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Army Officer’s Dagger by F.W. Höller Solingen (Item WEHR 26-1) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is very nice example of an army dagger by one of the more prestigious Solingen firms. Although most collectors favor the pumpkin-orange or deep-orange grips on a Heersdolch, the German officers seemed to favor the white grip. This is a fine example with the Höller single-screw lip retainer on the scabbard. The grip is unscathed. This one has the original knot (portepee) and the hanger that are in quite good shape. The blade on this one has some slight nicks in the edge portions (not bad at all). The Höller eagle is invariably with nice, clearly defined eagle and swastika. The hangers are with standard top hanging slot with nice brownish velvety material backing. The knot is a bit frayed, but again, not bad and holding up well. This is a nice, clean dagger that is reasonably priced.
PRICE: $785.00; complete |
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Army Officer’s Dagger by Tiger Solingen (Item WEHR 26-2) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is one of the most sought after of the army series of dagger makers. Tiger of Solingen does not show up all that often. It was a smaller company than Eichorn or WKC, but it did produce a superior product in our estimation. This Tiger has finer detail than those produced by the giants of the industry and this is an excellent example with original hanger and portepee. The portepee is a bit frayed, but holding well. It has the brownish velvet back and the deluxe horseshoe belt fastener device. The grip is perfect and is in the popular pumpkin-orange hue. The eagle and swastika is in the highest detail. The knot is a bit frayed, but also holding well. The Tiger models had the two lip retainer screws in the scabbard. This is a very nice, bright blade (excellence plus). A collector would do well to acquire such a fine piece.
PRICE: $885.00 |
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Variation Army Dagger (black grip) (Item WEHR 26-3) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is quite a rare dagger that is 100 percent authentic although the forums and other dubious individuals have made fanciful and frivolous claims bantering about theories that come straight from the moon. At one time these black-handled armies were considered railway-protection daggers, but that theory has fallen by the wayside. The closest to a common-sense idea comes from a German officer who worked on the West Wall defenses in 1944. He said that he saw at two least Pionier officers wearing black-grip daggers. He took notice of this because his dagger back in Germany was with standard white grip and secondly, he was sort of miffed at the idea that these stuck-up officers would have the effrontery to wear a dress dagger while ostensibly in a “work detail.” It seemed rather arrogant to him at the time, but as to the dagger, he swears it was a black gripped; otherwise normal army dress dagger. We have heard this theory before and it is the one that makes good logic. The piping and colors for the Pioniers, or engineers, was black. Keeping this in mind we think it natural and fitting that these officers of this necessary corps might want to have some distinctive recognition point. So, although we offer it as simply a rare army variation, we tend to believe the Pionier usage. It’s about 90 percent in condition (good plus) with a bit of surface stain. The blade is cleanable.
PRICE: $985.00 |
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Reichskriegsflagge (War Flag) in Mint Condition (Item WEHR 26-3; KRIEG 7-10) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is the most popular size 80 x 135 centimeters (31.5 x 53 inches). This flag is stone mint and be assured 100 percent original. It’s marked along the edges “Kr. FL.” (Kriegsflagge). It also has the label of the company that produced it clearly stamped. There is not a single hole anywhere and the colors are bright having never been washed. The lanyard is with loops at both ends. The price may seem high to you, but in our many years’ experience in this field never have we seen one this fine. I cannot sing its praises enough. This is the typical Schnellboot (PT boat)-size and is the one sought after most, but how many times is a mint-condition one found? Here is a chance to own an almost unique K.F. You will be proud to display it. Be assured of that. When the seller offered it to us we just couldn’t imagine one of these avoiding the natural ravages of time, but he assured us that it was tenderly cared for since 1945 by his family and seeing was believing. It certainly is a phenomenon and we are extremely proud to offer it to you, the Germanophiles at large. For more explanation of the use of war flags see Item WEHR 20-14.
