Wehrmacht

Beautiful and hard to find single Luftwaffe collar tab for Pioniere or construction troops. It’s clearly visible that there once were 4 Luftwaffe gulls attached to this collar tab. Luftwaffe pioneer tabs are very hard to find!

Rare RG34 takedown and cleaning tool or Hulschenkopfwischer which is mostly missing from these cleaning kits. Late war production unmarked example in great condition!

Distance meter or Kurvenmesser. The Kurvenmesser is in great working condition in its original leather pouch. Although these are mostly advertised as ‘ Wehrmacht ‘ or being a issued piece; these are all privately purchased. To be quite frank; 99% of the offered examples on the market today are most probably post war, with this one being no different other then it being advertised correctly. These pieces are however exactly the same as the 1940’s examples as the factories that made these never really changed the ‘winning’ concept. A nice mapcase accessory in good working condition at a sharp price.

Excellent stainless steel fork which is part of the Wehrmacht field cutlery set which were issued to enlisted men, NCO’s and officers. The fork is nicely marked GAG 42 which indicates production by Gustav Auerswald, Besteckfabrik, Grünhain/Sa. in 1942. As is the case with almost all parts of the field cutlery sets this fork is marked with an clearly visible eagle which clarifies it’s Eigentum der Wehrmacht. Perfect as a spare or to complete a field cutlery set!

Excellent stainless steel fork which is part of the Wehrmacht field cutlery set which were issued to enlisted men, NCO’s and officers. The fork is nicely marked GAG 42 which indicates production by Gustav Auerswald, Besteckfabrik, Grünhain/Sa. in 1942. As is the case with almost all parts of the field cutlery sets this fork is marked with an clearly visible eagle which clarifies it’s Eigentum der Wehrmacht. Perfect as a spare or to complete a field cutlery set!

Original German helmet liner string, it was cut at some point but still complete. Can be used to complete a helmet liner!

Excellent textbook green coloured British helmet net. This is the green coloured pattern with small holes and thick thread. The drawstring is made out of the same coloured thread as the rest of the helmet net. Nice example which would be perfect on a British MKII helmet!

Nice US mess tin marked US E. A. Co. 1944 in good condition.

Excellent textbook green coloured British helmet net. This is the green coloured pattern with small holes and thick thread. The drawstring is made out of the same coloured thread as the rest of the helmet net. Nice example which would be perfect on a British MKII helmet!

Nice original Kriegsverdienstkreuz ohne Schwerter with its original (full sized – not cut in half) ribbon

Rare RG34 takedown and cleaning tool or Hulschenkopfwischer, one of the accessories that is mostly missing from these cleaning kits. The takedown and cleaning tool is unmarked which is quite usual for these tools and is in overall great condition!

Original deathcard to Hauptscharführer Christian Weiss, KIA 30.3.1945. He died in Ybbs, Austria.

Set of Wehrmacht issue dust goggles in their original pouch (Augenschützer42 mit Trageumschlag). The German army used and issued a lot of different types of goggles and glasses to its troops. Under which these in 1942 developed dust goggles which were inexpensive and easily mass produced. These were issued in two different types, with coloured lenses for protection of the sun as well, and with clear lenses for only dust protection. This set consist out of one pair of goggles with coloured lenses and one normal pair of goggles, together in the original pouch. The pouch is nicely marked gng which indicates production by Auer Gesellschaft AG, Guben. Nice set of dust goggles!

Original deathcard to Harmanus Willibrordus Timmer, married to Annie W. Witte ( a typical name in Den Burg, Texel ) was 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.

Textbook Luftwaffe issue blue coloured breadbag strap with a typical ink stamp which is sadly fainted and unreadable. Mint condition!