Whats in the candy Box?

[Leroy]

... In this case it would be impossible to state if an item was made in January or in June 1945!

There is NO proof of re-commenced actual new production in the immediate postwar period. Sale of leftover completed stock? Yes. Sale of items assembled from leftover original parts? Yes (but almost always detectable from the quality of assembly.) The rest is BS.

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Tankers beret with picture of corporal James Bartone sitting in the panther tank he found it in.

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Pic of corporal Bertone

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Ok so that was last month, I have to admit it's not always like this and that was one of the best months ever for landing high profile items.
I was also offered one of Hitlers tapestries but they are shopping it around and want over 100k, this item will probably show up at the MAX since they live in Pennsylvania.
There were a lot of other pieces in some of these lots, but these were the exceptional items.
There were 5 SS armbands in the one group, all being tunic removed with paper RZM tags.
The only item I was unable to purchase was the Leistungsrune.

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Here's a better picture of the EK1 as requested

[jack1]

Great find i had one very similer.
They do not come around like this often i guess we are lucky.
Can you post the reverse of the ek1.
Please can you post close up shots of the kvks and mothers cross.
Thank you.

[Thomas Durante]

Nice find Eddie

Like Patrick, I would also like to know what the date is the vet came back. Too bad he is not around to tell us how he acquired all these items, and exactly when.

If its not too much trouble, would love to see the reverse of the CCC. Its an S&L no doubt, but just interested to see the reverse hardware setup.

Thanks

Tom

[Tom B]

Pic of corporal Bertone

???? a panther tank and a beret the Germans quit wearing long before ????? strange !

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Hello Tom,
Sorry for the delay, been busy.
Here are pics of the hardware on the CCC.
Best Regards
Eddie

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Hardware

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Sorry for the phone pics, the best I can do for now.
Without flash

[vonStubben]

There is NO proof of re-commenced actual new production in the immediate postwar period. Sale of leftover completed stock? Yes. Sale of items assembled from leftover original parts? Yes (but almost always detectable from the quality of assembly.) The rest is BS.

I agree with this 100%.....

[Thomas Durante]

Hello Tom,
Sorry for the delay, been busy.
Here are pics of the hardware on the CCC.
Eddie

Thanks Eddie, much appreciated. Typical late-war fluted pin and sheetmetal hinge, which is what I would expect from late war or early postwar S&L production.

Thanks

Tom