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General Officer and Senior Ranks Uniforms & Headgear – Third Reich

#5638

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Admiral Puttkamer Leather Coat

This visually-stunning piece, which comes with full provenance, is available once again. It’s a well-worn, dark green leather overcoat, worn throughout the war by Konteradmiral Jesko von Puttkamer, Naval adjutant to Adolf Hitler and recipient of the July 20 Wound Badge. It is a Heer coat, which Puttkamer put Kriegsmarine buttons on, as he notes in the accompanying provenance “because, at the beginning of the war, these practical coats did not yet exist for the navy”. A pair of slip-on Konteradmiral shoulderboards in celleon are attached to the coat with screw-post buttons. This coat, along with three other uniforms and a visor cap, were all obtained directly from Puttkamer by American collector Bill McClure in 1970 and there is a treasure trove of provenance consisting of letters between McClure and Puttkamer, customs documents and period, signed photographs of Puttkamer during the war years with Hitler and other high ranking personalities. Please click on the photo at left for detailed photos of this historical item and samples of some of the provenance relating to this specific item. A full set of scans of the original documents will be included (25 scans in total). The original documents are available for a separate purchase. Also see the Featured Items page, where other Puttkamer items are profiled.

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#5736

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Heer Generalleutnant Tunic

6-button front, tailored from fine tricot field-grey wool, piped in red down the front panel closure, scalloped and pleated breast pockets, slash hip pockets with flaps. Bottle-green cloth collar with hook closure and French cuffs at sleeves with gold pebbled General officer buttons which are all matching maker-marked. The shoulderboards are sew-in matte gold celleon cord with inner aluminum soutache braid on a red backing with single, large General’s size silver rank pips for the rank of Generalleutnant. Collar tabs are hand-embroidered in gold celleon and machine-applied. The breast eagle is also of gold celleon and hand-applied. There are loops for a long ribbon bar above the left breast pocket and loops for three awards on the pocket below, showing soiling from the award attachments (Note: there were post-war DKiG loops originally collector-applied to the right breast pocket which have been removed. Tunic is named to “Major E. von Bogen” (Erich von Bogen) and would’ve later been upgraded to Generalmajor and Generallutenant upon promotion. There is speculation as to whether General von Bogen was awarded the DKiG as it is not listed in the surviving archives, which are incomplete. This German website makes note of the claim of the award; Generalleutnant Erich von Bogen - Lexikon der Wehrmacht (lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de) . An EKII ribbon and spange are applied to the second button. The interior is lined in grey rayon and the sleeves are lined in typical striped material with a dagger suspension clip opening provision into the hip pocket for dagger display. Tailor tag at neck, and name label at inside pocket.

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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

#5475

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Heer General Officer Sidecap

Field-grey, doeskin wool sidecap for a General officer of Cavalry troops in the Heer. The cap crown and side flaps are both piped in a gold bullion mesh and the cap is vented on both sides with a green metal grommet. The insignia consists of silver flatwire (pre-42 Generals) officer eagle, properly sewn, and a bullion cockade piped in gold around the circumference. Additionally, golden yellow soutache is applied to the front of the cap as is a gold metal Dragonadler cavalry traditions badge of Reiter regiment 6. The interior is lined in a grey/green rayon with no markings or sweatband.

$6500

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Luftwaffe General’s Visor Cap

Blue-grey wool regulation tricot visor cap for a General officer in the Luftwaffe. The cap is an “Erel” of “Extra” quality and marked for distribution by the Berlin Luftwaffe Kleiderkasse. Cap body is in excellent condition with no mothing, holes or snags and the cap spring is still in place maintaining a tall peak. The insignia consists of gold bullion eagle, cockade and chin cords. The interior is typical gold colored Extra lining with an intact sweatshield and maker foil stamping underneath. The leather sweatband is also “Erel” marked and has one remaining initial attached. Underside of visor is black, not the typical green crosshatch. Interior shows exposure to moisture but otherwise very good condition.

$11,250

#5478

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Railway General’s Visor Cap

Dark blue visor cap for a General in the German Railway Service. The cap body is made from a very high quality dark blue doeskin wool material and is in perfect condition. The crown and black velvet cap band are piped in golden celleon mesh piping. Insignia consists of a metal national eagle and the large spread golden metal Railway pattern wings surrounding the cockade. The chincord is also made from celleon gold twist cord with dark blue flecks in the pattern. The interior is lined in a dark orange coated oilcloth material and maker marked to Clemens Wagner. Near mint condition.

$4575

#4954

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Luftwaffe General Officer Visor

Blue gray doeskin visor cap for a General Officer in the Luftwaffe, made by Erel. Cap exterior is finished in all celleon insignia to include piping and chincords and is flawless. Interior is also in mint condition with the original size tag still attached. Cap is a later war Erel Privat, with gold lining and Erel embossed into the lining under the sweatshield as well as on the sweatband. There is a date stamp of 1943 under the sweatband. Very beautiful, near perfect mint condition Luftwaffe Generals visor.

$13,800

#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

#4965

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RAD General Officer M43 Visored Field Cap

Wool, visored field cap for a General Officer in the RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst, or Reich Labor Service). Cap is constructed of a brown wool and piped around the crown in gold bullion. Insignia consists of a hand embroidered RAD in gold bullion with red, black silver detail. A single gold pebbled button closes the front. Interior is artificial silk and size stamped “57”. Condition is excellent.

$2990

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General Officer Uniforms & Headgear – Other Nations

#5774	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasilevsky Uniform Please visit the Soviet WWII Militaria page where this uniform attributed to Aleksander Vasilevsky is listed in detail along with various other Marshals, Generals and Admirals uniforms and headgear.	Currently Available, see the Soviet WWII Militaria page
#5669	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Marshal of The Soviet Union Summer Uniform A white summer tunic and visor cap for a Soviet, WWII era Marshal of the Soviet Union. Lightweight, white patterned fabric with four button front, banded collar with hook/clasp closure and two internal patch pockets with scalloped chest pocket flaps. Very clean tunic, some soiling on lower left front panel. Removable gold metal buttons with correct Soviet emblem. Large, removable shoulder boards of gold brocade base material, embroidered large star in silver metallic thread, Soviet crest emblem embroidered in a mixture of metallic thread and colored yarn, attached to the tunic by a gold button and secured with tie strings to the interior. Visor cap with soft, white fine ribbed cloth top with red center band and gold braided chin cords, secured by small gold buttons. Black laquered visor. Interior is lined in white patterned fabric, similar to the tunic. Red enameled Soviet emblem is attached to the center of the red cap band. Excellent condition. Consignor reports that it is believed to have belonged to Konstantin Rokossovsky, however there is no documentation provenance.	SOLD

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Insignia, Command & Rank Flags

#5783

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Heer General der Infanterie Shoulderboards

A matching pair of uniform-removed Heer General officer shoulderboards for the rank of General der Infanterie, General der Panzertruppen, etc. The board tops are constructed of matte celleon gold bullion outer cords with a silver-aluminum center soutache braid inner cord over a brite red cloth underlay. Two silvered pips are attached to each board, showing dark age toning to the recesses. These are slip-in boards with a separately attached tongue on the underside for attachment through a shoulder bridle and securing to the button near the collar. Slip-on boards were generally worn on field tunics, leather coats and panzer wraps. Condition is very good showing moderate field use.

$1350

#5784

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Heer Generalmajor Shoulderboards

A matching pair of near-mint, un-issued Heer General officer shoulderboards for the rank of Generalmajor. The board tops are constructed of brite gold bullion lace outer cords with a silver-aluminum center soutache braid inner cord, attached to a brite red wool underlay. These are sew-in boards with the tongue at the base for sewing into the shoulder seam of tailored uniforms. Condition is excellent with just some very minor age toning to the bullion cord.

$1050

#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

#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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Kriegsmarine Admiral rank insignia for the Coastal Artillery land-based units with field grey uniforms

A complete set of shoulderboards and collar tabs for an Admiral serving in the “Ostsee” coastal artillery region. Shoulderboards are made of bright gold wire outer cords with an inner silver/aluminum soutache braid cord. Backing is dark blue, extending underneath the button loops with a brass grommet. Base of boards has a transverse bar, for insertion in the frock coat and summer tunic. Two, small aluminum pips surround a metal “O” centered in the middle. One board retains a screwpost button. Collar tabs are hand-embroidered two-tone gold wire/gold bullion thread on a cornflower blue backing, with just a bit of age tone and verdigris to the gold. There were four Admiral’s and one GeneralAdmiral that commanded the Naval Region Baltic Sea; Conrad Albrecht, Rolf Carls, Gunther Guse, Hubert Schmundt and GeneralAdmiral Oskar Kummetz. Very rare set of insignia.

$3150

#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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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

#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

#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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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

#5603

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Kriegsmarine Admiral’s Single Collar Tab

A single collar tab for the left collar of a Kriegsmarine Admiral, serving in land-based units (Coastal Artillery) and wearing the field-grey uniform. The larisch pattern is hand-embroidered in a golden-yellow brite celleon (nylon) coated thread indicating later war production. The backing is a cornflower medium blue cloth folded over a wheat color buckram. Reverse shows some glue residue indicating possible removal from a veteran photo album.

$500

#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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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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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

#5483

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Luftwaffe General’s Summer Tunic Breast Eagle

A gold metal pin-on breast eagle for attachment to the white summer tunic of a Luftwaffe General officer. The pin attachment has a post-war repair. No maker marks.

$450

#5434

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Luftwaffe General’s Metal Breast Eagle

Gold metal, pin-on Luftwaffe style national eagle emblem for wear on the white summer tunic of General officers serving in the Luftwaffe. Eagle is in excellent condition with a nice gold finish and lots of detail. Rear is maker marked “A” for Assman.

$550

#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

#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

#5350

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Luftwaffe General der Flieger Collar Tabs

A matching pair of General officer collar tabs made from hand-embroidered golden celleon over a white badge cloth backing and edge piped in celleon twist. There are three wings set within the wreath, indicating the rank of General der Flieger of the Luftwaffe. The tabs are in excellent, un-issued condition.

$1500

#5351

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SS Brigadefuhrer und Generalmajor der Polizei shoulderboards

A matching pair of General officer rank shoulderboards for a Brigadefuhrer/Generalmajor of the SS/Polizei service. Boards are constructed of gold celleon outer cords interwoven with a center aluminum cord in the soutache weave pattern. The cords have an underlay of bright toxic green for the Polizei branch of service and are of the sew-in variety. The boards show some age as well as some mothing to the backs.

