Franco Regime General's Visor Named to a Blue Division Veteran - This dress cap is fabricated from an olive green cotton twill, featuring the classic high peak that slopes towards the rear, the outer edge rigidly framed with a thick underlying roll. The seams are trimmed in a light green threading and copper wire, wrapped around a central green cord. Fine patterned gold-coloured bullion threaded chin strap, with loops at either end, resting upon the visor, secured on both sides by bronze gilt buttons with the Infantry insignia. The front has a gold-coloured bullion wire Infantry insignia, while the crown above has the Spanish Army eagle insignia topped by the Franco crown in gold-coloured bullion wire and red embroidery, with touches of green embroidery and silver bullion in the base of the crown. Large flat visor incorporating a thick stiffener, gold-coloured bullion leafing embellishment and trim on the visor's top, both sides of the visor covered with the same olive green cotton twill as the exterior of the cap. Inside, the cap has a 30 mm wide reddish-brown leather sweatband, the two ends sewn together at the rear and finished with a leather bow-tie, fully lined in an olive green rayon, the dome with a "CASA ARCAL UNIFORMES Toledo" insignia screen printed in gold and red inks under a square celluloid moisture shield with a name tag slip inscribed "Manuel Bonet Perez" in black running script. It measures 245 mm x 265 mm x 90 mm overall. Lightly soiled on the front, light green threading and copper wire trim on the exterior exposes the underlying central green cord in places, near extremely fine.
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A Spanish Franco Era Air Force Observer's Wings Three-piece construction, gilt bronze star on a red enamelled circle, mounted to a wings base in silvered bronze with a gilt Franco crown, unmarked, 38.8 mm x 94.7 mm, metal support plate with swing locking fixture secured to the lugs, intact enamels, light contact, near extremely fine.
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Item EU10789 |
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A Rare Spanish Blue Division Officer's Belt with Buckle Buckle in brass illustrating the left-facing Franco-crowned Spanish eagle with a red enamelled cross on its chest on the left end, unmarked, the buckle measuring 52 mm x 70 mm. Belt fabricated from a very thick leather with a smooth finished black upper and a raw underside, composed of two pieces: the main belt and an additional protective patch stitched in place behind the buckle, a brass post immediately to the left of the buckle, four holes for length adjustment on the right end, one slider with a smooth finished black upper and raw underside, the belt measuring 50 mm x 1,205 mm. Fine chipping in the red enamels and oxidation spots on the buckle, very light contact on the belt. Near extremely fine. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolia’s book “Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich”, published in 2001. |
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Item EU10567 |
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A Set of Spanish Civil War Air Force Cufflinks A Set of Spanish Civil War Air Force Cufflinks - - in silver, hallmarked, in very fine condition, and with paper pocket of issue; these type of cufflinks were presented by Franco to the selected of Italian, Spanish and German Air Force personnel during and after the Spanish Civil War. Very scarce and desirable.
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Item G17092 |
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Falange Centuria San Jorge Alcoy Banner Falange Centuria San Jorge Alcoy Banner - Extremely fine embroidery, exhibiting rich colours and intricate detail, obverse illustrating a multi-coloured Centurion on raised horseback hovering over two reclined figures, with highlights of gold bullion in the Centurion's helmet, wristband, brooch, belt buckles and leg guard, along with the horses's bridle, all the figures are outlined in black threading giving them tremendous definition, gold bullion lettering inscribed "Centuria San Jorge" above and "Alcoy" below the Centurion, on a light blue silk field, reverse with a black silk field flanked by red silk fields, the Falange insignia in raised red embroidery and outlined in gold bullion in the centre, the obverse and reverse fields are sewn back-to-back, giving the banner tremendous weight versus a regular banner, hoist sleeve with four square loops for insertion into a flagpole, the loops in the same colour scheme as the banner, two red ties above the top loop, 37 mm long gold bullion fringe on three sides, 705 mm x 720 mm, scattered fraying and soiling on the fields, wear evident on the top loop and one tie from active use, better than very fine. Accompanied by its flagpole top, silvered metal with an embedded brass coupling at the base, illustrating a Franco period Spanish coat-of-arms topped by a spike, 81 mm x 268 mm, light contact, severed at the base coupling, better than very fine.
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Item EU5679 |