Artist's signature	Writing on base	Writing on base
Writing on base	Additional writing on base	Writing on statue base
	Freikorps in Munich	Reds in Berlin	The Kapp Putsch

	A Trueschwur badge from the N.S. period 1934
Commemorative Bronze Statue Signifying Defiance and Loyalty (Item FREI 1-8, WWI 11-1 & ART 15-11)
DESCRIPTION: This is a bronze statue that is nothing sort of magnificent both in beauty and deep meaning. It is the classic Roman or Grecian artistic portrayal of the naked warrior who pledges in the traditional manner of a scared oath his faithfulness to his German Fatherland even in its total defeat. He gives the two fingered oath while cradling in his other arm the broken sword with some Latin words that are indistinguishable. He wears only the Stahlhelm (steel helmet). He obviously is representative of the heroes who fought for “Heilege Deutschland” and even more so he is the symbol of fidelity and defiance. The Bolsheviks and other Red criminals who tried to take over Germany after the end of WWI. In essence this could be called a Free Corps piece (Freikorps). The soldiers who joined together to put down the Communist revolutionary forces in the 1920’s and early 30’s most of these men after this heroic struggle that had succeeded, then joined the SA (Storm Abteilung”) and marched under the swastika for 12 years, many of them swelling the ranks of Hitler’s Wehrmacht. They were the stuff of “heroic saga.” Had they not joined together to do battle at this point in time, surely the Reds would have been completely successful in their bid to take over Germany and this would have been the major stepping stone to their conquest of all of Europe and who besides God would know what would be their next victory although it is not remembered by most people today We have these brave and valiant men for saving us from a fate worse than death but it also encompassed death “most foul” for millions of Christians who would have seen the inside of the gulags never to emerge again. The statue is in fine smooth bronze and stands 17 inches high including the plinth and marble base. The plinth has a legend across its front quarter, “Treuschwur” Figur Vom Kreigerdenkmal in Artern A. Kyffhauser Von Juckoff-Skopav. The word “Treuschwor”is the important one and this means, “oath of Loyalty”. This is one of the most dramatic pieces of 1920’s statuary that we have ever seen and it is in perfect condition. It has deep meaning to the historian who is by further definition a “Germanophile”. Very rare indeed but reasonably priced. PRICE: SOLD

WERWOLF

This marvelous picture was sent to us from the photo archives of Mr.Robin Lumsden in Scotland  What you see is the Werwolf flag that is described below in actual use back in the late 20’s. Seldom is anything that is this profoundly important found today with such period photo-provenance. Yes, WW II military regimental flags and Deutschland Erwache standards will bring higher prices, but they were made in the thousands. Here we have, in all probability, the one and only example of the actual flag of the infamous “Werwolf Verband,” the toughest of the Freikorps fighters. It is our considered  perspective this is the most important and prodigiously rare item ever to turn up and re-enter the world of historical treasures for the advanced collector or museum.

With NS period streamer	Other side of NS period streamer	NS period streamer attachment	The attachment streamer
		The flag pole	A hero of the Freikorps	The Enemy
The Enemy	Freikorps recruiting	Freikorps soldier	Pint size Red	The Freikorps
Recruiting	Werwolf Armband	Werwolf cuffband	Red demonstration	Reds on Brandenberg Gate

	Werwolf Vets march with the other veterans	The carry bandolier	Freikorps to the Front

The Ultimate Freikorps Flag  “The Werwolf Ensign” (Item FREI 1-10 & FLAG 1-8)

