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 MARKSMAN'S LANYARD NATIONAL EAGLE SH
First pattern, (circa June 1936-January 1939), national eagle shield for grades one to four marksmen’s lanyards. The insignia consists of a die stamped, matte aluminum, vertical shield shaped base with a pebbled background field and raised outer lip with a high relief, embossed, Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings to the center. The reverse of the shield is a mirror image of the obverse and all three original, soldered attachment prongs are intact.
WWII GERMAN SILVER WOUND BADGE 107
Roughly, 1 3/4", (4.4 cm), tall, 1 3/8", (3.5cm), wide, vertically oval, standard, 1939 pattern, die struck, solid backed, alloy construction badge with a silver washed finish features an embossed M35 pattern helmet with a high relief, canted, swastika to the center, superimposed over crossed swords on a pebbled base encompassed by an oval laurel leaf wreath. The silver wash is only retained about 25% . The solid reverse has a crimped, soldered, hinge on a rectangular base plate, inset into a rectangular recess, a thin, round, vertical, pin and a soldered, oval base plate, inset into an oval recess, intended for the catch . The reverse of the badge is well marked with the embossed manufacturers formally approved numerical code within an elongated, oval cartouche, "107", indicating manufacture by Carl Wild of Hamburg.
WWII GERMAN LUFTWAFFE PANZER/MECHANICS O/S CAP
Luftwaffe black twill 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 Luftwaffe eagle clutching a canted, swastika in one talon, in pale silvery/grey cotton threads mounted on a cut-out, black wool base. The eagle is Machine sewn in place. Nicely marked and dated. sold 500