Nazi marked items?

[rdogger]

Just a question for everyone on here, no right or wrong answer just airing out my opinion sparked by a post I saw today.

Would you own anything that was Nazi related?

I agree there is a place in history for them, I think it is very interesting to see some of the Nazi marked items on these boards, but you couldn't pay me enough to actually own something with those marks on it.

I used to work in an Army Navy store back in Ohio and once or twice a year old women would come in with trunks to sell from their husbands who had passed and we would find Nazi patches, flags etc. They had historical value, and I'm sure some of the larger flags we saw had some good dollar value to them as well but we refused to purchase them.

So again, could you get past the atrocities and appreciate something like this as a part of history.

No for me.

 

[Tackleberry]

As a collector of WWII firearms and memorabilia, I have no objection to "Nazi" marked items. I see the items as a collectibles and remnants of a defeated barbaric regime.

 

[cheddar_bob]

As a collector of WWII firearms and memorabilia, I have no objection to "Nazi" marked items. I see the items as a collectibles and remnants of a defeated barbaric regime.

I am also a WWII collector and have no problem with the nazi markings. My collection is primarily German pieces, I suppose it is due to their pieces fetch a premium. It is nothing more than a part of history to me. Just my .02

 

[Axios!]

I am a military history enthusiast and me/my family own some collectibles. I admit that some of these weapons/memorabilia have a heinous past, but we must remember that past and what it took to defeat it, else we let history repeat!

 

[heyitsshane]

I don't see the issue with Nazi marked items. If you refuse to collect militaria from horrible regimes, it's not the hobby for you.

The Nazis were no worse in a lot of regards to the North Vietnamese, Japanese, Soviet, Iraqi, North Korean, Red Chinese, Rhodesian, Congolese, Fascist Italian, Spanish (Franco), Yugoslav, British colonial, Cambodian, Burmese, Senegalese, Sudanese, Greek (DSE), Albanian, Serbian, etc. et al. Do you collect Civil War items? How do you feel about how prisoners were treated at Andersonville?

 

[potenza]

What's the big deal, just marks. I don't collect Nazis

 

[rdogger]

Do you collect Civil War items? How do you feel about how prisoners were treated at Andersonville?

I collect cool guns, that's about it!

 

[heyitsshane]

I collect exes, pretty sure they were all Nazis..

 

[JHV2]

Having a marked item in a collection is something that I find acceptable -- it makes me a little uneasy of peoples motives - if those markings make something much more valuable to the everyday collector. It is hard to discern if other's motive are something like. "This is a rare version of this Belgian piece made during the occupation" or "Cool, the Nazi's used this!"

Hanging a flag or other items with highly visible markings on a wall of the den is quite another thing altogether.

 

[Laxguy59]

It's like watching Mauri, the Freakish is fun and entertaining to see, but not be a part of.