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Original WWII German Silver Ceremonial Bowl – Reichsleiter/SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Buch – Beer Hall Putsch 1923- Stosstrupp Hitler – Ernst Rohm Execution – Kristallnacht 1938 – Extremely Rare Item
$4,750.00A very interesting Third Reich Ceremonial Bowl made by Kleemann of Munich in 925 Silver, Commemorating the 5th Edition of the “Brown Ribbon of Germany” and presented to the then Reichsleiter Walter Buch (see below for history). Reichsleiter & SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Buch Walter Buch (October 24, 1883-November 12, 1949) is one of the more mysterious and intriguing characters of the 3rd Reich. Head of the Nazi Party Courts, father-in-law to Martin Bormann, Reichsleiter, and NSDAP member since its earliest days in 1922, Buch relished his role as Hitler confidant and advisor. A vehement anti-semite, he was a vigorous defender and promoter of National Socialist ideology and did much to legitimize Party actions considered controversial at the time. Buch took part in the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, was one of the founding members of the Stoßtrupp-Hitler (precursor to the SS) Personally recognized by Hitler as a champion of the Party and its profound mission, Buch rose to numerous titles within the Third Reich thanks in part to unquestionable loyalty to the NSDAP. He was personally in attendance for Ernst Rohm’s arrest and execution, and was also responsible for the legitimization of Kristallnacht, rendering the participants free of responsibility. As the Supreme Judge of the Nazi Party Court system, Buch was able to settle disputes within the Party between members with absolute finality, as the only recourse was to appeal to Adolf Hitler himself. An enormously powerful man, Buch, who was arrested following the war and found guilty of the of worst war crimes, took his own life in 1949. More information on Buch can be found here: Following Awards: Golden Party Badge, Blood Order, Deaths Head Ring, SS Honour Sword and more… https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/83364/Buch-Walter.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Buch A little History on the Brown Ribbon of Germany: The Brown Ribbon of Germany was a Horse – flat race held during the Third Reich at the Riem racecourse in Munich. The race for the “Brown Ribbon of Germany,” a 2400-meter flat race for three-year-olds and older, was part of and the highlight of the “International Riem Racing Weeks ” From 1934 to 1944, the races were held annually in the summer. The races had a distinctly international character. Besides horses from Germany, the winning horses in the annual Brown Ribbon races came from France and Italy. The most famous winner was Heinrich Thyssen’s Nereide from the Erlenhof Stud, who won in 1936. The purse for the inaugural race was 19,500 Reichsmarks, rising to 50,000 Reichsmarks in 1935, and subsequently reaching 100,000 Reichsmarks. This made it one of the richest horse races in Europe. The “Brown Ribbon” for the first-placed horse is a sash in brown color. This item is extremely rare, as anything remotely related to Buch is just not on the market. Price Includes World Wide Tracked Shipping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A5_03u8XSc
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WWII Luftwaffe Stuka Pilot Oblt Wanner Soldbuch & Wehrpass Set – Ju 87 D-5 – 189 Missions! – Missing in Action – FFS Gold – Ultra Rare
$1,850.00We lately got in a set of nice documents, coupled by the former collector with original awards. Although they were not the pilots awards and are offered here separately, we do not split groups that belong together. Oberleutnant Will Wanner Born in 1920, he was enlisted after volunteering in the Luftwaffe in 1940. He went though almost three years of schooling on the Stuka before joining his Stuka unit in December of 1942. Wanner served with III/ Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 1943 SG 77 seen extensive action on the Eastern Front. By 20 December 1942 III./StG 77 had only seven serviceable dive-bombers. III./StG 77 lost 29 ground crew on the retreat from Rossosh to Kharkov. It probably took part in the air battles but was decimated and withdrawn to Würzburg. It was rebuilt with 37 Ju 87s and 245 officers and sent to Luftflotte 2, II. Fliegerkorps. The group moved to Cagliari, but was not to be used until the Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky). In the event, the airfields were so badly damaged on the island it was ordered to return to IV. Fliegerkorps on 27 April 1943 On 8 July, StG 77 supported the Großdeutschland against the fortified village of Syrtsevo. StG 77 lost five Ju 87s and another damaged in combat with the 240 IAP. The air corps claimed, with contributions from SG 1, 84 Soviet tanks destroyed, 21 damaged, 40 vehicles destroyed, and five artillery pieces along with two anti-aircraft guns and two rocket launchers. By the evening of 8 July, 16 dive-bombers had been lost. The Germans halved the amount of Stuka sorties over the ensuing days. On 11 July, 9./StG 77, under III./StG 77 lost