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GERMAN - WW1

WW1 Iron Cross, 1st class, usual flat form, pleasing condition Ni 1908 £165

WW1 Iron Cross, 2nd class, with ribbon. GVF Ni 1909 £70

WW1 Iron Cross, 2nd class, with ribbon, GVF, marked KAH on ring £75

WW1 Iron Cross, 2nd class, with ribbon, GVF, marked K12 on ring £75

WW1 Iron Cross, 2nd class, with non-combattant ribbon. GVF Seldom seen Ni 1909 £80

WW1 1914/18 Service Cross of Honour, with swords. Ni 3803/1. Plus matching ribbon-bar £12

WW1 1914/18 Service Cross of Honour, no swords. Ni 3803/2 Scarce now £15

WW1 1914/18 Service Cross of Honour, no swords blackened finish, for widows

and parents of fallen German soldiers - Ni 3803/3 £25

WW1 War Cross for Auxiliary War Aid (Verdienstkreuz fur Kriegshilfe) - Kriegshilfsdienst. Ni 1966 £25

DRA badge, in bronze. Ni 3578. Maker's mark "DRGM 33918 H. Wernstein". £30

Another, similar to above, but no reverse pin or maker's mark. Solid behind DRA. £20

Wound badge, in black, for being wounded once; cut-out version (ie durchbrochen) Ni 3293/1 £40




Baden - Faithful service medal for 12 years; gilt medal with crowned F /

Fur treue Dienste bei der Fahne XII. Ni 314 £60

Bavaria - Luitpold cross : 40 years service 12 / 3 / 1911. Ni 471 Pleasing lightly toned gilt £120

Bavaria - Veteran's uniface medal; lion seated before flags, crossed rifles & blue/whilte enamels. £60

Hamburg - White enamelled 8-pointed star - Deutsches Feld-Ehrenzeichen. Soldier marching to the left in central oval . With swords. (Rev. Hamburg 11). £70

Prussia - Army Long Service gilt medal for 12 years (XII) Ni 1975. Treue Dienste bei der Fahne. £30




Kyffhauserbund gilt oval medal : Blank die Wehr, Rein die Ehr'. No ribbon £15

Blackened medallion by Hosaeus - 191 : In Eiserner Zeit" : exchanged for 'donations' of gold for the war effort - in return donors were given this !! "Gold gab ich zur Wehr - Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr" £15

Set of three coloured roundels, "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit" - commemorating WW1 service, each with a different scene : Artillery, Cavalry, New Luftwaffe ..... Each 1" dia. The set.. £3




Ribbon bar for Cross of Honour, set crossed swords on ribbon. ..... £4 . Per 10... £35

Ribbon bar for 2 medals : Iron cross, 2nd cl. & Cross of Honour with swords.... £5. Per 10... £40

Button-hole set mini Iron cross and cross of honour with swords, plus matching mini-ribbons £18

Button-hole, set round silver medallion "Ehre der Arbeit" ; allegorical figure with man and anvil. £16

Neck gilt chain and fixing pins, set mini iron cross and cross of honour with swords. £25




Ribbons - we have a small stock of original ribbons, Per five inches as ...... WW2 Iron Cross

Ostmedaille, Western Front, KVK +/- swords, Cross of honour +/-, Koniggratz, Bremen H'tic X. £5



NAZI BOOKS, CERTIFICATES, and OTHER DOCUMENTS.

Nazi Wehrpass, a small selection, each with ID photo. £30

Wehrpass outer card cover, to hold an individual Wehrpass ID book. £15

Mein Kampf - mint condition of that book (probably given to wedding couple). 781 pp. Gothic script £95

Cigarette-card album for the Olympic Games 1936, held in Berlin. Volume One, 127 pp with

outer dust-wrapper. Over 100 b/w pictures as Cigarette card, different sizes. £55

As above, but Volume Two. 165 pp, with outer dust-wrapper. £55

Wunder des Segelfluges. (Wonder of Gliders). 1935 cigarette-card album with 22 b/w cards, with

frontispiece photo of Hermann Goring - "Reichsminister fur Luftfahrt". £90

Die Deutsche Wehrmacht -- another cigarette-card album with 270 colour cards, covering the Wehr-

macht, Army (Heer), Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. Impressive and complete. £85

Concert programme for the RAD of Kassel, listing the music played. £18

Metallspende certificate, given to Gunther Sorgenfrei in 1940 for his donation; illustrated £18

Cross of Honour certificate , with swords, awarded to Jakob Quanz on 1/11/1934, from Weilburg. £15

Cross of Honour certificate, no swords, awarded to Gustav Hoffmann on 12/12/1935 from Wuppertal £15

Kyffhauserbund certificate, with the medal and ribbon, awarded to Albert Opitz of Leipzig on 21/8/23 £30




NAZI / THIRD REICH.

