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General Officer and Senior Ranks Uniforms
& Headgear – Third Reich
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The Clyde Davis Collection The five General officer uniforms listed below are all from the
collection of the late Clyde Davis, one of the “old guard”
advanced collectors of Third Reich militaria and published author of various
reference books and magazine articles on TR militaria and the related
history. If you’ve been in
the hobby for a long time, he needs no introduction. Mr. Davis was a serious collector who
invested a lot of time and effort documenting the items he acquired and
tracing down their history, those efforts being reflected in many of the
uniforms listed below. |
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#7077 |
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Heer Generalstabsveterinar Dr.
Fritsch Tunic Here’s a fine example of a
well-worn uniform that saw a lot of action on the Eastern Front, and belonged
to Dr. Phillip Fritsch, one of just 16 men to achieve the rank of Generalstsveterinar, or Generalleutnant
of Veterinarian service. The six-button front tunic is privately tailored
from a fine tricot wool, piped down the front panel in red, with scalloped
and pleated pockets, French cuffs, bottle-green collar and maker-marked
matching gold pebbled buttons (one missing). The right breast features loops
for a German Cross in Silver (awarded Feb. 9, 1944) and there are loops for a
ribbon bar and two awards on the left breast/pocket and an Ostfront ribbon at the second buttonhole. The insignia is all bullion, with a
nicely toned bullion/wire gilt eagle, collar tabs beautifully executed in
fine gold wire and gilt/aluminum shoulderboards
featuring a single, large silver rank pip and the silver frosted serpent
device indicative of Veterinary service.
Both the exterior and interior of this tunic show a significant amount
of wear, as there are patches and repairs throughout. Stitching evidence of previous
field-grade rank insignia indicates this tunic was in use prior to 1939 when
Fritsch was promoted to Generalveterinar. Included with the tunic are; The Vorschlag for award of
the German Cross in Silver, Fritsch’s Truppenausweis (identification
card), his Führerschein (driver’s license), calling card, numerous
period photos, and a copy of the Summer 2008 magazine “Military
Advisor” in which there is a 20 page feature
article about Dr. Fritsch written by Clyde Davis, which describes
Fritsch’s complete history.
No further information survived as to the acquisition, but the
magazine article notes that a waffenrock and
brocade belt of Fritsch’s also survived the war. |
SOLD |
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#7078 |
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Heer Generalmajor Richter Tunic Another example of a tunic that
saw many years of service, having been tailored in 1937 when Otto Richter was
a Major, and used throughout the remainder of the war. Richter had extensive
experiencing leading Pioneer troops and was promoted to Generalmajor
in March of 1944, where he subsequently commanded the 73rd Infantry
Division, 79th Infantry Division in Romania, 320th
Infantry Division and finally the 198th Infantry Division in
Southern France at which time he was captured in August of ’44 by
American troops. The eight-button front tunic is privately tailored from a
very fine tricot wool with scalloped and pleated pockets, French cuffs,
bottle-green collar and maker-marked matching gold pebbled buttons.
Interestingly, the buttons were never changed to gold and field-grey buttons
were retained. The right breast features two embroidered holes for attachment
of a German Cross in Silver (received Oct. 22, 1943) and there are loops for
a ribbon bar and numerous awards on the left breast and pocket. The insignia
consists of; A finely embroidered breast eagle in
gold bullion with a cello swastika and accent threads, with dark toning to
the gilt bullion. The General officer collar tabs are also embroidered in
fine gold bullion wire and exhibit a slight age darkening as well. Shoulderboards
are of matte gold bullion with silver-aluminum soutache inner cords. The interior is lined in grey rayon
with a tailor label at the neck and tailor tag on the inside pocket with
“Major Richter” and dated “14.10.37”. Accompanying the tunic are a group of
letters to Clyde Davis, one of the letters dating to November of 1960
detailing how it was purchased from a New York judge whose son had brought it
back from the war as a souvenir. Additional letters offer Mr. Davis the
“topcoat” for $55 and the Knights Cross Document and Cassette to
Hermann Fegelein for the then-princely sum of
$110! There is also a photocopy
of a period newspaper article about an American Private capturing General
Richter. |
$9,500 Revised Price! |
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#7079 |
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Heer Generalmajor von Kalm Tunic If you like tunics that have been
deeply researched and have a great acquisition history, this one might be for
you. It’s the tunic of Generalmajor Otto-Thile von Kalm, an artillery commander
and later commander of Magdeberg. Kalm was suspected of involvement in
the July 20 assassination attempt and retired in November of 1944. The six-button front, tunic is
privately tailored from a in tricot wool and fully piped down the front
panel, collar and cuffs. It has scalloped and pleated pockets, French cuffs,
a field-grey badgecloth collar and maker-marked
matching gold pebbled buttons. The left breast has loops for a ribbon bar and
three awards on the left breast and pocket (an EKI comes with the tunic, as
does a ribbon bar). An EKII ribbon and spange are
sewn to the second buttonhole. The breast eagle is a reproduction, however
the original breast eagle, which had been removed and denazified, is included
with the tunic, along with a letter describing this. The collar tabs are embroidered of
fine gilt wire and carefully hand-applied with hidden stitches, the collar
with padded reinforcement areas on the underside. Shoulderboards
are textbook examples of interwoven matte gilt/silver-aluminum cords, sewn
into the shoulder seam and secured with gold pebbled buttons. The interior is
lined in grey rayon and features a tailor label at the neck, as well as a
tailor label/name tag on the inside pocket named to “Gen. Maj.
