German helmet

Late war unissued Zeltbahn in Waffen-SS Oak camouflage. The Zeltbahn is nicely made up out of different colours of camouflaged material, typical for a late war manufacture. What makes this zeltbahn rare is that its of a late war “4 panel” construction. That means that on both far ends of the left and right side a extra triangle is sewn on. One of the corners has a restoration with white stitching. The material is stunning and vibrant and looks like the day it was made. A unique late war Waffen-SS Zeltbahn with reversed coloursmost probably made in 1945!

Extremely rare late war blue/grey coloured fabric rifle grenade pouches. These pouches are in combat used condition which is very rare and extremely scarce, in fact this is even the first set I have ever encountered! Typical construction with rough and smooth blue coloured webbing straps riveted to the fabric with LUX marked hardware. The inside of these pouches both feature 3 small sections in which a clip of 5 rifle grenade cartridges could be kept and to keep those cartridges separated from other ammunition!  Each pouch has a field applied white painted stencil to keep the type of grenades separated! The left bag carried the anti personnel rifle grenades or Gewehrsprenggranate (G. Spr.) and the right bag carried the anti tank grenades or Panzersprenggranate (P. Spr.) This is the first set of blue coloured grenade pouches with this typical construction in combat used condition and with field applied stencils I have ever seen and have the pleasure to offer. Stunning combat used set which would be impossible to upgrade!

 

 

A nice original Waffen-SS fur lined parka in Italian Telo Mimetico camouflage material. The parka is in good worn condition and has a repair to the pocket and signs of wear. The fur is in good condition. A nice original late war Waffen-SS parka in good worn condition!

Excellent changing mitt/pad which has been invented and issued with the MG34 / MG42 tool pouch for changing the overheated barrels of the machine guns. This example is in very good condition and is very hard to find as a spare to complete the tool pouch!

Hard to upgrade matching bayonet marked 41 fze indicating production by F.W. Holler, Solingen. The bayonet is matching to its scabbard with the serial 8725 f and has nice clean bakelite grips. The bayonet is in very good uncleaned, unsharpened and matching (!) condition with 99% of its factory blueing. The bayonet comes together with its original tropical frog. The frog is in good used condition and has never been separated from the bayonet. Stunning late war bayonet with its original frog!

Heavily used mid war production M31 canteen. The aluminium flask and the cover are marked HWSD 42 which indicates production by H.W.Schmidt, Metallwarenfabrik, Döbeln in 1942. The brownish cup is nicely marked with the 3 letter code gfc which indicates production by Julius Posselt, Gablonz an der Neisse, Reichsgau Sudetenland. The cup is MPD marked with the material S which indicates the usage of Phenolic resin (bakelite) with sawdust as the filler material. Sadly the cup is heavily damaged and repaired as can be seen on the pictures!

Stunning crushed visor cap for a Offizier der Infanterie with the rare wartime sewn flatwire insignia. The cap is a nice size 56/57 and retains its nice saddle shape that was converted to the Alter Art look. The visor chinstrap and buttons were period removed to attain the crushed look. The cap is a very nice example of a wartime crushed cap!

Excellent pre war canteen with factory repainted green cup in good used condition. The cup has been factory painted green over the black paint, issued at a later point than production when other regulations were in effect. The aluminium flask and the green painted cup are both nicely marked MN 38 which indicates production by Menesa Metallindustrie GmbH. Neunkirchen-Saar in 1938. The canteen features some very interesting unit markings which are rare to find on canteens, nice for a further research!

Excellent “tropical” M31 canteen with webbing straps. The aluminium flask itself and the cover are both nicely marked W.W.E. 41 which indicates production by W. Wagner GmbH, Esslingen in 1941. This is one of the rarer makers to encounter when you collect canteens! The cup is  MPD coded F7/K which indicates production by a still unknown maker and the usage of urea resin (which is a certain type of Bakelite) with an organic filler material. Stunning M31 canteen in very good condition by a rare maker!

US M1 Fixed bale helmet with MSA liner in very good condition. The helmet has the heat stamp 194B indicating production around mid 1942.

Early US M1 fixed bale helmet with heat stamp 54A indicating production mid 1941. The helmet retains up to 90% of its factory finish with a period overpainted Corporal rank in the front which can be seen peaking through the paint. The helmet retains its Seaman liner. Attractive and early US M1 helmet in very good condition!

Unissued example made out of thin green fabric. This is a textbook late war production. The pouch shows almost no wear from storage and is in mint condition.

Textbook early war production M38 gasmask. The mask is the green fabric pattern and nicely marked E 40.