World War Trench Art Magnifying Glass with edge made from brass artillery sabot ring. Neat artifact!

WWI Canadian Relic Souvenir Belt with lots of insignia, badges, and buttons. Soldiers swapped these like playing cards today. This one is unusual in that it is wider and has more souvenirs than normally found on Hate Belts.

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Spoon. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Desert Fork. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Serving Spoon. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Serving Spoon. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Personal Train Silver Egg Cup complete with copy of Notarized letter stating:

"Silver Recovered from Adolf Hitler's Train

I, William Lee, am the son of the late Col. Ernest "Tex" Lee, who served at Executive Officer and aide-de-camp to Supreme Allied Commander (and later President) Dwight E. Eisenhower for the duration of the latter's service in that capacity during World War II.

This silver was in my family's possession for the time he returned from Europe at the end of hostilities until his death. Following his passing, the items remained in locked storage under direct family supervision.

My father related to family members that he had obtained the silver from Hitler's train and believed it to be a fitting collection of "war booty" which he thought worthy of keeping retaining as souvenirs of his service in the war.

To the best of my knowledge these egg cups were recovered directly from Adolf Hitler's private train. As my family has no further desire to keep them, we hope that they may find a place in the collection of an avid collector or institution.

Respectfully,
[signed]
William Lee"

Albert Speer formal dinner spoon. Rare with fancy monogram A over S on reverse.
Speer supported the German invasion of Poland and subsequent war, though he recognized that it would lead to the postponement, at the least, of his architectural dreams. In his later years, Speer, talking with his biographer-to-be Gitta Sereny, explained how he felt in 1939: "Of course I was perfectly aware that [Hitler] sought world domination ... [A]t that time I asked for nothing better. That was the whole point of my buildings. They would have looked grotesque if Hitler had sat still in Germany. All I wanted was for this great man to dominate the globe."

Speer placed his department at the disposal of the Wehrmacht. When Hitler remonstrated, and said it was not for Speer to decide how his workers should be used, Speer simply ignored him. Among Speer's innovations were quick-reaction squads to construct roads or clear away debris; before long, these units would be used to clear bomb sites. As the war progressed, initially to great German success, Speer continued preliminary work on the Berlin and Nuremberg plans, at Hitler's insistence, but failed to convince him of the need to suspend peacetime construction projects. Speer also oversaw the construction of buildings for the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe, and developed a considerable organization to deal with this work.

In 1940, Joseph Stalin proposed that Speer pay a visit to Moscow. Stalin had been particularly impressed by Speer's work in Paris, and wished to meet the "Architect of the Reich". Hitler, alternating between amusement and anger, did not allow Speer to go, fearing that Stalin would put Speer in a "rat hole" until a new Moscow arose. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Speer came to doubt, despite Hitler's reassurances, that his projects for Berlin would ever be completed.

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Dinner Fork. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Salad Fork. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Dessert Fork. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Dinner Fork. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Butter Knife. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Dinner Knife. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Luncheon Knife. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Cream Spoon. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Dessert Spoon with Gold Wash. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

Hitler's Eagle's Nest Silverware - Soup Spoon. Complete with copy of affidavit stating:

"On or about May 8, 1945, while I was on duty with the 402d Field Artillery Battalion of the 42d Infantry Division, my driver, Thomas Lambros, and I were at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Since we were well aware of the fact that Adolph Hitler had a "retreat" at Berchtesgaden, we went to his "house" to look for souvenirs. The house had been almost demolished by bombing.

While searching through the rubble for souvenirs, I found almost everything in the house had been destroyed but I did find two crystal goblets which had not been smashed.

My driver, Lambros, was also searching and he found a place on the ground at the rear of the house where he thought something had been buried. We dug in this area and found wrapped in protective covering approximately 375 pieces of sterling silver with the Nazi Eagle and Swastika on them. some of the pieces were partially gold plated. While we were exulting over our discovery, another member of the 402d Artillery Battalion came by and we ended up splitting our find three ways."

This creamer is from the hotel service ware from none other than the famous Hotel Deutscher Hof in Nuremberg. This was the hotel where Adolf Hitler and all the high party functionaries stayed during the days of the Reichsparteitag, (party rallies) in Nuremberg (Der Stadt der Reichsparteitag). This was the only hotel that the Führer would headquarter himself. Over the years it became known as the official Nazi hotel. In keeping with this, sometime in 1935, the hotel commissary decided that all the tableware that would hitherto be ordered should typically bear the symbol of the NSDAP (the swastika!) and you will see it on all pieces wreathed in oak-leaf design. Some pieces had the name “Der Deutsche Hof,” but all pieces had this swastika in the wreath. The pieces we have are well used, but fully intact. The usage shown is of course a good thing as you can be (proof positive) that these items were used by the high NSDAP leaders, and probably by the Führer, himself. Some of these items that invariably show up are usually the creamers, and coffeepots and teapots. Adolf Hitler liked this location near the Hauptbahnhof (railroad station) and he had a large room on the second floor with windows from which he could review marching units of the SS, SA, HJ, and RAD as they snappily paraded before him prior to the rally.

WWI/II assorted cigarette wrappers, labels and matchboxes. 

WWII rubber gas mask.  Battlefield pickup.

WWII Dough Boy two tube prophylactic kit.  Unissued and complete with wrapper.  Very small tear on right corner.

US mess kit which belonged to "Travis H. Palmer, Company K. 22nd Infantry 3rd Battalion, 4th Division."  Lost in the Hurtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge.  Travis Palmer's name and information is pinged on the bottom.