Kalm” and dated “6.3.41”, a month after he was promoted to
General. Accompanying the tunic
is quite a bit of documentation between Mr. Davis and the original owner, as
well as a large stack of correspondence between the original owner and von
Kalm’s daughter. Most
interestingly is one letter in which Kalm’s daughter describes an
American soldier coming into their home, questioning her father and then
taking this uniform tunic as a souvenir.
In respect of privacy for the family, the bulk of the letters will not
be posted in detail in this listing and are available for review privately to
those seriously interested in acquiring this tunic. Only a portion of the letter
describing the tunic being taken from the home is shown. |
$9,500 Revised Price! |
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#7080 |
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Heer General der Infantarie
Erfurth Tunic While this tunic does not have
the acquisition documentation of some of the pieces listed above, it has been
photo-matched in a studio portrait and there are historical research
documents that accompany the piece. It is named to General der Infanterie Dr.phil. Waldemar
Erfurth, who was the liaison officer in Finnish Headquarters from 1941-44.
The tunic is a light-grey, eight-button front tunic in a lighter-weight
gabardine cloth, piped in red down the front panel and around the collar with
scalloped and pleated pockets, French cuffs, bottle-green collar and
maker-marked matching gold pebbled buttons. It was tailored in Finland and
has a Stockholm tailor/name tag in the inside pocket. The collar has long,
narrow pointed tips with the collar tabs positioned high on the collar and
close to the front edge, and the shoulderboards are
installed incorrectly with the button loops facing forward (both unique
characteristics can be seen in the period photo of Erfurth). The shoulderboards
are also attached with smooth, gold buttons rather than the pebbled finish
buttons on the rest of the tunic. The right breast features loops for a
German Cross in Silver (which doesn’t show up in his awards list, but
do appear in period photos of Erfurth), which are oddly positioned below the
pocket. There are loops for a ribbon bar (attached) and four awards on the
left breast and pocket (an EKI and War Merit Cross with Swords are
included). The insignia is all
gold bullion with a beautiful, finely embroidered breast eagle in different
colors of gold with yellow thread accents (this appears to be reapplied or
restored). The collar tabs are
embroidered in multi-color, fine gilt wire and are nicely dark toned. Shoulderboards
are of matte gold bullion with silver-aluminum soutache inner cords and
feature two, large silver finish rank pips. There is a button underneath the
right shoulderboard and on the right inside front
panel for aiguillette attachment.
The interior is lined in grey rayon and has an internal
waist-adjustment strap with hooks for closure. Accompanying the tunic is a portfolio
of photocopied documents (some from Bundesarchiv,
with translation) and copies of period photos of Erfurth, all from research
done by Mr. Davis, as well as two copies of a book Erfurth wrote. |
SOLD |
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#7081 |
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Luftwaffe Generalmajor Krueger
Tunic This regulation, open collar
four-pocket tunic is attributed to Otto Krueger, promoted to Generalmajor in November of 1941. As General, Krueger commanded the
Luftwaffe Construction Brigade V in Western France and the Aerial District
9/XII until September of 1943 when he retired. The tunic is blue-grey tricot wool,
tailored in 1936 when he was an Oberst and has been upgraded to General rank
with gold bullion twist piping around the collar and matching gold pebbled
buttons. The breast eagle is one
of the finest examples I’ve encountered, beautifully hand-embroidered
in fine gilt wire with gold thread accents and hand-applied. The collar tabs are gold bullion
embroidered with a single set of wings, indicating the rank of Generalmajor, over a white backing and hand-applied. Shoulderboards
are interwoven gilt/silver-aluminum cord over white backing, sewn into the
shoulder seam and secured with gold pebbled buttons. There is a slight bit of moisture
discoloration to the white backing underlay on both the boards and the tabs.
