My collection WWII

[I3BrigPvSk]

Thanks for your feedback 42RM !

I now understand gradually that this is not a forum for collectors of militaria, so it's probably not that interesting with pictures from my collection (only old effects). I will post some pictures gradually, so we'll see the reaction. If they dont like it, then **** themself

Regards from Norway
JT1959

Here a few German Daggers:
Heer Dagger (Alcoso)
Kriegsmarine Dagger (Eickhorn)
Luftwaffe Dagger 2nd model (WKC Solingen)
SA Dagger (RZM-M7/42)
SS Dagger M33 (Böker Solingen)
Luftwaffe Dagger 2nd model (unmarked)

....and some WWII Medals from Norway

And they are all Originals items !

Hi JT,

Impressive, keep posting. Thanks for describing what you have, I do not know much about these things, but I like to watch artifacts

take care,

G

 

[BritinBritain]

JT, keep positing pictures of your collection, they are amazing.

Perhaps I'm a little off Topic, but pertinent never the less.

What set up do you have for photographing the items in your collection? I really like your choice of what looks like a red baize background. I am not a Militaria collector but I am seriously interested in the digitisation of slides, negatives plus macro items and Documents.

This is my home brewed copy stand that I built out of two old enlargers and a backlit slide viewer. All lit with variable intensity cold LED lamps. Sorry about the quality but it was taken off a video clip.

Your a bit of a clever old bugger. Pity we aren't neighbours we could be making copies of BREN guns.

 

[senojekips]

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Your a bit of a clever old bugger. Pity we aren't neighbours we could be making copies of BREN guns.

More cunning than clever. I think that making BRENs would be out of my skill range, but I did make some Sten copies 30 years ago.

I think MontyB is pretty much on the money,

I made plenty of firearms prior to the Australian laws being changed, but being a law abiding citizen, I have not made any since. The penalties are far too great to take the risk. I admit that it wouldn't prevent someone who was a criminal anyway, but that was not what he was pointing out.

And if you are wondering, I live in a state where the ownership of automatic weapons was not illegal, but their importation was, so the legal way around it was to make your own. I made dozens of them.

 

[MontyB]

Well you are doing better than me, all I have ever made was a black powder mortar for launching spaghetti cans full of sand about 400 meters.

 

[BritinBritain]

More cunning than clever. I think that making BRENs would be out of my skill range, but I did make some Sten copies 30 years ago.

What camera and lens are you using on your copy stand?

 

[senojekips]

What camera and lens are you using on your copy stand?

A Nikon D3000 with the standard AF-S 18-55mm lens and a combination of auto extension tubes and a 2.5X magnifying lens if necessary. it gives me the ability to photograph anything from a full newspaper page down to something about match head size in a full frame.

At the moment I'm using only the 20mm extension tube to copy old slides.

 

[JT1959]

Thank you all for the nice feedback

Perhaps I'm a little off Topic, but pertinent never the less.
What set up do you have for photographing the items in your collection? I really like your choice of what looks like a red baize background. I am not a Militaria collector but I am seriously interested in the digitisation of slides, negatives plus macro items and Documents.

Hi Senojekips,

I`m only using a old cheap digital Camera (Cannon IXUS 870 IS). The background on the medalpictures is just a pece of red cloth. This is why the quality varies, and the colors may show nuance sometimes (red, pink, etc).

Here some German Helmets from WWII.
Helmets, straps and decals are all original. These are not in mint quality, but still in very good condition.

German helmet M42 SD Heer ET64
German helmet M40 SD LW Q 62
German helmet M35 DD Heer SE62
German helmet M35 NS 64

Hope you like them....

Regards
JT1959

 

[I3BrigPvSk]

Thank you all for the nice feedback



Hi Senojekips,

I`m only using a old cheap digital Camera (Cannon IXUS 870 IS). The background on the medalpictures is just a pece of red cloth. This is why the quality varies, and the colors may show nuance sometimes (red, pink, etc).

