A positive story on Show Of Shows in the Milwaukee hometown newspaper:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/travel/w ... 712144002/

Many years after this film was shot, I had an office no far from the location shown. The paint oven was still there, but a scapulas bailer had been installed where the liners were assembled. The stamping dies for the helmets still sat on s rack outside my office. While I was employed there I was di...

Interesting videos, but these are NOT Brodie helmets. These are American M1917 helmets, which are based on the British MkI. The Brodie helmet and the MkI are not one in the same, even if collectors use the term Brodie for all British/American helmets from WWI. The Brodie was the first helmet and had...

I agree it is a MkIII, which differed from the later MkIV as noted by the rivet placement for the chinstrap. It is higher on the MkIII and this pattern has a liner that can't be as easily removed. This was changed with the MkIV, which allowed the liner to be removed and kept the helmet "waterti...

Nice Home Service Helmets. I do like these a lot.

Tony without Kaiser wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:30 pm

Hopefully in the USA. That helmet should never leave the United States.

The helmet went to the best possible collection honestly. I know the new owner will love and enjoy more than I possibly ever could.

SOLD

Helmet is on hold pending payment.

aicusv wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:23 pm

Were you ever able to identify what unit this helmet was from?

No I haven't. Joe was able to determine a little bit. I believe it would have been a unit from Wisconsin or Illinois, and used in the 1890s to circa 1910. I believe only a couple dozen or so of these were even produced.

As much as I was pleased to acquire this beauty earlier this year something else I want more is being offered to me, and I've decided to part with this very rare helmet. It is among the nicest I've seen and it includes the original transit tin. More photos available upon request. Sorry, but I'm not ...

Good luck with the packing. I know the UNpacking will be the fun part!

Given the state of the world today I wrote this op-ed on the collecting of certain military items, but also questioned the context of how it is suddenly OK to play as the Germans in a video game if they are the "bad guys." This is for the political news website TheFederalist.com: Is It Alw...

Their hair is grown out and tied up then the salacco (conical hat) is worn over and tied to the head with a scarf - typically red scarf. This could explain why the hats evolved into the sloped version that could be more easily worn.

Here is my recent "find" from the French auction. This is the earliest pattern Salacco, which was worn by colonial soldiers from French Indo-China.

Very cool hats and little changed in the past 100 years. Like everything these travel around the world - either a soldier sold these or these were surplus items. The sad truth is that like Canada the future of "surplus" is a thing of the past. Very little current Canadian militaria is bein...

All aboard for neutral Holland! http://www.centenarynews.com/article/kaiser-wilhelm-loses-throne---9-november-1918 Germany’s Emperor, Wilhelm II, was forced to quit two days before the end of the First World War, his abdication unilaterally announced by Chancellor Max von Baden. Wrangling over the K...

Well, that was good for a laugh this morning. A British lancer helmet is included, and if you look at the other sections it gets worse! Yes, it gets WAY worse. The site calls all Japanese WWII swords, "samurai swords" - something they aren't and never were! A summer cork helmet is describe...

Does anyone know what the economic impact of SOS is for Louisville? Ultimately money will make the decision for them. The economic impact of SOS for Louisville is minimal at best. The show maybe draws 3,000 people, which pales to most other shows. The hotels around the Kentucky Expo Center do sell ...

in a Nutshell people protesting Third Reich items etc. There was a big Gun Show at the venue a week or so ago, and some dealers had some Nazi stuff and KKK on their tables, and somebody posted pictures on social media and it went from there.. Now famous athletes etc. protesting It was a reporter fr...

I don't want to spread any rumors, misinformation or say anything I shouldn't. However, the future of SOS in Louisville is unclear at this moment. I'm rather upset as I have non-refundable hotel rooms. At last week's OVMS Show in Wilmington, Ohio Bill Combs (business manager for OVMS) said there wil...

Looks like a fine visit!

Tony, you always find the greatest gems! Top notch indeed.

It was 100 years ago today that Corporal Alvin York captured "the whole damn German Army!" Also, it was on this day that the Lost Battalion were relieved after six days cut from American lines.

Very cool photos. I wonder how many of those young men made it back to Canada 100 years ago?

That is a fantastic restoration! It is great to see it come together.

pickelhauben wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:29 am

That is something that I would like to have as well.

Good going !

I have two! Send me a PM if you're interested.

Well, a live Lewis Gun at $30,000 is just a bit out of my budget and even the ones with a dummy receiver can be $10,000. So I opted to import a couple from a company in the UK that makes movie props. The results are good but obviously not perfect. I'm starting to do work on these to improve them. Fi...

