Uniforms

Textbook Heer M43 EM field blouse in gabardine in mint condition. The garment is complete with all wartime factory machine sewn insignia and virtually impossible to upgrade. Very hard to find with the in Gabardine with factory sewn insignia!

Rare Dutch made NCO Küstenartillerie field blouse marked A40 in excellent condition. This is a nice untouched example of a M40 field blouse which was modified by adding a bottle green collar and the deletion of the lower pockets. The garment retains its wartime sewn insignia for a Oberfeldwebel der Küstartillerie. The garment is in very good only lightly worn condition and would be very hard to upgrade!

Rare Dutch made Heer M43 trousers marked Borstel & Co. Roermond in unworn condition. These trousers have been manufactured from thick captured Dutch wool. The trousers are in very good condition with most of the nap in the wool remaining, some light surface nap is missing in some spots. The top front fly button is missing. Otherwise a excellent, unissued piece in a very rare variant!

Tailor made Heer field blouse for a Hauptfeldwebel der Infanterie. Typical tailor made example from captured material. The garment is in very good condition with very light wear. Very nice example!

Textbook Heer issue EM/NCO breeches in good condition. The breeches have a few period replaced buttons. Nice original pair!

Heer M36 service blouse for a Leutnant in Infanterie Regiment 53. This blouse retains its wartime sewn insignia including a nice set of cyphered shoulderboards for Infanterie Regiment 53. The blouse is a service blouse which shows genuine field wear with damages and wear which are typical yet hard to find! The left breast pocket shows a set of period sewn award loops and a additional set for a Bandspange. This is a killer field worn example for a 1940 campaign display!

Underneath a short unit history of Infanterie Regiment 53 during the 1940 campaign.

9 May 1940; Infanterie Regiment 53 was mobilized early may 1940. On may 1940 it received the order to march westwards in the night. Close to the border it took a pause near Effeld and Rothenbach.

10 May 1940; May 10, 03:00 it received the order to prepare and around 05.35 marched across the border near Vlodrop and stormed the bridge acros the Roer where it exchanged hands undamaged. They went trough St. Odilienberg and Linne. At 8.30 they reached Maasbracht where the Panzerjäger Kompanie attacked the bunkers at the Maas bridge. Around 12:30 the first troops crossed the Maas river where it took many casualties due to Dutch machinegun fire. The advancing troops managed to roll up the enemy troops, cross the canal at Neederwert and capture the bridge in Panheel intact. At around 13:00 the resistance was broken and Wessem was taken. The Dutch-Belgian border at Kessenich was crossed via Thorn by the evening.

11 May 1940; The 1. Bataillon moved in the night trough the hardly passable swamp and forest area south of Kinrooi towards Tengerloo. Using a set of half sunk barges the 1. Btl. crossed the Maas-Scheldt canal. Other  bataillons were brought up they used the regimental pioneer platoons rafts to cross it moving most if not all the units vehicles. Around midday the order was given to chase the enemy. They paused in Meeuwen and ended the day after crossing at Helchteren. By nightfall they had covered around 45 kilometers into Belgium resting in Lilo, Helchteren and Zolder.

12 May 1940; the regiment crossed the Albertkanaal which was cleared of Belgian resistance during the night. It received its first air raid in the west. They faced resistance when they reached Lummen which was taken by nightfall at heavy casualties.

13 May 1940; They pushed trough to Tienwinkel and moved into a defensive position at their bridgehead acros the Albertkanaal because the units to its left and right have not yet crossed the canal. Late in the evening it moved westwards again.

14 May 1940; The regiment was pulled from the front for a short pause where they were fed and received new ammunition. Afterwards marched trough Haelen to the staging area at Meensel-Kiesehem and Molembeek-Wersbeek. At 03:30 it moved to Lovenjoul where it arrived int he evening.

15 May 1940; The regiment crossed the Dyle river and took up positions to move towards Leuven. This attach was however called up and dug into defensive positions. They received a heavy artillery barrage from the British troops near Leuven.

17 May 1940; The regiment attacked across the Dyle. After crossing it repaired the blown bridges and the spearhead of the regiment advanced towards Brussels trough Eversberg, Corstenberg, Nosseghem and Zaventem. The regiment encountered hard resistance around Dieghem on the Canal du Nord.

18 May 1940; The regiment fought its way into Brussels trough Haren and Evere. In the evening the unit took positions and went to rest at Bodeghem and Schepdael.

19 May 1940; The regiment advanced to the Dendre canal. Around Ninove it encountered a British artillery barrage. The canal was heavily defended and around mid day the 5. Kompanie was the first to cross the canal. Around 17:00 the rest of the regiment had crossed.

20 May 1940; Marching trough the night the regiment reached Renaix(Ronse) and attacked towars the Schelde. Under heavy enemy fire it however stays pinned at their side of the river.

23 May 1940; The regiment attacked the crossing and secured the bridgehead

24 May 1940; The regiment crossed the river en masse moving to Vichte where it took rest.

25 May 1940; The regiment received the order to move into a wide defensive position. Enemy positions on the hills north of Heule and Galleghem were attacked and moved into.

26 May 1940; The regiment marched West

27 May 1940; The regiment marched in line with the spearhead of the unit towards Paschendaele were it attacked together with Infanterie Regiment 11.

29 may 1940; The regiment attacked and took Boesinghe.

30 May 1940; The regiment moved towards Dunkirk. After a quick march the regiment reached Elzendamme were a destroyed bridge was repaired by the Pionierzug. Trough Hoogstade and Stavele it moved towards Wegscheede. At Hondschoote it encountered a heavy artillery barrage and resistance. The spearhead of the unit managed to cross the Basse-Colm canal and disperse the enemy from the eastern bridgehead.

