SOS 2026

A few more for the thread.

Randy and Remy of Age of Kings in action! Best Imperial German headgear offering of the show - and they seemed to be doing a brisk business.

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Team Sanders - two generations of Imperial German expertise! And genuinely nice and very interesting guys.

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Y'know for the number of times I ran into James at the show, you'd think I'd see him at his outstanding table at some point. No dice...but I guess that's how he scored so many top-notch pieces!

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Various bits of Imperial German stuff scattered throughout the show. Last two are from Bannerman's.
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(For reference only - not vouching for the hat below)
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Thank you for the Photo's!
that Hanoverian UR14 Tschapka is a killer! (made a detail picture of your bigger photo to show what I mean)
It has the rabatte in that special pinkish colour though seems less bright pink than the one Steve earlier showed on this forumfrom his own collection,
It interests me because I have an EM variant with a rabatte that matches quite nice with the pink-red colour of the donkerblau period ulanka,

I'm fortunate to own both officer and EM UR14 Tschapka's (see photo's, but the officer example with rabatte appeals a lot to me)

(I think my kammerstuck UR14 EM tschapka might have the wrong colour rabatte on it, but its fits beautifully on the tschapka and the pinkish one will be impossible to find and as said it does seem to match the UR14 Ulanka quite nicely)

That tschapka on SOS: who did have it for sale? at what price?
(not that I'am considering buying it, I'm low on funds at the moment because of building project.. , but always curious as any collector that sees interesting items )
 

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Thank you for the Photo's!
that Hanoverian UR14 Tschapka is a killer! (made a detail picture of your bigger photo to show what I mean)
It has the rabatte in that special pinkish colour though seems less bright pink than the one Steve earlier showed on this forumfrom his own collection,
It interests me because I have an EM variant with a rabatte that matches quite nice with the pink-red colour of the donkerblau period ulanka,

I'm fortunate to own both officer and EM UR14 Tschapka's (see photo's, but the officer example with rabatte appeals a lot to me)

(I think my kammerstuck UR14 EM tschapka might have the wrong colour rabatte on it, but its fits beautifully on the tschapka and the pinkish one will be impossible to find and as said it does seem to match the UR14 Ulanka quite nicely)

That tschapka on SOS: who did have it for sale? at what price?
(not that I'am considering buying it, I'm low on funds at the moment because of building project.. , but always curious as any collector that sees interesting items )
That Tschapka was on Ken Meznes' table. Im sorry, but I did not get the price.
 
Not sure I have too much to add in terms of imperial helmets. There was an indoor rain storm that needed to be cleaned up at one point though.

Cheers Jay
Jay, the stink of methane that circulated throughout the venue during the show was caused by that mist. Rumor has it, the indoor storm, originating from a lavatory soil pipe, was more sh•t than H2O. I discussed the potential for aerosolized Legionella bacillus with a friend in attendance who works for USAMRICD (United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense) about this, and he was as concerned as I. The incubation period can run from 2 - 20 days. Fingers crossed! Some people walking around smelled like liquid fertilizer, and must have been exceedingly close to ground zero.

Stay well, brother.

Charles
 
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Yup, $1500.00, it was mine repo made in 1960's, now sold to a forum member at show
I may or may not know who that member was! ;) Thanks for the back story on it. I always liked the idea of owning one, and this made it possible. I had thought about buying up just the hardware pieces and putting them into a display case, but this is so much better!

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