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Prussian Reserve Officers Picklehaube complete with extremely rare full black hair dress plume
£1750 - $3500
An impressive Prussian Reserve Officers Picklehaube complete with its full dress black hair plume. The black leather sheel is free from any bad age crazing and retains its original and unaltered reserve plate and chinscales along with the gilted brass cone bearing the plume. Interior retains the leather lining with silk roof and a circular brass size '55' mounted to the back.
Prussian Garde OR/NCO grey metal Picklehaube
Price: £875 - $1650
A very good example with grey metal fittings throughout. Two piece grey metal front badge with large Prussian eagle and attached Garde star to the centre along with grey metal top and back comb. Helmet is complete with original but repainted cockades and replacement chinstrap. Interior is complete with mid brown leather lining. Good shell with just light age crazing.
Prussian OR/NCO leather picklehaube
Price: £575 - $1100
A good example of a Prussian picklehaube. Complete with grey metal fittings throughout. Interior retains the full leather lining. Overall very good to excellent condition.
Prussian OR/NCO field grey felt Picklehaube
Price: £575 - $1100
An excellent example of an original felt shell picklehaube. Helmet is complete with fine quality nickle-silver fittings, including Prussian eagle badge to the front, top spike and back comb. The helmet retains the original national and state cockades and original chinstrap. The shell and fittings have survived in particularly nice condition, but the interior partial leather lining is missing.
PrussianOR/NCO tin shell Picklehaube circ:1916
Price: SOLD
A superb example of a tin shelled picklehaube. Fine gilt Prussian eagle badge along with top spike and back comb. Helmet retains the original national and state cockades but replacement chinstrap. Interior is complete with its felt roof lining and full light leather lining with original drawstring. Slight surface rust showing through on the rear neck, otherwise this helmet has survived in excellent condition. Incredibly even the majority of the gilt finish remains to the brass fittings.
A fine spelter head & shoulders bust of Generalfeldmarshall Moltke
Price: £675
Manufactured around 1916-1925, this is a very nice study of Moltke, bearing a superb likeness, and with marvellous attention to all detail, such as his picklehaube. The reverse of the bust bears an impressed makers name. The bust is mounted to a fine black ebony turned wood base and even retains its original brown velvet base finisher. A very nice display item, standing approximately 12" high, and which has been kept by myself since the late 1970s.
A beerstein to Gefreiter Schrön from Artillery Regiment 5
Price: £475 - $850
An excellent example of stein to an artillery man with hand finishing throughout, including name panel with all the names of Schrön's unit. Stein has the typical metal top with canon finial, interior base of the stein has the picture image when held to the light, in this instance a wife and daughter reading a letter sent from the front line. Perfect condition.
A beerstein to Refern.Kettner from Infantry Regiment 170
£525 - $1150
An excellent example of stein to an Infantryman with hand finishing throughout, including two name panels with all the names of Kettner's unit. Stein has the typical metal top with infantryman finial, interior base of the stein has the picture image when held up to the light, in this instance a wife saying goodbye to her soldier husband. Perfect condition.
A large and impressive Prussian beerstein with relief Prussian eagle motif
Price: £375 - $650
Fine stoneware stein with large relief Prussian eagle with star motifs. Mint condition
Imperial German Prussian OR/NCO 1915 dated leather belt with original buckle.
Price: £175 - $325
An excellent near mint example of the Prussian OR/NCO belt and buckle. The leather is still very subtle and shows just light use only. The leather bears a full maker name and Berlin address along with 1915 date. The leather is also impressed with letters showing the owner to have been with a Jäger regiment.
Imperial German Prussian OR/NCO leather belt with original buckle.
Price: £150 - $300
An excellent used example of the Prussian OR/NCO belt and buckle. The leather is still subtle and retains the correct brass clip. Never cleaned.
Imperial German Mecklenburg-Schwerin group of five medals court mounted
Price: £225
A good rare group consisting of the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, Mecklenburg-Schwerin War Service Cross 2nd Class, 1914-18 Cross of Honour with Swords, Brunswick War Service Cross 2nd Class and the Prussian nine year Long Service Medal. All five medals nicely court mounted and complete with a full backing cloth to the reverse.
Imperial German Oldenburg group of three court mounted medals
Price: SOLD
Group consists of the Oldenburg war Service Cross 2nd Class, 1914-18 Cross of Honour for Combatants and nine year Long Service medal.
A full set of 1914-18 Wound Badges for Heer and also for Marine, originally from the Col.Dodkins collection
Price: SOLD
A very nice full set of Wound Badges for Heer in black, silver , gold, and also a full set for Marine in black, silver, gold. All in overall very good to excellent condition and complete with pins to reverse.
