Never had the chance to see sutch a nice one
Wel done karel

Still on the hunt for a m15 dragoner ,no luck so far
You on the other hand you have found a very nice helmet

Congrats

Happy to have you on baord here

Jonas

Nice find on this helmet ,great haull

Spammer

Its a beauty thats for sure
Eyes for quality

Jonas

Not a easy one to find
Even the inner dome is still there
Could we see the entire helmet ,i am curious to see the outside of this one
At first glanse it looks a nice one that you have found

Jonas

Once again spammer

Nice helmet , you nailed it with that rather rare fwr plate on it
Nice patina on the entire helmet ,like them this way

Jonas

Spammer

Think i would have to pay karel a visit to wrinkle this one out of his hands
During the day or rather by night ,ading that one to my collection would be very pleasing

Thats a pretty rare helmet One for on the wish list What i do not understand is how can a single strip of felt and leather make sure to reinforce the helmet the same way as a spine would do The strip of felt they used on this helmet looks very soft to me Could it be possible that they used another s...

Nice looking helmet brian
What are the markings in the rear visor

Jonas

Wow you nailed it yet again with this one
Without a doubt would love to take this one of your hand

Wel done karel

Jonas

Spammer

http://jjmilitaryantiques.com/Home.aspx/Catdet/13862?nm=german-m-1839-potsdam-rifle-socket-bayonet&category=bayoeuro&bread_last=%2FHome.aspx%2FCatpage%2Fbayoeuro%3Fpsize%3D120%26page%3D0%26sortseq%3DName&category_desc=Bayonets%20European%20all%20styles Not quitte sure this is the model you are looki...

How thus the end of this rifle barrel looks loke where the bayonet is affixed

Witch type exactley are you looking for then can you provide a picture on the specific bayonet you are looking for
I have three types of those early bayonets you might be looking for

Thats one with a very nice feature wel done with this rare bird

Jonas

Internet is still internet ,that is judging a helmet from a distance so you cant see the little details
I also like it more if i can hold a helmet in hand and twist it around a hundered times
I am a hard customer

Always room for another collector ,greetings from belgium

Jonas

The diffrence is already obviously, you 'r getting it in the right direction

Jonas

A trully great project ,good luck

I would be a fan on sutch a book ,just to see al those great closeups on the problems and issues you comme across in restoring any helmet
Even it is great to read al the steps you must go thru to complete a restoration
It would be temendous manual for al upcomming restorers

Jonas

These are indeed very hard to find
Both in a pristine condition

Jonas

Yup that is indeed a nice helmet and with a surprisingley mixture of parts
It has a very nice silk liner inside
Wel done this find

Jonas

Wow those are outstanding straight out of a museum as it looks

Jonas

That is a stunnig piece and sutch a great condition well done

Jonas

I new it when i read his name
There is only one guy who has the previlege to use that name and that would be our most gracefull friend sander
Well at least in my humble opinion

Jonas

Think i nailed him ,know him personaly our mistery guy i did more than once buisnes with him ,he is a great guy

Jonas

Thanks guys for the nice comments ,by the way is 2nd leibhussar who i think he is or is he not .......

Hmm suspicious ,very suspisious

Jonas

Nice one to ad to any collection

Jonas

Deffinitly a huge copy the guy who makes these is just there to rip people off
For jung starters in the hobby these types are spoiler alert
If you collect or start to collect first thing you do is buy books not one but lots of them
They will become handy one day

Jonas

In geman it states
ERSATZ-BATAILLON DES INFANTERIE REGIMENT
in englsch it means
REPLACEMENT BATTAILION OF AN INFANTRY REGIMENT

Nice faschinenmesser

Jonas

A remarkeble collection you got there,seen a few that i would like
As for the first helmet that started this thread
You cant mis on that marking looks huge if you ask me


Jonas

Very nice one ,seen this one before !!!!
Offered it to a friend of mine but was gone the next day so now i know you have it
Great one if you like those with markings in it

I have seen this type of eagle on a few ersats helmets this was mounted on it with a single screw into the center of the eagle
Seen it on bing helmets as wel on a weisenburger helmet

Maybe its due to the fact they were made in diferent factories that the are diffrent in dimentions or there where no surtan regulations in witch size these had to be made

Great find by the way

Jonas

This is a very nice griffin

Congrats on this one

Jonas

That is a nice bade tshako never seen one only pruisian and sachsen ones are more common to find

Nice one

Interesting link that you have shared here, some of the abbreviations are useble for wo1 so it will deffinitly usefull for other people

Thanks for sharing it with us

Jonas

Just minutes ago had a reply bad server gateway and a meer second later it was back to no problems

Jonas

If you found this one for that price luck was on your side that day
I have never been that lucky

Jonas

You got lucky to find one 50 years ago
Did you get the chanse to see more of those in private collections
These look so cool

Jonas

Under $50 ..... think you wil need a ful lifetime to be able to find your first one... and maybe wil be your last one.... becose you wil get a hart attaque just clarefying the price on it

One on the wish list i dont have would be a few for me but there was one on the baldwin auction

The saxon "football" ersatz helmet
a ersatz IR92
Dragoner m15

One can dream and hope......... once maybe once.....

Jonas

That is a cool model
Never had the chance to see one in real life

Jonas

Thats a nice one and a very clear marking in it
Great find

Jonas

Are there more helmets that have the same feature with that bursting bomb than grenadier regiment zu pferde von derffinger nr 3
Or is this the only regiment that had this kind of previlege
What thus it represent that bursting bomb on those scales

I had placed a bed on three items that i liked but non of them came to me as i was outbid on al of them I was at work so i could only folow an hour of the bidding I saw that to the baden one with its big price Oh well it was fun to see the prices going sky high Non the less congrats with your kit he...