I am posting here some pictures of 9th Dragoner helmets from the J. Turinetti collection. My thanks to Jim for the pictures of these beautiful examples and to Steve M. for his efforts in getting these posted. https://photos.smugmug.com/Dragoon-Helmets/i-KCrbVfn/0/1f402a9e/L/Compressed%20-%20Fig%205....

I have removed my golf cart post as it was over the top and off topic. I have PM'd Sandy and asked permission to delete his 2 posts.

Unfortunately, I closed out my Pbuket account months ago and thus no pics will be restored which is unfortunate.

Yes I just need it reported so that I can delete the spam. I believe it is the cyber world we live in.

Classic kit helmets....textbook examples! I bought mine from Randy T years ago in the same condition. Excellent James.

Very nice and in excellent condition James. I had one exactly like it years ago but had to sell it off.

Yes.......there is friendship and then there is collecting at the SOS. James is not going to be so spry rounding the tables in 2019, so I will have an advantage in treasure hunting! :) . Gus wears cowboy boots so he is not fast. Oh, and yea James, that really sucks.....ah...is that a Crocs cast you ...

One thing we have learned here is that these private purchase items were very expensive for even the average German middle class family to afford. If you were of nobility or upper M/C and had lots of money then you could buy new off the shelf. However, there was also just as today a "used" market ou...

Yes, no such thing as L/M exists anymore, long gone (1924) and replaced by pure realistic, good old fashioned dictatorship. As a Historian, I loved the recent pic of Putin riding bare chested on horseback. Look up a guy called Mussolini, I think he was Italian and you will see him in the same propag...

Excellent helmet as always! So good to have an owner name and history along with it. We have been baking in 30+C temps and high humidity here.

All the Russian Revolution did was replace one corrupt ruling elite with yet another at the cost of millions of Russian and other people’s lives. Unfortunately, the Russian people have never known anything but dictatorship in one form or another.

Excellent!! I have never seen such a "pair" from the same Regt before in all my collecting years. Fantastic!

Once again this forum proves it's worth!

Welcome Frank, great to have you join us. I like your uberzug very much, we have seen one example posted here previously which had an added stitch line (vertical)that made the circumference of the cover smaller so that it would fit a smaller size helmet. The cloth and hooks on your cover look origin...

Congratulations ......an excellent very rare piece.

I have an orchid collection of over 25 plants and I have played lead guitar in rock bands for 30+ years....still playing in bars to this day!

Welcome Claus! Greetings from Canada.

I am going to be posting pics in the restoration section shortly of a Prussian M95 dated 1917 with natural undyed liner. Fittings, are all brass but it has one brass grommet and one steel plus a black flat head split prong repair plug next to the brass grommet. A very unusual piece with no regimenta...

Thanks T....B

Excellent tschako , congratulations! That is a sweet piece that any collector would be proud to own.

Excellent piece, congratulations. That is a textbook example of the General Officer helmet.

Excellent and very rare, congratulations!

A pure fantasy piece.....crap.

Very interesting, could that have come off a stahlhelme.?

Congrats On your sales James....
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One last photo sent to me by Steve, JR117 officer:

Only the 9th Kompanie wore the white metal crossed axe, pickaxe over anchor on their JR117 wappen.

Obviously, it was a different time back when W. Hartmann got into collecting. It is a well known fact that there were 2 waves of helmets that hit North American shores from Europe. The first was directly from WW1 plus the War Bond helmets. The second, from WW2 vets who had an opportunity to liberate...

Excellent condition. I have a Prussian pioneer filz made by the same company with similar paper labels.

Yes.....things were a lot cheaper prior to the 1970's!

Some additional pictures from this fabulous collection: https://photos.smugmug.com/Hartmann-Collection/i-Hd9ZGBQ/0/9144a877/L/W%20H%202-L.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Hartmann-Collection/i-wPmkRzh/0/a8ea620f/L/W%20H%204-L.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Hartmann-Collection/i-Z7gnjMm/0/b130a6cd/L/W%...

We are fortunate to have a post with pictures here of the Walter Hartmann collection. In my first decade of collecting back in the 1980's I began to hear about this fabulous collection which was out in California. I have never seen pictures of helmets from it in all my subsequent years of collecting...

Fantastic collection Amy, many thanks for posting these photos. A great suggestion Alan, I need to take some decent pictures of my collection.

Beautiful helmet, congratulations. I have wanted one of those for years, the wappen alone was up for sale at the last SOS for $800US. A couple of Frenchmen had it on their table. I could not justify the cost.

Beautiful helmet Bruno, congrats! I had one of these years ago but unmarked I was told the wappen was a repro and thus passed it on. Now I am not sure that I did the right thing.

Ok, with those convex chin scales, we are talking Feld Artillery. However, you state that it has a spike, which is it kugel or spike? 3rB I feel means 3rd Battery. The year 1903 tells us this was a pe war helmet, so I would look at the prewar list of Feld Arty Regts and see which matches the other m...

Right now, I would like a well marked OR’s helmet to Baden JR109 or the Anhalt JR 93 wappen I need to complete my M95 helmet clearly marked to this Regiment.

I always thought these corrugated helmets were Portuguese and had no clue they had been issued to and BEF or CEF troops. I also believed that the Brodie was based on a Medieval design. A design worn by archers and foot soldiers.

Very interesting, I have never seen that before. Note.....2 ersatz tin helmets!

Like you I have handled and worked on hundreds of helmets. I have never heard of this or seen an example not even in post war fire helmets. This makes no sense as the rough flesh exterior provides a gripping surface for the shellac when it is sprayed on. I would like to see a picture.

You first Amy....never seen your collection.

As usual, great Schnurr quality!

Thanks to all. I am being told that the yellow flag one, is the standard Prussian sleeve patch for Infantry. The other larger red one, according to experts is not true military but probably a 1920's veterans association standard bearer's patch. The embroidery on both of these is of excellent period ...

This Prussian wappen looks to be original in my opinion. The fact that there is no solder or loops on the back is very unusual. The hole in the chest could be for a reservist cross.

I went to a Show today and picked these up. I understand the smaller of the 2 is the typical Infantry Flag Bearer's sleeve patch. The other larger piece with red flags is a bit of a mystery and I would really appreciate some information on it. The pictures

I see 4 pictures of ladies mit hauben.

The diary entry for this information was made on Monday Dec 20, 1915. You know much more about these helmets than I do Peter, does this indicate an issuing of the Mk1?

There has been a fair bit of discussion as to how the German stahlhelme was introduced into the trenches early on. Here is a brief account of how it was done in the CEF. This excerpt is from one of the best original survivor memoirs ever written by a member of the CEF. "The Journal of Private Fraser...

Talked to Logan who talked to Joel our tech support. Problem has been solved.

Using Laine's book, I can confirm that John is correct.....Grenadier-Regt. zu Pferde Freiherr von Derfflinger (Neumarkisches) Nr 3. This is a very odd title for a Dragoner Regt but obviously, has a Historical explanation . Laine shows Neusilber fittings and Grenadier Wappen with contrasting brass sc...

I share the number 2 experience. I tried to upload pics recently, using the forum but got a yellow triangle symbol and no button to click on in order to get them into my post. I will contact tech support. "Work"....?? I vaguely remember such a word but after 4 years of glorious retirement it seems t...