Metal insignia & Awards

NSDAP party badge marked RZM M1/153 indicating production by Friedrich Orth, Wien

Button hole NSDAP party badge marked M1/8 indicating production by Ferdinand Wagner.

Infantry assault badge by Schickle. Nice hollow example in good used condition.

Rare original Belgian made Waffen-SS skull in very good condition. The skull is in very good condition with most of the original finish remaining!

Winterschlacht im Osten or Ostmedaille marked 1 indicating production by Deschler & Sohn, München in good condition complete with matching pouch.

Erkennungsmarke marked Pol. VW. Stettin indicating Polizei Verwaltung Stettin(Poland).

Erkennungsmarke III Flakregt. 8 11. Batterie indicating the following unit;

III./Flak-Regiment 8 (Sw. mot.):

Formed 15.11.38 in Baden, near Wien, from Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung Wien, with 11. – 13. Batterien.

14./8 was formed in 1942.

In 8.43 redesignated Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 190.

Service:

• 11.38 – 8.39 under Luftgaukommando XVII
• 1939 in Poland
• 1940 in Belgium and Holland
• 1.42 – 1.43 as I./Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 3 supporting the Himmelbett system
• 1943 in southern Russia(?)

German ID disc or Erkennungsmarke marked 3./ Art. Ers. Abt. 187.

Italian Fascist youth badge GIL in used condition.

Published Erkennungsmarke 1/Kr. Sch. Batl. 1 indicating 2 Kompanie, Kradschützen Bataillon 1 which in 1940 was art of the 1. Panzerdivision. In 1942 it was renamed into Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 4 in the 24. Panzerdivision. The 1. Kompanie was the Panzerspähkompanie. In 1943 it was added to the 4. Panzerdivision.

Rare Erkennungsmarke Ost-Art. Abt. 752 indicating Ost-Artillerie-Abteilung 752. This unit was stationed in Guérande, near Sainte Nazaire. During the D-Day invasion they were sent to Normandy where it fought alongside the 265 Infanterie Division. A portion of the Division fought during operation Cobra and the other secured the town and fortifications of Sainte Nazaire and Lorient. Hard to find original example! with a nice base for further research.

Published Erkennungsmarke STAMMB. / H.FL. A.U.A. A. 277 indicating Heeres Flak Artillerie und Ersatz Abteilung 277. Rare original Heeres Flak Erkennungsmarke!

The Erkennungsmarke is featured on page 92 of the reference book Deutsche Erkennungsmarken by Jean Höidal. The number of the back corresponds with the number in the book.

Published Erkennungsmarke 1/ Nach. Kol. C. A. Nach. R. 511 indicating 1. Nachrichten Kolonne Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 511.

The Erkennungsmarke is featured in the reference book Deutsche Erkennungsmarken by Jean Höidal. The number of the back corresponds with the number in the book.

Erkennungsmarke Stamm. Kp./Pz. Ers. Abt. 11 indicating Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 11. This unit supplied replacements for Panzer Abteilung 65 and Panzer Regiment 9, 11 and 27.

Erkennungsmarke ST. KP. PZ. Pi. ERS. BTL. 80 indicating Stamm Kompanie Panzer Pionier Ersatz Bataillon 80 supplied replacements for Panzer Pionier Bataillon 27 (17. Panzerdivison) and 38 (2. Panzerdivision). Pz. Pi. Bat 27 served on the eastern front. Pz. Pi Bat 38 served on the Western front and was destroyed in Normandy, reformed and took part in the Ardennes offensive. Nice and rare Erkennungsmarke!

Erkennungsmarke Pol. Batl. III/5 indicating 5 Kompanie Polizei Bataillon III. This Polizei unit was first stationed in Warschau in 1939. It was moved to Norway in 1940 near Oslo, Trondheim, Koppela and Lillehammer.

In September 1941 it was sent to Südkarnten, Yugoslavia. It was merged with Polizei Regiment Endler and took part in Bandenkampf hunting partisans between Kranj, Krainburg, Bled unto the Austrian border.

On the 16th of December 1941 it was moved for the Zamosc Polizei barracks. The Polizei Bataillon 3 was to be used as a unit elsewhere in Russia; however, during the transport, the train carrying the battalion was diverted. There, the battalion commander, Arthur Seidel, was ordered to split up his unit and relieve the Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 9. The staff remained in Zamosc and took over the companies of the Reserve Police Battalion 9. The companies of the Reserve Police Battalion 3, on the other hand, gradually left Zamosc. This replacement of the Reserve Police Battalion 9 by the Reserve Police Battalion 3 took place in December 1941 and January 1941 respectively. The replacement of the Police Battalion 9 by the Police Battalion 3 took place “due to serious disciplinary problems, which had sometimes manifested themselves in excesses and are to be seen as a direct result of the psychological stress caused by the execution of the mass killings.” Source here

The I. Abteilung of the Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung 211 was set up on September 6, 1939 in Wuppertal as a light artillery replacement Abteilung. The division was placed under the command of Division 156. On November 10, 1939, the division was relocated to Thorn in West Prussia. On August 20, 1940, the division was relocated back to Aachen. On December 19, 1942, the replacement department was renamed Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung I./211 and was deployed near Boulogne. In Boulogne, the reserve department formed the I. Department of the 149 Artillerie Regiment of the 49. Infanteriedivision on February 1, 1944 which fought between Boulogne and Paris. In 1945, the department was subordinate to Division 466 where it was stationed between Bocholt and Dorsten. On 24th of March 1945 it was stationed in the direct area of operation Varsity.

Rare Erkennungsmarke Stabsb. N./V.A.K. 410 reading Stabsbatterie N. Volks-Artillerie-Korps 410. The unit Artillerie-Korps (mot) 410 was formed 20 October 1944 in the area of Wuppertal. The corps was relocated to the west in preparation for the Ardennes offensive. On October 22, 1944, the corps was renamed Volks-Artillerie-Korps (mot) 410 and placed under the command of the Reichsführer SS as a “Volks-Verband”. During the Ardennes offensive, it was subordinate to the 5th Panzer Army and consisted of:

18 x 8,8-cm Pak auf Waffenträger
36 x 10,5-cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40
27 x 21-cm Werfer
12 x 12,2-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 396 (r)
12 x 15,2-cm Feldhaubitze 433 (r)

In Febuary it was attached to the 1. Armee which was ncircled near Kaiserslautern, but managed to break through the encirclement and retreat to the Danube, where the army was then destroyed. The rear has postwar unit and battle markings of a marker which could easily be removed with nail polish removed if wanted. A very nice and rare Erkennungsmarke!

Erkennungsmarke for the 1. Stamm Kompanie Schwere Artillerie-Ersatz und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 309. This training unit provided troops for both Artillery Regiments when they were stationed at the Westwall in the early days of the war and took part in the campaign through France in May 1940. It provided troops to the following (interesting) units. The Erkennungsmarke is complete with its original string.

Heeres-Küstenartillerie-Abteilungen: 1112; 1113;

Heeres-Küstenartillerie-Regimenter: 940; 981; 1240 (Stab);

Artillerie-Abteilungen: 763;

Artillerie-Regimenter: I./45; I./51; 129; 152; 182; 230; IV./299; 356; IV./1559;