December 2021 Auction
Lot 881:
Not sold
Description
Rare and wonderful, late war M44 tunic for Waffen-SS soldier of the 18th Waffen SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Horst Wessel" with the rank of SS-Sturmann.Tunic is made with the late war italian wool called "ortica", complete of all the insigna for a SS-Sturmann, with RZM runic tab; both collar tabs are machine sewn to the collar; one of them has the "SA" "Horst Wessel" division emblem. The SS arm eagle is also a RZM style one and it is machine sewn to the sleeve. The rank chevron is hand stitched. It also has the original cuff title of the "Horst Wessel" division embroidered in white thread! This soldier was also awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class since it also has the IC2 ribbon sewn to the buttohole.Shoulder straps are red piped for the Artillery/Stug units.Jacket has traces of use and some small parts with mothing, along wih some light stains, but the overall conditions are very good.Inside it shows its original grey cotton lining.A real and ultra rare M44 Waffen-SS combat tunic!The 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division "Horst Wessel" (German: 18. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division "Horst Wessel")[1] was formed in 1944 around a cadre from the 1st SS Infantry Brigade and included mainly ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) from Hungary. The 1st battalion of about 1000 men was attached to SS Division Horst Wessel and sent to Galicia.It was used for "rear-security" duties until it was sent to the Eastern front, with the exception of one regiment that fought the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944. It later fought as a single unit in Hungary and in Czechoslovakia where it was destroyed.The Division was named after SA member Horst Wessel, known for being the author of the lyrics to the Nazi Party anthem, the Horst-Wessel-Lied, and glorified by the Nazi regime as a martyr of the party’s early years.
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