Recent content by LangeKerl

Great work, as usual!!

I still have a bottle.

Went to a great German restaurant in Philadelphia recently. The first time I have found "König Pilsner" in the US. The only time I've had it in Germany was a great restaurant in Potsdam.

I agree John. IMO, such a pipe might be impractical for a collector to display (I have one for the, "2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment"), but like unit Bierkrüge they were used by the soldiers.

A friend of mine brought back a couple of Zündnadelgewehre for me: one from the now defunct Waffenbörse Kassel, and another from the Kube Auction. Honestly though, other than the latter you can find pretty much everything in the US. There are great antique arms shows in the US, as well as...

A Krätzchen wouldn't have a leather sweatband, but a Tellermütze would. That's a big difference, and I have a number of both in dunkelblau. Nonetheless, this one is not era.

1400 Euros.

That's interesting! My front visor is attached from the inside. I also recently picked up a 1862-dated and unit marked Kürass a couple of months ago.

Sandy, how about this example?

That generally means someone was fast to make a good offer to buy the item. I would have in this case.

Thanks Sandy! I've been away at the OVMS show, but here are some photos of the helmet I had in my file.

Thanks Sandy. This is an old photo with my first 2 1870 EKIs. I can start another thread, so I don't further hijack Mike's thread, and post better photos of the Wappen if you want.

What can you guys tell me about this Wappen on my M53/60 (my guess)? I always though the mounting bolts were interesting.

Very interesting example Steve!! Yet more proof that we haven't seen everything yet.....

Welcome. There's also a British pub (Market Cross Pub), and a German brew pub named after the Prohibition Era (Desperate Times Brewey). Carlisle is home to the US Army War College, so in addition to many students from foreign militaries, many officers (who have lived overseas) retire in this...