• WWI US Army M1917 Battery & Store Wagon – Made by American Car & Foundry Company 1918 – For US M1902 3 Inch Field Gun & French 75mm mle/97 Cannon – Last 1 Known – Price on Request

    We are delighted to be able to offer this original WWI US Army M1917 Battery & Store Wagon Built in 1918 by AM Car & FDY CO, this has likely sat in storage since. The Original Brass plate still is perfectly readable No 1378 The American Car and Foundry Company During World War I, the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) produced a variety of equipment to support the Allies, including: Freight cars ACF was the largest builder of freight cars for the USRA during the war. ACF also leased freight cars to railroads and private car companies through a subsidiary called the Shippers Car Line. Artillery ACF produced artillery gun mounts, three-inch shells, and artillery shells. Boats ACF produced submarine chasers and other boats. Railway cars ACF continued to produce railroad equipment while also filling military contracts. According to a snapshot from their website in 2003, ACF commented on their long History including their WWI production capabilities. ACF Industries traces its history to 1873, the year the St. Charles Car Manufacturing Company was founded. This was one of the thirteen railroad carbuilding companies that merged in 1899 to form the American Car and Foundry Company. The country’s first railroad tank car, a “tub car” was built by one of these companies in 1889. Five years after the 1899 merger, the first all-steel passenger car ever ordered from a car builder left our former Berwick, PA shop. It was the first of a shipment of 300 similar cars built for New York City’s pioneer subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. By 1906, AC&F had steel shops at St. Louis, Detroit, Berwick, Huntington, and Madison, IL. American Car and Foundry Company’s reputation rapidly spread abroad and in 1905 more than 100 motor and trailer subway cars were shipped to England for use in London’s underground system. In 1917, a tank car leasing operation began which, in 1923, became Shippers Car Line, and later was acquired by AC&F in 1927. During World War I, AC&F produced artillery gun mounts and ammunition, field kitchens, pack saddles, submarine chasers, cloth shrinking machines and rollers, and even wooden tent pegs, as well as railway cars, for the Allies. AC&F’s Wilmington plant also produced boats for the navy, and after the war switched production to yachts. In 1922, AC&F expanded into the automotive field by acquiring Carter Carburetor Corporation of St. Louis. This was our first step in product diversification – planned and executed long before the diversification concept became the by-word of American industry. In 1925, AC&F acquired Fageol Motors Co, a bus builder, and the Hall-Scott Motor Car Company, which produced bus engines. In 1926, AC&F acquired the J. G. Brill Co, a streetcar builder. During World War II, several AC&F plants produced army tanks, aircraft subassemblies, artillery shells, armor plate, and hospital cars, as well as ordinary railroad cars. By 1954, the corporation’s interests had become so diversified that the name was changed from American Car and Foundry to ACF Industries Inc. ACF produced its last passenger car in 1959. It displays all its original paint and is in overall good condition given the age, and stands a near 87 Inches High by 77 Inches Wide with a length of 10 Feet.   The purpose of this Wagon was to service the Gun and Crew of either or both pictured below 75mm Cannons. US M1902 3 Inch Field Gun French 75mm mle/97 Cannon This is currently in our hanger in the USA, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us directly. This appears to be the last original known, there are currently none on display in any museum next two either of the Artillery above.

  • WWI US Army AEF Grouping – Private Thomas J Kennedy – 26 Division – 2nd Infantry Mass (104th Infantry) – Purple Heart – Aisne Marne- St Mihiel – Meuse Argonne