PRICE: $975.00; you’ll never see one better (impossible) |
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Army Officer’s Dagger by Carl Eichorn (Item WEHR 26-4) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This dagger has never been cleaned and reflects the original dark patina throughout. This is the classic Eichorn and is very desirable to collectors. It reflects type-2 fittings and is almost identical to the one found in Thomas Whitman's book on army daggers. See pages 25 through 28. The blade also has never been cleaned, and there is some misty surface corrosion, but it’s hardly noticeable and would clean off probably with two swipes of a cleaning cloth. This dagger might be called mint, or near mint, and it has the most-sought-after, deep-orange grip (really deep!). This grip is also able in perfect condition (unchipped). The dagger has the original portepee tied in the correct manner. The dagger also has the rare deluxe hanging straps with the oak-leaf clusters at the attachment fittings. They are velvet backed with a brownish finish. They are in perfect order and condition although they reflect age and honest usage. This is a very collectible, highly sought-after and complete army officer’s dagger. Either clean it up or preferably leave it alone. Either way, it will be beautiful for years to come.
PRICE: $1,100.00; extra fine and all in original-issue shape |
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Wehrmacht Album Pre-WWII and During (Item WEHR 26-5; ALBUM 1-6) |
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| DESCRIPTION: To start with, the cover of this album is great looking with a deeply embossed Soldatenkopf, or soldier’s head. This is found in the upper-left corner with “Meine Dienstzeit,” (my service) in gold lettering. In the bottom-right corner it appears that the young man pictured on the first page as enlisted personnel was stationed in the outskirts of the city of Plauen in 1934-35 where he seems to be involved in equestrian training, and later at Tuton in 1935. There are some great pictures of maneuvers, marches, and various ceremonies. Later, we believe he transferred to the Luftwaffe and was stationed at Klotzche in 1937 and now he is in the air-force uniform. Several sport exercises with friends are shown, and also some typical service grab-assing. There is a great 7 x 5-inch picture of a concert presented by the WhW (Winter Help Work) that he must have attended. The orchestra is comprised of Luftwaffe personnel and musicians. There are some great pictures of Luftwaffe airmen at sport competition and training. There are also a few great pictures of a visitation of some of the Luft soldiers to the naval yards at Wustron in 1935. U-boats, PT boats, etc., are depicted. There is a great large group picture of all the officers of the unit at Dresden in 1938. It measures 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. This is quite rare. We have not seen one of these before. Quite a few pictures of the flak emplacement at Stold-Munde, a great larger picture of our young hero pictured in Luftwaffe jacket and helmet 4 x 6. Sixty-eight pictures all together. The album measures 13 x 9 inches.
PRICE: SOLD |
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Army Officer’s Dagger by Alcoso Solingen (Item WEHR 26-6) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This dagger has never been cleaned since the 1940s and the pommel and cross guard retain the original company blackening. The blade is extra fine. It has the original knot (portepee) and set of hangers. The portepee is a bit frayed, but original. The hangers show use but still are in good shape overall. The hangers are the semideluxe with oak-leaf design. The grip is unscathed, with no chips and it is in the pumpkin-orange coloration so popular with collectors. This dagger can be cleaned up to the minty looking stage, but personally I would leave it alone. Seldom do you find one as issued. You would look far and wide for one this good. Grab it now before the good old dollar drops to nothing. The military-relics market is based on the Euro as you know, and daggers are going to go nuts in price soon! Here is a prime collector’s relic in original shape. This is a great offering from Germania.
PRICE: $895.00; (Tiger) rare! |
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Album that Records a Visit to German West Africa (Item WEHR 26-7; ALBUM 1-7; I-FAS 3-10) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This appears to be a record in pictures of a visit by Italian dignitaries to the German colonies in West Africa. We see palm trees in the pictures that abound. The pictures may also show return hospitality shown to German Wehrmacht officials in Italian-held African territories. In any case, something important is going on. There are 26 photos all in sharp black and white ranging in size from 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 to 7 x 4 1/2 inches. We don’t know exactly what’s going on, but these are great pictures of the era. The album is 13 x 9 inches with Wehrmacht eagle embossed in the upper-left corner.
PRICE: $225.00 |
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Engraved Presentation Honor Bayonet in Beautiful Condition (Item WEHR 26-8) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Translated: “In memory of my service time with the Reconnaissance Detachment No. 5 stationed at Kornwesthelm.” The Aufklärungs groups were the eyes and ears of the army divisions. They were equipped with motorcycles units, BMWs, Volkswagens, Kubelwagons and, later, Schwimmwagens, and light-model halftracks. They were considered elite soldiers in an important mission and the lives of so many depended on their abilities to assess the military situations. This bayonet is in near-mint condition overall with an original frog that shows minimal wear. The scabbard with slight scuffing is with original paint. The original red felt that fills the rifle receptacle slot is all there. Here is a first-class dress bayonet in excellent shape.
