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 Fallschirmspringerabzeichen
Posted in For Sale with tags Fallschirmjäger, Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on April 21, 2013 by The DudeThis is a Luftwaffe issue Parachutist Badge made by GWL (Gerbruder Weger, Ludenscheid).
Luftwaffe NCO M40 Feldmützen
Posted in Headwear with tags Caps, Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on April 17, 2013 by The DudeThis is my M40 Luftwaffe field cap. What can I say, I like it, my wife wants to know why I need so many hats.
Luftwaffe Gravity Knife with Lanyard
Posted in Fighting Knives with tags Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, Utility Knives, WW2 on April 13, 2013 by The DudeLuftwaffe flight crew gravity knife with an original cord lanyard. This example is manufactured by Stocker & Co, Solingen and has the seated king mark as well as SMF. These knives are sometimes referred to as paratrooper or fallshirmjäger knives but this is incorrect and in fact they were issued to all flight crew.