The tunic has embroidered holes above the left breast pocket for ribbon/award
attachment and two loops below for award attachment. There is a period repair
to the right elbow area, otherwise the tunic is in very good condition. The interior is lined in blue-grey
rayon and has a suspension strap, clip and opening for edged weapons
attachment and two inner waist belts.
There is a tailor label at the neck and a matching label/nametag at
the inner pocket with the Generals name and date. Unfortunately, none of Mr. Davis’ research or documentation was recovered with
this tunic, so there is no accompanying paperwork or acquisition background. |
$8200 Revised Price! |
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#7131 |
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Luftwaffe General Officer Visor Cap Here’s an exceptional
example of a Luftwaffe General’s visor cap, an Erel Privat. Cap body is a very high quality,
soft, doeskin wool and piped in gold celleon around
the crown and black mohair center band. The visor is a black lacquer with the
typical brim stitched reinforcement leather trim, and a green checkered
underside. The cap eagle and
wreath are hand-embroidered in gold celleon, the
wreath with bullion accent thread highlights and a metal cockade with red
insert. Gold cello chin cords are affixed by gold pebbled buttons at each
side. The inside is lined in the
typical mint-green of an Erel Privat, the highest quality hat made by Erel.
The sweatshield is intact and underneath is
maker-marked to Erel along with the designation “Privat”. It has
a tan leather sweatband that is embossed with the Erel logo on one side and
with a paper size tag attached at the rear and marked “55”. The reverse of the tag is handwritten
“56”, showing Erel didn’t have a 56 tag the day this hat
was made so the correct size was written in. This is a very clean, near-mint hat
with no holes or insect damage to the cap body cloth and just very minor age
to the sweatband and lining. |
$12,500 |
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#5967 |
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Luftwaffe Evening Dress Gala Uniform of Generalmajor Christ Complete formal dress, gala
evening uniform for Generalmajor Torsten Christ, a
highly decorated officer who was awarded the Knights Cross, German Cross in
Gold, Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords, Pilots Badge, Iron Cross 1st
and 2nd Class, and the Blood Order! Grouping includes his jacket with gold
bullion aiuguillette, both white and blue-grey
vests and long pants. The jacket,
pants and blue vest each have a tailor tag with Christ’s name
handwritten inside. The jacket features all celleon
insignia and piping with matching maker-marked gold pebbled buttons and
closure chain. Both vests have
gold pebbled buttons, the long pants have the wide, gold brocade stripes down
each outer leg. A contemporary white tuxedo shirt and bow tie are included,
as is an attached medal bar (not known if this is original to the
jacket). Other medals shown are
for display only and not included.
Consignor reports he obtained this uniform from the collector Jim
Jones, who acquired many Generals uniforms directly from the Generals
themselves back in the 1960’s and 70’s. Torsten Christ was promoted to Generalmajor very late in the war, January of 1945, and
is not documented in the Rangeliste, however the
promotion document survived the war and a photo is
in the listing. |
SOLD |
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#5973 |
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Kriegsmarine Konteradmiral
Formal Evening Dress/Gala Jacket Formal, mess dress/gala jacket
privately tailored in dark-blue wool with wide lapels and an open front with
button/chain closure. The sleeves
each have gold brocade lace sleeve rank bands, one large ring at the bottom
and one narrow ring stacked above, for the rank of Konteradmiral,
additionally a gold bullion embroidered star is positioned above the stripes,
indicating a Fleet Officer. A gold bullion hand-embroidered eagle on
dark-blue backing completes the insignia. There are two rows of four gold
buttons, marked with fouled anchors, and two buttons with chain to close the
front. The jacket is lined in
black rayon with striped sleeves, a tailors label
for “Th. Thöl” of Kiel as at the
neck, with an additional name tag in the inside pocket, though the
Admiral’s name has been carefully cut-out. Includes a waffel-pattern white vest with gold KM buttons. Medals are for display only and not
included. |
SOLD |
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#5969 |
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Heer Generalmajor Tunic An exceptional tunic in near-mint
condition with just one small flaw; a very small abrasion to the upper right
back shoulder. The six-button
front tunic is privately tailored from a very fine, heavy gabardine wool with
scalloped and pleated pockets, French cuffs, bottle-green collar and
maker-marked matching gold pebbled buttons. The right breast features loops
for a German Cross in Gold/Silver and there are loops for a ribbon bar and
four awards on the left breast and pocket. The insignia on this tunic is
outstanding, with a beautiful finely embroidered breast eagle in gold bullion
wire with just very slight age toning.
