Here’s a nice Luftwaffe 1st Pattern dagger and hanger I picked up today. The hanger is marked DRGM and the dagger is marked as being manufactured by F.W.Holler. This dagger is much nicer than the beater Emil Voss one I have here.
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F.W.Holler 1st Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger
Posted in Daggers with tags Daggers, Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on June 11, 2016 by The Dude German SD-2 Cluster Bomb
Posted in Bombs with tags Bombs, Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, Sub-munitions, WW2 on July 4, 2014 by The Dude
This is the only bit of Luftwaffe munitions I own. The only reason I bought it is because my friend James, who is nutty for the stuff, insisted that I do. This is a Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg or SD-2 Butterfly Bomb. It really is a nasty bit of kit, being dropped in lots of 100-200 in a larger canister and arming on the way down using its wings to prime itself. The only way to reliably disarm one of these was with a rifle. The Germans used to sow crops with them and use them to disrupt air landing operations. The US made a copy of these after the war. These are still killing people, the last one in 1981 in Malta.
Luftwaffe Double Barrelled Flare Gun
Posted in Flares and Flareguns with tags Fallschirmjäger, Flareguns, Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on May 23, 2014 by The DudeThis is my “Flieger-Leuchtpistole L.“, Aircrew Flare Gun (Luftwaffe). It is designed to take the standard 27mm German flare. This example was manufactured by Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik in 1942 and is composed of anodised aluminium. These models were also issued to Fallschirmjäger. I love the barrel switch and the load indicators, it’s almost steampunk in its design.
Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern Dress Dagger
Posted in Daggers with tags Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on July 30, 2013 by The DudeThis is a Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern Officers Dress Dagger. It was manufactured by F.W.Holler in Solingen.
Luftwaffe Flugzeugführer und Beobachterabzeichen
Posted in War & Wound Badges with tags Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on July 28, 2013 by The DudeThis is the Pilot Badge for the Luftwaffe. The badge is unmarked, made from a non-ferrous tombak and has lost all of its gilting. Nevertheless it is well made, and sharp in detail so I like it :). Some internet creature has told me this badge is made by Osang. I hope not since Osang never made this badge :)
Luftwaffe Air Gunners War Badge
Posted in Fakes & Replicas, War & Wound Badges with tags Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on June 9, 2013 by The DudeThis is a German Luftwaffe Air Gunners War Badge. This one is unmarked and is definitely a post-war reproduction.
Flak-Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe
Posted in War & Wound Badges with tags Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on June 3, 2013 by The DudeAnti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (German: Flak-Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe) was a German military award instituted on 10 January 1941 by the Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring to commemorate soldiers or servicemen of the Flak Artillery who distinguished themselves in action against enemy aerial or ground attacks. It was worn on the lower part of the left breast pocket of the service tunic, underneath the 1st class Iron Cross if awarded.
This one is unmarked.
