The Death’s Head Insignia My Father Wore

Gülp.

Three items among 800 for sale at ‘The Eclectic Collector’ auction at Whyte’s Auctioneers [Molesworth Street, Dublin] at 11am on Saturday.

With over 800 lots, the sale “will cater for collectors into campaign boxes and tribal art, tourist posters, movie posters, militaria, photographs, badges, medals, autographs, sporting memorabilia, coins and banknotes”.

And Nazi stuff.

From top: Waffen SS badge from World War II; a Nazi Commemorative Medal from the 1936 Berlin Olympics and a “very rare” Nazi War Order of The German Cross in gold from World War II.

Video of items on sale here.

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

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38 thoughts on “The Death’s Head Insignia My Father Wore”

paul m September 18, 2014 at 11:43 am

its not unheard of american jewish community to collect/trade nazi memorabilia.

Holden MaGroin September 18, 2014 at 11:45 am

Do you have some sort of Vice article to back this up please?
1. Mani September 18, 2014 at 11:49 am
  
  Woah there, I didn’t realise we needed to back up claims with facts here. This is meant to be a sanctuary where people can happily make sh1t up and have it taken at face value.
  1. Holden MaGroin September 18, 2014 at 1:32 pm
    
    Sorry Mani.

Clampers Outside! September 18, 2014 at 11:47 am

Collecting the memorabilia of a bunch o’ feckin’ losers…. pffft!

Anyone want a stamp with Hitler on it? I’ve a few of them :)

Mani September 18, 2014 at 11:50 am

That’s an awful thing to call your mother and I want that brand back by the way. Make sure you clean it first.
1. Clampers Outside! September 18, 2014 at 11:57 am
  
  ‘brand’ ….you lost me Mani….
  1. Mani September 18, 2014 at 12:07 pm
    
    Apologies: Brand:
    
    an identifying mark burned on livestock or (especially in former times) criminals or slaves with a branding iron.
    1. Clampers Outside! September 18, 2014 at 12:41 pm
      
      She didn’t tell me she branded you…. whatever you’re into I guess, were you wearing your SS suspenders at the time?
    2. Spaghetti Hoop September 18, 2014 at 12:47 pm
      
      Inglourious Brander.
scottser September 18, 2014 at 2:47 pm

did the brits not produce tonnes of fake mail addressed to real german households to persuade them against hitler during the war? those letters had a stamp with hitler’s face on it with ‘gobsh1te’ or some such written in german underneath. they’re pretty collectible too.