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Militaria and paraphernalia from Nazi Germany for sale as memorabilia and collectibles in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1964. Today internationally based private collectors and traders more often are handling artifacts with a troubled past online.
In 2010, The Independent called the firm "a prominent London auction house, specialising in militaria". [11] Noonans is the largest numismatics auctioneer in London; it had £11.7m of total hammer sales in 2018. [12] In September 2019, it increased its buyer's premium to 24%, becoming the first UK numismatics auctioneer to go above 20%. [12]
David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers was established in 1996 in Scarborough by David and Jane Duggleby. [8] [9] Under William Duggleby, the auction house extended its activities online using the Saleroom and more recently DD live to reach an international audience.
The Wheatcroft Collection is perhaps notable for having a number of extremely valuable and rare Second World War-era German military vehicles, including four Panther tanks, [9] one of which is close to full restoration, a StuG III assault gun, a Panzer III, and a Panzer IV tank and various components from many other vehicles.
On 3 September, the UK and France declared war on Germany as obliged by the Anglo-Polish military alliance. The declaration was made 24 hours after the UK had issued an ultimatum to Germany to withdraw all German forces from Poland. After the fall of Poland, the Royal Navy was strengthened by the arrival of two Polish submarines OrzeĊ and Wilk ...
Militaria, also known as military memorabilia, are military equipment which are collected for their historical significance. Such items include firearms , swords , sabres , knives , bayonets , helmets and other equipment such as uniforms , military orders and decorations and insignia .
The Carden Loyd tankette came about from an idea started, as a private project, by the British military engineer and tank strategist Major Giffard LeQuesne Martel.He built a one-man tank in his garage from various parts and showed it to the War Office in the mid-1920s.
Militaria publishing companies (2 P) Military equipment of the Early Modern period (3 C, 5 P) P. Plate armour (1 C, 4 P) R. Roman armour (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category ...