Down the Cellar 30 - They Called Him Bud

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[@jonbush2370]

Mr. Wittmann is the sweetest, sincere and most honest man in this field of collecting! All my dealings with him have been profitable and fare. I cannot say enough about this brilliant man. May God watch over him and his family!

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

Imagine him as your grandad👍

[@jonbush2370]

@@Man_fay_the_Bru I can see that. But I had 2 very special grandfather's so the suggestion sounds kinda strange. But I get where you coming from.

[@otasandersson6833]

Its so good i started to whatch your old videos all over again! is a gold mine for militaria collectors this channel! just keep them coming! Cheers

[@alexanderfaust4192]

That big ass metal plaque that reads "Deutschland-Amerika Leichtathletik Länderkampf Berlin-Olympiastadion" was actually a medal given out to participants in the 1938 Germany-America Light Athletic National Competition which took place in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. I've heard these awards were given out in bronze, silver, and gold, but I have only ever seen one in Bronze that had some oxidation to reveal the material you have underneath. The plaque you have has obviously lost all of it's finish. The engraving on the reverse I found online on one of these read "3rd place in the 100m run". I'm guessing whatever event was going on, they had these plaques in 3 grades including a specific event in the competition engraved on the back. There were also pins given out that the athlete could wear on his clothing. Multiple promotional photos and postcards of this event are out there floating around as well.

[@svpromise2994]

I e enjoyed every video you have made and look forward to the next every time I watch one. Thanks for producing these, very educational for people who enjoy the details of history.

[@WarthunderAlien]

Hello from Pennsylvania, USA

[@felixortmann5174]

Hallo From Düsseldorf Germany

[@joshuastroyer9662]

It's time to take a sip and get fortified.

[@themergeparanormal8837]

“Oh yeah….that’s what we like to see”

[@otasandersson6833]

Thanks for making those great videos! best time of the week when i see a new Unboxing video! we will never got tired of this stuff!! its the best!!! Skål from Sweden!

[@pressedsteel7463]

Mr. Wittmann you are a treasure !!!!

[@dondoyle8474]

Another great show thank you all 👍👍

[@DavidHuber63]

Time well spent, Thank you both!

[@t.jjohnson6317]

Another great vid.Thanks Tom for your time and talent.Terry

[@connorfulkerson127]

That Himmler was absolutely stunning! Great video Tom.

[@csaint6780]

the Himmler was COOL!!! thanx again Tom!

[@rjb6327]

Thanks for the acknowledgment Tom. Our time in High School was a ball. BTW that was a 1953 Hudson Jet, and I was innocent, the other guy tried to pass me on the right 😁😁😁

[@larryburwell8550]

Nice video for sure. The daggers you found at the Civil War show are pretty impressive. Thanks for posting great stuff

[@alexanderfaust4192]

As far the Russian dagger goes: Crossguards - «За храбрость», «for bravery» Blade - «Златоустъ / оружейная фабрика», Zlatoust arms factory 1884 г - 1884 y[ear] Some info on the foundry/shop that made these can be found here, from 1815 on : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatoust

[@6omega2]

Leave the "surrender dagger" as it is! Don't "weld a tip on it!" It has historic value just the way it is.

[@alexandersteffen7805]

I enjoy so much your videos. Thanks

[@jons23]

Loved the video, thank you!

[@militariacollectablesbelgium]

Great video as always! I watch every video! 👍 keep it up

[@euroyank860]

My cigar smoking, booze slurping hero is back !!! I'm happy !

[@jimrutherford2773]

Never throw away fakes. Keep them for two reasons. One is to keep it off the collector's market and tag it as a fake. The other is for learning experiences. It would be a good idea to have semibars or teaching sessions for new collectors to see what the fakers are doing to pass the fakes into the market.

[@Wolshanze]

He’s back the man the mystery !

[@josephseaton283]

Cool stuff!!! I enjoy your videos.

[@xkmendlt4290]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸 To bad the first dagger was counterfeit. Seen lots of counterfeit collectables at estate sales last 10 years. New collectors be especially careful at estate sales. If it looks like a huge bargain there’s probably a reason. I love the surrender dagger with the snapped off tip. To me the history that a Nazi officer could have surrendered the dagger to an American soldier when captured, is as good or better than a dagger with the tip still intact. Maybe a Easy Company officer at Bastogne? 🇺🇸😎

[@philipdunn7538]

That Naval dagger is beautiful.

[@madaboutmilitaria3630]

Don’t ever apologise for the length of your videos Tom, the longer the better. Cheers Gents🥃🇦🇺

[@stephenhowes7542]

Never knew Lemmy had a amazing dagger collection like that . Respect mr killminster

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

Lenny had a massive ww2 collection, not just daggers,there’s a video of his stuff here on yt.

