COLLECTABLES

Memorabilia and collectables from both sides involved in the battle are available. As Waffen-SS units, the Frundsberg and Hohenstaufen have an array of uniforms, weaponry and awards on the market. There are also more specialist items such as hardened punch stamps for both divisions for working with aluminium for example. A Hohenstaufen stamp would typically sell for around £50. However, as the two formations in question only existed from 1943-1945 they do not have as much material as other, longer serving, SS units such as the Leibstandarte or Das Reich.

On the British side a DCLI cap badge can be purchased from a number of suppliers, with a seller such as Surplus and Outdoors charging anywhere between £9-£20 dependent on condition. Other potential sellers include the likes of www.giftshop.co.uk which has an entire section on DCLI embossed memorabilia, including tie pins and pocket watches from £5 up to around £20. A rarer find could be a copy of The History Of The Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 193945 by Major-General R F K Godfrey and Major E G Goldsmith, with a copy recently selling for £60 from Biblio.co.uk