Wehrmacht

Excellent early/pre war textbook example of an M31 Heer Zeltbahn in Splittertarn camouflage. Sadly all the original sewn buttons are missing. The Zeltbahn retains nice strong and vivid colours and is marked Zintgraff & Heeser, Köln 1939. Nice example with strong and vivid colours which is sadly missing the buttons!

A textbook late war mapcase in a stunning and most likely unissued condition. The mapcase is nicely marked RBNr. 0/0323/0003 in the inside of the closing flap.

A very rare late war messkit marked ET43 indicating the well known helmet manufacturer Eisenhüttenwerke, Thale.

Textbook Wehrmacht issue chocolate Scho-Ka-Kola ration. This caffeine laced issue chocolate was issued to troops serving on the front. Nicely dated 1938 which is hard to find in this excellent condition!

Textbook 1939 dated FF33 (Feldfernsprecher 33) field telephone in great used condition. The bakelite housing of the field telephone is completely undamaged and is in overall good condition. The white board on top features the writing Verwaltung 1 x, Wache 2 x, Wache 3 x, interesting detail! Textbook example in good condition!

Note: The field phone appears to be in good shape and is complete with all the necessary parts to use it including the battery box which is mostly broken or missing. I have not opened or tested the field phone!

A perfect matching example of a aluminium M31 messkit or “Kochgeschirre M 31 (Alum.)” which is nicely marked S.S.L. 40 which indicates production by Sieper & Sohne, Lüdenscheid in 1940.. The messkit still retains up not 90% of its factory paint and is nicely named on the bottom part. These early mess kits are very hard to find in this light used condition!

Very nice original Italian Telo Mimetico camouflage square shelter quarter in good used condition.

Combat used Y-strap with uncommon skeleton wire hook on the rear strap. The Y-strap is nicely marked RBNr. but this became unreadable. Excellent example to complete any Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS combat mannequin!

Textbook late war produced M31 rucksack as issued to members of the Heer and Waffen-SS. The grey webbing on the rear of the Rucksack is nicely and still clearly marked RB.-Nr. 0/0355/0018. Nice example with recycled materials and natural brown coloured leather.

Textbook late war Luftwaffe cardboard ammunition box for the 3,7 cm FLAK (Flugzeugabwehrkanone). These pressed cardboard boxes where the last type of ammunition cases introduced for the Luftwaffe and are thereby typical late war production. Nice constructed ammunition box which would look great in any display!

Textbook US Mapcase marked Kadin 1943

Original deathcard to Obergefreiter Johann Eder was a German soldier killed in action during the infamous Georgian uprising of the island Texel. The Georgian ‘volunteers’ stationed a coastal battery on the Island, north of the Netherlands defending the North Sea.

Shortly after midnight on the night of 5–6 April 1945, the Georgians rose up and gained control of nearly the entire island. Approximately two hundred German soldiers were killed in the initial uprising, in their quarters or while standing guard, walking the roads of the island in groups or individually that night and the following day. Members of the Dutch resistance participated and assisted the Georgians. However, the rebellion hinged on an expected Allied landing which did not occur. Furthermore, the Georgians failed to secure the naval batteries on the southern and northern coasts of the island; the crews of these artillery installations were the only Germans still alive on the island.

A counterattack was ordered and the intact artillery batteries on the island began firing at sites where rebels were suspected to be. Approximately 2,000 riflemen of the 163rd Marine-Schützenregiment  were deployed from the Dutch mainland. Over the next five weeks they re-took the island; fighting was particularly heavy in the northern part of the island at Eierland and around the lighthouse. The German troops then combed the length of the island for any remaining Georgian soldiers, while the Dutch inhabitants sought to hide them. The German commander of the 882nd battalion, Major Klaus Breitner, stated long after the war that the uprising was “treachery, nothing else;” the captured mutineers were ordered to dig their own graves, remove their German uniforms, and be executed.

During the rebellion, 565 Georgians, at least 812 Germans, and 120 residents of Texel were killed. The destruction was enormous; dozens of farms went up in flames, with damage later estimated at ten million guilders (US$3.77 million). The bloodshed lasted beyond the German capitulation in the Netherlands and Denmark on 5 May 1945 and even beyond Germany’s general surrender on 8 May 1945. The fighting continued until Canadian troops arrived 20 May 1945 to enforce the German surrender, and disarmed the remaining German troops.

Rare original deathcard!

Excellent late war produced M31 breadbag in perfect, most likely unissued condition. All buttons and D-rings are original factory applied! Choice late war example made out a slightly rougher type of fabric!

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

Textbook rubberized US Musette bag marked Airtress Midland 1943 in very good near mint condition.

US army issue dog tags to Seymour Seider 0-467003 Hebrew

Excellent and matching set of reversible Splittertarn mittens which should have been issued with the parka and trousers (Winteranzug). The mittens are nicely marked with a clear ink stamp: RBNr. 0/0381/0046. nice set in good condition!

Textbook US bayonet in used condition. Due to the Shortage off M1 Bayonets in 1943 they shortened many 16″ 1903 Springfield bayonets. This is one of those typical examples, in used condition.

Dogtags to Napoleon Richards who enlisted in 1942.