Other Collections

Intro...

So as not to hog the spotlight, here are some images from other collections that fellow collectors have decided to share...

Dirk Caltrider, including Panzer-Regiment 5 NCO 1st-Pattern Wrap Panzer Spiess Waffenrock Panther on the Prowl: 1-6 Scale Perfection US Armor Insignia Doughboy AEF Tanker Items	Glen Hendricks, including awesome insigna and interesting Panzer portraits
John Nicholson and his fabulous 1:1 recreation of a late Tiger turret	Pat Cassidy: There'll be no fighting in the war room, please!
Willi Schumacher: I died an went to SS wrap heaven! Also added some images from another show and a different exhibit	Steve Androsko: Mr. Panzerpionier and lover of all things 16. Panzer-Division
Steve Pardon: Willi has some competition for most SS-Panzer-related items.	Jim Pool: Jump on in, the collecting water is fine!

Dirk Caltrider

Dirk is a long-time collector with a variety of interests, to include both US and German armor and soldiers. When he's not filling up his bunker with new artifacts, he's also one incredible model maker, as the 1:6-scale Panther photos will attest to.

Panzer-Regiment 5	Spiess
Panther on the Prowl...	US Armor Insignia
Doughboy Tankers

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Panzer-Regiment 5

One of Dirk's more recent acquisitions: A 1st-pattern Panzer tunic for an NCO in Panzer-Regiment 5.

Spiess

More relatively recent acquisitions, this time a Waffenrock for a Spiess...and a Panzerschuetze.

Panther on the Prowl...

Acratchbuilt 1:6-scale masterpiece!!!

US Armor Insignia

A small sampling of US Armor insignia as well as an outstanding inter-war set of armor-related bkues.

Doughboy Tankers

A better collection than the Patton Museum!

