began efforts to optimize these weapons for close-in infantry fighting. After studying employment of grenades and mortars on the battlefield, the Japanese Army developed hand grenades, rifle grenades, and grenade/mortar shell dischargers (small mortars) suited to warfare in typical short-range combat environments such as urban, trench, and jungle warfare. As part of this effort, the Japanese Army had adopted by 1932 a set of fragmentation grenades with almost universal adaptability. The Type 91 fragmentation grenade could be thrown by hand, fired from a spigot-type launcher, or used in a mortar-like grenade discharger, the Type 89. Design and operation The Type 89 Heavy Grenade Discharger was adopted in 1929 but production did not begin until 1932. It differs from the earlier Type 10 grenade discharger in that it has a rifled barrel. The Type 89 could fire two types of grenades or shells: the Type 91 Grenade, which was a normal infantry fragmentation grenade adapted to the Type 89 discharger, and the Type 89 50 mm shell, which was an impact-detonated shell with considerably more explosive power. When fired from the Type 89 discharger, the Type 91 fragmentation grenade was fitted with a propellant base and time fuse. It did not explode upon contact, but was designed to ignite its fuse while in flight. A weak creep spring inside the grenade firing mechanism allowed the firing pin to be thrown back upon launching, igniting a time fuse with a 7-8 second delay. Using this system, the Type 91 grenades could be launched through jungle cover or through small openings without the danger of premature detonation in the event the grenade struck an object on its way to the target. Although the Type 89 could be fired by a single person, it was typically operated with a crew of 3, enabling it to reach a rate of fire of about 25 rounds per minute. The Type 89 discharger could also be used with a more powerful impact-detonated shell approaching the power of a light mortar. Weighing approximately two pounds (approx. 900 g), it was known as the Type 89 50mm shell, and was made in high explosive (HE), incendiary and smoke variants. To fire the shell (which had a nose-mounted impact fuse that detonated on contact), it was dropped base-down inside the tube of the discharger. By setting the Type 89 discharger at a fixed angle of 45 degrees, and varying distance to target by adjusting the size of a variable chamber space inside the discharger mechanism (see also the Granatnik wz. 36), soldiers could adjust fire onto multiple targets at varying ranges while firing the contact-detonated 50 mm shell through a single small clearing in the jungle canopy. The method worked equally well when firing from deep trenches or pits, or between various building obstructions when fighting inside a built-up town or city. With its curved support plate, the Type 89 was designed to be placed on the ground or against a log or trunk at a fixed firing angle of 45 degrees. However, since it used a spring-loaded, lanyard-operated firing pin mechanism, in an emergency it could fire grenades or shells at point targets while braced horizontally against a tree or building. Combat use The Type 89 discharger saw service at the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War. During World War II, the weapon was used effectively against the Allied defenders during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. It also saw service in Burma and the Pacific islands. Japanese Navy paratroopers carried special containers for the Type 89 clipped to their harnesses to provide fire support right on the landing zone. Allied troops quickly learned to take cover when they heard the weapon's "pop" when launching its grenades or shells, in some cases from more than 200 yd (180 m) away. After World War II the Type 89 was used by Indonesian National Army and militias against Dutch forces in the Indonesian National Revolution,[7] with copies of the weapon manufactured in Demakijo, Yogyakarta.[citation needed] Others were used by Communist forces during Chinese Civil War and Korean War. Some were also used by the Vi?t Minh during First Indochina War and by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

JAPANESE NAVY KATANA SWORD CONTEMPORARY

Lot #639a (Sale Order 709 of 784)

Contemporary WW2 style navy katana with 24" cutting edge. Bright blade has light pitting and may be an older blade. No visible hamon. The tang is unsigned. Mounts, saya, and tsuka are contemporary. Nice afordable display item. Very Good-Excellent

JAPANESE KATANA SWORD, SIGNED TANG

Lot #639b (Sale Order 710 of 784)

Nice early katana with 27" cutting edge. Bright blade has active hamon. Tang is nicely signed on one side. The iron tsuba has simple light etched decoration on both sides. Tsuka has ray skin grip that is wrapped in silk. The fuchi and kashira have matching designs. The wood saya retains most of the original black lacquer with some wear. A nice example. very Good-Excellent

JAPANESE KATANA SWORD, SIGNED TANG

Lot #639c (Sale Order 711 of 784)

Showa period katana with Shin Gunto mounts. Blade has a 26 1/2" cutting edge. The blade shows wear and scattered light pitting. Active hamon is visible. Signed on both sides of the tang. The kashira is signed by the maker on one side. Saya and tsuka have the leather combat covers. Very Good

JAPANESE WWII SHI GUNTO KATANA SWORD

Lot #639d (Sale Order 712 of 784)

The katana has a 25 1/2" cutting edge. Blade has wear and light pitting with visible active hamon. Unsigned tang. Has Shin Gunto mounts and saya has leather combat cover. Includes a cloth katana bukuro. Very Good

JAPANESE WAKIZASHI SHORT SWORD, CIRCA 1600'S

Lot #639e (Sale Order 713 of 784)

The wakizashi has a 15" cutting edge. The blade is bright with scattered light pitting and some edge wear. Straight hamon is visible. Two hole tang is unsigned. Tsuba is copper and kashira is missing. Nice wood saya has most of the original colorful lacquer present. There is a slot for a kogatana knife. Very Good

JAPANESE KATANA SWORD

Lot #639f (Sale Order 714 of 784)

Japanese katana sword wih plain iron mounts and leather covered saya. 35 1/2" blade with long two holed unsigned tang. Cutting edge is about 25 1/4". Traces of a straight hamon are visible, Blade is bright but has rubs and scratches as well as scattered edge nicks. Tsuba, kashira and fuchi are plain iron. The habaki is one piece brass. The tsuka has ray skin grip covered in tied silk. Good-Very Good

WWII JAPANESE ARMY IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET WW2

Lot #640 (Sale Order 715 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Decent field worn example.

WWII JAPANESE KNEE MORTAR & GRENADE WW2

Lot #641 (Sale Order 716 of 784)

WWII Japanese Mortar and Grenade lot to include 1) INERT WWII Japanese Type 97 hand grenade with original fuze assembly and string. History and development The Type 97 was developed from the earlier Type 91 Grenade which could also be used as a fragmentation hand grenade, but was predominately used as munitions for the Type 10, and Type 89 grenade launchers. For this reason, it had less explosive power and a relatively longer delay time than a dedicated manual hand grenade. To address these issues, the Army Technical Bureau developed a new design in 1937. Design The Type 97 had the same principles as most of fragmentation grenades of the period: a grooved 'pineapple-shaped' segmented body which dispersed sharp pieces of shrapnel when it exploded. Operation was accomplished by first screwing down the firing pin, so that it protruded from the base of the striker. Then the safety pin was removed by pulling the cord to which it was attached; the protective cap which covered the striker was removed. A sharp blow against a hard surface, such as a rock or combat helmet would overcome a creep spring and crush a thin brass cap, allowing the pin to hit the primer and initiate the delay sequence before throwing at the target. However, in comparison with Allied hand grenades of the period, the explosive force of the Type 97 was weaker and, due to lack of an automatic ignition mechanism, the grenade in practice was found to be unreliable and even dangerous to use because of its inaccurate fuse. Physically, the Type 97 was almost indistinguishable from the Type 91, except that it had no attachment on the base for a propellant canister. Paper labels with ink-stamped fill dates warned of the shorter 4-5 second delay. 2) INERT WWII Japanese Type 89 "Knee" mortar round. Very Good Background The Japanese Army, noting that grenades were short-ranged weapons, began efforts to optimize these weapons for close-in infantry fighting. After studying employment of grenades and mortars on the battlefield, the Japanese Army developed hand grenades, rifle grenades, and grenade/mortar shell dischargers (small mortars) suited to warfare in typical short-range combat environments such as urban, trench, and jungle warfare. As part of this effort, the Japanese Army had adopted by 1932 a set of fragmentation grenades with almost universal adaptability. The Type 91 fragmentation grenade could be thrown by hand, fired from a spigot-type launcher, or used in a mortar-like grenade discharger, the Type 89. Design and operation The Type 89 Heavy Grenade Discharger was adopted in 1929 but production did not begin until 1932. It differs from the earlier Type 10 grenade discharger in that it has a rifled barrel. The Type 89 could fire two types of grenades or shells: the Type 91 Grenade, which was a normal infantry fragmentation grenade adapted to the Type 89 discharger, and the Type 89 50 mm shell, which was an impact-detonated shell with considerably more explosive power. When fired from the Type 89 discharger, the Type 91 fragmentation grenade was fitted with a propellant base and time fuse. It did not explode upon contact, but was designed to ignite its fuse while in flight. A weak creep spring inside the grenade firing mechanism allowed the firing pin to be thrown back upon launching, igniting a time fuse with a 7-8 second delay. Using this system, the Type 91 grenades could be launched through jungle cover or through small openings without the danger of premature detonation in the event the grenade struck an object on its way to the target. Although the Type 89 could be fired by a single person, it was typically operated with a crew of 3, enabling it to reach a rate of fire of about 25 rounds per minute. The Type 89 discharger could also be used with a more powerful impact-detonated shell approaching the power of a light mortar. Weighing approximately two pounds (approx. 900 g), it was known as the Type 89 50mm shell, and was made in high explosive (HE), incendiary and smoke variants. To fire the shell (which had a nose-mounted impact fuse that detonated on contact), it was dropped base-down inside the tube of the discharger. By setting the Type 89 discharger at a fixed angle of 45 degrees, and varying distance to target by adjusting the size of a variable chamber space inside the discharger mechanism (See also the Granatnik wz. 36), soldiers could adjust fire onto multiple targets at varying ranges while firing the contact-detonated 50 mm shell through a single small clearing in the jungle canopy. The method worked equally well when firing from deep trenches or pits, or between various building obstructions when fighting inside a built-up town or city. With its curved support plate, the Type 89 was designed to be placed on the ground or against a log or trunk at a fixed firing angle of 45 degrees.

WWII IJN TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET WITH LINER WW2 NAVY

Lot #642 (Sale Order 717 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJN metal Anchor affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Very solid example

WWII IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET WITH LINER WW2

Lot #643 (Sale Order 718 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. Missing the chinstrap. Very solid example

WWII IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET WITH LINER WW2

Lot #644 (Sale Order 719 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Very solid example

TYPE 89 JAPANESE NAVY PILOT SEAT PACK PARACHUTE

Lot #645 (Sale Order 720 of 784)

This is an original WWII Type 89 Japanese Navy pilots seat parachute dated 1943. Pack is in excellent condition with static lines just needing the silk and harness. Excellent

WWII JAPANESE NAVY MARINE PARATROOPER PARACHUTE

Lot #646 (Sale Order 721 of 784)

Superb and EXTRAORDINARILY RARE example of a WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Type 1 Airborne Commando Parachute! Unlike the more common Pilot Seat and Back Parachutes, this was ONLY used by the Marine Airborne Paratroopers of the Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF/Rikusentai)! This set is complete , just needs to be repacked.

