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| Excellent cammo exterior with reddish browns, greens, and mustard. The colors are separated by nice swirling black border. The helmet is marked W66. It has all of the pads and the leather is in nice shape. Though I can't make it out, the owner's name is penciled in on the rear of the helmet. The interior is numbered 6351. |
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| The interior has sound leather liner with the original drawstring and chinstraps. It shows some light rust around the edges and has the usual but faint white symbol used on Japanese helmets. The exterior shows a light overall rust, but still has a nice appearence. It is getting hard to find original untouched Japanese helmets. |
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| In the process of re-issuing this M35, the maker and size are barely legible. It retains a nice used liner that shows honest sweat and wear but is nicely intact. Though I cannot make out the size any more, a good guess would be a size 57-58. It retains its original drawstring and chinstrap. The chinstrap has been field repaired with a brass clip to hold the leather to the rectangular band. The exterior of the helmet has a rought texture outer finish with a beautiful eagle. The only real rare is to the black which surrounds the bird. One can still see the smooth apple green paint on the rivets. A very nice combat helmet getting very difficult to find. |
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| CKL68, size 57 liner. This helmet is near unissued in condition. There is virtually nothing to fault on the liner except some very minor flaking around the edge of the leather. The straps are perfect. It has the scribe line that one likes to see. Has nice hard pads and being as late as it is, it has that little extra flare to the lower flange which is unique to the late war helmets. The paint on the exterior has some scuffs but is overall in choice condition. All the rivets/bolts are aluminum with the exception of one steel bolt which is located on the left side. Couldn't find a better example of a late war para helmet. |
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| ET68 shell. This is a definite been there helmet. The interior liner has a lot of tears and what appears to be blood given the way the staining is to the leather. It has been field cut, probably from the soldier who was wearing it. The liner is so dark from blood that one cannot make out any marks anymore. There are the remnants of two sides of the straps. These two have rotted with blood. The exterior of the helmet has a relatively nice single decal eagle and the helmet possess three of its original bolts which have been untouched. Also, just to keep the liner in place, I personally put a replacement bolt and nut to keep the inside from moving around. If you are looking for a nice combat helmet that you can be pretty sure the soldier didn't walk away from....this is it. It was vet bought a week ago from today (06-21-10). |
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| This helmet is a Q64 with a size 56 liner. The liner shows sweat and wear and has the original drawstring. Behind the leather against the aluminum band, some of that green slime has begun to grow or as it is better known as "character." The rear flange is marked 4518. The eagle is in excellent condition. The paint is also in 95% condition with just some slight dome wear. There is slight rub wear and freckling to the tri-shield. Otherwise this is an extremely nice helmet. |
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| ET60 Shell with a 53 liner. A helmet for a true pin head. It has the original drawstring, beautiful early liner with the aluminum band. It has a later war chinstrap which is dated 42. On the interior, one can still see the original apple green finish, and the drawstring is so tight I cannot tell whether there is a dome stamp. The exterior is a monotone cammo rough paint finish which has left 98% of the decal showing. A super looking combat helmet. |
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| Beautiful WWI helmet with all brass fittings complete with brass chin scale straps. It is regimentally marked and dated 1915 on the interior. The leather liner is in nice condition. There are no extra holes for the front plate. The back spine is missing the little tail that fits through the leather skull and holds it in place. However, it is still tight due to it being attached to the upper spike rivet and is screwed in on the visor. A nice helmet in excellent condition. |
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| ET62 shell, 54 liner. The liner appears to never have been worn. There is no sweat or any other stains on the piece. The way the adjusting string is tied is indicative of helmets that never saw action. The decal, unfortunately, has a hit on the right wing which brings it down to about 95%. The paint has almost a velveteen finish with more storage wear and rub wear than anything else. A super piece. |
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| ET68 shell, 57 liner. This helmet is complete with its original straps. The owners name is penciled in at the very top of the helmet. It is batch number 4779. All the pads are nice and firm as all the double bolts are as well. There is some very minor wear to the front area of the helmet, but nothing all that detracting. The eagle on the exterior shows some scratches but has a real been there look. The paint is in overall super nice condition with just the usual dome wear to the very top. A wonderful example with possibly a researchable name. |
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| NS64 with a size 56 liner. This helmet has a beautiful dome stamp which is dated 1936. The liner shows honest age but no real abuse and/or damage, it is still totally sound. The aluminum band hasn't been played with and is nice and tight and true. Exterior wise, the decal shows some minor freckling from scratches as does the tri-shield. It is quite possible this helmet was re-issued but retained both decals given the slightly darker than apple green finish that is in the interior of this piece. |
