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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Documenting the Holocaust and WWII (Lifetime collection of David Cheney)
March 13th 2010 at 11AM,
at Historic Noone Falls Mill, 50 Jaffrey Road,  Peterborough NH
 

 

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64      SA generals hat / kepi. General of The SA Storm Troops (Gruppenführer/Obergruppenführer) kepi.  Red upper band and remainder in brown.  Silver cord edging and tresse with zigzag pattern.  Silver button in center.   Brown chinstrap held in place with painted brown buttons.  Gold eagle and swastika on reddish brown interior. Brown cloth brim.  Estimate $3500 to $4500

65      SA service Kepi / hat.  Early kepi with dark green felt and brown canvas. Only marking is a small hand sewn patch marked "O R" (possibly the owners initials)   Estimate $1000 to $1500
66      German police Shako.   Green felt with black trim in excellent condition.  Makers mark on interior "GEGR. 1820, Maury & Co., OFFENBACHaM", with large "56" stamped on underside as well to indicate the size.  Estimate $500 to $700
67      SA uniform, parade jacket.  Yellowish color tunic.  Rank of Scharführer with the 21st Sturm, 16th Standarte, Gruppe Westmark.  Has Party armband on left sleeve and is in good overall condition.  Estimate $500 to $750

107    German M42 single decal sand camo Helmet.  Steel pot with Army decal visible under sand paint.  With liner and strap.  Bullet damage to visor.  Documentation (2 letters included) states this helmet was taken off of a deceased German soldier  on Normandy beachhead in June of 1944.   Stamped "2509" on back of skirt and on left skirt "ET66" and hand written on leather liner what appears to be the German owners name.  Estimate $1500 to $2000

108    Waffen SS  Model 35 helmet.   Originally a double decal helmet but the national insignia (left side) was removed by the SS man per 1940 regulations.  Smooth green paint (looks like it was buffed or cleaned - please examine photos) with SS runes on right side.  Obtained by US GI, Ted Komorowski, during the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. Original Owner's Name On Liner  -  Heinz Müller.  Also stamped on interior left skirt "Q64" and on rear of skirt "3233".    Estimate $1500 to $2000
109    German army M35 double decal helmet.  Smooth olive paint with only numerous storage scratches from other helmets. Both decals about 90-95%.   Maker's stamp and date (1938) in dome.  Size 58 liner.  Unissued.  13204 on inside rear skirt.  E.F.66 on inside left skirt.  Estimate $1000 to $1500
197      German M35 Steel pot helmet.  Helmet has original liner but has been repainted with a heavy black paint.  Missing chin strap.  No decals.  Size 58.  Estimate $150 to $300
198      Uniform, Tunic, Police (Schupo), 1st Lieutenant.  "Lieferungsnehmen d. Kleidermacher, Wien VI, Schmalzhofgasse 28" coat hanger labels inside each shoulder.  Green twill with slight orange coloration.  Bullion police insignia on left sleeve.  Bullion slip-on shoulder boards with gold pip.    Letter found in pocket indicates owner was 1st Lt. in Schupo and Precinct Leader.   $1500 to $2000
199      American Nazi Party shirt "Friends of the New Germany".  Olive drab, light cotton canvas long sleeve shirt.  Collar tag reads "Winner Brand, 250-17".  The left and right arms are hand painted with a red swastika with a white border. The left breast just above the button down pocket is similarly adorned.  Small tear to right front breast and mid back of shirt with what could be blood stains.  Unverifiable provenance states was worn by Charlie Crane in 1935 DC March that turned violent.  Approximate size is 38.  Estimate $200 to $300
200      Uniform, Tunic, SA Service Dress. Actually more of a jacket than a tunic.  Rank of Sturmführer within the Leadership Staff of the 69th Standarte, Gruppe Westmark.  Variant style single shoulder board, with 2 gold pips.   Estimate $1500 to $2000
201      German POW M41 Field Jacket.  Nice example of a German prisoner of war jacket, American olive drab cotton canvas Model M41 field jacket with reinforced collar.  Period repair to lapel just below right collar.  Vintage tin bordered round paper tag attached to button reads "WWII PW Jacket from Jefferson Barracks PW Camp. Used by German Internees".  Reverse of tag reads "From: Waterloo, IL - 58".  Approximate size is 38.  Estimate $200 to $300
255      Waffen SS maroon fez.  Estimate  $1000  to $1500
256      SA uniform, parade jacket.  Yellowish color tunic.  Has Party armband on left sleeve and is in good overall condition.  Estimate $500 to $750


 


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