Recent content by JWSchroeder

Lippe helmets do seem to be hard to find. This one is up for auction https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/auctions/lot/id/40780 It looks brand new. Maybe it is.

Confirmed. Unfortunately I'm having trouble sourcing a Lippe kokarde reproduction for purchase. I think I will purchase a Baden Kokarde and paint the inside yellow portion red to match the middle red ring. It will then look similar to the museum piece pictured in my original post. Time to...

Thank you! Ok clearly different. I was confused because of this image on wikipedia

Are the Lippe and Baden cockades the same? I've seen some Baden cockades for sale but none for Lippe

I was thinking of getting this pickelhaube made with www.spikehelmets.pl Hopefully they are a good outfitter

Thanks! Happy to be here! Hopefully one day I will be able to contribute something useful...

Thank you Sandman for the breakdown! It's just what I needed to confirm what I need to do! Really appreciate it!

Thanks Peter B for pointing me to the correct page - I have been reading it and learning a lot!

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Thank you Sandman! Yes, I was lucky that my grandmother and grandfather kept some of my great grandfathers things and they kept in touch with German relatives. Freidrich Wilhelm immigrated to the USA after his military service and started a family. Unfortunately, I don't know much about...

Thank you Lars13. I'm happy to be here! Thanks also for clarifying how battalions are numbered. I never realized that knowing the company number would indicate the battalion number as well. I appreciate the info on the kokarde as well. Do you happen to have a picture example of what an...

I am happy to have found this forum and I hope someone will be able to help me understand which pickelhaube my great grandfather, Freidrich Wilhelm Schroeder would have worn. I would like to buy or recreate a pickelhaube in his honor. I have tried to research it but it is very confusing as to...