Mounted medal groups :
a / 4 Kyffhauserbund silver star : "Fur Verdienst im Kriegervereinswesen", Kyffhauserbund oval gilt medal, set crossed swords on ribbon, Marine-Korps bronze cross with swords : "Unbesiegt zur See im Felde" and WW2 Nazi War Merit Cross, no swords. A naval veteran's group. Impressive. £200
b / 3 Non-Combattant trio, as : War Merit Cross no swords, 1938 Cross of Honour without swords, and Nazi-era 25 years Faithful Service Cross in silver. On padded mount £125




Iron cross, 1st class, with reverse circular metal screw-in plate.. £235

Iron cross, 1st class, flat type, with "4" on reverse pin. £225

Iron Cross, 2nd class, with matching ribbon bar. £140

Iron Cross, 2nd class, a selection. Each .... £130

Army (Wehrmacht) service medal for 18 years, in silver. (High points of 18 and rev eagle worn) £90

Army (Wehrmacht) service medal in silver, for 4 years, on padded ribbon and pin; set eagle £65

Another, as above, with plain blue ribbon, no eagle. (Ni 3855) £50




Eastern Front medal (Ostfront) - Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42. Ni 3850 £40

West Wall medal. (Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen). Ni 3520 £30




War Merit Cross, 2nd class, with swords, (Kriegsverdienstkreuz). Ni 3835 £40

Another, in buff paper bag of issue £50

War Merit Cross, 2nd class, no swords. Ni 3836 £35

Another, in buff paper bag of issue £45

War Merit medal. Getting much harder to find now, and more expensive ! Ni 3837. £30

Faithful service Cross for 40 years, in gold. In red deluxe case. (Deschler & Sohn, Munchen) £100

Faithful Service Cross for 40 years, gold. (Ni 3522), set pin. £75

Faithful Service Cross for 25 years, silver. (Ni 3523) set pin. £40







Care of the People silver medal ( Medaille fur deutsche Volkspflege). (Ni 3566 ) £75

Luftschutz medal (Air-raid precautions medal), grey metal, large date 1938 on rev. Ni 3509 £65

Mother's Cross, in gold, in its deluxe dark blue case of issue with maker's name & town. Sold

Mother's Cross, in gold (Ni 3513) £60

Mother's Cross, in silver (Ni 3514) £50

Mother's Cross, in bronze (Ni 3515), in its buff paper envelope/bag. Sold

Mother's Cross, in bronze (Ni 3515) £40

Set of all three classes of Mother's Cross : Gold, Silver, Bronze. Full-length ribbons. £150

Sudetenland annexation, 1. Oktober. 1938 (Ni 3517), set pin. £40

KRIM schild, intact with all 4 reverse lugs and paper covering. Ni 3871 £140

Fire-brigade award, 2nd class "Fur Verdienste im Feuer-Loswesen; in original black case. Rare £300




Medal for the German-Italian Campaign in Africa, in bronze (Ni 4071) £95

Another medal for German-Italian Campaign in Africa, in silver (Ni 4070) with matching ribbon-bar £130

Destroyer badge (Ni 3921) intact, full gilding. Maker's mark "R.S." on reverse. £295

Mineseeker badge (Ni 3923). Maker's mark "A" on reverse. Attempted erasure of swastika .... £100

Rider's Badge in bronze, with matching miniature, in its green card case. (Ni 3621) Scarce. £160

DRL Sports badge, in bronze. Ni 3585. Maker - DRGM 25269 Wernstein Jena. £45




Pin-badges etc.

Kreisschiessen large round gilt badge - IMST, set eagle, swastika, building with outer

ring of oak-leaves. Impressive. £100

Set of three - Nat. Soz. Frauenschaft black and white enamelled pin badges, in 3 classes -

Husken 9125 e : 5th class 44mm / 9125 ea : 5th class 27mm / 9125 f : 6th class 18 mm. £90

DRK Visor cap in shape of eagle. Black enamels with red cross. £80

Pin for DLRG, in silver, or bronze. (Deutsche Lebens RettungsGesellschaft) @ £5