VIETNAM USED RUSSIAN MADE RPG-2 WITH SIGHT

Lot #647 (Sale Order 722 of 784)

INERT CUT RPG-2 with correct scope, this was a mainstay used by the communist during the Vietnam War. The launcher is de-milled with a warhead that is been demilled. This particular launcher was Russian made. The scope is Russian made and comes with a later made round carrier with extra warhead. Excellent PG-2 HEAT projectile The RPG-2 anti tank grenade launcher is a simple 40 millimeter steel tube into which the PG-2 grenade is fitted. The tail boom of the grenade inserts into the launcher. The diameter of the PG-2 warhead is 80mm. The center section of the tube has a thin wooden covering to protect the user from the heat generated by the grenade launch. The wooden covering also makes using the weapon in extreme cold conditions easier. The total length of the weapon with a grenade fitted was 120 centimeters (47 inches) and it weighed 4.48 kilograms (9.8 pounds). Only a simple iron sight was provided for aiming. Only one type of grenade, the PG-2 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank), was used in the RPG-2. The propellant, consisting of granulated powder was in a rolled cardboard case treated with wax that had to be attached to the grenade before loading. Once attached to the propellant charge, the grenade was inserted into the smooth-bore launcher from the front. A tab on the body of the grenade indexes in a notch cut in the tube so that the primer in the propelling charge aligns with the firing pin and hammer mechanism. To fire the RPG-2, the grenadier cocked an external hammer with his thumb, aimed, and pulled the trigger to fire. Upon launch, six stabilizer fins unfolded from the grenade. The weapon was accurate, depending on the soldier's experience, against stationary targets up to 150 meters and against moving targets at ranges of less than 100 meters. It had a muzzle velocity of 84 meters per second and could penetrate armor up to 180 millimeters (7.17 inches) thick.

WWII JAPANESE WAIST CUT FLIGHT JACKET WW2

Lot #648 (Sale Order 723 of 784)

Japanese WWII Flight Jacket. This is produced in a waterproof brown cotton rayon blend material that is in excellent condition. There is a five button closure with an additional button at the neck. There are vertical pockets running up and down each side of the closure seam. These have heavy duty zippers that function properly. There are also zippers at the cuffs. The interior is unlined. Scarce and desirable!

WWII JAPANESE IJN NAVY PILOT’S WINTER FLIGHT SUIT

Lot #649 (Sale Order 724 of 784)

Olive drab rayon one-piece flight suit, as introduced in 1937. It has a zippered vertical front closure, with a hook and eye to its top, and a four-buttonholed fly to the left side the zipper. The latter mates with four large buttons to the right side of the closure. Its lay-down fur collar has two smaller buttons to its left underside through which a horizontal tab is attached which, when unfastened from the farther button, swivels forward to mate with an identical button to the right underside of the collar. An approximately 8cm x 6.5cm patch is sewn to the left breast. Underneath it is a roughly oval-shaped patch pocket whose vertical closure is fastened by a button identical to those found under the collar. A vertical belt loop is to each hip and the center of the back. Vertical slashes are to each hip, each with small wooden button closures, allowing access to the interior. A two-button vertical fly is beneath the zippered front closure. To the front of both thighs are pleated patch pockets with scalloped flaps, again with small wooden buttons. The cuffs of each sleeve and to the base of each leg have zipper closures with wind flaps. All of the zippers still function perfectly. The interior is fully lined in black quilted cotton. Roughly a size 42. Excellent example.

WWII US M20 BAZOOKA 3.5 INCH ROCKET LAUNCHER

Lot #650 (Sale Order 725 of 784)

Shoulder-fired 3.5" rocket launcher, known as the M20 A1 "Super Bazooka" - includes original sight with working reticle and crosshairs and wooden case. This bazooka has been "demilled" and will not fire. Measures approximately 70" long from end to end. The cocking mechanism and trigger are operational. Barrel section comes apart for easier carrying and transporation. The M20 Super Bazooka was developed during the Korean War. Exhibits storage wear, and, as part of the demilling process it has had a large hole cut in the side of the barrel. This one is serial numbered 236948 Very Good

WWII JAPANESE ARMY WINTER FLIGHT SUIT IJA WW2

Lot #651 (Sale Order 726 of 784)

A fur-lined, medium brown cotton one-piece flight suit, as introduced in 1937. It has a zippered vertical front closure, with a single button and button-holed tab to its top and four button French fly to the right of the main zipper. Its fur-lined, lay-down collar has two buttons to its left underside through each of which are fed triple button-holed tabs which mate with corresponding dual buttons under the right collar. Another button may also be seen positioned further back on the left underside of the collar. All of the buttons to the angled French fly and to the zig-zag stitched underside of the fur-lined collar. A large patch pocket is to each breast, each with a vertical zipper under a French fly next to the front closure. A 7.5cm tall tunnel loop for a belt runs along the reverse of the waist, ending above each hip, with leather reinforcing to the left hip. Zippered vertical slashes are to each hip, allowing access to the interior. To the front of both thighs are fur-lined, pleated patch pockets whose top openings are diagonally angled. The cuffs of each sleeve and to the base of each leg have zipper closures with wind flaps. The chest measures approximately 36". Very Good example.

WWII JAPANESE ARMY WINTER FLIGHT SUIT PARKA WW2

Lot #652 (Sale Order 727 of 784)

WWII Japanese Flight Suit Parka. The jacket is brown canvas one piece with zippered slash pockets, zippered cuffs at ankles and arms, a snap pocket on the backside, open pockets on the thighs, zippered map pockets on each side of the chest, and button-fly. All zippers retain their original cloth pulls and function as they should. Belt and heavy silver colored roller buckle at the waist. Rabbit fur lining throughout. Excellent

WWII JAPANESE IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET WW2

Lot #653 (Sale Order 728 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Excellent

M20 BAZOOKA 3.5" ROCKET LAUNCHER INERT

Lot #654 (Sale Order 729 of 784)

Shoulder-fired 3.5" rocket launcher, known as the M20 "Super Bazooka" - includes original sight with working reticle and crosshairs. This bazooka has been "demilled" and will not fire. Measures approximately 70" long from end to end. The cocking mechanism and trigger are operational. Barrel section comes apart for easier carrying and transportation. The M20 Super Bazooka was developed during the Korean War. Exhibits storage wear, and, as part of the demilling process it has had a large hole cut in the side of the barrel, which was replaced for asthetics. Serial numbered A 0474. Very Good

INERT M136 At4 84MM ROCKET LAUNCHER AT-4 TUBE

Lot #655 (Sale Order 730 of 784)

39 1/2", the AT-4 was a one shot weapon, and the tubes were discarded and could not be re-loaded. This tube is a great display item, INERT, Excellent

WWII IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET WITH LINER WW2

Lot #656 (Sale Order 731 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front is a replacement. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is missing the original cloth chinstrap but all rivets and rings are present. Very solid example

WWII IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET WITH LINER WW2

Lot #657 (Sale Order 732 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front but has been painted gold a very long time ago. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Very solid example

WWII NAZI GERMAN M42 COMBAT HELMET W/ LINER WW2]

Lot #658 (Sale Order 733 of 784)

The stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about most of its original field-gray paint. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. The interior of the helmet has a M31 liner in place. Leather is still mostly intact with all the fingers present but 3 is torn. The reverse, interior, neck guard apron has a faint, stamped serial/lot number, "4462", and the stamped manufacturer’s code "ckl 66" indicating manufacture by Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, size 66. Of Note: The placement of the manufacturer’s code and size on the reverse, interior, neck guard apron indicates manufacture after mid-1943. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An acceptable pattern was developed and approved and production began at Eisen-und Hüttenwerke, AG Thale/Harz, in the spring of 1916. These first modern M16 helmets evolved into the M18 helmets by the end of WWI. The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr, (National Defence {Force}), (Circa 1919-1933), era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet. Further construction modifications were undertaken in August 1942 resulting in the M42 helmet. Originally the Third Reich national tri-color helmet decal was introduced on March 14TH 1933 for wear on the left side of the helmet to replace the Reichswehr era state shield insignia. Regulations of February 17TH 1934 introduced the Wehrmacht eagle decal and the national tri-color decal was shifted to the right side of the helmet with the Wehrmacht eagle decal positioned on the left hand side. Regulations of March 21ST 1940 dictated that the national tri-color decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of August 28TH 1943 abolished the Wehrmacht eagle decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.

MEDICAL HUMAN SKULL WITH MANDIBLE

Lot #659 (Sale Order 734 of 784)

Authentic human hinged jaw medical skull complete with mandible. Excellent

WWII OCCUPATION PHOTO ALBUM OF 11TH AIRBORNE WW2

Lot #660 (Sale Order 735 of 784)

Occupation photo album of the 11th Airborne including 173 black and white images of life in Sapporo Japan with several images of them in their dress uniforms as well as their combat. Also several photos of their aircraft. The front cover is made of hand carved wood with a red dragon to the front. Excellent The 11th Airborne Division ("Angels") was a United States Army airborne formation, first activated on 25 February 1943, during World War II. Consisting of one parachute and two glider infantry regiments, with supporting troops, the division underwent rigorous training throughout 1943. It played a vital role in the successful Knollwood Maneuver, which was organized to determine the viability of large-scale American airborne formations after their utility had been called into question following a disappointing performance during the Allied invasion of Sicily. Held in reserve in the United States for the first half of 1944, in June the division was transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations. Upon arrival it entered a period of intense training and acclimatization, and by November was judged combat-ready. The 11th Airborne saw its first action on the island of Leyte in the Philippines, but in a traditional infantry role. In January 1945 the division took part in the invasion of Luzon. The two glider infantry regiments again operated as conventional infantry, securing a beachhead before fighting their way inland. The parachute infantry regiment was held in reserve for several days before conducting the division's first airborne operation, a combat drop on the Tagaytay Ridge. Reunited, the division participated in the Liberation of Manila, and two companies of divisional paratroopers conducted an audacious raid on the Los Baños internment camp, liberating two thousand civilians. The 11th Airborne's last combat operation of World War II was in the north of Luzon around Aparri, in aid of combined American and Philippine forces who were battling to subdue the remaining Japanese resistance on the island. On 30 August 1945 the division was sent to southern Japan as part of the occupation force. Four years later it was recalled to the United States, where it became a training formation.

