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Hi Grant, here we go. Differences: Makersmark isn?t stamped, its edged Scabbard rings are pressed in the making of the shell, not a separate ring. Thin wire in grip. Grip in white plastic, not colloid over wood. Eyelet with ring to hanger: Note it has a single "rope-style" in the design. Pommel with the anchor NOTE: Etched trademarks is used on period navaldagger also. H?rster and Weyersberg, but they made the model 57 also, and they are harder to spot. Happy new year ! Best; Dutch
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Gentlemen, thanks again for your kind words. There is a well known authority for german military watches. Konrad Knirim. He is a nice and helpful guy. This is his site: http://www.knirim.homepage.t-online.de/ This is an interesting dealers link about Hamilton military watches: http://www.antiquevintagewatches.com/military-watches.html A very special site about the legendary IWC Mark X: http://www.sfu.ca/~mmh/MarkX.htm All the best; Flyingdutchman
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Gentlemen, thanks a lot for your nice comments ! I must say that this is the only one I could ever find in this mint condition. Especially with the box it?s nearly impossible to find. It?s important to say, that these watches are made of the finest quality. After 60yrs this watch keeps time perfectly in every situation. Additionally I post here another rare watch from my collection. It?s a hard to find WWII Tutima made in Glashutte, Saxony. The chronograph watch is an essential component of any fighter pilot?s equipment. Tutimas are the german Luftwaffe wrist band watches issued only to pilots, so they are pretty rare. This watch was made in Glashuette in ?42. It has the UROFA (Uhrenrohwerkefabrik) 59 movement. Case and movement are showing the same number. I become enthusiastic each time I see a Tutima chronograph with its construction of the movement (Breguet coil). There are early pieces with gold-plated movements; later, these were silvered and shock resistant. The watch is in excellent condition and works perfectly. The photo is from the previous owner. It was a comrade of one of my relatives. Hope you like it. All the best; Flyingdutchman
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Heer Parade helmet made from EREL
Flyingdutchman replied to Flyingdutchman's topic in Wehrmacht Medals, Decorations & Awards
Hi all. As already said I passed on this helmet. I did a little research because I was very curious about these kind of Vulkanfieber helmets. I found out that the fire department of the former east German ?Democratic?Republic (GDR - DDR) used this kind of helmets in the 50?s... It seems to me that surviving examples got new feldgrau painting and decals... I add a pic from a friend of mine from one of this gdr helmets. All the best; Flyingdutchman