Militaria Collectibles Auction

IMPORTANT BRACKET FOR 6” SHELL FROM THE BATTLESHIP MAINE. With two tags attached, identifying it, the last dated Oct. 12, 1912. CONDITION: Heavily

ATLANTIC ESCAPE & EVASION KIT. SN 427. Unopened kit designed for covert and behind the lines operators. It measures 4-7/16" x 3-11/16&qu...

SOUTHEAST ASIAN ESCAPE & EVASION KIT. SN 195. Rubber box, 4" x 2-7/8" x 1", that was issued to covert operators and behind the ...

SOUTHEAST ASIAN ESCAPE & EVASION KIT. SN 612. Rubber box, 4" x 2-7/8" x 1", that was issued to covert operators and behind the ...

SOUTHEAST ASIAN ESCAPE & EVASION KIT. SN 194. Rubber box, 4" x 2-7/8" x 1", that was issued to covert operators and behind the ...

RARE LUGER LOADING TOOL. Blued metal with sheet metal covering for the neck of the drum magazine which, when locked into place, facilitated the diffi

WINCHESTER MODEL 1897 "DOUBLE-W" CARTRIDGE BOARD. Spectacular board 49" x 31-1/2" image size consisting of a total of 182 cartr...

WINCHESTER MODEL 1902 DOUBLE-W CARTRIDGE BOARD. A cartridge board without cartridges produced by Winchester and rarely encountered in their orig form

LOT OF TWO FRAMED HERCULES POWDER ADVERTISING POSTERS. 1923 & 1924 "F.M. Spiegle" prints for Hercules Powder Company, both are 15&quo...

MEDIUM SIZE FREDERIC REMINGTON BRONZE "CHEYENNE". Fine early re-cast believed to have been done in the late 1940's or early 1950'...

TIN ADV SIGN FOR DUXBAK HUNTING CLOTHING. Self-framed tin sign depicts a quail hunting scene with a man from the 1920’s dressed in Duxbak hunting jac

ORIGINAL JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG WATERCOLOR. An original watercolor on paper illustration by one of America’s most famous of all patriotic cartoonist

LARGE FRAMED LITHOGRAPHED CARTRIDGE BOARD FOR UMC CARTRIDGES. This early 20th Century lithography advertisement promoting UMC shells and featuring a

ORIGINAL TURN OF CENTURY PEN/INK CARTOON BY F. OPPER. This image depicting a comical Uncle Sam figure with volcanoes in the rear erupting symbolizing

ORIGINAL CRAYON AND CHARCOAL POLITICAL CARTOON BY HOWARD SANDEN. "Rutherford Hayes". The image of the late President with symbols of ind...

LARGE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH. With identifying plaque, to Major William Price Shreve from the employees of Shreve, Crump, and Low Silverware Company in Bo

LIMITED EDITION PRINT BY DON TROIANI. . Print of Hampton’s Duel about 30” long x 25” high. This print shows Wade Hampton in action with Michigan Cav

LOT OF TWO FRAMED HAND COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIANS. Both images are 9" x 7", framed in wide dark oak frames. (1) Titled "Black B...

OIL ON BOARD PAINTING BY JOSEPH O’MALLEY. 12-1/2” x 9-5/8” sight, painting of a man on horseback overlooking a passing wagon train with mountains in

INDIAN BURIAL SCENE. 24” x 17-5/8” oil on board with Indian and regalia on platform with spear in his horse beneath. Signed lower right “Two Bull. /

OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF AN INDIAN CHIEF. 19-5/8” x 23-5/8” sight, signed in lower left “Troy Denton”. In ornate gold gesso frame, 33” x 37”. COND

CUSTER ERA 1870'S INDIAN PIPE TOMAHAWK. Well made iron headed tomahawk with 8-1/4" head having a 1-3/4" high x 3/4" pipe bowl on...

1770'S FRENCH-INDIAN WARS DECORATED TOMAHAWK. Fine early tomahawk with 6" overall length head, a 3-3/4" blade that swells from 1"...

COLTROCK “THE COURTSHIP OF LADY NICOTINE” Dark brown gutta-percha or early plastic, made as part of Colt’s line of items made from this material. It

McDOWELL BOWIE KNIFE W/CHEYENNE HOLSTER & BELT. (1) The heavy 8-3/4” Bowie style knife is unmarked but was made by Bruce McDowell. The sheath ...