U. S. Army OD wool Officer's tunic in rank of 2nd Lieutenant, Tank Corps (not ID’ed), with adjutants gold cords draped over left shoulder. Tailored by Franklin Simon & Co. Fifth Ave., New York. Tunic displays coffin type 2nd Lt. shoulder brass, side view tank collar and U.S. brass, 3OSS, and French weave Tank Corps left shoulder patch. Tunic includes Tank Corps Officer's Campaign Hat cord of dark blue wool.	WWI U. S. Army short cut Tank Corps style OD wool overcoat in rank of Corporal. Coat displays Tank Corps left shoulder patch with yellow top quadrant, red front quadrant, and white rear quadrant, 1 OSS, and Corporal chevrons on right sleeve. Has wool waist belt and two front lower pockets and one inside left pocket. Jacket has paper Depot tag in back of collar with Taylor named to Sheuerman Bros., Demoines, Iowa, Q.M. Depot Omaha, size 40.
U. S. Army WWI Em’s M1917 OD wool tunic Id’ed to Corporal Paul Cleveland Hertz, (Ser. #2,732,836). Tunic is Mfg. by Saffer Bros., New York, Contract date July 3, 1918. Tunic displays Tank Corps triangle patch on upper left sleeve, PFC front view patch on right sleeve, front view tank disc on collar, 1 OSS, and 1DS. Set includes, OD wool shirt, OD wool trousers, OD wool legging wraps, YMCA Bible with Paul C. Hertz, 835 Rose St., Reading, PA., Depot Co., Tank Corps, 9/9/18, (hand written on front cover page), sewing kit in small ditty bag with owner’s name hand embroidered on it, hanky, several post cards and blank letters, 2 small note books with engineering info in them, and a 37 mm shell casing from a French Renualt tank cannon dated 9/17 still displaying the casing ink stamp and wax coating. Paul C. Hertz was born 2/28/1893, enlisted 9/7/18, promoted to Corporal 10/1/18, trained at Camp Colt, PA., until his unit, Company “B”, 335th Tank Corps was sent overseas on 10/28/18 and was in advanced Tank training at Langres (French Tank School), France when the war ended. He returned to the U. S. on 5/5/19 and was discharged at Camp Meade, MD. 5/22/19.	WWI British made tanker steel anti-splash mask with chain-mail vial. Used and brought home by U.S. tanker from 301st Heavy Tank battalion. Originally these masks were covered with leather and had a cloth strap that are missing. The condition is weathered and has a rusty patina but no pitting. The hanging chain mail is missing a few rings. The leather on this mask has rotted away a long time ago. The British Broad Arrow mark (bird track) is still visible along with an inspection mark of some sort.
U. S. Army WWI wooden foot locker with metal trim. Hand painted in early U. S. first war 5 color camo pattern with black boarder. Has 90% paint remaining and not faded. Id’ed to 2nd Lieutenant William Taylor Medford. Lieut. W. T. Medford’ T. C., Marydale, Maryland., U.S.A. painted on top and and name only on both sides in white paint and marked on top “HOLD” in yellow paint. Lt. Medford was born in Marydel, Kent Co. Md. on 11/14/90. Enlisted Recruiting Center 7/17/17, rank Corporal, promoted Sergeant 7/16/18, promoted Sergeant 1st class 2/26/19. Assigned Company C 321st Field Signal Battalion 11/2/17, Company D 413th Telegraph Battalion 12/3/17, 31st Engineers 9/20/18. Honorable Discharge 5/24/19. Promoted 5/25/19 to 2nd Lieutenant Transportation Company, 14th Grand Division Transport Co. Casual 8/7/19, Officer in charge of Engineers, Washington, D.C. 9/2/19. Discharged 9/29/19. Overseas 1/9/18-8/16/19. Bottom left: WWI U. S. Army Tank Corps Corporals shoulder patch with front view of French Tank, early 1918	U. S. Army 27th Division/Tank Corps unit steel M1915 British mfg. helmet with leather strap and liner with rubber donut at top of liner. (Helmet was issued to U. S. Troops to make up for shortage of U. S. made helmets). Helmet displays 27th Orion Division Insignia on right side and variation of Tank Corps Insignia on left side. This example is ID'ed to Sgt. Frank J. Williams. The following is a historical description of his actions in combat for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. (On September 29th, 1918 near the exit of the cannel tunnel beyond Bony, a British heavy tank manned by Americans was disabled by a direct hit of a German shell, which killed or wounded all of the crew. Sgt. John C. Latham and Corp's Alan L. Eggers and Thomas E. O'Shea, 27th Div., who had become separated from their platoon by a smoke barrage and had taken cover in a shell hole within the enemy lines, heard a call for help from the tank, whereupon they left their shelter and started toward the tank under heavy fire from German machine guns and trench mortars. In crossing the fire-swept area corp. O'Shea was mortally wounded and died soon afterwards, but Sgt. Latham and Corp. Eggers, undeterred, continued on to the tank, rescued a wounded officer and two wounded soldiers to a near-by trench. One of the wounded members of the tank crew, Sgt. Frank J. Williams, (tank driver), after having assisted his wounded officer, returned to the tank under heavy fire and continued to operate a 6-puonder against the enemy until driven out by armor-piercing shells. Sgt. Latham and Corp. Eggers returned to the tank in the face of violent fire, and with the help of Sgt. Williams dismounted a Hotchkiss machine gun and took it back to where the wounded men were. With this weapon, and assisted by Sgt. Williams,(as he was the only one who new how to operate the Hotchkiss or the 6-pounder gun and had made 3 trips to the disabled tank under heavy enemy fire) they succeeded in keeping off the enemy all day and later under cover of darkness brought the machine gun and wounded men back to the American lines. Sgt. Latham and Corp's Eggers and O'Shea were awarded Congressional Medals of Honor. Sgt. Williams was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross).
U. S. Army Model 1917 EM's OD wool tunic in rank of Sgt. 1st Class named to F. P. Dehner. Has EM side view French made Tank Corps & US disc's. Tank Corps patch is French made French weave embroidered type with yellow quadrant up. Awarded WWI Victory Medal & 1 OSS. Set includes pair OD wool trousers with web belt made by Schulman Company, Inc., New York, August 13, 1918, named to F. P. Dehner, EM OD wool overseas cap with US disc, brown leather waist money belt with 3 pockets made by The King Razor Company, Indiana, Pa., & pair OD wool leggings. Very good condition.	U. S. Army Model 1917 EM's Officer grade tunic in rank of Sgt., named to William A. Davis, #448204. Has EM side view French made Tank Corps & US collar disc's with wool composition shoulder patch with yellow quadrant up. Awarded WWI Victory Medal with Meuse-Argonne & Defensive Sector ribbon bars, 1929 American Legion Wisconsin Medal, & 1 OSS. Set includes trousers of matching OD wool, pair of ID discs on leather cord, & 2 WWI post cards, 1 of German P.O.W.s & 1 of Sgt. Davis on horse drawn Tank steering/training carriage.(Sgt. Davis entered Army at Minneapolis, Mn., 5/16/18 & mustered out at Camp Dodge, Ia., 6/18/19, he resided after war in Iowa. Excellent condition.
U. S. Army Tank Corps wool shoulder patch of 1918-1920's era. Fine condition.	French Tank Corps shoulder patch as worn by U. S. Army Tank Service personnel of 345th Tank battalion, A.E.F. (This unit was formed in France by Colonel George S. Patton from other units, trained with French tank units at Samour training ground & adapted French Armored Artillery patch during war period). Very good condition.
U. S. Army Model 1917 EM's OD wool tunic in rank of Private 1st Class (front view French tank right shoulder patch). EM early disc with front view tank & early red/yellow opposing quadrant 301st Tank Corps Battalion shoulder patch (as worn by AEF in British sector),& 1 OSS. Tailored by Strouse and Bros., Inc., Baltimore, Md., Balt. Depot. Includes pair OD wool trousers made by Spitz Brothers and Meyer Co., September 5, 1917, Chicago Depot, OD wool overseas cap with red & blue piping made by New York Clothing House, Baltimore, & 1 pair mismatched OD wool leggings.(Looks to be new clothing acquired in Baltimore, Md area when unit was stationed at Ft. George Meade after returning from France in 1919). Excellent condition.