$1300

#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 2^nd 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

#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

#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

#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.

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SOLD

#4124

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Generalfeldmarschall Keitel Vehicle Penannt

Second pattern, 1941 style vehicle flag to designate the Chief of the Armed Forces High Command, a position held by GFM Wilhelm Keitel.

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$8625

#4300

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Retired Reichsleiter

Early style 1^st pattern eagle over black backing indicating a Reichsleiter that has retired. This particular tab is believed to have been the property of Franz Xavier Schwartz.

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$6900

#4127

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NSFK Korpsfuhrer Collar Tab

Extremely rare collar tab for the most senior General officer rank in the NSFK, the Korpsfuhrer.

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#4128

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NSFK Ehrenfuhrer Collar Tabs

A pair of collar tabs for the pre-war title of an Honor Leader holding an honorary commission in the NSFK.

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$5175

Documents and Personal Items

#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

Archive of a few Featured Items Previously Available

#5735

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Heer General der Gebirgstruppe Tunic

8-button front, old-style tunic tailored from tricot field-grey wool, piped in red down the front panel closure. Bottle-green cloth collar with hook closure and French cuffs at sleeves with gold pebbled General officer buttons which are all matching maker-marked. The shoulderboards are sew-in matte gold bullion cord with inner aluminum soutache braid on a red backing with two, large General’s size silver rank pips. The pips toward the shoulder button are a brighter silver, indicating upgrade in rank from promotion. Collar tabs are hand-embroidered fine gold wire thread and machine-applied. The breast eagle is a nicely aged and toned example rendered in multi-color gold wire and gold bullion thread with golden-yellow highlight threads. The left sleeve has an Edelweis hand-applied. There are loops for a German Cross in Gold on the right pocket, a long ribbon bar above the left breast pocket and loops for three awards on the pocket below, plus and embroidered hole for a screwback award. An EKII ribbon and spange are applied to the second button. The interior is lined in grey brushed cotton and the sleeves are lined in typical striped material. There is a an opening provision into the hip pocket for dagger display, but no hanging strap with clip. Un-named.

SOLD

#5699

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Heer Generalleutnant Uniform

A nice, field-worn, tailor-made tunic of fine tricot field-grey wool, five button front, four patch pockets with scalloped flaps and pleated fronts. Tunic is small in stature and sleeve length, but chest and waist are big enough to fit standard mannequin sizes. Standard bottle-green cloth collar with hook closure and French cuffs at sleeves with gold pebbled General officer buttons which are all matching maker-marked to Assmann. The shoulderboards are sew-in matte gold bullion cord with inner aluminum soutache braid on a red backing with a single, large General’s size silver rank pip which does not protrude through the base. Collar tabs are hand-embroidered gold bullion thread and machine-applied. The breast eagle is a nicely toned example rendered in gold wire and gold bullion thread with golden-yellow highlight threads and very neatly hand-applied. There are loops for a German Cross in Gold on the right pocket, a long ribbon bar above the left breast pocket and loops for three awards on the pocket below. The interior is lined in grey rayon and the sleeves are lined in typical striped material. There is a dagger hanger/clip and opening provision into the hip pocket for dagger display. There is a tailor tag on the inner breast area, but no name tag. Includes a pair of stone-grey tricot General officer long pants with the broad, bright red lampassen (Generals stripes) down each side. six button fly and buttoned tape closure with slit hip pockets, watch pocket and two rear pockets with button flaps. Inside buttons and flaps for suspender attachment, partially lined. No holes or damage to either the tunic or breeches, excellent condition. Consignor reports tunic is believed to have belonged to Otto Hitzfeld, a Knights Cross w/Oakleaves and Swords recipient, though there is no provenance associated with it.

SOLD

#5700

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Heer General’s Uniform

A beautiful presenting example of a tailor-made General’s tunic in a larger size which displays very nicely. Made of a very soft, fine tricot field-grey wool with a five button front, four patch pockets with scalloped flaps and pleated fronts. Bottle-green cloth collar with hook closure and French cuffs. The gold pebbled General officer buttons are all matching maker-marked to Assmann. The shoulderboards are the very desirable matte gold bullion cord with inner aluminum soutache braid on a red backing. There are holes for two pips in each board (rank of General der Infanterie, etc.), which have been removed. From examining them I think they were removed long ago, perhaps by a vet who took them as souvenirs of General’s “stars”. This is how the tunic came to me, but the pips can be easily restored and I can help with that if need be. Collar tabs are finely hand-embroidered gold wire and have had the buckram stiffener removed for comfort around the neck, then hand-applied with hidden stitches. This is a common practice I have seen with General’s tunics as the elongated tabs make the collar rather stiff and uncomfortable and removing the buckram remedies that. The breast eagle is a gorgeous example featuring a mixture of embroidered gold wire and gold bullion thread with dark-green highlight threads and hand-applied. There are loops for a long ribbon bar above the left breast pocket (bar included, though not original to the tunic), and loops for three awards on the pocket below. The interior is lined in grey rayon and the sleeves are lined in typical striped material. There is a dagger hanger/clip and opening provision into the hip pocket for dagger display. No tailor tag or name tag. Includes a pair of stone-grey tricot General officer riding breeches with the broad, bright red lampassen (Generals stripes) down each side with zipper closures at the ankles. Four button fly and hook closure with slit hip pockets and single rear pocket with button flap. Inside buttons and flaps for suspender attachment, partially lined. No holes or damage to either the tunic or breeches, excellent condition.

SOLD

#5701

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Luftwaffe Generalstabsingenieur Greatcoat

A stunning example of a greatcoat for the very rarely encountered branch of Ingenieur’s. While Luftwaffe troop General’s all utilized white underlay as branch color, the Ingenieur’s wore pink underlay, which is prominently displayed on this coat as backing for all insignia, and the broad lapels and piping that really make this piece stand out. The base coat is tailor-made of a very high-quality, fine tricot blue-grey wool with a ten button, double breasted front with lower slit hip pockets and flap closure and French cuffs. The rear has a waist adjustment belt with two gold-pebbled buttons and the bottom vent closes with hidden plastic buttons. All gold buttons are matching and marked to Overhoff & Cie. The pink-backed shoulderboards are the late war brite gold celleon and have single, large General officer-size pips that are gold metal (either the preference of the General or never had a silver wash applied). The collar tabs are hand-embroidered in celleon with gold bullion thread highlights, edge piped in celleon over pink backing and machine-applied. The interior is fully lined in blue-grey rayon and has a dagger hanger and clip with a tailor’s label sewn to the outside of the breast pocket (no name tag inside). There is some moth damage to the rear exterior of the coat across the back area (see photos) but it doesn’t effect display from the front. I have sold a few of these tunics over the decades, but never encountered a greatcoat before…very rare!

SOLD

#5698

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Heer General der Infanterie Tunic

Tailor-made tunic of fine tricot wool field-grey cloth, six button front, four patch pockets with scalloped flaps and pleated fronts. Bottle-green cloth collar with hook closure, French cuffs at sleeves. Gold, pebbled General officer buttons are all matching maker-marked and are in a condition matching the tunic. Shoulderboards are sew-in matte gold bullion cord with inner aluminum soutache braid on a red backing with two silver rank pips, secured with gold pebbled buttons. Collar tabs are finely hand-embroidered gold wire with celleon highlights and machine-applied. The breast eagle is a beautiful example featuring a mixture of embroidered gold wire and gold bullion thread with celleon highlight threads and is hand-applied. There are loops for a long ribbon bar above the left breast pocket, and loops for four awards on the pocket below. The right breast pocket has loops for a single award (German Cross). The interior is lined in soft, grey rayon, has a tailor label near the breast pocket and a suspended dagger hanger and clip. Excellent condition with no moth damage, holes, tears or snags. Smaller size, un-named.

SOLD

#5693

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Heer Generalleutnant Greatcoat

Tailor-made, heavy, doeskin wool greatcoat for a Generalleutnant in the Heer. Coat is of regulation double-breasted style with five buttons on each panel, slanted side pockets, French cuffs and bright red lapel facings indicative of General officer rank. The gold, pebbled General officer buttons are all matching maker-marked “Extra Fein” and show even wear and age. Shoulderboards are sew-in matte gold bullion cord with inner aluminum soutache braid on a red backing and single silver rank pips for the rank of Generalleutnant, secured with gold pebbled buttons. Overall condition is good, however there is some damage to the rear, decorative belt which has rodent damage and there are also a couple of holes in the sleeves (see photos). The interior is a grey rayon and has a label for the tailor “Fritsch” of Dresden. The inside pocket has a name tag to “Oberst Foltmann” and dated January of 1938, which would indicate Josef Folttmann who became Generalmajor in April of 1939 and Generalleutnant in February of 1941. The coat was then upgraded to General with the addition of red facings, shoulderboards and gold buttons and later pips added when promoted to Generalleutnant. Coat is a smaller size.

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Konter-Admiral Jesko von-Puttkamer White Tunic

A stunning white tunic to a Third Reich personality with provenance! This white tunic belonged to Admiral Puttkamer, Kriegsmarine adjutant to Adolf Hitler and recipient of the July 20 Wound Badge for surviving the assassination attempt on Hitler. It was purchased directly from Puttkamer in the early 1970’s and comes with full provenance. Please see the Featured Item page for additional photos and details, or click on the photo at left. Price has been reduced to sell and this piece is only available until July 15.

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#5637

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Luftwaffe General Officer Kleiner Rock

Beautiful, blue-grey, high-quality, very fine weave tricot wool Undress tunic or “kleiner Rock”, worn only by General officers. Double breasted front, with three-button closure, two side slash pockets, white piped French cuffs and white piped front panel with two, large white cloth lapels. The collar is piped in gold bullion twist-cord, all buttons are gold pebbled, closure buttons with longer shafts, decorative buttons tightly sewn down. Celleon shoulderboards each with a single, large silver Generals pip (which do not protrude through the base) and secured with sew-down gold buttons. Loops for a long ribbon bar and two award badges. Collar tabs are bullion embroidery with gold bullion highlights to gulls, hand-stitched with wide stitches to permit easy removal for laundering. Breast eagle is a nice, high-quality example in tightly hand-embroidered gold bullion wire over a white underlay. It appears as if the eagle was restored, as there is a shadow around the outside (and the white backing glows, so it was probably cleaned at some point too). Interior is lined in blue-grey rayon with two horizontal breast pockets and a small repair patch machine-sewn. No name tag or tailor label. Tunic is in excellent condition, no damge. Light soiling to white lapels. Consignor reports it is believed to be attributed to Generalleutnant Victor Krocker, though there is no supporting provenance.

