Historical Collection

NSDAP political armband (Armbinde) of multi-piece textile construction: red band with a separately applied white roundel and black central emblem. Stitching visible on the reverse. Period wear, creasing and tonal variation to the red cloth.

Original WWII-era German “Meine Dienstzeit” military photo album containing approximately 160 period black-and-white photographs, including around 88 military images related to the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, uniforms, winter service, military groups, technical subjects and wartime graves, together with numerous private photographs.

Dark brown album with silver Meine Dienstzeit lettering and applied metal Stahlhelm decoration. An extensive visual archive documenting German military and everyday life around the Second World War.

Six German insignia of the 1930s and war years: a large silver-coloured visor-cap wreath and cockade of Luftwaffe form, two enamelled veterans’ association badges marked 25 and 40, a 1934 Tag der Arbeit commemorative badge, an eagle badge and a small circular insignia.

Seven German badges and tinnies of the 1930s, including a large Reichsparteitag 1936 badge, a 1933 badge with stylised eagle, smaller eagle and geometric designs and a miniature axe-shaped badge. Visible age, patina and a variety of pin systems.

War Merit Cross 2nd Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1939 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter) with bronze-toned finish, clear 1939 reverse and a good length of red, white and black ribbon fitted with a pin.

Original WWII German War Merit Cross 2nd Class Without Swords, dated 1939. Period German decoration featuring the central swastika on the obverse and 1939 date on the reverse. Well-preserved textured surfaces with visible age, patina and wear, offered exactly as photographed.

War Merit Cross 2nd Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter), dated 1939, with its red, white and black ribbon. Distinctive dark grey-brown patina with strong surviving detail; untouched.

War Merit Cross 2nd Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter), dated 1939, with a good length of its red, white and black ribbon. Bronze-toned finish with attractive natural patina and clear details.

Original award certificate dated Berlin, 1 September 1941, conferring the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse on Franz Plschockt of Hamburg, recorded as an Aushilfsheizer. It bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer” and further period countersignatures.

Original award certificate dated Berlin, 30 January 1944, conferring the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse on Reichsbahnsekretär Eduard Weber of Oebisfelde. It bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer” and a handwritten countersignature at lower right. A named railway-administration award document.

Original Second World War Italian-German Africa Campaign Medal with its period ribbon. A commemorative decoration of the joint campaign in North Africa between 1941 and 1943, associated with the Afrika Korps and the desert war. Attractive aged patina.

Original Second World War Italian-German Africa Campaign Medal with its period ribbon. A commemorative decoration of the joint campaign in North Africa, associated with the Afrika Korps and the desert war. Darkened patina and aged ribbon.