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.
STATE SERVICE PODIUM BANNER>REMAGEN BRIDGE HEAD
Rare state service podium banner from a famous battle. Printed eagle on red cotton with silklike border and cotton fringe, 30" x 40", has a couple of moth nips. Hand written Remagen, Germany bridge head. The Battle for the Bridge Although the Germans intended to destroy the bridge, they were unsuccessful. Several attempts failed, thus the Americans were given a clear passage over the Rhine, altering the course of the war. Hitler laid the blame for the failure on five officers who were collectively responsible for the whole bridge complex, calling them the traitors of Remagen. Four were immediately executed, however one was already in American hands as a prisoner. Later, historians called these men innocent scapegoats. Though the Americans held the bridgehead from early March 1945, the Germans were still not ready to give up their efforts to destroy the bridge at Remagen. On March 15, twenty-one fast bombers flew in to attack the structure, but they too were unable to destroy it. Hitler then ordered divers from the German navy to attempt underwater attacks, though they arrived too late to finish off the weakened structure.
PANZER WRAPPER COLLAR TABS CAVALRY
Rare pair of fully matching WH (Heer) black woolen, Yellow-piped 'Panzer' collar-tabs, - used and uniform-removed condition! The set has the dark-yellow 'buckram' backing. A nice and desirable set that originates from my own collection.
SS EM/NCO TOTENKOPF COLLAR TAB
Nice example , wool with greyish skull and buckrum backing. Has some kind of pencil writing to back.
WAFFEN SS PANZER EM SHOULDER BOARDS
Scarce, fully matching pair of Waffen-SS shoulderstraps piped in PINK. This is a truly a scarce! - fully matching set in almost mint condition, Both straps have the neat 'silk-like'-type piping and are fully text-book . They have the 'regular'-shaped tongues and field-grey woolen backing. A garuanteed original SS shoulderboard set.
REICHSWERKE HERMANN GORING TRADE PATCH
Fully embroidered silver wire on green wool with missing paper backing. Looks alike like gorings coat of arms. Oval patch 30mm by 37mm. Super rare patch in great shape, go to the link to read about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichswerke_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring
WWII WAFFEN COLLAR TAB
This is a very nice example of a Waffen-SS wool style collar-tab (white runes on black felt like material) This one has the brown color buckrum backing. This looks great from the front but the reverse is mothed. A nice SS collar-tab!
WWII WATER POLICE CUSTOMS MEDAL BAR
Rare Water customs medal on a bar, very clean
ARMY STANDARD BEARER'S SLEEVE PATCH (RECON)
Super condition, un-issued; the patch is machine woven (BeVo) in three colors: aluminum thread (flatwire), brown thread (Recon branch color), and black thread all woven onto a thin, dark green rayon backing cloth. The insignia portrays two crossed Standards in miniature, with a Triad cluster of oak leaves in aluminum thread woven at the bottom center. The insignia was cut from a stock roll, which makes it essentially a large square of cloth. Excellent condition!
WWII GERMAN PANZER OFFICER TUNIC W/ KRIM SHIELD
This is a light weight summer tunic of a Panzer Lieutenant. In collection for many years in very nice condition with some minor mothing on green collar. The insignia is period sewn on. CONSIGNMENT ITEM TP
WWII JAPANESE NAVY OFFICERS VISOR CAP
An Imperial Japanese Navy officers visor cap, first introduced in 1905 and used until the end of the Second World War. The caps 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 has its original chinstrap, finished in black, with dual adjustment sliders, missing one button. The black lacquered visor. Sweatband is complete. Purple silk lining is complete. Sewn to the interior crown is owners name tag . Original, removable, white cover is still attached. Small size . Shows age, use and period wear,Visor needs cleaning and one moth hole on top but overall nice condition.