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#5641

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Heer Generalmajor Tropical-Weight Field Tunic

Olive-green, high quality cotton ribbed twill material, made by either a civilian or military tailor for field use. Five button front with four pleated, patch pockets, French cuffs, a vented rear and a closed collar in bottle green wool. The inside is un-lined and has a stamp on the inside panel of unknown origin. There is a very rare flat-wire embroidered gold Generals breast eagle on green backing, machine-applied in the typical zip and flip fashion. General’s gold wire hand-embroidered collar tabs are also machine-applied to the collar. Gold bullion Generalmajor shoulderboards are hand-sewn into each shoulder seam and secured by gold pebbled buttons. All buttons are matching and by the same maker. There are award loops for two breast badges on the left breast pocket. This tunic originally surfaced out of Europe a few years ago and came with a pair of tropical breeches with the broad Generals stripes (lampassen) that were matching in size and had clearly been worn. The breeches were sold separately some time ago by my consignor. Tunic is in excellent condition with no holes and just very minor wear.

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#5642

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Luftwaffe Generalleutnant Erich Kressmann Uniform

Privately tailored, blue-grey, high-quality, very fine weave tricot wool open-collar tunic, piped around the collar in gold bullion wire twist piping. Insignia is all matching gold, matte celleon for the rank of Generalleutnant. Gold pebbled buttons are all matching and by Assmann. Award loops on right breast for Spanish Cross (Legion Condor Flak commander), loops for five awards on left breast pocket and long ribbon bar above. Breeches are tailored from blue-grey doeskin with Zabin zip ankle closures and wide, white lampassen (Generals broad stripes). Both the tunic and breeches are each named to Generalleutnant Erich Kressmann and have matching tailor labels from Averbeck and Broskamp of Berlin. Condition is excellent with no holes, mothing or damage. General Kressmann was commander of the Air Defense Command Berlin/ 1^st Flak Division at the Berlin Zoo flak tower from March through November of 1944.

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#5640

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Luftwaffe General’s Cape

Beautiful, blue-grey, finest quality wool officer’s cape with lay-down collar and fly front secured by a series of five tunic size gold pebbled buttons, all marked “Extra Fein”. There is a front hook and eye neck closure and a separate cloth strap (bridle) at the neck, buttoned at the back and secured at the front by a large gold pebbled button. Two gold colored aluminum “Spainerschloss” buckle fasteners decorated with an eagle’s head are attached at the upper breast to each fly panel and secured by a gold chain and hook. The wearer’s left side has a beautiful large, gold wire and bullion hand-embroidered General’s eagle, flying toward the left, hand-applied. The collar is not piped and the reverse is grey cloth. Partially lined in blue-grey silk rayon. Tailors label to “Anton Kinting” of Bad Aachen. In near-mint condition with no damage or issues. Fantastic display piece!

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#4119

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Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring’s tunic

A stunning private tailor made white, fine tricot tunic cut in the Kleiner Rock style and attributed to Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring. This tunic is in absolute near mint condition with only a few minor, light stains. Tunic has a matching pair of Reichsmarschall collar tabs of the 2^nd pattern, 1941 design as well as a pair of matching shoulderboards of Reichsmarschall rank, all outstanding in the quality of manufacture. The breast eagle is the finest example of a hand embroidered eagle that you will ever see…only what you would expect from a piece attributed to Goring. Great piece of history that once belonged to one of the more interesting characters of World War Two.

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#4120

SS Obergruppenfuhrer Lorenz Formal Jacket

Extremely rare formal evening dress jacket belonging to Obergruppenfuhrer Werner Lorenz. Jacket is complete with early style tabs, a pair of shoulderboards with rune marked attachment buttons, the totenkopf breast badge, an RFSS staff cufftitle, silver piped party armband, and Lorenz’s WW1 Iron Cross first class. All rune marked buttons are intact as is the closure chain. Jacket has a Holters tailor tag on back panel and name tag inside pocket. Complete description and additional photos available to those who are interested. Woodwork find, never before in a collection! Some minor restoration work was done to fix a sleeve tear and reweave the lower left corner (photos show repairs).

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#5417

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Heer General Officer Visor

Beautiful, 1942 pattern Heer General Officer’s visor cap made by Erel. The cap body is constructed of a very fine, high quality doeskin wool in superb condition, except for a small abrasion above the eagle. It is piped in gold celleon with dark gold celleon chincords and the late pattern gold metal national eagle and wreath with vented cockade. The interior is equally pristine and has the mint green lining and “Privat” marking you would expect in a hat of this quality. There is a nametag under the sweatshield for Dr. Garn, Generalveterinar. Outstanding visor cap in excellent to near-mint condition with just the slightest wear.

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#5326

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Heer General Officer Field Cap

Salty, field-worn sidecap for a General officer showing lots of character. Cap is made from a high quality tricot wool in field grey with the top scallop piped in gold bullion mesh wire indicating General officer level. Cap eagle reflects pre-43 era and is machine woven metallic silver thread. Cap front has gold wire Russia braid soutache applied and the cockade rosette is hand embroidered bullion with a gold bullion edge piping. Cap shows a significant amount of wear, though no major damage. Interior is cotton lined, stamped “59” for size and has a hand sewn leather sweatband applied to the forehead area. A nice cap to match up with a General’s field tunic.

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#4787

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Luftwaffe General Officer Overseas Cap

High quality, private purchase overseas cap or “schiffen” for a General Officer in the Luftwaffe. Cap body is a very fine, blue-gray tricot with the crown piped in gold bullion. Insignia is hand applied and consists of a two-tone gold bullion hand embroidered eagle and a bullion cockade edge piped in gold for General officers. Condition is excellent inside and out with no visible issues.

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#5576

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Heer General der Infanterie Allmendinger Tunic and Breeches

Complete uniform for General Karl Allmendinger, a Knights Cross with Oakleaves recipient and commander of the 5^th Jaeger Division. This uniform was obtained by Bill Shea and is featured in his multi-volume series “The Stories Behind The Treasures of WWII”. Tunic is privately tailored of a very fine tricot wool in field-grey and is piped in bright red down the front panel. Six button front with scalloped and pleated pockets and a vented rear. Insignia consists of; gold bullion hand-embroiderd breast eagle of the highest quality, hand-applied, a pair of hand-embroidered celleon collar tabs, machine-applied, a pair of celleon and aluminum shoulderboards each with two aged silver rank pips, and a General officer aiguillette in finely woven gold bullion and wire. On the left sleeve is a gold Kuban shield on a bottle green backing, hand-applied, from the days Allmendinger commanded the V Army Korps. Numerous award loops on the left breast. Includes a pair of long pants with the wide lampassen (Generals broad stripes).

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#5440

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Heer Generalmajor Tunic

This is one of the nicest condition General officer tunics that I’ve ever encountered, a perfectly preserved closet queen for those of you who insist on mint condition. The base tunic is a private purchase six button front with scalloped and pleated pockets made from a very fine whipcord field gray wool (with more of a gray hue). There are loops for four badges on the left breast along with ribbon bar loops, and loops on the right breast pocket for a DKiG. The buttons are all maker matched gold pebbled and mint. The insignia is all textbook bullion with almost no age tone, with the exception of the collar tabs in which the gold wire has just a slight dark tone developing. The tunic shows no evidence of prior insignia. It is un-named and has no tailor labels. It is a smaller tunic, but fits a standard mannequin torso without struggling to button it.

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#5362

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Heer Generalmajor Named Tunic

Lightweight field grey field tunic named to Generalmajor Alexander Bourquin, commander of the 114^th Jaeger Division. The tunic comes with a letter from the Stars & Stripes combat correspondent who brought the tunic back from the war, as well as about 50 pages copied from Bourquin’s personnel files. The tunic shows quite a bit of wear and fading from heavy field use, with numerous small holes and snags and a couple stains on the rear. Insignia consists of gold bullion breast eagle, gold wire collar tabs and celleon shoulderboards that are of the slip-on variety (with screwpost buttons and tailor-made bridles). The right sleeve features a crudely hand-sewn cloth Edelweiss sleeve badge. The tunic was tailored in Prague, Czechoslovakia, as shown on the tailor tag and noted in the letter from the correspondent.

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#5363

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SA 1944 Pattern Brigadefuhrer Tunic

Brown wool, four pocket open collar tunic for a late war SA Brigadefuhrer assigned to the Oberste SA-Fuhrung. The exterior of the tunic is in excellent to near-mint condition with absolutely no damage or mothing (the interior does have damage to one lower side). There are a series of loops for a long ribbon bar and multiple award loops on the left breast pocket. Insignia consists of 1944 pattern silver hand-embroidered oakleaf collar tabs on a crimson backing and a pair of matching General rank shoulderboards in white/yellow/white rayon cords on a carmine backing. The collar is edge piped in silver aluminum twist cord. Both sleeves have single brocade sleeve stripes at the top of the French cuffs and the left sleeve has a party armband (which has some light staining to the white disc). Includes brown SA tie.

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#5364

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SA Brigadefuhrer Uniform

Brown wool, four pocket open collar tunic for a pre-1944 Brigadefuhrer in the SA. Tunic is excellent throughout, with no damage or mothing. There are a series of loops for a long ribbon bar and two sets of award loops on the left breast pocket. Insignia consists of early pattern silver hand-embroidered oakleaf collar tabs on a red backing with a single pip and a pair of matching General rank shoulderboards in white/yellow/white rayon cords on a red backing. The collar is edge piped in white rayon twist cord and a party armband is sewn to the left sleeve. The grouping includes brown wool breeches, a brown shirt and brown tie.

