Deutschland German Militaria & Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a rare lot of seventeen candid period photographs of Luftwaffe Captain and eventual Major, Walter Nowotny. Nowotny, a native of Austria, trained during 1939 and 1940 to become a Luftwaffe fighter pilot. In 1941 he was sent to the...

ARTIFACT: This is a first edition copy of the album "Zeppelin Weltfahrten I". This celebrates the airship LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin", a craft named after the country's airship pioneer, Count (Graf) Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The ship flew...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare copy of the album "LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin: nach 15 Originalphotographien vom Bau des Luftschiffes" that comes with its original cover. This was compiled to commemorate the round-the-world flight of the German...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of the album "LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin: nach 15 Originalphotographien vom Bau des Luftschiffes". This was compiled to commemorate the round-the-world flight of the German airship LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin", a craft...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa July 1938 photograph of a German-American Bund rally at Camp Nordland in Andover Township, New Jersey. This gathering is a celebration of the camp's one year anniversary. The photo appears to have been used in January of...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1938 publication put out by the NSDAP, or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' or Nazi Party). It is entitled "Deutsche Uniformen", a two-dozen page color illustrated booklet of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Mein Fliegerleben" (My Flying Life) by General Colonel Ernst Udet. Udet was a World War I ace in the Flying Circus, scoring second only to one other pilot, a stunt pilot, a motorcyclist, cartoonist, the...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce hardcover copy of the German book "Luftfahrt Ist Not! Unter dem Protektorat des Deutschen Luftfahrtverbandes" or "Aviation is Necessary! Under the Patronage of the German Aviation Association". It was...

ARTIFACT: Early, silver plated Tombak SS, SA, or NSKK Dagger Grip Eagle. 'RZM'Marked M1/47 VINTAGE: Circa 1930s – World War II. SIZE: Approximately 9/16" in height and 1" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Two...

ARTIFACT: This is an attic-fresh World War I Imperial German pickelhaube, or spiked helmet. The helmet hails from Württemberg, and the ornate front "wappen" (plate) is the Wurttemberg coat of arms: a lion rampant and a deer bearing a banner...

ARTIFACT: Early WWI Prussian Artillery Enlisted Picklehaube M1895 (spiked helmet) with original owner's initials and unit markings. The helmet is hardened black leather with reinforced with brass trim, helmet plate, and spike at the crown. The brass...

ARTIFACT: WWI Imperial German M1916 Stahlhelm. As found in a barn in Northern NH. The Stahlhelm replaced the Pickelhaube during WWI in 191The term Stahlhelm refers both to a generic steel helmet, and more specifically to the distinctive (and iconic)...