Yes I love ersatz pichelhaube.

[Westfront]

Beautiful helmets all, very impressive!

 

[Zebedeus]

The last one arrived. FAR 26 - 2th Battery oder FAR 35 1-2-4 Battery

 

[2nd.Leibhusar]

Wauw, wauw, wauw !!
Killer piece !

 

[Amybellars]

Beautiful piece. Impressive

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Wow now that is a cool felt!

James

 

[Kaiser Wilhelm II]

an Impressive Felt Piece.

 

[Oldenburg]

My God, what a rare and expressive beauty!!!

Best regards, Frank

 

[Zebedeus]

Thanks friends for your positive comments.
I must say that I am happy to have had the opportunity to add an ersatz of this famous artillery regiment to my collection.
It is not very common to find and when I saw it I did not think much about it.

 

[KAGGR#1]

The last one arrived. FAR 26 - 2th Battery oder FAR 35 1-2-4 BatteryView attachment 52533View attachment 52534View attachment 52535View attachment 52536View attachment 52537

Zeb
Man, do I like that one !
I wondered where you were
Now , I see you were on the trail of this one
Thanks for the photos and the post
Steve

 

[John Josef]

Beautiful and rare addition Congratulations

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Thanks friends for your positive comments.
I must say that I am happy to have had the opportunity to add an ersatz of this famous artillery regiment to my collection.
It is not very common to find and when I saw it I did not think much about it.

The helmet is wonderful, but well done on your photography! Excellent! That’s as good as it gets for a helmet photo. That’s the quality of helmet photos I have been trying to maintain. You have arrived as well!

 

[Zebedeus]

The helmet is wonderful, but well done on your photography! Excellent! That’s as good as it gets for a helmet photo. That’s the quality of helmet photos I have been trying to maintain. You have arrived as well!

Thanks Tony. I'll try that too

 

[Andy be Prussian]

Holy smokes, what a rare beauty! Nice find!

 

[JPT]

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Ahhh ! if only someone had a photo of a felt Saxon artillery helmet as beautiful as this!!!

 

[Zebedeus]

Ahhh ! if only someone had a photo of a felt Saxon artillery helmet as beautiful as this!!!

Just ask....this is a photograph captured on the net. The helmet is not mine.

 

[JPT]

Just ask....this is a photograph captured on the net. The helmet is not mine.View attachment 52605

Splendid and rarerely Pics, As weird as it sounds Thank you very much

 

[Zebedeus]

What do you think about Wurttemberg?

 

[John Josef]

I can't remember ever seeing a Wappen attached in such away.

Very interesting

 

[Zebedeus]

I can't remember ever seeing a Wappen attached in such away.

Very interesting


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It is obvious that the original attachments have broken and a crude repair has been made with a metal wire.
These repairs always raise suspicions in me and I stay away from these contraptions.
Zeb

 

[John Josef]

It is obvious that the original attachments have broken and a crude repair has been made with a metal wire.

Zeb

I'm sorry but I just can't make that statement from the single picture posted, IMO nothing is obvious.

If someone had pictures of the inside of the Helmet showing the created holes for the wire and the broken loops on the Wappen I'd say it's, one of many possibilities to explain the wire attachment.

We really have to be honest anyone could have taken a Saxon Wappen and attached it with wire over the past 110 years for many different reasons.

I'll admit I've seen way too many "collectors" and "dealers" creating items to take things at face value without doing a little detective work.