Zebedeus
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What's a rare bird your Waterloo M15.Zeb ;
May I add to your great thread ?
A great helmet that you have
we never forget our first love .
Best wishes
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Is it marked?
What's a rare bird your Waterloo M15.Zeb ;
May I add to your great thread ?
A great helmet that you have
we never forget our first love .
Best wishes
SteveView attachment 41038View attachment 41039
And I'd go even further: the eagle is from the helmet's vintage! Dated 1899, it's the year the Kaiser granted the "Waterloo" banner to this regiment. As a result, we took the old eagles of the line from the helmets in use, and added a banner behind each wing. This was done to alleviate the emergency.There's nothing like these pre-war ink markings to confirm the exact origin of a helmet!
Wow! A Waterloo Chritsmas tree. Super nice. Congrats Amy
Your first love? Very nice. Congrats.I'll add on to this post with this.
As You all well know, I am a beginner, however this seems like a good opportunity to show my first and only Spiked Helmet as of now.
So we can say that my example is one of the first to be equipped with the Waterloo bandeau and indeed the first to end up in my collection.And I'd go even further: the eagle is from the helmet's vintage! Dated 1899, it's the year the Kaiser granted the "Waterloo" banner to this regiment. As a result, we took the old eagles of the line from the helmets in use, and added a banner behind each wing. This was done to alleviate the emergency.
Subsequently, a specially stamped eagle with the banner was produced for all 4 Hanoverian regiments.
I will have to lookWhat's a rare bird your Waterloo M15.
Is it marked?
Amy
So we can say that my example is one of the first to be equipped with the Waterloo bandeau and indeed the first to end up in my collection.And I'd go even further: the eagle is from the helmet's vintage! Dated 1899, it's the year the Kaiser granted the "Waterloo" banner to this regiment. As a result, we took the old eagles of the line from the helmets in use, and added a banner behind each wing. This was done to alleviate the emergency.
Subsequently, a specially stamped eagle with the banner was produced for all 4 Hanoverian regiments.
In accordance with AKO's repeated instructions, mine is only marked F (Feldbrauchbar) and BJA IX (AK 9 repair shop). The enemy must be unaware of the identity of the units facing him.What's a rare bird your Waterloo M15.
Is it marked?
Now that is a fine helmet !!!