Of the 62 items on sale, 11 were listed as "Third Reich" artefacts. The Nazi items included a Luftwaffe dress dagger, which sold for £220, and an "SS-type" dress dagger, which did not sell.

A 1933 badge featuring the swastika went under the hammer, along with a 1939 Iron Cross medal, for £300. A Third Reich Luftwaffe dress dagger went for £220, while swastika-emblazoned Nazi ...

A 1912 postcard featuring the swastika as a symbol of good fortune Rykoff Collection / Corbis via Getty Images When German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann traveled to Ithaca, Greece, in 1868 ...