Very nice! What collector wouldn’t fall for those pieces?

Beautiful helmets all! I have never seen one of these in person. The officer helmet is in exceptional condition.

Very nice congratulations! Amazing condition after all these years.

Fantastic condition! I have been tempted many times over the years to buy one for my collection.

Sorry Steve to be so negative in the response. Unfortunately, as one who went down that rabbit hole decades ago, that has been my experience. I probably have 12 pieces of visor trim in my parts drawer, a mixture of brass and steel, the same with spines but none of them fit the 6 helmets I have sitti...

Hmmmm...Bruno you have had that helmet for several months now, time to send it to me for a quick restitch!

Yes anyone who can build a “working/running “ WW1 ambulance should have no problem making a little motorized scooter.

That is very cool, congratulations! I wonder if Steve has a matching shoulder board in his collection?

My thanks to Robert R for his recent contribution to the forum expense. Much appreciated Robert!

The only way to clean them in my experience is to use a dremel tool, polishing disc and jewellers rouge. Unfortunately, this will remove the gilding. Six months ago I cleaned a neusilber pair of scales using this method. The helmet had been kept in a tobacco rich environment. Unfortunately, most of ...

Unfortunately, I neglected to mention the ultimate conspiracy theory.......The Jewish Conspiracy which slaughtered millions. In this case, a popular German demagogue played upon ancient beliefs, a war defeat, depression and fears to recruit a hard core of “true believers”,who carried out the slaught...

To me the ultimate conspiracy theory was formulated by "Chicken Little" years ago..."The sky is falling!" Ignorant humans and I do not mean "rude" people here but just good average folks/innocents who lack education/knowledge have always been open to the snake oil salesman, the charlatan, the Tammy ...

Fantastic photo...how did a musician get a chest full of medals like that?? We need to have Glenn tell us who this gentleman is.

As a Canadian, my thanks Peter for returning a piece of our History.

Speaking from experience, it is very hard to find visor trim of any kind that will fit a helmet. The hardest to find is the squared trim. Even if you buy a repro from Spikehelmet in Poland it probably will not fit. The only sure way would be to send him the helmet so he could make a custom fit. I do...

"Koenig not Fuerst"....probably an expression that he was the "vassal" of the Kaiser??

My thoughts after watching this: First they put in the wrong replacement liner. Obviously this was a beautiful fire officer helmet originally with leather sweatband and red cloth liner. You can see the remains of the cloth when he removes the liner. They installed an OR's style liner...totally incor...

This gentleman deals in Russian military surplus and wanted to pay for advertising on our site. I have no interest in this area.

An observation.....we see split prong stars with tin washers and a spike base support disc. I don’t believe that I have ever seen that combination before, usually it is either or but not both. The wappen has the usual screw post and washer combination.

Thinking back, I don't think I have ever seen a spike that tall before, :-? . Whoever owned it originally must have been a little guy. Anyone with any height would have to duck their head going through a doorway! Although I guess palaces did have huge doorways. Awes....a premier maker in my experien...

I am "nuts " in Barrie with covid threatening my life and those that I love as I am sure that we all are here. My great concern, is for my many US friends/ customers who are also going through this where it has become part of an election. Obviously, I was taken up with the idea in my 30's that I cou...

OK...can we clarify...are you logging in from a business/office computer?? I have never had a problem logging in from my at home personal computer. In the past we did have members who were part of the US civil service and they were blocked. So if you fall into that category of a private business or ...

Old 1870's style, with that Bismark visor. Very cool James congratulations on that. Stay safe!

Another rare FAdj helmet from Jim's collection, Saxe Weimar...incredibly rare! I will leave it up to Jim to post comments on this piece. https://photos.smugmug.com/Flugel-Adjuchtant-Helmets/i-XFtcLtP/0/e65ce4a3/XL/Compressed%20Saxe-Weimar%20Officer%20%20DSCN10520404-XL.jpg I have to comment....the h...

