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Standard issue, EM/NCO’s blackened
leather construction waist belt is roughly, 1 5/8" wide and 35
3/4" long, with a leather retaining tongue and a magnetic
sheet metal buckle catch both intact. The buckle catch end of
belt is folded over and stitched to the reverse to secure the
catch. The reverse of the belt is in natural tan leather and
is well marked with an impressed size stamp, "90". The
blackened leather retaining tongue has its original stitching
and seven pair of parallel length adjustment buckling holes.
The reverse of the belt also has
faint, handwritten script. The belt is in overall very good
condition with minimal chafe wear to the obverse and the
leather is still quite supple. |
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EM/NCO'S LEATHER WAIST BELT |
IH-621 |
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Roughly, 1 3/4" wide, 31 1/2"
long, olive drab canvas web construction belt with a
field-grey painted, steel buckle catch to one end and a tan
leather buckle retaining tongue to the reverse of the other
end. The buckle catch end of belt is folded over and machine
stitched to the reverse to secure the catch in place. The
buckle catch retains about 95% of its original field-grey
paint. The buckle end of the belt is rounded off and has tight
reinforcement stitching. The reverse of the belt has a machine
stitched, tan leather buckle retaining tongue with seven pair
of parallel, punched, buckle retaining holes. The reverse of
the tongue is well marked with deeply stamped RB number. Of
Note: The RB numbers, Reichsbetriebnummer, (National factory
code numbers), were introduced in late 1942 and were intended
to replace the manufacturers marks on garments and equipment
to conceal the manufactures name and location from the allies,
to prevent bombing raids on German industrial factories. The
reverse of the belt is also marked with a black size inkstamp,
"85". The belt is in overall excellent unissued
condition with minimal age toning. |
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EM/NCO'S TROPICAL BELT |
IH-622 |
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Standard issue, EM/NCO’s blackened
leather belt. |
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EM/NCO'S BELT |
IH-623 |
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Roughly, 1 3/4" wide, 38" long,
bright silver/aluminum brocade belt features two roughly, 1/4"
wide, evenly spaced, dark green, parallel, horizontal stripes.
The belt has two sliding, vertical, "keepers", with one
positioned on either side of buckle, in the same brocade as
the belt with two roughly,
1/8" wide, vertical dark green stripes. One end of belt is
folded over to the reverse and stitched in place to retain the
opened, rectangular, natural aluminum buckle retainer and the
buckle. The other end of the belt comes to a pointed tip and
the reverse has a machine stitched, pebbled, natural tan
leather retaining tongue with nine pair of parallel buckling
holes. The retaining tongue is well marked with impressed
size, "110". The reverse of the belt has a protective
field-grey wool backing machine stitched in place. The belt
comes with a roughly, 1 7/8" diameter, die stamped, two piece,
natural aluminum, circular belt buckle. The buckle features a
highly embossed oak-leaf wreath encompassing a central
Wehrmacht style eagle with down-swept wings on a subtlety
textured, slightly domed central field. Both eagle and wreath
feature nice detailing which is only enhanced by light to
moderate age tarnishing. The reverse of the buckle is a mirror
image of the obverse and has a separate circular plate insert
with a crimped catch and retaining hook. The circular plate is
secured by the crimped outer edges of the buckles obverse. The
buckle has no visible manufacturers markings. The natural
aluminum buckle securing bar is intact and the belt has the
addition of two handstitched vertical thread loops to the
obverse also intended to receive the buckle catch. Both the
belt and buckle are in overall very good condition with the
belt still being quite clean and bright and light to moderate
age tarnish to the buckle. The belt would roughly fit waist
sizes ranging from 31" to 36". |
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OFFICER'S BROCADE BELT & BELT
BUCKLE |
IH-624 |
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IH-625 |
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Nice quality black doeskin wool
construction cufftitle with machine embroidered simulated
handwritten Copperplate style script, "Großdeutschland", in
silver/grey threads. The cufftitle is bordered at both the top
and bottom edges in a silver/grey Russian braid. The cufftitle
measures roughly 30mm wide and 40cm long. The reverse of the
cufftitle is the typical opened back type and reveals the
reverse of the embroidery. |
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"GROßDEUTSCHLAND" CUFFTITLE |
IH-626 |
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Roughly, 1 1/4" tall, 14 1/4"
long, woven, dark green, rayon construction cufftitle
featuring machine woven, Gothic style script, "Großdeutschland",
in bright, silver/aluminum flat-wire threads. The cufftitle is