The General officer collar tabs are also embroidered in fine gold
bullion wire and exhibit a slight age darkening as well. Shoulderboards
are of bright gold bullion with silver-aluminum soutache inner cords. All insignia appear original to the
tunic with no evidence of previous insignia or promotional upgrades. There are no tailor or name tags, so
it is unattributed. The tunic is
a smaller size and will not fit most contemporary male mannequins. If you are one of those collectors who
only pursue absolutely mint items, this piece will
probably fit your criteria. |
SOLD |
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#7113 |
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RMBO Senior Rank/General’s Field Cap Orange-brown wool cap base with a
high top and shortened visor. A
fur-covered side skirt can be rolled down to cover the ears with the front
band serving as a chin strap. The
insignia consists of a large, Diplomatic style eagle with wide, down-turned
wings machine-woven in gold colored thread and machine-applied. The crown on
the cap is piped in gold twist celleon piping. The
lining is a heavily-padded grey twill and is
manufacturer marked to “G.A. Hoffmann” of Berlin, dated
“1943” and size-marked “56”. Very rare hat and in exceptional
condition. |
$4000 |
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#7114 |
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Org Todt Senior Rank/General’s Field Cap Brown wool cap in the style of a
M-43 made of a very high-quality, soft wool with side skirt ear and neck
flaps that button at front.
Senior ranks insignia consists of cap crown piping in gold bullion,
two gold pebbled front skirt buttons, a large Heer-style gilt finish metal
eagle and metal cockade. The interior is lined in a cream-colored cloth and
manufacturer marked with initials “E.G.” hand-written in green
pencil. Regulation insignia for these caps was for hand-embroidered insignia,
however period photos show metal insignia was often worn and both large Heer
style eagles as well as smaller political style were worn. |
$1800 |
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#5972 |
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Luftwaffe General Officer Visor Cap This visor has great shape to it,
exhibiting a nice crushed look with a tall peak,
giving it the appearance of a pilots visor. Cap body
is blue-grey regulation tricot wool and piped in gold celleon
around the crown and center band. The visor is a black lacquer with the
typical brim stitched reinforcement leather trim, and a black checkered
underside. The cap eagle and
wreath are hand-embroidered in gold celleon, the
wreath with bullion accent thread highlights and a metal cockade with red
insert. Gold cello chin cords are affixed by gold pebbled buttons at each
side. The inside is lined in
dark-blue rayon, the sweatshield is intact and
underneath is marked to August Müller, though much of the gold foil logo
has worn off. It has a grey
leather sweatband perforated at the forehead area, with a silk tie at the
rear. The lining is sewn in with
long stitches with no evidence of removal, previous holes or alterations and
has left thread impressions on the underside of the sweatband. |
SOLD |
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#5920 |
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Police General’s Visor Cap Police-green doeskin wool visor
cap for a General officer in the Polizei. The cap is an “Erel” from
the distributor “Hans-Dürbeck” and
the cap body is in overall very-good condition with just a few, small pinhole
sized holes in the front centerband. The insignia
consists of a two-piece, 2nd pattern gold metal eagle/wreath,
above that a metal cockade with red wool center, and gold metallic mesh
piping around the crown and centerband. The
interior is lined in gold rayon with the maker and distributor log impressed
under the sweatshield. The leather sweatband is
also foil stamped to “Erel”.
The lining has some soiling and ink marker damage and there is a bit
of corrosion to the gilt finish eagle.
Size is approximately a 56cm.
Very rare cap. |
$19,500 |
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#5527 |
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Waffen SS Senior/Officer Ranks Field Cap Field grey wool M43 pattern
visored field cap for an officer in the Waffen SS. Exterior is very clean with no damage
or soiling. The crown of the cap
is piped in a silver celleon/nylon basket weave
piping, indicating use for senior rank officers from Oberfurher
through General Officer ranks, as well as field grade and junior officers.