Great to have you with us ced! Welcome

Jim as we did before, send me your photos via email and I will post them. [email protected]

Ok Coert you are now on my order list. Thanks.

Unfortunately, I have no knowledge of industrial threads/measurements. I do know my shoe and hat size though! :). However, years ago, I thought of solving my problem by using brass stock to make my own square nuts, a very laborious process especially when you have absolutely no metalworking skills. ...

Three hundred reproduction stars. They are not originals.

Regarding these stars everyone, I am basically sold out as I only had 4 sets available...one set left. I have over 300 stars but no square nuts to complete them :( However, Amy has come to the rescue and is going to place an order for me for 300 nuts out of Singapore! This is why I have been sitting...

Thanks Steve, yes I am aware of the cost of originals I used to think dealers would remove at least one star off each helmet before selling, as back in the day so often there would be one missing. Glad you like these

Welcome to my world Jonas! Any work done on these 100+ year old helmets always involves a great deal of stress on the piece. You have done an excellent job here Jonas.

I had a local jeweller make these up for me using an original back in the 1980's. They are excellent quality...$25US per set of four plus exact postage to your location. https://photos.smugmug.com/Reproduction-Helmet-Liners/i-Kx7GHPh/0/513646b6/XL/IMG_1474-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Reproduct...

I am posting these photos for Jonas, this is his project and I will let him post comments.: https://photos.smugmug.com/Before-Helmet-Restprations/i-8hvJcnG/0/45b6f4b0/XL/20200824_211209-XL.jpg These are photos taken during the restitch process. https://photos.smugmug.com/Before-Helmet-Restprations/i...

Thanks Amy...40+ years of collecting there.

A great post James! As you say, very rare to see these.

Well that busby posted in 2017 is mine....nice to see an NCO's. These are very rare as you probably know the Regt was not formed until 1910 so there were never decades of these issued as with most Regts. The only other one that I have seen was an officer's. Mine also came complete, I never had to tr...

Having looked more closely at your photos I would venture an opinion that the looped cord part of this parade ensemble is original. It looks the same as the one on my Saxe HR 20 OR’s busby. The parade part of this...woven paddles and tassels looks different and I don’t believe that it is original. M...

Very cool, keep them coming! No name on this one?

Obviously, an amazing piece of History with incredible markings which totally confirm authenticity! I can not comment on the fangschnur as I have never had one in the collection. Perhaps Steve McF can help out. Those markings also need to be placed in our data bank for future generations of collecto...

Excellent James! Extremely rare at least here in N America. I have never seen one except in reference books.

The only ones banned so far are, one crazy person who made nonsense posts and spammers. I did not even ban that WAF person who tried to stir up shit. I did clearly express my views on him and his comments however. As always, many thanks T for all your help!

Great thanks John.

I believe that is a new maker for us. The only stamped maker like that so far has been Clemens.

Sorry Kaiser, I didn’t reply to your comment. You can finish your restitch just go over some of my many restoration posts and photos. I have tried to give a careful step by step guide to how to do this. If you want, email me some pictures and I will gladly help out.

Yes, this works on loops or screw posts. I also use a small Dremel bit to clean out the “hole” in the solder. I want the hole cleaned out but just enough so that I can resolder into the exact original position.

Hey Alan, yes I really like the dunkelblau straps especially the cyphered ones. They are very cool and add some nice colour to my collection room. I also love that Oldenburg helme, never thought I would ever own one. No markings on it except BAX 1915 in a small square. This is the correct BA for JR ...

One of the most common problems that I find when I take these helmets apart for restoration is that the split brad soldered to the rear spine is either missing or has become "unsoldered" from the spine. This happens when the shell shrinks inwards and the metal spine does not. The spine will flatten ...

Great markings though on both helmets, rather unusual for M15’s in my experience.

Sorry Lars.... I have no clue why that happened. Perhaps Artificial Intelligence is starting to take over finally?