WW2 - German and Axis

GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT SECTION VISOR CAP.

An enlisted ranks or NCO Luftwaffe visor cap. Standard double edged front peak. Enlisted ranks quality Luftwaffe blue grey cloth, yellow piping. A matched set of subdued national eagle and cockade. Standard double oval buckle straps with black side buttons. Some slight moth nips to the yellow waffenfarbe, the main body of the cap not affected by any moth damage. Complete with its ersatz style l...  read more

Code: 96216

GERMAN WWII KNIGHTS CROSS CITATION WITH FOLDER.

A generally good condition large formal citation in Velum for the Knights Cross to the Iron Cross to Luftwaffe Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Mink, dated ‘19th March 1942’ with original pen signature of Adolf Hitler. The velum citation has suffered slightly from damp staining on the right hand side and is slightly rippled and discoloured. All of the detail of the artwork and the gold lettering for the n...  read more

Code: 96028

GERMAN WWII POLAND, DUNKIRK AND DIEPPE MAGNIFICENT ARMY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM.

German Army photograph albums are relatively easy to obtain but the content makes the difference, in terms of value and desirability. This album, standard purchased fabric covered album containing 256 most magnificent images. The opening page is beautifully annotated and line drawn with the description of the soldiers march into Poland in September 1939. Photographs of the advance into Poland, ...  read more

Code: 96047

GERMAN WWII 1ST MODEL SHATTERPROOF FLYING GOGGLES.

The shatterproof goggles with fixed frames are the rarest of any flying goggle of any combatant air force of WWII. These are the very first model, the tinted lenses all complete with the same shape eyepieces as the later models but the huge difference being the fixed side earpieces. Beautifully constructed, totally undamaged.  read more

Code: 96050

GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE FLYING GAUNTLETS.

A nice service worn pair of flying gauntlets having a single finger and thumb aperture. Fur lined to the inside with one glove having both of its Luftwaffe blue grey adjuster tabs the other one has one of the adjuster tabs missing.  read more

Code: 96057

GERMAN WWII SS STURMBANNFUHRER OTTO SKORZENY IMPORTANT LETTER.

An A4 sized letter, on the headed paper of ‘Dipl.Ing.Otto Skorzeny SS Sturmbannfuhrer D.Res.’ dated ‘2nd October 1943’, it is addressed to the head of the SD ‘Obergruppenfuhrer Ernst Kaltenbrunner’, thanking him for his assistance in the Skorzeny rescue of Beneto Mussolini in 1943. On Skorzeny’s official headed note paper addressed from his Command Headquarters in Friedenthal close to Berlin wh...  read more

Code: 96062

GERMAN WWII EAST FRONT MEDAL MAKER MARKED.

Medal with good finish remaining with some surface patination visible, with a thicker than normally encountered ribbon, stamp number 13 to the ring being the company of Gustav Brehmer.  read more

Code: 96099

JAPANESE WWII SOLDIERS WATER BOTTLE.

A nice example retaining most of its original Japanese brown painted finish with a complete leather and webbing closure straps and its long shoulder webbing strap.  read more

Code: 96059

JAPANESE WWII NAVAL OFFICERS CAP.

At the end of WWII the Japanese armed forces were allowed to continue wearing their uniforms but with all insignia removed, this is an example of an end of war cap. The naval insignia has been removed, also one of the two black rank braids around the base of the cap have been removed indicating he may have been demoted. Faded label to the interior.  read more

Code: 96082

JAPANESE WWII ARISAKA BAYONET.

Very nice condition, excellent blade. Arsenal markings. Undamaged wood grips. Straight cross guard. Good finish to all metal parts, slight corrosion to the top upper pommel. The rifle retaining system is present and working correctly. Undented scabbard with all blueing remaining.  read more

Code: 96083