WW1 - German and Axis

IMPERIAL GERMAN COLONIAL NAVAL ADMINISTRATION HELMET.

A rare tropical helmet being a cork constructed helmet with six panel crown, pagri, white leather trimmed having the badge at the front for the Colonial Naval Administration Branch with a single cockade fitted. The inner base of the headdress is lined in a green lightweight cotton, complete with its inner grained leather sweatband with its inner silk missing. The label to the interior Gebr.Mess...  read more

Code: 90569

GERMAN WWI IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVAL OFFICERS DRESS COCKED HAT.

A scarce piece of headdress from the Imperial German navy of WWI being the full dress Officers cocked hat. Complete with its large gilt button having the Imperial crown over anchor. The red, white and black rosette, its gilt brockade decoration. Some degrading to the black lace. Complete with its interior liner and leather sweat band.  read more

Code: 84601

GERMAN WWI VETERANS MEDAL.

A Veterans Kyffhuserbund 1914-18 Medal, brass oval obverse with waving flags and other military detail. Ribbon with pin back on the reverse side.  read more

Code: 94902

GERMAN WWI BADEN ENLISTED MANS PICKELHAUBE. VIRTUALLY UNUSED.

This example was probably one of the thousands of pickelhaubes that was sold by the U.S. Government as War Bonds when captured at the end of WWI. It is extremely difficult to obtain a helmet in this condition. The bonus is the helmet is a large size, stamped ‘57’. The exterior skull is near mint. All of the stitching to the front and back peaks complete and not rotted, the front peak trim is wi...  read more

Code: 94771

GERMAN WWI PRUSSIAN ENLISTED MANS FIELD GREY PICKELHAUBE.

This example is so mint it is possibly from the thousands that were sold by the U.S. Government at the end of WWII on War Bond drives. Small size stamped ‘52’. The leather exterior skull absolutely superb with all the stitching to the front and back peaks secure and strong. The front field grey peak trim has not been kinked. All of the fittings, which includes the removable spike, circular spik...  read more

Code: 94772

GERMAN WWI ENLISTED RANKS PICKELHAUBE COVER.

A very good condition pickelhaube cover with faint green numbers of number ‘11’ stencilled to the face side, the stitching outline of previously applied stitched numbers of ‘62’ still visible by turning the cover inside out, he numbers have been removed and been re-stencilled number ‘11’. All five of the helmet fitting hooks are present. To the left hand side of the number to the cover a line o...  read more

Code: 94775

GERMAN WWI ENTRENCHING TOOL.

A very nice condition 1895 dated entrenching tool, which is marked ‘K.III’ with twin letters ‘LM’. A drilled hole through one part of the tool head. Excellent wood haft. Fitted into its original German brown leather entrenching tool cover, of which the stitching is all strong, one of the loops appears to have had a period replacement with re-issue marks of ‘SA’ within a rectangle to the Finnish...  read more

Code: 94776

GERMAN WWI BAVARIAN MARKED GERMAN BREECHES.

A rare set of the steel grey breeches worn by mountain troops and on many occasions by assault pioneers. One area of small moth on one of the inner thighs, another small area by the opening of the left hand pocket as the breeches are worn and one more moth hole at the rear of the breeches close to the V section on the waistband. The trousers are of the correct configuration for WWI trousers wh...  read more

Code: 94835

GERMAN WWI IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS CONVEX SHAPE.

Needle pin. Non maker marked with some slight losses of the black finish to the central core.  read more

Code: 94844

GERMAN WWI MY LIFESAVER FIGHTING KNIFE.

The very popular and hard to obtain in nice condition World War I trench knife produced by Anton Wingen Junior of Solingen, on the reverse side the etched title Mein Lebenstretter, which translates to” my lifesaver” blade generally good some cleaned corrosion to the tip, the steel cross guard nice condition with some black spotting, in its original leather scabbard with its buckle hilt closing ...  read more

Code: 94861