U.S.S. GREAT SITKIN AE 17 LIFE RING PRESERVER

Lot #661 (Sale Order 736 of 784)

USS Great Sitkin (AE-17) was launched 20 January 1945 and commissioned August 11, 1945. Original life preserver measuring 24" diameter and is marked Ring Buoy 24'" APCO DSA-700 67-C-9641 U.S. . Excellent Early service USS Great Sitkin was launched under Maritime Commission contract by North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C., 20 January 1945, sponsored by Miss Anne L. Dimond, daughter of Judge Anthony J. Dimond, then congressional representative for Alaska, and commissioned at Charleston, South Carolina. After shakedown out of Norfolk, Great Sitkin sailed to New York 25 November 1945 to begin dumping condemned ammunition in an assigned area off Sandy Hook, N.J. Great Sitkin continued this duty for a year, returning to Norfolk in November 1946. Great Sitkin's pattern of operations for the next few years took her to the Caribbean and the Panama Canal Zone on ammunition replenishment trips, as well as twice to Gibraltar. In addition, she participated in local operations. Mediterranean service From 1951 Great Sitkin served as a mobile ready reserve source of ammunition. Great Sitkin regularly deployed to the Mediterranean to support regional operations of the Sixth Fleet, and served the fleet during crises in trouble spots such as Lebanon and Suez. When not deployed in the Mediterranean, she operated out of New York, participating in various fleet maneuvers in the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea. Cuban Missile blockade During the Cuban Missile Crisis, she sailed for the Caribbean Sea on 23 October 1962, following President Kennedy's announcement of a naval quarantine around Cuba. USS Great Sitkin cruised the Caribbean during the next several weeks carrying reserve ammunition for American ships on quarantine duty off Cuba. Atlantic and Mediterranean service Departing the Caribbean 16 December 1962, USS Great Sitkin returned to New York and resumed her pattern of operations in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. On 5 April 1963, Great Sitkin suffered slight damage during a fire of unknown origin while tied up at the Main Ship Repair Corporation in Brooklyn, New York. Between August 1963 and July 1966 Great Sitkin deployed three times with the 6th Fleet, participating in several Fleet and NATO exercises. After a 3-month overhaul in the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Hoboken, N.J., in December 1966 USS Great Sitkin participated in training exercises off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Great Sitkin continued to support American ships in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean theaters. Vietnam War service In 1968, Great Sitkin supported the Seventh Fleet during U.S. Naval operations in the Vietnam War. USS Great Sitkin participated in the Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV and Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V, from May to October 1968. Great Sitkin was awarded 2 campaign stars for Vietnam War service. Final disposition USS Great Sitkin was struck from the Naval Register on 2 July 1973. The ship was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrapping, 1 March 1974 to US Ship Co., Camden, New Jersey. for $152,666.60. USS Great Sitkin was dismantled from March to October 1974.

BAND OF BROTHERS MOVIE PROP 101st AIRBORNE UNIFORM

Lot #662 (Sale Order 737 of 784)

Band of Brothers movie props including M43 101st Airborne patched jacket and Reinforced M-43 jump pants. trousers are marked size 38 while the jacket is a 42. Both show equal amount of wear with used battle damage look. Pants have been camouflaged and still retain the leg ties. Very Good. Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan and the 2010 World War II miniseries The Pacific. The episodes first aired on HBO, starting on September 9, 2001. The series won Emmy and Golden Globe awards in 2001 for best miniseries. The series dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, of the 101st Airborne Division, from jump training in the United States through its participation in major actions in Europe, up until Japan's capitulation and the end of World War II. The events are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. The series took some literary license, adapting history for dramatic effect and series structure. The characters portrayed are based on members of Easy Company. Some of the men were recorded in contemporary interviews, which viewers see as preludes to several episodes, with the men's real identities revealed in the finale. The title of the book and series comes from the St Crispin's Day Speech in William Shakespeare's play Henry V, delivered by King Henry before the Battle of Agincourt. Ambrose quotes a passage from the speech on his book's first page; this passage is spoken by Carwood Lipton in the series finale. Plot Band of Brothers is a dramatized account of "Easy Company" (part of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment), assigned to the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Over ten episodes the series details the company's exploits during the war. Starting with jump training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Band of Brothers follows the unit through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Siege of Bastogne, and on to the war's end. It includes the taking of the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest) at Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden and refers to the surrender of Japan. Major Richard Winters (1918–2011) is the central character, shown working to accomplish the company's missions and keep his men together and safe. While the series features a large ensemble cast, each episode generally focuses on a single character, following his action. As the series is based on historic events, the fates of the characters reflect those of the persons on which they are based. Many either die or sustain serious wounds which lead to their being sent home. Other soldiers recover after treatment in field hospitals and rejoin their units on the front line. Their experiences, and the moral, mental, and physical hurdles they must overcome, are central to the story's narrative. Production The series was developed chiefly by Tom Hanks and Erik Jendresen, who spent months detailing the plot outline and individual episodes. Steven Spielberg served as "the final eye" and used Saving Private Ryan, the film on which he and Hanks had collaborated, to inform the series. Accounts of Easy Company veterans, such as Donald Malarkey, were incorporated into production to add historic detail Budget and promotion Band of Brothers was at the time the most expensive TV miniseries ever to have been made by any network, until superseded by the series' sister show, The Pacific (2010). Its budget was about $125 million, or an average of $12.5 million per episode. An additional $15 million was allocated for a promotional campaign, which included screenings for World War II veterans. One was held at Utah Beach, Normandy, where U.S. troops had landed on June 6, 1944. On June 7, 2001, 47 Easy Company veterans were flown to Paris and then traveled by chartered train to the site, where the series premiered. Also sponsoring was Chrysler, as its Jeeps were used in the series. Chrysler spent $5 million to $15 million on its advertising campaign, using footage from Band of Brothers. Each of the spots was reviewed and approved by the co-executive producers Hanks and Spielberg. The BBC paid £7 million ($10.1 million) as co-production partner, the most it had ever paid for a bought-in program, and screened it on BBC Two. Originally, it was to have aired on BBC One but was moved to allow an "uninterrupted ten-week run", with the BBC denying that this was because the series was not sufficiently mainstream. Negotiations were monitored by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who spoke personally to Spielberg.

WWII US M1 GARAND RIFLE SCABBARD 1942 WW2

Lot #663 (Sale Order 738 of 784)

Hess & Hopkings model 1938 Cavalry rifle scabbard. Marked "US" and dated 1942. These were originally designed for Cavalry troops but became very useful for mounting on jeeps and troop transport trucks. Shows wear and age. 30" overall. Good

WWII US ARMY M4 BAYONET LOT 3 CAMILLUS UTICA WW2

Lot #664 (Sale Order 739 of 784)

WWII US M1 Carbine bayonet lot to include 1) WWII M4 CARBINE BAYONET W/ M8A1 SCABBARD BY UTICA. ORIGINAL WWII U.S. M4 UTICA BAYONET & M8A1 B M Co. SCABBARD. The guard is marked U.S. M4 UTICA & flaming bomb. The leather handle is in good condition and is super tight. The pommel is marked with a sunburst. The Original US M8A1 V.P. CO. Scabbard and knife is in excellent condition. 2) WWII M4 CARBINE BAYONET W/ M8A1 SCABBARD BY CAMILLUS. ORIGINAL WWII U.S. M4 Camillus BAYONET & M8A1 PVIH SCABBARD. The guard is marked U.S. M4 Camillus & flaming bomb. The leather handle is in good condition and is super tight. The pommel is marked with a sunburst. The Original US M8A1 Scabbard and knife is in excellent condition. 3) WWII M4 CARBINE BAYONET W/ M8A1 SCABBARD BY CAMILLUS. ORIGINAL WWII U.S. M4 Camillus BAYONET & M8A1 PVIH SCABBARD. The guard is marked U.S. M4 Camillus & flaming bomb. The leather handle is in good condition and is super tight. The pommel is marked with a sunburst. The Original US M8A1 Scabbard and knife is in excellent condition.

COMBAT KNIFE BAYONET LOT PHROBIS III OKC 3S USMC

Lot #665 (Sale Order 740 of 784)

Bayonet lot to include 1) U.S. MODEL M9 BAYONET & SCABBARD PHROBIS III. The M9 Bayonet is a multi-purpose knife and bayonet officially adopted in 1986 by the United States. Made by PROBIS III. 12" overall with 7" blade. Includes original scabbard complete with integral sharpening stone and AK style "wire cutter" nub which attaches to a hole in the blade to form a set of powerful cutters. Very Good 2) U.S. G.I. USMC OKC-3S BAYONET. The Ontario Knife OKC3S Marine Bayonet is used and issued exclusively to the United States Marine Corps. Made of thick 1095 Carbon Steel, this knife is more than just a melee weapon, but a very useful tool for heavy cutting, chopping, and more. Also included with scabbard is the LBE belt attachment clips and quick release buckle. Includes scabbard and ceramic honing rod. Scabbard has two MOLLE straps for attaching to your belt, pack, or vest. Ontario Knife Company Maker Marked. MADE IN USA. 3) M9-USMC BUCK BAYONET. USMC Buck + M9 Bayonet with Scabbard. This is one of the 5000 units made for the Marine Corps in 1991. Phrobis style bayonet with a few modifications made by Buck when producing this for the Marines. Issued condition. Complete with all the correct parts. Blade edge has a few tiny chips, some very light honing, scabbard wear, but is in nice condition. Tip looks good. False edge has wire cut marks. Stone is missing. Made in USA.

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY DRESS UNIFORM

Lot #667 (Sale Order 741 of 784)

Highland Light Infantry Mess-Dress Uniform jacket and trews. Identified and dated, 1959 and maker’s label, “W, Jardine & Sons Edinburgh. Excellent The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which later merged with the Royal Scots Borderers, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, becoming the 2nd Battalion of the new regiment. Second World War The 1st Battalion landed in France in September 1939 as part of the 127th (Manchester) Brigade in the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division for service with the British Expeditionary Force and then took part in the Dunkirk evacuation in June 1940. As part of the 71st Infantry Brigade in the 53rd (Welsh) Division, it later took part in the Normandy landings in June 1944 and saw action at the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, the Battle of the Reichswald in March 1945 and the final advance into Germany. The 2nd Battalion moved to Egypt early in the war and saw action at the Battle of Keren in March 1941. It then transferred to the Western Desert and saw combat at the Battle of Knightsbridge in June 1942 and the Battle of Fuka in July 1942. It took part in the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and, after a period in Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece, took part in the final advance into Northern Italy. The 5th and 6th Battalions landed in France as part of the 157th Brigade in the 52nd (Lowland) Division in June 1940; after evacuation from Cherbourg later in the month, they landed in Belgium in October 1944 and took part in Operation Infatuate in November 1944 and the subsequent capture of Bremen in April 1945. The 11th Battalion was converted to armor in 1942, becoming the 156th Regiment in the Royal Armored Corps, but with the men retaining their Highland Light Infantry cap badges on the black beret of the RAC. After the War The Highland Light Infantry was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers. The regular 1st battalions of the two Regiments combined at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh to form the 1st Battalion of the new regiment (1 RHF).

VIETNAM WAR M-1952A FLAK BODY ARMOR VEST

Lot #668 (Sale Order 742 of 784)

Vietnam era flak vest named to the interior C. Neely 2281036 To the front of the jacket are two patches "WE KILL FOR PEACE" and another is a spade with a winged skull. Vest is roughly a size large. Excellent

LAWS 66mm A3 ROCKET LAUNCHER TUBE INERT

Lot #669 (Sale Order 743 of 784)

The M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon, also referred to as the Light Anti-Armor Weapon or LAW as well as LAWS Light Anti-Armor Weapons System) is a portable one-shot 66-mm unguided anti-tank weapon. The solid rocket propulsion unit was developed in the newly formed Rohm and Haas research laboratory at Redstone Arsenal in 1959, then the full system was designed by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, Frank A. Spinale, et al. at the Hesse-Eastern Division of Norris Thermadore. American production of the weapon began by Hesse-Eastern in 1963, and was terminated by 1983; currently it is produced by Nammo Raufoss AS in Norway and their subsidiary Nammo Talley, Inc. in Arizona. In early 1963, the M72 LAW was adopted by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps as their primary individual infantry anti-tank weapon, replacing the M31 HEAT rifle grenade and the M20A1 "Super Bazooka" in the U.S. Army. It was subsequently adopted by the U.S. Air Force to serve in an anti-emplacement/anti-armor role in Air Base Defense duties. This particular rocket is an empty legal tub and is in near mint condition with a complete sighting system.

