German helmet

Very nice example with the large gasmask pouch on the front in very good condition. Nicely marked RBNR inside.

Stone mint original WWII US paratrooper jumpboots by Pair-A-Trooper. Nicely maker marked Pair-A-Trooper Quality Brand Georgia Shoe Mfg. PA and size 13-15 which is a good mannequin size. The boots come with their original long laces and would be impossible to upgrade.

Textbook Dutch M33 helmet with period removed front plate. The helmet is a nice and typical example in good used condition. The front plate was soldered onto the helmet but often removed due to myths about it being less bulletproof.  Beautiful and typical example as used in the may 1940 battle in the Netherlands!

These Y-straps are made in the Ghetto of Lodz, Poland which the Germans renamed into “Litzmannstadt”. They are made using parts of captured British equipment items. These British equipment items where left in 1940 when the British Expeditionary Force evacuated to the United Kingdom. The Germans sent these for recycling and a lot of work was put in disassembling every British equipment piece and recycling the individual parts into German army equipment. Y-straps, breadbags, A-frames and rucksacks are a few of the items made in Litzmannstadt. A very rare pair of Y-straps – for sure the best pair I’ve had!

Scarce textbook second pattern Waffen-SS plane tree overprint camouflage pattern cover in combat used condition. The cover is constructed from plane tree overprint material utilizing single and double needle sewing machines. The cover retains all of its originally sewn loops and vibrant colours in the camouflage pattern that really pops in hand. The cover is photographed on a size 64 shell making it good moderate size. The cover is in very good used condition and unlike many “mint” oak covers flooding the market today – this is a actually worn piece with loads of patina that is very hard to find.

Stunning Panzer or Panzerjäger officers visor in very good near mint condition. The visor retains its bright pink wool piping with its originally attached insignia. The wool is in very good condition with 99% of its fluff with minimal surface moth grazing. The cap is a good size 58 which would fit most if not all mannequins. The cap is a stunning and textbook example that would be very hard to upgrade.

Textbook last ditch Dachau type Waffen-SS field cap in Gaberdine material. The cap was originally a US vet bring back and was brought to the SOS several years ago. The cap is of typical last ditch production as seen with items taken from the Dachau stock with the exposed Presstoff bill. The cap is in good worn condition with the right amount of patina. The cap retains a hand sewn Edelweiss and black trapezoid insignia that both share the same patina. The cap is a size 57 which is a perfect size for most modern and older mannequins. The cap is a really nice and dare example of a original Waffen-ss M43 field cap!

Less common example with tilted grips. The butterdish is in very good condition without cracks and opens in 1/3 turn.

Rare and mint Sanitäter Verbandtuch. Often faked; rare opportunity to buy a original piece.

Very nice lightly worn USAAF TROUSERS, FLYING INTERMEDIATE TYPE A-11A size 32 dated 18 Dec. 1944. Very nice example complete with suspenders that would nicely attribute to a late war USAAF mannequin!

Rare original padded bag for the US Paratrooper Beacon Bag MX-183/PPN-2. Used by pathfinders to guide airplanes during airborne landings. Nice piece in good used condition!

Tabbed steel Luftwaffe buckle E. Schneider 1942 Lüdenscheid. Very nice example with most of its black (!) factory paint remaining.

Nice original bakelite canteen cup in very good condition, the cup has a cool name enscribed; Kühl.

A unusual, late war canteen filling funnel. These funnels where used in field kitchens and together with the 5, 10, and 18 liter aluminium “Trinkwasser” drinking water containers to fill canteens. These funnels had the capacity of exactly one standard 0.8 liter canteen. They are wide enough at the top for a 5, 10 or 18 liter drinking water  container to easily poor. It is used by holding a finger underneath the small hole underneath the funnel and then filled to the top. The funnel is then placed above a canteen and the finger is removed. The canteen will be filled quick and without spillage! The funnel is made out of enameled steel like many of the late war canteens. A nice unusual item!

Nice collapsible tinted blue leather motorcycle/vehicle goggles marked Ultrasin 55% in its original pouch.

Very nice and unissued US M1 Garand cartridge belt. Nicely maker marked and dated Hinson MFG CO 1942. The belt is unissued condition and would be impossible to upgrade.

Stunning original M35 helmet in vibrant three-tone Normandy camouflage pattern. The M35 retains up to 90% of its original wartime applied camouflage paint with strong vibrant colours. Nicely marked ET62 indicating production by Eisenhüttenwerke Thale. The helmet is complete with its liner and is in untouched, as found condition. The helmet shows signs of decals under the camouflage paint. The helmet was originally found in household clearing in the Hilversum, the Netherlands where a bunch in this camouflage pattern have turned up over the years. This helmet is a spectacular example of a three-tone camouflage on a M35 Heer/Waffen-SS helmet. A stunning helmet that would fit in most if not all camouflage helmet collections!