Nazi German Militaria

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1938 M-38 Luftschutz (or Air Protection Warning Service) gladiator helmet with about 98% of its paint and decal intact. "Luftschutz" is short for Luftschutzwarndienst, a civilian organization who calculated which...

ARTIFACT: This is a great "Battle of the Bulge" veteran purchase: an M1935 camouflage helmet sprayed with green and brown paint. The veteran who came by the helmet (Johnson) wrote his name on either side of the outside in pencil, and in these...

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 rare 1942 Luxemburg (or Luxembourg) "First District Council" tinnie for the NSDAP, or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpart (National Socialist German Workers'or Nazi Party). The tinnie commemorates the official...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpart, or NSDAP) member lapel pin. The pin is nicely enameled and has an RZM M1/02 maker mark on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a great unidentified plastic German "tinnie". It is triangular and shows a red fox walking among some foliage. Squadron or Naval insignia? VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/2" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a wartime Nazi RAD, or Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service), member stick pin. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/8" in height and 5/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass with enameled/painted...

ARTIFACT: 1935 Nazi Tinny reads: "GAUTAG der N. S. D. A. P. WESTFALEN SUD" along the top of the stamped coppered steel tinny, which features an eagle clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons, the eagles wings are slightly open and below it reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1934 SA (Sturmabteilung) Brigade 44 tinnie from Wartburgstadt, Eisenach. The tall, nicely designed tinnie shows a bricked wall having a swastika for a gate with the village of Eisenach, the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1936 tinnie for Hitler Youth Festival Day (Jugendfest). "Hitler Youth" was initially an organization formed to groom teenagers as anti-Semites, but during the War the Youths became fair game to restore depleted military manpower. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early Third Reich aviation meet badge from a 1934 event in Hamburg for the DLV (Deutsches Luft Verband), the Civil Aviation branch of the Nazi Party. This badge was made in the pre-WWII years when the DLV was secretly training...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice tinnie for 1930 Stahlhelm am Rhein (Steel Helmet on the Rhine) event, the 11th mass meeting of the Reichsfrontsoldatentag (RFST). The tinnie shows a sword by the Rhine's edge and reads 11 RFST 4.5 OKTOBER 1930 Der Stahlhelm am...