WW1 - German and Axis

GERMAN/TURKISH MG08 AMMUNITION BOX.

A rare accessory for the MG08 Maxim machine gun being the very first pattern ammunition box constructed in wood with all brass edge fittings and brass handle with Turkish script hand applied to the side of the box, this is faint and maybe difficult to pick up on our web images but is clear when held in the hand.  read more

Code: 68043

GERMAN MILITARY RIFLE BOOK SET.

A beautiful cased set in brand new condition of the Verlag Militaria set of three books, the M.98 Rifle and Carbine, German Military Rifles volume 1 from the Werder Rifle to the M/71.84 Rifle, German Military Rifles volume 2 88 and 91 Firearms, all authored by Deiter Storz and published by Verlag Militaria in its original presentation boxed case. The M.98 Rifle and Carbine alone is being offere...  read more

Code: 67566

GROUP OF 7 GERMAN WWI AVIATION BOOKS.

Seven books on German aviation of WWI all soft cover. Rumpler Aircraft of WWI by Jack Herris. Rumpler C.1V by Peter Grosz part of the windsock data file number 35. Windsock Special 20th Anniversary addition. Foker DR.1 by Brian Knight. Pernel History of the First World War Aeroplanes. Von Richtfhofen?s Flying Circus by Greg Van Wyngarden. Richthofen by A.E.Ferko. Seven publications.  read more

Code: 67504

GERMAN WWI LUGER PO8 PISTOL HOLSTER.

A scarce WWI all brown hard shell holster for the Luger PO8 semi automatic pistol. Standard armed forces closure system. Clearly stamped to the interior lid a Nuremberg maker with clear date 1915. To the reverse side both the original belt loops fitted to the main body.  read more

Code: 65942

GERMAN WWI AVIATION AND AIR BALOON PHOTO ALBUM.

A fabulous album containing 183 images, starting in WWI with images of the pilot sitting in his single wing monoplane carrying his flying helmet. Another Sanke card of Otto Stiefvater and Jeannin-Stahltaub at the Johannisthal Flying School, which is pen signed and dated '1913'. Men and vehicles of the Feldflieger Abteilung 47 standing next to one of their vehicles with the unit markings clearly...  read more

Code: 65321

IMPERIAL GERMAN BAVARIAN LANDWEHR LONG SERVICE MEDAL 2ND CLASS.

A very good example, good strike, of the Bavarian Long Service Medal 2nd Class complete with its blue and white ribbon.  read more

Code: 65403

IMPERIAL GERMAN IMPERIAL HANOVER LANGENSALZA MEDAL.

A very good example of the Hanoverian battle of Langensalza medal. Beautiful deep strike with all its original gilt. On the reverse side Langensalza 27th June 1866. The medal for the 1866 battle between Hanover and Prussia. Complete with its original yellow, red and white ribbon.  read more

Code: 65402

GWERMAN WWI PERIOD AVIATION PHOTO, LARGE FORMAT.

An extremely large format photograph being approximately 1 metre high x 3/4 of a metre wide. The excellent photographic image has been period blown up and shows a young Flieger NCO wearing a converted bluse with top pockets added, Iron Cross 1st Class and the Air Crew badge below the cross. The picture itself has a pen date of '1920' to the base. This was almost definitely a First World War pho...  read more

Code: 64758

GERMAN WWI AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM.

An album containing 48 images charting the life on an aviators station in WWI. 14 of the images contain machines, at least four are very good air to air shots. Aircraft lined up on the landing fields outside their pilot engineers tents. Spectacular crashes. Aircraft taking off. One image taken just after a crash with the aircraft still burning. Other shots of pilots of the squadron either in th...  read more

Code: 64718

IMPERIAL GERMAN SOUVENIR BUCKLE.

A highly unusual buckle, the base buckle being an all brass French enlisted mans belt plate from the Franco/Prussian war with an Imperial German Gott Mit Uns Prussian crowned centreplate affixed to the French buckle. This is more than likely a souvenir by a German soldier of the 1870 Franco/Prussian conflict.  read more

Code: 62997