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Sturmabteilungen
The SA
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Kepi of the SA Brown Shirt Battalions (Item SA 12-1) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is unofficial kepi, or service head of the SA. It’s made of the wool twill material as required. It has the felt upper in a steel-green collar. The buttons that secure the chinstrap are really interesting as they contain swastikas and this leads us to believe that the cap was made on special order. It's in good condition except where the owners sweat has shown slightly throughout the sides (tedious work clearing the streets by the brown battalions). The steel-green collar is indicative of the Nordsee elements of the SA, but it was also used by the Austrian SA. The chinstrap is leather with the proper buckles and is in good shape. The eagle and swastika are of the early types. There are no labels inside which also indicates that this is an early private purchase. The bill is also cloth covered, and there is a slight repair on the edge where the bill meets the body of the hat right under the left swastika button. It's so minute as not even to be of any concern. Here it is, probably one of the most important pieces of Third Reich headgear in that this SA organization paved the way for the Third Reich’s ascension to ultimate power. Die Fahne hoch!.
PRICE: $1,250.00 |
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NS Fliegerkorps (NSFK) Zivelabzeichen Civilian Badge Before 1933 (Item SA 12-2; PINS 7-10) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is an extremely rare NS flying badge stickpin. This NSFK was the legal corporation founded in 1932. As its name would suggest the NSFK’s main concern was with flying, but that did not imply that ground training of the sort practiced in the parent SA was overlooked. Participation in competitive sport (mostly aerial) was encouraged, particularly skiing, a sport which was claimed useful to a flyer since it enhanced his sense of balance. The organization was divided into three main sections; powered aircraft, gliders, and balloons. The individual members were fully uniformed in conformity with other NSDAP paramilitary organizations. The Führer’s decree of 1933 established the NSFK as the premier air organization in the Third Reich and all other groups such as the Deutscher Luftsport Verband and all other subordinate group were disbanded. So the NSFK went on to instill the love of flight in Germany’s “young eagles,” the pilots who would be the nucleus of the mighty Luftwaffe of WWII. The badge is very rare being the earliest insignia of this corps. It’s basically a swastika in black enamel with a winged propeller as its central motif. This of course would indicate that the wearer was attached to the motor-powered aircraft section of the fledgling (at that time) organization. The stickpin was made by C.E. Juncker, the prestigious maker of the finest flight badges located in Berlin.
PRICE: $275.00; you probably won’t find another |
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Signed Photograph of August Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (Item SA 12-3; PERS 3-5) |
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| DESCRIPTION: August Wilhelm, 1887-1949, was the fourth son of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was born at the Hohenzollern Palace at Potsdam on January 29, 1887. He was called Auwi. His mother was the Kaiser's first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He fought valiantly in World War I, and after the war joined the anti-Bolshevik conservative veteran group known as the “Stalhelm” (steel helmet). Against his father's will, he joined the revolutionary National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) led by Adolf Hitler, and in 1933 he became a member of the SA and was also a member of the Reichstag. In 1939 he was promoted to the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer. He actually held many administrative posts in Prussia before joining the Nazi Party. In 1929, as a new member, he toured Germany lecturing on behalf of Hitler. He was very popular among the German citizenry and thus very beneficial to the plans and agenda of the party. In 1931 there was a police raid of one of the NS meetings in Königsberg and Prince Auwi was badly beaten, but he still kept up his association and membership with the NS party, especially the SA, which he proudly served. All during the Kampfzeit, the prince rose swiftly in the ranks of the storm troops and finally became a full general in 1943. He was always loyal and always stood in awe of the Führer and remained a dedicated NS stalwart throughout the war. In 1945 he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. For what? Only because he was a patriot for his Fatherland and the son of Kaiser Wilhelm, and a faithful follower of Adolf Hitler. He committed no war crimes. His imprisonment only served the interests of those who wanted to break the will and spirit of the German people. And of course in Germany today, “the beat goes on.” The framed picture is dated 1933 in the upper left corner and is signed by the Prince with “Heil Hitler” emphatically written in his hand. Underneath his name there is another short inscription that we can't make out. The photo is also signed by the photographer (illegible). The actual picture measures 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. The entire original frame measures 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. The prince is posed in SA uniform with collar tabs that look to be denoting the rank of possibly Oberführer or Brigadeführer. The picture is in perfect condition, showing no creases or fading. Here's a chance to purchase a great piece with superb historical significance that spans two German Reichs memorializes a patriotic royal personage who stood defiant in his beliefs.