Insignia consists of a green trapezoid eagle and skull machine-woven in a
silver grey metallic. Cap scallops close via a two-button front of silver
pebbled buttons. The underside of the visor is a green cotton fabric. The cap
is lined in a grey ribbed rayon material and size stamped “56”,
with a brown leather forehead sweatband embossed “Extra” at the
center front. Excellent to near
mint condition. H. Noehren collection. |
$5500 |
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#4713 |
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Kriegsmarine Fore-and-Aft Hat for Admirals Formal dress, black felt,
Fore-and-Aft hat and wooden storage box for the rank of Admiral in the
Kriegsmarine. Hat is in the
standard “Zweitspitzhut” early style dating back to the
1920’s, with 1933 style rosette ribbon of national colors. Hat is in excellent condition showing
only some age, as to be expected.
The storage box has had some exterior repairs at the joins on the sides, but is in
otherwise good condition. |
SOLD |
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#7128 |
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Heer Generaloberst von Blomberg
Insignia A matching pair of left and right
shoulderboards and collar tabs attributed to Generaloberst (later Generalfeldmarschall)
Werner von Blomberg. The boards
are made of interwoven brite-gold bullion cords
surrounding a silver-aluminum soutache pattern inner cord with four bends at
each side. They have a T-bar for insertion into a shoulder seam (typically
for summer or tropical tunic) with a underlay of red
reserved for Heer Generals. Affixed to the boards in a triangular pattern are
three large, silver finished rank pips, indicating the rank of Generaloberst.
Completing the set is one of the most beautifully embroidered gold
wire pair of collar tabs I have ever encountered of
a very early, Reichsheer style reminiscent of
Imperial era tabs. The tabs are embroidered over a red underlay and trimmed
in the standard rhomboid shape. The shoulderboards
exhibit some light wear, the collar tabs are unworn and were likely from von
Blomberg’s personal inventory of insignia to be provided to tailors as
needed. |
$5700 |
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#7098 |
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SS-OberGruppenfuhrer Karl Wolff Shoulderboards A matching pair of left and right
shoulderboard insignia for SS-OberGruppenfuhrer/General
der Waffen SS Karl Wolff, obtained from Wolff by the veteran collector Bill
McClure. The boards are made of
interwoven matte-gold bullion cords surrounding a silver-aluminum soutache
pattern inner cord and have four bends at each side and a top button
loop. They are sew-in boards over
a stiffener underlay of light-grey branch color, reserved for Waffen-SS
Generals. At the center of each
board are two large, silver finished rank pips, indicating the rank of
General. Two gold pebbled, screwpost buttons are attached at the button loops. The
boards have been cut from a uniform.
Originally accompanying the boards was a letter from Wolff stating
that these boards were worn by him during the war. |
$8500 |
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#7096 |
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SS-OberGruppenfuhrer Collar Tabs A matching pair of collar tab
insignia for a SS-OberGruppenfuhrer/General der
Waffen SS. Hand embroidered in
silver-aluminum thread, the tabs are of a black velvet backing and feature a
three oakleaf cluster with the slight downward arch on the bottom leaves,
used exclusively for the rank of a General officer in the SS. Two embroidered rank pips indicate the
rank of OberGruppenfuhrer/General.
The tabs are finished with thin, silver-aluminum twist cord
piping. There is some white
powder oxidation to the embroidery, which is a commonly encountered trait
with period insignia embroidered in silver-aluminum thread, due to exposure
with oxygen and moisture. The
tabs have been removed from a uniform and retain some of the threads used in
attachment. |
$4000 |
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#7097 |
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SS-Gruppenfuhrer Shoulderboards A matching pair of left and right
shoulderboard insignia for a SS-Gruppenfuhrer/Generaleutnant der Waffen SS. The boards are made of interwoven
matte-gold bullion cords surrounding a silver-aluminum soutache pattern inner
cord and have four bends at each side and a top button loop. They are sew-in boards over a
stiffener underlay of light-grey branch color, reserved for Waffen-SS
Generals. At the center of each
board is a large, silver finished rank pip, indicating the rank of Generalleutnant.
