AUSTRIAN WWI 2 VOLUME WORK ON AUSTRIAN HELMETS.

A fabulous arrival to the book market is the first serious work ever completed on the history of Austrian helmets. The work is a double volume set, 600 pages in total over the two volumes, both volumes are enclosed in a very attractive slip case. A total of 1800 illustrations, which include 1080 colour photographs, 378 contemporary photographs and 50 images of illustrations and posters and peri...  read more

Code: 95130

US WWII DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SIGNATURE.

A nice set being a press photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower in full uniform hatless sitting at his desk, accompanied by a lightly foxed headed paper of Headquarters 21st Army Group with the signature of Dwight D. Eisenhower with below the signature of Field Marshall Sir Alan Brook, British Field Marshall, Advisor to Winston Churchill and a further unidentified signature below. Nicely framed.  read more

Code: 95127

GERMAN WWI OFFICERS PICKLEHAUBE OF THE 8TH FOOT ARTILLERY REGIMENT.

A nice condition 8th foot Artillery officers Picklehaube with size of 60 hand applied to the interior, leather skull good with some distortion and creasing but bright, the stitching to the rear peak has generally rotted, causing the rear peaks to be slightly loose from the main body, the helmet retains excellent gilt overall to all of the fittings including the flat chin scales, complete with ...  read more

Code: 94112

GERMAN WWI SAXON WEIMAR INFANTRY OFFICERS PICKELHAUBE.

A good leather pickelhaube, Saxon Weimar, who were the 94th Infantry Regiment with its original carrying case. The skull generally good with crazing overall, both peaks firmly attached to the main body, gilt matching overall with a huge degree of the original gilt remaining. The crown from the orb on the helmet plate is missing. The Saxon Weimar overlay plate, which fits over the Prussian style...  read more

Code: 95010

BRITISH WWI TRENCH WADERS.

An extremely difficult piece of equipment to obtain for the British soldier or officer of World War I are the canvas leggings known as trench waders, as World War I progressed and it became apparent of the terrible wet conditions within the trenches these canvas waders were issued to all ranks, many images can be seen of the waders being worn and would be an ideal piece of equipment to dress to...  read more

Code: 95098

GERMAN WWII GROSSDEUTSCHLAND PAPERWORK GROUPING.

A good grouping of booklets and paperwork including a wehrpass to Otto Heidemann, wehrpass photograph in civil dress, Heidemann born 5th April 1922. Page 11 showing him being a member of 2nd Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland in October 1941, page 12 shows 10 individual entries dating from 15th October 1942 to the 27th August 1943, all relating to units he served with, all encompassing Regiment...  read more

Code: 95050

GERMAN WWII UNIDENTIFIED HOLSTER.

The small leather holster possibly for a Sauer of Beretta, maker coded on the back very faintly ‘CEY’ which is the Company of Karl Budischovsky Leather Industries of Vienna, Austria. Also dated ‘1940’ with a faint police acceptance stamp below. The other unusual thing about this holster is that it is a left handed holster. If any of our website viewers have any ideas as to the type of this hols...  read more

Code: 95110

GERMAN WWII LEUTNANT BRUNO KOHNS KNIGHTS CROSS WINNER SIGNATURE.

A signature of Leutnant Bruno Kolns on a piece of hard card dated ‘8.5.1943’, pasted to a newspaper photograph of him receiving his Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross from an unidentified senior officer, he was awarded the Oak Leaves on the 6th March 1943. As removed from a Hitler Youth boy’s autograph book. Accompanying the original picture is a photocopy of when the signature and card were origi...  read more

Code: 95114

GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE GROUND COMBAT CITATION AND A FURTHER TWO.

An interesting group, the A5 sized citation surmounted by the Luftwaffe eagle for the Ground Combat Badge of the Luftwaffe, awarded to Unteroffizier Hans Grabner, pen signed by an unidentified General of Flak Artillery on the 7th March 1945, folded twice. Accompanied by the A5 sized Iron Cross 2nd class, whilst he was a member of Kampfgruppe Schlutterbach, dated 20th November 1944, folded once....  read more

Code: 95115

GERMAN WWII FIVE ANTI TANK BATTALION 561 CITATIONS.

Good scarce group of five award documents, which belong to Stabsgefreiter Willi Thiele of the 561st Anti Tank Battalion, he saw service before WWII and active service on the East Front in a self propelled anti tank unit. All the citations have been folded and are all punch holed for filing. War Service Cross 2nd class 1st September 1944. Infantry Assault badge 25th September 1941. Wound Badge i...  read more

Code: 95119