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| This extremely interesting piece of history is a direct copy, done probably in either Libya, Tanasia, or another one of the other German strongholds. It is woven out of reed which is extremely tight. The front visor, which would have taken the most wear from being taken on and off, has been reinforced with a heavy cardboard. They then used a web gear to create the buffer pads that go before the liner and the actual body of the helmet. It is dated 1942 on the cardboard frame and is a 58. The front area also has an eagle stamped proof mark that is on the oil cloth and cardboard interior. The liner itself is a stiff cheese cloth material that has actually been tailored to fit the head as one can see from the pictures. The strap has also been Gerry rigged out of combat field equipment. An interesting piece, far more so than the standard pith helmets. They have even gone so far as to put the little air vent top on the helmet. It has the standard army shield and tri-colors as well. |
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| The decals are the rare Austrian pattern decals which are shown in Kelly Hicks' book. The interior of the helmet has an extremely nice liner and is regimentally marked to an SS sturm 42 unit. There are other marks on the leather which given the condition of the steel part of the helmet, has remained relatively supple. On close inspection of this piece, one can see it has never been apart as the bolts that hold the liner to the helmet are totally rusted and have never been played with. The paint in the dome is extremely nice and it does have its original chinstrap. The body of the helmet shows a fair amount of rust and with the early civil style helmets, it has the mesh screened vents, left and right. This one is missing the screen which goes over the SS runes. There is a fair amount of wear to this helmet, but nonetheless, it is what it is and it is quite rare. |
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| Just pulled out of the woodwork at a garage sale. Original paint and well marked. In the center of the can, it has the indented SS runes. Good looking piece, not common anymore. |
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| The interior of this cap, which is distributor market Robert Lubstein and dated 1936. It is a size 57 1/2. The underside of the leather sweatband is marked 3rd regiment General Goring. The lower part is to, what I believe the 10th battery. The interior is extremely nice. Some of the threads which hold the lining down are loose, but if one chose to, one could easily tighten this up. The sweatband is in nice condition except that in the left side there is a split in the leather. The exterior of the hat is exceptionally nice. Still has the oil cloth edged visor. It has beautiful early matching insignia. The piping is in excellent un-mothed condition. Just an exceptionally nice hat and even better that it is marked on the inside. |
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| The shell is marked ET62 with a batch number 2752. The liner is size marked 55. The liner, while still very supple shows definite wear, especially to the brow area from perspiration. There is fraying to the leather at around 11 o'clock looking down at the helmet. Otherwise the interior is very sound. The exterior of the helmet is a rough sandy finish and the police decal shows considerable wear and is about 75% intact. The party shield is about 98% intact. The sandy grit finish is pushing through the decals, giving it a real burned in appearance. The paint is in exceptionally nice condition. |
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| CKL62 marked. The interior of this helmet shows that the individual who did wear it had a pretty good head shot as there is evidence of dried blood throughout the interior liner. It does retain its original drawstring and partial pieces of the chinstrap. It is interesting to note that looking down into the helmet at about 1 o'clock there are remnants of what used to be a cammo net for this helmet. The exterior of the helmet is just a rough painted green which has a fair amount of scuffs to the dome area. It is an interesting helmet. |
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| This shako has double air vents on each side. It has a stunning eagle. Given the fact that on the interior there is absolutely no wear and the leather draw cord is still factory tied, this helmet is definitely unissued. It is Erel marked and distributed by Robert Lubstein. It is a size 57 1/2. There is the most minor crazing on the leather band which goes around the perimeter of the helmet, but this would be its only downside. The cockade is even mint unissued. One seldom sees, especially a rural shako, one this nice. |
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| Absolutely mint condition piece. The inside being marked SS 204. It is the extremely light, almost T-shirt like material. This is the only way you want to see these. This one is like factory new. Would look fantastic on a pristine helmet as this piece has never scene combat. |
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| This helmet is in exceptional condition. The interior of the helmet has all of its leather sweat band which also has the individual name, serial number and regiment that he was in. The strap, which holds the liner in place, is fully intact, though I have left it un-attached to the visor so it doesn't accidentally become broken. This helmet was made by the Capac manufacturing company out of Michigan. The exterior of this helmet is near flawless. It has beautiful rough texture sawdust like finish and has the original US cammo net still affixed. There is one break in the string; however there is no string missing, all the ends could be re-attached. The condition of this helmet is what makes it uncommon. |