Imperial Marine brocade belt and buckle
Price: SOLD
Beautiful condition piece with gilted brass buckle bearing the crowned anchor to the centre, brocade belt bears alternating stripes of black - red- black on silver wire brocade and is backed to navy blue wool material. Belt is complete with correct matching fastener and both slides.
Imperial German OR/NCO belt with original buckle.
Price: SOLD
An excellent used example of the Imperial German Prussian OR/NCO belt and buckle (version 1). The leather is still subtle and retains the correct brass clip.
Imperial German Prussian OR/NCO leather belt with original buckle.
Price: SOLD
An excellent used example of the Prussian OR/NCO belt and buckle (version 2). The leather is still subtle and retains the correct brass clip.
A good example of the 1914-18 Iron Cross First Class complete with its original case
Price: £225 - $400
A nice quality Iron Cross complete with 100% black centre finish remaining. The silver frame shows age darkening and has not been cleaned. Reverse has the flat tapered vertical pin arrangement. The case has the finely impressed silver IC logo which even bears the central 'W' and '1914' designation. Interior has blue velvet fitted base and white roof. Complete and excellent condition.
A special presentation cased Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914-1918
Price: SOLD
Amongst the various special presentation issues of the First World War Iron Cross 2nd Class, this is one of the most sought after. The case is finished with a covering depicting an oakleaves pattern and has a fine replica of the Iron Cross motif to the lower corner. A lift out cream velvet interior pad is fitted to take the Iron cross, and the ribbon is placed underneath the pad. The Iron Cross is of the highest quality with a silver frame and is maker marked to the ring. The case and cross have survived in mint condition. A very nice addition to any Iron Cross collection.
A special presentation cased Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914-1918
Price: SOLD
Amongst the various special presentation issues of the First World War Iron Cross 2nd Class, this must be one of the most beautiful. The case is made from fine olive wood (similar to Faberge cases from the period) and has a fine replica of the Iron Cross motif to the lid. The interior is fitted to take the Iron cross in blue velvet, and has the roof lined in blue silk. The Iron Cross is of the highest quality with a silver frame and is maker marked to the ring. The case and cross have survived in mint condition. A very nice addition to any Iron Cross collection.
A pair of German Army Infantry epaulettes for regiment 362, an identity book and an 1870-71 German campaign medal.
Price: £125 - $250
The three items apparently came together from the same family. The identity book is to a Heinrich Richter with a Jäger Regiment, the epaulettes are nicely combat used and removed from a tunic. The medal is lightly polished and without ribbon.
Special Honour Edition of 'Unsere Luft-Streitkräfte 1914-18'
Price: SOLD
This magnificent volume with special binding and well in excess of 500 large format pages was published in 1930. Given as a gift to Hauptmann Pretschner in 1942, a presentation page bears the hand ink signatures of all members of his Luftwaffe unit. The book chronicles the Imperial German Luftwaffe from 1914 - 1918 and is complete with a multitude of photographs in black/white & colour along with special fold out details of every aircraft manufactured. Of additional interest is a Roll of Imperial German airman to the back. Surviving in excellent condition, this is an extremely scarce publication to encounter.
'Ehrendenkmal der Deutschen Armee und Marine' - Special edition for personal presentation by Hindenburg
Price: SOLD
This incredible publication measures in at 38cm x 28cm and is 7cm thick. With in excess of 650 pages (not including colour and black/white lithograph plates) the publication is of fine art quality throughout. Each text page is in two colour, with black text and red decoration top and bottom and each lithograph is protected by its own blank sheet of protective paper. The book retains the special presentation page and also has fold out colour plates of Imperial German flags by the eminent artist Knötel. The book cover has a beige coloured linen cover with a stylised colour impressed artwork of a knight in a suit of armour. This book has has survived in mint condition, retaining both its plain protective dust jacket and a lavish red leatherette style slip case. A beautiful piece.
Hindenburg published in 1934 by the famous form 'Sturm-Zigaretten-Fabrik'
Price: £125 - $200
Large format photo book of Hindenburg with 125 pages and over 500 photographs, outlining the career of Hindenburg. Nicely presented and complete with some excellent portait photographs, smart green linen cover with Hindenburgs name and coat-of-arms. Near mint condition.
HINDENBURG ALS REICHSPRÄSIDENT
Price: £150 - $250
Large format hardbound photo book of Hindenburg with 183 pages and many photographs, published in 1934. The majority of the photographs show Hitler's rise to power. There are many very interesting photographs not in general publications. Near mint condition.
HINDENBURG DENKMAL FÜR DAS DEUTSCHE VOLK
Price: £150 - $250
Large format hardbound photo book of Hindenburg with 450 pages and many photographs, published in 1927. The photographs show Hindenburgs army career and also show many of Hindenburg's generals. Near mint condition.
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