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Pieces from the collection
A collectors' house based in Madrid, with Germans in the family. We buy militaria and military antiques up to 1945 anywhere in Germany.
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Uniforms and caps
General's tunic
Army general's tunic: red collar patches with gold embroidery, gold buttons, ribbon bar and Iron Cross ribbon. The eagle's symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Army peaked cap
Army peaked cap (Schirmmütze), infantry white piping, with oak-leaf wreath and cockade. The eagle's symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Wehrmacht wool tunic
Wehrmacht wool tunic, Second World War: bottle-green collar, cavalry-yellow piped shoulder straps and breast eagle, its symbol obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Officers' peaked caps
Officers' peaked caps with silver chin cords, oak-leaf wreath and cockade. The symbols have been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Kriegsmarine tunic
Field-grey Kriegsmarine tunic: anchor shoulder straps, Iron Cross ribbon in the buttonhole and driver's badge on the sleeve.
Uniforms and caps
M43 field cap
Wehrmacht M43 field cap with cockade and eagle on its triangle. The symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
M38 Panzer jacket
Early black M1938 Panzer jacket for an officer: armoured-troop death's heads on the collar and Iron Cross ribbon. The eagle's symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Waffen-SS tunic
Waffen-SS tunic from the Second World War, in Italian-made cloth, with sleeve eagle and red-piped shoulder boards. The collar patch has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Artillery tunic
Wehrmacht artillery tunic: red piping on the collar, shoulder straps and front. The eagle's symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Luftwaffe uniform
Luftwaffe uniform on a mannequin: red anti-aircraft artillery collar patches with rank wings, and a steel helmet. The eagle's symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Uniforms and caps
Waffen-SS M40 side cap
Waffen-SS M40 side cap (Schiffchen), Second World War. The eagle and the death's head have been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Helmets
Double-decal helmet
German Second World War helmet, complete, with both decals: on this side, the black-white-red shield.
Helmets
Double-decal helmet, other side
The same helmet from the other side: the army eagle decal, its symbol obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Helmets
M42 helmet, single decal
Second World War M42 helmet with a single decal, the black-white-red shield, and heavily worn original paint.
Helmets
Paratrooper helmet
German paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) helmet with Luftwaffe decal and leather harness. The symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Helmets
First World War helmet
German First World War steel helmet with its side lugs and a painted black-white-red shield, unrestored.
Helmets
Prussian Pickelhaube
Prussian Pickelhaube from the First World War: black leather, spike and eagle plate with the motto «Mit Gott für König und Vaterland».
Edged weapons
Second World War daggers
Two army officer's daggers with orange grips and two SA daggers with scabbards. The symbols on the grips have been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Edged weapons
Dress bayonets
German Second World War dress bayonets (Extra-Seitengewehr): black chequered grips, maker's mark on the blade and scabbards with frogs.
Medals
Condor Legion medal bar
Medal bar of a Condor Legion soldier: two German and two Spanish awards. Symbols obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Medals
War Merit Cross and sports badge
War Merit Cross 1st Class without Swords and the German Reich Sports Badge (DRL), worn on the tunic. Symbols obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Orders and decorations
Order of Franz Joseph
Austro-Hungarian Order of Franz Joseph: the neck cross on its red ribbon and the breast star, each in its original case.
Orders and decorations
Order of Franz Joseph, detail
Detail of the Order of Franz Joseph: red enamel, double-headed eagle and the founding year, 1849, in the centre. In its case.
Orders and decorations
Order of the Star of Romania
Order of the Star of Romania with Swords: the neck cross under the royal crown and the breast star with the motto «In fide salus», in its case with the ribbon.
Orders and decorations
Reverse of a breast star
Reverse of the Order of Franz Joseph breast star: the Vienna maker's mark Vinc. Mayer's Söhne and the pin. It is the first thing to check to tell whether a star is period.
