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LOT 46:
A NAZI WW2 5TH SS PANZER DIVISION "WIKING" SHIP
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A NAZI WW2 5TH SS PANZER DIVISION "WIKING" SHIP
A steel 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" ship was Probably made for Commander Otto Gille.
Footnote: Herbert Otto Gille (8 March 1897 – 26 December 1966) was a high-ranking German SS commander of the Nazi era. He commanded the SS Division Wiking during World War II.
The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking (German: 5. SS-Panzerdivision Wiking) or SS Division Wiking was an infantry and later an armored division among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. It was recruited from foreign volunteers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Belgium under the command of German officers. During World War II, the division served on the Eastern Front. It surrendered on 9 May 1945 to the American forces in Austria.
L: 9 1/2 in., (24 cm.)
Condition: Very good with nice patina