bordered at both the top and bottom edges in vertically woven,
bright silver/aluminum flat-wire threads. The reverse of the
cufftitle has loosely woven, vertical, silver/aluminum
flat-wire threads and shows the script in a green rayon mirror
image. The cufftitle is in overall good condition with light
to moderate age and usage toning and the minor fraying to both
ends. Scarce early, short lived, first pattern,
Großdeutschland cufftitle. |
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"GROßDEUTSCHLAND" CUFFTITLE |
IH-627 |
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Roughly, 1 1/4" tall, 16 1/2"
long, woven, mid-brown, rayon construction cufftitle featuring
machine woven, Gothic style script, "Feldgendarmerie", in
silvery/grey rayon threads. The cufftitle is bordered at both
the top and bottom edges in vertically woven, silvery/grey
rayon threads. The reverse of the cufftitle has loosely woven,
vertical, silvery/grey rayon threads and shows the script in a
mid-brown rayon mirror image. The cufftitle is in overall very
good condition with minor age and usage toning and minor
fraying to both ends. |
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"FELDGENDARMERIE" CUFFTITLE. |
IH-628 |
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Roughly, 1 1/4" tall, 20" long,
machine woven, tan rayon construction cufftitle with a
repeating, interwoven, waffle pattern and machine, "BeVo",
woven, Sütterlin style script "Feldherrnhalle" in silvery/grey
celleon threads. The cufftitle is bordered at both the top and
bottom edges in six strand, horizontally woven, silvery/grey
celleon threads. The reverse of the cufftitle has loosely
woven, vertical, silvery/grey celleon threads around the
script and the script is in a tan rayon mirror image ob the
obverse. The cufftitle is in overall very good condition with
minimal age toning and some minor fraying to the unfinished
ends. Scarce cufftitle. |
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60TH PANZER GRENADIER
DIVISION "FELDHERRNHALLE" OFFICER’S CUFFTITLE |
IH-629 |
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Roughly, 1 3/8" tall, 17 3/8"
long, woven, brushed, khaki/tan, camelhair construction
cufftitle features machine embroidered, capitalized Latin
script, "Afrika", flanked by palm trees to either side in
silver/grey cotton threads. The top and bottom edges of the
cufftitle are bordered in horizontal, silver/grey Russian
braiding. The reverse of the cufftitle is the typical opened
backed type and reveals the reverse of the embroidery.
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"AFRIKA" CUFFTITLE, 1943 |
IH-630 |
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Roughly, 2 1/4" tall, 15 1/2"
long, woven cotton construction, official pattern armband with
a multi-colored, printed design featuring horizontal, red
bordered, top and bottom edges and a black/white/black center
stripe. The armband has white printed Latin script, "Deutscher
Volkssturm Wehrmacht", (German People’s Militia Armed Forces),
in two lines, to the front center which is flanked by a white
national eagle, with out-stretched wings, clutching a
wreathed, canted, swastika to either side. Both the top and
bottom edges of the armband have a dual-ply, machine stitched,
hem and the reverse has a central, machine stitched, vertical
seam. |
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"DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM WEHRMACHT"
ARMBAND |
IH-631 |
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The roughly, 1 1/4" tall, 15 1/2"
long, machine woven cufftitle features a horizontal, dark
green cotton center stripe with diagonally ribbed, horizontal,
bright silver/aluminum flat-wire edge trim and narrow,
horizontal, tan rayon borders to both the top and bottom
edges. The dark green center stripe features machine woven,
block Latin script, "Afrikakorps", in bright silver/aluminum
flat-wire threads. |
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"AFRIKAKORPS" CUFFTITLE. |
IH-632 |
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Roughly, 1 3/8" tall, 21" long, full length, woven, mid-brown,
wool construction cufftitle featuring hand embroidered, Gothic
style script, "Feldgendarmerie", in bright, silver/aluminum
wire threads. Both ends of the cufftitle have a machine
stitched, vertical seam and cufftitle has the opened back,
construction as typically found on Luftwaffe style cufftitles
with the top and bottom edges folded over and machine stitched
to the reverse. The opened back reveals a loosely woven,
protective, black fabric backing. |
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"FELDGENDARMERIE" CUFFTITLE |
IH-633 |
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The
insignia consists of a roughly, 4 1/2" tall, 3 1/8" wide, dark
green wool construction, vertical, diamond base with a machine
embroidered, stylized, Tyrolian style eagle in red cotton
threads with yellow accents threads and an opened, green
laurel leaf wreath flanking its head. The eagle is clutching a
black and white bordered, white circle with a central, canted,
black swastika. The eagle is positioned above the light green,
machine embroidered script, "Standschützen Bataillon Bregenz".