Rank has privilege, hence a better EGA.

I was at the MAX Show. I posted some photos on my Plunderer Pete's Facebook page. I can try to post some photos later. It was a little slow this year, but I had a good time as always. I wouldn't want to see the show moved as that would break SOS in two. Honestly I'm beginning to wonder if we really ...

The color is a dark blue/gray, which seems correct for South West Africa. I think it just faded after 100 years, which isn't really surprising. In person you can see the blue/gray but it gets washed out in the photos.

aicusv wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:22 pm

Another good fine. I may have posted this before, but here is my enlisted man's,

Nice example as well.

Here is my other big purchase from the MAX Show. As with the other recent purchases this is something I've long wanted but never bought one. I've seen a few over the years that I think are really veterans group hats, but I believe this is an absolute real deal. It has a side vent with holes in the c...

Joe knows a LOT more about these than I do, but now is a great time for me to learn. I picked this up on Friday at the MAX Show. The price was absolutely right and I'm blown away to even have this helmet. It came with the original storage tin too. Any information on this helmet would be appreciated....

Well, I missed one of these at the Baltimore Antique Arms Show this spring, but a week ago at the Michigan Antique Arms Show a regular dealer offered this to me. I couldn't pass it up. He has collected USMC items of the 19th and early 20th century for years. The chinstrap might be a later replacemen...

Here are some of the articles this book will include. We have five more articles pending at this time that we hope to include.

I'm pleased to announce a new project that my colleague Stuart Bates and I have undertaken. We're compiling a short publication that will be around 120 pages that will feature numerous articles on the history of military headdress through the ages. Instead of a reference style book we're taking an a...

Prices: Dutch Cap $10 Hungarian Cap $30 Chinese Paratrooper Helmet $80 Saudi Tanker Helmet $60 Swiss Army Dispatch Rider Helmet $50 Israeli Helmet $50 Czech M53 with dark M31 style liner $15 Czech Para Helmet $40 Polish Military Police $50 Polish Soviet Army Reissue $20 Polish Wz67 $25 Bulgarian Hel...

I'm selling a number of helmets from the collection of Dr. Robert Clawson. These are the last of his helmets and I'm trying to make these affordable. Here is your chance to add some cool Cold War era helmets to the collection. Better photos upon request. HelmetCache (1).jpg HelmetCache (2).jpg Helme...

As I often say, "politics and religion aren't something to discuss amongst friends -- really because you are all wrong!"

Well, I see my FYI on the 100th anniversary of a notable event has spiraled into something else!

Heal up. You only have seven months until SOS!

I missed this back in May, but Photobucket has restored its images on many servers!

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news ... lions.html

A really sad story ... especially because the english crown has planned a secrect escape of the tsar and his family. I think IF King George V and the government in London knew that the Czar would be killed they might have accepted them into exile. In 1917 with Ireland still in turmoil following the...

In Yekaterinburg, Russia, Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks on July 16, 1918, bringing an end to the three-century-old Romanov dynasty. Crowned in 1896, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve among a peo...

Peter- lovely cork helmet, and very interesting article! Do you have one of the Ludwig Bordfeldt-made Chilean pith helmets in your collection? The Madagascar helmet is unfortunately not mine however. It is the only known one to exist and is in the Musee d'Armee in Paris. I do not have that style Ch...

Here is a photo of my wife's grandfather. His name was Ernest Levy I believe. Would this be the 152nd (1st Alsasian) Infantry "Teutonic Order"? Would this be Prussian Army?

Here is the Hawaiian Pickelhaube of which I was speaking, although the one above is of great interest to me as well. Was the Madagascar spiked helmet in the German style, or of German manufacture? These are really the only ones that interest me. No, the Madagascar helmet would not have been of Germ...

Here is a photo of the Hawaiian HelmetRoyalGuard3.jpg Yes, that is the one. These are American helmets - I'm not sure who makes the current ones but the old ones were apparently surplus American Model 1887 helmets with a badge added. I did try to reach out to the Honor Guard, which is part of the s...

A Hawaiian Pickelhaube! There is also the discussion of rarest vs. what one wants. I still want a USMC dress spike helmet and I'm kicking myself for not jumping on the one that was for sale at the Baltimore Show in March. That is an uncommon helmet but not especially rare. You mean like this? marin...

Ok, anyone in need of a laugh:
http://www.timesonline.com/news/2018062 ... llectibles

Value This With Dr. Lori offers a look into military collectibles.