Equipment

Clear mapcase insert marked 0/0671/0015 in good condition.

Very rare folding E-tool carrier which has been period modified to carry the straight E-tool. The carrier is nicely dated 1942 and in overall good condition. This is a well known modified item which can be seen in multiple wartime images, I attached two of them. Textbook way of converting equipment to make it useful and wearable!

Imperial German M1915 leather gasmask with filter in excellent condition. The leather is in supple condition. The straps are all complete and intact. The lenses and metal frames are in good condition. A very difficult to find gasmask!

Tall M38 gasmask canister in brush painted three-tone camouflage paint in good condition. This is a typical tall M38 gasmask canister with mask. The canister retains up to 75% of its original three-tone ‘Normandy’ camouflage paint. Nice example in good used condition!

Unique opportunity to acquire the rarest of all gasmask canisters. This is probably a pre war trial run for the Kriegsmarine or Kradschützen or motorcycle troops. I have only seen one other of these gasmask canisters for sale; otherwise these are impossible to find. The canister is in good used condition with some small damages. The lid is loose which seems to be a factor on all of these. The gasmask canister retains its original long strap with leather reinforcement. These canisters are marked ‘Radium’ underneath which most probably indicates Radium Gummiwerke of Köln-Dellbrück.

Here is a topic containing wartime photographs of these canisters in use; https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-uniforms-and-equipment/wehrmacht-equipment-forum/925773-anyone-recognise-this-type-of-gasmask-cannister

Textbook M38 gasmask in tall camouflaged canister good, untouched condition. The canister features a textbook two tone (green and tan) camouflage paint. The canister is complete with its original straps, Klarscheiben, spring and cleaning cloth. The canister is nicely named to Obergefreiter Kruspe. Very nice set with a camouflaged canister in untouched condition!

Textbook M38 gasmask in tall canister in very good condition. The canister and the mask belong together and are both marked the same way with number 71 by the original owner. The mask does not have the filter with it. The inside of the lid features a label which names the set to Heinrich Hoffman and the bottom features Feldpostnummer L55629. It is hard to find a real matching and named set like this!

Feldpostnummer L55629 indicates 5. Batterie leichte Flak-Abteilung 987 (o).

For more information about the unit click the link below.

https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/FlakAbteilungenleicht/lFA987.htm

Nice original Gasplane in unissued/mint condition. This example is nicely marked elm 32/5/43 80g, elm indicates production by an unknown manufacturer. Hard to find spare in this condition!

Second pattern brown bakelite butterdish marked 1W 131 indicating production by Julius Posselt, Gablonz. Rare piece!

Bakelite marching compass marked clk indicating production by by F.W. Breithaupt & son Kassel. Nicely named Martinelli 1945 in the back, most probably a US veteran bringback.

Wehrmacht issue carbide container marked caw indicating production by Caspar Arnold, Winkhaus. These containers were issued together with the Eintheitslaterne 37 to carry spare fuel (carbid). Virtually these containers always are in bad condition, broken or cracked, this example is in excellent condition!

Rare remote control for Wehrmacht issue radio’s or Bedienungsteil b für Feldfunkgerät. Rare to find spare!

Rare water purification Caporit-Tabletten which would be carried within the gasmask canister together with the Hautentgiftungsmittel. These are virtually always missing and are most likely produced on a way smaller scale. Hard to find example!

Original Hautentgiftungsmittel container complete with original green tape.

Original Hautentgiftungsmittel container complete with original tape.

Rare original Losantin Gelbkreuzentgifungsmitteltablet bakelite container. The tablets which were inside were especially used for detoxification of the skin after a mustard gas(!) attack.

Nice and early pre war 1935(!) dated mapcase in good used condition. The mapcase is nicely marked and dated G. Reinhardt, Berlin 1935. The mapcase is nicely named with a typical kopierstift or Tintenstift to Feldwebel Kürt Mach from Hamburg, Glashüttenstrasse 85a. Excellent early and interesting mapcase for further research!

Original three-tone Normandy camouflage gasmask canister. Still retaining up to 85% of its original vibrant camouflage paint. The canister retains its original strap and mask that are original to the piece. The original wartime field applied camouflage paint retains a lot of contrast and would nicely attribute to a Normandy camouflage helmet.

Inside the lid it is named to H. Pfeiffer, a Unteroffizier in Schnell-Kampf-Geschwader 10 which was stationed in Southern Italy.

A stunning gasmask with lots of character and original camouflage. Hard to upgrade piece!

Ignition key for the Glühzündapparat 37 and the Glühzündapparat 39. Hard to find as a spare and perfect to complete a set!

Textbook tall M38 gasmask canister in its original spray painted three-tone ‘Normandy’ camouflage finish. The canister retains up to 80% of its wartime applied camouflage paint. The field post number indicates Festungs-Grenadiers-Regiment 751 which was a part of the 316 Infanterie Division which was destroyed in Normandy. There is name match for a Unteroffizier Karl Jost who was killed in action 18.06.1944 and is buried in the Kriegsgräberstätte Champigny-Saint-André in Normandy. This is most probably the same man. The canister was originally found in Normandy and is in good condition. Hard to find example!

The canister retains the name Unteroffizier Jost with the feldpostnumber 488815 indicating the following units;

48815 (20.10.1942-9.1.1943) Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie Infanterie-Regiment 751
48815 (10.1.1943-26.9.1943) Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment 751, dann Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment 751
48815 (8.5.1944-5.12.1944) 22.11.1944 gestrichen