The diamond base has a machine embroidered, fine yellow cotton
thread, outer edge border stripe. The reverse of the insignia
has a protective white rayon backing panel. |
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"STANDSCHÜTZEN" BATTALION SLEEVE
DIAMOND |
IH-634 |
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Bright woven silver/aluminum wire construction marksman’s
lanyard grade acorn consisting of a circular crown top section
and a cylindrical bottom section mounted on a carved wooden
template. The circular top crown features finely embroidered
silver/aluminum threads in a repeating, opened, diamond
pattern, overlaid on additional silver/aluminum wire threads.
The cylindrical bottom section is
constructed of finely embroidered silver/aluminum wire threads
with a repeating HBT, (Herring Bone Twill), weave. The top
crown has a central, interwoven piece of silver/aluminum
braiding designed to attach the acorn to a lanyard and the
bottom section has a central hollowed out section.
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MARKSMAN'S LANYARD GRADE ACORN |
IH-635 |
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The
insignia consist of a roughly, 4 1/8" tall, 3 7/8", wide,
machine woven, ribbed, blue/green rayon construction shield
shaped base with scalloped top tips featuring a highly
detailed machine woven pattern. The machine woven pattern
features a black Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings
clutching a canted swastika in it’s talons with white accent
threads to the center, superimposed over dual likeness’s of
the unfurled, Infantry Standard. The white based standards
each feature a smaller, black, Wehrmacht style eagle on a
white field encompassed by a silver/aluminum flat-wire
oak-leaf wreath, superimposed on a stylized black Iron Cross,
bordered in silver/aluminum flat-wire. The artillery standards
also have a small black swastika in each corner and
silver/aluminum finials and streamers with tassels. The bottom
of the shield has five large oak-leaves with dual acorns again
in silver/aluminum flat-wire threads. |
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INFANTRY STANDARD BEARER'S SLEEVE
INSIGNIA |
IH-636 |
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The
insignia consists of a roughly, 5 1/4" tall, 3" wide, machine
woven white rayon construction, vertical, shield shaped base
with a vertical, machine woven, black and white, Roman style
broad sword superimposed on a black and white bordered black
shield. The hilt of the sword extends beyond the top of the
black shield. |
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EM/NCO'S M32 TROOP SPORTS SHIRT
INSIGNIA |
IH-637 |
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Roughly, 1 1/4" tall, 1 1/4" circumference, woven, bright,
silver/aluminum wire construction marksman’s lanyard grade
acorn consisting of a circular, top, crown section and a
cylindrical, bottom section, mounted on an internal template.
The circular, top crown features finely embroidered
silver/aluminum threads in a repeating, opened, square
pattern, overlaid on additional silver/aluminum wire threads.