WWII JAPANESE TYPE 30 BAYONET LOT RARE MAKERS WW2

Lot #670 (Sale Order 744 of 784)

WWII Japanese bayonet lot to include 1) TYPE 30 BAYONET WITH RUBBERIZED FROG. Bayonet is in excellent condition with a near mint blade marked to the Tokyo Arsenal and is numbered 1854 on the pommel. The wood grips are also in near mint condition as well as the rubberized frog. 2) TYPE 30 BAYONET. This bayonet was produced at the Hoten Zoheisho Arsenal during the later years of world War II. This bayonet shows field use but is still in very good condition. Numbered 5121399 on the pommel. 3) TYPE 30 BAYONET. This bayonet was produced by Matsushita Kinzoku KK Arsenal with a blued blade retaining most of the original finish. The pommel is numbered 29092 and is in excellent condition. The Type 30 bayonet was a bayonet designed for the Imperial Japanese Army to be used with the Arisaka Type 30 Rifle and was later used on the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles. Some 8.4 million were produced, and it remained in front-line use from the Russo-Japanese War to the end of World War II. All Japanese infantrymen were issued with the Type 30, whether they were armed with a rifle or pistol, or even if they were unarmed. Description The Type 30 Bayonet was a single-edged sword bayonet with a 400 millimetres (15.75 in) blade and an overall length of 514 millimetres (20.24 in) with a weight of approximately 700 grams. The Type 30 bayonet is also known as the “Pattern 1897 bayonet”. Early Type 30 bayonets usually sported a hooked quillion guard which was designed to catch and trap the enemy's blade. By 1942 the quillon was eliminated to save materials and decrease production time, leaving only a straight guard. Type 30 scabbards went from metal (pre-1942), to vulcanized fibre (1942-43), and finally to wood or bamboo (1944-45). The design was intended to give the average Japanese infantryman a long enough reach to pierce the abdomen of a cavalryman. However, the design had a number of drawbacks, some caused by the poor quality of forgings used, which tended to rust quickly and not hold an edge, and to break when bent. The weapon was manufactured from 1897 to 1945 at a number of locations, including the Kokura Arsenal, Koishikawa Arsenal (Tokyo) and Nagoya Arsenal, as well as under contract by private manufacturers including Matsushita, Toyoda Automatic Loom and others.

WWII HUBBELL AVIATION ART CALENDARS 1939 THRU 1969

Lot #671 (Sale Order 745 of 784)

Hubbell Aviation Art, complete sets of Thompson Enterprises Calendars from 1939 thru 1969 plus “Best of Hubbell”. Charles Hubbell’s work is known as one of the world’s best pictorial histories of aviation. His art has been displayed in the White House, museums, libraries, palaces, airports and private homes. His serendipitous relationship with Thompson Products in Cleveland, Ohio gave aviation a beautiful, colorful record of its history in accurate detail. Excerpts from Aviation’s Pictorial Historian by G. Reiss, Charles H. Hubbell 1899-1971 by B. Wilson. Charles Hubbell was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1899. As a boy of 10 he became interested in aviation when a friend gave him an aeronautical magazine and he became an avid model airplane builder. Before he completed high school, he had designed and built many models as well as a man-sized glider. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1923. He traded his early paintings for flight time, soloing in 1925. He received CAA pilots License number 9792. Charles worked as a commercial artist for several years painting airplanes mostly as a hobby as there was little demand for aviation art at that time. Cliff Henderson, the director of the National Air Races had seen Hubbell’s airplane paintings and had used them on his air race posters and programs. Cliff arranged a meeting with Fred Crawford, Chairman of Thompson Products, who sponsored the Thompson Trophy Races. This was the famous unlimited closed course race that started in 1929. Henderson suggested that Charles paint the winners each year for a calendar. Fred Crawford agreed with great enthusiasm and sealed the deal with a handshake. That started a 30-year project for Hubbell…painting airplanes for Thompson. The first calendar was produced in 1939 and consisted of the first nine Thompson Trophy winners and four airliners. On each monthly picture, Hubbell faithfully gave the details of the subject aircraft—its make and type, specifications and performance data, engine and types. Each year thereafter the calendars featured a theme along with a section of Hubbell’s paintings. This panorama of aviation history continued through 1969 when Charles retired, followed by an additional four years with a series called the “Best of Hubbell”. The calendars would become the most authentic and complete history of aviation ever to be assembled so beautifully. Charles Hubbell was the world’s best-known artist-historian of the early air age. He was a stickler for detail and he went to great lengths to assure accuracy, not only for the aircraft, but the backgrounds as well. He would traveled more than 65,000 miles in a single year to obtain technical information to stamp his paintings with authenticity, and to capture the clouds and terrain that set the mood of the many colorful scenes depicted in his work. During his association with TRW, Hubbell had created 32 calendars and more than 375 individual oil paintings. His watercolors and drawings number over 600. Hubbell’s paintings have hung in the white house, in museums, palaces, libraries, and homes of countless thousands of aviation buffs throughout the world.

LIFE RING BUOY NAMED TO DD-719 USS EPPERSON

Lot #672 (Sale Order 746 of 784)

Live Ring Buoy named to DD-719 USS Epperson This standard 24 inch orange life ring buoy is nicely hand painted to the ship and is in excellent condition. USS Epperson (DD/DDE-719) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. It was named for United States Marine Corps Private Harold G. Epperson (1923–1944) who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Saipan. Epperson was launched on 22 December 1945 at the Port Newark yard by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Epperson, mother of Private Epperson. Epperson was placed in mothballs and towed to Bath Iron Works in December 1946. Epperson was redesignated DDE-719 on 28 January 1948; completed by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; and commissioned on 19 March 1949, Commander T. H. W. Connor in command. Service history Epperson conducted training along the east coast; on 10 December 1949 she arrived at Key West for intensive antisubmarine warfare exercises. On 22 August 1950 Epperson sailed for Pearl Harbor, her home port, arriving on 10 September. She operated in the Hawaiian Islands with her squadron and ships of other types, and on 7 November 1950 became flagship of Commander, Escort Division 12. Epperson sailed from Pearl Harbor on 1 June 1951 for service in the Korean War. She screened the carrier task force off Korea, patrolled and bombarded the coast, and joined in hunter-killer exercises off Okinawa before returning to Pearl Harbor on 14 November. Her second Korean tour, from 10 November 1952 to 29 May 1953, found her performing similar duty, as well as patrolling the Taiwan Straits, and entering the dangerous waters of Wonsan Harbor to bombard enemy shore batteries. During the first 4½ months of 1954, Epperson patrolled in the Marshall Islands during thermonuclear weapons tests, and in June sailed for duty in the Far East once more, an annual part of her employment schedule through 1962. In 1958 and 1959, her western Pacific cruises included visits to Manus, ports in Australia and New Zealand, and Pago Pago, American Samoa. The USS Epperson served in Vietnam making a “West Pac Cruise” every year from 1962 until 1973.She worked in task forces with carriers, carried out shore bombardment, and picketed off North Korea. Epperson's classification reverted to DD-719 on 30 June 1962. Epperson was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 January 1976.

WW2 JAP GERMAN BRITISH RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT ID POSTERS

Lot #673 (Sale Order 747 of 784)

Heavy paper stock WWII US Navy training aid posters printed in 1942 to 1944 lot of 10. The posters give a visual of all angles of the aircraft and measure 18 1/2 X 25 inches. The aircraft included are 1) Japanese Mitsubishi Type 96 Medium Bomber, 2) Japanese Aichi Type 99 Dive Bomber, 3) Japanese Mitsubishi Type 01 Long Range Bomber, 4) Kawanishi Type 97 Patrol Bomber, 5) Japanese Aichi Type 99 Dive Bomber, 6) Japanese Mitsubishi Type 100 MK-1 Reconnaissance, 7) Russian Stormovik Fighter, 8) RAF Armstrong-Whitworth Whitlet Medium Bomber, 9) German Nazi SB-2 Medium Bomber, 10) Soviet SB-3 Medium Bomber. All posters are in excellent condition.

US COAST GAURD 4 X 5 PARADE FLAG W/ FRINGE

Lot #674 (Sale Order 748 of 784)

Coast Guard Nylon Appliqued Flag measuring 4' x 5' with Pole Hem and Fringe. This flag is beautifully appliqued in red, white and blue colors and dates to the 1960's. History The origins of the Coast Guard standard are very obscure. One theory states that it might have evolved from an early jack. There is at least one contemporary painting supporting this theory. In an 1840 painting, the Revenue cutter Alexander Hamilton flies a flag very similar to that of today’s Coast Guard as a jack. This flag, like the union jack, appears to be the canton or upper corner of the Revenue cutter ensign. An illustration in 1917 shows the Coast Guard standard as a white flag with a blue eagle and 13 stars in a semicircle surrounding it. Later, the words, "United States Coast Guard-- Semper Paratus" were added. After 1950, the semicircle of stars was changed to the circle containing 13 stars. The Coast Guard standard is used during parades and ceremonies and is adorned by the Coast Guard's 34 battle streamers. The Coast Guard is unique to the other services for it has two official flags, the Coast Guard standard and the Coast Guard ensign. The current flag was officially adopted on January 28, 1964.

VIETNAM U.S 1ST CAV HELICOPTER PILOT UNIFORM GROUP

Lot #675 (Sale Order 749 of 784)

Helicopter pilot grouping, 1st Cavalry, Vietnam. Identified, with first aid kit, 1967 marked flight suit, pants, shirts, t-shirt, great set of modified aviation pants for “tropical wear-unofficial". Also his boots, socks, marked and named duffel bag, aviation glasses etc. Most items show good use. 1) Vietnam War American APH Helicopter Pilot Helmet is in excellent condition with all avionics and boom microphone. 2) Flight First Aid kit appears to be complete with all of it's contents. 3) Flight Sunglasses show signs of wear but could easily be worn today. 4) Duffle Bag 5) Khaki set of trousers with laundry marks. 6) Set of Wool Socks. 7) Khaki Shirt named to Beseda with the same laundry marks as the trousers. 8) Green cotton undershirt 9) Green Fatigue Shirt nicely patched out and named to Chief Warrant Officer Beseda. 9) Flight Trousers 10) Fatigue Trousers 11) K2-B Flight Suit in a Large Regular. 12) Green Fatigue Shirt nicely patched out and named to Chief Warrant Officer Beseda. 13) Black Leather Boots size 10 1/2 also named to Chief Warrant Officer Beseda. US Marked Magnetic Compass dated 1968 with canvas case. 140) Bag of loose insignia mostly taken off of uniforms. Joseph Beseda, a 1st Air Cavalry Division helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Chief Warrant Officer Beseda completed two tours in Vietnam; 1969 - 1970 & 1971 - 1972. In the year between, 1970 - 1971, Beseda flew with NATO in Germany. Excellent

WWII JAPANESE ARMY IJA OFFICER'S FIELD CAP

Lot #676 (Sale Order 750 of 784)

The standard, wool construction, khaki-colored field cap used by the Japanese army until the end of the war. Above its stiffened, short visor, made of the same material as the body, is sewn a pentagonal patch, in khaki wool, upon which is embroidered a golden five-pointed star. Three metal ventilation grommets are to each side of the cap. Two grommets are to either side of the vertical slash to the reverse of the cap; the six bound together by an adjustable tie string. The interior is lined in white silk. Sweatband is made of leather and like the cap is in near mint condition.

IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET

Lot #678 (Sale Order 751 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polybend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front but looks like a replacement. The star appears to me to be original but not to this helmet. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Decent field worn example.

WWII JAPANESE NAVY OFFICER SWORD & SCABBARD

Lot #679 (Sale Order 752 of 784)

WWII Japanese navy Sword, 26" single fullered bright blade, original washer, perfect shark skin grip with double wire brass wrap, brass guard retains original gold wash, with folding langet. Brass mounted leather scabbard, with light crazing to leather, mounts and guard have Chrysanthemums. Comes with the original gold bullion thread with red accent threads knot. The sword does not completely seat in the scabbard due to shrinkage. It is certainly long enough and the correct scabbard for this sword. Excellent

WWII JAPANESE LARGE NATIONAL FLAG WITH TIES WW2

Lot #680 (Sale Order 753 of 784)

This particular silk flag example is 58 x 74, with small leather triangular reinforcements sewn to its hoist edge corners, from each of which extend short, woven tie-strings. Red "Himaru" is printed to the center of the flag’s white field. Excellent

WWII IMPERIAL JAPANESE NATIONAL FLAG RISING SUN

Lot #681 (Sale Order 754 of 784)

Lot of Two WWII Imperial Japanese flags to include 1) JAPANESE NATIONAL RISING SUN WAR FLAG. A silk constructed, printed flag measuring approximately 24 x 36 that has original tie cords and reinforcing to the corners. Nice untouched example. 2) JAPANESE NATIONAL SILK FLAG WITH TIES. This particular silk flag example is 26 x 36, with small, triangular reinforcements sewn to its hoist edge corners, from each of which extend short, woven tie-strings. Red "Himaru" is printed to the center of the flag’s white field. Excellent

WWII JAPANESE CHILDS TRAINING BAYONET W/ SCABBARD

Lot #682 (Sale Order 755 of 784)

WWII Japanese metal handled child's training bayonet that has never been sharpened with a single blood groove to the center that has factory red paint. Its 11 and 1/8 inch blade is in excellent condition. Steel cross guard has a hooked quillion. Checkered metal handle is also in excellent condition and its press stud functions well. Scabbard has no dents.

WWII PERIOD JAMBIYA FIGHTING KNIFE W/ SCABBARD WW2

Lot #683 (Sale Order 756 of 784)

Classic jambiya with scabbard. Handle is made of horn and is adorned with a floral pattern. The wide blade measuring 2 3/8 at the widest point. The blade is stimple engraved also in a floral pattern. Leather scabbard has a geometrical pattern embossed into it with a silvered tip. Excellent A jamb, also spelled jambiya', jambya, jambia and janbia, is the Arabic term for a specific type of dagger with a short curved blade with a medial ridge that originated from Yemen. It is most closely associated with the people of Najran and Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Men typically above the age of 14 wear it as an accessory to their clothing. The janbiya is commonly referred to in Oman as a khanjar, Hyderabad (India) as Jambiya, xencer in Kurdistan region.

WWII JAPANESE RED CROSS WINTER SERVICE UNIFORM

Lot #684 (Sale Order 757 of 784)

A high quality, fully-lined, issued service tunic constructed from olive drab colored cotton. Its single-breasted front closure has four, flat buttons to it, each of which are of gold/brass-colored metal, with one hook at the neck. Two button-down pocket flaps and two unbuttoned, straight pocket flaps are to the hips. The interior is lined in a light green material. To the interior are two cotton lined pockets and is nicely marked. The chest measures approximately 36". The tunic shows light usage and wear. To the wears left sleeve is a Red Cross medical patch. The matching trousers are in also excellent condition. Identical in construction to the summer pants except lined. All the tie-strings are complete (ankle strings). Roughly a 32" waist.

WWII IMPERIAL JAPANESE IJA TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET

Lot #685 (Sale Order 758 of 784)

The standard WWII Japanese infantry combat helmet. The shell, constructed from chrome polyblend steel retains a good portion of its original paint. The original IJA metal star affixed to the front. The three pad pigskin liner and band is complete. Size adjustment string is complete. The helmet is complete with its original cloth chinstrap and all rivets and rings. Decent field worn example.

WWII JAPANESE NAVY (IJN) OFFICER'S VISOR CAP WW2

Lot #686 (Sale Order 759 of 784)

An Imperial Japanese Navy officer’s visor cap first introduced in 1905 and used until the end of the Second World War. The cap’s one-piece dark blue wool crown retains the internal stiffening wire along its edge. The four-piece body in the same color and material has seams at each of its cardinal points, with two metal grommet ventilation holes under each side of the crown. The tightly-woven black center band has its seam to the front over which and over the forward seam to the body is a gilt embroidered wreath surrounding a gilt fabric-ringed "button," upon whose convex dark blue background is fixed a gilt alloy fouled anchor. A five-lobed cherry blossom is fixed over the wreath and "button". The cap missing its original chinstrap. The black lacquered visor. Sweatband is present and is made of black leather. Purple silk lining is complete. Approximately size 54. Very Good

WWII JAPANESE LOT HAT GRENADE MEDIC KIT W TAG WW2

Lot #687 (Sale Order 760 of 784)

WWII Japanese lot to include 1) WWII JAPANESE OFFICER COMBAT CAP. Japanese officer's cap of burlap construction with back string enclosure and two vent holes on each side. Interior still retains full leather sweat band as well as a maker's label and stamped size. excellent. 2) JAPANESE BATTALION LEVEL FIRST AID KIT WITH CAPTURE TAG. Small blue first aid kit with contents. Once opened a tag is present that reads "This first aid kit came from recent action of 2d Bn/ 4th Marines. Search of the battlefield indicated all personnel in this unit (believed to have been a battalion) were equipped with these kits. Vicinity YD 0614". The kit seems to be complete and measures 5 X 2 1/2 X 1 1/2 inches. 3) TYPE 4 JAPANESE CERAMIC GRENADE. Effective last ditch effort grenade. Replicated fuse system which looks correct externally and uses some original parts. Overall Very Good condition.

VIETNAMESE VIET CONG UNIFORM & HAT W/ GRENADES

Lot #688 (Sale Order 761 of 784)

Vietnamese Viet Cong black pajamas uniform complete with jacket and trousers and belt with a wide brim boonie hat. This grouping is being sold with the mannequin but if the buyer wishes for shipping cost can be left behind. Also the grouping has a Chinese SKS Ammo Belt ( N.V.A. / Viet Cong ). Four ChiCom North Vietnamese Army Viet Cong Stick Grenades with Screw Caps and a complete carrier. The Viet Cong also known as the National Liberation Front of Southern Vietnam or NLF was an armed communist political revolutionary organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia. Its military force, the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV), fought against the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, eventually emerging on the winning side. The LASV had both guerrilla and regular army units, as well as a network of cadres who organized peasants in the territory the Viet Cong controlled. During the war, communist insurgents and anti-war activists claimed that the Viet Cong was an insurgency indigenous to the South, while the U.S. and South Vietnamese governments portrayed the group as a tool of North Vietnam. North Vietnam established the National Liberation Front on December 20, 1960, to foment insurgency in the South. Many of the Viet Cong's core members were volunteer "regroupees", southern Viet Minh who had resettled in the North after the Geneva Accord (1954). Hanoi gave the regroupees military training and sent them back to the South along the Ho Chi Minh trail in the early 1960s. The NLF called for southern Vietnamese to "overthrow the camouflaged colonial regime of the American imperialists" and to make "efforts toward the peaceful unification". The LASV's best-known action was the Tet Offensive, a gigantic assault on more than 100 South Vietnamese urban centers in 1968, including an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon. The offensive riveted the attention of the world's media for weeks, but also overextended the Viet Cong. Later communist offensives were conducted predominantly by the North Vietnamese. The organization was dissolved in 1976 when North and South Vietnam were officially unified under a communist government.

WWII NAZI GERMAN LOT LUGER DAGGER HANGERS PORTEPEE

Lot #689 (Sale Order 762 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) WWII LUGER MAGAZINES WOOD & ALUMINUM BASE. Aluminum footer magazine, marked with SN 3530 and maker code fxo. Magazine functions perfectly 2) WEHRMACHT GENERAL OFFICER'S DAGGER HANGERS. The hangers consist of a molded alloy and gold washed aluminum construction, three section, top clip, with one section each for the two hanger bands, and the third for attaching the hangers to the belt. The hanger bands are rivetted to the top clip and consist of a machine woven, silver/aluminum facing with a central waffle pattern, flanked on either side by a smooth vertical stripe. The reverse of the hanger bands have a protective green fabric backing. The reverse of both of the retaining clips are all well marked with impressed initials, "D.R.G.M." indicating, Deutsche Reichs Gebrauchsmuster, (German National Registered Design). 3) OFFICER'S DAGGER PORTEPEE. The portepee consists of the main components of, strap, slide, stem, crown, and ball all worked in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads. The interwoven, looped, silver/aluminum strap is roughly, 44cm long and is inserted through the interwoven slide and into the top of the interwoven stem. The slide and stem are both in interwoven, bright, silver/aluminum wire threads with a repeating "V’ pattern. The crown consists of horizontally laid, twisted, silver/aluminum braiding while the ball consists of vertically laid, twisted, silver/aluminum braiding and both are mounted on an internal, carved, wooden base. The bottom of the ball has a circular recess with an inset piece of bright, silver/aluminum fabric. Shows the expected wear and use.