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| It has all lugs and washers on the reverse. It is not misshapen. It is quite nice in overall appearance. |
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| Has a beautiful bright blade with no damage. It also has a nice early brass hilt and a triple wire wrapped grip with no cracks. It retains both of its red ruby eyes. Has nice outstretched wing eagle on the cross guard and deeply chiseled filigree work on the lion's mane and feral. It retains the original sword knot and has original paint on the scabbard. |
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| These 1st model Luft half sized daggers were usually given as presentation gifts, as this one was, to a flieger group out of Berlin. It is beautifully 3 line engraved. It has a slightly dented tip, yet most all the fittings retain almost all of their silver. The swaz's are actually done in enamel and there is some minor damage to the top pommel where the swaz's are located. |
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| The blade is beautiful with minimum wear whatsoever. It has a red buffer washer, beautiful undamaged ivory grip, the scabbard is straight and true, and it has the owners name engraved to the upper area of the scabbard between the two screws. It appears to be V. Der. Lande. An exceptionally nice dagger. |
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| Exceptionally clean blade that is absolutely perfect. A very uncommon maker for swords. The upper hilt retains most all of its original gold. It has a beautiful outstretched wing eagle on the cross guard and on the reverse languet, it has a beautiful panel centered in oak leaves and acorns. It has the original sword knot. Also has a beautiful massive oak leaf on the D-guard. |
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| The blade on this sword is un-plated, but the blade itself is absolutely perfect. It has a beautiful down swept eagle, beautiful triple wire wrapped grip, and 100% of its gold remains. Very uncommon to find un-plated blades with army swords, also not a common maker. It has an original sword knot with the piece. |
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| This sword is exceptional in a multitude of ways. First off, the blade is perfect. It is engraved in an ultra rare patter that is very art deco with stylized down swept eagle and heavy, heavy oak leave throughout. It than has an artillery/cavalry regiment pulling a large cannon with kason and with seven horses. The spine is beautifully engraved as well. On the reverse side, the base again has grosser sized oak leaves, huge cannon (which appears to be shooting out the artillery regiment which is the second battalion artillery regiment 22 berden). It actually shows a projectile going beyond the engraving. The final engraving are again oak leaves and acorns in grosser sized. This gorgeous sword reposes in an original painted scabbard which does show wear but is in overall nice condition. It also should be noted that this is the type of sword, much like the Holler 21's, where you can unscrew the upper hilt for disassembly. This would be a fantastic sword if it stopped there, but it does not. It is encased in its original red E. Pack bag which has the E.Pack logo on the front and marked Solingen. It is also spelled out on the flap, E. Pack and Son. Overall this is just a gorgeous piece with everything include. |
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| The blade is absolutely stunning, retaining all of its cross graining and is of course marked RZM M7/66 1939. The dagger itself equals the blade in every way. It is the beautiful copper finish that one loves to see on real NSKK marines. The cross guards have that darkened patina on the copper and when you draw the dagger from the scabbard, you can see the brighter outline where the upper part of the scabbard protected the lower part of the cross guard. There are no flaws to the handle. It has all original paint with some very minor swing wear to the reverse. The ball remains un-dented and has just some minor wear on the lower front side. It is interesting to note that it has slightly larger screws than the norm. The chain is marked in the usual way which is RZM M3/23 and Musterschutz NSKK-Korpsfuhrung. It has the bullet shaped cut outs for the connecting rings. If you are ever going to own one of these daggers....this should be it. This is just an absolutely stunning dagger. The only thing wrong with the piece is it is missing the spring on the clip and has some light swing wear on the reverse of the clip. |
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| Absolutely stone mint blade with stamped trademark. It has beautiful tarnished fittings with an extremely dark orange grip. There are no dents and no apologies on this dagger. It has its original knot. It is just a real stunner. |
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| Stone mint blade on this piece. It has no maker. Under the front eagle are the standard patent marks. It has original heavy leather washer. There is original paint to scabbard. There are no cracks to grip and that the screws have never even been turned. It comes with beautiful original black frog with a K on the reverse. Super untouched piece. |
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| Beautiful highly polished blade with its entire original cross graining. The blade would have to rate 99%. It has undamaged grip, beautiful leather washer, and a sound cross guard showing no signs of age. The scabbard equals the condition of the dagger. It is superb. |