BOWIE KNIFE BY BRUCE McDOWELL W/HOLSTER AND BELT. (1) 9-1/2” heavy Bowie style blade in unmarked leather scabbard. The belt is also unmarked. The l

MISCELLANEOUS LEATHER GOODS. (1) Lot includes 12” carbine boot with straps. CONDITION: Some scuffs and wrinkling to the surface but still supple.

ANTIQUE OUTSTANDING AND RARE LIFE SIZE ZINC GARDEN STATUE OF A RECLINING POINTER BY JANES, KIRTLAND & CO. Pointer lies on cast iron rectangular...

VON RICHTHOFEN’S PERSONAL SILK SCARF WORN AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. Perhaps the most glamorous of all war trophies from Richthofen is this long silk

HANDKERCHIEF WITH INITIALS “MVR” REMOVED FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S BODY AFTER THE FOKKER TRI-PLANE CRASH. TWO PERTINENT LETTERS INCLUDED. This embroider

VON RICHTHOFEN’S GOGGLES. These goggles were originally found near the crash site, after falling out of Richthofen’s air plane, by E. E. Hardaker, a

BROWN LEATHER BELT REMOVED FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S BODY. A wide brown leather belt worn by von Richthofen over his flying suit. Photographs, including

BLACK BAKELITE BUTTON CUT FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FLYING COAT. Before the autopsy on von Richthofen’s remains, his heavy flying coat was removed and th

GERMAN MARK BANKNOTE REMOVED FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S BODY. One Mark banknote, 640-055755, found among the effects removed from the body of von Richthof

LOCK OF VON RICHTHOFEN’S HAIR. Lock of hair ranging from light brown to blond in color was removed from a locket given by von Richthofen to his cous

ALTIMETER BACKING PLATE FROM COCKPIT OF VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER TRI-PLANE DR I 425/17. This plate was separated from the altimeter which was removed

SWATCH OF MATERIAL FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FLYING COVERALLS. A piece of wool felt-backed material taken from the flying coveralls of von Richthofen. T

MACHINE GUN LOCK AND BROKEN FIRING PIN FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S LMG 08/15 (#1795a). The feed lock was salvaged by Air Mechanic Colin C. Collins, No. 3

SMALL SEGMENT OF A MACHINE GUN BELT FROM ONE OF THE GUNS IN VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I FOKKER TRI-PLANE 425/17. Gray/tan, herringbone woven, cotton

PROPELLER FRAGMENT FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER TRI-PLANE DR I 425/17. Fragment of the propeller from the wreck of Richthofen’s tri-plane. This item

SIX AIRCRAFT RIGGING TURNBUCKLES REMOVED FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER TRI-PLANE DR I 425/17. Two sizes of turnbuckle removed from Von Richthofen’s tr

FABRIC FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRIPLANE 425/17. A small swatch of fabric mounted on a photograph of a turnbuckle and a piece of chain, also

LOCKING PIN, ATTRIBUTED TO BE FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S PARACHUTE. Locking pin of brightly polished metal, and silver in color, is purported to have come

TWO PIECES OF PLYWOOD FROM THE WING OF VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER TRI-PLANE DR I 425/17. On the larger piece of plywood is written “this is a piece off

TWO DRESSING TABLE ACCESSORIES MADE OF METAL PARTS SALVAGED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE 425/17. Items are made of alu

THREE NAPKIN RINGS MADE FROM THE FUEL INTAKE PIPES TAKEN FROM THE WRECKAGE OF VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER TRI-PLANE DR I 425/17. Each ring is engraved “S

POSTCARD SIGNED BY LOTHAR VON RICHTHOFEN, THE RED BARON’S BROTHER. An official military “Feld-postkarte” sent by Lothar von Richthofen to “Herr Voss,

FABRIC SECTION OF VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER TRI-PLANE DR I 425/17 CONTAINING PORTION OF PAINTED CROSS. A triangular piece of fabric is of particular in

SECTION OF FABRIC FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE. A substantial section taken from the upper surfaces of the tri-plane, with no evidence

LARGE SEGMENT OF RED PAINTED FABRIC FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE. An unusually fine brightly painted piece of upper fabric from Von Ri

SECTION OF FABRIC FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE, AND FOUR AUTHENTICATING LETTERS. A rectangular piece of fabric from the upper surfaces

IRREGULAR SHAPED SECTION OF FABRIC FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE. This fabric from the undersides of Von Richthofen’s tri-plane exhibit

SECTION OF FABRIC FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE. A small, irregular piece of fabric from the underside of von Richthofen’s tri-plane.

