Wehrmacht

Textbook original Dienstglas binocular case strap. Virtually always missing from the bakelite cases, this one is in good used condition.

Minty original chocolate brown officers belt marked Lüneschloss Solingen Croupon. Comes in a good and large size 115cm

Unique MP38 u. MP40 magazine pouch with mixed materials. This pouch has a canvas base with leather closing flaps. The pouch is in obvious combat worn condition with loads of character. Very rare pouch in good used condition!

A nice 1940 dated ammunition box with the subtle brown camouflage that is typical for the early equipment and vehicles. The box is complete with a working hinge and closing latch.

A very nice brown Pistole 35(p) Radom holster. The holster is in good lightly used condition. Inside its nicely named and marked bnz P35(p) 1943.

Hard to find early example in good condition. Often missing from many helmets, this is a perfect addition to a helmet with little patina.

A very nice matching set of tunic removed shoulder boards for a SS-Obersturmführer der Pioniertruppen. These shoulderstraps have had the pips or cyphers removed. Nice and salty set in obvious uniform removed condition!

A nice original Erkennungsmarke marked 2.Schtz.ers.KP. 327 indicating Schützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 327 which supplied replacements for the 148, 158 and 239 Infanterie Division. The tag is in good condition with its original period cord.

Nice original Erkennungsmarke or ID disc marked 1./Pi.Ers.Btl.9 indicating 1. Kompanie Pionier Ersatz Battalion 9 which fell under the 159 Reserve Division which was stationed on the Atlantikwal and suffered heavy casualties as it withdrew when the allies landed in southern France. The tag comes with its typical cord albeit shortened. A nice piece with possibility for further research.

Textbook original German helmet chinstrap in good used condition.

A very nice late war P38 soft shell holster. The holster is nicely maker marked 0/0833/0007 indicating production by Hans Römer, Neu-Ulm. Simply a superb late war P38 holster in mint condition, can not be upgraded!

Rare Luftwaffe issue chocolate brown chinstrap with aluminum hardware. Period shortened example with aluminum hardware.

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

A nice original Erkennungsmarke marked 4./ Ers. I.R. 19  indicating 1. Kompanie Ersatz abteilung Infanterie Regiment 19 which played a vital role in the 1939 campaign pushing into Poland. The 10th of may 1940 it was the first unit to breach to Juliana Kanaal fortifications in the Netherlands and pushed onwards to the Scheldt. After the 1940 campaign it was sent to the eastern front and saw actions right until the end of the war. The low number and the abbreviation “J.R.” on the aluminum Erkennungsmarke indicates a early manufacture. The disc is made in Zinc and should ideally be cleaned!

Rare pre war short gasmask canister strap with painted hardware. Marked and dated CA 1940.

A nice original factory bundle of 10 large bandages dated 1938 as carried inside the bandage pocket and inside the Verbandkasten.

Death card of Obergrenadier Josef Barnsteiner. Was killed in action during the Ardennes offensive. Barnsteiner was 19 years old and was killed in Spinneux near Trois-Ponts, Belgium on 6.1.1945.

Death card of Stabsgefreiter Heinrich Rosendahl. Was killed during the Ardennes offensive. Rosendahl was 28 years old and passed away in action in a Hauptverbandplatz near Schönecken, Belgium. Was later burried in Bitburg, Germany.  

Death card of Obergefreiter Josef Reindl. Was killed in action during the Ardennes offensive. Reindl was 39 years old and was killed in Rodershaufen near Dasburg, Luxenbourg on 22.1.1945 later to be reburied in Sandweiler, Luxenbourg. He was awarded the Kriegsverdienstkreuz with swords.