WWII NAZI GERMAN NSKK DAGGER GEBR. TORLEY WW2

Lot #690 (Sale Order 763 of 784)

A NSKK EM’s dagger with its double-edged drop-forged nickel-silver blade in its original scabbard. The dagger has a solid nickel-silver pommel and tang nut. Its contoured wooden grip has, inlaid to its obverse, the enameled "SA" signet near the pommel and an nickel/silver eagle and swastika to its center. Its cross guards are also solid nickel-silver with the lower being marked "Ns" indicating the Gau Niedersachsen. "Alles für Deutschland" (Everything for Germany) is acid etched on the obverse of the pointed blade. Blade is maker marked to GEBR. TORLEY of Solingen. Light scabbard runner marks are present. The scabbard has a nickel-silver plated metal throat, mouthpiece, and lower scabbard fitting. The body of the scabbard is comprised of black finished sheet metal. Roughly 85% of the original black overpaint remains. Dome-headed securing screws are on either side of its throat and along the upper edges of its scalloped lower fitting. To one side of the mouthpiece is the loop for the hanger ring, and the nickel-silver plated metal ring itself. Nice clean example by a scarce maker. Excellent. The development of the NSKK, "National Sozialistisches Kraftfahr Korps" (National Socialist Motor Corps), can be traced back to 1923 when the SA introduced a "Kraftfahr Abteilung" (Motor Section) to transport personnel as required. In 1928 the SA Motor section was expanded to "Kraftfahrstaffeln" (Motor Squadrons). In an attempt to create a national motor corps, the NSAK, "National Sozialistisches Automobil Korps" (National Socialist Automobile Corps), was formed in April of 1930 as an NSDAP auxiliary organization subordinate to the SA. In early 1931 Adolf Hühnlein was appointed as Chief of the NSAK and proposed a name change to NSKK, which was officially accepted in April of 1931. Still subordinate to the SA in 1933 when the SA dagger was introduced, the NSKK also adopted the dagger shortly after its introduction. The dagger was intended as an ornamental item and its design was based on the traditional 16th century Swiss "Holbein" dagger. In May of 1936 Korpsführer Hühnlein decreed the NSKK dagger scabbards were to be finished in black to differentiate them from the SA dagger.

WWII NAZI GERMAN TINNIE LOT OF 36 POLICE NSDAP WW2

Lot #691 (Sale Order 764 of 784)

Lot of tinnies to include 1) THREE 1934 NATIONAL LABOR DAY BADGES. A 35mm diameter, hollow struck, bronzed alloy badge featuring a male bust figure above the national eagle and swastika, with "19" and "34" to either side of the swastika, and a hammer to the left with a sickle to the right. The implements represent farm and industry. "Tag der Arbeit" (Day of Labor) arches along the top. The initials "RK," no doubt the designer’s, may be seen alongside the base of the sickle. A horizontal pin-back device is soldered to their reverse. 2) THREE 1935 NATIONAL LABOR DAY COMMEMORATIVE BADGES. (Arbeitstag Abzeichen) A solid struck aluminum badge in the form of a 34mm x 45mm vertical oval. Arching across the top of the badge is "Tag Der Arbeit" (Day Of Labor), underneath of which are three figures - a heavy laborer with an apron and sledgehammer, a planner or supervisor with a rolled paper, and a farm worker with an apron and sheaves of barley. They represent the combined forces of labor, management and farm workers. Underneath the figures is an eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, the wreath partially descending below the limits of the oval, with "19" to one side of it and "35" to the other. The artist/designer’s initials, "RK," may be seen to the left above the eagle’s outstretched wing. To the reverse is a crimped, horizontal pin back device. 3) THREE 1938 MAY DAY BADGES. A 35mm diameter, solid struck painted aluminum badge whose obverse depicts a young couple dancing before a "May Pole," from which streamers trail in the wind. An eagle with outstretched wings grasping a wreathed, mobile swastika is to the base. To one side of the eagle is "1 Mai," with "1938" to the other. "RK," no doubt the designer’s initials, may be seen beneath the pig-tailed girl. Complete pin back assembly. 4) THREE 1937 MAY DAY BADGES. A 35mm diameter, cast alloy badge whose obverse face features a child with a sprig of oak leaves in one hand, the other hand raised in a Nazi salute, standing atop an eagle clutching a wreathed swastika. "1.Mai" is to one side of the figure, and "1937" is to the other. Complete with original pinback device. 5) 1935 NSDAP NATIONAL SEA TRAVEL DAY, COMMEMORATIVE BADGES. An injection molded aluminum badge roughly in the form of a horizontal oval, 42mm across. To its top is a soaring eagle clutching a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. To either side of the swastika is scrolled "Seefahrt" (Seafaring) and "Ist Not" (Is Necessary). The base of an anchor may be seen to the base of the surround, with "Tag Der Deutschen" (Day Of German) and "Seefahrt 25.26.5.1935" (Seafaring 25.26.5.1935) scrolled to either side. The central image on the badge is that of a three-quarter profiled, three-mast sailing vessel, under sail on rough seas. To the reverse is crimped a horizontal pin-back device, beneath which is embossed the manufacturer’s mark. 6) THREE 1934/1935 W.H.W. DONATION BADGES. Stamped metal badge with a bronze wash. It takes the form of an eagle, 22mm wide and 30mm tall, which clutches in its talons the circular surround to a crimped glass ball. Embossed to the surround is "W.H.W. 1934-35." A vertical pin-back device is soldered to its unmarked, hollow-backed reverse. Of Note: The W.H.W., "Winterhilfswerk" (Winter-help-work), was an annual charitable donation event held by the "N.S.-Volkswohlfahrt" (National Socialist - People’s-welfare) in which personnel from all of the NSDAP organizations would solicit donations from the public, and reward contributors with a wide variety of lapel badges. 7) THREE FREIHEIT UND BROT BADGES. Stamped 28mm alloy with original straight pin. (Freedom and Bread, March 29 1936.) Election campaign WHW donation badge. 8) THREE FREDERICK II 150TH ANNIVERSARY BADGES. Roughly 25mm diameter, alloy construction. Image of Frederick II with the date 1786-1936. Complete with original pin back device. 9) THREE 1935 SAAR LOYALTY COMMEMORATIVE BADGES. (Saar Erinnerungsabzeichen) A stamped metal badge with a silver wash, roughly in the from of a vertical oval, 26mm wide and 39mm tall. The central image is of two figures shaking hands beneath an eagle, with a spray of oak leaves to either side, "Saar" and "1935" to the base, and "Treue um Treue" (Constant because-of Loyalty) scrolled along the top. A vertical pin-back device is to its unmarked, hollow-back reverse. 10) THREE 1936 NATIONAL LABOR DAY BADGES. Solid struck aluminum badge. "1. Mai 1936" is embossed to the upper left of the obverse, underneath of which is a plow, with a large hammer and sword to the right of it, and an eagle and swastika beneath those. "RK," undoubtedly the designer’s initials, may be seen beneath the plow.

WWII NAZI GERMAN TINNIE LOT OF 42 POLICE NSDAP WW2

Lot #692 (Sale Order 765 of 784)

Lot of tinnies to include 1) THREE N.S.K.O.V. DONATION BADGES. A cast zinc badge in the form of a circular oak leaf wreath, 21mm in diameter, encompassing a mobile swastika with rays radiating out from it, and with a vertical sword superimposed over the swastika which extends beyond the limits of the wreath. Complete with original pin. 2) THREE POLICE 1942 LAPEL PINS. Roughly, 26mm tall, 28mm wide, silver washed, die cast zinc alloy construction lapel pin is in the form an embossed, second pattern wreathed, police eagle, with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in it’s talons, as introduced on June 25TH 1936 with a scrolled banner to the bottom center with the impressed date, "1942". The reverse of the lapel pin has a horizontal pin back device secured by raised crimps. 3) THREE 1936 NATIONAL LABOR DAY BADGES. Solid struck aluminum badge. "1. Mai 1936" is embossed to the upper left of the obverse, underneath of which is a plow, with a large hammer and sword to the right of it, and an eagle and swastika beneath those. "RK," undoubtedly the designer’s initials, may be seen beneath the plow. To the reverse is crimped a horizontal pin-back device. 4) THREE 1934 NATIONAL LABOR DAY BADGES. A 35mm diameter, hollow struck, bronzed alloy badge featuring a male bust figure above the national eagle and swastika, with "19" and "34" to either side of the swastika, and a hammer to the left with a sickle to the right. The implements represent farm and industry. "Tag der Arbeit" (Day of Labor) arches along the top. The initials "RK," no doubt the designer’s, may be seen alongside the base of the sickle. A horizontal pin-back device is soldered to its reverse. 5) THREE 1935 NSDAP NATIONAL SEA TRAVEL DAY, COMMEMORATIVE BADGES. An injection molded aluminum badge roughly in the form of a horizontal oval, 42mm across. To its top is a soaring eagle clutching a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. To either side of the swastika is scrolled "Seefahrt" (Seafaring) and "Ist Not" (Is Necessary). The base of an anchor may be seen to the base of the surround, with "Tag Der Deutschen" (Day Of German) and "Seefahrt 25.26.5.1935" (Seafaring 25.26.5.1935) scrolled to either side. The central image on the badge is that of a three-quarter profiled, three-mast sailing vessel, under sail on rough seas. To the reverse is crimped a horizontal pin-back device, beneath which is embossed the manufacturer’s mark. 6) THREE 1935 SAAR LOYALTY COMMEMORATIVE BADGE. (Saar Erinnerungsabzeichen) A stamped metal badge with a silver wash, roughly in the from of a vertical oval, 26mm wide and 39mm tall. The central image is of two figures shaking hands beneath an eagle, with a spray of oak leaves to either side, "Saar" and "1935" to the base, and "Treue um Treue" (Constant because-of Loyalty) scrolled along the top. A vertical pin-back device is to its unmarked, hollow-back reverse. 7) THREE WHW DONATION BADGES WITH WOLFSANGLE. The WHW, "Winterhilfswerk" (Winter-help-work), was an annual charitable donation event held by the "NS-Volkswohlfahrt" (National Socialist - Peoples’-welfare) in which personnel from all of the NSDAP organizations would solicit donations from the public, and reward contributors with a wide variety of lapel badges or propaganda booklets. 8) THREE 1935 NATIONAL LABOR DAY COMMEMORATIVE BADGES. (Arbeitstag Abzeichen) A solid struck aluminum badge in the form of a 34mm x 45mm vertical oval. Arching across the top of the badge is "Tag Der Arbeit" (Day Of Labor), underneath of which are three figures - a heavy laborer with an apron and sledgehammer, a planner or supervisor with a rolled paper, and a farm worker with an apron and sheaves of barley. They represent the combined forces of labor, management and farm workers. Underneath the figures is an eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, the wreath partially descending below the limits of the oval, with "19" to one side of it and "35" to the other. The artist/designer’s initials, "RK," may be seen to the left above the eagle’s outstretched wing. To the reverse is a crimped, horizontal pin back device. 9) THREE 1937 MAY DAY BADGES. A 35mm diameter, cast alloy badge whose obverse face features a child with a sprig of oak leaves in one hand, the other hand raised in a Nazi salute, standing atop an eagle clutching a wreathed swastika. "1.Mai" is to one side of the figure, and "1937" is to the other. Complete with original pinback device. 10) THREE 1938 MAY DAY BADGES. A 35mm diameter, solid struck proto-plastic badge whose obverse depicts a young couple dancing before a "May Pole," from which streamers trail in the wind. An eagle with outstretched wings grasping a wreathed, mobile swastika is to the base. To one side of the eagle is "1 Mai," with "1938" to the other.

