DESCRIPTION: This volunteer combat battalion of the Waffen SS saw action on the Eastern Front during WWII. Many Finns were already serving with the SS Divsion Wiking, but this battalion, formed in 1941, was staffed with Finnish officers and NCO's while Wiking was commanded by Germans. The battalion was made up of 1,200 Finnish volunteers who signed up to fight the Sovient Union for two years. After initial training in Vienna, the batalion was transferred to Stralsund in June 1941, and at the beginning of August, to the infantry barracks at Cross-Born, Pomerania for more training and where it was attached to SS Division Wiking. The battalion was sent to the Eastern Front in January 1942 forming the vanguard of the furthest south made by the Germans during the campaign, reaching the Grozny oil field in a heroic action, although badly outnumbered, but then were pushed back by the Reds. In May 1943, the battalion was transferred away from the Front, as the two years was at an end, and was disbanded in July 1943. Many members of the battalion wanted to further serve in the Waffen SS and they joined the SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland or SS Standarte Kurt Eggers. The battalion was praised by many Waffen SS Commanders, even by Heinrich Himmler, for its combat performance. Himmler said, "Where a Finnish SS man stood, the enemy was always defeated." The ring is a smaller dimension style, but bold looking nonetheless. It has the eagle and swastika. The swastika, of course, was used as a symbol of Finland as the official national marking between 1918 and April 1, 1945 and it was used by the Finnish Air Force. So, it was only natural that the Finnish volunteers would have used the Germanic eagle with swastika as their symbol. The ring is in tip-top condition. It was produced in the shop of Franz Schnell in Helle (see our narrative on the home page entitled "About Our Rings and Silver Insignia"). This is a very rare ring.

PRICE: $425.00

DESCRIPTION: This heavy wool blanket measures 6 feet by 58 inches and is certainly a rarity. We thought that the term Waffen SS originated in 1939 but this blanket has Waffen .SS 1937 printed in its middle. The veteran whose wife consigned it to us said her husband, now deceased, said it was from the SS School at Bad Tolz. This is probably right because that SS officer candidate school was established in 1937 and the term Waffen SS was already being used. You can gain this information from extrapolation from various historical sites on the internet. The term was not officially used until 1939 but the transition from Verfugungstruppe toWaffen SS began in 1937. The blanket is a heavy one and is a really neat item of the SS.  Not every veteran dragged one of these home in his duffel bag, that is for sure.  

SPECIAL PRICE: $490.00

DESCRIPTION: Here is a great hand engraved pocket watch from one of the elite Panzer Divisions of the Thirty-eight Waffen SS Divisions. This was the Wiking Division that was recruited from foreign volunteers from Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and Belgium under the command of German officers. During the course of WWII, the Division progressed from a motorized infantry Division to a Panzer Division and served on the Eastern Front. The 5th SS Division “Wiking” was in the Caucasus in 1942 but after Stalingrad in Jan ’43 the Division retreated back for fear of being cut off from the rest of Heeres Group South. They retreated to Stalino on the Donez River which is a waterway in the Ukraine flowing into the Black Sea. They fought a noble and brave defensive action until the Battle of Kharkov and they went even further back to participate in Operation “Citadel” (Kursk) July 1943. Their commander at this time was Felix Steiner and the Deputy was Max Simon. The watch was engraved to reflect the four days of this famed defensive engagement on the Donez and it says: Vicr Tage Abwehrkampf Am Donez 1943. Below this is a beautifully engraved illustration of the General Assault Badge and below this the 5 SS PZ Div. Wiking. The watch runs perfectly and is a little over two inches in diameter -- this was one of the watches that we were able to purchase form a collector who collected only engraved items and only engraved items since the early 50’s. He bought them at veterans conventions that he managed to be invited to, flea markets, and weapon and militaria shows in his native Germany.  He was a member of the Hitler Youth in the 40’s but just recently he decided to let his collection go. He had the pleasure of accumulation and now he wants to see collectors out there enjoy these hand-selected treasures and in our opinion this Wiking watch is one of the best of the collection and in earlier times was no doubt a prized possession of a brave Wiking warrior. Meine Ehre Heist Treue !  

