vintageproductions Posted May 18, 2014 Share #26 Posted May 18, 2014 That is a helluva group you got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted May 18, 2014 Share #27 Posted May 18, 2014 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCapturephotos Posted May 18, 2014 Share #28 Posted May 18, 2014 That is an amazing group of daggers and such! I have known several vets who brought home one or two..but that grouping is incredible. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted May 18, 2014 Share #29 Posted May 18, 2014 He must have found a factory! or he didn't get much fighting done - that's some great stuff! Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tball101 Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share #30 Posted May 18, 2014 Thanks guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted May 18, 2014 Share #31 Posted May 18, 2014 Nice collection, but we really would like to have a bit more info linking it to a vet for these posts. Hopefully you will be able to get some more details on the GI who brought these home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 18, 2014 Share #32 Posted May 18, 2014 The Postal Dagger is nice.The knot isnt common either.Super looking Hunter Association as well.Would love to know what the engraving states..Are the SA daggers pre RZM??or Group Marked?NIce hinest SS as well. Reminds me of the giant hoard a local vet here had.He was a officer and dentist in the 11th Armored.He brought back a boat load of stuff...daggers,rifles,pistols,cameras,flags.Just a mountain of things.He never would sell anything locally.He would send it out east as he had seen an add in a VFW puplication.I tried to buy a SS flag from him as he said he sold it.I asked how much and he said $100.THis was 20 years ago but I was willing to pay a lot more but I guess he felt local guys wont make decent offers.I ended up with his uniform group,manuals etc.The family didnt know what to do with it after he passed.I think they were going to donate it all to a local theatrical group.Ended up they group didnt want it as everything was a smaller size. Then there was the Captain who had cigar boxes full of unissued SS cuff titles,Volunteer sleeve shields,collar tabs,hat devices,sleeve eagles,camo smocks,field gear,helmets and US bullion patches he had made after the war.He had the whole Nat Geograhics book reproduced in bullion.All of it was identical to the bullion SS insignias as he had then made in a shop that the tailor there did work for the SS.He ended up going to japan.He had stuff from both threatres.Bigest hoard I had ever seen.I wasnt old enough to buy any of it as a local guy got it all and it was sold off a piece at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tball101 Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share #33 Posted May 18, 2014 That sounds like an amazing collection! The SA's are a Carl Eickhorn/RZM and the two with scabbards are christianswerk and hammesfahr. The SS is E.P.&S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted May 18, 2014 Share #34 Posted May 18, 2014 You need to go out and buy a lotto ticket! Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted May 19, 2014 Share #35 Posted May 19, 2014 Very nice multi-thousand dollar vet buy! Congrats and have a drink on me! Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Medic Posted June 18, 2014 Share #36 Posted June 18, 2014 you were not kidding when you siad haul of a lifetime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 18, 2014 Share #37 Posted June 18, 2014 Some vets loved daggers. You got a couple of nice ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh B. Posted June 18, 2014 Share #38 Posted June 18, 2014 Great buy! Very nice pickup on the postal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martygraw Posted June 23, 2014 Share #39 Posted June 23, 2014 Love the hunting dagger. Is that Nazi or pre-Nazi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suwanneetrader Posted June 23, 2014 Share #40 Posted June 23, 2014 About 1972 I managed a propane gas co in St Augustine, FL. My salesman was Named Joe Couch (I believe I remember his last name correctly) He was in an Engineer Outfit in Europe in WWII. He had 2 footlockers full of German items, he may have had more but I saw those and sold about half of one at the old Fl. Gun Collector's Shows. He said it was easy for hem to pickup up a lot of stuff as they had trucks, etc and could store and haul their items around. The trick was just getting them home. It looked like he just shipped one trunk home as his name and address was painted on it. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27Division18 Posted June 24, 2014 Share #41 Posted June 24, 2014 The Mother Lode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Sgt CES Posted October 16, 2014 Share #42 Posted October 16, 2014 WOW !!!!!!!!!! Now that's a bring back pile !!!!! Blue Skies Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martygraw Posted October 16, 2014 Share #43 Posted October 16, 2014 Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralLucas Posted October 29, 2014 Share #44 Posted October 29, 2014 Tasty!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted October 29, 2014 Share #45 Posted October 29, 2014 As there has been no further mention of the veteran who brought these back or his service, this thread has not met the criteria for posting in the Forum. It is now closed. Any further comments can be posted by Private Message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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