PRICE: $1,960.00 |
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Exceptionally Rare SA M-43 Cap for the Mountain Standartes (Item SA 12-4) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is an incredible find. It’s the cap designated as “Dienstmütze für Jagereinheiten” for the Südmark District because of the pink top and the Edelweiss flower on the diamond of the same color. This is the leader’s mountain cap of the exact specifications for Austrian units, specifically, the Südmark. On officer’s models such as this the buttons are pebbled silver. See volume 3, page 574 of Headgear of Hitler's Germany by Wilhelm P.B.R. Saris, , for a nearly identical cap except for one detail; the one shown in the book has a metal SA eagle device, whereas the one we offer has an embroidered eagle on the pink backing. This is great and indicates either a higher rank than shown in Saris’ book or possibly the former wearer was so proud of his Standarte standing that he commissioned the special eagle, or such was actually issued at some point. In any case, this is one spectacular find in an ultra-rare piece of NS headgear. None of our staff and advisers had seen one in our many, many combined years of experience, and I would have to say that this beautiful bullion eagle just makes it even more desirable. This type of M-43 cap was used by most of the mountain SA groups such as Hochland. We show a picture of the head ski instructor of Hochland wearing such a cap. A cap pretty much identical to the one we offer was worn by the Styrian Homeland League, Steierischer Heimatbund.” This was an active unit of the SA Wehrmannschaft. It was formed in Gau Steiermark in 1941 to protect German folk and property located in Styria, which bordered Yugoslavia. I think this may be one of the rarest pieces of NSDAP headgear being offered on the Internet today. The condition is perfection itself; no mothing, no rips, no tears. It’s just as nice as it could be as they don't come any better than this! This is a dramatically great specimen indeed!
PRICE: $2,800.00; it might be worth twice this amount. It would be if were it in Germany, today. |
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SA Eagle Silver Stickpin (Item SA 12-4; PINS 8-13) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This silver stickpin depicting a national eagle emblem of the Reich was designed for use by the SA (Stormtroops). Every adaptation of the NS eagle is for a different use and designation. The SS eagle looks different than the army model and the Hitler Youth also had its own as did the SA and this is the SA Adler. Struck in silver and marked on the back as such the detail is really great. It looks like the one that graces the grip of the SA dagger only larger. This is a very good collectable goody!
PRICE: $98.00 |
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Stormtrooper Chocolate Mold (Item SA 12-5) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here possibly is the most unusual and unique item we have ever offered. It is a genuine mold for making SA Stormtroopers of chocolate. This is a mold from the Anton Reiche Chocolate Mold Factory in Dresden, Germany. This firm was founded in 1870 by Fredrich Anton Reiche, 1845-1913, and was Europe’s largest manufacturer of baking tins and chocolate molds. The company supplied 45 other German companies and sold its products to cities throughout Europe as well as to New York, Toronto, and South American countries. His customers numbered all the major chocolate manufacturers. The molds he manufactured, as well as his other products such as children’s toys, automats, signs, and vessels, stood out on account of their unique artistic quality and craftsmanship. Today, items produced by Anton Reiche are highly sought-after collectors’ items and are particularly attractive for viewers in displays. They also provide an insight into the folk culture of the times when they were produced and make an important contribution to the authentic conveyance of knowledge. In the past 2 centuries the production of comestibles and luxury foodstuffs was one of the most important industries in Dresden, the city long-known as the “Florence on the Elbe.” It acquired a reputation as a Mecca for bakery and chocolate specialties. The first bar of milk chocolate was produced as early as 1839. After the death of Anton Reiche in 1913, the manufactory went on making the finest of chocolate molds and it continued up until the British and American bombers murdered the beautiful city and massacred thousands and thousands of its inhabitants. The factory was ruined and later the firm went back in business in Dresden under the name ‘Veb Schokoladenfirm.” Back in 1932-1958 there were as many as 50,000 different molds and during the NS era the company was doing very well since various NS holidays were proclaimed besides the usual Christmas and Easter celebrations giving ideas for various chocolate figures such as this mold for SA men. The company’s being just as patriotic as other German manufacturers naturally produced molds that celebrated the awakening and arising of the German people under the swastika. A collector known to us has a Reiche mold for a chocolate Adolf Hitler, but for the most part these molds are practically priceless and very seldom found. Our information is that such molds were for the most part retained by the mold company, and chocolate from them was sold to chocolate firms after the war with the threat of arrest and seizure. Most of the NS-themed molds were destroyed with only a very few going out the back door. You are offered possibly one of the last! This is an item both unique and vastly important to NS history.
