November 7-8, 2018 Edged Weapons, Armor, & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/7/2018
Lot contain: (A) Luftwaffe Winter Flight Jacket, (B) Luftwaffe Winter Flight Trousers, (C) Luftwaffe Flight Helmet, (D) set of Luftwaffe Flight Goggles, and (E) pair of Luftwaffe Flight Boots. (A) Unworn very early lamb fur lined suede fabric flight jacket in overall excellent condition. Cloth tag inside indicates maker of "Karl Heisler" in Berlin with a date stamp of "18. Juni 1936". Jacket has nice early nickel plated brass snaps marked "Prym 6H", with an early nickel plated brass zipper marked "D.R.P Ri-Ri", and large glass buttons on front and both sleeves. Jacket has minor soiling with rust stains in several areas. Original wool eagle has been hand sewn, and appears to have been done postwar. A nice very early flight jacket. (B) Blue fabric lined winter trousers in overall good condition. Cloth label lists RBNr and size "1A" with another illegible stamp. Zinc washed steel snaps marked "Stocko" are present throughout, with six zippers marked "ZIPP". Two aircrew gravity knife lanyards are present in the side pockets. Trousers have several areas on both legs and the rear with numerous rips, tears, and pieces missing. (C) Leather flight helmet with no communication gear in overall near mint condition. Helmet has both chinstraps and buckles, but is unmarked. (D) Flight googles in overall excellent condition. Rubber and elastic are still supple, with dark green painted fittings retaining approximately 93% of their original finish. Dated 1941 with the maker mark of "AB" on top of the left rim. (E) Fur lined leather and suede pair of flight boots in overall excellent condition. Two sets of adjustment. Cloth tags have the RBNr listed. Straps and buckles are present with zippers. One zipper pull is missing.