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#5484

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SS Oberfuhrer Collar Tabs, 1^st Pattern

A pair of absolutely mint, un-issued collar tabs for the rank of Oberfuhrer in the SS. Oberfuhrer was a unique rank the equivalent to a Senior Colonel, though allowed the privilege of wearing General officer headgear. The tabs are hand-embroidered in silver bullion wire on black velvet backing and are of the first pattern the SS used for this rank (from 1929 to 1942). The tabs are tied together by two black strings which are sealed by a metal disk with SS runes on the obverse side and “B.A.” on the reverse. You won’t find a better set than these!

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#5416

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General Officer/Admiral Shoulderboard Pips

A very nice, minty pair of the large, over-sized rank pips used exclusively by General officers and Admirals in all of the major service branches (Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen SS). The pips are approximately 24mm wide, stamped bright silver metal and have two long retaining prongs soldered to the center underside. Pips this size are incredibly difficult to find. Condition is excellent/near-mint.

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#5352

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Polizei Generals Collar Tabs

A matching pair of General officer rank collar tabs of the Heer style pattern, with gold bullion embroidery over a bright toxic green backing, which was worn from 1936 until February of 1942 (thereafter they wore SS style Generals tabs). These tabs show quite a bit of age and oxidation to the gold bullion but are beautifully executed in hand-embroidery. The backing cloth is a very soft and supple badge cloth.

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#5356

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General der Infanterie Insignia Set

A set of insignia for a Heer General der Infanterie which includes a matching set of shoulderboards and a matching set of collar tabs. Shoulderboards are constructed of the matte gold bullion cords with inner aluminum soutache cord with two large silver frosted pips centered on the boards and are of the sew-in variety. The collar tabs are hand embroidered in fine gold bullion wire over a red badge cloth in what most would consider a textbook example. Both pieces have been removed from a uniform and show evidence of wear but are in excellent condition.

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#5357

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Generalfeldmarschall Shoulderboard

A single shoulderboard, for the right shoulder of a Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer. The shoulderboard is constructed of brite gold bullion outer cords with an inner aluminum mesh cord sewn to an underlay of bright red badge cloth. It is a sew-in example in which the tongue has been removed. A pair of silver frosted crossed field marshal batons of the first pattern (utilized from 1936 – 1940) are centered on the board. In very good overall condition showing some age and toning to the cords, with some frosting worn off the batons. Rare example.

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#5177

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Heer Generals Shoulderboards

A very nice, early pair of rank insignia shoulderboards for a Generalmajor in the Heer (Army). Boards are the very early style dark gold bullion with silver inner cords with the non-visible red backing, which dates them before 1935, though they continued to be utilized by many of the senior Generals throughout the war and upgraded with pips as promoted. There are small tabs at the ends for insertion and sewing into the shoulder seam.

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#5051

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Deputy Gauleiter Collar Tab

A very rare, single rank collar tab for a Stellvertretender Gauleiter, or Deputy Gauleiter. The tab is the early 1936 pattern and is hand embroidered in a gold wire over a red velvet backing, with red rayon edge piping. Excellent, unissued condition with no issues.

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#5032

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SS Obergruppenfuhrer Collar Tab

A single collar tab for the right side tunic of an SS General officer in the rank of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer / General der Waffen SS. Tab shows extensive amount of wear and has been tunic removed. Unterlagen shows through on oakleaves and bullion is almost completely gone from pips with only the cardboard unterlagen showing and the base box bullion threads with bits of bullion still attached. Originally a screw post tab in which posts were filed off to sew on tunic. Bits of field gray thread remain on backside, and the velvet nap is worn down.

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#4303

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Luftwaffe General Officer Insignia Grouping

A grouping of late war, celleon embroidered insignia for a General Officer in the Luftwaffe. Grouping consists of a breast eagle, visor cap eagle and visor wreath, all still retaining the control tags and sequentially numbered, in absolute mint condition. All insignia is embroidered in a very fine celleon thread. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)

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#4133

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Reichsleiter of Party Courts

Single collar insignia for a Reichsleiter of the Party Courts. Gold bullion wreath with an inset of a party eagle embroidered in silver over a dark blue velvet backing. Tab is edged in gold twist bullion piping.

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#4299

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Retired Reichsleiter of Party Courts

Retired party courts reichsleiter, blue velvet backing with a blue edge piping indicating a retired status. There is some question as to whether these tabs were ever officially issued.

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#4295

Heer General’s Panzer Wrap Uniform

A full uniform for a Generalmajor in the armored units, or Panzer service, consisting of a wrap around field jacket and field trousers. Both jacket and trousers are private purchase, tailor-made from a fine, black doeskin wool with very high quality detail in construction throughout. The wrap (jacket) has gold bullion cord piping around the collar (General officer wraps have also been observed with pink or red piping and with no piping). General officer collar tabs and shoulderboards are in gold wire and bullion with an even age and tone. The breast eagle is rendered in gold celleon with black highlights, over a black backing. There are many loops on the right breast for awards and a ribbon bar. The left breast has loops for a German Cross. Field trousers are of standard design for armoured service with tapered legs and tie ribbons at the bottom edge. Red lampassen (broad General officer stripes) are tailored into the pants, providing a stunning display. Both the tunic and trousers have evidence of name tags that were removed, but there is no knowledge as to the name of the General officer. Additional, extensive detail photographs of the interior of the wrap and trousers are available to those with serious interest.

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#4304

Heer General’s named Tunic and Overcoat

A nice, named uniform grouping belonging to Knights Cross recipient General der Infanterie Friedrich Fangohr. Grouping consists of a waffenrock period altered to an old style service tunic, with the addition of patch breast pockets, slanted side pockets and French cuffs. Tunic has Generalmajor rank insignia, consisting of celleon shoulderboards and bullion breast eagle and collar tabs. Fastener hooks were added under the collar for attachment of the Knights Cross. The overcoat was tailored for Fangohr in December of 1943 when he was a Generalmajor and Generaloberst Hermann Hoth’s Chief of Staff of the 4^th Panzer Army. The coat retains the tailor name tag and Generalleutnant shoulderboards (Fangohr was later promoted to General der Infanterie in 1945). This grouping comes with a folder of research obtained from the German archives by the veteran’s family the uniform was sourced from. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)

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#4415

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Kriegsmarine Konteradmiral’s Greatcoat

Full length, dark blue-black cloth greatcoat for a Konteradmiral in the Kriegsmarine. The coat is constructed from beautiful, heavy doeskin wool and has the contrasting, bright cornflower blue lapels indicative of Admiral officer rank. A pair of Admiral shoulderboards are sewn-in to both shoulders and are constructed of gold bullion cord with inner silver aluminum soutache braid. All of the gold Kriegsmarine buttons are present, including the shoulderboard buttons. The coat is in excellent to near-mint condition with the only possible flaw being a liquid spill near the inside breast pocket (which can easily be cleaned). The coat was produced by the Paris tailoring firm of “Thorn” and is made of the finest quality material, both inside and out. This is one of the nicer quality Admiral’s greatcoats that I have come across in years of collecting.

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#4570

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Heer Generalmajor Greatcoat

Tailor-made, heavy, doeskin wool greatcoat for a Generalmajor in the Heer. Coat is of regulation style with six buttons on each panel, slanted side pockets, French cuffs and bright red lapel facings indicative of General officer rank. The Gold, pebbled General officer buttons are all matching maker marked and show even wear and age. Shoulderboards are later war, celleon gold cord with inner aluminum soutache braid and for the rank of Generalmajor, with sew-in attachment gold buttons. Overall condition is very good, showing just moderate wear. There are a few moth nips to the red lapel facings and body of the coat. The interior is an olive colored artificial silk and has a tailor label to “Melchior” of Kassel. There is no name tag in either of the inside pockets or lining. Overall, a very nice coat showing even, consistent wear.

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#4571

Heer General Officer Breeches

Very early, 1934 tailor-made General officer riding breeches by the famous German tailor firm, Holters. Breeches are stone gray, tricot fabric with light grey leather reinforcement around the front knee area. Ankle closure consists of a vertical double eyelet lace-up and a horizontal three button closure. The broad, red General Officer side stripe adornments (lampassen) trim the side of each leg and are tailored around the side slash pocket openings. The cloth exterior of the breeches are in average to good condition, with minor nips and snags and one 2.5cm hole in the back of the right leg. The leather reinforcement shows some soiling and age, but the leather itself is still very nice and supple. The breeches are named on the Holters tailor tag. Overall, a very early pre-war set of General’s riding breeches showing some honest wear and age.

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#4114

Reichsfuhrer SS Collar Tab

A single, right collar tab for the rank of Reichsfuhrer SS, which was held from 1929 - 1945 by Heinrich Himmler. Extremely rare original rank insignia for the head of the SS. This tab comes with a solid history of ownership and has been featured in one of the reference books on German War Booty (hardbound version). This example no longer retains the glass or brass bead acorn highlights.

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#4216

Luftwaffe Generaloberst Collar Tab

A single collar tab rank insignia for the Luftwaffe rank of Generaloberst, the highest Generals rank, just below Generalfeldmarschall. The eagle and wreath are embroidered in very tight, gold wire and bullion thread which has taken on a nice, dark tone from age. The tab at some point was de-nazified and had the swastika picked off, though still retains the base image. Maker marked on the back and an excellent, original example of an extremely rare and hard to find rank.

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#4221

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Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Goring’s shoulder board

A single Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall rank shoulder board, captured during the war from amongst Goring’s possessions in his Paris apartment by U.S. General Hoyt Vandenberg. The board is a regulation Luftwaffe GFM shoulderboard constructed of three gold bullion cords, with a pair of silver, crossed batons in the Luftwaffe pattern. Comes with provenance from the Vandenberg family. Hermann Goring was the first Generalfeldmarschall in the Luftwaffe and held this position from 1938 – 1940, at which time he was promoted to Reichsmarschall.

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#4111

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Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring collar tabs

A matched pair of collar tabs for the highest rank in World War II: Reichsmarschall of the German Reich, a rank held by one man, Hermann Goring. These are the highest quality of embroidery you will ever find on any rank tab of the period and are textbook Goring examples. Gold embroidered crossed Reichsmarschall batons are intricately detailed and overlay a textured brocade backing interlaced with silver threading. The batons are surrounded by a laurel wreath and then also piped in gold around the edge of the tab. Excellent condition and absolutely stunning quality.

