What "different" items do you own?

[Stijn David]

Hello,


Besides some German WWII medals and orders do i own a Original twin cylinder BMW R-71 motorcycle , it is build in 1939 and was used by the Wehrmacht untill about 1944 , it remained in Rumania untill 1996 where i recovered it and brought it back to Belgium.
It is now completely restored and back in original running condition !!!!!
( iff you guys are intersted in seing this baby , mail me so i can send you some pictures => mayby someone can post it on this forum. )

Are there other vehicle collectors out there ?

Greetings,

[Mike Dean]

The oddest thing I have is an original WWII , nazi marked, horse camo net that I found in some cavalry saddle bags at a German Flea market in the 70's. Mint condition with head piece and full body netting.

[kennethc]

german wwii saddle

Hi Richard,

I saw you own a German Saddle. May I know, what is the market price of this item?

you can send a pm to me.
regards
ken

[Erich B.]

Saddle prices

Hello Ken,
I've got one as well, although without the saddle bags. I don't know what they go for, but I know they're not very easy to sell. I was given mine by a dealer who started with an asking price of $300.00 and worked down to $50.00 with no takers, and finally just gave it to me. This was about 10-12 years ago, though.
Erich

Hi Richard,

I saw you own a German Saddle. May I know, what is the market price of this item? As I also have one.

regards
ken

[kennethc]

Erich,

I considered myself as a devoted German collectible hunter. It means, I check many resources(us/europe) from time to time...
I think, Nazi saddle is rare and desire item
as can be seen in the movie Schinder's List.
. As you won't find this item as common as EKs, KVk,CCC... however, All Nazi German items are very desire as they don't grow on tree.
I think, you are lucky enough to get this item for free. It happens to be in
a really special time frame. congratulation!

Ken

Hello Ken,
I've got one as well, although without the saddle bags. I don't know what they go for, but I know they're not very easy to sell. I was given mine by a dealer who started with an asking price of $300.00 and worked down to $50.00 with no takers, and finally just gave it to me. This was about 10-12 years ago, though.
Erich

[Rolf D.]

Hitler's mustasche, Himmler's Pince-Nez, Goering's Nike shoes...you know the usual boring stuff!

[atcase]

Hi all,
oddities i have x3 concentration camp stars and a number (had to take as part of a deal) i put them away some time ago and i suppose i should try and track them down.
Also being another vehicle owner i have a ford jeep in British markings (jan 1945)

Ashley

[walt]

I have a piece of shrapnel from the attack on Peral Harbor. I recieved it in a small box of "stuff" from a co-worker who's late father in law was a Pearl Harbor survivor.

[Konigstiger]

I have a US headwarmer band thing, that was captured and stamped with Org. Todt. stamp and an eagle, my friend has another one,we got them from out friend at badtolz militaria, who got them from someone in germany. Pretty cool items

[Erich B.]

odd pieces

A lot of my collection is odd stuff--I've got an SA Glockenspiel (Lyra), the cavalry saddle I mentioned, an SA boxed 'SA marschiert' harmonica by Hohner, a ceramic SA man salt shaker, an SA marked whistle, SA and BdM chocolate molds, a Heer Standard Bearer ice cream mold, a set of door handles from the Tribune building at the Nürnberg rally grounds, some examples of the 5 and 10 pound counterfeit notes produced during the war, etc. etc.
Erich

[leigh kitchen]

A German Navy button, given to me by a Swedish friend who had brought it up from a dive on "Tirpitz" a few decades ago ( & a Yugo helmet he brought out of a mine field in Northern Bosnia in 1999). An empty German 7.92 case that I found in the rocks below a damaged German pill box on the cliffs at Trouville when I was a kid about 1965. An empty German 9 mm case & some pieces of shrapnel bearing British markings found on the ground next to damaged gun emplacement on Jersey in 1970. A Luftwaffe spoon & a Hitler Youth belt buckle given to me by a teacher when I was 15. A totally flat Austro Hungarian brass belt buckle found in the Bihac region in Bosnia & WW1 German style helmet with 2 little holes for a badge at the front, found in the same area. Sorry, sounds more like a relic collection, but these things are in the main small evocative items that fit nicely into a wall mounted printing block tray, unless you're my girlfriend in which case they're ugly & a pain to dust............
A few sets of KD tunics & shorts to a 'tween wars Norfolk / WW2 RASC Chindit - with a wartime cigarette & half a hard tack biscuit in the pocket of one of the pairs of shorts, & his khaki SD tunic rebadged from Norfolks to RASC - with his wartime train ticket to Grove Park SE London (RASC Depot there) in the pocket. Nothing amazing there, I've got odder & scarcer bits 7 pieces, but I'd have to sit & ponder.......