Original German WWII Era 13 Bar Vertical Bell Lyre Glockenspiel with Removed Finial & Damaged Body - Likely Key of D Garand & U.S. Rifles The collar and its insignia

The collar and its insignia show wear consistent with long service in the field

After this it looks to have seen only light service

We were surely a still and fixed target

and specifically the 1st Engineers

The lovely  uniform tunic in this set was is a lovely bespoke example

Original German WWII Era 13 Bar Vertical Bell Lyre Glockenspiel with Removed Finial & Damaged Body - Likely Key of D Garand & U.S. Rifles The collar and its insigniaOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is an extremely rare German World War Two or interwar era Vertical Bell Glockenspiel, with what looks to be a soldered sheet brass body which has gone through heavy trauma. This example has a threaded hole at the top for attachment of a finial that is now absent. Whether this was a German WWII eagle or another device, we can not say. Most examples of these we have had were German Silver alloy, but this example