Here some German Helmets from WWII.
Helmets, straps and decals are all original. These are not in mint quality, but still in very good condition.

German helmet M42 SD Heer ET64
German helmet M40 SD LW Q 62
German helmet M35 DD Heer SE62
German helmet M35 NS 64

Hope you like them....

Regards
JT1959

Hi JT,

What are the economic values of these helmets?

Take care,

G

 

[JT1959]

Hi JT,
What are the economic values of these helmets?
Take care,
G

The value of these helmets, I would suggest:
German helmet M42 SD Heer ET64 (NOK 6000 = EURO 750)
German helmet M40 SD LW Q 62 (NOK 3300 = EURO 400)
German helmet M35 DD Heer SE62 (NOK 4200 = EURO 500)
German helmet M35 NS 64 (NOK 3000 = EURO 375)

(as normal sales price in Norway)

Regards
JT

 

[I3BrigPvSk]

The value of these helmets, I would suggest:
German helmet M42 SD Heer ET64 (NOK 6000 = EURO 750)
German helmet M40 SD LW Q 62 (NOK 3300 = EURO 400)
German helmet M35 DD Heer SE62 (NOK 4200 = EURO 500)
German helmet M35 NS 64 (NOK 3000 = EURO 375)

(as normal sales price in Norway)

Regards
JT

Hi JT,

Do you have an exibition of your collection in Norway?

take care,

G

 

[senojekips]

Thank you all for the nice feedback



Hi Senojekips,

I`m only using a old cheap digital Camera (Cannon IXUS 870 IS). The background on the medalpictures is just a pece of red cloth. This is why the quality varies, and the colors may show nuance sometimes (red, pink, etc).

Canon make excellent cameras I also have an older Canon S5 IS, and to be honest I think that I get better results with it than my newer Nikon, although that may be because I am not as familiar with it. The Canon is certainly more forgiving although not as versatile. From the few people I have asked, this seems to be a common opinion.

Never the less, you do excellent work in the documentation of your collection. I both appreciate your photos and envy your collection.:thumb:

Well done!

 

[JT1959]

Hi JT,
Do you have an exibition of your collection in Norway?
take care,
G

Hi G and senojekips,
Thanks for all the compliment, but what little I have is not suitable for an exhibition. Suitable only for me, my family and close friends.

Regards
JT1959

Here some photo of a nice original German summer tunic.
German Pioneer Hauptmann batt 50 Krim
He was awarded nine awards:

Krim Badge
Iron Cross first class
Iron Cross second class
General assault Badge
War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords
Wound Badge in Black
DRL Sports Badge
Russian front medal
Heer 4 years Service Medal 4. class

Hope you like it
Regards from Norway

 

[I3BrigPvSk]

Hi G and senojekips,
Thanks for all the compliment, but what little I have is not suitable for an exhibition. Suitable only for me, my family and close friends.

Regards
JT1959

Here some photo of a nice original German summer tunic.
German Pioneer Hauptmann batt 50 Krim
He was awarded nine awards:

Krim Badge
Iron Cross first class
Iron Cross second class
General assault Badge
War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords
Wound Badge in Black
DRL Sports Badge
Russian front medal
Heer 4 years Service Medal 4. class

Hope you like it
Regards from Norway

HI JT,

I like it, thank you. Will you (and others) view this Hauptman (Captain in the engineers, I think, my German, well, we leave that) as a well decorated officer?

Take care,

G

 

[MontyB]

Hi G and senojekips,
Thanks for all the compliment, but what little I have is not suitable for an exhibition. Suitable only for me, my family and close friends.

Regards
JT1959

Here some photo of a nice original German summer tunic.
German Pioneer Hauptmann batt 50 Krim
He was awarded nine awards:

Krim Badge
Iron Cross first class
Iron Cross second class
General assault Badge
War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords
Wound Badge in Black
DRL Sports Badge
Russian front medal
Heer 4 years Service Medal 4. class

Hope you like it
Regards from Norway

Nice stuff but I am confused, either he was a very small man or you have a rather large hand going by the size of the cap in the fifth photo.