WWII JAPANESE IJN SEAMAN’S DONALD DUCK CAP WW2

Lot #693 (Sale Order 766 of 784)

A blue wool Imperial Japanese Navy seaman’s cap with white cover with a post-1941 cap tally. The cap’s 22cm diameter crown has its original stiffening wire intact under the forward seam. The headband has a black silk cap tally attached to it, along the front of which is machine woven seven kanji characters, in gold. An anchor, machine woven in gold, is to each of these "tails." The interior of the cap is fully lined in black, brushed cotton, and features, to the center of its crown, a white oilcloth tag with five vertical lines of kanji characters to it. Sewn under the sweatband, over each ear, is a single-piece, non-adjustable, black elasticized chin strap. Excellent

REPRO LUGER HOLSTER + VIETNAM ERA US HOLSTER

Lot #694 (Sale Order 767 of 784)

Black leather "US" embossed M1911 holster, circa 1970s-1980s in excellent condition and a reproduction black leather P.08 Luger holster with waffenamt stamp and date. Both holsters would be ideal for reenacting purposes. Excellent

WWII JAPANESE NAVY IJN SEAMANS DONALD DUCK CAP WW2

Lot #695 (Sale Order 768 of 784)

A black wool Imperial Japanese Navy seaman’s cap with a post-1941 cap tally. The cap’s 22cm diameter crown has its original stiffening wire intact under the forward seam. The headband has a black silk cap tally attached to it, along the front of which is machine woven seven kanji characters, in gold. An anchor, machine woven in gold, is to each of these "tails." The interior of the cap is fully lined in black, brushed cotton, and features, to the center of its crown, a white oilcloth tag with five vertical lines of kanji characters to it. Sewn under the sweatband, over each ear, is a single-piece, non-adjustable, black elasticized chin strap.

WWII NAZI GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE MEDAL NSB PARTY

Lot #696 (Sale Order 769 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) Gold Grade Wound Badge By Funke & Brüninghaus. 1939 pattern, die struck, alloy construction, solid backed badge with a gilt wash. The badge is in the form of an embossed, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an embossed profile of a M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base field. Complete with original hinge, pin and catch assembly. Nice clean early example and is marked 456 indicating the maker Funke & Brüninghaus. 2) Kriegsmarine Narvik Campaign Shield. Die stamped, zinc construction with a gilt wash, shield featuring an embossed, stylized, national eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a wreathed, static swastika in its talons, to the top center, positioned above the embossed script, "Narvik 1940", an edelweiss flower and a crossed propeller and anchor. The edelweiss, propeller and anchor represent the Heer Gebirgsjäger, (Army Mountain troops), the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe respectively, that participated in the victory at Narvik. Three prongs are missing 3) Kriegsmarine Officer's Breast Eagle. Nice quality, hand embroidered breast eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted, swastika in its talons, in gold bullion wire threads with accent threads, mounted on a cut-out, navy blue, wool base with original paper backing. 4) 1940 DUTCH NATIONAL SOCIALIST MOVEMENT (NSB) LOTSVERBONDENHEID MEDAL. "Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland". Bronze gilt, obverse illustrating the NSB wolfsengel fronting a swastika, framed by a flowering plant with a chain intertwined in the base of the plant and running from side to side, surrounded by the inscription "LOTSVERBONDENHEID 10-14 MEI 1940", reverse inscribed "SAAMGEDREVEN DOOR HET LOT / VEREEND IN GEVAAR" in the center, inscribed "DIETSCHERS EN DUITSCHERS" above and "VERBONDEN IN DE TOEKOMST" below, 40 mm, edge nicks, scattered gilt wear. Very Good. Footnote: This medal was given by the NSB, to NSB members and German citizens interned by the Dutch Government during German invasion, from May 10 to May 14, 1940. Elements of the medal, such as the NSB wolfsengel and Nazi swastika with the intertwined chain, as well as the inscription on the reverse of the medal, were meant to emphasize the bond the NSB shared with the German Reich. To that end, they awarded three golden ones to figures, such as Seyss-Inquart, Schmidt and Hauptmann Siebel.

WW1 WWII NAZI GERMAN MEDAL LOT HEER SA EKII WW2

Lot #697 (Sale Order 770 of 784)

WWII Nazi German lot to include 1) CIVIL AIR DEFENCE HONOR DECORATION 2ND CLASS, 1938. Roughly, 38m diameter, early, die struck alloy construction award with a nickel silver finish. The circular award features an embossed oak-leaf wreath to the outside edge encompassing an embossed, canted, swastika on a subtly pebbled field encircled by the embossed, Latin script, "Für Verdienste im Luftschutz", (For Meritorious Service in Air Defence), to the obverse. The reverse also has the embossed, oak-leaf wreath to the outside edge encompassing the embossed, institution date, "1938", also on a subtly pebbled field. The medal loop and ribbon suspension ring are both intact and come complete with a roughly, 31mm wide, 18cm long, piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. 2) SA SPORTS BADGE IN BRONZE "Berg & Nolte". Die struck, magnetic sheet metal, badge with a bronze wash. The badge is in the form of a circular oak-leaf wreath encompassing an upward pointing Roman broad sword which is superimposed on a central, canted swastika. Detailing includes veins to the oak-leaves, horizontal ribbing to the sword grip and cut-outs to the interior of the circular wreath and swastika arms. Reverse is a mirror image of obverse. Raised soldered catch, semi-rounded vertical pin and soldered catch all intact to reverse. Reverse also has embossed manufacturers name and location, ‘Berg & Nolte Ludenscheld’. 3) WEST WALL MEDAL. Die struck, tombac construction medal with a bronze wash is in the form of a roughly, 41mm tall, 32mm wide, vertical oval with embossed, oak-leaf wreath edging encompassing a smooth field with an embossed national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons, positioned above a crossed spade and sword which are in turn positioned above a pillbox to the obverse. The reverse also has the embossed, oak-leaf wreath edging which encompasses embossed, Latin script, "Für Arbeit zum Schutze Deutschlands", (For Work on the Defenses of Germany), on a smooth background field. The medal loop and the ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Included is an original piece of rayon ribbon. 4) WEST WALL MEDAL WITH PACKET. Die struck, tombac construction medal with a bronze wash is in the form of a roughly, 41mm tall, 32mm wide, vertical oval with embossed, oak-leaf wreath edging encompassing a smooth field with an embossed national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons, positioned above a crossed spade and sword which are in turn positioned above a pillbox to the obverse. The reverse also has the embossed, oak-leaf wreath edging which encompasses embossed, Latin script, "Für Arbeit zum Schutze Deutschlands", (For Work on the Defenses of Germany), on a smooth background field. The medal loop and the ribbon suspension ring are both intact. Included is an original piece of rayon ribbon and original paper packet. 5) WAR MERIT CROSS 2ND CLASS WITH SWORDS. Die struck zinc construction bravery award is in the form of a Maltese style cross with a circular centerpiece with an embossed, canted, swastika encircled by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath to the obverse. The reverse centerpiece has the embossed date,"1939", which is also encompassed by a nicely detailed oak-leaf wreath. The background field of both the obverse and reverse centerpieces is smooth while the arms of the cross have a pebbled background field with raised, smooth, outer edges. The swords, indicating bravery, emanated upward, between the arms of the cross. The ribbon suspension ring and medal loop are both intact. The cross comes complete with a piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. 6) WWII NAZI GERMAN WAR MERIT MEDAL PACKET. Original packet of an issue; the obverse embossed with “Kriegsverdienstmedaille 1939” in black Gothic lettering, the reverse labeled Friedrich Orth Wien 56. 7) WWII NAZI GERMAN WAR MERIT MEDAL PACKET. Original packet of an issue; the obverse embossed with “Kriegsverdienstmedaille 1939” in black Gothic lettering, the reverse labeled Oberhoff & Cie. 8) WWII NAZI GERMAN WEST WALL MEDAL PACKET. Roughly, 10cm tall, 6cm wide, light weight, natural tan cardstock, issue envelope with black printed Gothic script in three lines to the obverse, "Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen", (German Defence Wall Honor Award). The top edge of the envelope has a fold over, triangular flap which inserts into a horizontal slash on the envelops reverse for a secure closure. The reverse of the envelope also has black printed, Gothic script, manufacturer’s name and location within a rectangular border. 9) IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS. 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse features an embossed, high relief, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, "1939", to the bottom arm.

WWII NAZI GERMAN HERMANN GÖRING DOCUMENT SEAL WW2

Lot #698 (Sale Order 771 of 784)

Large wax seal document seal for the house of Hermann Wilhelm Göring measuring 4 inches tall. A very interesting and unique World War Two period Hermann Goring personal seal in the form of a knight's arm holding a ring, which was the Goring Coat of Arms. Excellent Hermann Wilhelm Göring 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party (NSDAP), which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, he was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite ("The Blue Max"). He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (Jasta 1), the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen. An early member of the Nazi Party, Göring was among those wounded in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. While receiving treatment for his injuries, he developed an addiction to morphine which persisted until the last year of his life. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Göring was named as Minister Without Portfolio in the new government. One of his first acts as a cabinet minister was to oversee the creation of the Gestapo, which he ceded to Heinrich Himmler in 1934. Following the establishment of the Nazi state, Göring amassed power and political capital to become the second most powerful man in Germany. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (air force), a position he held until the final days of the regime. Upon being named Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan in 1936, Göring was entrusted with the task of mobilizing all sectors of the economy for war, an assignment which brought numerous government agencies under his control and helped him become one of the wealthiest men in the country. In September 1939 Hitler designated him as his successor and deputy in all his offices. After the Fall of France in 1940, he was bestowed the specially created rank of Reichsmarschall, which gave him seniority over all officers in Germany's armed forces. By 1941, Göring was at the peak of his power and influence. As the Second World War progressed, Göring's standing with Hitler and with the German public declined after the Luftwaffe proved incapable of preventing the Allied bombing of Germany's cities and resupplying surrounded Axis forces in Stalingrad. Around that time, Göring increasingly withdrew from military and political affairs to devote his attention to collecting property and artwork, much of which was stolen from Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Informed on 22 April 1945 that Hitler intended to commit suicide, Göring sent a telegram to Hitler requesting permission to assume control of the Reich. Considering his request an act of treason, Hitler removed Göring from all his positions, expelled him from the party, and ordered his arrest. After the war, Göring was convicted of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He was sentenced to death by hanging, but committed suicide by ingesting cyanide hours before the sentence was to be carried out.

LOT OF 3 COMBAT BAYONETS M9 PHROBIS & M11 EOD

Lot #699 (Sale Order 772 of 784)

COMBAT BAYONET LOT TO INCLUDE 1) U.S. MODEL M9 BAYONET & SCABBARD PHROBIS III. The M9 Bayonet is a multi-purpose knife and bayonet officially adopted in 1986 by the United States. Made by PROBIS III. 12" overall with 7" blade. Includes original scabbard complete but missing the sharpening stone and AK style "wire cutter" nub which attaches to a hole in the blade to form a set of powerful cutters. Excellent 2) U.S. MODEL M9 BAYONET & SCABBARD PHROBIS III BY BUCK. The M9 Bayonet is a multi-purpose knife and bayonet officially adopted in 1986 by the United States. Made by Buck. 12" overall with 7" blade. Includes original scabbard complete with the sharpening stone and AK style "wire cutter" nub which attaches to a hole in the blade to form a set of powerful cutters. Excellent 3) EOD M11 LAN-CAY COMBAT KNIFE WITH SCABBARD. The M11 bayonet, or M11 EOD is a version of the M9 specialized for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). It has some extra features, such as a hammer pommel, but uses the same blade and sheath as the M9.M9 Bayonet and M10 Scabbard 'product improved' sheath. There have been four main makes of M9's: Phrobis, Buck (subcontracted from Phrobis during the original Army contract), Lan Cay, and Ontario. Starting in 1987, Phrobis subcontracted Buck, finishing up in 1989. It was around this time that Buck sold commercial M9s as well, which it did up to 1997.LanCay got its first contract in March 1992 (taking over production from Buck) for 30 (later 50) thousand knives (with General Cutlery as a subcontractor); in 1994, there was another contract issued for about 100,000 improved M9 models. In 1999, a contract for 25,000 knives was split between Lan Cay and Ontario (12,500 each). Ontario Knife Company also participated in later contracts, and is one of the current (as of 2005) contractors for producing them. These can be identified by the blades, which are marked "M-9 / ONTARIO / KNIFE CO / USA".E.O.D. Near MINT.

