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LOT 3340
Published Set of Five Luftwaffe Cuff Titles, as Seen in “German Military Cuffbands 1784-Present” by Williamson and McGuirl - 1) “AFRIKA” cuff title. Issued to all branches of the Wehrmacht for
A) six months service, B)
three months of service
and being sidelined by
a tropical disease, or C) winning a military decoration while in Africa. This one is in Luftwaffe blue with white embroidery. 2) “KRETA” cuff title. Issued by all Wehrmacht branches to participants in the Battle of Crete and particularly associated with the paratroopers of the Luftwaffe. Gold thread on white cloth, with acanthus leaf accents and gold border. 3) “Fallschirm Division” cuff title. For issue to the paratroopers of the Luftwaffe. Gray lettering on hunter green cloth. 4 and 5) “Fallschirm-Division”. Both show off-white lettering, one with a bottle green band, the other with a brighter poison green band. All five titles are attributed to noted collector George Petersen and can be seen on pages 50, 135 and 153 of the book “German Military Cuffbands 1784-Present” by Williamson and McGuirl.
CONDITION: Good overall, with mild wear and stains. The Crete cuff is marked with a line of what appears to be ink to the right of the lettering; this line is also visible in the photo in Williamson and McGuirl’s book. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000
LOT 3341
Collector’s Group of Five Hermann Goering Luftwaffe Regiment/ Division Cuff Titles - One
of the first
ground combat
formations
put together by the
Luftwaffe, the unit
that would become
the Fallschirm-Panzer-
Division 1 Herman
Goering started life
as a paramilitary
police formation
assembled in the
1930s by Goering
during his tenure
as Prussian Minister
of the Interior
and came with him after he moved to the Luftwaffe. A flagship unit of the Luftwaffe integrating infantry, armor and paratroopers, the division served in Africa and both the Eastern and Western Fronts, ending the war in Soviet captivity in May of 1945. All five bear the “HERMANN GORING” lettering, one off white on black, another off white on black with off-white edge trim, one silver bullion on light blue with white edge trim, one silver wire on dark blue with silver trim, and one off white on dark blue with silver ribbon trim. All five are attributed to the collection of George Petersen and can be seen on pages
77 and 78 of “Field
Uniforms of Germany’s
Panzer Elite” by Robert
Edwards Jr. and
Michael Pruett.
CONDITION: Very good,
with some mild wear
and staining overall.
Provenance: The
Putnam Green/
Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 3,000 - 4,000
AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK GERMAN MILITARY CUFFBANDS 1784-PRESENT BY WILLIAMSON & MCGUIRL
AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK FIELD UNIFORMS OF GERMANY'S PANZER ELITE BY EDWARDS & PRUETT
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