Deutschland German Militaria & Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1938 tinnie for the Saxon Heavy Artillery Day in Meissen. The tinnie has a dramatic design with red painted areas and reads TAG DER SACHSISCHEN SCHWEREN ARTILLERIE 21.u.2MAI 1938 MEISSEN. VINTAGE: Circa 1938...

ARTIFACT: This is a Schlagetertag (Schlageter Day) 1936 tinnie. The tinnie commemorates the death of Albert Leo Schlageter, a national hero during the Thrid Reich, Schlageter was awarded both the Iron Cross First and Second Class during World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1933 Nazi labor tinnie with a maker's mark on reverse. The tinnie reads Es Wird Nur Noch Einen Adel Geben Ð Adel der Arbeit (There is only one nobility: the nobility of labor) Adolf Hitler 1933. VINTAGE: Circa 1933...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1933 tinnie for the Tag des Deutschen MŠdels, or Day of the Young German Girls, at Koln. The equivalent would be a day for "Brownies", or Girl Guides. The celebration took place on the 14th & 15th of October, 1933...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1936 Nazi tinnie for the Turnerbund Turnfest, or gymnastics festival, held that year at Voigtsbach. The tinnie reads 13-14.6.1936 Unterbezirks-Turnfest 25 Jahr Grundungsfest Voigtsbach. The rectangular tinnie has an example of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1928 Nazi tinnie for the Turnerbund Turnfest, or gymnastics festival, held that year at Schluctenau. The tinnie reads Nordbohmischer Turngan Gau-turnfest fur Turner, u. Turnerinnen in Schluctenau Am 15 Heuets 192The rectangular tinnie...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1933 Nazi tinnie for the Bezirks-Turnfest, or gymnastics festival, held that year at Wolfsberg. The tinnie reads 23.Bezirks-Turnfest 70.Bestandsfest D.T.V. Wolfberg Heuets 193The rectangular tinnie has an example of the rounded...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1934 Nazi tinnie commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the victory at Tannenberg. Tannenberg was an early battle during World War I in which the German 8th Army took on the Russian 1st and 2nd Armies. The week-long engagement was...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1935 Nazi tinnie for German Seafaring Day, which took place on May 25 and 26 of that year. The pin reads SEEFAHRT IST NOT TAG DER DEUTSCHEN SEEFAHRT 25-26.5.1935 and shows a large schooner sailing beneath a swastika. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1936 Nazi sailing day tinnie. The tinnie is oval and shows a ship in full sail with an eagle at the top. VINTAGE: Circa 1936. SIZE: Approximately 1-13/16" in height and 1-5/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Stamped tin...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1936 feuerwehrt (firefighter) pay tinnie from Coesfeld-Dulmen. The tinnie shows the entrance at the town's fortification with a firefighting symbol above. VINTAGE: Circa 1936. SIZE: Approximately 1-13/16" in height and 1-5/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is an oval tinnie for the 1933 Nazi Hitler Youth Day in Bavaria (Tag der Jugend in Bayern). The "Hitler Youth" was initially an organization formed to groom teenagers as anti-Semites, but during the war the Youths became fair game to...