Spoils of Victory: Memorabilia from WWII
Updated August 5, 2026
| Date | August 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Bannerman Auctions LLC |
| Location | Burfordville, Missouri, 63739 |
| Lots | 327 |
Defeating the Axis in WWII required more than courage alone. It demanded youth, certainty, friendship, and years that could never be reclaimed. Many of those who returned carried home small fragments of a world consumed by fire. These quiet witnesses testified that the ordeal had been real, that the long darkness had finally passed, and that beyond the silence of the guns lay a future waiting to be written by those who had endured. Today these relics are tangible links to the service of those who risked everything to make sure that the dark future they once represented was extinguished and a new one started in its place. Our 'Spoils of Victory' auction features over 325 lots of historical memorabilia from a world at war. Among them are a number of pieces that are doubly special because through provenance, oral tradition, and in several cases just meticulous record-keeping, families and collectors alike have maintained the bond between the artifacts and the veterans who served. As such, those pieces are more than just examples - they continue the historical legacy of the individual. Allied highlights: Jedburgh wings from Arie Bestebreurtje of Operation Market Garden fame, named M2 paratrooper helmet, a very scarce camouflaged M1942 jump jacket to 509th PIR officer, submarine escape Momsen Lung, 4th Ranger Bn. / 1st Special Service Force / 474th Infantry NCO's Ike, Japanese-American 11th Airborne officer's trunk group, B-24 painted A-2 flight jacket, and an M1A1 'Bazooka' rocket launcher. Axis highlights: a Luftwaffe regimental standarte, U-1227 Capt. Friedrich Altmeier's photo album, medals & decorations, a diver-recovered Kriegsmarine Enigma, chained SS dagger, double-decal SS helmet, U-3024 Captain's commissioning book, as well as buckles, swords, flags, armbands, insignias, badges, and helmets. Japanese items include rifles, swords, flags, hats, bayonets, and more. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
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In this auction (327 lots)
Categories: Firearms & Militaria · Coins & Currency · Sporting Goods & Outdoors · Electronics & Gaming
- Lot 0001 — US Navy WWII Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 39 Bronze Ashtray
- Lot 0002 — WWII & Post-War US Bullion Shoulder Patch Lot: Nine Insignias
- Lot 0003 — WWII US Army Air Force Airborne Troop Carrier Insignia & Medals Lot
- Lot 0004 — WWII US Merchant Marine Rating Badge & Specialist Insignia Lot
- Lot 0005 — Anti-Nazi Caricature Plaque of Adolph Hitler
- Lot 0006 — Help Him... Help Yourself... For Victory (War Bonds Poster)
- Lot 0007 — Framed Tactical Map of Iwo Jima: Lt. Colonel Hagenah
- Lot 0008 — WWII AAF Survival Machete - Collins No. 37
- Lot 0009 — WWII Collins Machete in USMC Scabbard 1945
- Lot 0010 — WWII M1942 Machete True Temper 1943
- Lot 0011 — WWII Machete - Collins 1945
- Lot 0012 — WWII US Edged Weapon Lot: Case M4 Bayonet for M1 Carbine, M1 Bayonet, & Woodsman's Pal
- Lot 0013 — WWII US M3 Fighting Knife Lot of 2
- Lot 0014 — WWII US Fighting Knife / Machete Lot: V-44 and USMC Hospital Knife
- Lot 0015 — WWII US Fighting / Utility Knife Lot of 4
- Lot 0016 — WWII M1 Garand Bayonets: Lot of Two
- Lot 0017 — M1942 Rifle Bayonet: PAL 1943
- Lot 0018 — WWII US M1905E1 and M1 Bayonet Lot of 3
- Lot 0019 — WWII Era Eagle Bombsight Toy with Bombs
