Down the Cellar 64 - Not Dead Yet

[@gritlup2089]

I'm a massive fan of ww2 (Germany specifically) and I'm so glad I found your channel last year!

[@Wilhelm-Von-Hohenzollern]

Remember to study Germany in WW1, to fully understand the world of the 3rd reich, you must know what came before it, however I am sure you know this already.

[@brianpauley4831]

Best videos on the whole damn web. I'm onboard with your drinking & smoking as well, here's to your health. I love the hobby, as just the current owner of my collection I often wonder if it's next owner will take care of it as I have. The pole top from Australia, 1,000 wonders it wasn't bent double in transit. Looking forward to your next video eagerly. Salute.

[@jamiehall2475]

That Afrika Korp helmet is absolutely killer Mr. Wittmann and your stories are awesome!!

[@jakebeck4389]

Amazing stories! Please try to do one before each unboxing they are Sooo fascinating

[@Nighthawk1966]

Love the videos Tom ! Keep ‘em coming buddy !!

[@normanfeinberg9968]

Kids today no nothing of history.Even my own kids and grand kids.They know nothing of my service during the Vietnam war and Desert Storm,much less ww2 of my dad and my uncles from D Day to Tinian.Thank,s for preserving history Tom, Wether people agree or disagree,History can't be changed..I was raised by ww2 veterans.During my time in service I was taught by men who fought in ww2.I thank god for their training and honor the memory of them.They taught me bravery in the face of death.Keep up the good work.

[@csaint6780]

Cheers from Toronto, I love your story's and thanx for the videos! take care Tom.

[@dondoyle8474]

That was a great story and another great unboxing 👍👍

[@johnlawson2984]

The beautiful horse head plaque inscription reads “For the 30th Anniversary of Service” The Veteran Officers of the 14th Divisiion. Not a horsemanship award, IMHO but possibly a Calvary Division award. Whatever, its nice!

[@tompniewski5781]

Great video. Love that Luft honor goblet.

[@averagejoeschmoe9186]

The knight's cross at least looked pretty good. It had the "veins" underneath that black paint on the iron center, the correct markings on the frame and loop, etc. There's some frighteningly good post-war "collector's examples" made by jewellers out there that look exactly the same so one can never be too careful.

[@tonyrobb8815]

A Zimmerman MM Cross....Original KC..

[@segelreto]

The reverse inscription of the goblet says "Alpaka" (=Neusilber=German Silver= 60% copper, 20% tin, 20% zinc) encircled by "Feinsilber Auflage" ((99,xxx %) =Finesilver plating) followed by the manufacturers mark "Joh. Wagner&Sohn". The avers inscription says: "Oberleutnant August Wolff" followed by "Für Besondere Leistung Im Luftkrieg (For special performance in the air war). "NPEA" of the "strange animal " dagger stands for "Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt" (national political education institute). It's motto "Mehr Sein Als Scheinen" would translate to "Be more than seem".

[@ghosted2187]

#64 Wow it doesn't seem like it's been that long lol. I look forward to these DTC videos every week and haven't missed a single episode. You guy's are the best and I appreciate the stories and the information you share with me and everyone else. It's good to hear you guy's are in good health and keep up the great work.

[@MrTruckerf]

You know the man has a reputation for fair dealing when he gets a valuable item from a fer-off country with a note saying the owner would now like to sell it for "whatever you think is fair"! WOW!

[@darrinrentruc6614]

P-08 is the Luger, Thanks for the story Tom,we enjoy them.

[@duke4453]

Another great story 👏 always enjoyable and hoping you got your tooth all fixed up.

[@lorksmoot4937]

I looked for you at the Show of Shows, Mr Wittmann...on Saturday...I couldn't find you. Were you not there?

[@WittmannAntiqueMilitaria]

He was definitely there! He does, however, constantly go outside to smoke cigars.

[@lorksmoot4937]

Sorry that I missed him....I was hoping to meet him and see his display. We arrived and went in early.... and walked ourselves silly until 11:30am..... and that was enough. Didn't buy much.... one Japanese bayonet... but it was interesting to see the exotic stuff.

[@horstwessel3090]

Dear Mr Wittmann, The Horse Wall Relief in german means translated ….! For the 30th anniversary of Service, The Vet Officiers der 14 Division and the Date of it! Regards

[@dunkirchen1940]

That Knight's Cross has my jaw on the floor!