PRICE: $1,450.00

DESCRIPTION: The SS Heimwehr Danzig was an SS unit established in the free city (Freistadt) of Danzig but unfortunately today that once glorious city is renamed Gdansk (Poland). Before the 2nd World War, this elite unit fought with the German army against the Polish army during the invasion of Poland; after this it became part of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division and ceased to exist as an independent unit. Known as Heimwehr Danzig (Danzig Home Defense) and established on June 20, 1939 when the Danzig Senate under Albert Forster decided to set up its own powerful armed force. The Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler supported this project and sent Oberstrurmbannfuhrer Hans Friedemann to Danzig. Kommandant Gotze was the Commander of the III Sturmbann (regiment) of the Forth SS Totenkopfstandarte “Ostmark” established in October 1938 in Berlin-Aldersheim. When the Polish Government military mobilized against the German Reich, the “Volkescher ”brigade (ethnic Germans) in Danzig and “completely spontaneously” founded the 1,550 man strong Heimwehr Danzig (Danzig Militia). On 1 Sept 1939 German troops moved against Poland and none too soon as Germans were being unmercifully slaughtered. In the area of Bromberg, even after the German onslaught, horrible killings occurred; planned and carried out by Poles against ethnic Germans whose families lived peaceably in the area for centuries. Thousands of these Germanic farmers were murdered. The figure could be and probably is close to 50,000. in 1937 and up to the necessary invasion, Adolf Hitler was pleading with Poland to give Germany a one mile access to the Reich’s property of east Prussia. Both parties were in agreement when in 1939 the Poles broke off all negotiations emboldened by Roosevelt and Churchill’s guarantees. General Field Marshall of Poland, Smigly Rydz, said, “Poland wants war with Germany and Germany will not be able to avoid it even if she wants to.”  He threatened to overrun Germany in three days. In that one day in Bromberg, the Polish army and Bolsheviks viciously killed 5,500 Germans. Children were nailed to barns, woman were raped and hacked to death with axes, men were executed where they stood...328 of the victims were forced into the local church and the Bolsheviks burned the church and the civilians alive.

Is it any wonder that the soldiers of the Wehrmacht didn’t want to take prisoners when the Communists were rounded up?  And remember, the Polish army stood by inactive in most cases as the horror unfolded. The Heimwehr Danzig is accused of atrocity but when future revisionists bring history up to accordance with the facts it will be found that this was legal retaliation, however strictly applied. Of course I’ll be attacked on the computer by some of the keyboard stalwarts of the “funny forums” but never mind, they are just liberal Zionist Wanna-be’s. Back to the subject at hand, the items offered here are a cigarette case and a pocket watch both having been owned by a member of the SS Heimwehr Danzig. These pieces are a part of a collection that we recently bought in Germany. They were part of a very extensive collection that was assembled over the years and started in the early 50’s. This collector accumulated engraved items and only engraved important items such as watches and cigarette cases and sometimes jewelry. He canvassed flea markets, antique shows and he managed to get himself invited to SS and Army veterans meetings all throughout Germany and Austria, plus he hunted in Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Balkan countries. He spared no expense in this quest and built a very extensive and beautiful collection. But now that he (a former Hitler Youth member) is up in years, he has decided that he had the pleasure of joyful acquisition and now it was time to let it go to other collectors and we were able to buy several great pieces that we now proudly offer.

Out of all the items in the collection that we acquired, we think this is the best of the articles. It is very rare! Anything from Heimwehr Danzig is extremely scarce but to have two items of such prodigious historic rarely, this is absolutely stupendous! The cigarette case and watch according to our picker in Germany, who bought the collection for us, says that the two items were found together in Poland according to what the elderly collector told him and it does compute somehow. The cigarette case measures 3 ¼ x 4 ½  closed.  It bears the inscription that is hand engraved: “Danzig 1st Deutsch!" (Danzig is German!) This was the slogan of the Volksdeutsch in the area but also of the Heimwehr Danzig SS troops. Above the saying .is the symbol of old Danzig -- the two crosses in a shield surmounted with the crown of the Holy Roman Empire and the shield is supported by two guardian lions. Under the saying is the swastika and the date 1939 while on the reverse side is the standard (flag) of the Heimwehr and below it the name SS Heimwehr Danzig is spelled out. Up in the right corner is a gold escutcheon with the former owner’s initials that looks to be C.S. This looks to be in genuine gold. The case is in pretty good shape except for a very slight little dent in the left side in the reverse; we believe the case was Polish made and later embellished with the engraving. The pocket watch seems to be of German manufacture and has the same shield and lions motif except the swastika is integral with the coat of arms. There is no Heimwehr Danzig name spelled out on the watch but the association is obvious -- “What a set”! This it would seem to us to be the very epitome of early WWII collecting; they don’t get better than this really! The watch, by the way, runs perfectly! 

PRICE: $2.775.00 for the set (two pieces) - Don’t miss this one!  

