Best WWII German Item of 2021

[SARGE]

Time to show the best WWII period German item that you picked up in 2021.  It does not have to be the rarest or most expensive find of the year but should be the thing that you like the best.  

 

I will start the thread out with a NSDAP Unit flag for the Kassel Police.  This flag is a "Fachschaft / Polizei-Kassel" NSDAP unit flag made in the form of a fringed Party Flag.  Similar in style to the SA Hoheitsfahne or the SS Sturmbannfahne, also known as a Storm Flag.  These slightly rectangular flags are seen in the Men-At-Arms Series (278), "Flags of The Third Reich 3:  Party & Police Units".  This flag is made of red woolen cloth (Schiffsflaggentuch) with a large black swastika within a white circle.  It is edged on three sides with silver-aluminum fringe and seven plain white metal rings attach the flag to a pole on the plain side.  This particular pole is not original to the flag but the rings are. There is a rectangular  black patch on the upper left canton with the police unit name embroidered in white Gothic lettering.  The flag is double sided and has the same motif and patches on both sides.  

 

I have been trying to buy this flag from the previous owner for years and finally succeeded this year.  I was pleased to finally add this flag to my collection.

 

 

[Fortunes Of War]

Sarge-

    Nice flag with the original rings!  The rings are often cut off, so you are fortunate that yours remain in place.  I collect Sturmfahne, so always appreciate seeing similarly "patched" flags.

[Jack the Collector]

Very cool,and it is nice to see it here.So seldom to see these anymore.

[RAB]

Captured Luftwaffe helmet with papers. Got this from a relative but I was there when he found it at a gun show a few years ago and the paper was folded up in the liner and the seller didnt even realize it was there until after it was bought.

[Tony v]

SARGE

 

   Great looking flag ! 

 

RAB 

 

   Very nice Luft helmet

 

Tony

[Fortunes Of War]

Jack-

     It looks like the owner's name is penned inside.  Is that what I'm seeing?  Nice to have the papers with it...

[SARGE]

Nice Luftwaffe helmet RAB.  It is always nice to find the bring-back papers with these items.  Especially as a surprise find.  I found the paperwork for a Walther PP stuck down in the toe of the holster once.  I always go through the pockets of uniforms as well because you never know what might be lurking in one.  

 

Thanks for the kudos on the flag guys.  This is a very early style as the Gothic unit lettering was replaced with a Polizei eagle after circa 1934.  So, this flag probably dates to circa 1933.  

 

 

[jmd62]

Wow, great flag and helmet you two!

[Jack the Collector]

Actually mine is something most 3rd Reich collectors would not give a second look to or have any interest in.I have only seen one,it was on a tunic at the Imperial War Museum.Other wise I have only seen them in reference books.Fire Protection Police driver's who were also trained in handling fire-fighting equipment Trade Badge. The badge was introduced in November 1942 and worn on the lower left arm.

[Gwar]

Mine would probably be this hand signed document from RAD Generalarbeitsfuhrer Laur, there is no doubt on authenticity..

[John4022]

Lovely items everyone, I'm glad to see lots of us had a great collecting year! 

 

This is my favorite German item of 2021, a cutoff SS Sleeve Eagle that's a rarer pattern. It came with a lot of other German items straight from the son of a 745th Tank Battalion vet.

[RAB]

16 hours ago, John4022 said:

Lovely items everyone, I'm glad to see lots of us had a great collecting year! 

 

This is my favorite German item of 2021, a cutoff SS Sleeve Eagle that's a rarer pattern. It came with a lot of other German items straight from the son of a 745th Tank Battalion vet.

Nice patch, I got in a group of items some Iraqi republican guard patches (Red triangle, wings and SF patch) that were cut from a Woodland DPM uniform.

[Kia kaha]

magnetic  3 piece Cross with 1957 Spange attached

[jmd62]

Hey Guys,

 

Well, not my most expensive German item this past year by far, but definitely something I've been looking to get my hands on for quite sometime. This wartime postcard of the Freimann or Ernst Von Bergmann Kaserne, located just north of Munich, was the location (in and around) of a large battle on April 30, 1945 my Dad took part in. His Battalion received a DUC for it. I collect wartime postcards of notable locations in his journey through the ETO and this one was harder to find, and not cheap. 

 

Thanks!

James

[SARGE]

More nice acquisitions from 2021.  Keep 'em coming.  I love seeing what others have found during the year. 

 

 

[tom63]

I acquired this box of film rolls last spring (2021).   There are more than 200 rolls of developed b&w negatives from wartime Germany.  As I go through them I've posted several of the scanned images here and on USMF.  With the help of many kind experts on these forums I have been able to date the lot from about 1940 to 1943 and actually pinpoint some of the locations where they were taken.  Thanks again to all that have helped me.  It's has been and is all VERY interesting and informative to this novice!

[SARGE]

Neat stuff!  Period photographs and films often have very interesting stories to tell.  

 

Thanks for showing.

 

 

[Tom Kibler]

This was a mail-home trunk group I purchased from the grandson of the vet.  Complete with photo album of him picking up the Luft helmet.

Or this group that I bought from a widow.  It's been pretty dry here in PA, but the end of 2021 scratched that itch well.  The Knight's Cross is a Sedlatzak cross, which certainly shows wear and was no doubt, his "wear" piece.

[SARGE]

Neat finds.  I love this stuff that comes out of the blue.  

 

[Tom Kibler]

Thanks!

[shemp h.]

Hi Guys, I've posted these on this forum already but these are two of my best pickups of 2021. Heer Transport from Clemens Wagner and an early Pioneer from Peküro

[SARGE]

I particularly like the early Pioneer.  One rarely sees this early insignia still intact.