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Lot 1623: Luftwaffe Aviator's Flight Gear

Fine Luftwaffe Aviator's Flight Gear, Including a Summer Helmet and an Inflatable Life Vest

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: June 6, 2020

Lot 1623: Luftwaffe Aviator's Flight Gear

Fine Luftwaffe Aviator's Flight Gear, Including a Summer Helmet and an Inflatable Life Vest

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: June 6, 2020

Estimated Price: $3,000 - $4,500
Price Realized:
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Fine Luftwaffe Aviator's Flight Gear, Including a Summer Helmet and an Inflatable Life Vest

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Type: Other
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Item Views: 2114
Item Interest: Average
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Catalog Page: 417
Class: Other
Description:

The grouping consists of a lightweight jacket, trousers and helmet, all of tan cloth exterior construction, and a life vest. The jacket is adorned with a white-on-blue Luftwaffe eagle patch on the left breast, and a set of white-on-tan four wing rank insignia on each sleeve, appropriate for an Oberfeldwebel (Technical Sergeant) or Oberfaenrich (Flight Cadet), as well as a tag behind the zipper marked "Nr. 0/0250/0948" and "Gr.II.B". The vest is constructed from heavy tan canvas, with a manual inflation valve (rubber tubing with nickel fittings) on the left breast, and a brass gas cylinder (not function tested) on the left hip. A tag on the back of the collar bears a date of June 10, 1939, a Baumuster code of "SWP 734", and a Hersteller mark "Dragerwerk, Lubeck". The helmet is the LKpS101 model, with leather fittings and earphone covers, a leather and bakelite throat microphone unit, leather goggles with tinted lenses, and "Meyer" in white paint on the right earpiece. The trousers are a good color match for the jacket, fitted with twill inner pockets, gray leather straps inside the external pockets, and a tag in the waistband marked "IC" and "0/0250/0274".

Rating Definition:

Very good, with some light staining and wear overall. The helmet shows a few scuffs and stains, and the electronics are untested but appear to be in good order.



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