The cylindrical bottom section is constructed of finely
embroidered silver/aluminum wire threads with a repeating HBT,
(Herring Bone Twill), style weave. The top crown has a
central, interwoven, silver/aluminum wire loop, designed to
attach the acorn to the lanyard. |
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MARKSMAN'S LANYARD GRADE ACORN |
IH-638 |
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The
grade three Panzer personnel’s marksmen’s lanyard consists of
a roughly, 10 1/2" long, 3/4" wide, heavy, twisted,
interwoven, bright, silver/aluminum braid with closed
buttoning loops to both top and bottom ends. The lanyard has
the addition of an interwoven, silver/aluminum wire knot to
both the top and bottom edges of the braiding. The reverse of
the braiding has a protective, ribbed, pale grey, strip of
rayon neatly handstitched in place to prevent chafe wear on
the uniform. The top of the lanyard has a roughly, 2 1/8"
tall, 1 5/8" wide, matte silver washed, stamped, alloy
construction, vertically oval shield. The shield features an
embossed, repeating zig-zag and bead pattern with a Wehrmacht
style eagle with down swept wings, clutching a canted swastika
in its talons, positioned to the top center encompassing the
cut-out, left forward profile of a stylized tank. The shield
device is attached to an interwoven silver/aluminum braid
rosette with a protective, field-grey wool backing
handstitched to the reverse to prevent chafe wear to the
uniform. The shield device retains about 95% of it’s matte
silver wash with minor age tarnish. The bottom of the lanyard
braiding has the addition of two acorns, indicating grade
three, in bright, silver/aluminum flat wire threads on a
carved wooden template. Of Note: By Regulations the additional
acorns should be artillery shells. |
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GRADE THREE PANZER MARKSMEN'S
LANYARD |
IH-639 |
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First pattern, (circa June
1936-January 1939), grade two marksmen’s lanyard consists
of a roughly, 10 1/4" long, 3/4" wide, heavy, twisted,
interwoven bright silver/aluminum braid with buttoning
loops to both the top and bottom ends. The reverse of the
braiding has a protective, ribbed, pale grey, rayon strip
of fabric neatly handstitched in place to prevent chafe
wear on the uniform. The top of the lanyard has a roughly,
1 5/8" tall, 1 1/8" wide, stamped, matte aluminum,
vertical shield shaped base with a pebbled background
field and raised outer lip with a high relief, embossed,
Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings to the center.
The shield device is attached to an interwoven
silver/aluminum braid rosette with a protective mottled
green wool backing handstitched to the reverse to prevent
chafe wear to the uniform. The bottom of the lanyard
braiding has the additional of an acorn, indicating grade
two, in bright silver/aluminum flat wire threads on a
carved wooden template. |
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GRADE TWO MARKSMEN'S LANYARD |
IH-640 |
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IH-641 |
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Reichswehr pattern, (Circa
July 1927-June 1935), officer’s dress aiguillette consists
of a roughly, 14 1/2" long, 1 1/8" wide, section of dual,
interwoven, bright, silver/aluminum braids, a roughly, 14"
long, single, looped, braid and an additional, roughly,
25" long, single, looped, braid all attached to a small,
central, button holed, silver/aluminum rectangular panel.
The lower end of the interwoven section has a small,
post-war replaced, glued on, nylon thread attachment loop
while the shorter, single, looped braid has an interwoven,
silver/aluminum wire slide. |
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REICHSWEHR ERA, OFFICER'S
DRESS AIGUILLETTE |
IH-642 |
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June 1935 pattern, officer’s
dress aiguillette in bright, silver/aluminum braiding with
two, silver washed, metal alloy ferrules. The aiguillette
consists of a roughly, 22 1/2" long, 1" wide, section of
dual interwoven braids, a roughly, 17" long, 1" wide,
section of dual interwoven braids, a 52" long single
looped braid and a 28" long section of single looped braid
all attached to a small, central, button holed,
silver/aluminum rectangular panel. The lower ends of both
of the interwoven sections have a small, thread attachment
loop and the alloy ferrules. The ferrules feature a screw
off, top cap with embossed oak-leave ornamentation and a
pointed bottom tip. The ferrules retain about 95% of their
silver wash. The aiguillette is in overall very good
condition with minimal age and usage toning and a small
frayed chafe wear spot to one of the single looped braids.
The aiguillette comes housed in a roughly, 8 1/4"
diameter, 1 3/4" tall, two piece, pressed cardboard case
with a simulated black leather covering. The case has a
removable, friction fit top lid and a blue paper interior.
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OFFICER'S DRESS AIGUILLETTE |
IH-643 |
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Roughly, 1 3/16" tall, 3 3/8"
long, horizontally ribbed, woven silver/aluminum wire
strip with a roughly, 1/8" wide, diagonally ribbed,
interwoven black rayon stripe to both the top and bottom
edges and a stamped, black washed, magnetic sheet metal
silhouette of a stylized Panzer III medium tank to the
center. The tank retains about 95% of its original black
wash with minimal surface spotting. The reverse of the
strip has a protective navy blue wool backing loosely
glued in place and an internal metal alloy base plate. The
original three attachment prongs and corresponding holes
in the base plate are clearly visible where the protective
wool backing has lifted. The strip is in overall
excellent, condition with minimal age toning. Scarce
individual combat award. |
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TANK DESTRUCTION STRIP IN
SILVER |
IH-644 |
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