German helmet

Rare unissued Kriegsmarine issue lightweight Y-straps. Textbook light brown leather with grey painted hardware.

Rare first pattern Gebirgsjäger Windjacke. The garment is nicely maker marked Peter Lindt Kleiderfabrik, Wegberg RHLD. (Rheinland). The jacket is in quite hard used condition and has a few small damages and is a bit dirty, although the signs of usage the garment still retains all of the factory sewn buttons. Marked 52 which indicates the size, which is quite large and will fit most if not all modern mannequins. Hard to find first pattern Gebirgsjäger Windjacke in combat used condition.

Veteran acquired insignia grouping to Kenneth Sprecher serving in the 502 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne. Sprecher was a first Sergeant and jumped into Normandy during D-day. He was awarded the Distinguished Service cross for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company H, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in action against enemy forces on 11 June 1944, in France. While his company was pinned down by intense enemy machine gun fire, First Sergeant Sprecher’s Company Commander was knocked unconscious from a mortar shell. Under the heavy enemy fire, First Sergeant Sprecher reorganized the company and personally led a bayonet charge upon the enemy thereby gaining the objective. First Sergeant Sprecher’s fearless leadership, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 101st Airborne Division, and the United States Army.

A rare insignia grouping complete with copies of his citation and pictures.

Textbook Heer issue M42 Wachmantel in unissued, mint condition. Very nice example with heavy blanket lining. The mantel is nicely marked with a sadly unreadable RBNr. Nice detail is the dark blue buttons used on front!

Rare straight E-tool cover manufactured out of blue fabric “Ersatz” material in excellent condition. The cover is nicely marked gjh 4 (1944) which indicates production by Rudolf Conte, Nachf. Theodor Seibod, Fabrik fuer Lederwaren, Offenbach. One of the rarest covers I have ever encountered!

Rare document grouping to Andre Moerman from Meenen, Belgium who served in the 6. SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade “Langemarck”. This small archive consists of a number of interesting entry papers for the Flemish volunteer legion, the signed oath to Hitler and a number of interesting documents from Sennheim. This is a great group for further research and very hard to obtain original information!

Late war Heer/Waffen-SS fighting knife. These often privately purchased fighting knives are typically mid to late war manufacture. This example has a interesting belt loop and securing loop made out of Ersatz or Pressstoff material. A first for me!

Textbook Luftwaffe Siemens Lkp S 10 flight helmet with brown bakelite throat microphone and headphones in size 57. The flight helmet is in very good, undamaged condition complete with its original long communication cable. The flight cap is manufactured from typical Braunmeliert cloth, lined with rayon. The headphones retain their original and clear plastic covers without cracks or stains. Textbook example in perfect condition!

I’m sorry to report that the display head is not for sale.

Rare issue case for the Flugzeugführerabzeichen in excellent condition. This is a typical case for the GWL and FLL Flugzeugführerabzeichen and is a hard to find spare.

US M1 Front seam swivel bale helmet with Westinghouse liner. The helmet retains its factory cork finish up to 95% and would be very hard to upgrade. The liner has green painted A-washers and a green painted chinstrap buckle. Excellent mid to late war helmet in very good, minty condition!

Textbook example of the Handschar Waffen-SS Collar Tab. These were intended for the 23. SS-Frewilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division “Nederland”. This is an unissued, late war piece, in the typical “Dachau” construction as found in the SS storehouse at the Dachau camp when it was liberated by US Army forces in 1945. These are embroidered in silver-gray on a base of typical SS black wool. On the reverse, the textbook Dachau type coarsely woven tan buckram stiffener is visible. There is some glue on the back, as well as the white stitching common to these Dachau tabs. Overall textbook construction with silver-white embroidered “Handschar” symbol on a typical black wool backing, and on the reverse the coarsely woven tan buckram stiffener is clearly visible.