Glen Hendricks

Glen hails from LA, which stands for Lower Alabama, in case you didn't know. He primarily collects insignia, but he also dabbles a bit in photos and other paper ephemera.

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A black Panzer Lehr strap -- the Nirvana for a Panzer insignia collector


The evolution of a Panzermann during the war: Early wrap, tropical and later-style uniform

John Nicholson

John hails from New Zealand and is a long-time collector of Panzer cloth, documents and ephemera, concentrating on Tiger formations. He is also a master modeler, whose latest and greatest project is the ultimate project: A 1:1-scale build-up of a Tiger turret. I will be adding a link shortly for the site where the progress of the "Eva" Project is being chronicled.

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Pat Cassidy

A partof the faculty at the ArmyWar College, COL Pat Cassidy is an avid collector of militaria of WW2, both Allied and Axis. He does have a fondness for Panzer items, though.

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There'll be no fighting in the war room, please!

Willi Schumacher

With a name like that, how could you not collect German militaria? Willi collects mainly SS, with some of the wonderful uniforms you see here as part of the highlights.

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Willi at Chantilly!

Willi and his friend, Bob Wirtz, set up an exhibit at the 2009 Chantilly Militaria Show and has been kind enough to provide some photos...here's Willi's commentary:
Bob had just acquired the Kriegsmarine officer service cap recently, which allowed us to put on this particular exhibit. Otherwise we would have had to put up something different --- with a different theme. Here are some highlights of our exhibit:

The Kapitän zur See mess dress jacket is named to Vizeadmiral Kurt von dem Borne, who was awarded the German Cross in Silver on 31 July 1944, shortly before he retired. He was a Berlin bureaucrat and lived in Berlin. He was captured by the Soviets and died in captivity (some retirement!). The cap is not named but it is a fine piece.

