Nazi Harmonica by M. Hohner

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NAZI ,,WENN WIR MARSCHIEREN" HOHNER HARMONICA

A SPLENDID
ORIGINAL
THIRD REICH
WEHRMACHT
,,WENN WIR
MARSCHIEREN"
(WHEN WE MARCH)
SOLDIER
HARMONICA
BY HOHNER,
COMPLETE WITH
ITS ORIGINAL BOX

Du und Deine Harmonika (above) is for sale. Click HERE to see it.

This is a wonderful example of an extremely rare World War II era German Hohner harmonica in the key of C manufactured and sold in the early 1940s to soldiers on duty with the Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht. Just prior to World War II the 80 year old M. Hohner company of Trossingen, Germany was producing millions of harmonicas per year for sales in Germany and around the world. In Germany at least, the introduction of the ,,Wenn wir marschieren!'' Mundharmonika had an enthusiastic reception among servicemen and civilians.

This harmonica is approximately 1-1/2 inches wide by 4-1/2 inches long by 7/8 inches thick. We don't know how it plays, as we don't play the harmonica. Because this harmonica was made during World War II the metal parts are not nickel plated but have a plating of some bright metal. The top surface is stamped with the words Wenn wir marschieren!, M. HOHNER and the letter C.

On the back side is the name of the company M. Hohner, their trademark and the dates of gold medals they had won at international fairs from Paris to Geneva and Philadelphia to Chicago.

The condition of the metal surfaces and the wood in this rare instrument is very good.

For its age and the amount of traveling this harmonica has done, we think that even the box is still in nice shape. It is certainly an enormous addition to the rare old harmonica. The original marching Landser box measures 1-1/8 x 1-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches.

This harmonica comes with a rare original Third Edition Soldatenlieder songbook ,,Du und Deine Harmonika" (You and Your Harmonica) as published by Matth. Hohner AG in Trossingen. In addition to many popular Nazi songs of the day, this 4-1/4 x 5-7/8 inch, 72 book explains how to play the harmonica and contains a pricelist of Hohner's popular war-time models.

This extremely rare Hohner harmonica is **SOLD**.

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