Engraved Pocket Watch from the Heimwehr Danzig (Item WAF 12-7)

DESCRIPTION: This watch was picked up in Poland. This was acquired from a German collector. This one functions perfectly after all these years since 1939.  The lens is crystal clear.  It started life as a Russian railroad watch probably made for export -- it is an Exakta with the winged wheel symbol in its face. This was the usual logo for railroads worldwide. The German forces in World War II would often liberate such a watch from prisoners or be given the watch by allied soldiers who fought along with the German soldiers against the Bolsheviks. Then usually the soldier or the presenter would take it to an engraver in some town or village near the front and have it engraved with appropriate wording to commemorate a battle or just the particular unit that the receiver would be connected to, in this case the watch is engraved to the famed SS Elite unit “Heimwehr Danzig.” The watch has the double runic symbol of the SS laid upon an oak leaf branch in a fine artistic manner, beautifully accomplished. Under this are the words SS Heimwehr Danzig 1. -8.9. 1939.  This is an unusual dating system but we assume it means the 1st and the 8th and 9th 1939 -- obviously two periods of time that had some special meaning to the former. The SS trooper who owned this timepiece obviously he took great pride in belonging to and fighting alongside his Kameraden in this elite unit.    

PRICE: $1,250.00 

Florian Geyer Cavalry Division a Compact Given to his “Greta” from Cavalryman Hoims in 1942 (Item WAF 12-8)

PRICE: $1.850.00  Really a bargain!

A Hand Engraved Cigarette Case from the Prinz Eugen SS Mountain Division  (WAF 12-9)

It was of course natural and fitting that the 7th. SS Mountain Division would take the name of this the greatest Austrian warrior as their unit identification.   You can find much about the man Prince Eugen and his battles on the internet. The 7th.Volunteer mountain division was formed in March 1942 from “Volksdeutsche” (Ethnic Germans from Croatia, Serbia, Hungary and Romania). It was engaged almost constantly in the heroic struggle against Red partisans in the Balkans. The division was constantly heavily involved in many bloody actions and fought bravely and ferociously against Marshal Titos murderous guerrilla’s -- one of their heroic battles was accomplished when they militarily created a corridor which would allow 35,000 German soldiers to retreat from Greece and the Aegean in 1944. On 20 October the Reds captured Belgrade and Prinz Eugen was the rear guard for the German retreat. In 1945, the Division was again in action against the Russians and Titos murderous thugs at Otok and Vukovar. The retreat from Bosnia continued and the Prinz Eugen Div. retreated to Croatia in April 1945. On 10 May 1945 the Division retreated towards Celje in Slovenia where it surrendered to Yugoslav forces. At that point these brave fighers were to suffer unimaginable torture before being in most cases burned alive or strangled to death. 

Ok, atrocities were committed by the Prinz Eugen -- horrible atrocities --but nothing that could be considered more terrible than the horrible depravities committed against German soldiers that fell into the hands of these partisans. We have pictures of mutilated corpses of these young Wehrmacht soldiers and we will not horrify you by showing them. It is not excusable that Prinz Eugen committed atrocities in the Balkins but in war men will become beasts when they see the horribly mutilated corpse of a buddy that he came to know and respect. Ok, this is my historical viewpoint and the fighting ability and courage shown by these mountain troopers cannot be minimized any less than their predecessor, the Austrian “Prince Eugen der edle Ritter “(the song of the Division).

The case measures 3" x4" in size; the composition is steel, the catch functions perfectly and the condition is excellent throughout. Just a great historically important piece. 

PRICE: $1,350.00 – But if purchased with the Prinz Eugen watch below it can be $1,100.00

A Pocket Watch from the Prinz Eugen Waffen SS Division (WAF 12-10)

PRICE: The watch alone will be $950.00 but if bought along with the cigarette case together we will make the watch $850.00 but only as a set. That’s how much we would like to see them kept together

DESCRIPTION: This very important historical piece was unforntuantely broken and only part of it remains. Undoubtedly it was once a very large crystal wine decanter that was presented to Felix Steiner on March 5th 1943. We believe it was one of several that Himmler commissioned to present to winners of the Knights Cross and the subsequent awards of the Oak Leaves and the Swords. On the neck of the bottle is the following insertion:

5.13.43
Steiner Treuen
SS Gruppenfuhrer
Felix Steiner
Zum Eichenlauab
H. Himmler 

The bottle neck is in silver and is so marked with the half moon, crown, and 800; there is a company logo and the separate letter (a-k) is seen there as well. The reference to the Eichenlaub (oak leaves) is a reference to the Knights Cross he won on Dec 23rd 1942. Later on Aug 10, 1944 he won the swords; however at the time of this gift being given by the SS Reichsfuhrer. Steiner was an SS Gruppenfuhrer and General Lt. of the the Waffen SS and Commander of the Vol. Division ‘Wiking.’ The crystal stopper to this decanter is also quite beautiful with a cut glass Sonnenrad Hakenkreuz (sun wheel swastika) at the top (glass engraved) by hand. The whole decanter must have been quite beautiful. Felix Steiner was a very remarkable soldier, but we will not go into his entire illustrious history. You can pick that up on the internet by ‘Googling.’  But his career began in WW 1 and he then served in the Reichswehr, he fought the Poles and Communists in the Frei Korps and after his years with the army he joined the SS Verfugnngstruppe and was very instrumental in building up the SS Standarte ‘Deutshland’ in Munich and at the training camp at Dachau.

