German militaria

Original death card to SS-Panzer-Grenadier Karl Reil. He was KIA on the west front on 26.12.44 and died at the very young age of 17,5 years old. Depicting the information from his death card it’s sure that Karl Reil participated in the Ardennes Offensive as he is buried in Recogne/Bastogne.

Textbook Heer M40 mantel in unissued condition. The garment is a small to medium size and would be impossible to upgrade.

Excellent Y-strap in very good, most likely unissued condition. The Y-strap is nicely marked RBNr. 0/0350/0152 which indicates production by an unknown manufacturer. Typical and rare late war example with a simplified wire skeleton hook on the back strap. Excellent example to complete any Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS combat mannequin!

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. This Y-strap is a beautiful example of the equipment that was made in Litzmannstadt. In contrast to most encountered Litzmannstadt manufactured Y-straps this example is in combat used condition. Excellent example!

Matching issue tent pegs in unissued condition. The pegs are typical pressed wood construction encapsulated in bakelite. Every soldier was issued one pole, two pegs and one Zeltleine together with his Zeltbahn.

Very nice leather equipment belt in good, issued and named condition. The belt roughly measures 90cm in length and would easily fit a mannequin. The belt is nicely named to O.Gefr. (Obergefreiter) Klasener underneath the leather tab. The belt is nicely marked RBNr. 0/0496/0330 which indicates production by an unknown manufacturer. Very nice named example!

Original brown leather K98 sling featuring the textbook embossed checkered pattern in hard used condition. The sling seems to feature no markings but this can easily be faded!

Beautiful army issue leather compass carrying strap with brass hardware which makes it most likely that it’s a pre war produced carrying strap. The strap is in good condition and is very hard to find as a spare in this condition!

General purpose dust goggles or “Umbral” goggles as patented and produced by Carl Zeiss, Jena. The construction of the goggles indicate that it’s late war production. The goggles itself are made out of a grayish coloured leather and are undamaged but in salty condition.

Wehrmacht issue signal whistle made from phenolic resin (Bakelite) and wood complete with its original green knotted lanyard with a clip in slightly used condition. Many commands where given with whistles during combat and the use and recognition of the different signals was something most soldiers would have known. Very hard to find Wehrmacht issue whistle which would compliment almost every NCO/CO combat display.

Luftwaffe (blue wool backing) Gefreiter chevron in good condition.