Mohawk Arms Militaria Auction 86
December 18
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Auction 86 includes:

a “WHITE STAR” uniform button from the coat of Titanic survivor Charles Weikman, the chief barber on the ill fated liner (with provenance). Letters, photos, ephemera from the personal possessions  of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, an American naval hero, polar  explorer and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.; including the helmet of Prinz Alfons of Bavaria as Honorary Regimental Commander of the 5th Prussian Dragoon Regiment “Freiherr von Manteuffel” – with dress feather bush and 4 original  photos (1 autographed), 4 photo postcards (1 autographed) and several other ephemera items, Prussian Jager/Schutzen officer dress shako, Garde Uhlan “tschapka” (felt body), Baden Artillery officer, etc.; Regimental steins (including a rare “Jager Regiment zuPferde”), medals, swords (Bavarian Court, Kurrasier No. 7 officer, etc.), German WWI aviation Pokol, collection of Wilhelm II family and circa 190 opera/actors photo postcards; European flint and percussion
pistols; Imperial Hungarian General’s parade tunic; Third-Reich: correspondence file of initialed letters to and from Himmler with translations  (report on effect of V-1 rockets on Great Britain, War news, personalities, etc.), daggers (RLB/Red Cross officer, SA, NSKK, etc.), swords, medals, cufftitles, insignia, peaked caps and helmets (Bahnschutz, Fire Police,
Red Cross, etc.); US 1820’s “bell crown” shako, Civil War “Tiffany”  wrist-breaker, leather goods, excavated shell fragments with maps of  locations; WWII uniforms, headgear, edged weapons, etc.; Lot from the estate of Dr. Frederick White, who worked on the Manhattan  Project – includes a Government Certificate stating his work was
“essential to production of the Atomic Bomb … “, with lapel badge, etc.; Japanese WWI “Adrian” helmet with Red Cross cover, kyo-gunto sword;