German Medals & Militaria

 

 

 

April 2024  Highlights & News

 

 

Our April Highlights are showcasing three diverse and rare artifacts relating to the Third Reich. These include a fine document signed by SS general, Reinhard Heydrich, on his own personal stationary. The ‘Holy Grail’ of German Third Reich period machine guns, an excellent example of the early production M.P.38 (Schmeisser)  machine pistol. Lastly a quite spectacular Luftwaffe 2^nd pattern presentation dagger with the finest artificial rose pattern Damascus blade.

 

 

 

Our first Highlight for April is a particularly rare document hand signed in ink by SS General Reinhard Heydrich. The document, on Heydrich’s personal stationary, is dated 1934, and was sent to the judge & lawyer, Lothar Eickhoff. The document is complete with the mandatory, ‘Heil Hitler’ salutation, and has an excellent bold hand ink signature of Heydrich.The personal stationary was only used to send letters to people Heydrich knew, and the content was normally more of a personal nature, as opposed to state matters. This document is a part of the Lothar Eickhoff Archive of documentation (see our Historical Signatures category to view other documents for sale from this archive).

 

 

Secondly we offer a fine and rare example of the early production M.P38 (Schmeisser) machine  gun. This matching numbers M.P.38 has all the attributes of a 1938 produced gun, and still retains the early smooth side magazine. The gun retains over 90% of the original blued finish overall, and is collector enhanced with its highly sought after 1990s de-activation.

 

 

Our last Highlight for April is an outstanding so-called ‘Ice Hunter’ presentation Luftwaffe 2^nd pattern dagger by SMF. The dagger has a beautiful artificial Damascus blade with raised presentation dedication , 'Jagdgeschwader 5' “Eismeerjager”, along with a Luftwaffe eagle/swastika raised to the other side. This dagger (complete with hangers & knot) has the finest quality of artificial rose pattern Damascus produced at the time. Jagdgeschwader 5 were stationed in northern Norway throughout the war, and as such were known as the ‘Eismeerjager’ (Ice Hunters).

 

 

Other items worthy of special mention include various  signed documents including a rare Himmler signed document, which has been counter-signed by Heydrich, along with an actual photo postcard of the Braunes Haus signed by Heydrich. Additionally, there is a good consignment of military and civil daggers, which has been recently added to the site, along with a small collection of SS daggers. Other items include a rare example of the Luftwaffe Feldgendarmerie gorget, and a very pleasing Nuremberg desk eagle/swastika.

 

 

 

 

We have had several consignments of Imperial German items, so please check those categories. These include an Imperial German Flyers goblet group, a Fliegertruppe uniform from the second phase of the Reimers Collection, and a good untouched Bavarian other ranks pickelhaube from the Baldwin Collection, and extensively photographed  within volume 3 of his series of books.

 

Do have a look at the second phase of the Grant Reimers Collection, which includes Imperial & Third Reich German armed services (see ‘Collections for Sale’). Known to many advanced collectors throughout the world, the Reimers collection has been built up over the last forty years, and many items were acquired direct from serviceman. There is also the third phase of the Douglas Pratt Collection of porcelain and glass (see Collections for sale’). Primarily containing Allach porcelain, there are some real 'gems' in this collection.

 

 

 

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. Additionally we have now added a new category under books, entitled – Third Reich Research Material. There will be 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.

 

 

 

 

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. Amongst the offerings are a good Kriegsmarine Kienginer & Oberfell ship / U-Boat clock at the discounted price of £2250, and a Waffen-SS officers visor cap reduced to £6250.

 

 

 

 

 

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