German Nazi Weyersberg & Co. Solingen Hirschfanger Hunting Dagger
German Nazi Third Reich hunting dagger, known in German Hirschfanger (literally dear trapper) made by Weyersberg & Co., Solingen. The blade is engraved with hunting scenes, hunter with rifle, dear head, vegetation and the motto "Waidmannsheil" (Good hunting). Bronze and metal mounts depicting animals and forest motifs. Handle is made of probably deer antler horn. Scabbard is leather with brass fittings and Swastika on bottom tip. Overall in very good condition with normal blemishes to due age. Probably made during the first years of the Third Reich, around 1933.
Kriegsmarine U-Boat Set
A Nazi German Kriegsmarine set which includes the following:
1. U-Boat officer or captain's wrist watch, signed in the back in the original box.
2. Nazi Naval dagger, seems to be 1st model, by Alcoso (Alexander Coppel) Solingen.
3. Plaque of U-Boat signed in the back Blohm & Voss Hamburg (A factory that made U-boats and other navy vessels, operational today as well).
A rare set to find all of these together and in this condition.
German WW1 Procession of Artillery Soldiers Bronze Plaque By Ludwig Manzel
A special bronze relief plaque of a procession of German WW1 soldiers on horseback pulling an artillery carriage with other soldiers. The bronze work is excellent showing in high detail the soldiers, their rifles and helmets, the horses and in the background of what seems to be a bombed out town with houses with missing roofs and a damaged tree. The work is made by Karl Ludwig Manzel (1858-1936) and is signed by him L. Manzel on the lower right as well as K. Grabert. Chlg.I. on the width of the frame.
Dimensions
59.4 cm x 13.5 cm / 23.38 inches x 5.31 inches
2.44 Kg / 5.37 lbs