In 1936, he took command of the Deutschland Standarte and molded it into a competent fighting unit and a very elite formation. From 1941 to 1943, he led the Wiking Division which consisted of Germans and West European volunteers who under his command lived through incredible actions on the Russian front. In 1943, using German and other European volunteers (including Latvians), Steiner formed the 3rd Germanic SS Panzer Corps which saw action at critical points of the Russian Front. His Army group “Steiner’ was given the task in 1945 of breaking through the Soviet Ring around Berlin. Steiner refrained from committing his troops to the attack however, because the units he commanded in reality no longer had the strength which was erroneously indicated on paper. The divisions had suffered terribly heavy losses. He now made a realistic appraisal of the situation and acted accordingly; gathering together the remnants of his once proud divisions he led them westward towards the Elbe and surrendered to the Americans. In doing so he saved the lives of a few thousand European Volunteers and prevented them from falling into Soviet captivity and moreover it was still ‘chancy’ because the Americans under the Soviet loving General Eisenhower usually turned over such prisoners to the Stalinist thugs for certain torture and execution. After the war, Steiner continued to openly stand by his men whom he had led from 1935 to 1945. He wrote several books that have retained an  intense interest for today’s armies. The last years of his life were spent in Munich and they were lonely ones. He preferred to meet together with a small company of comrades. On one occasion when he failed to open the door for his visitors, the police were summoned in order to legally enter his home and the General was found dead, alone in his apartment. “Another hero has entered Valhalla.” 

The decanter is an item that was removed from the apartment by a former Waffen SS soldier who was in Wiking. What had occurred that resulted in the item being broken? This the veteran was not able to tell our collector friend. Possibly the old soldier had somehow accidently knocked it off the shelf and threw out the broken body of the decanter but preserved the neck of the bottle as a memory of the times of glory? We will never know. The old veteran sold it or gave it to the collector that we have previously mentioned in our pages who collected engraved items of historical importance. The vet thought since he also was getting up there in age it would be well that this Himmler-Steiner item would be better off in a collection than lying there in the bottom of a drawer in his home. So, this is how it came to be on the pages of Germania. We are proud to offer it and it is hoped it will go to a collector who will be proud to own this remembrance of one of the finest and most brilliant German soldiers in Teutonic military history.  

PRICE: $1, 550.00

DESCRIPTION: Again folks, Germania generally stays away from reproductions or newly made products but this actually is a model and ‘What a model’. We couldn’t resist. This guy has something to say and so does ‘Fang’ his Schaferhund. Pity the poor Partisan rounded up by this pair!  No, don’t pity him. Partisans, especially Tito’s Yugoslavian scum, were murderers and torturers of the first order and it would delight this stalwart Trooper and canine to find one or two hiding in the woodpile. The doggy would be especially elated for the chance to chew the bastard up -- filth notwithstanding. Would that it was Tito himself! The accuracy of the model is astounding. It is completely hand painted to lifelike appearance. The detail is amazing, look at the Knights Cross and Adolf Hitler Leibstandarte sleeve band (Incredible!) Look at the medals, and Partisan badge, silver wound badge, Infantry Assault badge, the lethal Lugar at the ready. Wow! There were only 300 of these produced and this one is one of them produced on 10/08. So, there may be none that can be re-ordered. Better grab it fellows.What a great center piece for a WWII German collection.

PRICE: $225.00

DESCRIPTION: We do not generally handle reproductions on Germania’s site, but we were so absolutely taken by this magnificent outfit that we just had to take it in trade and knowing it was tailored from mostly original cloth by the master uniform maker Michael Janke, we simply had to grab it and feature it. It is spectacular and 100% accurate for a SS Gruppenfuhrer and General Leutnant der Waffen SS attached to the LAH Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Unfortunately, Janke’s work is so good that several well-known dealers have aged some of the pieces and sold them as originals. They are that good. (Perhaps unfortunately.) But, they are also “rare.”  Michael Janke works only for a few select individuals and avoids most public contact. To purchase a complete Janke Generals’ uniform like this would be fortunate for the potential buyer.  The bullion work is superb also... in arm eagle, sleeve band, collar tabs, etc.  The cap is also quite sharp looking, the ribbon bar has the following awards looking from left to right – Iron Cross 2nd Class, War Service Cross w/swords, Eastern Front medal with tank device,  SS long service medal, Police long Service medal, Austrian Anschluss medal & Memel medal. The trousers have the general rank, wide divided light grey striping. There is even a pair of period suspenders with them.  Inside the pocket of the tunic there is a reinforced slit for the suspension of a sword or dagger.All in all, you are looking at an absolutely marvelous grouping unexcelled for authenticity and quality. Nothing made in the Third Reich could have been better. As we have said before, collectors, if you can’t see laying out about $15,000 to $20,000 for a period's generals uniform (if one could be found) then this is an excellent second choice. A rather large size -- the trousers for instance are for a 42 waist.  