PRICE: $895.00; very reasonable |
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Panzer Stickpin II (Item WEHR 26-9; PINS 5-26) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a particularly fine stickpin in a rather large size. This is because the men of the German tank divisions were extremely proud of their service. They were like the SS and elite troops. In their black uniforms and black berets, they cut a dashing figure on the earlier glory days of the German Wehrmacht. The pin is well defined in exquisite detail and is obviously die struck in ‘800’ silver and so marked on the back. It’s large; about the size of American dime. We have about six of these. This is a really beautiful relic of the Blitzkrieg.
PRICE: $75.00 |
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Promotion Documents to Olympic Gold Medal Winner for Horsemanship (Item WEHR 26-10; OLY 7-4) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is an original promotion document on official Reich's award parchment signed in hand by General Field marshal and Supreme Commander of the German Army, Walther von Brauchitsch, who was made marshal in 1940 and was the virtual key in Germany's blitzkrieg against the Western powers. His specialty (artillery). The beautiful document also bears Adolf Hitler's facsimile signature, but von Brauchitsch’s signature is most definitely hand written. It has the official eagle and swastika seal in a circular wreath of oak leaves. This seal is embossed. The document awards the Rittmeister (horse master) Rudolf Lippert the elevated rank of major on December 1, 1938. The promotion approved by the Führer was conferred at the Berchtesgaden Reich Chancellery. The man, now a major, was one of the gold-medal winners at the Olympic Games of 1936 in Berlin. The prestigious equestrian magazine Reiten Saint Georg in the August 1988 issue, had an article about German army riders at the Olympics. In this magazine is a picture of the then Rittmeister Rudolf Lippert with two other German officers on horseback. This picture is from the 1936 Olympic Games, and there were entries and winners in the horsemanship contests. With the grouping of the document and magazine clippings is another page from a book that listed the gold-medal winners and there you will see the name of R. Lippert and the other two officers in the picture listed as winners of the “Golden Medaillen.” The former owner of the document group thought so much of it that he somewhere along the way bought a hardcover folder probably made for the issue of some other document that features the NS eagle and the words “Adolf Hitler” on the front, and has an onionskin parchment inside that looks the same as the cover, only in white. What this is from, we don't know, but the buyer gets this as well. The grouping is vastly important to the advanced Wehrmacht collector, or even more so to the collector of 1936 Olympic articles.
PRICE: $550.00 |
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Booklet on Uniforms, Badges, and Intelligence Data, Etc., of the German Forces (Item WEHR 26-11) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This was published by Bernard’s Publishers, Ltd., in London, England. This small booklet measuring 7 x 4 1/2 inches was compiled by Tactus for use of MG & service personnel. It has about 60 pages showing illustrations of German flags, insignia, uniforms, maps, signs, German terms, military map, conventional signs, map abbreviations, description of the uniformed military, and also semi-military forces and sections of the German Reich. The book is some 60 years old and has been handled by its original recipients to a point of minor distress, especially on the cover, but it is holding well nevertheless, and is quite rare today.
PRICE: SOLD |
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WW II German Army Beer Stein or Bierkrug (Item WEHR 26-12) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a particularly fine, little beer Krug made to commemorate Christmas of 1937 for the 7th Company of Jäger Regiment 104, stationed at the city of Speyer. The design is quite beautiful employing the early M-35 helmet, Mauser-98 rifles, a Maxim machinegun, and ammo-carrying box supported by oak leaves and surrounded with a rope pattern with the national colors black, white, red, making a beautiful potpourri of Germanic militarism. At the backside is the name and rank of the soldier it belonged to—Private First Class Erwin Wagner. There are a couple of fairly insignificant chips at the bottom (shown in image), but although they are there they really don’t even slightly detract from the beauty of the stein itself. The stein is 4 1/2 inches high and about 4 inches wide (not counting the handle). Note that there is a hole for fastening a lid. Please understand that it never had lid. These steins could be ordered with or without lid, but invariably the hole for the lid attachment is always there; that is how they were molded, always! This is a great little souvenir of the Wehrmacht at the height of its power and glory.