- Lot 0020 — WWII AAF 486th Bombardment Squadron Insignia
- Lot 0021 — WW2 P-51D Mustang Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
- Lot 0022 — WW2 P-51A Mustang North American Aviation Flight Manual
- Lot 0023 — WW2 P-51A "Mustang" Flight Manual and "Charts" Supplement
- Lot 0024 — WW2 North American Aviation Mustang P-51B & P-51C Flight Manual
- Lot 0025 — WW2 North American P-51D Mustang Flight Manual (Report No. NA-5914)
- Lot 0026 — WW2 Pre-Production Flight Manual Mustang Fighter (NA-73)
- Lot 0027 — WW2 North American B-25C and B-25D Bomber Flight Manual (Report No. NA-5231)
- Lot 0028 — WW2 B-25C & B-25D Mitchell Bomber Flight Manual (Report No. NA-5182)
- Lot 0029 — WWII B-25H Mitchell Flight Manual (Report No. NA-5770)
- Lot 0030 — WWII B-25J Mitchell Airplane Flight Manual (Report No. NA-5853)
- Lot 0031 — WW2 B-25J Airplane Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions Manual
- Lot 0032 — B-29 Superfortress Cruise Control Charts and Comments (AN 01-20EJA-1)
- Lot 0033 — B-29 Superfortress Nose Remote Turret Sighting Station By General Electric
- Lot 0034 — WWII US Navy "Blinker Tube" Gun-Type Signal Light
- Lot 0035 — WWII US Navy Cased Officer of the Deck Spyglass: 1942
- Lot 0036 — U.S. Navy Submarine Periscope Shipping Box Brass Identification Plate, Dated 1940
- Lot 0037 — WWII US Army Signal Corps J-38 Telegraph Key
- Lot 0038 — WWII US Navy Navy Speed Graphic Combat Camera 18-C-235
- Lot 0039 — WWII US Army Identification Badge Camera KE-3(1)
- Lot 0040 — Waltham U.S. Military Civil Date Indicator Aeronaval Aircraft Clock
- Lot 0041 — WW II US Navy Type B Infrared Metascope c. 1944
- Lot 0042 — WWII US Army Air Corps C-1 Survival Vest: Lot of Two
- Lot 0043 — US Navy Kapok Life Jacket
- Lot 0044 — WWII Submarine Escape Apparatus: Momsen Lung
- Lot 0045 — US WWII M22 Artillery Fuze Setter with Case
- Lot 0046 — WWII German Artillery Fuze Setter and Case
- Lot 0047 — Relic Section of a US Airborne Waco Glider from Operation Market Garden
- Lot 0048 — WWII US M9A2 Paracaisson
- Lot 0049 — WWII AAF Survival Tool Lot - Folding Knife, Folding Machete and Escape Axe
- Lot 0050 — WWII US M-209-A Cipher Machine
- Lot 0051 — British No4 Mk1 Rifle {C&R}
- Lot 0052 — WWII USN / USMC Dummy Training Rifle & Bayonet
- Lot 0053 — WWII US M1A1 Thompson SMG: Nonfunctional Display Dummy Gun
- Lot 0054 — Blue Sky Imported Rebuilt Inland M1 Carbine {C&R}
- Lot 0055 — August 1941 Dated Crate of US Training Grenades: Nearly Full!
- Lot 0056 — U.S. WWII M1A1 Rocket Launcher (Deactivated)
- Lot 0057 — US 1930's - Early WWII Model 1917A1 Helmet
- Lot 0058 — WWII Army Air Force M3 Flak Helmet: Unissued Condition
- Lot 0059 — WWII US Airborne Helmet Liner; Reissued With post-War National Guard Decals
- Lot 0060 — 1930s-Early WWII M1917A1 Helmet
- Lot 0061 — WWII US M1 Helmet Liner Lot: St. Clair and Hawley
- Lot 0062 — WWII US M1 Helmet Liner Lot: St. Clair and MSA
- Lot 0063 — US M1 Helmet With Medical Tape Captain's Bars
- Lot 0064 — US M1 Helmet with Hawley Liner
- Lot 0065 — US Airborne M2 Paratrooper Helmet: Named To 542nd Parachute Infantry Battalion Officer
- Lot 0066 — US WWII Cap with 10th Mountain Division Insignia and Crossed Skis 86th Infantry Regimental Pin
- Lot 0067 — Lot of Two WWII US Army Officer Service Dress Visor Caps
- Lot 0068 — WWII US Army Officer's Visor Cap with Engineer Buttons
- Lot 0069 — WWII USMC Lot: Enamel Canteens, Pack, and Helmet with Reproduction Camouflage Cover
- Lot 0070 — WWII US Army Field Gear Lot Including Shovel Cover, .45 Holster, Pack, Musette Bag, etc.