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#4417

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Heer General der Infanterie, etc., shoulderboards

A pair of worn, sew-in style shoulderboards for a full General (General der Infanterie, General der Panzertruppe, etc.) in the Heer. Nicely aged celleon gold cords surround inner center cording of aluminum soutache. Two large, General officer size pips are mounted to each board. Pips at the base are of a different manufacture than pips at the shoulder loop, indicating promotional upgrade from Generalleutnant. Boards have a nice “arch” showing evidence of wear.

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#4418

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Heer Generalleutnant shoulderboards

A pair of earlier style gold bullion shoulderboards with single, large General officer style rank pips at the base of each board. The boards are slip-on style and show evidence of wear with the gold bullion being slightly brighter around the button loop area and a nice age patina to all of the cording and the pips.

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#4419

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Heer General Officer collar tabs

A pair of collar tabs for General officers in the German army (Heer). The base Larisch pattern is tightly embroidered in gold celleon with inner highlights being done in gold bullion thread, achieving a very nice two-tone effect, making for a stunning pair of tabs. The backening stiffeners appear to have been removed (a somewhat common practice so that the tabs would not make the collars stiff and rigid during wear).

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#4132

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SA-Stabschef Viktor Lutze Collar Tab and Grouping

Collar tab attributed to Viktor Lutze, as SA Stabschef. Very finely embroidered in gold wire over a red badge cloth, with gold edge piping. This design imitates the Reichsfuhrer SS collar tab. This unique piece came out of the Campion collection many years ago.

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No Longer Available

#4126

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Organization Todt General’s collar tabs

This pair of tabs is un-issued and still tied together by a string. They reflect the General Officer rank of Einsatzgruppenleiter II, from Organization Todt. Mint condition.

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#4125

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NSKK Korpsfuhrer Shoulderboard and Collar Tab

Extremely rare rank insignia grouping for an NSKK Korpsfuhrer, which includes a single collar tab and a single shoulderboard. The device used on the shoulderboard is the same oakleaf cluster as used by Heinrich Himmler on his shoulderboard as Reichsfuhrer SS.

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#4286

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Heer General’s Breast Eagle

National emblem for wear on the breast of tunics by General Officers in the Heer (army). Standard gold bullion thread construction over a dark green backing. Bullion is intact and shows quite a bit of age darkening. The gold wire used for swastika and wreath is a little brighter, but overall shows a nice even tone. Some moth nipping to the green backing. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)

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#4129

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Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Goring Breast Eagle and Visor Eagle

General officer eagles for the breast and visor that are believed to have belonged to Hermann Goring during his time as Generalfeldmarschall, as they were sourced with other Goring items. Both eagles are gold bullion embroidered over a very light gray backing. These are pre-Reichsmarschall style and more similar in design to standard Luftwaffe General Officer national eagles.

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#4223

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Heer Generalfeldmarschall collar tabs

Pair of matching collar tabs for a Heer (Army) Generalfeldmarschall. Tabs are a variant pattern, not yet documented in period photographs by the author, but match period construction and materials. Variation is in the prongs surrounding the leave. Very nice, tight gold wire embroidery showing much age toning to the gold. Tabs are un-issued and show no signs of having been on a uniform.

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#4192

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Heer Generalfeldmarschall’s Formal Baton

Nicely made replica of a Heer (army) field marshals formal baton, named to GFM Model. Does not have a case.

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#4315

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Heer General Officer collar tabs

A pair of collar tabs for General officers in the German army (Heer). Tabs are constructed of tightly woven, gold celleon thread over a base of very fine, bright red badge cloth. There are slight variances in the embroidery, as is typical with hand embroidered insignia, so these are not an exact match. The backing reinforcement material is also different, but the tabs are obviously produced by the same manufacturer as all other features are identical. Near mint condition and have not been on a uniform.

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#4283

Oberlandforestmeister (State Forestry Service General) Collar Tab

A single collar tab rank insignia for the individual who was the head of the State Forestry Service, equivalent to a Generalmajor rank. This was the highest rank that could be obtained in the Forestry Service, a very rare piece. Constructed of aged gold bullion wire over a dark green badge cloth for state service, and surrounded by gold bullion piping. In very good condition, with no visible major flaws, just showing nice age and toning.

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#4284

Luftwaffe Generalmajor Collar Tabs

A matched pair of collar insignia for a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe. Tightly embroidered gold bullion wreath over a very fine white backing that has heavily aged and toned from storage. A single gold embroidered bird in the center of the wreath indicates the rank of Generalmajor. Fine, gold cord piping surrounds the edge of the tabs. Nicely constructed, textbook original pair of tabs showing quite a bit of age, which is reflected in the price.

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#4218

Imperial Prussian Generalleutnant shoulder boards

Imperial era shoulderboards for a Prussian Generalleutnant, constructed in surrounding gold bullion cords with a silver inner cord with black darts, indicating an officer from Prussia. The boards have a bright, orange-red underlay that is sewn directly to the underside of the cords and are in excellent condition, exhibiting a slight curvature from having been on a uniform.

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#4140

Luftwaffe General’s Visor Cap Eagle

Excellent condition gold bullion embroidered visor cap eagle for a General in the Luftwaffe. Unissued eagle with all backing intact, nicely aged and toned bullion with a bit of verdigre.

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#4205

Heer Generals Visor Cap

Later war Erel Privat Heer Generals visor cap featuring celleon piping & chin cord, and gilt metal insignia. Cap is in excellent to near mint condition, with a very fine doeskin nap and almost no visible flaws. Beautiful example of a very desirable hat.

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#4296

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Heer General’s Black Panzer Field Cap

Standard 1938 pattern officers field cap, piped in gold for a General officer. Cap is a high quality tricot fabric, with gold mesh wire piping around the front scallop and encircling the crown. Gold lace soutache piping is stitched to the facing above a bullion rosette with the rare gold surround piping on black. Cap eagle is the 1943 gold bullion eagle for General officers. Interior of cap is grey cotton, showing minor wear and a few stains to the edge. Very rare piece of General Officer headgear. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)

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#5215

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Heer General Officer Visor Pre-1942

This is one of the nicest early Generals visors I’ve ever handled in all my years of collecting…an incredible piece in-hand! Very high quality, soft doeskin cap body in a light field grey with nicely toned bullion piping and chincords. Crisp, silver bullion eagle and wreath are all original to the cap. The exterior is mint, with just some age tone. The interior is in very good condition, with some wear and age to the brittle sweatband and a couple of holes in the lining. Maker marked to a small, private purchase cap manufacturer. Acquisition history going back to the 70’s is available.

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#5186

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Heer General Officer Visor Pre-1942

Nicely age toned General Officer visor cap with Pre-1942 regulation silver insignia. Cap body is a fine doeskin wool with no issues and a tall front peak. Cap is piped in nicely age toned gold bullion with a matching gold bullion chin cord. The insignia is a matched set showing beautiful age and tone to the silver wash. The interior shows a moderate amount of wear and sweat staining to the sweatband, but no major damage. The celluloid sweatshield is intact and maker marked to the tailor “Richard Kohlberg” of Hannover. Great cap with a nice, tall peak and even age toning to the gold and silver!

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#4781

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Heer General Officer Visor Pre-1942

Erel “Privat” General officers visor cap, featured in the book “The Collectors Guide to Cloth Third Reich Military Headgear” by Gary Wilkins. Cap body is made from a very fine, high quality doeskin wool and is in excellent condition, excellent for a single moth nip near the piping. Crown and cap band piping is in gold celleon web. Wreath, cockade and national emblem are in aluminum. There is no chincord, and no evidence of one ever being attached. Interior of cap is the mint green lining of a Privat and is extremely clean. The sweatband has some illegible markings, the source of which is unknown. Tissue paper is still stuffed between the sweatband and the lining. (This is a relisting as it is back on trade).

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#5136

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Heer General’s Tunic & Breeches

Complete uniform tunic and breeches for a Generalleutnant in the Heer. Tunic is old style 8 button front with slanted side pockets. It was period upgraded from field grade to General officer rank and had red piping expertly added down the front panel as well as a field grey rayon collar. The insignia is all bullion and matching in age and wear. The single large, Generals size pip has unfortunately been painted gold (likely post-war collector or veteran addition) and the insignia also has touch ups, which is why the price is lower than market. There are three loops for a ribbon bar above the left breast pocket, as well as loops and a screwback hole on the breast pocket for several combat awards. The breeches have also been upgraded with the addition of the General’s lampassen (broad red stripes) and have the remains of the tailor tag/owners name tag which shows a date of 1937. Both the tunic and breeches are a larger, portly size, the tunic having a large waist, neck with short arms. The breeches are approximately a size 36 U.S. in the waist and show a few snags and abrasions around the crotch area from wear. The lower eyelets where the pants tuck into the boots have some rust, but the exposed eyelets still have all the enamel paint intact. Nice, early original uniform. Contact for additional information.

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#4346

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Soviet Artillery General’s Uniform and Visor

WWII era Soviet General’s M43 uniform tunic, long pants and visor cap, to a Major General in the Artillery service. This uniform came out of the former Soviet Union in the early 90’s after the wall came down and has been featured in the Schiffer Publications book “Soviet Military Uniforms from 1917 – 1945”. All pieces are in very good condition showing minor wear and age but no damage. Tunic exhibits holes in breast area where various pinback awards were removed.

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#4301

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Heer Adminstrative General’s collar tabs

Pair of matching collar tabs for a Heer (Army) General serving in the Administrative branches, which is indicated by the green backing and red edge piping. Tabs are of textbook design and constructed of fine gold wire embroidery.

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#4313

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Rommel Signed Document

Original Rommel signed awards list for the War Merit Cross with Swords, from May of 1942 when he was Generaloberst and commander of the Afrika Korps. Very nice, pristine condition with the typical, bold Rommel signature in pencil. Very good condition.