Field equipment
Wehrmacht belt buckles
Wehrmacht belt buckles: the enlisted buckle with «Gott mit uns» and the round officer's buckle with an oak-leaf wreath. Symbols obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Field equipment
MP40 magazine pouches
Canvas and leather magazine pouches for the MP40 submachine gun, with genuine wear.
Field equipment
German binoculars
German military binoculars with rubber eyecups and a canvas strap.
Documents and photographs
«Standesamt» enamel sign
Period enamel sign from a registry office (Standesamt) with an eagle; the symbol has been obscured (§ 86a StGB). We also buy street and office signs.
Helmets
Helmet with a bullet strike
The Luftwaffe decal on the shell and, directly below it, the strike. The transfers held; the steel did not.
Helmets
Sand-yellow helmet
An M40 helmet in Afrikakorps sand paint, chipped down to bare steel. Behind it, the gas mask canister.
Helmets
Barrack-room shelf
A shelf as it stood in the barrack room: helmets, gas mask canisters, packs — and the rifle rack below.
Uniforms and caps
Camouflage smock
A dot-pattern camouflage smock with neck lacing and a leather belt. Worn, not a reproduction.
Uniforms and caps
Luftwaffe tunic
Yellow collar patches with rank gulls, a silver-braid shoulder board, and the tailor's label at the neck.
Uniforms and caps
First World War uniform
A khaki tunic with collar patches, leather ammunition pouches and puttees.
Uniforms and caps
Flying suit
A lined flying suit with fur collar, flying boots and a map case.
Field equipment
Ammunition pouches
A triple leather pouch for Kar 98k clips, hanging from the Y-straps.
Field equipment
Mortar with rounds
An 8 cm mortar on its baseplate, with two bombs and an ammunition crate beside it.
Vehicles and motorcycles
Schwimmwagen
A Schwimmwagen in camouflage paint, spare wheel on the bonnet and machine-gun mount fitted.
Vehicles and motorcycles
Tank crew
Black panzer jackets with pink piping, in front of the turret. On the right, the crate for 7.5 cm KwK rounds.
Orders and decorations
Order of the Black Eagle
The Order of the Black Eagle: an eight-pointed cross in blue enamel, four crowned Prussian eagles between the arms and Frederick's cipher in the centre, on its orange sash.
Helmets
M40 steel helmet in profile
An M40 steel helmet in profile, chinstrap still fitted and the army decal still legible. The symbol below it has been obscured (§ 86a StGB).
Vehicles and motorcycles
Wehrmacht Zündapp
A field-grey Zündapp on gravel, with its period WH plate, the spare wheel behind the saddle and the equipment box.
Orders and decorations
Grand cross breast star
Grand cross breast star in its case: rayed silver, enamel and a gilt centre.
Orders and decorations
Cross on its ribbon
Commander's cross on a red and white moiré ribbon, in its original case.
Orders and decorations
Winged badge
Brass and silver badge: wings, halberd, crossbow and arquebus crossed.
Helmets
Helmet in profile
The same helmet against the light: the curve of the steel and the side rivet.
Helmets
Liner with the owner's name
Inside the helmet: leather liner, drawstring and the wearer's name written by hand.
Helmets
Three helmets
Three helmets on a shelf: olive green, flaking sand yellow and grey.
Helmets
Helmets with camouflage covers
Two helmets in camouflage covers, the original cloth still fitted.
Helmets
Row of helmets
A row of helmets: sand, hand-painted camouflage and factory green.
Vehicles and motorcycles
BMW sidecar combination
BMW sidecar combination, complete and running, dressed with branches.
Vehicles and motorcycles
Zündapp sidecar combination
Zündapp sidecar combination with jerrycan and field kit strapped on.
Field equipment
Field medical chest
Field medical chest with its dosage chart and the original containers.
Vehicles and motorcycles
Field trailer
A rusted field trailer, exactly as it arrived, unrestored.
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