- Lot 0071 — WWII US Four Blade Utility Pocket Knife Lot: Kingston, Camillus, Kutmaster
- Lot 0072 — WWII US Army Air Corps Pilot / Utility Knife: Kinfolks
- Lot 0073 — WWII USN Camillus Mark 2 Fighting Knife
- Lot 0074 — Presto Folding Knife Lot
- Lot 0075 — Purple Heart Medal Lot
- Lot 0076 — WWII Chemical Corps Lt. Colonel's Insignia and Documents
- Lot 0077 — WWII Stars and Stripes Correspondent Shoulder Patch Lot: 20 Pieces
- Lot 0078 — WWII 5307th Composite Unit Merrill's Marauders Theater Made Shoulder Patch
- Lot 0079 — WWII 66th Division Patches - 60 Bundles
- Lot 0080 — WWII AAF A-6 Fleece Flying Boots & F-2 Heated Inserts
- Lot 0081 — WWII American Field Service Battledress Jacket: Named
- Lot 0082 — WWII US 9th Infantry / 4th Armored Division NCO's Uniform with Bullion 9th Infantry Insignia
- Lot 0083 — WWII US Army Nurse Service Dress & Seersucker Uniform Set: Attributed To A Pacific Theater Nurse
- Lot 0084 — WWII 84th Division Artillery Officer's Uniform with Dodge Liaison Wing Badge
- Lot 0085 — USN Chaplain's Uniform: Veteran of WWII & NASA Gemini Recovery Missions on USS Wasp
- Lot 0086 — WWII 8th AAF B-24 Aviator's Uniform and Elaborately Engraved Air Medal
- Lot 0087 — USMC Soldier's Painted M43 Jacket From 1945-1946 Service in China
- Lot 0088 — WWII AAF 9th Aviation Engineer Command Soldier's Uniform with Bullion Insignia
- Lot 0089 — WWII US Navy AN-J-2 Summer Flight Jacket
- Lot 0090 — WWII US Navy M-426A Summer Flying Suit
- Lot 0091 — US Navy Pre-War M456 Goatskin Heated Flying Suit
- Lot 0092 — WWII USMC P1942 Reversible Camouflage Combat Utility Coat: Named
- Lot 0093 — WWII M1942 Jungle Camouflage Coveralls: Named
- Lot 0094 — USMC 5th Marine Division Corporal's P1944 HBT Coat w/ Tactical Marking & P41 Trousers
- Lot 0095 — WWII US Army South West Pacific Area GHQ NCO's Uniform Group with Bullion Insignia
- Lot 0096 — 14th Air Force 3rd Bombardment Squadron Pilot's Archive with A-2 Flight Jacket & Rare Insignias
- Lot 0097 — WWII US Army WAC Uniform & Purse Lot
- Lot 0098 — WWII AAF C-47 D-Day Pilot Massive Archive: 437th Troop Carrier Group
- Lot 0099 — 9th Air Force 353rd Fighter Squadron Mustang Pilot's Painted B-10 Flight Jacket: Identified
- Lot 0100 — Attributed 4th Ranger Battalion / 1st Special Service Force / 474th Infantry Regiment NCO's Ike
- Lot 0101 — AAF 392nd Bombardment Group Elaborately Painted 'Tribute' A-2 Flight Jacket
- Lot 0102 — 8th Air Force 852nd Bomb Squadron B-24 Painted A-2 "Rage in Heaven"
- Lot 0103 — Camouflaged M1942 Jump Jacket Attributed to 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment Soldier
- Lot 0104 — WWII Occupation Japanese-American 11th Airborne Officer's Uniform & Photo Trunk Group
- Lot 0105 — British / Canadian WWII Headgear & Accoutrement Lot
- Lot 0106 — British No. 5 MK I Jungle Carbine Bayonet - Poole
- Lot 0107 — British No. 7 MK I / L Bayonet: BSA
- Lot 0108 — WWII British No. 4 Spike Bayonet Lot
- Lot 0109 — Non-Firing Dummy Sten MkII Sub Machine Gun
