Waffen SS

Nice and desirable straight Italian E-tool complete with its converted folding E-tool carrier. This set is consisting out of an Italian produced shovel which were widely re-issued to the German troops and a folding E-tool carrier which has been converted to carry the straight Italian E-tool. The converted E-tool carrier is nicely marked “dta 42″ which indicates production by A. Waldhausen, Jnh. M. Bruchmann, Sattlerwaren- u. Kofferfabrik, Köln, Johannisstr. 65 – 67. Textbook way of converting equipment to make it useful and wearable!

I included 3 original wartime photographs which show these converted folding E-tool carriers being used.

 

A very nice late war steel Waffen-SS belt buckle made by Overhoff & Cie, Lüdenscheid. These buckles where made later in the war and came unmarked. A great textbook buckle in great condition still retaining up to 95% of it’s original finish!

Stunning late war steel painted Waffen-SS belt buckle which is made by Overhoff & Cie, Lüdenscheid. This is a textbook late war production which is unmarked but clearly shows all the Overhoff features. A great textbook buckle in great condition still retaining up to 95% of it’s original silver factory finish!

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.

Transitional Reichswehr (pre 1935) Gasmask canister in good condition complete with its original short leather strap.

Nice and original set with spares to complete any gasmask canister. The set is consisting out of the cleaning cloth, spring and a package of Klarscheiben. These spares, especially the spring and the cleaning cloth are virtually always missing and hard to find as a spare!

Rare USAAF and RAF escape and evasion issue phrase card, complete with cover ánd the Russian card which is virtually always missing or not issued at all.

Rare original US army issue German phrase book or TM 30-606.

Original USN US Navy life preserver belt marked May 1 1944. Nice original example in very good condition.

Nice USMC suspenders in good used condition. This is the nice and harder to come by variant with “flatwire” hooks. Good condition and nicely named to Winkler!

Original US Navy (USN) medical kit, marked M.D.-U.S.N. for Medical Department – US Navy. A nice set to complete a corpsman’s equipment or a display!

Textbook US musette bag marked THE BYER MFG. CO. INC. 1941. This example is nicely named to Sullivan with an ASN number and would be nice for further research!

Nice and complete original set of US army signal flags in original carrying pouch. Flags are complete, undamaged and still attached to the original wooden sticks.

US M1943 field jacket in very good near mint condition. Textbook example in the size 36L.

Rare combat worn Sturmgeschütz wrapper with factory sewn breast eagle, period applied award loops, EK2 ribbon and Kuban shield. The wrapper comes with a beautiful matching pair of mid war Panzerjäger shoulderstraps in the rank of Unteroffizier. The wrap retains a set of period? modified mounted Litzen which have skulls attatched to them. Allthough far from textbook, it looks like they have been there a long time with nap underneath the tabs. The wrap is a medium size, lightly tailored at the sleeves. The garment is a genuine combat worn example with loads of character. Beautiful example!