NEW TO THE COLLECTION---ABERDEEN CITY ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS

Yeohelmetguy

Yeohelmetguy

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Hi Forum Members,

The second quarter, 2024 has come to an end and it is time to share this quarters new additions, dragoon helmets, home service helmets, shakos, hussar Busby's and officers home service helmets plates, to my collection. Once again, it has been a great quarter for adding to my collection. First shared, I recently acquired an early, 1878-1879 officer's home service helmet to the ABERDEEN CITY ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. This particular helmet is an early example of the blue home service helmet adopted by the British Army in 1878 exemplified by the early original pattern rounded front peak to the helmet. The front peak was redesigned to the more familiar pointed front peak in 1879 after complaints that the rounded peak inhibited the wearers field of vision. It is easy to see the difference in the two peak designs seen in the picture below of the Aberdeen City Artillery helmet side-by-side with a later pointed peak regular artillery officer's helmet also in my collection. Both helmets have all original to the helmet fittings and helmet plates, gilt for the regular army and silver for volunteers. Please enjoy the attached pictures! More posts to follow with other new pieces added my collection this past quarter. Thank you for looking!!!

Cheers,

David


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Sandmann said:
Wonderful helmets in great condition. Congratulations David :)
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Hi Sandy!

Always nice to read your enthusiastic comments... for a helmet that is now pushing 150 years old, made of cork and covered in blue fabric, it is in stunning condition and the rarer unit and scarce rounded front peak make this helmet and extraordinary find... so excited to have it in my collection!

Thank you for looking at this post!

Cheers,

David
 
Peter B said:
Very nice. Have never seen one with the rounded peak before. Thanks for sharing.
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Hello Peter,

THANK YOU for your kind remarks...the rounded peak helmets are fairly rare; the round peak was very short lived given the longevity of the blue home service helmet as the primary headdress for certain arms of service of the British Army. The helmet was introduced in 1878 and by the end of 1879 the front peak had been redesigned as the much more familiar and common pointed front peak helmet as a result of criticism that the round peak hampered the wearers field of vison. So, the round peak had a very short life span!

Thank you for looking at this post... more, interesting, I hope, posts to follow!!

Cheers,

David
 
John Josef said:
Hi David, Congratulations on your new addition always a pleasure and learning experience (y)
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... it makes it all the more worthwhile when you can take something away from my posts... so pleased you enjoy the pictures of the pieces that make their way into my collection, but that my posts, as do yours for me, broaden our knowledge the military forces of the past that we collect! THANK YOU for your comments and for taking time to view this post!

Cheers,

David
 
Congrats David, another great piece. I love the silver against the black body, very sharp!
Dennis
 
JzPf said:
Congrats David, another great piece. I love the silver against the black body, very sharp!
Dennis
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Hello Dennis!

Thank you for your enthusiastic comments, much appreciated!!! I agree with you, the silver fitting and helmet plate against the dark fabric of the helmet shell make for a stunning and most striking contrast!!!

Cheers,

David
 
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