German helmet

A nice black equipment belt in mint condition. Nicely maker marked and dated 1941. A good mannequin size!

A nice black issue mapcase marked RZM L2/600/41. The mapcase is completely manufactured from Presstoff!

Nice variant in thick vinyl. This pouch is marked fuq 1945 indication production by Curt Vogel, Cottbuss. A nice G43 pouch in very good condition!

Nice combat worn Heer M43 Keilhosen in good worn condition. Made from a coarse Italian wool, nicely dated 1944. Hard to find pair in used, not abused condition. Perfect for a combat mannequin!

A very nice pre war M31 messkit marked RZM M6/1/39. The messkit still retains up to 90% of its original field grey paint. These RZM quality messkits where issue to all sorts of political organizations. This short M31 model is a typical military messkit. This M31 messkit was most probably made and used by the Waffen-SS. The usual prewar political models for the Hitlerjugend, Allgemeine-SS and SA where finished in a black paint and are of the large M1910 model. This one, being a short military model produced in Feldgrau was most probably produced and used by the Waffen-SS.

A nice messkit for a early SS-VT setup and very rare to find!

A fantastic unissued Fallschirmjäger jump smock with white plastic RiRi zippers and factory sewn breast eagle. The garment is made out of nice heavy quality cloth. The ‘hard edged’ Sumpftarn camouflage pattern is vibrant and full of contrast. The smock is nicely marked smock is well marked with RBNR. 0/0708/0001, size IIb and dated 1945 (!). The smock is a excellent example of a late war jumpsmock as worn and issued to troops early 44 and onwards. The smock is untouched and perfect and not modified in any way. If you’re looking for a mint late war smock, this is it!

Mint pre war equipment belt marked Otto Koberstein 1938, hard to upgrade mint belt!

A very nice late war enamelled M42 messkit in good, lightly used condition. Inside shows a nice speckled enamel finish. The messkit still retains most of its original enameling and is a typical late war messkit in very good condition!

Scarce mint condition M40 type field combat trousers in HBT or Drillich material. A nice big size for mannequins and in stone mint condition. Can’t be upgraded!

Nice complete 1944 dated gasmask. Hard to find in this condition with 99% of its original paint and complete contents.

A nice minty and matching M31 Labeflasche marked G&CL 43 indicating prodution by Gehardi & Co, Lüdenscheid. The cup has a crack but is in one piece. Hard to upgrade tropical canteen in mint condition!

Stunnning photograph and document grouping to Gefreiter Erwin Forkel, 2. Kompanie Fallschirmjäger Artillerie Regiment 1 which is a part of the first Fallschirmjäger-Division. Forkel jumped onto the island of Crete and survived the landing and fierce battles following after. He was assigned with the Fallschirmjäger Artillerie Regiment 1 equipped with the  recoilless 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40. 

The grouping consists of a number of signed documents, awards and a stunning and highly impressive photo album with over 240 pictures on the Crete campaign.

The documents are all named to Erwin Forkel and signed by several high ranking and famous members of staff such as Geudens, General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich and Generalleutnant Sponheimer (21.ID). The documents are both hand signed, manuscript and facsimile. The documents are for the Sturmabzeichen, Verwundetenabzeichen, Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse, Ostmedaille, Ärmelband Kreta, Fallschirmschützen Abzeichen and Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe. The documents come with Forkels original wound badge, EK1 and Kreta cuff title. Erwin Forkel was a highly decorated Fallschirmjäger!

The photo album is like the document grouping highly impressive. There are over 240 pictures, maps and postcards bound in a thick beaten and battered album that must have travelled with him a lot. The front of the album has the big title KRETA and is loose from the album(!). The album focusses a few pictures on barracks and jump training soon to move to Crete. The Crete invasion is well documented in the album, from the loading of planes to the jumping itself and the following battles. There are many non published pictures that show the combat conditions they where in. Many pictures show destroyed British tanks, dead British soldiers and fully equipped Fallschirmjäger in trenches with equipment and weapons.

The grouping would be a centrepiece in any Fallschirmjäger collection, especially for those who collect the early war items. The album speaks for itself and is even way more impressive in hand. A stunning grouping to one man that for sure that would be very, very hard to upgrade!

A very nice late war M42 Kochgeschirr marked MKL 42. This maker mark is only scarcely encountered!

A stunning M42 canteen marked SMM44 indicating production by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach. The canteen is unissued and would be very hard to upgrade.

Great example in mint condition. Nice example with grey cording, yellow and white stamping and a full original Presstoff head cover. Hard to upgrade piece with zero issues, for sure the best example I’ve found!

Rare late war MG42 ammunition box used as Sanitäter Verbandkasten. Still retaining up to 90% of its original paint and red crosses. Rare to find box especially in this stunning condition!

Nice Luftwaffe wrist compass or Armkompass 39 (AK39). The compass is in very good working condition with its often missing original strap. The base material of the compass is in good, clear condition. Hard to upgrade!

A very nice minty Splittertarn M31 Zeltbahn in unissued condition. Nicely marked RBNR and DR.3. The Zeltbahn is free of damages and has most if not all of its originally sewn buttons. The colors are nice, bright and full of contrast. Hard to find in this condition!

Messkits and canteens enameled in these colours are attributed to be made by the Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) run by Oskar Schindler. Messkits and canteens, unmarked, in these specific colours have been found in the old factory storage of the former DEF.  There are several other makers of enameled steel canteens and messkits but they all carry different characteristic features such as markings or specific colours. No other maker utilizes these light gray and blue colours and lacks markings. The light blue “wash” on top of the enamel is one of the typical features.

Nice first pattern folding E-tool with E-tool maker marked and dated 1940. Nice issued set in good used condition!