Medals & Militaria

Original WWII German Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1939 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter, or War Merit Cross 2nd Class Without Swords, with bronze-toned finish, 1939 reverse and the characteristic red-white-black ribbon.

Original postwar German 1957 Silver Wound Badge, the denazified Federal Republic version of the WWII Verwundetenabzeichen. Silver-coloured oval badge with steel helmet, crossed swords, laurel wreath and original vertical pin-back construction.

Rare WWII German Luftschutz-Ehrenzeichen 1. Stufe, the gold-grade Air Defence Honor Decoration dated 1938, with distinctive cross design, “Für Verdienste im Luftschutz” inscription and purple ribbon with black-white-red borders.

Original WWII German Reichsarbeitsdienst RAD leader’s cap badge featuring the organization’s distinctive spade, wheat-ear and swastika emblem in silver-coloured metal with red and black enamel.

Original WWII German Heer metal visor cap eagle, manufactured in lightweight silver-coloured metal with detailed Wehrmacht eagle and wreathed swastika. Two original attachment prongs remain on the reverse.

Original German historical grouping of badges, tinnies, cloth insignia and a miniature wartime donation booklet, including an Ost-Hannover 1925–1934 NSDAP anniversary badge, 1935 Seefahrt ist Not maritime tinnie, Saar 1935 badge, 1937 DJH youth-hostel badge and WWII signals sleeve insignia.

Original German 1936 Olympic Commemorative Medal with its named award certificate to student Ernst Fischer, dated Berlin, 1 July 1937. Certificate bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler.

Original WWII North Africa grouping to Bernhard Hessing: Italo-German Africa Campaign Medal with named 1942 medal certificate and 1943 Ärmelband Afrika award document.

Original pre-WWII German political propaganda group comprising a marked 1938 Anschluss referendum ballot and a dark wooden “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil. The ballot asks voters to approve the annexation of Austria into the German Reich and support Adolf Hitler’s unified Reichstag list. A powerful historical set connected with Nazi expansion, political propaganda and the events that preceded the Second World War.

Original four-piece Third Reich political propaganda group comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot, a “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil, a stylised “Ja” campaign stickpin and an “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer” Hitler portrait badge. An evocative pre-WWII collection documenting the propaganda, controlled elections and political consolidation of Nazi Germany.

Original pre-WWII German political propaganda set comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot paper, a brown “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil and a dated “Ja – 12.11.1933” political badge. An evocative group documenting the propaganda, controlled elections and consolidation of the Third Reich before the Second World War.

Original pre-WWII German political propaganda group comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot paper, a 1933 “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil, an “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” Hitler portrait badge and a dated “Ja – 12.11.1933” referendum badge. A visually impressive historical set documenting the political consolidation of the Third Reich before the Second World War.