Attractive - and rarely encountered! - replacement-piece: a WH (Heeres) 'tropical-issued' cocarde as used on the tropical side- (and/or 'M41'-type) caps as executed in neat 'BeVo'-weave pattern and that comes in a clearly cap-removed condition
This is a very desirable and actually quite rarely encountered replacement-piece: a WH (Heeres) 'tropical-issued' cocarde (ie. 'Mützenkokarde') as used on the tropical side- (and/or 'M41'-type) caps as executed in neat 'BeVo'-weave pattern on a light-brown (ie. tan-) coloured background and that comes in a moderately used- and/or clearly cap-removed condition. The cocarde was clearly used (and... read more
Very nice - and scarcely encountered! - HJ/BDM ('Hitlerjugend'/'Bund Deutscher Mädel') district-triangle entitled: 'Südost Steiermark', still having its original paper 'RzM'-etiket attached - very nice (IMO mint-/unissued!) condition!
This is a truly very nice example of a HJ/BDM ('Hitlerjugend'/'Bund Deutscher Mädel') district-triangle entitled: 'Südost Steiermark', still retaining its original paper-based 'RzM'-etiket attached, in overall very nice (IMO mint-/unissued!) condition. As stated does the triangle still retains its (red-coloured-) paper-based 'RzM'-etiket ('A-Stück') and is in a very nice condition overa... read more
Neat, WH (Heeres) hand-embroidered, trade- ie. special career arm-patch, as intended for a: 'Funkmeister' (or radio-equipment NCO), executed on darker-green coloured wool, that is nicely maker-marked on the back - nice (ie. minimally used-) condition!
This is a neat example of a WH (Heeres) hand-embroidered, trade- ie. special career arm-patch, as intended for usage by a: 'Funkmeister' (or weapon-equipment NCO), being an example as executed darker-green coloured wool that is nicely maker-marked (ie. blue-ink stamped-) on the back, in overall nice (IMO only minimally used ie. worn-) condition. The patch is as stated neatly hand-embroi... read more
Neat, WH (Heeres) hand-embroidered, trade- ie. special career arm-patch, as intended for a: 'Funkmeister' (or radio-equipment NCO), executed on darker-green coloured wool, that is nicely maker-marked on the back - nice (ie. mint-/unissued-) condition!
This is a neat example of a WH (Heeres) hand-embroidered, trade- ie. special career arm-patch, as intended for usage by a: 'Funkmeister' (or weapon-equipment NCO), being an example as executed darker-green coloured wool that is nicely maker-marked (ie. blue-ink stamped-) on the back, in overall very nice (IMO mint-/unissued-) condition. The patch is as stated neatly hand-embroidered in ... read more
Very nice, WH (Heeres) 'tropical-style', machine-embroidered rank-insignia (ie. roundel), as executed in greyish-blue linnen, as intended for an: 'Oberschütze' - overall very nice (ie. virtually mint-/unissued!) condition!
I recently encountered 10 - fully identical and/or actually not that easily encountered! - examples of the WH (Heeres) 'tropical-style', machine-embroidered rank-insignia (ie. roundels), as executed in greyish-blue linnen on a mustard-brown coloured and/or woolen-based background, as intended for an: 'Oberschütze', all pieces in overall very nice (ie. virtually mint-/unissued!) conditio... read more
Nice - and scarcely encountered! - French WWII-period (ie. 'Vichy'-era) colourfull shield as intended for members of the youth-movement named: 'Chantiers de la Jeunesse' - very nice (ie. virtually mint-/unissued!) condition!
I recently encountered two - fully identical! - examples of the French WWII-period (ie. 'Vichy'-era-) colourfull armshields, as intended for members of the youth-movement called: 'Chantiers de la Jeunesse' (ie. 'CJF' or also referred to as: 'les bleus'), both pieces in a very nice (ie. virtually mint-/unissued!) condition. These nicely woven arm-badges (woven in a technique similar to t... read more
Nice and semi-colourfull, so-called: 'Willrich'-type period picture-postcard from the famous 'Ritterkreuzträger'-series, depicting the 'Generaloberst u. Gebirgsjäger' Dietl - overall very nice (ie. virtually mint-, unissued!) condition!
This is a very nice and/or decorative, semi-coloured 'Willrich' period picture-postcard from the famous 'Ritterkreuzträger'-series, 'Generaloberst u. Gebirgsjäger' Dietl - overall very nice (ie. virtually mint-, unissued!) condition. The card is in a stonemint, unissued condition and is void of any writing or text: it shows however minimal staining caused by decades of storage only. Th... read more
Very nice - and scarcely encountered, albeit regrettably single! - WH (Luftwaffe), greyish-blue coloured and/or woolen-based, NCO-type rank-patch (aka 'moustache'), as intended for an: 'Unteroffizier' - very nice (IMO virtually mint-/unissued!) condition!
