The late , great Jarl Hartze of Stockholm, Sweden

KAGGR#1

KAGGR#1

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Sorry for the poor quality
I have the original B & W 8 X 10 photo
somewhere , but I can't locate it right now
this from one of Jarl's publication
years ago which I guess in it's way was a early pre computer world
a form of PH.com
We see Jarl seated in front of part of his helmet collection
He had a mixture of German , Russian and Swedish helmets
Jarl came to the USA and visited collectors over here
including myself .
One of the airlines did an article about Jarl in their magazine
It was titled "The Mad Hatter "
I wanted to remember Jarl
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2nd.Leibhusar said:
Oh My Word !!! that man had taste !!

Thanks for sharing this Steve (y)
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Thank you
Yes , Jarl was quite a very nice man
He was well know to collectors all over Europe
Often in his publications he would show photos of
helmets in other collections
shown here is a page from Jarl's publication
with 4 helmets from the collection of the late
Walter Eric Hartmann
James LaB take a look at the Bavarian Uhlan officer
is it the one that your late brother bought from
Stephen Wolfe at an S O S some years ago ??
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Here is the cover to one of Jarl's publications # 9 in 1967
back then it was all B & W
all printed by Jarl and mailed out at his expense
showing from his collection the Bavarian Hartschier
A helmet not often seen on this site
and 4 more helmets from the collection
of the late Walter Eric Hartmann
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Steve, thank you very much for this historical insight into the research process of the German uniform experts at the time!
Frank
 
KAGGR#1 said:
Sorry for the poor quality
I have the original B & W 8 X 10 photo
somewhere , but I can't locate it right now
this from one of Jarl's publication
years ago which I guess in it's way was a early pre computer world
a form of PH.com
We see Jarl seated in front of part of his helmet collection
He had a mixture of German , Russian and Swedish helmets
Jarl came to the USA and visited collectors over here
including myself .
One of the airlines did an article about Jarl in their magazine
It was titled "The Mad Hatter "
I wanted to remember Jarl
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This is a fascinating post ! Thank you very much. May I ask when he lived and what happened to his collection?

Best wishes

GardeUlan
 
GardeUlan said:
This is a fascinating post ! Thank you very much. May I ask when he lived and what happened to his collection?

Best wishes

GardeUlan
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Garde Ulan
Sure ,but to be exact I would need to get into my letter file that I saved
from Jarl .Which I will do.
I know that Jarl came to visit me here in the 1980's with his wife at the time.
The connection was that a collector I knew in Calif had married a girl from Sweden.
He is the collector that I visited circa 2004 with the steel helmet collection
That's how I became friends with Jarl.
Also my intro to Walt Hartmann.
I was one of the very few collectors who was able to get to see Walt's collection
at his house .
Jarl was very helpful to find me helmets that I was looking for
I bought his H R 17 officers Attila shown in the photo with him.
Somewhere I have info on Jarl's 50th Birthday .
I am not sure what year that Jarl passed away,
He suffered from Parkinson's disease
and at the end was not able to write
His last letter to me was very sad
the words that he tried to write were all over the page .
I think that the dealer Sergio Semino bought the collection
or at least parts of it
Steve
 
KAGGR#1 said:
Garde Ulan
Sure ,but to be exact I would need to get into my letter file that I saved
from Jarl .Which I will do.
I know that Jarl came to visit me here in the 1980's with his wife at the time.
The connection was that a collector I knew in Calif had married a girl from Sweden.
He is the collector that I visited circa 2004 with the steel helmet collection
That's how I became friends with Jarl.
Also my intro to Walt Hartmann.
I was one of the very few collectors who was able to get to see Walt's collection
at his house .
Jarl was very helpful to find me helmets that I was looking for
I bought his H R 17 officers Attila shown in the photo with him.
Somewhere I have info on Jarl's 50th Birthday .
I am not sure what year that Jarl passed away,
He suffered from Parkinson's disease
and at the end was not able to write
His last letter to me was very sad
the words that he tried to write were all over the page .
I think that the dealer Sergio Semino bought the collection
or at least parts of it
Steve
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I know that Jarl was very heavy into collecting helmets
in the 1960' ; 1970's and 1980's
Before the 60's was before I was collecting Imperial German .
Steve
 
GardeUlan said:
This is a fascinating post ! Thank you very much. May I ask when he lived and what happened to his collection?

Best wishes

GardeUlan
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Here is Jarl's 50th Birthday party in the 1970's
He is on the right
in the other photo he is wearing a spike helmet
so my guess is that he was born in either the 1920's or 30's ?
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Thank you so much!

I find these old collectors stories very interesting. I started in 1987, but with little or no contact to other collectors.

Kind regards
 
GardeUlan said:
Thank you so much!

I find these old collectors stories very interesting. I started in 1987, but with little or no contact to other collectors.

Kind regards
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I liked to "network "
I asked who were the collectors at the time
I met and made friends with many of them over the years.
sadly, several collectors had to sell their collections
due to divorce .
Steve
 
KAGGR#1 said:
I liked to "network "
I asked who were the collectors at the time
I met and made friends with many of them over the years.
sadly, several collectors had to sell their collections
due to divorce .
Steve
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I think that collecting helmets in the 1960's
was like the "Golden Age " of comic books
except helmets have not brought the prices of Superman # 1
or Action comics
whichever it was called .
Steve
 
4 more of Walt Hartmann's helmets in Jarl's publication.
Note the odd Totenkopf top right photo
I have never seen another like it
I am sure Walt felt it was correct ,otherwise
it would not have been in his collection.
Fast forward years later Walt had passed away
Stephen Wolfe was selling Walt's helmets
a few at a time for Walt's son.
Stephen would bring several at a time to the S O S
I saw that odd I R 92 at one of the shows
Randy & Remy were behind Wolfe's table
and took the front plate off for a better look.
I am not sure if they bought it or not.
Wolfe has exited the game
so I do not know what has happened with the rest
of Walt's helmets ?
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