PRICE: $2,500.00 (Basic) This particular one was sold but we can order one for you, but it can take up to 2 months for delivery and you can choose the rank that you want. It won’t have the insignia or ribbons but all of that can be negotiated at the time of the order. We specially made up the accoutrements for a customer as seen above. Nothing can touch this garment for quality of workmanship or authenticity absolutely superb!

“You are going to like the way you look, I guarantee it!!!"

DESCRIPTION: This is an absolutely unique chandelier from the headquarters of the Wiking (Viking) Division Waffen SS. This elite division was comprised of volunteers from several of the Nordic lands. This was the famed 5th Panzer Division, one of the most famous of the 35 Waffen SS Divisions. Scandinavians, Finish, Estonian, Hollanders and Belgium volunteers made up this brigade of heroic stalwart young soldiers of the Reich. The officers were for the most part German; the Division progressed from a motorized infantry division to a full fledged Panzer division and served mostly on the Eastern Front during the war. Background on the Corp history of this unit can be seen by entering 5th SS Panzer Division (Viking) on Google. These gallant soldiers fought bravely and relentlessly throughout the war all the way up to May 1945. The bloody battles that took place due to Operation Barbarossa would test the mettle of saints or supermen. The struggles in the Caucasus produced numerous heroes of military renown. The battles of Kharkov and Kursk as well as the Korsun Pocket and Warsaw plus the Kovel Encirclement and the Budapest relief efforts cost deeply and tragically in fallen comrades but the glory of the saga will be recognized someday and appreciated by those nations from which these Teutonic warriors volunteered. They were the bravest of the brave and they fought for Europe against the greatest Evil Empire that this world has ever seen. If it were not for these men and all the other soldiers of the Reich, the Soviet Beomuth would have spread its tentacles all across the European homelands and ushered in the Devil's era of sheer horror “personified.” Yes, we have read about the alleged war crimes of the Viking Division and they were not alone in this type of action -- sometime you should read about partisan and unrestricted warfare as practiced by America and their British Allies. The regular army troops from these two countries also participated in outright murder when they out of hand executed common German officers and men who had surrendered and were unarmed. All in all, in my opinion, Germany ran a much more clean and chivalrous war than their enemies. “Die Ganze Welt Gegen Uns.”  The Divisional Headquarters of The Wiking Divisions was the Starobesheve in the Ukraine. Not much is known about their HQ there. Starobesheve is a small village, one of those that detested the Communists and their Brutish system. It is only natural that this Waffen SS Division would have been welcome there.  But imagine the fate of these Russian patriots when the Red beasts finally took over. 

We know that the Wiking Corps was a proud unit of the Wehrmacht and that brings us to this wonderful chandelier now offered. It was probably carved by a talented member of the Division or possibly an unknown artist locally in the Ukraine. In any case, what you see here is positively unique (one of a kind!)  It is entirely carved in wood except for the drinking horn and that is actually the tip of an actual cow horn. It was constructed with two light bulb bases but we think it was never used electronically. You see it suspended from the consigner's ceiling with ropes and there are green vines weaved into the ropes. Those vines are not part of the original but the consigner will include them with your purchase should you so desire. The stag antlers are from a trophy Red Stag buck. The figure from the warrior's face to the end of the antlers is about 3 feet and the figure itself is about 2 ½ feet long. In German this would be called a Wiking ‘Lustermannchen’ and it has been traditional in Germany for a hunter to display his trophy in this way and one will see antique chandeliers done in this way in hunting lodges and beer halls all over the Reich. This one is of course very unusual considering the subject. The accompanying dagger, jewelry and winged helmet suggest a Viking Chieftain. The shield is adorned with the Sonnenrad peculiar to Nordic Sagas and lore -- Sonnenrad means Sun Wheel. This swastika-like symbol was of course the logo or symbol of the Wiking Division from their inception until the tragic end. But this jolly chief is truly reminiscent of the glory days of the 5th Panzer Division (Wiking)...the toughest of the tough! Imagine this one suspended from the ceiling of your den, magnificent beautiful and prodigiously historically important as well.

PRICE: $11,000.00 Expensive? Absolutely not! Wonderful? Absolutely!

DESCRIPTION: This is a portable, 1930's Olympic office style typewriter as used by SS personnel, both Allgemeine and Waffen SS. The key #5 is also the key only seen on the typewriters belonging to the Schutzstaffel. The G.I. looter that brought it back from France where it was found, used it for years after the war so actually the ribbon has never been changed in all these years and to be able to effectively use it, this must be done. I'm sure that on the internet, a 1930's Olympic ribbon spool could be found. I believe VJA Products has them and there is a host of others as well. Other than that, the machine is in great shape and functions well. We leave all items as received from the vets, but you will surely find such a ribbon, black and red combination, for around $10.00 - $15.00. This is a real opportunity to procure the genuine article and if you are issuing passes for R&R leave for your "staffel," you will need this!

