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 Lot 10191 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Edged Weapons: Luftwaffe 2nd model dagger maker E.P & S Solingen with dancing lady legs. Rare double etched blade in perfect condition. Aluminium cross guard and pommel fitted with aluminium coloured portepee tied in the correct manner. Unmarked grip is pumpkin orange with springy wire wrap. Scabbard shows some signs of age, but still in excellent condition. Rare. Genuine. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10161 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Australia: Vietnam War: Australian individual biography collection (21) inc All Guts & No Glory, the story of a Long Tan warrior, Bob Buick. Barry Petersen Tiger Men, SE Asia edition & signed by author. An Australian SAS Soldier in Vietnam - Behind Enemy Lines, T O'Farrell. Captain Bullen's War (The Vietnam War Diary) edited by P Ham. Command Vietnam Colonel F Peter Scott. Payne VC by M Colman 2009. The Jungle Dark (biography of Frank Hunt & others of 3rd Platoon A Company 6th RAR). Ted Serong - The Life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert. Still walking Thru Life, Bill Parry. The Tiger Man of Vietnam (biography of Barry Petersen). What Soldiers Do - An Australian Artillery Man in Vietnam, Gordon Pound. Plus 10 others inc A Soldier Returns by Terry Burstall (a Long Tan veteran discovers the other side of Vietnam). Plus Vietnam, The Australian War by Paul Ham (illustrated edition). Most excellent condition inc some brand new. Retail $600+. (22) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10186 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Bayonet: WWII era CZ24 / VZ 24 bayonet (inverted blade), scabbard marked tgf E3/48. Made in Czechoslovakia. This type used by Nazi Germany during WWII & East Germany post WWII. Bayonet & steel scabbard in VGC marked tgf E3 / 48 on frog lug. Handle marked similarly. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10156 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Australia: WWII POW Collection (20) inc Prisoners of War From Gallipoli to Korea (Patsy Adam Smith, 600 pgs, hard cover with DJ, pub 1992). The Diggers of Colditz (Jack Champ, one of 19 Aussies imprisoned there, hard cover with DJ, pub 1985). Dangerous Days - A Diggers Great Escape (E Brough, 2009). POW-Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler's Reich (Monteith, pub 2011). Hellfire, The Story of Australia, Japan & the POW's (Forbes, hard cover with DJ, pub 2005). The Changi Brownlow (R Perry 2010). The Rats of Rangoon (Wing Commander L Hudson). Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence (Ramsay-Silver). The Duke, A Hero's Hero at Sandakan-Caption Lionel Matthews GC MC (D Matthews, pub 2008). Hells Heroes - The Forgotten Story of the Worst POW Camp in Japan (Maynard, pub 2009). Plus 11 others. Mostly VG-near new, retail $550. Also 10 others, mostly British inc 'The Wooden Horse (Williams), Miracle on the River Kwai (Gordon) & Return from the River Kwai (retail $150). Great lot of good reading, total retail/original cost $700. (30) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10181 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Bayonet: WWII era unidentified knife/bayonet marked at base of blade 'WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER A. G. OBERNDORF a. N.'. No scabbard. Smooth timber grips on handle. Slot for bayonet at base of handle. However, blade is more like a light weight machette blade, with light surface rust & remnant grease. Fair-Good. Unusual & worthy of further research. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10197 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Luftwaffe: 1939-40 scarce Norwegian Campaign Luftwaffe commendation plaque. For outstanding effort from the Commanding General & Commander in Chief of Air District Norway. 1st pattern Luftwaffe Eagle over title: 'Fur Besondere Leistung/Der Kommandierende General/Und Befehlshaber Im Luftgau Norwegen' with symbol below of figure seated upon leaping stag within circle. Plaque in bronzed zinc? 150mm x 110mm. Reverse numbered '7337'. Corrosion of edges & slight warp. Overall GC. Vendor states recovered from basement of a house in Norway about 15 yrs ago. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10151 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Australia: (18) inc WWI Official History Vol VIII 'The Australian Flying Corps' by EM Cutluck. 1983 Edition & WWII (16) with Penguin reprints (5) inc Behind Bamboo, Coast Watchers & We Were the Rats. Then A Bastard of a Place, The Australians in Papua, ANZAC Fury Battle of Crete 1941 (Thompson), Kokoda (Ham), Tobruk (Fitzsimons) & The White Mouse by Nancy Wake. FB (18) inc Baden-Powell - The Two Lives of a Hero pub 1964, WWII RAF (6) inc Bomber Boys (Bishop), Eagle Day (Collier), Hurricane - Victor of the Battle of Britain (McKinstry) & The Battle of Britain, July-Oct 1970 (Parker), Spike Milligan's Memoirs (3 hardback) with Adolf Hitler, Monty & Rommel. 1982 Falklands War (3) inc 2 Para Falklands (Maj-Gen J Frost) & Battle of the Falklands (Hastings). 1992 Gulf war, Storm Command by Gen de la Billiere. Plus others inc Six Days of War - June 1967 (Oren) & Secret Soldier - The Six Day War - Golan Heights - Entebbe.. By Col M Betser. Odd minor edge toning, mostly VG-excellent condition with some near new. (40) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10167 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Great Britain: WWII RAF group of 10 with Bader-The Man & his Men (Burns, 1990). Bomber Crew - Taking on the Reich (Sweetman, 2004). Claims to Fame - The Lancaster A History of the 34 Aircraft that Flew 100+ Missions, (Franks, 1994) Churchill's Few - Battle of Britain Remembered (Willis, 1985). Fight for the Sky - The Story of the Spitfire & Hurricane (Douglas Bader, 1973). Fighter Boys - Saving Britain 1940 (Bishop, 2003. Fly - True Stories from the Airmen of WWII (Veitch, 2008). The Few - Americans Who Fought in the Battle of Britain (Kershaw, 2006). With Wings Like Eagles - A History of the Battle of Britain (Korda, 2009). The Reconstruction of Warriors (Mayhew, 2004). Also Tigers - The Story of No 74 Squadron RAF (Cossey, 1992). Whirlwind - The Air War Against Japan 1942-45 (Tillman, 2009). MIG Pilot (J Barron, 1980), The Story of the Escape & Defection of Lieut Belenko with his MIG-25 from the USSR to USA via Japan. Hell-Fire (Ed Macy, 2009) plus 3 paperbacks inc Bomber Offensive Sir Arthur Harris Marshall of the RAF & The Spitfire 50 Years On (1986). Except for the last 3, all hardcover with dust jacket, mostly VF-near new, retail $500+ (17) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10175 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Imperial Prussia Drummer's waist belt side-drum support 'TROMMELSCHERE'. Brass Prussian Eagle with 2x hooks at base to support drum. Swivelling bracket to top attached to brown leather frog/belt-loop. VGC. Scarce. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10192 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Edged Weapons: Luftwaffe 2nd model dagger no Maker Mark. Aluminium scabbard & fittings in excellent condition. The rarely seen white grip with twisted wire wrap is in perfect condition. The nickel plated blade also is in an excellent condition. Attached in the correct tie is the aluminium portepee. Purchased from I S Wright in 1997. Genuine. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