This is a very nice - and scarcely encountered, albeit regrettably single - example of a WH (Luftwaffe), greyish-blue coloured and/or woolen-based, NCO-type rank-patch (aka 'rank-moustache'), as intended for an: 'Unteroffizier' (or: 'Oberjäger'), in a very nice (IMO virtually mint-/unissued!) condition. These neat rank-patches saw usage on the various LW-flight-overalls and/or even para... read more
Neat, golden-toned (WH) Luftwaffe-related lapel-pin to be worn on the civil attire as intended for staff-members of the 'Luftwaffe', depicting an early pattern (i.e. 'down-tail'-modelled-) eagle - very nice, IMO only minimally used ie. worn, condition!
This is a truly nice - and actually not that often encountered - item: a detailed example of a golden-toned lapel-pin to be worn on the civil attire, as intended for staff-members of the 'Luftwaffe', depicting an early pattern (i.e. 'down-tail'-modelled!) eagle, in overall very nice and only minimally used ie. worn condition. The (highly detailed!) piece is in a very nice, albeit minima... read more
Neat, medium-sized, period-publication ie. album entitled: 'Deutschlands Wehrmacht', full of colour-plates on uniforms and/or insignia, holding 11 (of its original 12) colourfull post-cards - nice, albeit moderately used, condition!
This is a neat - and actually never before encountered! - medium- (ie. 21 x 21 cms.-) sized period-publication ie. album entitled: 'Deutschlands Wehrmacht' and/or sub-titled: 'Laufbahnen, Rangabzeichen, Dienstgrade, Waffenfarben u. Aufbau und Gliederung aller Wehrmachtteile' as compiled by an author named: 'Georg Westermann' residing in Braunschweig, in overall nice albeit moderately u... read more
Nice - and not that commonly encountered! - zinc-based RAD (or 'Reichsarbeitsdienst') ID-disc, bearing the stamped text ie. unit-designation: 'RAD 13/211 124/8' - overall nice, albeit clearly used and/or worn condition!
This is a nice - and actually not that commonly encountered! - zinc-based RAD (or 'Reichsarbeitsdienst') ID-disc, bearing the stamped text ie. unit-designation: 'RAD 13/211 124/8', in overall nice, albeit clearly used and/or worn condition. The disc is in an overall very nice and totally uncleaned condition (some slight corrosion is visible - mainly on the back -but nothing that shockin... read more
Nice and semi-colourfull so-called: 'Willrich'-type period picture-postcard, depicting the 'FJ (ie. Fallschirmjäger) 'Feldwebel' Arpke - overall nice ie. virtually mint, unissued condition!
This is a very nice and/or decorative, semi-coloured 'Willrich' period picture-postcard from the famous 'Ritterkreuzträger'- (ie. 'Unsere Luftlandetruppen'-) series, depicting the 'FJ (ie. 'Fallschirmjäger' or paratroopers-) 'Feldwebel' Arpke, in overall nice ie. virtually mint, unissued condition. The card is in stonemint, unissued condition and is void of any writing or text: it show... read more
Nice and semi-colourfull so-called: 'Willrich'-type period picture-postcard, depicting the 'FJ (ie. Fallschirmjäger) 'Oberst' Bräuer - overall nice ie. virtually mint, unissued condition!
This is a very nice and/or decorative, semi-coloured 'Willrich' period picture-postcard from the famous 'Ritterkreuzträger' series, depicting the 'FJ (ie. 'Fallschirmjäger' or paratroopers-) 'Oberst' Bräuer, in overall nice ie. virtually mint, unissued condition. The card is in stonemint, unissued condition and is void of any writing or text: it shows however minimal staining caused by... read more
Nice - and scarcely encountered, albeit regrettably single - WH (Luftwaffe), dark-blue coloured and/or woolen-based, NCO-type rank-patch (aka 'moustache'), as intended for an: 'Unteroffizier' - very nice (IMO virtually mint-/unissued!) condition!
This is a very nice - and actually scarcely encountered, albeit regrettably single - example of a WH (Luftwaffe), dark-blue coloured and/or woolen-based, NCO-type rank-patch (aka 'rank-moustache'), as intended for an: 'Unteroffizier' (or 'Oberjäger'), in a very nice (IMO virtually mint-/unissued!) condition. These neat rank-patches saw usage on the various LW-flight-overalls and/or even... read more
Nice - albeit regrettably single! - summer-style, light-blue coloured and/or linnen-based WH (Luftwaffe) 'Flak-Artillerie' enlisted-mens-type shoulderboard - overall nice, albeit clearly used ie. 'cut-of' condition!
This is a nice - and fairly scarcely encountered, albeit regrettably single! - summer-style, light-blue coloured, bright-red-piped and/or linnen-based WH (Luftwaffe) 'Flak-Artillerie' (or ant-aircraft troops) enlisted-mens-type shoulderboard, in overall nice, albeit clearly used ie. 'cut-of' ie. shirt-removed condition. The neat board was most certainly intended for usage on a LW summe... read more