GERMAN MEDALS & DECORATIONS

Luftwaffe Knights Cross Group
Fantastic group acquired directly from the family

Over the years we have worked very hard establishing connections around the world in our search for rare and hard to find German Military autographs. Along the way we are constantly being offered medals and decorations from European dealers as well as from Knights Cross winners and their families. We have been collecting for years but now have decided to offer our customers a chance to own a piece of history

  1. Luftwaffe Knights Cross Group - Fantastic group acquired directly from the family

Items below marked SOLD are left for you to view as reference
  1. PLM Winners Engraved Brass Mug - "Field Made" Mug made out of a brass artillery shell casing presented to Pour le Mèrite winner Otto Bernert on his retirement from Jasta 2 Boelke. Oberleutnant Otto Bernert had 27 victories in WWI and is ranked #41 on the German WWI victory list. A fantastic one of a kind collectible $2295 SOLD
  2. German Cross in Gold Cloth - Army version. Outstanding example of a DKiG in Cloth. Shows natural wear and the paper backing is still intact. $750 SOLD
  3. Luftwaffe Transport Pilot Group - Small medal, photo album and document group belonging to Pilot Josef Brecher. Comes with his original logbook which contains 1120 missions many of which are Feindflug combat missions. $1950 SOLD
  4. Knights Cross '65' Cased  - Klein & Quenzer - Natural patina with slight wear but over all the cross is near mint. Round cornered case. Super Piece $10,000 SOLD
  5. JMME Cased Luftwaffe Pilot Badge - A text book example of a rare Cased JMME maker made Luftwaffe Pilot Badge that saw some action. Nice patina and moderate wear autheticates this hard to find maker. $1650 SOLD
  6. German Cross in Gold w/case - Godet '21' Maker. Very rare to find a '21' Godet DKiG. This one is a great example of a field worn cross. Notice on reverse you can see wear on either side of the pin. Excellent condition with natural patina  $3,250 SOLD
  7. WWII Iron Cross 1st Class in Case - nice example of this medal in very nice case. Medal is maker marked L/52 and case is made by Wilhelm Deumer K.G. Ludenscheld. $395 SOLD
  8. Luftwaffe Juncker Pilot Badge - Early 1936 thin version which is the most desired and hardest to find. Excellent condition with all its natural patina still intact -  Fantastic example $1750 SOLD
  9. Knights Cross L/12 Juncker - Beautiful example of a Juncker made Knights Cross. Comes with the KC winners Sports Ausweis and Private Portrait Photo signed. Field worn with fantastc ribbon - Super piece! $10,500 SOLD
  10. Minature Ritterkreuz, EKI,EKII Stick Pin - Very rare item with amazing detail. This came from a Luftwaffe ace. Minature Military badges were produced and authorized for wear on the left lapel of a civilian coat. $500  SOLD
  11. Luftwaffe Honor Goblet - Awarded to Oberfeldwebel  Heinrich Kämper on 6.10.40 for distinguished achievements in the air war. This is the early type Silver Honor Goblet and is hallmarked "835" silver on the bottom of the cup along with the makers mark 'JOH. WAGNER & SOHN'. Comes with a photo of Kämper, 2 newspaper articles and the original congratulations telegram from Generalfieldmarschall Sperle  $4995 SOLD
  12. Knights Cross Grouping - Knights Cross ('65' Klein & Quenzer) with Documents / photos attributed to a Luffwaffe Bomber Pilot from KG 4 'General Weaver'. $11.600  SOLD
  13. L/12 Knights Cross - with field worn ribbon. Beautiful example of a Juncker made Knights Cross. The back of cross has some very minor field damage to the bead from combat! $9500 SOLD
  14. Ehrenpokal Honor Goblet Grouping - to KIA Pilot. Includes '835' Silver Honor Goblet, Ehrenpokal document, 4 logbooks with Battle of Britain content, photo album with 300 photos, original obituary from 1943 etc $7950 SOLD
  15. SS Cuff Title - SS Schule Braunschweig - (SS Officer Candidate School) standardized gothic script in RZM machine embroidered for OR/NCO. Rare - $1500 SOLD
  16. WWI Luftwaffe Imperial Pilot Badge - Outstanding example of a Juncker made WWI flight badge. This version is the hollow type. Has "weep" hole and intricate maker mark of half moon, 800 mark, and Juncker stamp. $1100 SOLD
  17. Knights Cross '65'  - Klein & Quenzer with ribbon. Beautiful example of a field worn Knights Cross SOLD
  18. L/12 Knights Cross in Case  - Cased Juncker Pilot Badge and Cased Iron Cross 1st Class SOLD
  19. German Cross in Gold with case - Deschler & Sohn maker marked #1 German Cross that belonged to Knights Cross winning Stuka pilot Hans Steinwachs. $3295 SOLD
  20. Assmann Luftwaffe Pilot Badge with case - Very nice original Luftwaffe Pilot badge with case that belonged to Hans Steinwachs who was a Knights Cross winning Stuka pilot. $1500 SOLD
  21. 'Assmann' Luftwaffe Pilot Badge - High quality early type Luftwaffe pilot badge. Maker mark 'Assmann' which is fairly rare. Nice original authentic badge. Close to mint. $1075 SOLD
  22. Knights Cross Case - this is an original black case for the Knights Cross. The box is the square corner type in very good mint condition. REAL KC boxes are very hard to find. $1250 SOLD
  23. Knights Cross - SOLD