PRICE: SOLD

DESCRIPTION: This little pen knife is in bright steel and bears the image of a Viking Long Ship in the Norwegian Fiords. It is the same depiction on both sides; it also has at one end the Sea Dragon from Norse legend, at the other end is the Viking warrior with sword and shield at the ready to slay the beast. A well-made little knife that was worthy of being signed and under magnification you can see a company logo beneath and back of the warrior. 3 ¼ inches long (closed) and 5 ½ inches long with the larger blade extended.  Blade has some age spots but will clean up. Probably from the 1930’s or 40’s. Might have been a token Christmas gift to the men of the SS Wiking Division? 

PRICE: SOLD

DESCRIPTION: This soft cover book whose title is translated as “You Call the SS” was produced at the SS Headquarters in Berlin under the supervision of the Reichs-Fuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler probably in the late 40’s. It was basically a primer for recruitment in the ranks of the Waffen SS. It is soft cover with 96 pages. It measures 6" x 8" and is in very decent shape overall. It is filled with pictures and text that is designed to show the reader what glories can be achieved while saving the European continent from Bolshevism. Germany and other nations sought to achieve this through the promotion of the SS ideals and the participation of the young men of the Reich and European kin whose bravery, dedication and chivalry was seen in battle for culture, country, and Fuhrer. There are many sayings, speeches and statements by Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Sepp Dietrich. Particualry interesting is the oath that the SS recruit verbalizes upon his entrance into the SS organization.”Ich Schwore Dir Adolf Hitler Als Fuhrer." The various elevation of military grades are explained. The SS Junkerschule Bad Tolz is shown and the training of the Waffen SS recruits is explained. The various recruitment HQ of the Waffen SS are listed with addresses and phone numbers for potential recruits. This list explains the title “Dich Ruft Die SS." The young man who wished to join or get information would actually telephone one of these offices and talk to a recruiter. There are also forms at the back of the book that one could send in for information to any of these offices. The book is loaded with information about the Waffen SS, such as ranks, job titles, Waffenfarben (colors) of piping on uniforms of the Wehrmacht. Equivalent ranks between SS and army and many pictures of SS in action. Plus maps, and there is a great center spread of the Fuhrer with his Leibstandarte A.H. at the front. This is the ultimate book on the men whose motto was Mein Ehre Heist Treue! My Honor is Loyalty.

PRICE: $485.00 Expensive??’ Say,”RARE” instead of expensive! Say “GREAT” instead of mediocre.

DESCRIPTION: We proudly present an exquisite reduplication of Wolfgang Willrich’s folder of 12 prints produced in 1936 featuring the bust portraits of both Allgemeine and V.T. Troopers. Although Willrich was one of the most gifted and prolific artists of the Third Reich, this particular offering is so rare that only 3 original sets are known of in collections today. Therefore, we are extremely pleased to offer this magnificent reproduction that is accurate in every detail including size, sepia tones, and the finest printing quality available anywhere. We have a limited quantity available and because of the beauty and rarity of this portfolio, we are sure that it will become valuable in a short time; a real collector’s opportunity. The prints are individually presented and not bound (suitable for framing) and measure 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches with a page of the same dimensions containing a foreword by Heinrich Himmler concerning the importance of this set of prints to the ideology of the Nazi Movement. All are enclosed inside a heavy and handsome black folder boldly embossed with the SS runes and legend.

PRICE: $39.95 plus postage and handling - dealer inquiries solicited - very good lot prices available

Translation of what it says on the box top -- The SS wants you! The Black Corps waits for you!

DESCRIPTION: Collectors, do you want something neat and original from the ? Something cheap yet historically important? Here is a little match box that is inexpensive yet rare! We found a group of seven of them on our last trip to a German Military show in Kassel. These were part of a little gift package that was sent to soldiers, sailors, airmen and other service people as a promotion for enlistment and transfer to the Waffen . What better an SS man than one already serving in another military branch already?  The match box was sent with a small packet of cigarettes by the staff of the SS official organ Das Schwarze Korps but when SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler learned that Gunter D’Alquen, the editor of Das Schwarze Korps, was doing this unauthorized promotion he went positively “spastic” -- not particularly because of the recruitment program but because of the distribution of cigarettes (absolutely forbidden) for SS men (although we know that they sneaked a smoke anyway), but to actually promote such an unhealthy habit as cigarette smoking was unpardonable!  So the match boxes had a rather short existence within the SS organization and D’Alquen was severely reprimanded. Anyway very unfortunately we had to dump the matches because we couldn’t mail them or carry them on the airplane going back, but wooden matches are universal and if you wanted to you could purchase some at only pennies expended. So here they are and at only $38 each. I am sure they will go quickly so get your order in!

