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SILVER MEDAL WITH LARGE IRON LOOP. SOME POLISH WEAR TO THE BACK. NAMED TO THE EDGE, "HUSAR CARL STUTE, HUS. RGT. HERZOG V. CUMBERLAND."
Code: 51044
775.00 GBP
IN VERY GOOD UNTOUCHED CONDITION. THE REMOVABLE SPIKE DOES NOT WANT TO TO TURN, SO ONE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO FORCE IT. GOOD SOLID SHELL WITH ITS BLACK LACQUER FINISH INTACT. LINER IS MISSING A COUPLE OF TAB TIPS. ISSUE MARKS TO THE 2ND BATTALION OF THE 136.R. INFANTRY REGIMENT. IN 1916 THIS REGIMENT SAW ACTION AT VERDUN AND ON THE SOMME.
Code: 51043
Reserved
ONE OF THE VERY RARE FIRST BATCH OF WW1 GERMAN STEEL HELMET. DATING FROM LATE 1915, ALTHOUGH REFERRED TO AS THE M-16 HELMET. WITH LABEL ATTACHED STATING WHERE IT WAS FOUND. STILL WITH ITS LINER BAND.
Code: 50598
125.00 GBP
CIRCA 1915 ERSATZ OFFICERS PICKELHAUBE. WITH NONE REMOVABLE SPIKE. MOST OF IT THE FITTINGS IN STEEL WITH DARK BROWN COPPER LIKE FINISH. BRASS CHIN SCALES. LINER WITH SOME WEAR AND FLAKING TO THE SIDES. REAR PEAK HAS SHRUNK AND CURLED INWARD WITH A SPLIT AND SOME CRACKS. HENCE THE PRICE OF THIS RARE WARTIME VARIANT
Code: 51042
1200.00 GBP
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PIECE OF WW1 GERMAN FRONT-LINE FIELD KIT. FRAME FOR MOUNTING A G.98 RIFLE ON TO FOR WHEN FIRING RIFLE GRENADES - TOP COPE WITH THE RECOIL AND AID ACCURACY. FEW OF THESE SURVIVE TODAY AND OF THOSE, MOST ARE BATTLEFIELD RECOVERED RESTORED RELICS. THE TOP SECTION HAS NO RUST OR PITTING AND MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL PAINT FINISH. IT IS 38.25 INCHES LONG. TO THE TOP OF THE FRAME THERE IS SOME VERY OLD GERMAN SCRIPT WHICH APPEARS TO DESCRIBE / STATE WHAT THE ITEM IS - POSSIBLY AN EX-MUSEUM PIECE. THE SET IS IN NEED OF SOME WORK. WING NUT TO THE FRONT FASTENING IS FROZEN. MAY NEED OILING OR HEAT. THE REAR CLAMP FOR THE BUTT IS ALSO FROZEN AND THE TOP OF THE CLOSING BOLT BROKEN OFF - BUT STILL PRESENT. NEEDS A WELD REPAIR. THE LOWER HALF IN LIGHT BLUE IS A MODERN MADE REPLACEMENT, AS IS THE LOCKING PIN. THE LOWER FRAME IDEALLY WOULD BE RE-PAINTED TO A MATCHING COLOUR. BEYOND THIS, THE WHOLE THING WOULD IDEALLY BE MOUNTED ON A WOODEN BOARD MADE OF PLANKS - AS THEY DID IN THE TRENCHES. ALL COMPLETED / SORTED OUT / FITTED WITH A G.98 WILL MAKE A VERY IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY ITEM. NOTE-- THIS ITEM IS ALL STEEL AND VERY HEAVY, AND LARGE. OVERSEAS - PLEASE CONTACT FIRST FOR AN ACCURATE SHIPPING QUOTE
Code: 50160
SCARCE 1915 PATT KUGELHELM FOR THE STATE OF WURTTEMBERG. SMALL AMOUNT OF THE LACQUER HAS FALLEN AWAY BEHIND THE WAPPEN. VERY GOOD CLEAN AND SUPPLE LINER. ONE OF THE WAPPEN LOOPS MISSING, BUT KEPT IN PLACE WELL BY THE REMAINING ONE.
Code: 51041
IN THE RARE VERSION ERSATZ CASE. ROUNDED PROFILE MADE FROM A COMPRESSED MATERIAL, FINISHED IN FELDGRAU WITH SHEET STEEL FELDGRAU BADE. ALL THE STRAPS TO THE CASE PRESENT AND COMPLETE. NO MAKER MARK OR DATE TO THE GLASSES. EXCELLENT CLEAR IMAGE AND NO DAMAGE TO THE EYE CUPS.
Code: 50089
120.00 GBP
UNTOUCHED CONDITION. SOME SURFACE SHRINKAGE TO THE LACQUER FINISH. CLEAN INTERIOR. MOSTLY COMPLETE LINER WHICH STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL TIE. WAPPEN HOLES HAVE BEEN RE-POSITIONED,BUT PROPERLY DONE AT DEPOT.
Code: 51040
WELL USED EARLY WW1 SAXON BELT BUCKLE. CENTRE PLATE QUITE WORN. HEAVY PATINA TO THE BACK. CLAW STUCK FAST.
Code: 50572
60.00 GBP
THE SELDOM SEEN WURTTEMBERG STATE PICKELHAUBE IN 1915 PATTERN. STILL WITH BOTH COCKADES AND CHINSTRAP. GOOD SUPPLE LINER STILL WITH ITS TIE. NO SHRINKAGE OR DISTORTION TO THE SHELL. HAS A DATE WRITTEN TO THE REAR PEAK, - OCT 9TH 1917, AND A NAME - HARD TO READ, POSSIBLY J.S. DANCER. HELMET POSSIBLY CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF POELCAPPELLE, A SINGLE DAY BATTLE ON THAT DATE -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poelcappelle
Code: 51039
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