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#4189

SS Police Oberfuhrer Uniform

A full uniform (tunic and pants) for the rank of Oberfuhrer (senior colonel) in the SS Polizei division. This was a unique rank to the SS that was between Colonel and General, yet entitled the officer many of the privileges of a General officer. What makes this uniform incredibly rare is the SS style collar Oberfuhrer collar tabs on police-green backing. This was instituted in February of 1942 but rarely worn as most officers in the police who belonged to the SS preferred the black backed SS officer tabs, rather than the green backing. Both tunic and breeches have matching name tags and police stampings, but the officers name has been scratched off the tags. Complete with officers bandeleir, leather cartouche and officers aguilette. Very rare and in excellent condition. (click on photos for additional/larger images)

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#4203

U.S. Army Major General Haffner Grouping

WWII vintage grouping belonging to Major General Charles Haffner, commander of the 103^rd Infantry “Cactus” Division. Grouping includes: the very rare 1927 style General officers short overcoat with European Theater Operations Headquarters patch, Major General’s stars on shoulder straps and General’s stripes on sleeves; Haffner’s combat helmet with 2 silver stars soldered on front of helmet; Major General vehicle plate with the large, WW2 vintage silver stars; a period photograph of General Haffner in the field. Haffner was commander of the 103^rd from November of 1942 until January of 1945, at which time the division was taken over by Major General Anthony McAuliffe, famous for telling the German’s “Nuts” to their surrender request while commanding the 101^st Airborne. The coat is in very good to excellent condition with no mothing and just a few minor abrasions.

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#4187

Heer Generalarzt Dr. Barnewitz Uniform

Very nice piped service tunic and long pants belonging to Dr. Hans-Joachim Barnewitz, who was the Chief Medical officer of the Afrika Korps and served on Rommel’s staff. Tailor made tunic is dated from 1938, when Barnewitz was an Oberfeldarzt (Lt. Colonel) and has been upgraded several times as he was promoted, including the later addition of red piping and General Officer insignia (brocade belt and hanger not included). All insignia is in bullion and nicely matching in age and tone. Long pants with lampassen are included. Brocade belt and dagger hanger are NOT included. Please contact for further details or photos.

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#4320

West German Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Generalleutnant’s Uniform Tunic and Visor

Unique gray blue uniform for a Generalleutnant in the early Luftwaffe of the Bundeswehr in post war Germany. Nicely tailored four button open collar tunic with side slant pockets and gold buttons. All bullion collar tabs and breast eagle. Shoulderboards are piped in red badge cloth with an inner gold bullion twist cord which shows even toning due to age, with gold metal pips and wreath. Nice assortment of WWII awards on the attached medal bar and a gold bullion aguilette. Grouping includes a beautiful visor cap with very nicely embroidered all bullion insignia showing very even age and tone. Both cap and tunic are in excellent condition.

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#4123

SS Police General’s Brigadefuhrer Collar Tab

A single collar tab for the right collar belonging to an SS-Brigadefuhrer (Generalmajor) of the 1942 SS style General officer pattern, on a green police underlay.

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#4166

Generalfeldmarschall Milch’s Spange to the Iron Cross 1^st Class

Rare opportunity to acquire an award to a field marshal. This spange to the EK1 is attributed to Luftwaffe GFM Erhard Milch and is part of the Milch estate that was dissolved in 2001. Comes with a period case (not original to the award) and many pages of provenance (please see photographs). Spange is the early version with the very rare concave ends on the number box.

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#4186

U.S. General of the Army Insignia

Pair of post WW2 era rank insignia for the highest rank in the U.S. Army: General of the Army. Insignia consists of a pair of pin-on shoulder star clusters, a pair of eagle crests (maker marked) and a small pair of star clusters for the collar (maker marked silver).

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#4115

Luftwaffe General of Engineers collar tabs

Pair of collar tabs for the rare rank of Leitender Flieger Chefingenieur, which was the highest General Officer rank of the Luftwaffe Corps of Engineers. Gold bullion embroidered wreath surrounding a three bladed propeller, over a pink underlay with gold piping edging the tabs.

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#4134

SS Gruppenfuhrer Collar Tab, pre-1942 Pattern

A single collar tab for the SS General officer rank of Gruppenfuhrer in the first pattern, which was utilized from 1929 until April of 1942. Tab has an “F” marked RZM tag on the back.

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#4130

National Railway General’s Collar Tab

Single collar tab for a Railway General in the Pay Group 5 and above category.

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#4135

Replica Generalfeldmarschall Formal Baton

An excellent reproduction of a Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall formal baton, complete with blue leather case. Baton and case are both named to GFM Albert Kesselring. Highly detailed and jeweler made.

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#4014

Kriegsmarine Konteradmiral Shoulderboard

A single shoulderboard for the Kriegsmarine Admiral officer rank of Konteradmiral. Standard gold bullion and silver Admiral/General shoulderboard construction over a dark blue backing with screwpost Naval shoulderboard button attachment.

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#4072

Generalfeldmarschall von Reichenau Uniform

Officers field tunic and breeches attributed to GFM Walter von Reichenau. Tunic has a Munich tailors label and is dated 1939 and named to General Reichenau. It was later upgraded with insignia to reflect his rank of Generalfeldmarschall and has post ’41 pattern shoulderboards and collartabs, both in gold bullion. Breeches are stone gray with red Generals lampassen and ties at the ankles. They do not have a name tag, but the lining material is the same as used in the tunic. Shoulderboards are in three cord gold braid with Heer style silver batons of the April ’41 pattern. Collar tabs are the three pronged GFM versions in two tone gold bullion. Breast eagle is in gold bullion with green thread highlights. Independent appraisal accompanies uniform. There is a brief bio and photo of Reichenau in the Heer GFM Bio page.

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#4073

Afrika Korps/Tropical Uniform for a Generalmajor

Absolutely stunning Holters tailored open collar tropical tunic and long pants in dark olive for a Generalmajor serving in the tropics. Tunic has a tailor tag, but the name has been carefully cut out. Pants show evidence of where the tag has been removed. Insignia (shoulderboards and collartabs) are all celleon and textbook, the breast eagle is one of the most beautiful I have ever encountered being rendered in two tone gold wire and bullion over a tropical olive backing. Long pants have red General’s lampassen. Included with the uniform is a M-43 Generals cap, in a different shade of green, with celleon piping and a celleon cap eagle. The silver bullion cockade has thin gold piping surrounding it at the base. Very rare and impressive uniform with all matching textbook insignia.

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#4097

Luftwaffe General der Flieger Kleiner Rock Uniform, named to Pour le Merite recipient

Beautiful formal Luft General’s Kleiner Rock and long pants named to General der Flieger Friderich Christiansen, a Pour le Merite recipient of WWI. Doeskin wool tunic with wide, white General’s lapel facings, white cuff and panel piping down the front and gold twist piping around the collar. The interior is lined in blue gray artificial silk with both tailor label and name tag. Long pants have Generals white lampassen piping down the side seams. Insignia is all gold bullion and appears nicely matched in age and tone. General’s Kleiner Rock tunics are extremely rare to find and among the more elegant formal uniforms of the era.

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#4050

Reichsfuhrer SS Collar Tab

A single collar tab for the rank of Reichsfuhrer SS, which was held from 1929 - 1945 by Heinrich Himmler. The tab is for the right collar and is very tightly embroidered in aluminum wire on a fine, black velvet backing. Only five of the brass bead highlights remain on the laurel wreath, but otherwise this example is in excellent condition. There are tiny punch holes in the upper left and lower right corners indicating that this was most likely a display piece. Extremely rare original rank insignia for the head of the SS.

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#4006

Waffen SS General Sepp Dietrich’s Leather Coat

Leather overcoat and shoulderboards attributed to well known Waffen SS General Sepp Dietrich. Shoulderboards are of the Oberstgruppenfuhrer rank (three frosted rank pips) in gold bullion and silver cording and are of the slip-on variety (they have been removed from the coat due to fragility of the underlay fabric). Non-regulation gold General officer screwpost buttons for shoulderboard attachment, all others are regulation silver, as was correct for the SS. Dietrich of course, ‘personalized’ his uniforms incorporating some Heer traditions by utilizing gold to indicate General rank as per the army (Heer) style, instead of the silver regulated by the Waffen SS. There is a dagger hanger also present inside the pocket flap. Overcoat exterior, sleeve lining and inner lining all show much wear and field use. Coat and separate inside liner both are maker marked. Comes with several pages of provenance from the veteran who captured this from Dietrich’s home (only one sample page is shown). Many period photos exist of Dietrich wearing this very coat. Excellent opportunity to own a very rare piece of history attributed to a charismatic and highly respected General officer of World War Two (Sepp Dietrich was commander of the Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler, which was Hitlers honorary SS bodyguard.

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#4007

Heer Generalmajor Panzer Uniform

Privately tailored black panzer wrapper and pants for a General in the panzer troops. Insignia is in all matching celleon, boards are sewn-in with screw post buttons. Collar is piped in panzer pink. Wrap and pants are made in high quality black tricot fabric and lined in black artificial silk. Pants have General’s red lampassen (broad red stripes) and ties at the bottom of each leg. Loops for many awards incuding breast award for DKiG or Spanish Cross. Un-named, but could probably be researched as based on pants size this was a very tall General. This uniform has some good provenance as well and has only been in the hands of a few collectors.

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#4009

Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall Shoulderboards

Pair of shoulderboards attributed to Luftwaffe GFM Erhard Milch. Boards are the larger, overcoat size variety with all three cords in brite gold bullion over a white underlay. Batons are the larger, oversized variety and are silver cast. In many period photos and official portraits it can be seen that Milch wore these larger boards and batons on his tunics. These examples are one of many items that came out of GFM Milch’s estate several years ago. For more info on Luft GFM boards and GFM Milch visit the Luft GFM page.

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#4013

Pre-Imperial Era General’s Shoulderboards

Massive pair of Generalmajor shoulderboards, 6” long by 2 ¾” wide believed to date back to the late 1800’s. Gold bullion cords surrounding an inner silver cord over a dark green underlay. Boards are the slip-on variety.

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#1051

Luftwaffe General’s Dagger Hangers

Extremely rare Luft General’s Deluxe dagger hangers. Gold finish shows very light wear with a beautiful, aged gilt finish. RZM marked with “UE 10” & “DRGM”. Fabric straps in very good to excellent condition on front with light wear to the velvet backing.

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#4004

Soviet General’s full uniform and visor

M-43 style Colonel General’s full uniform, has correct WW2 General’s period buttons all same maker with correct number of republics for pre-1945. This is one of the first high ranking full uniforms of WW2 vintage to come out of Russia with the break up of the Soviet Union. Fully complete with tunic, piped long pants and visor. Visor has light colored band for General of Rifles. Tunic exhibits many embroidered holes for awards including Hero of Soviet Union. Tunic also has special collar liner stitched in to resemble a white shirt underneath. This uniform was featured in Schiffer’s book “Soviet Uniforms 1917-1945”.

