Recent content by b.loree

Thanks for the accolades guys....you're giving me a swelled head! :) I just try and do my best which seems to work out ok. My thanks to you Doug for trusting me with these rare helmets. I can't think of their value though when I am taking them apart! :D

Hi Coert: I never saw Steve's collection in person, never visited. My only contact with him was through emails and when he would come to our tables at the SOS in Louisville. I did buy 3 rare wappen and a silver Garde spike from him years before he passed away.

The helmet as it is today and ready for stitching: All fittings and visors have been removed except for the scales. The painter's tape is there to keep the ends fastened so that the 2 halves do not flop around during the process. All stitch holes have been cleaned out and are ready for new 100%...

Yes it was/is Coert. I do not know how much is left but there have been several dealers and collectors who have purchased items from the collection.

Another project here sent to me by Doug B. This helmet originates from the Steve McFarland collection and he had posted photos of this piece a few years back. The helmet needs both visors restitched. The before photos: All fittings are neusilber. The helmet is in excellent condition as we shall...

Welcome to the forum. I don't see any problems and it is nice to see those kokarden and chinstrap as most often they are missing. (y)

I am thinking railway conductor or porter but this is just a guess.

My thanks to all . 👍

That is a beautiful old beast! Congratulations!

I will buy this. Just sent you a text.

I just completed the restitch on this helmet. The owner provided this information: Manufactured under Swedish contract in the 1890's an enlisted man's helmet from the Norrland Dragoon Regiment. The helmet is in good condition but requires the rear visor to be restitched. Some photos: This helme...

Welcome to the forum breimer and yes we are distantly related. I have heard those ancestral names before, the result of my uncle Blair Loree’s beginning the extensive research of the Canadian and US branches of the family. Unfortunately, Blair has passed but his son/my first cousin has continued...

Excellent work on that spike base! You now own a beautiful helmet! (y)

Patrick C. thank you for your recent donation!

Welcome to the forum....now we have Zeb and Zug as members. :) Excellent ! (y)