Cool collection...well done

Thanks Jonas, it was the same with me. I wouldn‘t have tried it without the Post „Anatomy of a Chin Scale“.
But my Chin Scale was torned, so I had nothing to lose. If I would have been failed I had asked Brian for rescue

stunning result...nice work

Nice work...looks much better. Well done

Nice find Coert, congratulations:)

Thank you very much

Agree, very good result for this Helmet

Then you should like this one too!
Philippe

You are right Philippe, I like it. Also a wonderful Helmet
If these Helmets were not so expensive I‘ll would buy it immediately

Thank you Gentlemen, I‘m glad that you like it. @Brian: Once again a special thanks for your support :bravo: Your Tipp with the Shadows is very good. Unfortunately I had already finished the work before I‘ve read your PM. Anyway, this time I‘ve had much luck because the Shadows look very similar to ...

Now I could reassemble the Chin Scale and after doing it I covered the brackets with a Oil-cloth as described in Brian‘s post and then I closed the Chin Scales again by glueing it. 2963132B-35E3-4071-980E-0E63D7417EC6.jpeg FCF0458B-EB4A-4CED-B34D-CC0360E80875.jpeg At last, I punched the size 4 hole ...

Then I finalized the size of the leather, whereby I took special emphasis on a clean cut of the leather edge that will be visible after gluing. For a used look I folded the leather around the cardboard and sanded the edges a little bit with very fine sandpaper that the Chin Scale doesn‘t look like n...

I wanted to make a minimal restoration and luckily all I had to do was to replace the cardboard and the leather. Because the Chin Scale is no longer completely original, I described the repair in an illustrated text-file and attached it to my collection documents. Then I started with the repair: Fir...

This is my 1st restoration project and I oriented to Brian's very good and informative post "Anatomy of a Chin Scale #2". The repair was necessary because a Chin Scale of one of my Helmets was torn into 2 pieces and the previous owner „repaired“ it with Duct-Tape. Unfortunately Duct-Tape is very bad...

Nice Helmet John
I think you did it right. Such rare Helmet should have the original Parts on it.
For me it‘s important that a seller will tell any modification he did on a Helmet. If he does handle it so a modification is ok

Awesome Post, thank you very much for your efforts
A Helmet like this is also at the top of my wishlist, because I was born in sweet old Oldenburg

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Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:35 am

Sergei might not, but someone else down the line might try to.

Keep up the good work Sergie!

Fully agree, someone is doing it and unfortunately we can‘t avoid it

Awesome Helmet. Wonderful condition, congratulations

You are right Amy, the stamp is not necessary and maybe too much. But I can understand Sergei, when I would restore something or try to copy it I would also do everything to make this object look like original. Just for me because I'm proud of it :wink: It is all about the further way to handle it. ...

Who needs vacation
Do you think all 4 slit brads have been assembled in younger times? Seems only 2 have been added and the Helmet used to have split brads when it was in use.

You are very ambitious. Looks good

Looks great in your collection

Awesome work... Looks really great

Well done! Really impressive work

Looks so easy when you do it
Well done and thank you for the detailed explanation. It’s always a pleasure to read

Agree, a really good result. Congratulations

It has to got worse before it gets better

Indeed, a marvelous set. Thank you for sharing

Thanks John, you are right it seems to be the same
But I‘m looking for Chin Scales for Officers pre M91 and with original Leather-Straps.

Agree, a beautiful set

Hello,
I‘m looking for an arched Chin Scale with a length of 34 to 35 cm and out of gilded brass for Pickelhaubes.
Looking forward to hear from you

A great Duo in a wonderful condition. Thank you for sharing

Thank you all
It‘s my best piece and I love the finish of the canonball..seems someone could not withstand to touch it everyday

Looks great Sergey. Well done

Hmm, I think I can definitely say that it is the Helmet of one of these brothers. I will keep the Helmet as is and investigate also the informations of his brother Hermann and enclose both informations to the Helmet for the next generation.
Thank you all for your thoughts

Hello everybody, I‘m very pleased to show you my latest find which finally arrives today :D It‘s a „Landwehr“ Artillery-Officer Pickelhaube from around 1900. Unfortunately 2 star-bolts were missing when I bought it, but I have replaced it by 2 original bolts in similar color I have found. Now it is ...

Very nice helmet Sandy at an excellent price! That being said, I think someone tinkered with the helmet since you can see that someone tried to repair the leather liner. I don't believe those chinscales are original to that helmet. Have the rosette prongs been bent a lot or are they bent incorrectl...

Unfortunately I have no Facebook ... probably I will extinct

Congratulations to this rare Helmet...looks great

Thank you very much Edwin

Great job, thx for sharing

I will try it, but unfortunately not sure with all: B.M.V = Bayrisches Militärverdienstkreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern (9 jährige ?Medalle? (means Medaille? ) Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse Inhaber ist berechttigt sämtliche Karpathenabzeichen zu tragen nach B.m.?s?.v.3??? I‘m not sure with the words in que...

Thx Coert :D Concerning the History I investigated further and found some more informations on ancestry.de. I assume that the helmet is plausible and therefore I would like to introduce my researched history of the owner Hugo Karl Henri Nürnberger . He survived the war, but unfortunately he died ear...

Nice condition. Congratulations

Thx Philippe, that helps me a lot :D I was not sure where he stayed after 1913, because the latest „Rangliste“-Book I can use for investigation is from 1914 and there is no notice that he switched to the „Westfälisches Train“ in that book. That’s why I didn‘t get the link to this „Rittmeister“ Nürnb...

Really stunning, I love it... thank you for sharing

Nice find Amy, congratulations.

Sandy, This is an oddity! I would have thought these enlisted chinscales have nothing to do on an officer helmet and are a postwar, fantasy addition... till I saw you did find a Train officer in the name of the helmet owner. Either this is a remarkable coincidence, or these chinscales were actually...

"they (chin scales) are for a M91-Helmet but the Helmet doesn’t have the same Mountingsystem with the faux Rosettes" How are they removed? Are the rosettes separate pieces? Thank you all for your comments :) The Rosettes are normal Officer-Rosettes with cotter. I also thought more it would be a Par...

Well done, congratulations

Really wonderful condition...great