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# 1028

British General’s Tunic, Monty’s MA

Named, Brigadier General’s khaki service tunic, 8^th army WW2 vet and holder of the Distinguished Service Order and Order of the British Empire. Beautiful light gabardine General’s tunic named and dated to 1961. This tunic is in excellent condition and very clean. Two very small (pencil point size) holes on the front (one above ribbon bar, one by lower front pocket) Tunic belonged to Brig. Sir Brian Wyldbore Smith, Field Marshal Montgomery’s MA in WW2. Among his other accomplishments he was Chief of Staff in the Far East and worked closely with Margaret Thatcher as a fund raiser for the conservative party. Smith also wrote a book that was published recently called “March Past”, which was a biography of his military history in WW2.

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#1046

German Heer General der Infanterie tunic, named

Tunic, pants and visor cap. Tunic is named to a Pour Le Merite, Knights Cross and German Cross In Gold recipient Kuno-Hans von Both. It is made from the finest doeskin I’ve seen. Boards and tabs are bullion and exhibit matching age, breast eagle is celleon. All buttons are maker mark matched, no flaws whatsoever on the exterior. There is a minor stain inside on the interior back panel. Pants have matching tailor label though do not have owners name tag and are made from heavy, top grade gabardine. This was a Russian front General and the whole uniform is made of very heavy weight wool. Just an absolute beautiful, stunning piece. The Generals visor did not come with the uniform but is being sold with this as a set. It is an Erel with proper venting on the inside and outside cockade, constructed from fine doeskin. The medals shown on the tunic are not included, but available for separate sale. The ribbon bar is a modern made copy using original materials.

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#1047

German Luftwaffe Generalmajor Uniform and Visor

Extremely rare General’s Fliegerbluse (Flyers Blouse) tunic, pants and visor cap. Tunic has initials inside, but no name. Research, based on initials shows three Luftwaffe Generals during WW2 with these initials. Based on my research, the tunic size and award loops, it may have belonged to a well known Paratroop General. Tunic is a very finely made lighter weight gabardine in excellent condition with the exception of a few very small holes (about pencil point size) that can only be seen upon very close inspection. Tunic is of typical fliegerbluse cut and has a dagger hanger loop in the left pocket. Boards and tabs are both bullion, breast eagle is celleon. Gold bullion piping surrounds the collar, but is smaller than regulation. Pants are a heavier weight gabardine showing some use and minor field repairs. White Lampassen are still nice and bright and free from staining. Visor may be of government stock, in lesser grade gabardine with no maker mark. Bullion insignia shows much age, toning and some mold in places. Entire uniform is more of a field quality rather than service dress and all pieces match very well to each other. Medals, belt and holster are not included in sale but may be purchased separately with uniform.

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#1053

U.S. Navy Admirals visor cap

Beautiful bullion embroidered visor bill and eagle/crest. Very hard to find this combination as it is a pre-war hat (with the eagle facing to the right). The inside of the cap has “STONE” written on the sweatband. Admiral Everett Stone was the Executive Officer aboard the U.S.S. California during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Stone was also the first Captain of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin. Excellent hat and a nice piece of history.

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#4002

Heer Generalfeldmarschall collar tabs

A pair of 1941 pattern elongated collar tabs for a Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer. Two tone gold wire embroidery over bright red badge cloth. Left side tab shows some wear and possible repair to the badge cloth. Right side is in very good condition. Back of tabs show the initials “WvB” handwritten on each one. Extremely rare and hard to find these days.

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#1064

Polizei Generalmajor’s Shoulderboards

Matching pair of boards for the rank of Generalmajor/SS-Brigadefuhrer. Constructed of celleon gold cords and aluminum inner cords over a police green underlay. Boards are of the sew-in variety and appear to have been un-issued. Back side of boards show some moth damage to the underlay, in places the shiny cardboard underlay is visible. This is an extremely rare set of boards.

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#1061

Luftwaffe General’s Breast Eagle

Beautifully embroidered, high quality breast eagle for a General in the Luftwaffe. Multi-tone gold bullion embroidery with yellow yarn highlights over a blue-gray backing. Un-issued.

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#1062

Luftwaffe General’s Cap Eagle

Excellent, tightly woven high quality cap eagle for General officer rank in the Luftwaffe. Two-tone gold bullion embroidery with gold wire highlights over a blue-gray backing. Un-issued.

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#1063

Heer General’s Breast Eagle

Another un-issued example of General officer insignia, this one for the army. Nice mix of high quality bullion embroidery with gold wire highlights over a field gray backing.

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#1050

Heer Army General’s Dagger Hangers

Excellent condition, very rare Army General’s gold finished Deluxe dagger hangers. Nice, even gold finish with darkened patina. Fabric straps are also in excellent condition front and back. Box clip at top

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#3127

Heer Generalfeldmarschall shoulderboards

1^st pattern 1938-1940 pair of matching shoulderboards for a Generalfeldmarschall in the German Army. Batons are stamped of flat stock silver in the first pattern and also have a silver frosting applied. Shoulderboards are the earlier style gold bullion with silver inner cord and are of the very rare five loop variant. These are a larger set of boards and were probably used on a greatcoat or leathercoat and do show some slight arching and bending from wear. Boards are the slip-on variety and also show wear from button attachment. There is a very even ageing to both the boards and batons. An excellent, original set of GFM boards.

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#1027

Heer Generalfeldmarschall shoulderboards

These have gone back in the collection, but pictures will remain up for those who want reference. Matching pair of slip-on shoulderboards for an early Generalfeldmarschall in the Army (Heer). This is the 1^st pattern of crossed batons which exhibit a design going back into the 1800’s. This pattern was officially worn from 1938 up until 1940 when they were replaced by a more detailed design reflective of the Nazi era. (For more detail on the baton patterns and dates, see Army GFM Insignia). The shoulderboards are of the Reichsheer pattern with the non-visible red underlay. Nicely aged and toned early gold bullion and silver cords with the silver darkening towards the end of the boards. Batons are in excellent condition and still show a nice, silver even appearance. Werner von Blomberg was the only Generalfeldmarschall from 1930 to 1940 though this pattern was also utilized by a few of the later promoted field marshal’s. GFM von Leeb in particular seemed to favor this pattern, perhaps due to his dislike of the Nazi party. It is unknown who this pair may have belonged to.

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#1060

General Officer Shoulderboard Buttons

Have a few of these available in sets of two by different makers, condition varies. Also have a few un-issued cards of 12. Occasionally have other General officer buttons in different sizes and makers as I pick up good ones whenever I see them, please contact me if you’re looking for something specific.

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#1029

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Shoulder Stars

WWI/WWII early style silver frosted three star Generals’ insignia set for the shoulder straps. Nice, big set really display well on a period tunic or coat. No maker markings. Pin on.

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#1030

U.S. Army Brigadier General Shoulder Stars

WWI/WWII early style silver, age toned one star Generals’ insignia set for the shoulder straps. Another nice, big set that will look nice on an aged tunic or display with other similarly aged brass and ribbons. No maker markings. Pin on.

