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The Nazi Luftwaffe Air Gunners Award is extremely hard to find. This original award has a $1,100-$1,690 estimate. Image courtesy of Universal Live.

Universal Live has marching orders for June 20 military auction

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

The Nazi Luftwaffe Air Gunners Award is extremely hard to find. This original award has a $1,100-$1,690 estimate. Image courtesy of Universal Live.
The Nazi Luftwaffe Air Gunners Award is extremely hard to find. This original award has a $1,100-$1,690 estimate. Image courtesy of Universal Live.
NORTHBROOK, Ill. – Universal Live is promoting their military auction that will be held on Sunday, June 20, beginning at 1 p.m. Central. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

The 200-lot auction consists of the estate of a multidecade collector of some fine and interesting World War II varieties of items, primarily German, Nazi, British and U.S. memorabilia.

Auctioneer, Martin Shape said, “There are some rare badges and proficiency awards such as (lot 495958) Nazi High Seas Naval Badge, (lot 8875946) German Flak Badge, (lot 8875974), Rare Luftwaffe Air Gunner badge, and (8875970) a rare SS buckle. Also, of high interest are the (lot 8870187) Swastika flag, (lot 8870120) Civil War breastplate and the (lot 8879548) 1910 Chicago Masonic watch fob. All the items are reflections of the 19th- and 20th-century historical items being offered.

For details contact Shape by e-mail at sales@universallive.com or phone 847-412-1802.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

The ‘Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen’ was a Nazi naval award presented to crewmembers of battleships and cruisers. The rare badge made by RS&S has an estimate of $1,000-$1,540. Image courtesy of Universal Live.
The ‘Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen’ was a Nazi naval award presented to crewmembers of battleships and cruisers. The rare badge made by RS&S has an estimate of $1,000-$1,540. Image courtesy of Universal Live.

Originating in Prussia in 1813, the Iron Cross later became a military decoration of Germany. This example is an original Nazi Iron Cross 1st Class awarded in 1939. It has a $500-$700 estimate. Image courtesy of Universal Live.
Originating in Prussia in 1813, the Iron Cross later became a military decoration of Germany. This example is an original Nazi Iron Cross 1st Class awarded in 1939. It has a $500-$700 estimate. Image courtesy of Universal Live.

This U.S. Special Forces training school master sergeant’s tunic with quartermaster tag dates to the Vietnam era. It carries a $180-$275 estimate. Image courtesy of Universal Live.
This U.S. Special Forces training school master sergeant’s tunic with quartermaster tag dates to the Vietnam era. It carries a $180-$275 estimate. Image courtesy of Universal Live.

Brought home as a souvenir by a GI, this Nazi Party banner is 6 1/2 feet long by 3 feet wide. The linen banner in excellent condition is estimated at $400-$615. Image courtesy of Universal Live.
Brought home as a souvenir by a GI, this Nazi Party banner is 6 1/2 feet long by 3 feet wide. The linen banner in excellent condition is estimated at $400-$615. Image courtesy of Universal Live.