TREASURES OF WAR
Deactivated German Mauser Model 1914 7.65mm Pistol
Deactivated Mauser Model 1914 7.65mm Pistol in very good overall deactivated condition. The Mauser Model 1914 Pistol was introduced in 1914 and was in production until 1934. Like all Mauser products of the time the quality was excellent, and they were built to last. They served throughout WWI with Prussian and German forces, and many were still being carried during WWII by Nazi rear echelon officers. They were also a standard SOE issue self defence handgun for female radio operators.
WW2 German 3.7cm Flak 18 shell dated 1944
WW2 German 3.7cm Flak 18 shell (inert), the case is dated 44 with the projectile having its original paint and the fuze able to unscrew dated 43.
Original photos of der Führer Adolf Hitler
The first one is a original Private photo on the Battleship "Deutschland" in Kiel.
The photo was taken during a visit of Hitler on the Battleship "Deutschland" in Kiel. This photo dated April 1939 and measures app. 9,8 x 6,7 cm (circa 3,9 x 2,6 inches).
This is an unpublished photo which came out of a private photo album of a German soldier.
The second photo der Führer Adolf Hitler in his car, This is an original photo which could be purchased by the German people at the time. This photo measures app. 7,3 x 7,3 cm (circa 2.9 x 2.9 inches).
WW2 German Luftwaffe Early AK39 FL23235 Pilots Wrist Compass
Luftwaffe AK39 First pattern wrist compass in fine condition with original strap and buckle and retaining its original fluid full movement in the dial. This is an item that would have been worn during the Battle of Britain.
Original Third Reich silver plated lunch knife
ADOLF HITLER HAUS – FRANKFURT/MAIN by world renowned maker (WMF) Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
This plain pattern knife, but on the reverse of the handle it is engraved ADOLF HITLER HAUS – FRANKFURT/MAIN. With makers logo WMF to the handle & blade, the blade is also marked "Nirosa" German for stainless steel. The Adolf Hitler Haus was located in Frankfurt-Main, on Gutleutstraße 8-12.
Gutleutstraße 8-12. The building as it is today
The building, originally a posh hotel called Silvana, was completed in 1907 and had changing owners during the 1920s. in mid-1933, the NSDAP acquired the building for there Frankfurt headquarters, being formally inaugurated in September 1933 with a
grand opening ceremony, it remained headquarters
for about seven years and at the beginning of the
1940s, the NSDAP moved to the more centrally located house on börsenplatz (rathenauplatz). Excellent condition, Measuring approx 21cm.
Gutleutstraße 8-12. The building under NSDAP
WW2 German Escape Compass
A very nice 100% original WW2 German Luftwaffe miniature compass.
The compass is very similar to the early British type, this one is double sided and has the correct compass bearings in German N,NO,O,SO,S,SW,W,NW.
Original WW2 Hitler Youth Knife Double Proofed
with Motto by Wilhelm Halbach with Logo and RZM M7/35
Really nice Original honest WW2 Double Proofed Hitler Youth Knife with Motto by Wilhelm Halbach – “Christmas Tree” Logo and RZM M7/35, mid period dated around 1936
The nickel-plated hilt fittings show normal loss of plating and tarnishing.
The Bakelite grip plates are in excellent undamaged condition and are still held in place by the two original nickel dome headed rivets.
The HJ diamond emblem is also in great condition with just some age-related surface wear. The blade with a stepped ricasso and with a full blade motto “Blut und Ehre!”. The motto is still visable although a faint.
It still has a bright finish with scratch marks etc, The blade shape is good and the cutting edge just shows some very light sharpening. The tip has some light dings to the edge. The reverse shows the double proof marks, one being a faint impressed mark for the seldom seen “Christmas Tree” logo, surrounded with the words GESETZL GESCHUTZT, for Wilhelm Halbach. Below this is etched a RZM circle with the code M7/35.
The leather buffer pad is still in place.
The steel scabbard has one tiny dent on the back and shows wear and loss of paint to the finish. The leather belt loop hanger and fastening strap and stud are still in place and working order. It does show some age wear, On the reverse of the back strap, you can make out the stamped maker’s mark, being LFS set across an oak leaf.
These transitional knives are becoming scarce to find , they were made for a very short period before the issues over the right of the manufacturers to host their company logo’s on blades came to a head and was unfortunately lost to the Reich quality control authority (R.Z.M.).
A very nice scarce HJ Dagger.
1935 HITLER PRESENTATION PHOTO CARD
National Socialist War Victim's Care
This is a scarce card to old comrades, larger than a normal postcard from that era 182mm x 121mm, It has black writing under the image of the Fuhrer, which is difficult to read/translate so if anybody out there can help it would be much appreciate.
National Socialist War Victim's Care (German: Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung, NSKOV) was a social welfare organisation for seriously wounded veterans as well as frontline fighters of World War I. The NSKOV was established in 1934 and was affiliated to the Nazi Party, so this card relates to very early days of the origination 35/36.
The back of the card translates to:
"Dear comrades I would like to thank you for the many visits to our meetings in the year 1935, and the comradeship you showed, as a result I would like to thank you very much, and may I give you this as a sign of thanks. This picture of our leader and Chancellor Adolf Hitler".
Card is a little creased, but not damaged.