LOT OF 3 COMBAT BAYONETS M9 & USMC OKC-3S MINT

Lot #700 (Sale Order 773 of 784)

COMBAT BAYONET LOT TO INCLUDE 1) U.S. MODEL M9 BAYONET & SCABBARD LAN-CAY. The M9 Bayonet is a multi-purpose knife and bayonet officially adopted in 1986 by the United States. Made by Lan Cay. 12" overall with 7" blade. Includes original scabbard complete with integral sharpening stone and AK style "wire cutter" nub which attaches to a hole in the blade to form a set of powerful cutters. MINT 2) U.S. MODEL M9 BAYONET & SCABBARD ONTARIO. The M9 Bayonet is a multi-purpose knife and bayonet officially adopted in 1986 by the United States. Made by Ontario. 12" overall with 7" blade. Includes original scabbard complete with integral sharpening stone and AK style "wire cutter" nub which attaches to a hole in the blade to form a set of powerful cutters. Excellent. 3) OKC-3S USMC COMBAT BAYONET WITH SCABBARD ONTARIO. The OKC-3S is a bayonet developed by the United States Marine Corps to replace the M7 bayonet and M9 bayonet as its service bayonet for the M16 family of rifles and M4 series carbine. This multipurpose bayonet provides greater durability than the M7 and also functions as a fighting knife. This particular piece is in excellent condition and is blade marked Ontario.

VIETNAM CAPTURED FLAG OPERATION BLACKJACK 33

Lot #701 (Sale Order 774 of 784)

Captured Vietnam flag measuring 27 X 20 including fringe. At the bottom of the flag it says " A-303 February 7, 1967 Captured by M.G.C.957 War Zone D Operation Black Jack 33 " which translates to Advisory-303 February 7, 1967 Captured by Mobile Guerrilla Company 957 War Zone D Operation Blackjack 33. Flag has minor staining but is in excellent condition. In Vietnam, Mobile Guerrilla Force conducted unconventional operations against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Armed with silencer-equipped MK-II British Sten guns, M-16s, M-79s, and M-60 machine guns, the men of the Mobile Guerrilla Force operated in the steamy, triple-canopy jungle owned by the NVA and VC, destroying base camps, ambushing patrols, and gathering the intelligence that General Westmoreland desperately needed. In 1967, James Donahue was a Special Forces medic and assistant platoon leader assigned to the Mobile Guerrilla Force and their fiercely anti-Communist Cambodian freedom fighters. Their mission: to locate the 271st Main Force Viet Cong Regiment so they could be engaged and destroyed by the 1st Infantry Division. Now, with the brutal, unflinching honesty only an eye witness could possess, Donahue relives the adrenaline rush of firefights, air strikes, human wave attacks, ambushes, and attacks on enemy base camps. Following the operation the surviving Special Forces members of the Mobile Guerrilla Force were decorated by Major General John Hay, Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division.

VIETNAM US 101st AIRBORNE VETERAN GROUPING

Lot #702 (Sale Order 775 of 784)

Grouping of items from the Vietnam War service of Bronze Star recipient and mortar man Gerald J. Dabelle. Includes a very nice theater-made platoon patch which reads "High Angle Hell" and "9th GO DEVILS" and "81mm" a reference to the the mortar team's high angle missions -- he was the platoon combat medic. Also includes a safe conduct pass on which the veteran has written in pen "these are dropped out of choppers," a postcard he sent home from Vietnam in 1970, a theater made 9th Infantry Division patch and a theater made 101st Airborne arc, along with a standard issue 9th ID patch and 101st patch, 2 military payment certificates, his name tape, medic badge, air assault wings, and a newspaper clipping describing his defense of fellow wounded soldiers on a mission in Cambodia in 1970 resulting in his being awarded the Bronze Star medal for valor. Excellent

4 USSR & CHINESE BELTS, BUCKLES, BANDOLIERS

Lot #702a (Sale Order 776 of 784)

Includes one brown leather adjustable belt with USSR / Soviet Union Red Army brass buckle, one black leather adjustable belt with USSR / Soviet Union Russian Navy brass buckle, and two Chinese cloth SKS rifle ammunition bandoleers. One appears un-issued. Very Good - Excellent

WWII & KOREAN WAR SHADOWBOX GROUPING USAF MAJOR

Lot #703 (Sale Order 777 of 784)

Framed shadowbox of awards, ribbons, and insignia from a career soldier who began as an enlisted man in the US Army and finished as a Major in the US Air Force, serving in World War II in the pacific theater of operations, participating in the Berlin Airlift, and serving in the Korean War. The box contains a photo, his dog tag, a leather theater made A2 jacket squadron patch for the 55th Fighter Group, a selection of insignia, and several Chinese and Korean medals and insignia. Very Good - Excellent

WWII BRITISH BRODIE STYLE HELMET

Lot #704 (Sale Order 778 of 784)

Brodie or "soup plate" style British helmet. Steel construction with intact crown cushion and suspension. Suspension strap is marked "6 7/8 V.M.C. II 1942." Has khaki chinstraps and a thick coat of OD Green paint. Has a soldier's laundry number marked inside the crown, and the size written by hand on the underside of the rim, "6 7/8" in red or orange. This is a World War II helmet that was used postwar by the British Army. Excellent

KOREAN WAR 24TH DIVISION MP PAINTED M-1 HELMET

Lot #705 (Sale Order 779 of 784)

Korean War 24th Infantry Division painted MP Military Police Swivel M-1 Combat Helmet. Helmet is missing the straps but otherwise is in excellent condition. Liner is manufactured by CAPAC with all of it's webbing in great condition.

WWII JAPANESE NATIONAL LARGE SILK FLAG

Lot #706 (Sale Order 780 of 784)

Large WWII Japanese national flag being made of printed silk and measuring 41 X 28 inches and in excellent condition. with reinforced lather tabs on the hoist corners.

HECKLER & KOCH P2A1 FLARE GUN WITH CASE

Lot #707 (Sale Order 781 of 784)

One of the most well-developed flare guns in existence - developed in the 1980s by HK engineer Hulmut Weldle. Issued by several European militaries. Comes in rubberized case, and includes cleaning rod. Excellent

1954 VIETNAM DATED BATTLE FLAG OF INDEPENDENCE

Lot #708 (Sale Order 782 of 784)

1954 dated North Vietnamese battle flag for the 310th Regiment. Flag measures 30 X 42 including gold fringe. Center of the flag has a well armed soldier holding a grenade and rifle with the inscription QUY?T CHI?N QUY?T TH?NG or We fought to win speaking of their Independence. The Vi?t C?ng, also known as the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam or FNL (from french Front National de Libération), was a mass political organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia with its own army – the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV) – that fought against the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, eventually emerging on the winning side. It had both guerrilla and regular army units, as well as a network of cadres who organized peasants in the territory it controlled. Many soldiers were recruited in South Vietnam, but others were attached to the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), the regular North Vietnamese army. During the war, communists and anti-war activists insisted the Vi?t C?ng was an insurgency indigenous to the South, while the U.S. and South Vietnamese governments portrayed the group as a tool of Hanoi. Although the terminology distinguishes northerners from the southerners, communist forces were under a single command structure set up in 1958. North Vietnam established the National Liberation Front on December 20, 1960, to foment insurgency in the South. Many of the Vi?t C?ng's core members were volunteer "regroupees", southern Vi?t Minh who had resettled in the North after the Geneva Accord (1954). Hanoi gave the regroupees military training and sent them back to the South along the Ho Chi Minh trail in the early 1960s. The NLF called for southern Vietnamese to "overthrow the camouflaged colonial regime of the American imperialists" and to make "efforts toward the peaceful unification". The LASV's best-known action was the Tet Offensive, a gigantic assault on more than 100 South Vietnamese urban centers in 1968, including an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon. The offensive riveted the attention of the world's media for weeks, but also overextended the Vi?t C?ng. Later communist offensives were conducted predominantly by the North Vietnamese. The organization was dissolved in 1976 when North and South Vietnam were officially unified under a communist government.

LEGION OF MERIT CHIEF COMMANDER DECORATION SET

Lot #709 (Sale Order 783 of 784)

Post-Vietnam War era decoration set, complete with breast star, correct ribbon bar and lapel pin in padded blue "Arrow" brand case. United States; Sterling silver gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, weighing 98.56 grams, illustrating a wreath of green laurel joined at the bottom by a gold bow-knot (rosette), a domed five-pointed white star bordered in crimson, points reversed with v-shaped extremities, each tipped with a gold ball, crossed arrows pointing outwards between each of the arms of the star, center with a blue disk encircled by gold clouds, with thirteen white stars arranged in the pattern that appears on the Great Seal of the United States, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" engraved on the reverse, 74.3 mm x 71.2 mm, horizontal pinback. Accompanied by its hard shelled case of issue, marked "LEGION OF MERIT CHIEF COMMANDER" on the lid, light wear and scuffing evident on the exterior. Footnote: This order is issued to heads of state or government. However this degree was awarded by President Roosevelt to some Allied World War II theater commanders usually for joint amphibious landings or invasions (The President had this power under Executive Order 9260 of October 29, 1942 paragraph 3b). Case shows light wear and age to the lid. Excellent

REPRO NAZI GERMAN HJ FANFARE TRUMPET BANNER

Lot #710 (Sale Order 784 of 784)

Reproduction HJ trumpet banner approximately 46cm square double sided multi-piece cotton construction banner with four doubled tie strings along its upper edge for affixing it to a trumpet. To both sides is the typical HJ pattern swastika with red and white fields. A 30mm silver/white fringe runs along both sides and the bottom of the banner. No Hanging loops. White portions show the expected light age yellowing but overall excellent untouched example. The origins of the Hitler Jugend, (Hitler Youth), may be traced back to March 1922 with the formation of the Jugendbund der NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (Youth League of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party), under control of the SA, Sturmabteilung, (Storm/Assault Detachment). In April 1924 the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement), and on July 4TH 1926 the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed Hitler Jugend Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend, (Hitler Youth League of German Worker Youth).


PREMIER MILITARIA & EDGED WEAPONS AUCTION
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PREMIER MILITARIA & EDGED WEAPONS AUCTION
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