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A gold Andreas Huber reversible wristwatch gifted to Adolf Hitler himself on April 20th, 1933, his first birthday as Führer. One of a kind timepiece of unprecedented historical significance and conclusive provenance. Seized May 4th, 1945 at Hitler’s retreat in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria by a sergeant serving in the French 2nd Armored Division.
A collection of artifacts from the British Union of Fascists (BUF) including a flag, Leyton branch headquarters plaque, paramilitary peaked cap from the Fascist Defence Force and an officer’s tunic paired with a BUF armband and belt.
Active male members of the BUF wore the famous black shirt as their uniform, modelled on Sir Oswald Mosley’s fencing tunic. The black shirt was stated to be worn because the color black best expressed the iron determination of Fascism in the face of red anarchy. By eliminating distinctions of dress, it also contributed to the breaking down of class barriers within the movement. The tunics were worn for ideological as well as practical reasons, as in street fights the tunic offered little for an opponent to get a grip on. They were worn until the banning of political uniforms under the Public Order Act 1936.
The Légion des volontaires français (LVF) was a collaborationist unit composed of Frenchmen who fought to defend Europe against Bolshevism. It was later redesignated as the Waffen-SS ‘Charlemagne’ Brigade, named after the legendary medieval Frankish King Charlemagne. The LVF originated as an independent initiative by a coalition of far-right factions in Vichy France who were disillusioned with the liberalism of the Third Republic. The Legion’s flagpole top seen here is a winged helmet of ancient Gaul, and alongside the unit’s later identification with the legend of Charlemagne, we see the clear and distinct influence of romantic historicism and French national mythology. The Waffen-SS ‘Charlemagne’ Brigade distinguished itself in the Battle of Berlin in 1945, where it remained as one of the last defenders around Hitler’s Führerbunker.
The Schutzstaffel (SS) was the Third Reich’s preeminent elite paramilitary organization, driven by its fanatical devotion to National Socialism underpinned by a nexus of esoteric, occult and mystical principles. This grouping consists of a black M34 helmet, chained dagger and autographed portrait of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, all laid upon the backdrop of a period SS banner.