[@mmotorhead]

Mr Wittmann... if you allow me, I would like to say Lemmy´s correct surname... it is Kilmister... as Mister ... and awesome pictures of his collection. Thanks for the video. Cool pieces.

[@johnlawson2984]

I remember Bud Hasher from the Forks of the Delaware monthly meetings at the Moose Hall in Easton back in the 1970’s. He was always setup in the basement hall were Howard stuck all of the Nat-zi dealers! Those monthly meetings were great back then, you would run through the main hall upstairs and the up on the stage and then down the steps to the basement hall and then back upstairs. I remember a conversation with a friend of mine there at the time about some fool who paid $80 for an Army dagger, who in their right mind would pay that much for an Army dagger! Who remembers the New York Times Sunday magazine that featured Bud and his Nazi collection back then? They could not understand why a person of Jewish descent would collect that stuff, Bud told them that his owning their stuff was his form of revenge!

[@spangy8405]

Great comment John ... you took me to the hall and led me to the basement where the best stuff was.

[@terryschmidt8259]

Tom we need more seminars to learn from you Terry Schmidt

[@isrstrategies]

Has to be the largest collection worth millions

[@michaeldellinger3377]

I would keep that Panzer Division visor cap because it has something special to do with the owner who owned that I would keep it and not sell it

[@mr.greenacres]

Big fan love the vids always keeps me buying lol

[@raivonraj]

Thanks 👀

[@CONGRYU]

Great video ! And please make a update on the Russian knife ! Thank you sir !

[@barryjones8145]

BRAVO yet agian Mr wittman God bless from the United kingdom wwg1wga. Would still like to move in to your basement 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@kennethrouse7942]

Hi Tom, Yes, Bud was always interesting to talk to. Seems to me that he got a lot of stuff from his Uncle Sid. And those scuffed display cases! Oy, vey, as they say. Quite the character. 👍😁

[@simoncooper913]

Wow. That’s all. Wow!!!

[@fw1367]

Lemmy hade two apartments. The last he get some years Before he die. Fotos in video is from that new apartment.

[@allanesquivelrios9065]

Lemmy lemmy lemmy ✊✊✊✊

[@mattmcmullen1145]

Curiously what are some of the rarest daggers? Love to see some super rare ones.

[@dondoyle8474]

That’s okay I had to get a beer

[@marpat_prepper8954]

So I wondered why surrender daggers tips were broken off because i see so many and I found that they broke the tips off because after ww1 rumors had spread that the war was lost on the home front not on the battlefield. And those that lost the war on the home front stabbed them in the back. So the theory continued into ww2 and they broke the tips as a gesture that their knives won't be used to stab them in the back after the war was over.

[@spangy8405]

The Imperial German politicians who surrendered the 1st WW to the 'allies' were called the 'November Criminals' by the fighting troops and Germans back home. They betrayed their soldiers and in essence created a disillusioned young man named Adolf Hitler who set out to avenge the outrage.

[@jimrutherford2773]

Where can I buy those nice dagger cases?

[@kellyphillips9770]

The Lemmy (Motorhead) collection was just exactly how I pictured it in my head. It definitely sucks getting ahold of a fake.

[@spangy8405]

there is a documentary on Lemmy that shows him in his 'dagger filled' apartment in LA ... he lived there for years in this rent controlled heaven.

[@МуратХосаев]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@johnmiddleton8279]

Thanks Tom - I am wondering - has the Lemmy collection been sold? Where might one obtain a piece from his collection? That would be pretty cool...Thank you - John

[@mmotorhead]

Nope... all the whole collection is on hands of Motorhead manager... No fan knows what will happens... if a museum dedicated to him or another type of homage.

[@johnmiddleton8279]

@@mmotorhead Thanks for info.

[@spangy8405]

Nope ... as far as i know Lemmys son has his dads collection, if it were being sold off i think we would have heard about it. You might be able to talk Ozzy Osborne out of the daggers he bought of Lemmy but I doubt it.

[@mmotorhead]

@@spangy8405 sorry mate... you are completely wrong. Paul Inder, his son, inherited only 3 guitars (not even his famous basses) of all his whole collection. It was a deal made in life with Lemmy and Singermann the manager. Believe me .... I know very well the story. It isn´t clear what will happens with all items... if for a Motorhead museum like the Ramones in Berlin or a different project. It wasn´t only the german memorabilia... it has tons of gifts to the man .... include mine which was that 24 Waffen XX patchs between the daggers on Mr Wittmann picture on the video. They changed the sand color frame I made it for them, to a dark one.

[@horndima6312]

Здравствуйте! Пожалуйста не пейте на камеру алкоголь! А вобщем кантент отличный. Познавательно и интересно. Привет и всего самого наилучшего и крепкого здоровья вам из Берлина. Дмитрий.