SECTION OF FABRIC FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE. E. F. Rountree of No. 3 Sqdn., AFC, removed this section from the upper surfaces of th

FLAKE OF PAINT FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE 425/17. Flake of red paint from von Richthofen’s tri-plane mounted on gray cardboard, with

TWO FRAMED PRINTS; ONE COLORED WITH orig VON RICHTHOFEN FOKKER DR I TRIPLANE 425/17 FABRIC, AND PRINTED DESCRIPTION OF THE FABRIC, THE PLANE, AND VON

WING STRUT SEGMENT FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER TRI-PLANE DR I 425/17. Laminated section painted in the familiar red paint of a wing strut from Richt

RELIC PIECE OF WOOD FROM VON RICHTHOFEN’S FOKKER DR I TRI-PLANE 425/17. Carisella’s inventory lists this item simply as a “Piece of wood from wing,”

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA BELONGING TO LT. MALCOLM SHEEHAN, NO. 3 SQDN, AFC. Lot consists of 20 orig World War I photographs depicting aircra

LOT OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA OF LT. HENRY RUDOLF, NO. 41 SQDN, RAF. A collection of 60 candid photographs, 4 portraits, and 4 pieces of mixed ephe

FOUR CONTEMPORARILY PAINTED PORTRAITS OF VON RICHTHOFEN. Bob Casey depicts the Baron in the upper right corner; in the foreground is a red tri-plane

TWO WARTIME PHOTO ALBUMS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF LT. FRANK GILFEDDER, NO. 3 SQDN, RAFC. The larger album contains 110 excellent photographs of aircraft

MEDAL AND BUCKLE LOT. Consists of three replica Pour le Mérite awards, 1939-1940 French Croix de Guerre, French Veteran’s medal 1914-18, Bavar...

SIX AUTOGRAPHED WORLD WAR I AIRCRAFT NATIONAL INSIGNIA PAINTED ON CANVAS AND A DISPLAY BOARD WITH ONE GERMAN INSIGNIA ON CANVAS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. Each

FOUR LINEN-BACKED FIELD SURVEY AND TRENCH MAPS. Two maps prepared by the “Geographical Section, General Staff,” one titled “Lens” in France and the s

BROWN LEATHER FRENCH-MADE FLYING HELMET AND TWO PAIR OF FLYING GOGGLES. The helmet, made of flannel-lined soft brown leather, has two earflaps secure

ONE LOT CONTAINING HUNDREDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES RELATING TO THE RED BARON. The majority of these photographs, many in duplicate, are copies

EIGHT SCRAPBOOK ALBUMS AND RING BINDERS CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS, CLIPPINGS AND AUTOGRAPHS. Album 1: Photographs, autographs, clippings, and letters.

LOT OF SIX BOXES OF CARISELLA’S MIXED CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS PERTAINING TO VON RICHTHOFEN, PLUS TWO BOXES OF AVIATION AND MILITARY RE

FOUR CARTONS OF AVIATION JOURNALS. Consists of approximately 95 issues, with some duplicates of Cross & Cockade Journal, mixed numbers from Vol...

IMPORTANT 2 VOLUME SET OF THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS, NORDHOFF & HALL, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., 1920. This is an important orig history of the Laf...

ONE LOT OF AVIATION-ORIENTED PAPERBOOK BOOKS. 4-53531-6 CW52 (50-75)

ONE LOT OF WORLD WAR I BOOKS, INCLUDING SEVEN VOLUMES RELATING TO VON RICHTHOFEN; ALSO DER ROTE KAMPF-FLIEGER AND ITS TRANSLATION, THE RED BATTLE FLYE

ONE LOT OF WORLD WAR I AVIATION BOOKS, INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF BALL, BISHOP, MCCUDDEN, AND UDET. From the Collection of the late P. J. Carisella. 4

ONE LOT OF AVIATION BOOKS, INCLUDING 8 VOLUMES OF THE HARLEYFORD AVIATION SERIES PUBLICATION AND VOLUMES 1 AND 2 OF WAR IN THE AIR BY RALEIGH & ...

ONE LOT OF AVIATION BOOKS, INCLUDING 3 VOLUMES OF THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1914-18, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE SCARCE AND VALUABLE

LOT OF FOUR STEEL HELMETS, TWO PICKELHAUBE LEATHER GERMAN SPIKE HELMETS, TWO WORLD WAR I GERMAN CLOTH MÜTZE, OR FIELD CAPS, AN AUSTRALIAN DIGGE...

