Wehrmacht

Hard to find original Waffen-SS reversible oak leaf spring mittens. Hard to find in the green colour and complete with the original string between them.

Tabbed steel Heer belt buckle marked R. Sieper & Sohne Lüdenscheid 1940. The buckle still retains most if not all of its factory green paint. Textbook buckle!

Nice original bakelite rain cover or Okularschütz. Nicely marked WaA and a nice detail is that the often shiny bakelite is finished with a non reflective black paint.

First pattern folding E-tool in strong used condition with two repaired rivets to the lid attachment.

Textbook pre war aluminum belt buckle by Gebr. Kugel & Fink.

Rare original short pre war gasmask canister in mint condition. Hard to find this model in this condition with 100% of its wartime paint. The canister comes with the typical early straps, mask, spring and spare lenses.

Rare original Erdsprechgerät in good used condition. The Erdsprechgerät was a device used in the case of a broken field phone connection due to shrapnel for instance. The Erdsprechgerät is complete with the microphone and headset. The headset has a damaged outer cable but the inside looks fine. Very hard to find Erdsprechgerät with its original and undamaged case!

Rare issue periscope made in France under the German occupation. Originally a pre war model for the French army; this is the first and only example I’ve seen produced under the German occupation. Nicely marked Handsehror 6×20(f) H/6400 Car 567 SRP Puteaux. Superb piece with good optics that is a first for me!

Textbook Presstoff straight E-tool carrier marked gzr 1944 in good used condition.

A very nice LP34 in working condition. The LP34 still has the full anodization finish and never has been repainted. The finish still remains for 99% and this is one of the nicest LP34 flare guns I’ve ever owned.  The LP34 is marked DUV 42which indicates production by Berlin Luebecker. The gun has very nice bakelite grips. All in all a very nice aesthetic piece with a superb finish!

The flare pistol is in good working condition and free to own anyone older then 18 in the Netherlands. I will not and can not export this piece outside of the Netherlands.

Typical aluminum belt buckle for the Reichsarbeitsdienst. Marked A 37 indicating production by Assmann in 1938.

Nice original first pattern Luftwaffe Felddivision smock in Splittertarn B camouflage. The smock is a nice first pattern with press studs on the sleeves and the Splittertarn B printed on smooth fabric. The smock is a obviously combat worn example with loads of repairs. The breast eagle is a typical original example but in my opinion restored to the jacket. The garment is a nice large mannequin size and would be a nice base for a combat mannequin!

Very nice period handmade Willys Jeep model made from wood. These jeeps where popular toys around the end of the war and many were made by troops around Christmas 1944 and given to local children. This jeep is obviously well-played with and shows wear and tear. There are many variations of these jeeps and all of them are unique. This one came from a private household in Breda, the Netherlands.

Late war heer blue belt buckle. Unmarked example with 95% of its factory paint remaining.

Death card of Unteroffizier Walter Büchel. Killed in action during the Battle of the Hürtgenwald. Büchel was 34 years old and was killed in action on 25.11.1944 in the Hürtgenwald, Germany. Later to be reburied in Lommel, Belgium.

Heavily used Soldbuch by Wachtmeister Wilhelm Hentrich, born on 23.5.1918 in Heldra / Dtsl. Hentrich has served in the Heer throughout the war with the exception of a few hospital admissions. This Soldbuch was issued at the beginning of the war. This Soldbuch  has been carried by him for the entire duration of the war. Very interesting detail is pages 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the original Soldbuch were so worn out that for these pages there is an “Ersatzausfertigung” created on 20.4.1945.

Normally a completely new Soldbuch was issued (Zweit or Ersatzausfertigung) but this one was given on a very late date during the war, only the first four pages were replaced. These pages are fairly concise, especially when it comes to which units he served during the war. There, however many notes / Eintragungen in the soldbuch which are stamped with “Schwere Artillerie-Ersatz und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 309 ”, and the Zahlmeisterei notes on page 18 (and also EKM data on page 1) we can see that he served in it during the outbreak of the war Artillerie-Regiment 45 and that somewhere in early 1940, probably before May 1940 he was transferred to the Artillerie-Regiment 152. This is a perfect match as many notes in the Soldbuch are stamped “Schwere Artillerie-Ersatz und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 309”, which provided troops for both Artillery Regiments when they were stationed at the Westwall in the early days of the war and took part in the campaign through France in May 1940.

In 1941 A.R. 152 participated in Operation Barbarossa and  the invasion of Russia. Already in the first month Hentrich was wounded by shrapnel and was hospitalized until October of that year. For his injury he was rewarded with the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz. In August and September of 1942, he was admitted to hospital again but due to damage, the reason is unclear for some reason. His unit fought in 1942 and 1943 on the eastern front in the Orel and Newel areas. The exact date when Hentrich will be transferred to the Artillerie-Regiment 198 is unclear, but I suspect late 1944.

As a soldier now on the front line, he is submitted to the IV Batterie of the Artillerie-Regiment 198, which is part of the 98 Infanterie-Division. This division was fighting in Italy in the Rimini area and was heavily involved in the fighting in August and September 1944. At the end of 1944 the division then withdraws to the Apennin position and fight back to the Senio River. During this fighting, Hentrich is awarded the KVK II Class on 30.1.1945. In April of 1945 Hentrich was promoted to Wachtmeister, his unit then retreats across the Po river in the direction of the pre-Alps, where the division eventually capitulates.