Recent content by Steve Nick

I have yard work plus lake work. I spent the last few days getting my boat lift, docks and marine railway back into the lake for another season. In the Fall I reverse the process. But.... I pick up the boat from storage today and lake trout fishing season opens on Saturday. Yipee!

I have these two. I'm not entirely convinced on the 2nd one.

Outstanding collection Steve !

Who isn't looking for these washers? If some lucky soul found a box of them in a warehouse they'd be sold out inside of a week.

This collection is beyond belief. Absolutely stunning.

Brian: I have an identical Wappen im my parts drawer. Unfortunately, some knot head cut the screw posts off so they only stand proud of the Wappen by about 1/8 of an inch. Does anybody know the specs for the original threads? It might be worth sourcing some brass bar stock and having it...

If it is indeed Bavarian in origin then I suspect that the mounting loops on the Prussian Wappen have been removed and re-soldered to fit the narrower mounting holes in the Bavarian shell.

Mike: I don't have a list as such. I use a database containing a record for every unit in the Imperial Army as of August 1914 that I can run queries on to answer questions such as "create a list of all the units that were entitled to wear parade bushes" then I filter that list by "create a...

I think there were 15 units that were entitled to a white parade bush combined with silver helmet fittings. Hard to say which one of them it's associated with.

Jens: This exercise validates the credibility of the data you've put together to document the awarding of Kaiser Prizes. That was a very important piece of work you provided for those of us who have an interest in this facet of Imperial collecting. As Steve alluded to, the existence of the...

Lars: Many thanks for providing this important piece of information.

I had a look through my collection of "Unusual and Interesting Prizes" gathered from around the net and came across this anomaly. This one which also claims to have won a prize combination which does not exist, does have the required cut outs in the crown. Just a better quality fake??

I had the same thought in terms of the originality of the badge as there was no Prussian Infantry regiment that won in 1908, 1909 and again in 1910. Good point regarding the lack of cut outs in the Imperial crown. I missed that detail. I was thinking it might be possible that someone could...

That's quite a score Gabe! That's a very rare helmet. I have only ever seen one of these "in the flesh".

Wow! That was quite a collection Steve! Of course, your present collection is no slouch either.