General purpose dust goggles or “Umbral” goggles as patented and produced by Carl Zeiss, Jena. The construction of the goggles and the pouch indicates that this is a late war production set. The goggles itself are made out of brown coloured leather. T he goggles have one period repair which is almost unnoticeable! The pouch seems to be made out of a brown pressed paper Ersatz material. Nice example of dust goggles!

Textbook tabbed aluminum Heer belt buckle maker marked and dated Kugel & Fink Lüdenscheid 1936. Hard to find maker in good condition with a lot of green paint remaining!

Heer aluminum dress belt buckle in good used condition.

Rare late war tropical NCO rank Tresse. Late war tropical variant, a long piece that should be enough for a collar and shoulderstraps.

Four original unissued visor cap vents as installed on Heer, Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe visors. Rare original spares!

24 original winter parka buttons which was commonly worn by German troops. Rare to find spares!

Second pattern orange butterdish or Fettbüchse. This is an interesting example with cracks inside of the material, which are not damages! The butterdish is marked KX which indicates that a mixture of materials has been used in the production process and the 85 indicates production by Theodor Krägeloh und Co., Dahlerbrück. Interesting example in good used condition!

Matching Heer M34 NCO shoulderstraps for a Oberfeldwebel der Sanitätstruppen. Beautiful early M34 pattern shoulderstraps in great slightly used condition with any damaging. Rare set of very early medical troops shoulderstraps in untouched condition!

Excellent matching set of Luftwaffe FLAK collar tabs intended for a Leutnent der Reserve eines Artillerie-Regiment. The collar tabs are double piped, the blue piping indicates a reserve unit. Beautiful constructed collar tabs which are really hard to find, for sure in a matching tied together condition like these!

Radio-operator or Funker proficiency arm patch or Tätigkeitsabzeichen intended for infantry or Infanterie troops. The arm patch is in mint unissued condition. The makers label on the back is still present and reads: Bernhard Richter, Koln a/ Rhein 8.

US army issue M1943 field jacket in strong used condition in the size 36R. The label clearly reads Goldman-Nasher Co. Inc., Sept. 12 1944. 

 

Original US Navy life preserver belt marked Contract number 445-128 U.S. Rubber Co Dec. 22 1942. Nice original example in very good condition.

Original US fighting knife marked Robeson Shuredge 20 in its original Navy issue MK.1. scabbard.

Original US Lutheran pendant for religious soldiers that was worn on the identification tags.

Textbook US Compass marked W & L. E. Gurley in good working condition.

Rare and unique British Bergen rucksack as issued to Royal Marine Commando’s, Glider Pilots and other special ops units. These large Rucksacks were the tell tale equipment piece for any Commando as they were intended for use by troops that were not followed by transport vehicles and whose mission demanded that they take equipment which could not be carried in the large pack or haversack. This Bergen rucksack is exactly the type as used on D-Day, but this one has the proof it was actually there; the tell-tale invasion markings on the back of the bergen show it was used by a Royal Marine Commando or a Glider Pilot. The exact unit for these invasion markings is not known but would be a great base for further study that is worthy of this rucksacks history! The rucksack was originally obtained from a Vide-Greniers or flea market east of Caen, around 1995. This is a unique D-Day item that would be the prime piece in any Commonwealth D-Day display!