PRICE: $650.00 |
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War Front Box; “With Our Flag is Victory!” (Item WEHR 26-13) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a great NS-period box hand carved and painted probably by a soldier somewhere at the front. The artwork is first cut into the surface outlining the subjects then the artist painted by hand each section of the entire box lid. The box is actually a man’s field toiletry kit with compartments for shaving gear, soaps, etc. When the lid is lifted there is a mirror that can be fixed into position for the officer’s personal use in daily routine. The saying: “Mit unser Fahnen ist der Sieg!” was commonly used by the German army after a speech by Chancellor Adolf Hitler in 1939. Later it was incorporated in a popular wartime song sung often by soldiers at the front. The name of the song is “Flieg Deutsche Fahne, Flieg.” In the second stanza the words “Mit unsern Fahnen ist der Sieg” appear followed by “Flieg Deutsche Fahne, Flieg , “With our flag is victory. Fly German flag, fly.” The eagle is shown in flight along with Kriegsfahnen (war flags) and the date 1940. The red banner has ‘SB’ engraved upon it. This could be the initials of the German officer who owned it. The box measures 11 x 7 inches and is about 2 3/4 inches deep. The material is sort of a burled mahogany with a few minor chips here and there. It’s in generally good condition. It’s a very dramatic-looking item of importance to the early history of the Second World War. Victory was not with this flag, but history is a continuum: “Der Mann darf fallen; die Fahne nicht!”
PRICE: $1,350.00; a rare piece of soldier art |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is what we would consider a little WWII treasure with all of 259 photographs inside; mostly all uniform pictures on several fronts, including Russia. He was a Sanitatsgefreiten assigned to Sanitatats Section 217. This translates to a medic or medical private in a first-aid detachment. A “Gefreiter” is a private. In 1939 a private in the infantry was called a “Shütze. In 1942 Hitler personally replaced the term ‘Shütze’ with the term ‘Grenadier’ as an homage to the armies of Frederick the Great. A Gefreiter was essentially a grenadier in the course of the horrible fratricidal war, WWII. Probably the most dangerous duty in the Wehrmacht, especially the infantry, was being a medical orderly, especially on the eastern front as the Russian snipers were delighted to have one of these people in their crosshairs because killing one of these brave men would ostensibly deprive wounded soldiers of any chance of combat survival. This was the way of that terrible conflict. In contrast to the actions described in the last paragraph, here is a special note: PRICE: SOLD |
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Commemorative Medal of 13 March 1938; Medallie zur Errinnerung an den 13 Marz 1938 (Item WEHR 26-15; NSD 15-1) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This little aluminum spoon is actually a rarity among Andenken, or souvenirs, of the Reichsparteitag items that were sold at the souvenir stands that were to be found scattered about the grounds and also in the old city itself. For the collector of NS-period spoons this is a tiny, but tremendous find. We have never seen another anywhere in the hundreds of collections we have viewed. It is very petite--4 1/2 inches long. The widest part is an inch wide. Stamped on the back are the words “Aluminium-Germany” with the handcraft symbol of Nuremberg in the center of the words. This is cute, rare, and important to a prewar collection. With it was another Nuremburg souvenir spoon. This one with enameled Nuremburg city arms is included free along with the NS one.
PRICE: $175.00 |
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Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938; Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 Oktober 1938 (Item WEHR 26-16; NSD 15-2) |
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| DESCRIPTION: The medal of remembrance of the “Entrance and Liberation of the Sudetenland” is Hitler’s greatest “bloodless conquest.” This virtually freed the ethnic population of almost 3 million souls from the domination of the Czechs and it was the subject of the famous meeting of Hitler and British Prime Minister Chamberlain along with the French Premier and Italy’s Benito Mussolini, who all tried to settle the Sudeten question. This is the famed “Munich Conference.” Three days after the successful annexation of Bohemia and Moravia and the seizure of Slovakia as a German satellite Hitler instituted the commemorative medal. It was designed by Prof. Richard Klein. The medal is in bronze. It was awarded to those persons who took part in the entry into the Sudetenland on May 1, 1939. Award of the medal was extended to those who participated in the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. A total of 1,162,617 were presented. Artistically, the medal is just great with the German national leading the Sudeten German out of Czech bondage, while holding the swastika banner high. Below this is the national eagle. On the back is the date and the words: “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” with swastikas at every word ending. The words translate to: “One people, one national government, one leader.” This example is in really fine condition.
PRICE: $125.00 |
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