Great helmet - jealous!!

Peter

Great helmet!

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

Peter

Wow - awesome helmet.

Peter

I was in this place last July. Some nice stuff.

Militärische Antiquitäten Nürnberg
Bergstraße 5 (3,917.44 mi)
Nuremberg 90403

Here is their facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/martin.nagorny/

Peter

Thanks Brian - perfect.

Really nice helmet Amy.

Somehow I managed to delete two of my posts where I was testing picture posting. Now I have one more I wanted to remove but for the life of me can't figure out how? It's in my Arty post on new finds. It just says removed right now.

Anyone that can help?

Peter

Thanks Coert

I finally have an Artillery pickelhaube thanks to Matthew. I am very pleased and grateful to Matthew for selling it to me. As a retired Artillery Officer (Royal Canadian Artillery / Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - 33 years) it is especially important to me. Makes my set of four Austrian / German co...

Thanks!

Can you hold it for me for now as well? I am in Canada and can pay by Paypal in US funds.

Peter

Yes please. Or you can send them directly to me at [email protected]

Thanks for the reply. I am sure some buyer is very happy - very nice helmet.

Peter

I am cursing myself for not having seen Alan's sale of his Artillery Pickelhaube.

I have been looking for an M1915 Prussian Artillery Pickelhaube with the grey steel fittings for a while. Anyone else have one for sale?

Thanks.

Peter

Did the sale get finalized Alan?

Very interested.

Peter

Many thanks to Amy for helping me to get an original set of cockades for my Pickelhaube. It is now all original except for the chin strap. But I did get a very good quality replacement chin strap from Steffan at Prairie Flower Leather. IMG_0320.jpeg IMG_0319.jpeg Looks great and I am so happy and so...

Looking for a set of original Prussian mannschaften kokarden (other ranks cockades) for a model 1895 pickelhaube.

Thanks.

Peter

Thanks to you both.

What is the difference between the cockades with the large holes that fit over the posts and the ones with a small hole? Were they both used and how do you get the ones with the small hole on the helmet? Do they somehow go behind the posts? Anyone have a pair of original Prussian cockades (mannschaf...

Missing pictures.

So I decided to go ahead and am quite pleased with the results. The leather liner parts and chinstrap got their aging from the decaying leather dust and rust as I worked the helmet and liner band. No issues with the split pins as I used a screwdriver in the centre as I bent them as recommended. Hard...

I still think it is an M15 that has been modified. Look at the four piece construction and the vent hole under the comb. I think it might have had the later liner added some time later. Hence the rivets.

Thanks for the reply.

Last one - I promise.

And one more.

Or this?

How about this?

Cool cat! Did you make the mini-haube?

More pictures.

I just bought this helmet and wondered about the different liner attachments. They are different than any I have seen in most M15s. Almost similar to the versions in the M26.

Perhaps the attachments were added later? Or could they be a late war variant?

Thanks.

Peter

Thanks Jonas.

That is exactly my concern.

Peter

One more picture in its display location.

Just got this World War I Austrian helmet. Really like the condition and the fact that it has the original liner band at all three split pins. Unfortunately the liner is gone you can just see the bits of leather left in some of my pictures. I am thinking of putting a reproduction chinstrap on. Wish ...

Thanks all!

Second Picture

Did the vinegar trick and very happy with the results. Thanks for all the help.

Peter

Okay thanks. Lots to try. I think I’ll do the vinegar soak first.

Peter

Will that remove the patina? Just trying to get the verdigris off without making it shiny.

Thanks.

Peter

By the way it is hard to see the green colour in the picture but it is very prominent.

Tried that already using dish soap and a soft toothbrush. Guess I’ll have try try the vinegar soak next.

Any comments on the verdigris? Is that what it in fact is? Is this normal or dangerous to the metal?

Thanks.

Peter

Here is a picture of the Wappen showing the verdigris.

Thanks John. The verdigris is hard to see in the picture. Now that I have cleaned it and removed dust etc. it is more evident. Not at home right now but will post a picture later.

Peter

Sounds like a cash grab to me. Hopefully not a scam.

Okay so got brave and tried some initial cleanup. Did the soapy water and soft toothbrush and it got rid of the obvious dirt. Then got a bt braver and tried some vinegar with a Q-Tip. Got excited when the verdigris seemed to be disappearing bit it came right back when it dried. Admittedly I didn't s...

Good advice. Thanks.

I almost bought this helmet as well. I think you got it just before me. Good luck getting it sorted.

Peter

I'm only a newbie but now that the gold paint has been mentioned and I look again it also looks like the spike might have been painted as well?

Just out of curiosity. did you get this from a guy in London ON who had it on Kijiji?

Peter

Thanks John. I'll might try these if I get brave enough.

Peter

So after having looked at some of Brian's restoration postings I realize what good shape my helmet is actually in. I.e. good stitching, no mis-shaping etc. I am also of the school of keeping it original vice restoring (unless repairs were required to keep it in good condition). However, the green co...