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_Bru2 жыл бұрын
Imagine him as your grandad👍
@jonbush23702 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@otasandersson68332 жыл бұрын
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
@alexanderfaust41922 жыл бұрын
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.
@svpromise29942 жыл бұрын
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.
@WarthunderAlien2 жыл бұрын
Hello from Pennsylvania, USA
@felixortmann51742 жыл бұрын
Hallo From Düsseldorf Germany
@joshuastroyer96622 жыл бұрын
It's time to take a sip and get fortified.
@themergeparanormal88372 жыл бұрын
“Oh yeah….that’s what we like to see”
@otasandersson68332 жыл бұрын
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!
@pressedsteel74632 жыл бұрын
Mr. Wittmann you are a treasure !!!!
@dondoyle84742 жыл бұрын
Another great show thank you all 👍👍
@DavidHuber632 жыл бұрын
Time well spent, Thank you both!
@t.jjohnson63172 жыл бұрын
Another great vid.Thanks Tom for your time and talent.Terry
@connorfulkerson1272 жыл бұрын
That Himmler was absolutely stunning! Great video Tom.
@csaint67802 жыл бұрын
the Himmler was COOL!!! thanx again Tom!
@rjb63272 жыл бұрын
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 😁😁😁
@larryburwell85502 жыл бұрын
Nice video for sure. The daggers you found at the Civil War show are pretty impressive. Thanks for posting great stuff
@alexanderfaust41922 жыл бұрын
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
@6omega22 жыл бұрын
Leave the "surrender dagger" as it is! Don't "weld a tip on it!" It has historic value just the way it is.
@alexandersteffen78052 жыл бұрын
I enjoy so much your videos. Thanks
@jons232 жыл бұрын
Loved the video, thank you!
@militariacollectablesbelgium2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! I watch every video! 👍 keep it up
@euroyank8602 жыл бұрын
My cigar smoking, booze slurping hero is back !!! I'm happy !
@jimrutherford27732 жыл бұрын
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.
@Wolshanze2 жыл бұрын
He’s back the man the mystery !
@josephseaton2832 жыл бұрын
Cool stuff!!! I enjoy your videos.
@xkmendlt42902 жыл бұрын
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸 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? 🇺🇸😎
@philipdunn75382 жыл бұрын
That Naval dagger is beautiful.
@madaboutmilitaria36302 жыл бұрын
Don’t ever apologise for the length of your videos Tom, the longer the better. Cheers Gents🥃🇦🇺
@stephenhowes75422 жыл бұрын
Never knew Lemmy had a amazing dagger collection like that . Respect mr killminster
@Man_fay_the_Bru2 жыл бұрын
Lenny had a massive ww2 collection, not just daggers,there’s a video of his stuff here on yt.
@mmotorhead2 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnlawson29842 жыл бұрын
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!
@spangy84052 жыл бұрын
Great comment John ... you took me to the hall and led me to the basement where the best stuff was.
@terryschmidt82592 жыл бұрын
Tom we need more seminars to learn from you Terry Schmidt
@isrstrategies2 жыл бұрын
Has to be the largest collection worth millions
@michaeldellinger33772 жыл бұрын
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.greenacres2 жыл бұрын
Big fan love the vids always keeps me buying lol
@raivonraj2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👀
@CONGRYU2 жыл бұрын
Great video ! And please make a update on the Russian knife ! Thank you sir !
@barryjones81452 жыл бұрын
BRAVO yet agian Mr wittman God bless from the United kingdom wwg1wga. Would still like to move in to your basement 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
@kennethrouse79422 жыл бұрын
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. 👍😁
@simoncooper9132 жыл бұрын
Wow. That’s all. Wow!!!
@fw1367 Жыл бұрын
Lemmy hade two apartments. The last he get some years Before he die. Fotos in video is from that new apartment.
@allanesquivelrios90652 жыл бұрын
Lemmy lemmy lemmy ✊✊✊✊
@mattmcmullen11452 жыл бұрын
Curiously what are some of the rarest daggers? Love to see some super rare ones.
@dondoyle84742 жыл бұрын
That’s okay I had to get a beer
@marpat_prepper89542 жыл бұрын
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.
@spangy84052 жыл бұрын
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.
@jimrutherford27732 жыл бұрын
Where can I buy those nice dagger cases?
@kellyphillips97702 жыл бұрын
The Lemmy (Motorhead) collection was just exactly how I pictured it in my head. It definitely sucks getting ahold of a fake.
@spangy84052 жыл бұрын
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.
@МуратХосаев2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
@johnmiddleton82792 жыл бұрын
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
@mmotorhead2 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnmiddleton82792 жыл бұрын
@@mmotorhead Thanks for info.
@spangy84052 жыл бұрын
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.
@mmotorhead2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@horndima63122 жыл бұрын
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.