Two gold pebbled buttons sew-in buttons included. |
$2850 |
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#7099 |
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SS-OberGruppenfuhrer Sleeve Rank Rank insignia for use on the
sleeve of camouflage uniforms by an SS-Obergruppenfuhrer/General
der Waffen SS. The insignia
consists of a black, rectangular cloth base at the top of which are two
oakleaves with acorns, both machine-embroidered in golden-yellow thread. Below that
are three rank bars of golden-yellow brocade fabric that are separately
machine-applied. |
$400 |
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#7130 |
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Heer Generalfeldmarschall Shoulderboards A matching pair of shoulderboards for the rank of a Generalfeldmarschall
in the Heer. The boards are
constructed of brite gold bullion outer cords
surrounding a silver soutache pattern inner cord with four bends at each side
and a top button loop. The boards
are of an early style with a narrow red cloth underlay and are the sew-in style.
Attached to each board are pre-1940 1st pattern crossed
batons of stamped metal with a silver frosting finish. The boards show some significant age
darkening to the inner silver cord (not aluminum) and outer bullion cords.
Includes two gold pebbled shoulderboard buttons. |
$3500 ON HOLD |
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#7129 |
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Heer Generalmajor Shoulderboards A matching pair of shoulderboards for the rank of a Generalmajor
in the Heer. The boards are
constructed of brite gold bullion outer cords
surrounding a silver soutache pattern inner cord with four bends at each side
and a top button loop. The boards
are of an early style with a narrow red cloth underlay and are of the slip-on style with a tongue attachment that is secured
by the buttons. The boards show
some age and wear, with some age darkening to the inner silver cord (not
aluminum) and outer bullion cords. Includes two gold pebbled shoulderboard buttons. |
$850 |
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#7135 |
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Luftwaffe Generalleutnant Shoulderboards A matching pair of shoulderboards for the rank of a Generalleutnant
in the Luftwaffe. The boards are
constructed of brite gold bullion outer cords
surrounding a silver-aluminum basketweave pattern inner cord with four bends
at each side and a top button loop.
The boards are of a larger style for overcoat use, have a white badge
cloth underlay and are of the slip-on style with a tongue attachment that is
secured by the buttons. At the
center of each board is a large size General’s rank pip. Very good condition with just some
light age toning to the cords. |
$1100 |
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#7136 |
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Luftwaffe General der Flieger Collar Tabs A matching pair of collar tabs for
the rank of a General der Flieger in the Luftwaffe. The tabs are hand-embroidered in gold
bullion thread over a soft, white badge cloth and feature a wreath with three
gulls at center indicating the rank.
The outer edge is piped in gold celleon
twist cord. |
$1400 |
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#7137 |
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Luftwaffe Generalmajor Collar
Tabs A matching pair of collar tabs
for the rank of a Generalmajor in the
Luftwaffe. The tabs are
hand-embroidered in gold bullion thread over a soft, white badge cloth and
feature a wreath with a single gull at center indicating the rank. The outer edge is piped in gold celleon twist cord. Uniform-removed. |
$950 |
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#7138 |
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Luftwaffe Generalleutnant Collar
Tabs A pair of collar tabs for the
rank of a Generalleutnant in the Luftwaffe. The tabs are hand-embroidered in gold
bullion thread over a soft, white badge cloth and feature a wreath with two
gulls at center indicating the rank.
The outer edge is piped in gold gold bullion
twist cord. The reverse of both
tabs is marked with the embroidery manufacturer number “22”,
which is a known and accepted maker.
While the tabs are made by the same firm, the rendering of the
embroidery shows that they were done by different hands, as they are not an
exact match. |
$1300 |
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#7139 |
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Heer General Officer Visor Cap Insignia A metal wreath and separate
cockade for attachment to a General officer visor cap. The stamped metal wreath is the later
pattern with a gilt finish and beautiful polished high points, with flat,
beveled attachment pins at the reverse.
The cockade is typical multi-piece
construction with a red felt insert and two, flat
attachment pins. Both are in
unissued mint condition. |
$225 |
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#7140 |
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Heer General Officer Visor Cap Insignia A metal wreath for attachment to
a General officer visor cap.
The stamped metal wreath is the later pattern with a gilt finish and flat,
beveled attachment pins at the reverse.
Some age darkening at bottom center of the wreath and pins are bent,
indicating removal from a visor cap. |
$145 |
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#5933 |
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Heer General Embroidered Visor Cap Insignia A matching set of
hand-embroidered gold bullion wire insignia for application to a General
Officer visor cap. The eagle is
finely executed in gold, bullion thread and wire with orange-brown thread
highlights, over a dark-green backing.