WW2 German Luftwaffe AK39 FL23235 Pilots Wrist Compass
This is a WW2 Luftwaffe 2nd pattern AK39 FL23235-1 wrist compass. These were made by the Czechoslovakian company Kadlec. The compass is in great working order, complete with adjustable leather wrist strap.
WW1 German 9mm unstruck rounds in original dated 1917 box
This is an original set of 8 x WW1 9mm unstruck rounds dated 1917 in there original box,
all of the rounds and including the box are dated 1917, although not complete a box, it is a very nice German relic from the First World War.
WW2 Luftwaffe photograph album
German album approximately 27 x 19cm. Cover with embossed army eagle/swastika and 'Aus meiner Dienftzeit' (From my period of service). The album contains approximately 165 photographs of varying size, many captioned and all pasted onto the card pages. They show the album's owner from around 1939 including his time in the Hitler Youth through to his training. There are many photos of groups of his colleagues, individuals, anti-aircraft guns, at Baffenhiem airfield, riding school, some rather gory ones of body dissection and at Jagdfliegerschule (flying school). The latter include some Me109s, a Do17, Ju52 and Ju87 Stukas. There are also some photographs of friends who have been killed. The vast majority of images have military content. Nic album in very good condition.
WW2 German Tellermine Fuze 1938
This is a very nice WW2 German Tellermine fuze (inert) which is dated 1938, WaA marked, maker "ЯR384-38" Richard Rinker.
WW2 Luftwaffe Portrait. Hand-tinted
Portrait of a Feldwebel of an NCO in the Luftwaffe. Inscribed \' Berlin - Charlottenburg 1943 \' to the mount, image size: 160mm x 230mm.
WW2 Luftwaffe Sports Vest Insignia
This is an BeVo weave with a striking black and white contrast – it has BeVo Wuppertal embroidered on the edge.
BeVo is a term used by collectors to refer to a style of silk embroidery common in German WW II badges. The name itself comes from the BeVo-Wuppertal firm (although they were not the only firm to produce this type of embroidery during WW II, the name has stuck among collectors.) Beteilingung, or “partnership” in English, Vo is short for chief The firm BeVo-Wuppertal came into being when the firms of Lucas Vorsteher and Ewelda Vorsteher amalgamated; both came from the Wuppertal-Bermen area
Wehrpass grouping of Nikolas Fost. killed in action Russia 1943 3rd Panzerarmee
Wehrpass grouping of Nikolas Fost. killed in action in the east, 30 august 1943. his book shows on that day he was in service with the 3rd Panzerarmee in Russia from September 1942. Weapon trained with a Gewehr 98 is a bolt-action rifle and a m.g.08 German machine-gun of the First World War.
In good complete condition with red cross to the front denoting he was killed in action, also complete with his death card. large photo of him, and a photo with his comrades at Christmas. with several letters including one from his commander to his family informing them of his passing.
Adolf Hitler Painting Print in Original 1940’s period Wood Frame
This is a large print of Adolf Hitler which I have mounted in an original wood frame from the era, the image is something I did at work printed on to banner material and really does give the effect of an original painting, well I thing so. Overall size is 53cm x 42cm.
WW2 1938 Heer other ranks Belt with Aluminium Tabbed Buckle
The Buckle is in very good condition with light wear only to the eagle on the high points. Complete with it’s early leather tab stamp with a partially discernible maker mark and clear 1938 date. All stitching is intact.
The belt is less impressive. Shortened and with a maximum closed length of 32” it is difficult to tell if this is a late war Belt or if the inside tongue was lost during shortening, Buckle adjustment now via a number of punched holes. The closure latch is pressed steel and it appears a number of girls names have been scratched into the leather on the outside.
German WW2 Obersalzburg "Berghof" Photo Postcard
German WW2 Obersalzburg "Berghof" Photo Postcard. Depicting a woodland distance view of Hitler’s Bavarian retreat the Berghof, used, written message, Konigsee franked postmark, also a local hotel stamp marked as the card supplier for guests, franking date November 1936.
German 1 kg Incendiary Bomb "Elektronbrandebombe"
WW2 German 1KG Incendiary Bomb, Classic German incendiary bomb showing some impact distortion splitting where dropped.
Luftwaffe Nco’s Belt Buckle 1940
Blue painted steel Luftwaffe belt buckle, complete with leather tab. Approximatlety 90% of the original paint remains and the tab is nicely marked for “Dransfield & Co” Dated 1940
Red Dragon Meissen Demitasse cup as used in Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
The pattern is known as ‘Red Dragon’ and is manufactured by Meissen, each piece is hand painted. It was previously thought that this was a gift from the Japanese Emperor to Hitler for his 50th birthday. It never made sense that the Japanese would give a gift with a Chinese motif when they were at war with China. Rather, the Dragon pattern by Meissen was a popular pattern then as now and was ordered commercially by Martin Bormann.
Of all the dinnerware pictured in use during the 3rd Reich, the Meissen Red Dragon was no doubt the most documented and photographed and directly attributed to Adolf Hitler.
German Gerz 3L stein (1949 - 1990 West Germany)
Very nice German Gerz large 3L stein, post war marking Ink stamp (1949 - 1990 West Germany) words around the top "bei tanz und scherz bleibt froh das herz" which translates to "With dance and jokes the heart remains happy".
Around the base is the German flower edelweiss, Towards the end of the Second World War, the Edelweiss became the symbol of the German resistance against Nazism.
