SOLD ITEMS

A stone mint late war Y-strap with the late wire back hook. Nicely RBNR marked, very hard to upgrade!

A nice pre war Dutch canteen with its original cork. These canteens are scarce, especially with the original cork! At some point a piece of string was attached to the canteen with a carabiner hook.

A mint bayonet marked 43 asw indicating production by E. & F. Höerster, Stahl u. Metallwarenfabrik, Solingen. The bayonet has never been sharpened or reblued. The bayonet comes together in its original RF.Nr. 0/0494/0008 marked frog. This set has always been together and is in mint/unissued condition! The bayonet is matching to its scabbard with the serial 9601 t and has nice clean red bakelite grips. The bayonet is in good uncleaned, unsharpened and matching (!) condition. Hands down the best bayonet I’ve had to offer, downright impossible to upgrade!

A very good condition plane tree 1/1 overprint Waffen-SS Zeltbahn. This particular example has nice strong colours, most of its originally sewn buttons and would be hard to upgrade!

A very nice original Heer tunic with all originally sewn insignia. The tunic has been converted from a Dutch tunic during the war and retains all its originally sewn insignia. The tunic is badged for a Unteroffizier Infanterie and has the ribbon for eastern front medal and the war merit cross with swords. The tunic was period converted and worn by a Unteroffizier with the initials A.D. The is complete with is rayon piped shoulder boards with rank tresse. The tunic is clean and most of the nap is still remaining to the wool. The small bandage pocket still retains its original bandage that was found in this tunic! Interesting wartime converted tunic in lightly used condition with all wartime applied insignia!

A rare original MP44 magazine pouch in good, nearly unissued condition. The pouch still retains all closing straps and back strap. The pouch is nicely detailed with riveted retaining loops, square closing strap tips and the typical red line interwoven in the base fabric. The small side pocket for the speed loader is closed with a closing flap made from blue rubberized cloth. Hard to upgrade and only scarcely encountered original MP44 or Sturmgewehr magazine pouch. If you are looking for a textbook MP44 magazine pouch this is it!

Hard to upgrade matching bayonet marked cof 43 ndicating production by Waffenfabrik Carl Eickhorn, Solingen. The bayonet is matching to its scabbard with the serial 2845 Y and has nice clean wooden grips. The bayonet is in very good uncleaned, unsharpened and matching (!) condition.

A nice original bucke marked R. Sieper & Sohne 1938. The buckle still retains up to 90% of its original wartime applied paint. These buckle retains its original leather tab nicely maker marked and dated. The buckle retains the original wartime applied camouflage paint.

A nice pair of Gebirgsjäger boots in good used condition. Nicely maker marked on the side and a nice mannequin size. Nice and light brown colour in very good condition with their original laces.

A very nice M31 canteen and breadbag for Helferinnen in the Wehrmacht. Rare to find complete!

These buckles where made alter in the war and finished exactly like the unmarked Waffen-SS buckles by Overhoff. The catch on the buckle is bent, other then that it is a rare variant in very good condition with  100% of the original silver paint remaining!

Exceptional Grossdeutschland grouping! Herbert Rihm was born 1st of November 1924 in Mannheim. He had a evangelical upbringing and attended evening school. He received the medical examination on the 23rd of Febuary 1942 and was deemed fit for military service on the 30th of May 1942. He received training with the 98K and MG34. The 5th of Febuary 1943 he enlisted in the Stammkompanie Grenadier Ersatz Battalion 107. The 1st of March 1943 he transferred to 6. (M.G.) Ausb. Kemp. Gren. Ers. Regt. (mot) Grossdeutschland. The 26th of July 1943 he transferred to II. Gren. Ers. Rgt. (mot) Grossdeutschland. The 13th of August 1943 he transferred to 9.(M.G.) Füs. Rgt. Grossdeutschland and finally on the 15th of December 1943 to II. Gen. Kp. Pz. Gren. Ers. Rgt. G.D.
He received both the black and silver Verwundetenabzeichen, the close combat clasp or Nahkampfspange, Ostmedaille, Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Bronze, Eisernes Kreuz II klasse and last but not least the 4th pattern Grossdeutschland cuff title.

He was wounded on the 14th of December 1943 and afterwards send back home to recover. He never re-enlisted and survived the war. The grouping, as shown was sold by the veteran to a collector on a Veterantreffen in Germany. The grouping consists of all shown attributes and would be very hard to upgrade.

A very rare original last ditch M44 type Waffen-SS greatcoat. This greatcoat is marked SS-BW indicating production at the SS-Bekleidungswerke. The Mantel is in good, lightly used condition and still retains the factory sewn sleeve eagle. The mantel is designed to be worn with the Waffen-SS M44 uniform and probably saw its first combat use in the Ardennes offensive. It is made from captured thick Italian wool as many of the late war Waffen-SS garments. The greatcoat is a nice big size but is shorter then the usual mantels. Will easily fit a “Historia Mannequin“. A very rare original late war Waffen-SS greatcoat in very good condition!

Presstoff equipment belt marked RZM L2/2476/42. The belt can be adjusted and the smallest size being 75 cm, the biggest around 90. A nice original Presstoff belt!

Luftwaffe single decal M42 Stahlhelm marked ET66 indicating production by Eisenhüttenwerke-Thale. The helmet is a nice large size 66. The helmet retains its original paint and decal up to 90%. The helmet still retains the dome stamp clearly visible inside the helmet.

A rare original MP44 pouch in very good, nearly unused condition. This pouch is marked jwa 44 indicating production by Moritz Stecher, Lederwerk, Freiburg. Even during the war these mag pouches where scarce and veteran accounts often note that they received just one magazine and often no pouch.
The pouch is to be worn on the right side and can easily be combined with a holster or mapcase. The pouch is in great condition and would greatly attribute a late war mannequin.

A very nice original MP38 and MP40 magazine filling tool marked kur 43 indicating production by Steyr-Daimler Puch AG. 

A nice piece to fill a left MP40 pouch with or for using!

A nice pre war ammunition box for the MG34 machinegun. Still with a lot of original paint remaining. The box has the very subtle pre war brown camouflage applied to it which is hard to photograph.