The combined wreath/cockade features a wreath in gold bullion thread,
at center an embroidered cockade in black, silver and wread
with silver accent outline, over a dark-green backing. |
SOLD |
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#5686 |
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Heer General Cuff Insignia for the Waffenrock A matching pair of uniform
removed ornamental cuff insignia for use on a Heer General officer’s
formal Waffenrock parade dress uniform. Very fine gold wire embroidery with an
opening provision for a gold button at one end of each bar. Remains of threads from uniform
removal around the circumference of each bar. Size of each bar ca. 61cm x 40
cm. |
SOLD |
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#5687 |
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Heer General Cuff Insignia for the Waffenrock A matching pair of uniform removed
ornamental cuff insignia for use on a Heer General officer’s formal Waffenrock parade dress uniform. Very fine gold wire embroidery with an
opening provision for a gold button at one end of each bar. Remains of threads from uniform
removal around the circumference of each bar. Small moth nips on each bar.
Size of each bar ca. 57cm x 31 cm. |
$450 |
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#5653 |
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Generalleutnant der Polizei shoulderboard A single shoulderboard
for a SS-Gruppenfuhrer und Generalleutnant
der Polizei.
Board is made from two matte-gold bullion outercords
surrounding and inner cord of silver soutache
braid. There is a single, large General’s style silver pip at the base
near the shoulder seam attachment.
Most of the silver wash has worn off the pip, but
can still be seen towards the base of each side. The board is a sew-in
example and still has a single thread remaining from uniform removal. The
underlay is the typical toxic green used for Police generals. The gold braid
has very nice age tone to the gold, as is typical with this style of gold
cord. The underlay has some wear
with a bit of the U-shaped wire visible near the button loop and some of the
cardboard backing visible along the edges. Very nice, worn example that has been
removed from a tunic. |
SOLD |
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#5633 |
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Heer General der Panzertruppe
Insignia Grouping A full set of insignia for a
General to include shoulderboards, collar tabs, and
two breast eagles. My consignor
reports that these are attributed to General der Panzertruppe
Hans-Jurgen von Arnim, though there is no provenance to accompany the
grouping. Boards and tabs are
both celleon, tabs have bullion highlights. The boards each have two, large,
silver age-toned Generals pips.
There is a gold bullion hand-embroidered breast eagle on green backing
and a gold metal breast eagle for the white tunic. A modern printed black & white
photo of Arnim is included. The
insignia all has glue residue on the reverse from photo album removal
(excluding metal eagle), but it otherwise in excellent condition. Gold pebbled tunic buttons are
attached with hot glue (no damage to boards). |
SOLD |
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#5600 |
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Heer Generalmajor Insigna Grouping A matching pair of mint,
un-issued Heer General officer shoulderboards for
the rank of Generalmajor. Brite gold bullion basketweave outer
cords with a silver-aluminum center basketweave braid inner cord over a brite red underlay. Attached to the boards is a paper
price tag from the tailorshop. These are sew-in
boards with the tongue at the base for sewing into the shoulder seam. Also included is a pair of Heer
General collar tabs hand-embroidered in a mix of fine gold wire and bullion
highlights. On the reverse is the tailor’s price written in pencil.
Hard to find complete sets. |
SOLD |
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#5599 |
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Heer Generalmajor Shoulderboards A matching pair of mint,
un-issued Heer General officer shoulderboards for
the rank of Generalmajor. Brite gold bullion outer cords with a
silver-aluminum center soutache braid inner cord over a brite
red underlay. These are sew-in
boards with the tongue at the base for sewing into the shoulder seam. Condition is superb! |
SOLD |
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#5602 |
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Heer General’s Single Collar Tab A single collar tab for the left
collar of a Heer General Officer.
The larisch pattern is hand-embroidered in a
golden-yellow brite celleon
(nylon) coated thread indicating later war production. The backing is a brite
red cloth folded over a light color buckram. Reverse shows some glue residue
indicating possible removal from a veteran photo album. |
SOLD |
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#5535 |
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General Officer Tunic Buttons A set of eight gold pebbled tunic
buttons for use by Heer and Luftwaffe General officers. All matching makers, some soiling and
wear. |
$85 |
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#5415 |
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Heer Generalmajor Schopper
Insignia and Photo A small grouping attributed to
Heer Generalmajor Erich Schopper and obtained
directly from the General by the early pioneer collector Bill McLure. Included in the grouping are a
uniform-removed shoulderboard for the rank of Generalmajor consisting of matte gold and aluminum
interwoven cords on a bright red backing (with thread remnants from removal)
and a signed photo postcard of Schopper.