- Lot 0110 — SOE Jedburgh Special Force Wing from Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje of Operation Market Garden Fame
- Lot 0111 — SOE Jedburgh Special Force Wing from Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje of Operation Market Garden Fame
- Lot 0112 — SOE Jedburgh Special Force Wing from Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje of Operation Market Garden Fame
- Lot 0113 — WWII Souvenirs of Jedburgh Arie Bestebreurtje: 82nd Division General Gavin Autographed Handkerchief
- Lot 0114 — Bulgarian WWII Visor Cap
- Lot 0115 — WWII British, French, and Italian Headgear Lot: Six War Souvenirs of a US 1st Division Officer
- Lot 0116 — Japanese WWII Type 30 Bayonets: Lot of Two from Toyoda Automatic Loom Works
- Lot 0117 — Japanese WWII Type 30 Bayonets: Lot of Two Captured on Okinawa
- Lot 0118 — Japanese WWII Type 30 Bayonet: Captured on Saipan
- Lot 0119 — Japanese WWII Metal Handle Child's Training Bayonet
- Lot 0120 — WWII Japanese Bayonet Lot
- Lot 0121 — WWII Japanese Bayonet Lot Aisan Kogyo / Nagoya
- Lot 0122 — WWII Italian M1938 Carcano Bayonet Lot of 2
- Lot 0123 — Japanese WWII Army Officer's Type 19 Sword
- Lot 0124 — Japanese WWII Type 95 NCO Sword: Matching Numbers
- Lot 0125 — Japanese WWII Type 95 NCO Sword: Tokyo First Arsenal - Iijima Sword Factory with Matching Numbers.
- Lot 0126 — Japanese WWII Type 95 NCO Sword: Tokyo First Arsenal - Iijima Sword Factory with Matching Numbers
- Lot 0127 — Japanese WWII Type 95 NCO Sword: Tokyo First Arsenal - Suya Sword Shop with Matching Numbers
- Lot 0128 — Japanese WWII Army Officer's Shin-gunto with Scabbard & Leather Cover
- Lot 0129 — Japanese Civilian Art Sword Tsuba and Fuchi Set
- Lot 0130 — Japanese Tsuba & Fittings Mixed Lot for Civilian Swords
- Lot 0131 — Japanese WWII Army Officer's Sword Mounts & Fittings Spare Parts Lot
- Lot 0132 — Japanese WWII Edged Weapons Mixed Parts & Restoration Lot
- Lot 0133 — WWII Japanese Artillery Fuze Setter
- Lot 0134 — Japanese WWII IJN Submarine Klaxon
- Lot 0135 — Japanese WWII Wire Cutters And Case
- Lot 0136 — Japanese WWII Type 38 Rifle
- Lot 0137 — Japanese WWII Type 38 Rifle
- Lot 0138 — Japanese WWII Type 99 Rifle (Sporterized)
- Lot 0139 — Japanese WWII Type 99 Rifle with Mum & Muzzle Cover
- Lot 0140 — Japanese WWII Type 99 Rifle with Muzzle Cover
- Lot 0141 — Japanese WWII 'Last Ditch' Rifle With US Veteran's Painted Name on the Stock & Bayonet
- Lot 0142 — Japanese WWII Type 38 Rifle (Duffel Cut) with Mum & Bolt Cover
- Lot 0143 — Japanese WWII Type 99 Rifle
- Lot 0144 — Japanese WWII Flag Lot
- Lot 0145 — US Army 77th Division 306th Infantry Unit Signed Japanese Flag
- Lot 0146 — Japanese WWII Rear Admiral Flag
- Lot 0147 — Japanese WWII Good Luck Flag: 'Shove a Depth Charge Right Up Into The Hole On Their Butt!'
- Lot 0148 — Japanese WWII Army Field Service Cap
- Lot 0149 — Japanese WWII Navy Petty Officer Field Cap: Battlefield Recovery
- Lot 0150 — WWII Japanese Steel Combat Helmet: 1939
- … and 177 more lots
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