Kriegsmarine collection from Croatia

[amiklic1]

I was on a small local show last Saturday, and I put a small exhibit display to present some of my stuff.
Here is how it looked.

Upper left corner - original Rudolf Singule, commander of Austro-Hungarian U-boat U-4 Iron Cross forst class, engraved on the back.

Daggers from lefto to right:
Kriegsmarine:
- Puma
- Adolf Braun
- WKC

Independent state of Croatia navy (WW2)
- Officer's dagger
- Senior NCOs dagger
(daggers are the same, only portepes and hangers differ)

Royal Yugoslavian navy:
- officer model M-1924
- officer model M1936

[amiklic1]

My largest display just got its sliding glass doors few days ago. Can't wait to get the torsos ;-) and fill it up with nice items.

[frank m]

Outstanding collection , very impressive , TOP

Greetings Frank

[amiklic1]

I have just scrolled through the thread and figured that my Austro-hungarian full dress uniform is not mentioned. This one is still in Austria, will come in a month or so. Hope you'll like it:

[amiklic1]

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[amiklic1]

And one more thing to present. Royal Yugoslav naval office white summer tunic. Extremely rare (was looking for one for years ;-).

I saved it from almost non-saveble state (see photo) based on many professionals I spoke with, and I am really happy because of that.
I was afraid it will degrade to nothing over time, so I decided to give it a try. Still have some minor spots which were too refusing to go, but I like it.
Still need eppaulettes and buttons (these are KM, just for the photo purpose).

Hpe you'll like it:

[Nick Carraway]

Your collection and dedication are a marvel! Very tastefully displayed. You have something museums would envy!

[amiklic1]

Thanks!

[Askold]

Fantastic collection, thank you for sharing!

[amiklic1]

Some news. Not big but very rare items, for sure.

First is a pair of destroyed Austro-hungarian naval administrative officer full dress eppaulettes. Only pair I have seen in years.
Those are silver in appearance, not gold as other ones.

I am just restoring them, and here you can find how they looked before (right) and how I have restored on of them (left). This really takes time and patience if it's to be done properly. But it's worth every second of doing that, of course.

Unfortunately, one is missing the large metal plate, but they will look great on a wall display, I'm sure.

[amiklic1]

few more detailed photos:

[amiklic1]

As collection is piling up, it's always hard to find some rare and nice items.
That's the case with my collection, also, and than there is another thing we have all experienced, and that's the fact that after we collect many "low-end" items we start filling the holes with rare and expensive stuff.

I have acquired some other really rare items which doesn't cost "an arm and the leg", so I will show them here, also.

First is Royal Yugoslav NCO cap, with it there is Royal Yugoslav NCO booklet /personal ID document (they came separately, not in a lot) , and the last is Austro-Hungarian sailor's cap tally.


I hope you all like it.

Enjoy!

[JustinG]

Very nice collection. Wonderful and unique items. Great attention to detail. Love that you have a brass core EK1 on your jacket. Lots of really nice items. I hope to find a Tirpitz teak and HSF badge. I know there are several out there. Yours is very nice with the small shield/wappen.

Very nice.

Regards,
JustinG

[gerhardmoncada]

congratulation!

it`s a wonderful collection!!! congratulations kaleun!!!

[amiklic1]

Did some cleaning and a new display setup so wanted to show a few pics here also.

Enjoy!