DESCRIPTION: This, in our estimation, is the most rare, exotic, historically important Germanic flag ever to be found. We are also convinced that this is a unique one of a kind item! The Werwolf  (in English "werewolf") were a small elite group of tough Freikorp fighters who were a part of the Heydebreck Freikorps. Hans Otto Von Heydebreck, who was called Peter Von Heydebrecht, born 30 June 1889, was a German Freikorps leader, and later a member of the Reichstag and a dedicated National Socialist. During the Red Revolution of November 1918, he founded the counter revolutionary Freikorps named after him. During the Third Silesian uprising in 1921, his troops were foremost in the re-conquest of the “low mountain” at the center of the Battle of Annaberg, gaining Von Heydebreck the epithet of “The Hero of the Annaberg.” This action was the great battle against the Poles in Oberschlesien. He wrote a book of his experiences named “We Werwolves.” This to us confirms that Werwolf was indeed part of Freikorps Heyderbreck. Information has come to us that this separate branch was officially founded in Halle in 1923 in much the same way that the SA formed the nucleus of the SS. The Werwolf emerged as the elite of the Freikorps. Some say that the Wehrbund Der Frontsoldaten was renamed the Werwolf.  Background on the name is as follows: Werwolf is a term equivalent to the English werewolf. This would describe man into wolf or “Lycanthrope.” In a novel by that title written by Hermann Loens, there is a romanticized tale of Germanic partisans “Werewolves” in Northern Germany in the 1600’s. In the Hitler youth organization, the term Werwolf comes up repeatedly because it implies mystic properties in combative furor against Germanys enemies. It is historically noted that there was an attempt at the end of the war to call for all-out partisan anti-Allies and anti-“Volksverator” actions. Unfortunately, it never got anywhere. The German people were exhausted but had they any knowledge of what the Allies had in store for them and their leaders, things would have been quite different.   The actions of the Werwolf Freikops in the 1920’s and early 30’s did however succeed in instilling justified fear in the hearts of their foes. Many corpses were dumped into landfills as the Werwolves plied their trade! I once had an old man who was a former Freikorp member of the Oberland Unit who worked as a carpenter for me. He said that it got so wearisome shooting those Reds and Spartacus revolutionists all day long up against the wall that his trigger finger got sore and his arm got tired from pulling the bolt handle repeatedly referring to the many hours spent as they executed these Communist terrorists. “Good work if you can get it!” The symbol of the Werwolf was the big red ‘W’ and the leering skull along with the Iron Cross. That along with a swastika was worn by so many of these tough fighters. Due to the combat experience of WWI they had absolutely no compunction about the effective dispatching of Germany’s enemies. It is of little wonder that the loyal HJ members, under the leadership of Obergruppenfuhrer Adolf Pruzmann, chose the name Werwolf for their clandestine guerrilla movement at the end of the Second World War. The flag grouping includes the flag itself, the original pole that comes apart for storage, the finial or flag pole top, the leather carry strap used by the flag bearer when assigned to carry the proud flag of the "Verband" and incredibly 15 plaques that commemorate every parade and ceremonial exercise that the unit took part in. All of those plaques are permanently affixed to a half tubular brass fixture that attaches to the flag pole. It is attached to the bottom-most portion so that it shows up when the flag is set into a stand for display. These plaques are also very rare and collectable; bringing high prices at German military shows. Some are silver and some brass; each has the names of the various units that Werwolf marched with, many of them supplied Freikorp fighters in the past to Werwolf. Many of the plaques are wonderfully artistically good - some featuring iron crosses, an eagle helmet, etc. Again nothing from the early noble struggles has ever shown up that could compare in importance to this flag! We cannot stress how prodigiously important this ensign truly is. Robert G. L. Waite wrote a book named “Vanguard of Nazism - The Free Corps Movement in Post War Germany 1918-1923."  The author keenly illustrated the pertinent facts that point out that not only did many of the Freikorps fighters go directly into the National Socialist party in several functions but the very essence of what the Freebooters were doing became the agenda of the anti-Communist Nazis. The spirit of the Freikorps, especially that of  the Werwolves, pervaded the early NSDAP and SA factions. The Skull, as seen on our Freikorps flag, was carried over to the  banners and flags of the SA Totenkopf brigade which was one of the earliest factions of the Strumabteliung. They were the units that even before the SS leibgarde were responsible for keeping order at NSDAP meetings and even breaking a few communist heads when the need arose. Notice in our attached picture this elite unit on the march. (This picture comes from Das Buch der NSDAP.) Truly, it was the Spirit of the “Werwolf” and its black flag and skull that eventually passed on to the Schultzstaffel - The (SS). When in 1923, the Werwolf had disbanded as an actual combat unit engaged in battle, it became the veterans group named “Werwolf-bund Deutschen Manner und Frontkrieger” (Werewolf Organization of German Men and Front Line Soldiers).  As in the days of the Great War and the combat against Poles, bandits, Reds and Sparticists, this group still represented patriotism, honor, and ferocity against Germany’s foes even though most of them now wore the brown shirts of the SA. We can imagine no flag that can be more historically important than this one. It reminds us of Marshal Blucher’s flag that he raised at Waterloo when he proclaimed “Raise high the Black Flag my children - I will kill the first man who shows pity!”     PRICE: SOLD

Silver markings

Men of the Freikorps

Freikorps to the Front

Freikorps march in victory (Berlin)

Freikorps recruiting poster