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Very nice indeed! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊 below is mine pair of epaulette… one of the few infantry regiments with dark green Waffenfarbe/backing…

That's not a very respectful thing to say, you can think it but not say it to the face of a long-time collector and good customer of yours.

Hi Steve, It really is very sad to take advantage of an elderly person. On the other hand, he did have enough collectables left for the enjoyment and benefit of those who inherited his collection. Cheers, C

These Epaulets came as well the Pickelhaubes from an old collection of already deceased German collector. Thies will only be auctioning a small number of items from this large collection over the next few years...

Hi Steve, You certainly meant the famous Brandt’s Collection. There were separate special auctions for the selling of this incredible collection, as you stated. https://www.kube-auktionen.de/sonderauktion_brand_teil1/brand1_2.php Translation: Dear interested party, On the following pages...

Dear Forum Members, As it's not my area of expertise, I would like to ask for your opinion on the authenticity of this post WWI helmet (M18?). The shell looks good and you can also see some traces of the original paint underneath. Could this helmet be an original WWI helmet that was refurbished...

Hi everyone! Here are the results of Kube’s May 2023 Auction… Enjoy 😉 Best regards C

Wow! Truly quite a sight... very professionally done the display and storage... like in museums! The way I like it.... well done!!!

Dear forumites, I'd like to submit to your expertise some buttons my brother was able to acquire. The larger buttons to the left are to me not known. They look surely Imperial German and might be Colonial, see the sun on the background. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for your most...

This Bavarian Tschako of the Verkehrstruppen (also Luftschiffer) was spectacular IMHO … Lot # 4045 Tschako M 1895 für Offiziere der Verkehrstruppen Steifer Korpus aus Ersatzmaterial mit schwarzem Filzbezug, schwarz lackiertem Deckel, Schirmen und Bund, silbernen Beschlägen und feinem hellbraunen...

Guderian served in JB10… 😉

By the way I was lucky enough to get this one: Lot # 4071 Tschako für Offiziere im Hannoverschen Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 10, um 1910 Steifer Korpus mit Filzbezug, Deckel, Bundleder und Schirme schwarz lackiert (krakeliert), schön vergoldete Messingbeschläge. Versplintetes Adleremblem mit Bandeau...

When such a beautiful collection of Imperial headgear is being sold on an internationally reputable auction house like HH and this collection is known by many most serious and senior collectors to be filled exclusively with high quality and untouched pieces, then it’s quite obvious that these...

I particularly liked this one here, too: Lot # 4022 Helm für einen Fähnrich im 1. Badischen Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 109, um 1900 Schwarz lackierte Lederglocke mit runden Schirmen und versilberten Neusilberbeschlägen. Verschraubtes Emblem in Form des badischen Greifs mit aufgelegtem...

I also liked this one very much Lot # 4105 … who got it?