  24. Juncker Luftwaffe Pilot Badge - High quality eary type Juncker made Pilot Badge. Just a fantastic example of a field worn Juncker badge. This is a nice badge in very good condition! $1250 SOLD
  25. 'OM' Luftwaffe Pilots Badge in Case - High quality 'early type' Luftwaffe Pilots Badge. Maker mark 'OM' which is one of the rarest and hardest to find. Case and badge are of the higest quality and in excellent condition.  $1950 SOLD
  26. 'JMME' Luftwaffe Pilots Badge in Case - High quality 'early type' Luftwaffe Pilots Badge. 'JMME' which is one of the rarest and hardest to find. Case and badge are of the higest quality and in excellent condition. $1750 SOLD
  27. L/12 Knights Cross with Case - Beautiful example of an original period piece. SOLD
  28. Luftwaffe Award Document group - 11 piece document group to Anton Riss of 2/Immelmann. Riss was under the direct command of Hans-Ulrich Rudel. A fantastic rare group of original war documents. $6500 SOLD
  29. Luftwaffe Honor Goblet '835'Silver - Awarded to Hauptmann Geert Schäfer on 26.10.41 for distinguished achievements in the air war. Hauptmann Geert Schäfer was also a German Cross in Gold Winner with KG28. This is the early type Silver Goblet and is hallmarked "835" silver on the bottom of the cup along with the makers mark 'JOH. WAGNER & SOHN'. $5,500 SOLD
  30. Luftwaffe Honor Goblet '835' Silver - Awarded to Leutnant Rudolf Schulz on 16.3.42 for distinguished achievements in the air war. This is the early type Silver Goblet and is hallmarked "835" silver on the bottom of the cup along with the makers mark 'JOH. WAGNER & SOHN'. This cup retains its original 'patina'. $5,100 SOLD
  31. Cased Knights Cross - Steinhauer & Luck made Knights Cross with original award Case. 800 marked for silver content on the back of the Cross and on the jump ring. This is the real deal! An original Knights Cross awarded in 1943 with ribbon and case. $7500 with case .SOLD
  32. Knights Cross Case - this is an original black case for the Knights Cross. The box is in very good to near mint condition. REAL KC boxes are very hard to find. $1250 SOLD
  33. L/12 Knights Cross - L/12 (Junker) '800' silver content marked Knights Cross - SOLD
  34. WWI Pilots Badge - Outstanding example of a #800 silver marked C.Juncker (Berlin) Prussian Pilots Badge from WWI. Early very heavy example. Near mint. $1100 SOLD
  35. Luftwaffe Pilots Badge - Very early quality C.E. Juncker (Berlin) marked badge. This excellent quality badge also has the recipients name engraved on back of the wreath. $1200 SOLD
  36. Iron Cross 1st Class with Case - A beautiful badge in excellent condition. Case is fine and original to badge. Maker marked #100. $450 SOLD
  37. German Cross in Gold with Case - Beautiful early quality "heavy" type with a near mint case. This badge was worn but shows little wear. This badge belonged to a famous Luftwaffe Oakleaves winner whose name is engraved on back of badge. $3900 SOLD
  38. Day Fighter Clasp in Gold - Early quality badge that belonged to a 100+ Luftwaffe ace! These badges are rare. I have a photo showing the ace wearing the badge. $1500 SOLD
  39. Luftwaffe Pilots Badge with Case - Badge and case are mint. This badge belonged to the same guy as the Day Fighter Clasp. Assmann maker marked early quality. Impossible to upgrade. $2000 SOLD
  40. Victory Cup in Box - 925 Sterling Silver this cup measures 1 7/8" tall and 1 3/8" wide. It is engraved to the recipient Hptm. (Hans) Krause who was a 28 victory Knight Cross winning Night Fighter. The cup was to commemorate his 26th victory for shooting down a Halifax bomber. It comes in it's original box. $600 SOLD
  41. WWI Iron Cross 1st Class - One of the nicest examples of an Iron Cross I have ever seen. What makes this badge extra special is its unusual pin attachment construction. This is '800' silver content marked and shows tarnish. I do not believe in cleaning badges but if I did this badge would look exactly like it did in 1918! $500 SOLD
  42. Day Fighter Clasp In Bronze - Early quality badge in near mint condition this badge belonged to the same JG27 pilot as did the B&NL Pilots Badge. $950 SOLD
  43. Day Fighter Clasp In Silver - Day Fighter Clasps in Silver were awarded for having flown 60 operational flights while in service. Comes with complete provenance.Call for price. SOLD
  44. Day Fighter Clasp In Gold - This Day Fighter Clasp in Gold is the mintest best condition badge I have ever owned. I was told it was stored during the war and has not seen the light of day since! This early quality mint badge was given for having achieved 110 operational flights. It belonged to a Knights Cross winning ace. $1800. SOLD
  45. Six Medal Luftwaffe Group -  Juncker Pilots Badge, Iron Cross 1st class, Order of the Cross of Liberty 4th class m/41.(Finnish), Gold Day Fighter Clasp, Black Wound Badge, October 1938 medal. $2750 SOLD
  46. Luftwaffe Pilots Badge - Very nice early high quality badge that's extremely heavy. The maker is B&N L who is Berg & Nolte out of Ludenscheid. This Pilots Badge belonged to same JG27 Luftwaffe pilot as did the Day Fighter Clasp in Bronze. $1100 SOLD
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