IMPERIAL GERMAN OFFICERS DESK SET & TRENCH ART MOUNTED SHELL FUZES IMPORTANT

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THIS IS A TOTALLY INERT DISPLAY . DISPLAY IT HAS NEVER BEEN LOADED AND HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY ALTERED AND IS NOT CONSIDERED A WEAPON UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY COUNTRY. DISPLAY ONLY !
THIS IS A TOTALLY INERT DISPLAY ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY ALTERED AND IS NOT CONSIDERED A WEAPON UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY COUNTRY. DISPLAY ONLY !
AS A 50+ YEAR COLLECTOR OF ORDNANCE ITEMS AND CONSULTANT I HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF TRENCH ART COME MY WAY. OF THESE THOUSANDS I COLLECTED ONLY THE FINEST , RARE AND INTERESTING PIECES FOR MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. THESE RANGE FROM FANCY DECANTERS MADE FOR A NAZI FIELD MARSHALL , TO ITEMS MADE BY A U.S.N. MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER TO A UNIQUE BOMBLET MADE FROM JAPANESE FUZES BY THE FIRST ORDNANCE SQDN. TINIAN AND PRESENTED TO COL. TIBBITS UPON HIS RETURN FROM DROPPING THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB.
MY PERSONAL COLLECTION CONTAINS ONLY 50 PIECES AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
MUCH MORE IN THE STORE !
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OFFICERS IN THE HISTORY OF GERMAN MILITARY
UNIQUE AND FINEST QUALITY MARBLE DESK SET FROM THE ESTATE OF A FAMOUS AND VERY IMPORTANT WW1 GERMAN OFFICER.
HUGO GUTMANN 16th BAVARIAN RESERVE INFANTRY REGIMENT
INQUIRE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEN OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL HISTORY HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
INCH AND A HALF THICK FINE MARBLE BASE WITH ARTILLERY FUZES SET IN FOR PENS AND INK.
FINEST QUALITY PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT . HEAVY PURPOSE MADE FEET.
MINOR AGE AND DAMAGE TO THE COVER OVER THE NAME PLATE.
MINOR AGE CHIPS TO LOWER EDGE , SHOWN. OTHERWISE IMPRESSIVE CONDITION FOR AGE.
THE WHITE STRIPE AND SPOTS ARE MARBLE NOT PAINT
VERY HEAVY.
PLUS ARTILLERY CASE TRENCH ART
A PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR A SERIOUS HISTORIAN OR COLLECTOR.
I PREFER TO SELL A U.S. BUYER.
VERY EXPENSIVE TO SHIP THIS WEIGHT OVERSEAS.
WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES ON LINE MUSEUM AND DEACQUISITION SALE.
THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURG WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.
**Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.
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