Great pic of those kilties! Thanks for posting.

In the autobiography: The Journal of Private Fraser, the author mentions joining a Lewis gun tam and that they did have a small 2 wheeled cart to carry their gear and the extra goods needed to serve the weapon. Fraser became number two on the gun team before being wounded and put out of action.

Thank you very much for the additional pictures Max.

A very rare and impressive collection of Ulan casques Maxime, congratulations. I have been lucky enough, to do restoration work on 4 of the original leather ones and their construction is totally unique! I am most interested in your felt tschapka as they are exceptionally rare. I was offered faux ex...

Glad that things were worked out here on this helmet, my only comment is regarding the front visor trim rivet/brad. No Regiment with neusilber fittings ever had brass brads on their visor trim. This is an obvious add on, not only is the metal incorrect, but the size of the brad head is too small to ...

I also wondered about the "covering material", look in our busby section for some additional real examples. There were late war versions of these OR busbies in felt I believe but they do not have this wooly look to them......perhaps someone shaved some shag carpet back in the 70's ???? Either way, t...

This a government issue piece because of the liner and markings. The cords, feldzeichen, scales and kokarden on this are all private purchase officer and thus, do not belong with it. A senior NCO if he had the money and the Regiment allowed it could purchase his own busby which would have better qua...

Very sad to hear Jaap, nobody ever said life is fair. We all eventually can only deal with the cards we are given, something will get us all in the end. In the meantime, live life to the fullest and keep posting here on the forum.

Many thanks John, for all your work on this post. Excellent information here on some very rare kokarden.

This is an OR’s (ordinary ranks) govt issued busby with some officer parts put on it. The feldzeichen, cords and cockades are all Officer and are not original to this piece. The chin scales are also flat which indicates infantry not cavalry, they should be convex (curved). The busby appears to be ma...

Just remember James......you can not bring Gus across the border with you!

Truly the end of an era and the beginning of another life chapter. Despite recent sales, The Bunker Collection remains World Class! Congratulations on the move and the new house. All the best.

Pete, we still have one "military surplus" store here where I live but I have not bothered to visit it in quite awhile so I don't know how much actual surplus might be for sale. I did score some New Old Stock WW2 webbing gear there a decade ago but......long gone.

Textbook example and museum quality, congrats on a beautiful helmet! Plus, I learned about an older style kokarde that I did not know existed. Perhaps when you have the time John you could do us a favour and add your kokarde pics to a post in our kokarden section.

Yes beautiful wappen, but not original to this hat, feldzeichen and strap are reproductions. The black centre of the feldzeichen (field badge) is always hand stitched to the white cloth on the front and back. But, still a very nice shako. It is very common to encounter repro Fz as so many were lost ...

Congratulations! Very cool and very unique.

Two very nice pieces, great looking headdress, congratulations.

Great helmet with an excellent story!

Good article Pete, nice to see someone presenting the “collector “ side of the argument for once.

Forum tech has now fixed the picture posting problem.

Upon further research, I have discovered today that the cloth puggaree patch designates that the hat comes from the Australian, S.O.E.R...Special Operations Engineer Regt, which deals in counter terrorism amongst other things. Elements of this Group were in Afghanistan as were our CN forces. Perhaps...

Like most of you, I cruise local antique stores on a regular basis, so here are a couple of items that I purchased yesterday from one of the few stores left in my locale. https://photos.smugmug.com/Militaria-Purchases/i-8vZLsXB/0/f54fe8ad/L/IMG_6367-L.jpg Royal Australian Engineers, obviously a mode...

I have also experienced problems in trying to post pictures here. I have contacted our tech support and will push further to solve this problem. I appreciate your patience. My alternate picture host is SmugMug but this does involve additional costs each month and I wonder quite frankly, what will ha...

My thanks to Amy B for her recent very generous donation to the forum. All I can say Amy, is that it is so very cool to have you here with us. To my knowledge, there are few women that have any interest in militaria and we are very fortunate to have you as an active member of this forum! :thumb up: ...

Another example of the M. Neumann paper label found inside a Garde Pioneer OYV helmet. The helme is totally officer except for kokarden, and OR's domed spike base brads. Size...small approx 55cm

My thanks to member Andrew S for his recent contribution to the forum. Thank you Andrew and please make full use of the information presented here and get involved in discussions.

I tried heating with a hair dryer Jonas......failure.

Phenomenal prices, someone has a great deal of disposable income.

Damn, I hope this doesn’t go sour. Surely, they can’t break the contract they have with OVMS on such short notice. What about the international dealers who will have also made plans, flights and bookings?

Yes, an early form of plastic, so immune from the effects of + or - humidity. They can be misshapen though by being subjected to “weight “ on them especially the visors. Once they are warped there is no way to fix them. At least in my experience.

The best one I have seen, fantastic condition and very nice to have that tall spike as well.

At last, Gus found his calling!

Talk about letting "The Fox" into the hen house. I sure hope you are taking time off work James so you can keep a close eye on him!

Quite unique, never seen one like that before. Thanks for the post.

Excellent helmet! Congratulations.

Excellent display and sword

Excellent addition to your collection T Congrats!!

Excellent piece! I have never seen one of these with a Reservist wappen before and we are talking 30+ years of collecting. Fantastic.

We should grab those markings for our list.

Yes a desk piece....ink well missing it’s glass liner. Very cool!

Congrats! A Bambis with rolled rim is one of the rarer felt helmets. I don’t think there was any other company that produced this style. Very nice to have that clear company stamp.

A great American hero! Happy SY Day!

Very,very cool Alan, a beautiful display and collection! Congratulations.

Welcome Alex, great to have you join us! Please, make posts, ask questions, get involved and enjoy yourself here.

Some further close ups:

Hi Pete: A picture from my collection which relates to your recent LG repro purchase. I have had this since 1997 when I had the glass replaced and new backing put on. I have never seen a similar photo of LG's up here in CN. These period panoramas rarely include weaponry which is why I bought this pi...

At least, we know it is going to a good home. All collectors know you gotta pounce when opportunity comes your way.

Pictures of the officer KAGGR#1 mitre mentioned above. Thanks Steve!

Many thanks for the pictures Ron. That is the exact helmet I was describing. I had one of those years ago but sold it to fund a military WW1 helmet. Another fire officer helmet characteristic is that the rear visor will be trimmed in white metal. My Rhinelander had this trim but this may have been a...

Again posting this from KAGG#1, pages from militaria catalogues...1961,63 and 68. Orders taken by phone or mail!
My goodness, helmet and uberzug, $30US!!!