German militaria

Textbook example of the Handschar Waffen-SS Collar Tab. These were intended for the 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS “Handschar”. 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.

Medal bar or Bandspange Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht 4 and 12 years respectively. The Ordenspange is in very good condition with originally attached medals and back cloth. Nice attractive piece!

Aluminum Heer cap eagle in good used condition. All three prongs are intact.

Textbook Hitlerjugend memberships pin marked M1/92 indicating production by Carl Wild.

Textbook Waffen-SS EM / NCO collar tab 3. SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf. Typical example embroidered on doeskin.

Canadian Browning Hi Power holster marked ZL&TD 1945 in good, lightly worn condition.

Original cable for the optical reticle lighting for the optics such as the MGZ40. This example is nicely marked with the 3 letter code ddv which is still and unidentified manufacturer. Whilst the connecting hood is easy to find, a original cable is very hard!

Textbook Luftschütz Sanitäter pouch in good used condition.

These cutlery sets were issued to enlisted men, NCO’s and officers. The set is in good used condition and would normally be one of the standard breadbag items! All the parts of this example is are marked GK&F 41/42 which indicates production by Gebr. kugel & Fink, Lüdenscheid in 1941 except for the spoon which is marked CAG 42. Nice almost completely matching set in very good condition!

Rare empty cardboard ammunition box for flare ammunition. These cardboard boxes are very hard to find because they mostly didn’t survive the war! Excellent example!

Beautiful straight E-tool in very good condition maker marked ekz indicating production by Rich. Henkel, Werkzeugfabrik, Viernau/Thüringen.

Period modified US Colt 1911 shoulder holster with period added magazine loops. The shoulder holster is in good, lightly worn condition. Hard to find period modified holster!

Excellent M31 pattern breadbag with very nice brown leather details. The breadbag is nicely marked 1939 and has RAD (Reicharbeitsdienst) unit markings on the inside. Textbook RAD issue example in simply perfect condition! Impossible to upgrade!

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.

Waffen-SS EM / NCO blank rank collar tab in perfect condition, perfect to match with any runic tab!

A very rare variant Waffen-SS runic collar tab embroidered on plain woven fabric which is not wool, felt or BeVo. The back still shows remnants of a RZM tag. This is for sure one of the rarest runic tabs to find !

Waffen-SS officer runic collar tab in very good condition. Textbook construction and embroidery that would be very hard to upgrade!