McClure obtained a large volume of material directly from many
Generals, Admirals and Field Marshals and is responsible for many of the
attributed uniforms residing in collections around the world. |
SOLD |
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#5482 |
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Luftwaffe General’s Collar Tab A single collar tab for the right
collar of a Generalleutnant officer in the
Luftwaffe. The tab is finely
hand-embroidered in a two-tone gold bullion thread with darker gold accents
on the wreath centers and acorns, over a soft, white badge cloth backing. The tab is edge piped in a golden
yellow celleon piping. For unknown reasons, Luftwaffe
Generals insignia is often a mixture of bullion and celleon
thread (and this is observed on headgear as well). An excellent example to fill in the
hole in your senior ranks collections. |
SOLD |
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#5399 |
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Heer Generalleutnant Shoulderboards A matching pair of shoulderboards for the rank of a Generalleutnant
in the Heer. The boards are
constructed of two interwoven celleon gold cords with
an inner silver/aluminum soutache style cord. The underlay is bright red, indicating
General officer service branch and is of the sew-in variety. They are matching left/right boards,
each with a single silver pip centered within the braid. Excellent condition, just showing some
age toning to the pips (much of the silver wash has worn off) and a bit of
soiling to the tongue and underside of the left shoulderboard. |
SOLD |
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#5366 |
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Luftwaffe General Officer Pennant A Luftwaffenwimpel
(vehicle pennant) for General Officers in the Luftwaffe, to be displayed on
the front fender of a car. The
pennant features a hand-embroidered Luftwaffe pattern eagle in celleon with dark brown highlights over a blue-grey wool
backing. The pennant is edged in
gold brocade with woven swastikas on top & bottom with a thinner gold
brocade along the edge.
It’s a two sided flag and encased in a
very nice glass frame for wall display.
Excellent condition. |
$3200 |
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#5166 |
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SS Oberfuhrer Collar Tabs Matching pair of senior rank
officer tabs for an Oberfuhrer in the SS. Tabs are the 2nd pattern,
1942 style tabs which were worn by the equivalent of a Senior Colonel. Tabs are in excellent to near mint
condition with no corrosion to the aluminum wire. |
SOLD |
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#5028 |
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Luftwaffe General’s Cape Closure A set of Luftwaffe General
officer cape closures, or “Spanierschloss”,
consisting of two gold-colored light alloy pressed eagles
heads facing each other and a connecting chain. The discs are backed with bluegray felt like material. In very good to excellent condition
showing some light toning to the gold finish. |
SOLD |
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#4416 |
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Luftwaffe General Officers Vehicle Pennant Bluegray cloth triangular car pennant, edged in gold brocade of
embroidered swastikas, and with a hand embroidered gold silk eagle centered
in the middle. The pennant no
longer has the celluloid case, but it is in very good to excellent condition,
is two sided and still attached to the metal framing for attachment to
vehicle staff. |
$2500 |
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#4121 |
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Reichsminister Alfred Rosenberg’s collar tab Collar tab attributed to Alfred
Rosenberg for his rank of Reicshminister of the
Occupied Eastern Territory Officials (RMBO). Gold metal wehrmacht
style eagle on dark red backing with gold embroidered wreath surround. Originally part of the Foxhole
Collection. Excellent condition. (click on photos
for additional/larger images) |
SOLD |
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#6008 |
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Knights Cross Recipient Luftwaffe Generalmajor
Walther von Axthelm Photo Album An absolutely
mint condition photo album belonging
to Generalmajor Axthelm (later General der Flakartillerie), a recipient of the Knights Cross on
September 4, 1941 as Commander of 1st
Flak Corps for support of Guderian’s 2nd panzer group on the
Eastern front. Red leatherette
covered binder with silver drooptail early
Luftwaffe eagle embossed on the cover, bound with red twist cord and two
tassels. Photos include a signed studio portrait of the General and 173
photos commemorating his service at the front, showing troops in action,
civilians in captured territories, troops in action and the General with
staff members, each picture with a written descriptive caption printed
below. Every album page has a
protective tissue covering that is still intact and crisp. |
$2500 |
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#4229 |
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Generalfeldmarschall Autographed
Hoffman Postcards and Documents Wartime autographed postcards of
most all of the Generalfeldmarschall’s
and Grandadmiral’s are available. Some of these are listed in the Documents and Photographs page of the For Sale
section. Others are available
upon request. |
Various available see Documents and Photographs |
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