D112
96.5
cm overall, with 84cm fullered blade in excellent polish; ricasso has Alcoso maker's trademark. Cast metal hilt
retains 90% dark gold painted finish, with national eagle on the obverse langet and guard, oakleaf ornamentation on
the ferrule and backstrap, and lion head pommel with red paste gem eyes. Black composition ribbed, contoured grip
has wire wrap intact. Steel scabbard retains 90% black japanned finish. Appears to have seen very little use. II+
$275
Army Officer's Lion Head Sword: Alcoso
D113
Double-edged blade in good polish has scabbard wear, but no pitting - the scabbard wear may polish out if you so
desired. Has nice strong "Alles Für Deutschland" inscription, and reverse ricasso has "AUG. MERTEN Ww. /
SOLINGEN-GR." pre-RZM maker's mark. Hilt has metal fittings with ~90% nickel finish; nice wood grips with eagle
in the center and "SA" emblem at the pommel. Has "Ns" Niedersachsen SA Group mark on the reverse crossguard.
Scabbard retains 60% brown painted finish and nickel fittings, complete with a worn but solid original SA dagger
hanger. II
$545
SA Dagger: August Merten
D114
Double-edged blade in excellent polish has just normal light scabbard wear, nice strong "Alles Für Deutschland"
inscription, and reverse ricasso has "EWALD CLEFF / SOLINGEN" pre-RZM maker's mark. Hilt has metal fittings
with ~98% nickel finish; nice wood grips with eagle in the center and "SA" emblem at the pommel. Scabbard retains
90%
brown painted finish and nickel fittings, complete with a good original SA dagger hanger. The only flaw on this
one is at the scabbard tip: one of the attachment screws is missing with a bit of pull damage on the drag fitting. II+
$625
SA Dagger: Ewald Cleff
D115
Issue field gray wool enlisted four pocket tunic with bottle green collar and gray painted pebbled buttons. The enlisted
insignia has been removed and replaced with an aluminum army officer's breast eagle on dark green wool, Aluminum
collar Litzen with rose distinctions on dark green field and 1st Lieutenant's subdued aluminum cord shoulder straps with
brass pip and rose piping. Three awards are displayed on the left breast pocket by button hole stitch bound thread
loops (made in the correct German fashion) including a 1939 1st Class Iron Cross, iron in a silver frame, "T" hinged
flat pin maker code stamped "L15" for Otto Schickle, a bronze Panzer Assault Badge, "T" hinged wire pin, no maker's
mark, and a Wound Badge in black. Awards all show moderate service wear. The tunic is half lined in gray cotton with
maker and size stamps, an earlier unit making "11./K.R. 6" and a Munich depot date mark "M38." Written in ink on
the dressing pocket is the owner's name and rank "Froelich. Olt." with other numbers and letters of unknown
significance. The garment shows expected field wear and has some period tailoring, notably to reduce the width of the
cuffs. Only a one inch long area of three moth holes on the right sleeve. Combat officers serving on the front lines
with their men customarily adopted enlisted uniform items both for concealment and to reduce expense. A rare
surviving example. II-
$1350
M36 Enlisted Combat Tunic Worn by a Panzer Grenadier Officer
D116
Field gray doeskin wool four pocket tunic with bottle green wool collar and aluminum pebbled buttons. Has red piping
around the collar and French cuffs, and down the front opening. Collar Litzen, and Major's rank shoulder boards are
aluminum bullion on red wool, the boards with the unit number "111" in brass. The breast eagle and mountain troop's
Edelweiss insignia on the right sleeve are embroidered in rich aluminum bullion on dark green wool. Complete with an
impressive 13 place ribbon bar, EK II button hole ribbon and five sets of thread loops for breast worn awards. Interior
lined in field gray rayon. Introduced in 1937, the piped field service tunic, officially called the "Geschmuckte
Feldbluse" or ornamented field blouse, was intended to fill the gap between the parade and combat uniforms and service
as a semi-dress garment. The uniform also includes a pair of stone gray wool twill breeches with a rear half belt and
"
RITSCH" marked zippers on the calves, and a pair of regulation gray leather gloves with aluminum buttons stamped
"
C. R. / B." The 111th Mountain Artillery Regiment was formed in 1938 and fought in Poland, Norway and Russia.
ending the war in the western theatre in southern Alsace. All items show very little wear with just a very small amount
of mothing on the crotch of the breeches. II+
$1695
Army Mountain Artillery Officer's Piped Field Service Uniform
D117
Zinc metal badge retains ~50% silvered finish; solid-back reverse. Unknown maker, with pin and catch hardware
normally attributed to Juncker. II
$225
Panzer Assault Badge
D118
46
x 34 x 15.5 cm wicker and wood case with metal hinged lids retaining 75% field gray painted finish with partially
legible designation stenciled in white and period glue residue from removed labels. Has all leather straps and web carry
handles. Complete with six steel shell casings with primers removed, dated "42." The leichte FeldHaubitze 18 was the
standard divisional field howitzer used by the Wehrmacht. II-
$340
Wicker 10.5 cm leFH 18 6 round Transport Case with Steel Casings
D119
White cotton brassard has machine-sewn red cross applied to obverse. Reverse has partial ink stamp indicating, "Issued
by Medical Dept...in conformity with Article 21, International Red Cross Convention, Geneva 1929..." Reverse also
marked with larger accountability number, "M 392142". Excellent example, II
$75
Field Medic Red Cross Brassard
D120
Two hardcover, illustrated volumes of "Die Chirurgie (A system of surgery) edited by Professors Kirschner and
Nordmann and published in 1927 and one volume of "Chirurg-Operations Lehre. Each volume is stamped in on the
flyleaf indicating they were the property of the "Offiziersheim / Luftwaffenlazarett / Wien." Nice books to include in
your WWII German medical display, II
$75
German Surgery Guide: 3 Volumes