31 May 1940; The regiment was supposed to cross the canal which was however delayed trough the fields being flooded by the British. Towards the night the artillery was brought up and a Bridgehead across the canal was made.

1 June 1940; The regiment crossed the Digue canal at St. Michel. Where it stayed until June 3rd.

3 June 1940; The 9. Kompanie retreated due to their positions being flooded.

4 June 1940; The regiment moved into Dunkirk which ended the first battle of France.

After being deployed again for the Battle of France, the regiment fought at Henin-Literd, Moy, Nesle, Beauvais, Suznay, Surville, Maison Baugis, Chartres, Briarres and Augerville until the armistice in Larchant. It suffered 471 casualties of which 140 men killed.

15 October 1940; The regiment was renamed into Grenadier Regiment 53 and was moved to the 14. Infanterie Division.

July 1944; the unit was renamed to Verstärktes Grenadier-Regiment 1065 under the 14. Infanterie Division where it stayed on the eastern front until the end of the war.

 

 

MG34 u. MG42 MGZ34 optics case in good condition. The case retains its original belt straps, D-rings and functional closing latch. The canister retains its internals and a large amount of its factory finish.

Textbook Bund Deutscher Mädel blouse or Kletterweste in very good condition. Complete with original RZM tag and sleeve diamond.

Textbook winter parka trousers executed in Sumpftarn camouflage. The trousers are nicely marked RBNr. and II which would indicates a medium size which would easily fit any mannequin! The camouflage used for the construction of this garment is the so called hard-edged Sumpftarn which was developed in 1943. The trousers are in excellent condition without any damages and very bright beautiful colours. Hard to upgrade!

Heer EM M42 HBT field blouse with factory sewn insignia. The field blouse is in excellent, lightly worn condition. The blouse is constructed from HBT or ‘Drillich’ material which was first merely a ‘Drill’ tunic used in training but became standard army issue in the form of four pocket tunics later in the war. The garment retains its factory sewn insignia for a enlisted man. There are some small repairs and damages but nothing serious. A nice medium sized garment, perfect for a mannequin!

Extremely scarce Waffen-SS Panzer wrap trousers marked 226 in excellent, lightly worn condition. Textbook Waffen-SS issue example manufactured in late war recycled wool. The garment is in very good, very lightly worn condition and would be very hard to upgrade.

BDM ski trousers in good, lightly worn condition. A good medium to large size!

Textbook Heer/Waffen-SS issue turtleneck sweater. These sweaters can be observed on many period images and can be a nice touch to any mannequin. Even when it is damaged and like this one it is still perfect for a mannequin especially being a turtleneck example which will always be visible underneath a tunic, smock, fliegerbluse or wrapper. Hard to find!

These sweaters have just been found in a cloth processing plant which was closed down in the 1960’s and was found with many German uniforms. Fresh on the market, never been in a collection!

Textbook and rare 1930’s knit sweater with turtleneck and zipper closure. These sweaters can be observed on many period images and can be a nice touch to any mannequin. Even when it is damaged like this one it is still perfect for a mannequin with the collar fully viewable trough the opened neck collar of a tunic, smock, fliegerbluse or wrapper. Hard to find!

These sweaters have just been found in a cloth processing plant which was closed down in the 1960’s and was found with many German uniforms. Fresh on the market, never been in a collection!

Kriegsmarine leather deck trousers marked BAW 1944 indicating Bekleidungsamt Wilhelmshaven in very good condition. Roughly a medium size which would be good for most modern mannequins. It’s size label has been removed at some point.

Unique Waffen-SS prototype field blouse grouping of SS-Hauptscharführer Kurt Heindel, Spiess of 5. Kompanie SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 in the 11. SS Panzergrenadier Division Nordland. The grouping consists of his prototype issued field blouse made from reinforced wool and gaberdine. The blouse retains the original shoulderstraps and rank Tresse for the rank of SS-Hauptscharführer. The left sleeve shows evidence of once having a Nordland cufftitle. The blouse is in field worn, uncleaned condition with loads of patina. The grouping also has a number of wartime photographs of Kurt Heindel, including photos with awards and his SS-Degen. His SS-Führerschein and some other documents including his wound badge document. There is also a large portion of the Kriegstagebuch of his Kompanie which he typed up during the war mostly consisting of the battles in 1941 until his company only consisted of 5 men. Very interesting and historic read!

He was awarded the German Cross in Silver on 29.4.1945 whilst his unit was fighting in Berlin!

This is a historically significant grouping that would be a prime piece in any Waffen-SS themed collection and would be very hard to upgrade! This is the first and only field worn garment that I have been able to attribute to the battle of Berlin to a SS Hauptscharführer which defended Berlin until the very last day!

Textbook original Heer tropical Breeches in unissued condition. Nice detail is that there is still a period original paper tag attached to the breeches. Medium size that should fit most if not all modern militaria mannequins.

Early Luftwaffe fur flight jacket or Kanaljacke. Hard to find early example without the two buttoned pockets! The jacket is in very good condition with all working and factory installed zippers. The label inside is sadly unreadable but still present. Hard to find!

Matching internal belt support straps with hooks marked  Joh. Gottfried Schöne, Großröhrsdorf/Sa. 1939 indicating production by Johann Gottfried Schöne in Großröhrsdorf bei Radeberg. The straps are in excellent condition and would be hard to upgrade.

Heer/Waffen-SS issue service shirt in worn condition. This shirt was recently found by my German friend in a cloth recycling plant and has never been in a collection before. The shirt has some damages, repairs, discoloration, some buttons missing and is shortened but is otherwise a great example for a mannequin display underneath a tunic or smock!