Recent content by glennsche

Good looking helmet. I paid more than that for mine 20 years ago, very good price. The liner looks good too. We'll done, great looking.

gorgeous.

jebus those are gorgeous. the one on the right with the hohenfried...berg? whats the story with that one, which regiment/unit type? man you guys have the most amazing stuff...

i looked at this other auctions. his copie of Ludendorf's book is... ridiculous. i have that book and bought it for like 5 euro on a table outside of an antique book shop.

generally those look sorta sad and floppy with moth holes...this looks fantastic!

the blue on on the far right? those were made for the airforce and army, according to here: https://www.world-war-helmets.com/fiche/Casque-Francais-Mle-45 i really like the variants the French made to the adrians for vehicle crews and gunners, there are a number of them out there, and rather...

thanks everyone. I appreciate it.

...but here goes anyway! :) Top Row: Swiss Tschakos, ww1ish... From Left to Right, Kanton Zurich, Fusilier; Federal Fortress Troops, Machine gunner; Kanton Ticino, Artillery; Federal Fortress Troops, Pionier; Kanton Schaffhausen, Fusilier; Kanton Uri Fusilier Second Row: a sorta bad 1915...

sorry, i've lived in germany a long time and my tongue-in-cheek/irony humor detector is rarely used and i think broken. are you being serious, that there are better crochet/knitted pickelhauben out there? please link! :)

great price tho! and the cockades even match the adler! (alles preussisch) https://www.ebay.com/itm/386955465023?itmmeta=01HZHSHRRN3YKNDS3K761W6ZFZ&hash=item5a1857d13f:g:XIoAAOSw3YtmKSPz

thanks for the replies, gents. even if i could afford it i wouldnt buy because of the reasons in my OP, but i was curious to tap into the collective knowledge on here to see what the others had to say. i appreciate the insight. there's no way i could have something like that shipped to DE...

Pity the pic is down already I'd have been keen to see

In the auction link the last photo has the liner... its the many tongue type which I associate w the Jaeger zu pferde KAGGR really gorgeous piece thanks for sharing. Does this seller in FL have a reputation known to this community? He does seem to have a lot of good things in his shop.

The main war memorial in front of the Rathaus in Hamburg is incredibly moving, IMO. Also, the statue in the ruins of the church which is the memorial to Operation Gamorah... equally so.

that bridge in the OP, that's in Charlottenburg? That's very cool.