    $475.00

    WWI Grouping to Thomas J. Kennedy of Holyoke Mass. who served with Co. D. 104th Infantry of the 26th Division. 1) 5 placement Winged Victory Medal with Champaign-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Defensive Sector 2) Unnamed Purple Heart with replaced ribbon and missing Brooch, 3) Holyoke Mass Victory Medal 4) Welcome Home 26th Division Reunion Ribbon Victory in Paris Handkerchief. The grouping is attributed to Thomas J. Kennedy of Holyoke Mass. who served with Co. D. 104th Infantry of the 26th Division. Overseas On 21 September 1917, the division arrived at Saint-Nazaire, France. It was the second division of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) to arrive on the Western Front at the time, and the first division wholly organized in the United States, joining the 1st Division, which had arrived in June. Two additional divisions completed the first wave of American troop deployment, with the 2nd Division being formed in France and the 42nd Division arriving at St. Nazaire on 29 October. The 26th Division immediately moved to Neufchâteau for training, as most of the division’s soldiers were raw recruits, new to military service. Because of this, much of the division’s force was trained by the experienced French forces. It trained extensively with the other three US divisions, organized as the U.S. I Corps in January 1918, before being moved into a quiet sector of the trenches in February. The 26th Infantry Division remained in a relatively quiet region of the lines along the Chemin des Dames for several months before it relieved the 1st Division near Saint-Mihiel on 3 April. The line here taken over extended from the vicinity of Apremont, on the west, in front of Xivray-Marvoisin, Seicheprey, and Bois de Remieres, as far as the Bois de Jury, on the right, where the French line joined the American line. Division Headquarters were at Boucq. The stay of the division in this sector was marked by several serious encounters with the enemy, where considerable forces were engaged. There were furthermore almost nightly encounters between patrols or ambush parties, and the harassing fire of the artillery on both sides was very active. On 10, 12 and 13 April, the lines held by the 104th Infantry in Bois Brule (near Apremont), and by the French to the left, were heavily attacked by the Germans. At first the enemy secured a foothold in some advanced trenches which were not strongly held, but sturdy counterattacks succeeded in driving the enemy out with serious losses, and the line was entirely re-established. In late April, German infantry conducted a raid on positions of the 26th Division, one of the first attacks on Americans during the war. At 0400 on 20 April, German field artillery bombarded the 102nd Infantry’s positions near Seicheprey before German Storm Troopers (German: Stoßtruppen) moved against the village. The artillery box barrage, continuing 36 hours, isolated American units. The Germans overwhelmed a machine gun company and two infantry companies of the 102nd and temporarily breached the trenches before elements of the division rallied and recaptured the village. The Germans withdrew before the division could counterattack but inflicted 634 casualties, including 80 killed, 424 wounded, and 130 captured, while losing over 600 men, including 150 killed of their own. Similar raids struck the 101st infantry at Flirey on 27 May, and the 103rd Infantry at Xivray-et-Marvoisin on 16 June, but were repulsed. The 26th Division was relieved by the 82nd Division on 28 June, moved by train to Meaux, and entered the line again northwest of Chateau Thierry, relieving the 2nd Division on 5 July. As the size of the AEF grew, the division was placed under command of I Corps in July. When the Aisne-Marne campaign began shortly thereafter, the division, under I Corps was placed under command of the French Sixth Army protecting its east flank. When the offensive began, the division advanced up the spine of the Marne salient for several weeks, pushing through Belleau Wood, moving 10 miles from 18 to 25 July. On 12 August it was pulled from the lines near Toul to prepare for the next offensive. The division was then a part of the offensive at Saint-Mihiel, during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. The division then moved in position for the last major offensive of the war, at Meuse-Argonne. This campaign was the last of the war, as an armistice was signed shortly thereafter. During World War I the 26th Division spent 210 days in combat, and suffered 1,587 killed in action and 12,077 wounded in action. The division returned to the United States and was demobilized on 3 May 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.

  • WWI Iron Cross Second Class – Original Sold

  • WWI Iron Cross Second Class – Maker Marked M.S – Original Sold

    Very good condition with makers mark

  • WWI & WWII Kreigsmarine Wehrpass & Marine Militärpass Matrosen Stolz – SMS Nassau – Battle of Riga – Battle of Jutland – Dog Tag WW2

    $545.00

    Here we have a really interesting KM Grouping. This grouping comes with a Photo on board the SMS Nassau which  is modelled in the below video really well: It seems he was called up in WWII and did a small service, for which his WWII KM Tag was added to his Wehrpass when he was discharged. Battle of Jutland  

  • WWI & WWII US Army Generals Mess Dress – Lt General William Morris – Distinguished Service Cross & Purple Heart – Battle of Saint-Mihiel France 1918 – Rare

