MILITARY COLLECTIBLES - Civil War, Indian Wars, WWI, WWII | Live and Online Auctions on HiBid.com

<b>Military & Wartime Collectibles Auction - Selling a comprehensive offering of wartime military collectibles, to include: Civil War, Indian Wars, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and most other 19th & 20th C. Global Military Conflicts. Items are consigned from estates, individuals, Trusts, lifelong military collections, and private collections across the United States. Online Catalog is posted now and available for absentee / pre-bidding. Register and Bid Now on more than 600 Lots of Global Military & Wartime Collectibles. Live auction and auction webcast for real-time online bidding begins at 11am Eastern on Monday, March 26th 2018.</b> <b>The Auction includes an excellent variety of:</b> - Headgear: Helmets, Hats, Visors - Edged Weapons: Swords, Bayonets, Daggers, Fighting Knives, Bowies, Bolos, Machetes - Orders & Medals - Documents - Uniforms - Cloth: Flags, Pennants, Banners, Patches - Gear & Personal Equipment - Political Memorabilia: Pins, Buttons, Ribbons, Printed Material - Named Veteran Archives - Optics: Binoculars, Scopes, Periscopes - Photography & Art <b>Some Items of Mention, include:</b> - <b>WWII D-DAY FLOWN FLAG OF LST 314 & EXTENSIVE D-DAY ARCHIVE OF LT. HENRY OAKES - OMAHA BEACH</b>, Lot 28211, Est. $20,000 - 40,000: Historically important WWII Omaha Beach (Red) Invasion of Normandy D-Day grouping, to include D-Day Flown Flag of LST 314, D-Day Worn / Used Personal Effects of LT. Henry L. Oakes (D-Day 11th Amphibious Force), along with other WWII Service Related Items belonging to Oakes. A very significant grouping of WWII Normandy D-Day Invasion Items, consigned by the Family of D-Day Veteran - United States Navy LT. Henry L. Oakes (August 13, 1900 - November 23, 1973). Oakes was one of the oldest of the Allied Forces to take part in the D-Day Invasion (D-Day 11th Amphibious Force). During his WWII Service, Oakes was awarded 4 Purple Hearts (2 of which are from action in Normandy France) and a Bronze Star. All items within this lot have been in the possession the family since being brought back by Oakes. All were maintained within the Original Military Trunk of Oakes. - <b>IMPERIAL GERMAN GARDES DU CORPS DRESS HELMET</b>, Lot 28316, Est. $6000 - 8000: Imperial German Gardes du Corps enlisted dress helmet. Complete with liner, chinstrap, and cockades. Stamped on the lower rear with the initials GKR and number 88. - <b>US M1858 INFANTRY HARDEE DRESS HAT</b>, Lot 28307, Est. $2000 - 4000: M1858 Infantry Hardee hat, F Co, 3rd regiment. Manufactured by SWIFT, DICKINSON & Co, New York. - <b>1943 US NAVY CASE V-42 STILETTO FIGHTING KNIFE</b>, Lot 28563, Est. $2000 - 4000 - <b>US STATE MILITIA 1830 DRAGOON HELMET</b>, Lot 28306, Est. $2000 - 3000: US State Militia 1830's Dragoon regiment helmet. Complete example with liner, chinstraps, Fur cimier. - <b>US MILITIA 1832 BELL CROWN TAR BUCKET SHAKO</b>, Lot 28305, Est. $2000 - 3000: Rare example of 1832 tar bucket shako of the Massachusetts State Militia. - <b>WWI GERMAN GAEDE ARMY DETACHMENT STEEL HELMET</b>, Lot 28322, Est. $2000 - 4000: C. 1915. 6mm steel plate attached with two screws to a leather and canvas adjustable skull cap. These helmets were made in limited numbers in Mühlhausen for General Hans Gaede's Army detachment.