Recent content by b.loree

Welcome to the world of pickelhaube Chris! We need to warn you though.....you can begin with one helmet and years later you may have 100+. Haubeitis is rampant here so beware! :)

Excellent work ! The mysterious methods of the restorer!

Wow! Excellent! 😊👍

Welcome to the forum. Some information on the 4th Feld Artillery: 4 Feldartillery Regt. Koenig, established 1859 based at Augsburg and part of the 1st Army Korps. Their pre 1910 shoulder straps were red with yellow number 4 stitched on them. Germany was divided up into AK districts with each...

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I copied Tony’s display method. The drawers are lined in black cloth which provides an excellent contrast to the wappen.

Sold!!

Yes Ron.....in my younger days, I straightened one out and learned the lesson! Regarding the visor pins everyone...I contacted Amy last week and she has sent 2 pins for me in the mail. Thanks to all who offered help.

Thank you very much for the offer. I will definitely keep this in mind. I have a piece that I think will fit but if it does not I will contact you LH. :) (y)

Continuing on with this post on Loree's Folly and having publicly THANKED James for directing me to the auction where I succumbed to "collector fever!" :oops: All fittings must be cleaned to the same patina which leads us to dealing with the helmet spine..... The before photo showing 100+...

Very nice display. I still enjoy my own IR95 issued helmet that I was lucky enough to buy 30+ years ago. 👍

My good friend James who is also one of the moderators here has been very generous in giving me scrapper helmets for parts. He knows that I am always looking for these. Below is an example of one of the pieces that he gave me a few months back. I regard it as an example of "haube restoration"...

Many thanks Alan for this post and photos! It is always very interesting to see what is available and what the prices are. B

Yes...I will now publicly thank you for leading me to buy this helmet! :) I guess :unsure:

It's a miserable "rainy day" here so I got out my sonic cleaner : Loree's Folly 5th Garde zu Fuss wappen cleaned. One hundred years of "crud" removed! Look at the before photos above. Any small pink areas showing are where the nickel plate has worn off. This colouration will be removed by hand...