Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
WWII GERMAN GENDARMERIE NCO'S SHAKO
Nice quality, private purchase, 1936 pattern, Gendarmerie, (Rural Police), NCO’s Shako consisting of a molded vulcanfibre body with a police green wool covering to the exterior. Shako is maker marked and dated under leather 1938, I believe the cockade to be real but I think it has been repainted.
WWII GERMAN NSRL OLYMPIC GAMES SPORTS INSIGNIA
The original NSRL emblem, being a national eagle with down-swept wings and a mobile swastika superimposed on its breast, was a carried over to the DRL. Roughly 75mm wide by 80mm tall, multi piece, shield shaped, NSRL sports eagle.. The NSRL eagle is in embroidered black and white thread on a red wool back with black border. This is in turn sewn to a white back wool. Very hard piece of insignia to find. Used by the NSRL 1936 German Olympics participants. Mint unused.
WWII GERMAN EM/NCO'S TROPICAL OVERSEAS CAP
Ribbed olive/khaki, cotton twill construction cap with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and the forward sides. The cap has a tan painted, in metal alloy ventilation grommet to both sides situated just below the crown edge. The top center seam is correctly stitched right through the interior liner, for added strength. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle in light blue/grey threads on a cut-out, woven tan rayon base. The eagle is neatly machine stitched to the cap. The front center of the fold down panel has a machine woven national tri-color cockade, on a woven, tan rayon, diamond shaped base which is also machine stitched in place. The interior of the cap is fully lined in light weight red cotton. The lining is well marked with a black size inkstamp, "57", the manufactures name and location, "Hans Brandt Mützenfabrik Magdeburg-N Ritterstraße 12-15", and the date, " 8 42". This cap is MINT and hard to find in this condition.