They were brought back trophies by french or british soldiers and nailed this way to a wall or over a fireplace in their home als souvenirs of the war an the victory against imperial Germany.
Philippe

GR119 or GR123
That´s what I am presuming too. There was no exact length for chinstraps.
No, the date of the AKO was 18.10.1895. KJR145 "König" and FR86 "Königin" were allowed to wear the black Haarbusch at this date!reservist1 wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 3:22 pmSteve: It is my understanding that 1905 is the year KJR 145 was awarded a black parade bush.
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Reservist1
Yes, I particularly love this East-prussian GR1 from Königsberg
Do you have checked the area between the grommets? Such X.AK Waterloo infantry units have often marked their helmets there.Steve Nick wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:18 am
This helmet is unmarked with exception of a lowercase f on the rear visor
The source is most of the time the firts reason not to go further....Some acribic observations of 99% of items sold by some "wellknown" sellers are telling more than 1000 words
John,SkipperJohn wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:20 pmPhilippe,
What is the diameter of the cockades on your helmet.
They look slightly oversized just like the ones on my Saxon.