PRICE: $47.00 Genuine and interesting!

DESCRIPTION: This is a fine crystal beer glass 9 ¼ inches tall of the type that was made first for and distributed to men of the Allgemeine SS to celebrate the occasion of the winter Solstice. In a 1936 memoranda, SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler set forth a list of approved holidays based upon both Christian and Pagan political precedents, and besides Hitler’s birthday and the November 9th Beer Hall Putsch Anniversary, Christmas and Yuletide were ultra-important. The Yuletide or winter solstice brought together practically the entire SS Fraternity at candlelight banquet tables and around raging bonfires, observances that harked back to Teutonic tribal rites. At those banquets the one liquid most served and consumed was traditional German beer in steins and beer glasses. In 1941 in the 2nd year of the war, the men of the Panzer Grenadier Division SS Leibstandarte celebrated the Julfest and the beer glasses were once again brought out and of course new ones were made for a celebration of the ancient ritual at the front. Now the men imbibing the delicious nectar were dressed in the grey green of the Waffen SS The silly tales about the SS under Himmler trying to move the men away from Christianity is “hog wash.” The Waffen SS even had Catholic and Protestant Chaplains. The celebration of the so-called pagan rituals was to simply honor the Teutonic past of the Germanic people. Kein Volk Lebt Langer Als Die Dockumente Seiner Kultur!  ("No people live longer than the documentation of their culture", Adolf Hitler quoted . . . in the opening of Der Haus Der Deutschen Kunst 1937.)  The glass is hand etched with the SS symbol in a shield at the top and Zum Julefest 1942 deeply engraved in beautiful calligraphy letters. A beautiful memento of an “Iron Time”.

PRICE: $1,150.00

DESCRIPTION: This is a great grouping of fine porcelain china from the HQ of the 2nd Waffen SS Division “Deutschland”.  All white bone china pieces that are trimmed in black and red striping on white background (the National colors). Each piece also bears the division's emblem -- a large red shield with a clipped upper right corner holding a reverse ‘n’ with a vertical center bar. Included are:

* No. 1 - a mocha pot 9-5/8" tall with a ‘swan neck’ spout and removable lid
* No. 2 - sugar bowl with cover
* No. 3 - set of four 2-1/3" tall mocha cups
* No. 4 - large vegetable serving bowl 2-1/8" tall with slopping sides 11- 5/8" diameter
* No. 5 - three soup bowls also marked on the low rim opposite the divisional shield there is in black letters “Deutschland”.  The period of manufacture of these pieces was sometime between Dec 3 1940 and January 1941, when the division was known by that name. To avoid confusion with the regiment using the same name, the designation was changed to Waffen SS Division (Das Reich).
* No. 6 - salad dish with shield and Deutschland as above items are marked. This has a 7- 3/8 diameter. All the pieces are marked under the glaze on the bottom with a crown over the name ‘Victoria” and “Waffen SS” a very rare grouping in mint condition.

The Victoria Porcelain Company: The company was founded in 1183 by Lazarus Rosenfeld Ltd.  The Victoria Porcelain factory was located in Altrouhlau, Austria and it was sold to Franz Schmidt two years later and became the finest and most productive porcelain factory of its time; the pieces manufactured by the Victoria Company were considered commercial products, at the time they were not considered to have great artistic value. However, the company also produced many pieces that are of high quality and are considered by today’s collectors to have great artistic merit. In addition to porcelain pieces, the Victoria Company also produced a ceramic product called porcelite. Although this type of porcelain is considered a lower quality ceramic product, it was used all the way up and through WWII because of its durability and strength.

Das Reich: This was the 2nd Panzer Division -- considered an elite formation amongst the thirty-eight divisions fielded by the Waffen SS. It served during the invasion of France and took part in several battles on the Eastern Front (they particularly won combat laurels in  the battle of Prokhorovka against the 5th Guards tank Army at the Titanic battle of Kursk where the young Spartans of the SS fought valiantly against massive odds. Afterwards they were transferred to the west and took part in the desperate attempt to turn back the forces of Stalin’s “willing helpers” at Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge and the ending the war with the last stand in Hungary and Austria.) The symbol for the Das Reich Division (formally Deutschland) was the Wolf’s Hook or Wolfsangel.  The division fought with honor and ever loyal to their oath “Wenn Alle Untreu Werden so Bleiben wir doch treue” (English: If all become unfaithful we remain loyal). Yes, yes, we are familiar with the executions at the French village of Oradour Sur-Glane and it was sheer horror personified but to every war story there are invariably two sides and thereby hangs the tale. There are dozens of sites with the words “massacre and murder” regarding this incident and not much has been said about legal reprisals against terrorists and unlawful partisans. If you the reader has an inquiring mind you can see the other side of some of this story by going online and typing in Oradur Sur Glane, The SS version of the story. And you can make up your own mind about the incident.  There is much to consider. Again these relics are merely things from the turbulent past but they must be preserved for the sake of history. Revisionism is perceived as bringing history into accord with the facts!

