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 IRON CROSS 2nd CLASS
1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, 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. Marked 100. The cross comes complete with a long piece of original ribbed rayon ribbon. And also comes with picture of man,no name.
WWII LW GENERALS VISOR CAP
Very nice quality, private purchase, Luftwaffe blue/grey, wool construction visor cap features a black, horizontally ribbed, interwoven, mohair centerband, and bright, interwoven gold celleon piping to the crown edge and both the top and bottom edges of the center band. The front center of the center band has a hand embroidered, winged, oak-leaf wreath in bright, gold celleon threads with bullion accent threads, encompassing a hand embroidered, national tri-color cockade all mounted on a cut-out, black wool base. The hand embroidered national tri-color cockade consists of a black wire base, a silver wire roundel and an vented red felt centerpiece. The wreath and cockade base are neatly handstitched to the cap. The cap has a bright, heavy, twisted gold celleon chin cord which is secured in place by two, small, gilt washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black lacquered, vulcanfibre visor with a machine stitched, simulated leather lip to the forward edge. The visor shows some minor surface cracking and age checking. The interior of the cap is fully lined in smooth finished gold rayon. The lining to the interior crown has a machine stitched, clear celluloid sweat diamond fully intact. The interior of the cap also has a machine stitched in, tan leather sweatband fully intact with some tears Superb, Generals visor cap!
WWII GERMAN BDM WEST DÜSSELDORF DISTRICT SLEEVE
Black rayon construction isosceles triangle features machine woven Gothic script in two lines, "West Düsseldorf", in silver/grey threads. The triangle also has a narrow machine woven silver/grey 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. The reverse of the has it original paper HJ RZM tag still in place. Very clean, untouched example. Nice.
WWII GERMAN BAHNSCHUTZPOLIZEI VISOR CAP EAGLE
Bahnschutzepolizei, die stamped aluminum, construction national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in its talons. The eagle has a roughly, 64mm wingspan. Prongs are complete. Nicely marked. I have two, this is for one.
WWII GERMAN HJ OVERSEAS CAP MINT
Close to mint cap with tag inside , two tears to sweat band. Size 55 stamped.
WWII GERMAN COASTAL ARTILLERY OFFICERS VISOR CAP
Rare cap with no damage at all,maker marked and named inside.
WWII GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE PITH HELMET EAGLE
A Kriegsmarine Pith Helmet Eagle by Gustav Brehmer - Maker marked G.B. in gilded aluminum, 107 mm in length, maker marked, very fine quality, very heavy, near mint.
WWII GERMAN LW PADDED WINTER CAP
This cap has a body of blue gray wool that is in excellent condition, remaining very clean with just minor wear. The underside of the flaps is lined in brown fleece that is excellent. The ear flaps have cloth ties to hold them up. The padded interior is finished in grey cloth. There is a manufacturer’s tag stitched to the lining, which indicates this was produced by GA Hoffmann of Berlin in 1942 in the size of 61. Has LW eagle attached to the front
SS EIGHT YEAR LONG SERVICE MEDAL TYPE 1
Excellent example called the "maker 1" on some forums and probably made by Deschler of Munich. Has some damage as shown, long ribbon.
WWII GERMAN MOUNTAIN TROOP EM'S SHOULDER STRAPS
Later, second pattern, (Circa May 1940-May 1945), field-grey wool construction, slip on shoulder straps with medium green rayon waffenfarbe piping.