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 M31 CANTEEN , CUP AND STRAP
Standard issue, .8 liter capacity aluminum construction type. All complete. Good straps. canteen is mint, cup is missing some paint.
WWII GERMAN EM SHOULDER STRAPS UNPIPED
Very scarce un piped shoulder straps with transport number 5 added. These straps were used for a very short time. They show signs of having tress.
WWII GERMAN REICHSLUFTSCHUTZBUND AIR RAID WARDEN
Very nice Reichsluftschutzbund Air Raid Warden armband with printed "W".
WWII GERMAN LUFTSHUTZ OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARMBAND
RLB Armband for Observer Personnel of the Reichs Luftschutz Bund (National Air Raid Protection League Blue cotton body with white chain stitch embroidery.
WWII GERMAN NSDStB ARMBAND
Multi piece construction. Excellent condition with typical soiling from age and wear.
SPORTS EAGLE STICK PIN
This is a 15mm by 18mm German World War II Sports Eagle stickpin badge. It is brass alloy with silver wash. Maker marked DRL. The condition is near excellent, as shown. Knurled pin. ALSO SEE BADGE IN BADGE SECTION
MEDICAL COLLAR TABS
Pair of 1935 pattern with machine woven with dark blue stripes sewn to green base, buckrum backing.
HITLER GAU 33/34 MITTELFRANKEN OPFER DANK PIN
Heavy silver finish, 1 3/8 round, pin back with maker marks. Rare.
ARMY TRANSPORT SHOULDER BOARDS PAIR
Matched pair, dark green with light blue piping, one tongue button hole has been cut. Some mothing.
WWII GERMAN BERLIN POLICE SHAKO
This is the jet-black shako of the Berlin Police. These were the men of the Schupo (Schützpolizei). The Shupos were known as Die Blauen, the Blues. The helmet was the distinctive piece of police headgear carried over from the Landespolizei. The body is black Vulcan fiber with a black, lacquered flattop and front and back visor with pressed rim. A 16-mm black leather chinstrap (enlisted) with aluminum buckles for strap adjustment attached as well. Top is missing some thread and has small crack. Badge is marked 1937 S.R.M. A new shako was introduced with the 1936-pattern uniform. It retained the same style and characteristics, but had a police-green uniform cloth covering the body of the helmet. But the traditional black Vulcan fiber shako continued to be worn in some police precincts as late as 1940, but, of course, the Prussian shield had to be replaced by the NS national eagle and swastika. The black police shako is decidedly rarer than the later cloth-covered models; especially with the Nazi Police shield affixed.