We are proud to bring you this awesome grouping of beautiful porcelain pieces and hope you will pour yourself and a companion a couple of nice cups of mocha and think of the past glories and tragedies of the W-SS fighting in a terrible fratricidal war and hope that there would never be another of this magnitude.

PRICE: $2.850.00  for the entire group.

Commemorative Hand Painted Art Plate - SS Paratrooper Regimentt 500 (Item WAF 12-24 & ART 17-4)

DESCRIPTION: This maybe the only memorial to the bravery and daring-do of the elite of the elite, the SS Fallshirmjager Unit 500. This battalion was formed out of the Operation Eiche (oak) that resulted in the rescue of Mussolini form the Italian Gran Sasso led by Otto Skorzeny.  The operation was planned by Kurt Student.  We all know of this successful operation that was pulled off with only one shot fired.  The organization of this unit can be found on the web by putting in 505th SS parachute battalion. The plate that we offer is a commemorative of one particular incident and that was the raid on the headquarters of the bloodiest monster to ever draw a breath.  This filthy rodent was so despicable that it is difficult to mention his full name without provoking vomit.  The 500th was led by SS Haupstumführer Kurt Rybka during its daring parachute and glider-borne assault on Tito's H.Q. outside the town of Drvar on 25 May 1944.  The raid was called Operation Rosselsprung ((The Spring of the Knights). Two companies were dropped directly on the headquarters where the other two were landed by DFS 230 glider. Their first wave of paratroopers following a heavy bombardment by the Luftwaffe, landed in between the area of the cave (Tito’s hideout) and the town of Drvar on open ground and many were gunned down by members of the partisan HQ Escort Battalion, a company numbering fewer than 100 Communist partisans. The second wave of paratroopers missed their target altogether and landed a few miles outside the town. Tito was long gone when the paratroopers captured the cave.  Next to the cave’s exit, there was a path leading to a railroad where Tito boarded a train that very unfortunately took him to safety in Jajce.  Tito had been forewarned and evaded capture while the numerically superior partisan forces that now joined the action drove off the SS paratroopers. Over 800 of the 1,000 German personnel who participated in the operation were killed or wounded.

Thus ended one of the bravest exploits of the war. This raid was the basis of the later movie The Dirty Dozen but of course we know that Red Hollywood would manipulate this crusade of crusaders by the simple rewritten change-over from the heroic (Knight) Kurt Rybka and his valiant soldiers to the likes of Lee Marvin and Borgnine.  It is easy to see that the plot of this cinema trash was lifted directly from the Drvar Raid. Substitute the German's purpose that was to capture or kill the biggest Communist terrorist rodent to the mission of convicted murderers of the lowest animal species out to murder German officers in the most heinous fashion. Of course that is what Hollywood does, isn’t it?  Take for example the filthy cinema exercise in murder portrayal named appropriately Inglorious Bastards. That was the absolute height of an anti-German tirade produced by a ‘Bastard’ named Quentin Tarrantino, a scumbag Hollywood director who looks like and acts like Tito himself. The Tito regime killed in cold blood more than 500,000 people besides German soldiers. They murdered those they suspected of collaboration, anti-communists, Ustachi, and even critics.  While he was U.S. President, Jimmy Carter highly praised Marshal Tito as a great world leader, an inspiration to his people blah, blah, blah. -- DUH !!!! Queen Elisabeth, that poor old comical figurehead, welcomed with red carpet treatment this demon straight from hell with blood still on his claws to England. The silly wench even gave him a Rolls Royce as an official royal gift. A Dingbat personified !

So much for the history lesson, suffice to say had the crusading mission of the SS 500 gone off as planned, the monstrous gargoyle would have been prevented from murdering untold thousands and maybe Germania International might have had the opportunity of offering his skinned out hide. Do you suppose I harbor some animosity against this slimy creature? Well, I just don’t know where you might get that idea!

The plate measures 10 ½  inches in diameter; it has the great depiction done by hand of the paratroopers in combat position. In the center it commemorates the 40th anniversary of the raid and around the edges are the words Drvar-Jugoslavion 1944-1984; at the bottom is the Luftwaffe paratroopers combat badge --why Luftwaffe? Because the training of the SS men and the original planning of the raid was all Luftwaffe. On the back of the plate you will see the Luftwaffe eagle with L/35 and the words Deutsche Hand-malerei Hand Painted. This is not an item painted in the war years. Still, it is a relic directly influenced by the gallant and valiant epic mission. We have never come across another so we assume it might be unique. But it does stand as a memorial to these brave soldaten of the Reich.

PRICE: $250.00 

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