another five Ju 87s as it supported attacks against the 69th Army. The 183 IAP were their attackers. In the afternoon, 50 Ju 87s supported the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler’s attack on Hill 252.2. On 12 July StG 77 was involved in the Battle of Prokhorovka. While the Ju 87s could only fly 150 sorties in support, but with StG 2 the attacked with great success against Soviet armour advancing in the open. The 31st Tank Brigade, of the 29th Tank Corps, suffered heavy casualties. The 36th Tank Brigade’s commander was wounded by aircraft when his tank was destroyed. On 14 July, another six Ju 87s were lost supporting the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps The German offensive continued in the southern sector, but Operation Roland failed and the Red Army took time to begin the counter offensive, Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev. Soviet forces slowly pressed the Germans back. On 19 July 7./StG 77 was wiped out by a Soviet attack on the base at Kramatorskaya and 4./StG 77 lost another three to Soviet fighters. At the beginning of August 1943, the Soviet summer counter offensives began. StG 77 lost 24 dive-bombers and 30 damaged between 5 and 31 July 1943. Their losses from July to December 1942 were just 23. The Stuka arm had also lost eight Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross holders—Karl Fitzner of 5./StG 77 was one of them; he was shot down and killed on 8 July.III./StG 77 operated in the Kharkov and Belgorod sectors, after the fall of the latter on 5 August. From 6 to 12 August it lost four Ju 87s in combat and another three in the retreat to prevent their capture. On 17 August it was at Poltava, and the following day 7./StG 77 lost another four in combat near Sumy; four men were killed and two wounded. The group retreated to Stalino and lost another three on 2 and 3 September while 8. and 9. Staffel lost two Ju 87s near Kharkov on 5 September. Awards 4.12.1941 – Pilots Badge 8.7.1943 – Iron Cross Second Class 8.7.1943 – Front Flying Clasp in Bronze 26.7.1943 – Iron Cross First Class 24.7.1943 – Front Flying Clasp in Silver 6.2.1944 – Front Flying Clasp in Gold He flew a total of 189 Missions, according to the Luftwaffe Officer Lists he was shot down by Anti Aircraft Fire over Bialystok. WANNER, Willi. 01.06.44 promo to Oblt./A1. 27.07.44 Oblt., 7./SG 77 MIA – Ju 87 D-5 (S2+CR) shotdown by AA vic Bialystok. According to the German War graves online archive he was never buried… The both Certificates for the Front Clasps are attached to a card by the previous collector. Condition is as photographed.
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WWII Waffen SS Soldbuch – SS Sturmmann Wichmann – SS Jäger Btl 500 – Wounded Fighting Partisans – SS-Jagdverbände – Very Rare Unit
$1,750.00Here we have a rather rare SS Unit, I have not seen any to this unit in many years dealing in IDs. Siegmund Wichmann was born in 1923 in Romania. He was enlisted/Volunteered for the Waffen SS in April 1943 with: Stammkompanie / SS Grenadier Ersatz Btl “Ost” After training he was posted to his frontline unit: SS Grenadier Ausbildungs Btl “Ost” SS Jäger Btl 500 – Stabskompanie Commander SS-Sturmbannführer Beilhack Manpower strength 30 June 1944 – 1.271 SS-Jäger-Btl 500 was under the administrative command of 292. Infanterie-Division, which was part of Armee Gruppe Mitte from June 1941 to January 1945. A quick bit of research shows the divisional commander from 30.6.1944 to 1.9.1944 to have been Generalmajor Johannes Gittner. SS-Jäger-Btl 500 was engaged in security and anti-partisan operations behind the German lines during its time with 292. SS-Jäger-Btl 500 was disbanded in October 1944, the survivors being sent to SS-Panzergrenadier-Ausbildungs und Ersatz Btl 35, which was the depot of the SS-Jagdverbände and SS-Fallschirmjäger-Btl 500 and 600. Tessin: SS-Jäger-Btl.500 * 15. 4. 1944 zu 5 Kpn. aus dem Jäger-Btl. der Nachschub-Kdtr. Rußland-Mitte in Moorlager (Bereza-Kartuska bei Brest-Litowsk); im Partisaneneinsatz Mittelrußland, zuletzt Sept. 1944 bei Warschau; Okt. 1944 aufgelöst; Abwicklung beim SS-A usb.und Ers.Btl. 35 in Konitz. U: Sondertruppe RF -SS In March of 1945, it seems he was issued combat equipment once again including a rifle for combat with his replacement unit. SS Grenadier Ausbildungs und Ersatz Batl 25 – Konitz Westpreussen Interestingly, SS-Jagdverbände merely used SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Ausb.u.Ers.Btl. 35 as a ‘cover’. SS-Führungs-Hauptamt order of 1.12.1944 changes the nomenclature from SS-Grenadier-Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Bataillon 35 to SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Ausb.u.Ers.Btl. 35 with effect from 15.11.1944. The latter designation was used as early as October 1944 in paybooks issued to members of SS-Fallschirmjäger-Btl 600 and the SS-Jagdverbände. Promoted SS Sturmmann – February 1945 – SS Grenadier Ersatz Btl 35 Awards Black Wounds Badge – Wounded on the 15th of July 1944 – fighting Partisans Given in June of 1944 a special Führer Paket along with money. Last comments Very rare unit, directly engaged with fighting partisans.
