Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
NSDAP POLITIICAL LEADERS ARM BAND.
This example is for Ortsgruppe level of leadership. Red wool arm band with separately applied white circle with black swastika with gold border. Wide double gold oakleaf borders with blue edge piping for ortsgruppe level and for the rank of, Leiter Eines Amptes (Leader of a department). Political leader arm bands have become difficult to obtain and this is a scarce service position to find. Removed from a tunic. Exc++
POLITICAL LEADERS ARM BAND, GAU LEVEL.
Red wool arm band with white silk circle with separately applied black swastika with gold edges. Double row of gold oakleaves to top and bottom edges with red edge piping for Gau Level for the rank of leader of a post. The reverse side is complete with paper RZM label and it is also stamped with a black arrow which shows the direction that the arm band needs to be attached to a tunic as apparently they were sometimes attached the wrong way around. The arm band has three tiny moth nips on the reverse side but other than that it is mint.
THIRD REICH NSDAP GAU LEVAL POLITICAL LEADERS ARM BAND.
Red wool arm band with separately applied white silk circle with gold bullion piping. Both edges of the arm band are piped in a single gold rank strip for a sub area leader and also red edge piping for a Gau level party leader. A very nice arm band with no moth damage, just showing light age wear. Exc++
1945 GUERNSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS LIBERATION MEDAL.
Not a German award but it is probably of interest to collectors of German awards. Gilt medal with Guernsey coat of arms and with the title, STATE OF GUERNSEY, the reverse side, LIBERATION FROM GERMAN OCUPATION MAY 9TH 1945. Complete with red, white and blue ribbon. The medal was purchased privately from the family of the original owner who served with the Royal Engineers and he was amongst the first British troops to liberate the channel islands from German occupation in 1945, The Chanel island were the only part of Britain to be occupied by Germany in WW2. The medal shows age but it is still in nice condition. Exc++
LARGE GERMAN LUFTWAFFE METAL EAGLE.
A large fine quality gilt white metal eagle with open wings standing on a marble plinth, Metal Luftwaffe 2nd model eagle and swastika mounted below and then silver metal award plaque with presentation inscription, ZUR STETEN ERINNERUNG A.D.FAHRTENGRUPPE D.FL.GEF.2/22 VON 1942. Very high quality and extremely attractive. Height 10 inches or 26cm. Exc++
HITLER YOUTH TUNIC CUFF TITLE.
Black cloth cuff band with title in gold woven letters, HJ Gelandesportwert for sports competition organiser. Mint.
INK SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF NSDAP REICHLEITER AND INTERIOR MINISTER WILHELM FRICK.
The photograph shows Wilhelm Frick in his NSDAP party leaders uniform with peak cap and clearly wearing his blood order medal below his right pocket. Good clear signature of Frick. Post card size so perfect for display. Wilhelm Frick was born on the 12.3.1877, he was an early member of the NSDAP and at the time of the Munich Putsch he was head of the Munich Kriminalpolizei and as such he was deeply implicated in the Putsch and he was arrested soon after. Adolf Hitler selected him on January the 30th 1933 to serve in his Government as Minister of the interior from 1933 until 1943, he was then made the Governor of Bohemia and Moravia and he held this position until 1945. After the end of the war he was arrested and put on trial at Nuremberg, found guilty of War crimes and executed on the 16.10.1946. Near mint.
PAIR OF 1930\'S THIRD REICH DOLLS, THE MALE DOLL IS DRESSED AS AN SS MAN. THE FEMALE DOLL IS DRES
A superb pair of Third Reich dolls standing at 12 inches or 30cm each. The male doll is dress as an SS man wearing black kepi with small silver eagle and swastika badge, brown shirt with black collar patches and swastika arm band complete with black belt with swastika buckle and cross strap with black neck tie. Black breeches complete with black jack boots. The female doll is wearing traditional Bavarian costume with black cloth hat, brown dress and ornate apron with red silk belt, she is wearing a metal swastika pendant suspended from her neck. The female doll has a slight bruise to the right side of her face, (she must have been a real street fighter in the battle against the reds in the kampzeitze), the male SS doll is perfect. Exc++
EARLY NSDAP FINGER RING.
Very impressive early quality nickel silver ring displaying the early style NSDAP short wing eagle and swastika with floral decoration to the borders. Probably worn by a political leader or member of the SA. Exc++
U.BOAT U.615 CAPTAINS TURTLE PAPPERWEIGHT.
A superb large hand carved wooden turtle paperweight belonging Captain Kapitzky who was the commander of U.615. The turtle was the official mascot of U.boat 615. The base of the tortoise has a presentation inscription, U-615 KPTLT RALPH KAPITZKY 3-U.FI 1.9.1942. Comes with a photocopy photograph of Captain Kapitzky and some research. Kapitanleutnant Kapitzky served in the Kreigsmarine from 1935 until his death as Captain of U.615 in 1943 during an Allied aerial operation against the U-boat which was actually the longest lasting attack by aircrafts on a U-boat during WW2, the battle lasting over one week. Exc++