German Medals & Militaria

 

 

 

April 2025  Highlights & News

 

 

 

 

Our April Highlights are showcasing three exceptionally rare uniform items belonging to personnel of the ‘Ost Ministerium’. The ‘Ost Ministerium’ were largely members of the NSDAP, that worked as governing officials in the Eastern Territories. Such items remain today as some of the rarest artifacts originating from the Third Reich era. Further ‘Ost Ministerium’ artifacts will be found within the appropriate headwear category.

 

 

 

Our first Highlight for April is an ‘Ost Ministerium’ visor cap, manufactured by the prestigious firm of Schellenberg. Made in the typical mid-brown top, with a dark brown cap band, and silver piping.  Insignia consists of the large ‘Ost Ministerium’ eagle, with oakleaves/cockade in off white embroidery.

 

 

Secondly we offer a unique ‘Ost Ministerium’ four pocket tunic in mid-brown, and with dark brown collar. The tunic  for the level of Senior Executive with the personal rank of Bezirksdirigent. The carmine red colour of the collar patches denoting this official was working within the Reichskommissariat. The tunic is complete with silver piping to the collar and cuffs, collar patches in carmine red, and with three metal stars, and oakleaves border. The tunic is completed  with a finely embroidered off-white eagle/swastika to the upper left sleeve. 

 

 

 

Our last Highlight for April is an ‘Ost Ministerium’ overcoat. The coat made in the typical mid-brown wool, and with a dark brown collar. The collar piped in silver wire, and bearing collar patches with four stars and full oakleaves border on a Bordeaux red background. The coat complete with a fine silver wire eagle/swastika to the upper left sleeve. The coat would have been worn by a Senior Executive with the personal rank of Landesdirektor. The base colour of the collar patches denoting this official was working within the Gebeitskommissariats.

 

 

 

The three Highlights represent a part of a small consignment of NSDAP uniforms and headwear. Further items from this collection will go up to the website over the next two months.

 

 

From a large collection of consigned headwear, we are continuing to put the next phase of visor caps up to the website, these spread across all spectrums of the Third Reich, military, political and civil. We will continue to add visor caps from this fine collection to the website over the next couple of months.

 

 

 

Additionally, there is a good consignment of military, political and civil daggers, which has been recently added to the site, along with a small collection of SS daggers. Also a small collection of various belts & buckles, which includes some good SS examples.

 

 

Our section devoted to rare collectors books, including many Bender Published titles, is worth a look as well, with a fair number of rare to find books added recently. We have now added a new category under books, entitled – Third Reich Research Material. This category will hold a mixture of research books, photographs and archive files available, as we start to populate this category.

 

 

 

 

To those with an interest in all things relating to military clocks & watches, the long-awaited final volume of our German Military Timepiece publications has been completed. The final volume devoted to the Luftwaffe is now in stock, and is listed within our German Military Books category.

 

 

 

As always, please do check Take-A Pop, as some excellent items have been discounted by the consigners, of particular note is the last item from the Clayton Collection, a Kaisermarine Station Pointer from £875 to £250, a bargain indeed ! We have also just been instructed to discount the fine Nuremberg desk eagle yet again, now priced at £1250 (originally £2750), that really does represent excellent value for the canny collector. Another item just discounted is the fine and scarce SA dagger by Aesculap, discounted from £1500 to £1250.

 

 

 

There is also a large number of Dealer Lot groups, which allows us to dispose of lower value remnants from various collections, and at the same time offering you the chance to buy lots at very advantageous prices.

 

 

 

 

 

Do take a moment to check out our Take A Pop category. Here you will find heavily discounted end-of-consignments. Your chance to find a bargain without compromising quality. We have the remnants of two major collections heavily discounted, which includes some very nice pieces heavily discounted by the consigners. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Highlights are updated once a month, however, our other categories are updated on a weekly basis depending on what consignments have come in to us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To buy- or find out more- about our consignment service, and/or the German medals and militaria featured on our Highlights page please contact us. If your enquiry is particularly urgent, or important, please telephone:

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