WW1 - German and Axis

IMPERIAL GERMAN PRUSSIAN PARADE BELT.

A early brass and nickel two piece construction buckle with its parade belt in used relic condition. No makers stamps to the buckle or the belt. The belt has lost its fixing hooks to one end.  read more

Code: 69513

IMPERIAL GERMAN M.18 HELMET.

Out of the three major models the M.16, 17 and 18, the 18 is the most difficult to obtain, this very good example is stamped BF64 retaining virtually all of its original finish to the exterior skull. The inner M.18 style liner band is untouched, complete with its three inner leather pads, the inner horsehair pads missing. To the three leather pads two have their tongues intact with one tongue s...  read more

Code: 69239

IMPERIAL GERMAN SIGNALLERS ARM PATCH.

A very nice quality 9cm circumference section of field grey cloth with laid upon red and grey flags with yellow flagpoles. Beautiful quality stitching for fitting to the field grey uniform.  read more

Code: 69413

IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVAL FLYERS CAP TALLY.

The scarce gold woven cap tally, slightly shortened for 1.See Flieger. Abteilung.1. Naval Aviation Units who mainly served off the Belgium coast in WWI.  read more

Code: 68730

GERMAN MACHINE GUNS BY DANIEL D. MUSGRAVE.

Very fine condition 1992 publication, complete with its undamaged flyleaf cover on the history of the German Machine Gun. 582 pages of huge in-depth text and black and white photographs on all aspects of German light and heavy machine guns including light anti aircraft guns. A wonderful reference work.  read more

Code: 68633

GERMAN/TURKISH MG08 AMMUNITION BOX.

A rare accessory for the MG08 Maxim machine gun being the very first pattern ammunition box constructed in wood with all brass edge fittings and brass handle with Turkish script hand applied to the side of the box, this is faint and maybe difficult to pick up on our web images but is clear when held in the hand.  read more

Code: 68043

GROUP OF 7 GERMAN WWI AVIATION BOOKS.

Seven books on German aviation of WWI all soft cover. Rumpler Aircraft of WWI by Jack Herris. Rumpler C.1V by Peter Grosz part of the windsock data file number 35. Windsock Special 20th Anniversary addition. Foker DR.1 by Brian Knight. Pernel History of the First World War Aeroplanes. Von Richtfhofen?s Flying Circus by Greg Van Wyngarden. Richthofen by A.E.Ferko. Seven publications.  read more

Code: 67504

GWERMAN WWI PERIOD AVIATION PHOTO, LARGE FORMAT.

An extremely large format photograph being approximately 1 metre high x 3/4 of a metre wide. The excellent photographic image has been period blown up and shows a young Flieger NCO wearing a converted bluse with top pockets added, Iron Cross 1st Class and the Air Crew badge below the cross. The picture itself has a pen date of '1920' to the base. This was almost definitely a First World War pho...  read more

Code: 64758

GERMAN WWI AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM.

An album containing 48 images charting the life on an aviators station in WWI. 14 of the images contain machines, at least four are very good air to air shots. Aircraft lined up on the landing fields outside their pilot engineers tents. Spectacular crashes. Aircraft taking off. One image taken just after a crash with the aircraft still burning. Other shots of pilots of the squadron either in th...  read more

Code: 64718

AUSTRIAN GERMAN MADE WWI ENTRENCHING TOOL.

An entrenching tool, maker marked 'Beckmann' dated '1915' with standard wood haft, in an unusual German Chemnitz 1916 dated excellent condition leather carrier. Observing the leather closely it was originally designed for the leather carrier to be held on a belt with the shovel facing downwards. Two leather loops have been added to the upper part of the carrier for the shovel and holder to be c...  read more

Code: 52864