The Luftwaffe dress jacket belonged to fighter ace and Knight's Cross winner Klaus Bretschneider, JG-300 with 34 victories including 14 RAF bombers in 20 night sorties (FW-190 - part of Hermann Herrmann's "Wilde Sau") and 17 four-engine bombers during the day. I think he shot down 3 B-17s in a single sortie. He was a personal favorite of aviation artist Keith Ferris, who did the huge mural in the WW2 section of the National Air & Space Museum, including a print of it from the other way around... showing Bretschneider's FW-190 closing on the B-17s from behind. Keith also did two other prints of his FW-190: Real Trouble and A Test of Courage. I used my original Knight's Cross on the tunic, which belonged to Korvettenkapitän Klaus Feldt, Oakleaves winner in E-Boats. With exception of the under clothes and the bow tie, all is original.

Bob and I will be exhibiting a few more times this year. We'll be at the North-South Trader Civil War & National WWI-WWII Show at The Showplace in Mechanicsville (Richmond) on the weekend of 15-16 August. Sometime between now and the end of the year Alan Cors will put on his open house at his tank farm (www.vmmv.org) so Bob and I will try and put up an exhibit there if he can get up here from North Carolina. We are looking at 2 exhibits in October: 2-3 October at Brentsville (Prince William County's fourth government seat from 1822-1893) at their first annual WW2 Living History Weekend. They have a one-room schoolhouse that can accommodate exhibits, in addition to the reenactors outside. The Civil War Show in Gettysburg (militaria up to 1945), happens to be on the same dates as those picked by Allan Cors, so since he is a lot closer, Bob and I will be doing that one instead.

UPDATE: Here are some photos of our exhibit at the North-South Trader Civil War & National WWI-WWII Show at The Showplace in Mechanicsville (Richmond) on the weekend of 15-16 August. Our theme was Uniforms of the German Wehrmacht. We included three of Bob's uniforms, since he collects Wehrmacht, and one Waffen-SS officer tunic from my collection. The Kriegsmarine Korvettenkapitän reefer jacket belonged to Knight's Cross winner Rudolf Heynsen of Minesweepers. It was awarded on Hitler's last birthday, 20 April 1945. The SS-Hauptsturmführer tunic is from the Germania Regiment (probably after it went to the Wiking Division). It has the gilt metal "G" shoulder board ciphers in Latin, as well as an aluminum flat wire Germania cuffband with matching borders.

UPDATE: Here is the exhibit that Bob and I put up at Brentsville on 3-4 October. Fortunately Bob has just acquired his sailor outfit just in time so we went with the theme, Enlisted Uniforms of the German Wehrmacht. This was the third exhibit in which his Army black panzer jacket and overseas cap made it to the party. He only has two Army tunics, the other being the Oberfeldwebel of Panzer bandsman waffenrock. The event was pretty good, although we had a lot of reenactors that outright didn't show up. So our outdoor participation wasn't as good as we had hoped for. But we still had some folks out there plus a couple of vehicles each day, and the U.S. Marine Corps Museum display. The indoor exhibits of original militaria filled up the one-room schoolhouse. Bob and I had the four mannequin display. My friend, Mike, brought in three full mannequins dressed as Japanese infantry, U.S. Marine Raider in full camouflage, and a U.S. 101st Airborne. One collector filled up two walls by himself with U.S. stuff including weapons. Another collector came in on Saturday only with two full mannequins, one dressed in an Army officer black panzer uniform from Panzer-Regiment 5. We had over 500 visitors that weekend, so it was a success considering it was a first-time event.

Steve Androsko

Steve Androsko: Does anyone not associate him with corning the market on Panzerpionier items? He can outfit his own platoon.

He also likes the 16. Panzer-Division, in case you were curious...

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Steve Pardon

Steve has also decided to only go for the easy stuff: SS Panzer. Here are some of the boys at a reunion!

Jim Pool

Jump on in, the collecting water is fine (sorry, Jim, I couldn't resist)

Jim doesn't just collect Panzer "stuff" -- although he has a lot of that as well -- but he has a great collection of truly unique and rare items. Enjoy!