[@davidthompson62]

Tom, That Knight’s Cross looks good from a distance.If real that box is worth a pretty penny as they are hard to come by. Have Dave look at it at The SOS; I’m sure he’d love to have it.

[@rjb6327]

What was your Dads reaction when he heard about the dagger/furnace deal? 🤔 Gdańsk is where Lech Wałęsa is from.

[@jackdarbyshire5888]

Your right, that's what was on the news back then , Poland 🇵🇱 and their song Solidarity Forever!✌

[@lynnmcmullen3157]

Wow lucky dog, a whole collection of daggers in one shot

[@keithledford6652]

Always well dressed mr Wittmann

[@jimrutherford2773]

The flagpole eagle looked bent. Maybe from the sender in Australia mailing it in a soft package? Not very smart sending a nice piece poorly protected. That's what boxes are for.

[@MrTruckerf]

It was OK. Cast aluminum is not good at bending; if it had been stressed much it would have come out of the bag in 2 pieces.

[@kevinprice7362]

Hi Mr whittmann nice to see you again fantastic video. Kevin.

[@Fonzzzzzzzzz]

Beautiful knights cross, looks good to me! 👍

[@6omega2]

In regards to your Shako helmet, "ErEl" IS "Robert Lubstein." "Er" is the German pronunciation of the letter "R," and of course "El" is "L" (same as in English). That "ErEl" you see embroidered inside the top panel was the stylized logo of his firm. He was a Berlin based maker and a very large number of Third Reich service dress caps were made by his firm.

[@kmac4124]

pole top eagles head looks odd to me

[@mmotorhead]

kind of a bat head...

[@abelincoln95]

German silver is "nickel" based.

[@jeffg6008]

Gdańsk / Danzig

[@lisasmith5707]

Looking good there! Don't let my husband see that cap! He may wanna buy it! 🤣

[@davidthompson62]

Tom; A couple of episodes ago you had a Hitler Youth dagger (I believe) that instead of having its normal divots in the handle has swatz tipped rivets. Did you find out if this was genuine?

[@mabbrey]

well done tom

[@madaboutmilitaria3630]

I’m glad Tom🥃

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

Nice stuff. Though i would make a correction. "German silver" wasnt "invented" by the chinese it occurs in natural state in China & they called it "White Copper". The Germans like it so much their Alchemists came up w/ a synthetic version later which is what became known as "German silver" & the original Chinese stuff got caught up under that banner even though technically they are as diff as real diamond vs lab created.

[@larryburwell8550]

Well for me the police shako and m40 ak helmet knights cross and chained ss kinda blow me away

[@LJV030]

Is your vest pin referring to the 36 Olympics, or our failed attempt to get the 2000 Olympics because we’re still bitter about that 😂

[@larryburwell8550]

Danzig is now called Gdansk

[@MrTruckerf]

Yes. They have a very interesting WWII museum, as one would expect. It is fairly new, having been opened in 2017, I believe.

[@sdomning3474]

Great Item's!

[@6omega2]

The modern name of Danzig is "Gdansk."

[@alexandrtaraasov3034]

👍👍👍

[@history_lives6749]

Too bad his prices are insane.

[@skigdividerx4991]

Love the stories.

[@RonWeinand]

YES, I still have the M36 SS Type 2 in my collection and it is the best one I have ever found, I had 12 out of my motel buys in a 3 year period. None could compare with the one I got from Tom. BTW it had a knot also.😀

[@luislis6262]

Dok you the best

[@bmoreben2665]

I would love to have a drink with you n just listen to your stories there's not many with your knowledge

[@csaint6780]

Yeah, me too!!!

[@JPoulAndersson]

Gdansk = Danzig; Gotenhafen = Gdynia. You're welcome!

[@mikehelms3063]

It's still Danzig, but in polish written Gdańsk...

[@MrTruckerf]

It was called Danzig until about 1939, I think.

[@mikehelms3063]

@@MrTruckerf still Danzig

[@tankist72]

FROM RUSSIAN 👍

[@andrewvelhosh233]

*from yobana rusnia

[@ultralegia8819]

When it went back to Poland after the war, it went back to its original name, Gdańsk, not German anymore so it is not Danzig! Don’t ever call it Danzig if you go to Gdańsk, not taken well!

[@Wendorff-Programm]

Dont be so serious Buddy!