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Original WWII German 1939 Teller Mine Fuze Storage Box – Waffen-Amt 244 Stamped
$125.00A pretty rare sight these days is boxes like this in such condition. This is for 6 Teller Mine Fuzes and one Spanner to set the Fuzes. Marked Wa.A 244 Price is Shipped World Wide
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Original Waffen-SS Soldbuch Grouping – SS Unterscharführer Roland Huy-Prech – SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 14 „Skanderbeg“ – 7 SS Division Prinz Eugen – RARE! (Reserved)
Very interesting and rare SS Soldbuch set to a unit hardly ever seen on the market. SS Soldbuch and Drivers licence issued to Roland Huy-Prech, who was a driver and technical NCO in the Stab of two Prinz Eugen GJ Regiments! Frontline units: July 1942: SS Gebirgsjäger Regiment 2 – Stabskompanie 1944/1945: SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 14 „Skanderbeg“ Although the division was designated a “volunteer” division, very few of its men were actually volunteers. Rather, the Banat region had been declared German territory, and the men had been drafted into the Waffen-SS. The division’s equipment consisted largely of captured French, Polish, Czech, and Yugoslavian weapons and equipment. The division’s formation was completed in October 1942. It comprised 11,000 ethnic German volunteers, 22,000 ethnic Germans from Romania, 2,500 ethnic Germans from Croatia, and 2,000 Reich Germans as cadre personnel. That same month, the division was transferred to the area of Užice-Čačak-Novi Pazar-Mitrovica. On October 12, 1942, the division saw its first action against partisan units in the Kopaonik Mountains. This initial engagement, however, was largely unsuccessful. In December 1942, orders were issued to transfer to the Zagreb (Agram) area. On December 31, 1942, the division had a strength of 411 officers and 19,424 non-commissioned officers and enlisted men. In January 1943, the division, advancing from the Karlovac area towards Slunj, participated in a major operation against partisan groups in western Bosnia, targeting Bihac. This operation, codenamed “White,” also involved the 369th, 717th, and 714th Infantry Divisions. The Italian 2nd Army contributed three divisions. On January 27, 1943, the division occupied Bihac. The advance then continued on both sides of the Bihac-Bosn. Petrovac road. The division then marched south via Drvar to Bosn. Grahovo. Hindered by heavy snowfall, Drvar could not be occupied until February 27, 1943. Tito had fled the town the day before. The division assembled here until March 3rd and then attacked Bosn. Grahovo. Mostar was reached on March 15th, where the division concluded Operation White. No major operations took place in April 1943. From May 15th, 1943, the division participated in Operation Black, in which the 1st Mountain Division, the 104th Jäger Division, the 369th Infantry Division, and two Bulgarian regiments also took part. During the operation, which lasted until June 15th, there was heavy fighting with partisan units. After the operation’s conclusion, the division marched into the area north and east of Sarajevo. In July 1943, the General Command of the V SS Mountain Corps was formed from elements of the divisional staff. After some minor anti-partisan operations, the division was transferred to Herzegovina at the beginning of August 1943, with its headquarters in Mostar. Following the Italian surrender, the division received orders on September 9, 1943, to occupy the Dalmatian coast, which was largely occupied by Italian troops. The 2nd SS Volunteer Mountain Infantry Regiment was ordered to capture the strategically important city of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). Since the Italian VI Corps stationed there refused to surrender the city, the regiment was forced to capture it after a German air raid on September 12. On October 22, 1943, the division’s units were numbered. The division was now designated the “7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division ‘Prinz Eugen’,” and the mountain infantry regiments were designated “SS Volunteer Mountain Infantry Regiments 13″ and 14.” The remaining divisional units also received the number 7. From October 23rd, the division participated in Operation “Autumn Storm.” The reinforced SS Volunteer Mountain Infantry Regiment 13 was tasked with occupying the islands of Brač, Hvar, Korkula, and the Pelješac peninsula. The fighting on Pelješac, in particular, resulted in heavy losses on both sides. While this fighting continued, the reinforced SS Volunteer Mountain Infantry Regiment 14 was assigned to Operation “Landsturm” (Home Guard). The objective was to liberate the coastal strip between Split and Metković from partisans. After little success, the operation was called off in mid-November 1943. On December 2nd, 1943, the division then participated in Operation Operation “Kugelblitz” (Lightning Bolt) was launched. In cooperation with the 1st Mountain Division, the 369th