    $3,950.00

    Here we have a wonderful original and in fine condition for its age. (Over 100 Years Old) Mess Dress and trousers bought in West Point Military Academy in 1912 – named to W Morris. His Min Bar has never been removed and is from the Interwar Period. Showing his awards at that time. History William Morris was born in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune Township, New Jersey, on March 22, 1890. After graduating from grammar school and high school he was appointed by Congressman Benjamin Franklin Howell to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, in 1907. He graduated from there in June 1911. After graduation he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Infantry Branch of the United States Army and was assigned to the 19th Infantry Regiment at Camp Jossman, Philippine Islands. He then served at Fort McKinley, afterwards transferring to the 15th Infantry Regiment with duty in Tientsin, China, where he served from 1912 to 1914. In 1914, Morris was assigned to the 9th Infantry Regiment in Laredo, Texas, where he served until 1916. While there he married Ida Marguerite Downing, who he met soon after being commissioned in 1911. Morris was then appointed as a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) instructor and basketball coach at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Texas A&M University), where he served until 1917, when he returned to the 9th Infantry Regiment as its S-2 intelligence officer. WWI  Morris was promoted to captain on May 15, 1917, over a month after the American entry into World War I. Thirteen months later he was a major. In July 1918 he was sent to the Western Front and was appointed commanding officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, 360th Infantry Regiment, part of the 90th Division of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). He led his battalion in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and in the Meuse–Argonne offensive. He was wounded on November 1, just ten days before the end of hostilities on November 11, 1918, an action for which he received the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest award for valor in the face of the enemy, and the Purple Heart. He remained in Europe with the Army of occupation, commanding his battalion in Germany, and then serving on the staffs of the (AEF) General Headquarters (GHQ) and the IX Corps. Citation for Distinguished Service Cross For extraordinary heroism in action near Villers-devant-Dun, France, November 1, 1918. During darkness he led his battalion in an attack under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. Upon reaching a hill he exposed himself to heavy fire to reconnoiter personally the enemy position, and then, although wounded by a machine-gun bullet, heroically led his battalion in their advance, refusing to be evacuated, inspiring his men by his personal courage.       WW2 In February 1942, two months after the United States entered World War II, Morris, by now promoted to the one-star general officer rank of brigadier general, raised the 6th Armored Division as its first Commanding General (CG). He was promoted to the two-star rank of major general fifteen months later, in May 1943. In 1943 he was CG of the II Armored Corps. He was sent to Italy as a Ground Force Observer for the Salerno landings in September 1943. He returned to the United States and became CG of the XVIII Corps. Upon hearing of the death of Major General Paul Newgarden, CG of the 10th Armored Division, who died in a plane accident, in July 1944, he contacted General George C. Marshall, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, and requested demotion to command of the 10th Armored Division, then preparing for transfer to the European Theater of Operations (ETO). His request was granted and he led the division overseas on the Western Front, where it played a played a vital role in the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, the largest battle fought by the American Army during World War II. Following this he was assigned to command VI Corps in Lieutenant General Alexander Patch’s U.S. Seventh Army in the U.S. Sixth Army Group, under Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, which drove from the Rhine to Italy in the spring of 1945. He would earn the Silver and Bronze Star in WW2.

  • WWII German Book – U-Boots Kommandanten und Kriegsverbrecher – Gifted to Adolf Hitler from Georg Günther von Forstner – Dedicated

    $455.00

    This original edition was gifted to Hitler in 1937. It reads: Dear Leader and Reich Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, protector of the true German honor, in the firm confidence that the honor of German warriors, especially our submarine weapon, which has been violated by the demands of the enemy and the German language of judges, will be restored before the world. reverently dedicated. Griefswald Christmas 1937, Geog Günter Freiherr von Forstner. Authored and Dedicated by: Georg Günther von Forstner In April 1900, von Forstner joined the Imperial Navy. On September 27, 1903 he was appointed lieutenant at sea. On March 21, 1905, he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea on the emperor Charlemagne . In 1908 he worked on the Königsberg and in 1909 at Hertha;.Kiel in shipyard at the Konrad von Henkel-Gebhardi Until 1914, von Forstner worked as an adjutant to Rear Admiral In the same year he worked in the inspection of the torpedo system. After the outbreak of the First World War he was commander of U 28 until July 1916; used. Under his command, the submarine sank the British passenger steamer Falaba. George Canal, killing 104 people. Among the dead passengers was the first American fatality in World War I, raising tensions between the United States and the German Empire. He then worked as a teacher at the submarine school until December 1917. This was followed by an entertaining stint as head of the Arösund division, while at the same time serving as commander of the Panther. Until the end of the war he worked as First Officer on the Königsberg. On April 28, 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant captain. He resigned from the German Navy on July 9, 1919. In the Weimar Republic von Forstner worked as an author and moved to Greifswald. Von Forstner openly appeared as a historical revisionist and in a lecture at a meeting accused the German National People’s Party (DNVP) in Stralsund the Social Democracy as the cause of the German Defeat in the First World War. As chairman of the Greifswalder Stahlhelm and DNVP member he also registered as a candidate in the Pomeranian constituency. Final comments: An odd book, with a poignant meaning behind it, it was found in the USA and was som sort of bring back to the US. The book itself seems to be quite rare, and I was unable to find another copy listed.

  • WWI German Wounds Badge in Black and Mini – Original

    $75.00
  • WWI Imperial German Baden-Württemberg Honor Badge Voluntary Fire Brigade 25 Year

    WWI Era Imperial German Baden-Württemberg Honor Badge for Voluntary Fire Brigade Service 25 Years in the Jewelry Box ‘Ludwig Bertsch Hof-Juwelier Karlsruhe 1/B.