PRICE: $4,250.00; fantastic |
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FrontkampferbundStandard or Veteran’s Flag (Item SA 12-6; VETS 2-9; NSD 15-7) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This fantastic flag was for the Frontkampferbund or Front Line Fighters and it was the elite group of the many paramilitary organizations that arose after the defeat of WWI in the Weimar Republic. This group was part of the Stahlhelm (steel helmets). The Stahlhelm was founded at the end of 1918 by Franz Seldte in the city of Magdeburg. Its journal, “Stalhelm,” was instrumental in spreading patriotism through the defeated, but still proud German Volk. The Stahlhelm was the largest paramilitary organization in Germany in the 1920s. In 1929 the Stalhelm joined the Volksentscheid Gegen den Young Plan to demonstrate against the Young plan. The Stalhelm joined the NSDAP and Altdeutscher Verband to form the Haazburger Front which was a united right-wing front against the Weimer Republic. In 1934 the Stahlhelm was renamed Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Frontkampferbund (Federation of the National Socialist Frontline Fighters) and later integrated into the Sturmabteilung (SA). In postwar Germany the Bund der Frontsoldaten was re-created for the first time in Cologne. A year later in 1952 even before his release from allied captivity Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was elected federal leader of the extremely patriotic association a post he kept until his death in 1960. Even after the reunification old and young right-wing patriots called extremists by the leftist German government have kept ties to the Stalhelms’ ideology right up to the present time. At every meeting some of the old flags of the elite (FKB) are unfurled and presented. This particular flag was for the Ortsgruppe (local group) F.K.B. Freyung.v.W.. Freyung is a small town to the west of Munich in the area known as (Bresgau). It was an area known to have loyal sentiment to the NSDAP and this Frontsoldaten Gruppe was not an exception. During the period of the attempted communist revolution soldiers of this group were once again frontline fighters that came forward in the ranks of the Freikorps that letterally saved Germany from the red menace. They gave the Rote Front and the Spartacists hell delivered hot and furious. The Frontkampferbund gave its best in this terrible struggle and they were the ones in the forefront of it all. The flag we offer is in really good condition considering its age and how many parades, functions of the group that it saw from the 1920s into the 1930s these were drastic and multi-eventful years and this was the standard of a front-action group. The flag measures 45 x 45 inches square. It comes with its original pole top (pictured). The pole top shows both sides of the WWI Iron Cross and is also quite beautiful like the flag. The embroidery is purely wonderful. Yes, there is some fraying most probably from constant usage. But all in all it does not detract from what is a powerful virtual conveyance into the yesteryear of Germanic glory and patriotism. The former owner in Germany made a rod that has hooks with closure that exactly line up with the tiny rings at the edge of the standard. This is handy as with a simple flip around both sides can be easily viewed when the flag and the rod are hung up. So, gentlemen, here is a great offering both historically important, and beautiful.
PRICE: $4,850.00 |
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NSKK Officer’s Cap Eagle in Genuine Silver (Item SA 12-7) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is one of the silver insignia that was the specialty of the German silversmith Herr Franz Schnell. If you read our narrative at About Our Rings and Silver Insignia you will see the facts about our acquisition of these pieces and many others that we bought in Stuttgart a few years back. Silver insignia such as hat insignia were never issued, but it was permissible to wear such “special” insignia as long as the basic pattern was exactly as mandated by the RZM in the politically connected insignia. The only difference being that this item was in genuine 800-series silver: 800, 835, etc. Herr Schnell was essentially alone in the manufacture of these objects in the semiprecious metal. He supplied various companies whose offerings were insignia such as Wagner, Sy & Wagner, Assmann, and numerous others in Lüdensheid. The silver insignia and rings were of extra-high quality and improvements were limited only to the fineness of definition. The lines are generally more detailed and refined than on brass or aluminum examples as issued. They are naturally heavier and special attention was given to patina so that swastikas, letters, etc., stood out sharply. Look closely at the pictures presented then if possible compare the detail with any issue piece. Herr Schnell’s insignia were cast from steel dies and the beauty of the product is unmistakable. There couldn’t be better.
PRICE: $245.00; high? No; this is a gem! |
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Bronze Statue of an SA Man (Sturmabteilung) (Item SA 12-8; ART 15-2) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a magnificent bronze of an SA Stormtrooper with his arm extended in the Deutsches Gruss, German greeting! He is highly detailed and very dramatic. He wears the correct uniform and is posed in the prescribed position to salute the Hakenkreuz Flagge (swastika flag). This is one of the wonderful bronze statuary pieces that we were able to procure from the factory that originally cast and finished them during the “NS Zeit.” See the explanation at PARTEI 2-10 where we show some magnificent eagles that also came from this foundry. The eagles were by the great sculptor Kurt Schmid-Ehmen. The SA statues were also produced by the Kunstgiessereigliewits Hutten A.G. This firm was one of the most important art foundries during the Third Reich producing many important pieces that might be considered a glorification of the NS ideals and mythos. The SA man was one of the best of all the figures in our estimation, but the eagles and Hitler statues are really gorgeous, as well. This figure really personifies the spirit of these tough, but loyal troopers who smashed the communist menace before it could take over the Fatherland in the 1920s and early 1930s. If anything could be said to typify the NS movement it would be the SA man and here he is in all his brown-shirt splendor depicted in patriotic resplendence. The figure is in genuine bronze, but if you read our narrative at PARTEI 2-10 you will note that we have pointed out the Bergwerk cast bronze, but did not mount them on marble. The marble or granite was separately ordered and affixed. The bases were ordered from another firm in the same area that specialized in the stonework. We were lucky and found this “rock shop” and we were able to purchase fine granite pieces for mounting on our bronze statuary. So what you see is the original bronze SA sculpture with a base recently applied. The base is (exactly) like the bases originally used on these Bergwerk figures. The figure measures 1 foot high from the bottom of the base to the fingers of the extended hand. The base measures 4 inches square and 1 1/2 inches thick. The SA man is 10 inches high from the bottom of the jackboots to the top of the kepi. The piece is not signed, but has letters and numbers at the back of the bronze plinth (GMA 1138). This is really a great piece and historically important. It would look great displayed with NS collectables or in a light-up case on its own. We were only able to purchase a few so they will probably not last long.
PRICE: $1,465.00 |
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