Infantry Division, the 187th Reserve Division, and the Bulgarian 24th Infantry Division, three divisions of the Yugoslav People’s Liberation Army were to be destroyed in eastern Bosnia. Advancing from the southwest, the division marched via Gorazde into the area east of Sarajevo. On December 7th, it met up with the 1st Mountain Division near Gorazde and attempted to encircle the Yugoslav forces in the area of Zvornik – Priboj – Plevlja – Gorazde – Sarajevo. However, the Yugoslav units managed to break through and escape near Han Pijesac during the night of December 15th, 1943. The operation was then called off. On December 18th, 1943, Operation “Schneesturm” (Snowstorm) followed. to destroy the escaped partisan units. Heavy fighting and enemy counterattacks ensued, forcing the division to abandon this operation as well. As of December 31, 1943, the division had a strength of 21,102 men, exceeding its authorized strength by over 2,000. At this time, the division was located in the area north of Mostar. On January 4, 1944, Operation “Waldrausch” (Forest Frenzy) began, aimed at destroying the partisan groups west of the Bosna River. During this operation, on January 6, 1944, the 1st Battalion of the 13th SS Volunteer Mountain Infantry Regiment was completely destroyed. The exhausted division was briefly transferred back to Dalmatia at the end of January 1944, to the Ragusa-Split sector, and then, at the beginning of March 1944, to the area east of Sarajevo. On March 28, 1944, elements of the division were driving partisans through the towns of Otok, Gruda, and Dolac gathered the villagers in the village squares and murdered them. The likely trigger for the massacre was the Ustaša government’s plans in Zagreb to resettle ethnic German inhabitants of Slavonia. The murders were thus an act of revenge by the ethnic Germans against their Croatian allies. On April 26, 1944, Operation “Maypole” began. Its aim was to prevent Yugoslav units from crossing the Drina River into Serbia. The operation ended in mid-May 1944 with heavy losses for the Yugoslav…
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Original WWII German General Gause Photo Album – Rommel Inspection Denmark 1943 – Sabotage Troops – Atlantic Wall – Hanstholm – Very Rare Images
$3,495.00Extremely Rare Images of Rommel In Denmark Taken By General Gause.
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WWII Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Gefreiter Alfred Unsinn – Child Soldier 16 Years Old – Belfort Gap France 1944 – 159 Infanterie Division
$325.00Alfred Unsinn was born in August 1928 and was called up for duty at a very young age in 1943. In 1944 he was only 16 years old! Served with: Leichte Reserve Artillerie Abteilung 9 In December 1943 they were stationed in La Valbonne, France. Fought under: 159 Reserve Division / 159 Infanterie Division On January 8, 1944, the division was transferred to southern France and deployed to protect the Atlantic coast. After the Allied landings in southern France, the division retreated to Belfort, suffering heavy losses. Other details from the Soldbuch: Signature on Page 3 – 4. Batterie, Batterieführer, Oberleutnant Günther Nostitz It seems he was likely captured, the last entries are June 1944 and I was unable to find any references to him online. Given the fact the Swastica is removed it is a sign he may have been captured.
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WWII Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Gefreiter Theodor Fischer – Grenzwach Regiment 46 – Siege of the Belgian Fortress Aubin-Neufchâteau 1940 !
Gefreiter Theodor Fischer from Richterich (Aachen) Germany, born in 1912 – in his civilian life he was a Miner! Soldbuch was issued in September 1939 with: Grenzwacht-Regiment 46 Unit was made up of Border troops from the Aachen area and took part in the Siege of the Belgian Fortress Aubin-Neufchâteau which was one of the forts in the Position Fortifiée de Liège (Festung Lüttich). During the 1940 Belgian campaign, Grenzwacht-Regiment 46 was known for its role in the brutal siege of the Fortress of Aubin-Neufchâteau, one of the forts in the Liège fortified position. After the fall of Fort Eben-Emael, Fort Aubin-Neufchâteau held out for eleven days against a massive German assault, including artillery, air attacks, and infantry assaults, before surrendering on May 21, 1940, due to exhaustion and lack of ammunition. The German forces, particularly the airborne troops, used a combination of glider landings, explosives, and flamethrowers to overcome the defenses, but the garrison’s valiant resistance impressed the attacking forces. Served also with: Radfahr-Bataillon 404 of the 263. Infanterie-Division in occupied Norway, and Radfahr-Abteilung 30 of the 30. Infanterie-Division. Until sometime in 1944 when he contracted some sort of stomach/intestine complains and was sent to various replacement units till the wars end. Soldbuch comes with his NSDAP Gesundheitspass which was in the rear of the Soldbuch.