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#4606	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Heer General Officer Visor Pre-1942 Highly desirable, top of the line Erel “Privat” General officers visor cap. Cap body is made from a very fine, high quality doeskin wool and is in absolutely mint condition. Piping is in a nice, bright gold celleon which contrasts well with the aged gold bullion chincord. Wreath and cockade are hand embroidered silver bullion, national emblem is aluminum. Interior of cap is the typical mint green lining of a Privat and is extremely clean. The only issue is a cracked fracture in the sweatband at the forehead. Tissue paper is still stuffed between the sweatband and the lining and the sweatband is brittle (as a result, no under-the-hood shots).	SOLD
#4596	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Heer General Officer Visor Pre-1942 Very nice Erel “Extra” General officer’s visor adorned with the early, pre-1942 silver officers insignia. Cap exterior is near perfect showing just the tiniest bit of wear to the fine wool. Bullion gold piping and chin cord exhibit even ageing. Insignia consists of a metal, silver frosted national eagle with a very nice age to the frosting and a silver bullion hand embroidered wreath. Interior shows even, honest wear throughout with no major issues. If you’re looking for a pre-42 Generals, this one is a beauty.	SOLD
#4598	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Heer General Officer M43 Visored Field Cap Stunning General officer M-43 visored field cap showing a beautiful and very rare flatwire gold eagle sewn to the crown. Cap body is made from a very fine wool as you would expect to see on a General’s field cap and is free of any damage. The gold eagle is accompanied by a national colors cockade surrounded by gold piping unique to General officers. Interior has no maker marks and is lined in a light brown cotton with a soft leather sweatband. Two gold pebbled “Ulbricht” marked cap buttons secure the front flap.	SOLD
#4789	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Kriegsmarine Admiral’s Greatcoat Cloth greatcoat in dark blue wool with cornflower-blue open faced lapels indicating officer rank of Admiral. Coat is a private purchase piece made from a high-grade soft wool and lined in black cotton. Rank insignia consists of Admiral rank shoulderboards sewn into the shoulder seams and secured with gold buttons. Boards are very nicely age toned gold bullion with aluminum inner cords over a black/blue underlay and have two large silver pips indicating the rank of a full Admiral. Condition is very good with no damage. The cornflower-blue lapels have some small, very minor abrasions which may be moth nips but do not go all the way through the wool. Great looking display coat.	SOLD
#4569	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Heer Generalmajor Tunic Light, summer-weight tunic for a Generalmajor in the Heer. Tunic is a five button front M-35 style tailored in a very light weight, gray/green cotton twill with a green artificial silk lining. Shoulderboards are finely aged, gold bullion for the rank of Generalmajor. Breast eagle is gold bullion with gold wire and yarn highlights with a matching age and tone. Collar tabs are hand embroidered celleon with slight age to the artificial gold thread and some wear showing to the red backing cloth. The tunic has numerous award loops to both the right and left breast pockets as well as ribbon bar loops. Tailor tag is attached to the inside chest area but has faded so that the owners name is no longer visible. All original buttons are present and are maker marked to Overhoff & C. Tunic condition is excellent, with no damage, snags or repairs, only some slight soiling where the awards were attached to the award loops.	SOLD
#4206	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Luftwaffe Generalmajor Officers Greatcoat Tailor made greatcoat for a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe made of the finest grade doeskin wool and in excellent condition. Coat features the wide white, badgecloth lapels and white collar piping, indicative of a General officer in the Luftwaffe. Also unique to the Luftwaffe was the use of collar rank insignia on greatcoats, and this coat exhibits two stunning celleon collar tabs featuring a mixture of celleon with fine gold bullion highlights. Shoulderboards are a matching celleon and aluminum cord. This coat would display great with a Luft Generalmajor uniform, which is a much easier and more common rank to find. (New photos added 9/14/10).	SOLD
#4604		U.S. Major General Richard H. Carmichael Uniform This uniform belonged to Major General Richard H. Carmichael (Army Air Corps/US Air Force). General Carmichael was awarded two Distinguished Service Crosses and two Silver Stars during WWII. He is well known for successfully landing his unarmed B-17 during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. He was CO of the 19th Bomb Group and Exec Assistant to General of the Army Hap Arnold. He also flew B-29s as CO of the 462nd Bomb Group and was shot down during the first daylight raid on Japan and became a POW until the surrender on August 29, 1945. General Carmichael later became the commandant of the Air University's Air Command and Staff College. A tag on the uniform shows this uniform was donated in 1986 to a museum. Hat is not included. Links: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rhcarmichael.htm http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=4926	SOLD
#4347	(click on photo for more detailed images)	World War I French General’s Uniform WWI era French General’s dolman uniform tunic and dress trousers, named to “General Genolo” and dated 18 of February 1913. The dolman has several moth holes, evidence of wear and period repairs but is in good condition for a uniform that is nearing 100 years old! Bright red, heavy wool pants are in very good condition showing little wear and age and no major damage. I do not have any background information on General Genolo, but it would be a good research project for those who have more time and resources.	SOLD
#4317	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Italian General’s Uniform WWII era Italian General’s uniform tunic, showing the cut and quality expected of an Italian tailor (made in Venice). Tunic is gray, high quality wool with black velvet collar treatments and bright red piping around the collar and cuffs. Large brocade backed removable shoulderboards have nicely embroidered silver bullion eagle and crown detail, with a single gold embroidered star for the rank of Major General. Sleeves, however, have the bullion rank of three stripes for a full General. Tunic is in very good to excellent condition.	SOLD
#4319	(click on photo for more detailed images)	East German General’s Uniform and Visor Parade dress uniform for a full General in the East German army, circa 1980. Grouping includes four pocket, open collar tunic, Generals breeches with bright red lampassen, dress aguilette, medal bars, Soviet academy badge and brocade belt and buckle. Shoulderboards are made of five loop celleon/aluminum intertwined cording with two silver pips. Collar and cuff insignia is gold, stamped metal, highlighted by bright red piping around the collar and cuffs. Pants, breeches and hat all show minor wear and are in excellent condition. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)	SOLD
#4364	(click on photo for more detailed images)	British Generals Cap Olive field visor cap for a British General in very good condition with no visible flaws and maker marked to Herbert Johnson of London. Cap badge is Queens Crown, which would date it to 1953 at the earliest.	SOLD
#5176	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Heer Generals Collar Tab A single collar tab for General officer ranks in the Heer (Army). Tab is hand embroidered gold bullion in typical high quality style, showing much age and tone to the gold bullion and some significant wear to the red cloth backing. This tab was obviously removed from a uniform, which likely accounts for some of the damage. Even with the damage to the backing, it is an excellent textbook example of the quality of German embroidery on General officer insignia, at a great price.	SOLD
#5175	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall Baton Devices A single shoulderboard rank insignia device for a Generalfeldmarschall in the Luftwaffe. The insignia consists of a pair of crossed field marshal batons bearing the correct pattern of Balkan cross/iron cross/wehrmacht eagle that was on the ceremonial batons. The batons are made of cast aluminum and the attachment prongs have been clipped off. They are the extra large size, which is common and unique to the aluminum baton devices (silver batons, in comparison, are about 15mm smaller).	SOLD
#5159	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Luftwaffe Generalmajor Shoulderboards Very nice set of aged, gold bullion General Officer shoulderboards for a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe. Boards are constructed of gilt wire cords with aluminum inner cord over a white badgecloth backing. Gold Generals tunic buttons are included. Would go nicely with the set of Generalmajor Collar Tabs in the listing below, as the age and tone match perfectly.	SOLD
#5160	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Luftwaffe Generalmajor Collar Tabs Matching pair of aged, gold bullion General Officer collar tabs for a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe. The tabs are embroidered in fine, gilt wire and edge piped in bullion cord over a fine, white badge cloth. They are maker marked “22”, which is a common maker of Generals collar insignia. Would go nicely with the set of Generalmajor Shoulderboards in the listing above, as the age and tone match perfectly.	SOLD
#5059	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Senior Leaders Sleeve Insignia, Foreign Diplomatic Service 1938 pattern sleeve insignia for a high grade, Pay Group I official serving in the Foreign Diplomatic Service. The insignia is hand-embroidered in a silver bullion which has evenly toned to a goldish hue over the years. There are white yarn highlights around the swastika wreath and accenting the eagle wings, feathers and feet. The backing is now a faded blue, with darker blue around the edges. Very impressive piece.	SOLD
#5027	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Luftwaffe General’s Cape Eagle Large, hand embroidered gold bullion Luftwaffe eagle and swastika for use on the General officer cape. Eagle is left-facing, for use and attachment to the left side of the cape. Eagle is in excellent condition with beautiful workmanship, detail and definition utilizing the finest gold bullion and gold wire of the time. Eagle measure approximately 19.5cm wide, wingtip to wingtip backing.	SOLD
#4788	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Luftwaffe Generalmajor Collar Tabs A perfectly matched pair of collar tab insignia for a General Officer with the rank of Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe. Tabs are hand embroidered in gold celleon over white badge cloth, edged in gold bullion cord piping with gold bullion wire highlights to the single gulls indicating rank. Tabs are maker marked “22”, which is a desirable maker and one well known to advanced collectors.	SOLD
#4599	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Heer/Luftwaffe General Officer Tunic Buttons A set of 12 matching gold pebbled tunic buttons for use on General officer tunics of the Heer or Luftwaffe. Buttons appear to have been removed from a uniform as they show a light amount of wear and minor discoloration. All buttons are marked “Extra Fein” on the back, some with a minor bit of rust on the backing. These buttons would be perfect for a matching tunic restoration.	SOLD
#4582	(click on photo for more detailed images)	SS Brigadefuhrer Collar Tab Single collar tab for the left side collar of the General Officer rank SS Brigadefuhrer. Tab is the frist version, utilized from May of 1933 until April of 1942. Tightly embroidered two leaf oakleaf of the Pre-1942 version over a black, velvet backing. The oakleaf is accentuated by a single, embroidered rank pip. No tag on back. Tab is rated very good to excellent.	SOLD
#4565	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Kriegsmarine Admiral’s Vehicle Pennant Triangular vehicle pennant, or wimple, for an Admiral in the Kriegsmarine. Flag is dark blue cotton edged on all three sides by a gold brocade tress with embroidered swastikas. The national emblem is woven from a fine, golden yellow cotton thread with brown highlights. These vehicle pennants were displayed on the left front fender of the staff car when the Admiral was present in the vehicle. Very good condition with slight age darkening to the brocade.	SOLD
#4446	(click on photo for more detailed images)	German General Officer Rank Pips A pair of large General Officer sized rank pips for use on Third Reich General’s shoulderboards. Both pips are well worn and matching in age and toning and show evidence of having been removed from shoulderboards. All prongs remain intact and could easily be used again to restore pips to stripped Generalleutnant boards (or restore missing pips on higher ranks). Nice, original pieces, and extremely rare to find a loose, equally aged matching pair.	SOLD
#4185	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Marshal of the Soviet Union shoulderboards Pair of World War Two era shoulderboards for the highest military rank in the Soviet Union; Marshal of the Soviet Union. Textbook boards showing much age and toning as well as slight fraying around the button holes from uniform attachment. Only twelve men held this rank during WW 2, including Josef Stalin. (click on photos for additional/larger images)	SOLD
#4146	(click on photo for more detailed images)	SS Gruppenfuhrer Collar Tab, pre-1942 Pattern, variant Single rank collar tab for the SS General officer rank of Gruppenfuhrer in the first pattern, which was utilized from 1929 until April of 1942. This tab is a confirmed, rare variant. (click on photos for additional/larger images)	SOLD
#4217	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Imperial Wurttemberg General’s shoulder boards Imperial era shoulderboards for a General from the Wurrtemberg province, which show evidence of having previously been a Generaloberst in the range of Generalfeldmarschall. On the front and back of the boards you can see where four pips and a center placed cipher have previously been fastened to the boards, but removed. There is a nice, even age to the tops of the boards so the devices were likely removed a long time ago. Boards are gold bullion cord, with silver inner cord and darts of red and black indicating Wurttemberg. Underlay backing is a bright red and still retains the maker/retailer tag. (click on photos for additional/larger images)	SOLD
#4248	(click on photo for more detailed images)	U.S. Army Indian War era Brigadier General’s Shoulderboard Single star General’s board for a Brigadier in the Indian War era. Very good condition, with some of the gold bullion piping missing around the inner edges.	SOLD
#4311	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Rommel Signed Document Original Rommel signed awards list for the War Merit Cross with Swords, from May of 1942 when he was Generaloberst and commander of the Afrika Korps. Very nice, pristine condition with the typical, bold Rommel signature in pencil. Very good condition. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)	SOLD
#4312	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Rommel Signed Document Original Rommel signed awards list for the War Merit Cross with Swords, from May of 1942 when he was Generaloberst and commander of the Afrika Korps. Very nice, pristine condition with the typical, bold Rommel signature in pencil. Very good condition. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)	SOLD
#4314	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Rommel Signed Document Original Rommel signed awards list for the War Merit Cross with Swords, from May of 1942 when he was Generaloberst and commander of the Afrika Korps. Very nice, pristine condition with the typical, bold Rommel signature in pencil. Very good condition. (click on photo at left for additional/larger images)	SOLD
#4003	(click on photo for more detailed images)	Rommel Signed Document Original Rommel signed awards list from February 1942 when he was Generaloberst and commander of the Afrika Korps. Comes with a certificate of authority from a document appraiser. Note: I have access to authentic signed documents from all of the Third Reich Generalfeldmarschall’s. Please email me if you have one that you are specifically looking for. (click on photos for additional/larger images)	SOLD

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