TWO EMPTY 105MM GERMAN BRASS ARTILLERY SHELL CASES. Both shell cases are nicely engraved as Trench Art. The bases are manufacture marked “Patronenfa

PRUSSIAN LEIB-GENDARNERIE HELMET OF THE 1ST & 2ND ZUG. The unit represented by this helmet was the bodyguard for the Kaiser. 1st Zug, and the ...

HISTORIC WRIGHT BROTHERS MATERIALS BELONGING TO CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND HELEN McFADDEN. This wonderful lot of items was the property of Helen McFadden, l

SILVER POUR LE MÉRITE COMMEMORATIVE BALL-FOOTED CUP. The silver cup commemorates the award of the Pour le Mérite on AM. 26 April 1917 to ...

STERLING SILVER TOASTING CUP. A small hallmarked sterling silver toasting cup mounted on the talon of a large bird of prey. In Gothic letters, the cup

IMPERIAL GERMAN PILOT’S GROUP. Consists of pilot’s hard-shell flying helmet, goggles, 3/4-length leather flying jacket, uniform cap, and cigarette ca

ROYAL FLYING CORPS PILOT GROUP. G. T. Hammond served in the British Army from 1914-20, first as an infantry soldier and later as a pilot. This group

AIR VICTORIA CROSS MEDAL GROUP, AND BOOKS. Significant medal group to RAF Captain Ferdinand “Freddie” Maurice Felix West. West was one of 19 British

AVIATION INSTRUCTOR GROUP OF LT. RAYMOND L. SUPPES, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AT THE 3RD AVIATION INSTRUCTION CENTER AT ISSOUDUN, FRANCE. The group, in a 12”

TAILORED SINGLE-BREASTED FRENCH PILOT’S TUNIC. Made of high quality blue-grey wool with four patch pockets with scalloped flaps. The upper pockets a

WORLD WAR I U.S. AERONAUT’S GROUP. Group is attributed to 1st Lt. Joseph Gaius Halsey of the 69th Balloon Company and later commanding officer of tha

WORLD WAR I ROYAL AIR FORCE CANADIAN FLIGHT OFFICER’S UNIFORM. Uniform identified to Lt. David J. Lewis. Tunic is of standard pattern olive green, w

TRUNK GROUP TO LT. ARTHUR PARR, WORLD WAR I AERIAL OBSERVER WITH THE 90TH AERO SQUADRON, A CORPS OBSERVATION SQUADRON ASSIGNED TO THE FRONT WITH THE 3

GROUP ATTRIBUTED TO AVIATION ARTIST 1ST LT. CLAYTON KNIGHT, USAS, DETACHED TO 206 SQUADRON, RAF. The Knight group consists of his most famous orig ar

WORLD WAR I SCOTTISH ROYAL FLYING CORPS OBSERVER’S GROUP IDENTIFIED TO JOHN IVORY. Consists of a woolen single-breasted cut-a-way tunic with an Edinb

WORLD WAR I MARINE AVIATOR’S GROUP. Attributed to 2nd Lt. Winfield S. Shannon, a pilot in Squadron “A” First Marine Aviation Force, Northern Bombing

WORLD WAR I LEATHER FLYING COAT ATTRIBUTED TO AN ACE. Tan leather, calf-length flying coat with maternity-style front having six concealed buttons.

IDENTIFIED ROYAL FLYING CORPS PILOT GROUP. Consists of Royal Flying Corps maternity uniform with London tailor’s label identified to G. E. Hewson, Es

WORLD WAR I RAF FLIGHT OFFICER’S GROUP BELONGING TO LT. SWAN. Consists of olive-drab wool tunic, sleeves with single rank stripe and gilt brass crown

WORLD WAR I MARINE AVIATOR’S GROUP. Attributed to 2nd Lt. Roswell Davis, a pilot in the 10th squadron, First Marine Aviation Force, Northern Bombing

GROUP TO U.S. AIR SERVICE COMBAT PILOT LT. ALEXANDER M. ROBERTS. Roberts flew on detached service with 74 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Group consis

WORLD WAR I SPHERICAL BALLOON PILOT OFFICER UNIFORM. Consists of four-pocket, five-button tunic of olive-drab gabardine wool, 3-1/4” pin back Aeronau

LARGE SOUVENIRED SECTION OF THE UPPER WING PANEL FROM A FOKKER D.VII GERMAN FIGHTER. This panel is of an unusually large size and is in generally qui