The most current reproductions are good. Very good in some cases. They can, and do fool experienced collectors as well as the novice. There is a far more frightening EK repro on the market today. It first appeared around February 2000, and is rumored to be made in Japan, on original wartime dies. These dies were supposedly purchased from an original wartime manufacturer that went out of business a few years ago. The obverse of this repro will scare you to death. It is amazingly accurate.

Interestingly enough there were some genuine Crosses made in Japan during the war for German sailors based in Tokyo so I am assuming this where the dies came from?

 

[JT1959]

Nice stuff but I am confused, either he was a very small man or you have a rather large hand going by the size of the cap in the fifth photo.

Hi Monty,
You are right in both of your assumptions. Most of the officers from the WW2 that were born around the turn of the century, were small in size. We see this often reflected in uniform sizes and headgear (exceptions exists ala Göring). On the other hand, I have big hands also :lol: The main thing that it looks like this is extremely close-up photo and the angle. From this angle (see photo), it seems that the cap is too large compared to the uniform.

Regards
JT1959

 

[MontyB]

Hi Monty,
You are right in both of your assumptions. Most of the officers from the WW2 that were born around the turn of the century, were small in size. We see this often reflected in uniform sizes and headgear (exceptions exists ala Göring). On the other hand, I have big hands also :lol: The main thing that it looks like this is extremely close-up photo and the angle. From this angle (see photo), it seems that the cap is too large compared to the uniform.

Regards
JT1959

Yep I understand perspective all to well but my point was that 4 fingers of your hand took up most of the peak of the cap which I found rather odd, it just that based on that the guy must have been about 4 foot tall.

It just seemed very unusual.

On a side note do you ever find ww2 gorgets in your collection hunt?

 

[shuban]

See first time these collections. thanks a lot.

 

[I3BrigPvSk]

Hi Monty,
You are right in both of your assumptions. Most of the officers from the WW2 that were born around the turn of the century, were small in size. We see this often reflected in uniform sizes and headgear (exceptions exists ala Göring). On the other hand, I have big hands also :lol: The main thing that it looks like this is extremely close-up photo and the angle. From this angle (see photo), it seems that the cap is too large compared to the uniform.

Regards
JT1959

Hi,

I have a question, the picture show two caps. From what I can see, they are slightly different; do they belong to the same uniform? A stupid question perhaps; but I live after the rule, the only stupid questions are those you never ask.

take care,

G

 

[JT1959]

Will eventually show pictures of a very special German medal:
This is "The Blutorden" or the Blood Order 2nd pattern.

Blood Order

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Blood Order (Ger. Blutorden), officially known as the Decoration (of the Munich putsch) of 9 November 1923 (Ger. Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 9. November 1923), was one of the most prestigious decorations in the Nazi Party.

In May 1938, to the dismay of the putsch participants, the award was extended to persons who had (a) served time in prison for Nazi activities before 1933, (b) received a death sentence which was later commuted to life imprisonment for Nazi activities before 1933, or (c) been severely wounded in the service of the Party before 1933; subsequently it was further extended to members of the Austrian Nazi Party who had participated in the 1934 February Uprising or July Putsch, or who had received significant prison time or injuries for National Socialist activities. It could also be bestowed on certain other individuals at the discretion of Adolf Hitler, the last recipient being Reinhard Heydrich (posthumous). These subsequent medals were struck in 80% silver with serial numbers above 1500 and did not carry the maker's name (J. FUESS MÜNCHEN) as the Type I medals did. If a holder of this medal left the party, the medal would have to be relinquished.

Regards
JT1959

 

[JT1959]

On a side note do you ever find ww2 gorgets in your collection hunt?

Yes I see them now and then. Often from the German military field police. I do not have any in my own collection, but they are not rare (except SS gorgets).

Hi Ghostrider,
The other cap is a German Offiser Visor Cap for Heer.
(1st cap was for Pioner / belongs to the jacket).

Regards
JT1959