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| This is the black bake elite grip plates which show no damage. That is quite rare in itself. The tools in the handle retain all of their original bluing. The blade shows some minor spotting but has never been cleaned and one can still see most of all of the cross grain polishing on the piece. The scabbard, which has the boot clip, has all original paint. A rare combat knife rare to encounter in this kind of condition. |
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| It is of course made by Eickhorn and has all the appropriate proofs. It has the proper casting mark behind the swaz. It retains virtually all of its cross graining. The grip, which is a nice yellowy orange, is near perfect. The cross guard and pommel retain most of its original burnishing and show no peeling. The scabbard still retains a lot of its dark burnishing also. Overall, a beautiful piece which even still retains traces of its original lacquer. |
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| Stunning blade with all cross graining. The lower part of the guard is marked DRP and numbered 857. This is an exceptionally low number. Has beautiful black leather washer with a perfect grip. There is 100% plating on cross guard, eagle, and pommel. There are no chips out of the grip. It fits beautifully into its scabbard which has a perfect chain that is DRGM marked and the plating on the fittings of the scabbard is in exceptional condition. Retains all of its screws. It does show some wear to the original paint on the scabbard as the pictures will attest. This piece, however, is way above the norm. |
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| This early piece has an exceptionally nice blade. It has never been cleaned and there is minimal wear. The grip is all original and undamaged. The pommel and cross guard are beautifully tarnished and show no damage to the pin wheel swaz's that are inlayed. The scabbard, which shows no damage or swelling, has all of the staples. The tarnish to all the fittings match the upper assembly of the dagger. The hanger which is S-hooked to the scabbard rings is DRGM marked and serial numbered. Extraordinarily nice piece. |
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| Has a perfect blade with original leather washer. There is no damage to grips and the plating is perfect. It retains the original brown leather frog and one can see how the lug has indented the island of the frog. Obviously used by Luftwaffe given the color of the frog. It has original black paint which shows some scuffs and minor wear. A beautiful piece. |
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| The blade retains almost its entire original cross graining. It does have a few minor spots but the piece has never been cleaned. It is double proofed, both RZM and maker marked. The grip shows no damage and the plated fittings have marginal plating wear. The scabbard actually is anodized and all of the fittings are in extremely nice condition. The chain is Musterschutz NSKK-Korpsfuhrung. There is some wear to the plating on the chain. Overall it is an exceptionally nice transitional NSKK dagger. |
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| The blade is in extremely nice condition, un-cleaned. The motto is extremely dark. It retains almost all of its cross graining. There are some minor in and out runner wear. The nickel silver cross guards fit beautifully to the wood grip. The lower guard is marked WM. On the reverse of this piece is the individual's name which he applied on a thin piece of tape which if one was inclined could remove with no damage to the grip. It is interesting to note that he must have drawn the dagger enough times out of his dagger that the high point of the grip where the tape is has been worn through. The scabbard is in excellent condition having all of its screws and retaining probably around 70% of its lacquer and 100% of its iodization. |
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| The blade shows some light wear but one can still see the cross graining on it. The motto is still relatively dark. The lower cross guard has moderate wear and the upper cross guard shows only some light wear on the reverse. The top pommel nut shows some slight marring. The grip fits perfectly to both the upper and lower guards with no damage. The fittings on the scabbard are exceptionally nice with no plating damage. The chain is in excellent condition and is double proofed on the reverse RZM M3/23 Mustershutz NSKK-Korpsfuhrung. |
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| This engraved bayonet, which is named to a captain Faust, is triple engraved. The engraving is exceptionally deep and gorgeous. One side has a floral motif with a crest composed of swords. The spine is a nice oak leaf design and the other front side is personalized in a floral pattern motif. The wood grips are perfect. There is of course given its age some wear to its plating, but no pitting. The scabbard is blued and it even retains its original frog. A WWI engraved bayonet of this caliber comes up very infrequently compared to the Nazi period pieces. |
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| The leather is still supple and in no danger of breaking. All clips work. It shows some slight abrasions on the right leather part. The clip is DRGM marked and RZM proofed. |
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| These hangers are in excellent condition showing minimal wear. There is no oxidation. All the clips work. These are not Assman marked buckles. |
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| Absolutely superb condition. It has the cats ass insert found only on naval daggers. There is no powdering to the knot whatsoever. Rare to find in this condition. |
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| The piece shows some wear. This definitely had been on a dagger at one time. It has the very thin cord often encountered on GO knots. Still a very nice example. |
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