Recent content by krb450

Hello everyone, I am looking for 1 front visor, 2 rear visors, 2 visor trim and 2 rear spines for two M1860 Pickelhauben I am restoring. If anyone has these parts, please get in touch. The helmets deserve to be brought back from the dead! Respectfully, Karl B. :thumb up:

Arran, I've sent you PMs about the parts. I'd definitely like to acquire them for this Pickelhaube!

The helmet, when cleaning off crud on the red of the rear visor, is named. I need to attempt to take photos at different angles to make it out.

The helmet, when completed, should look like the one on the right (except with silver fittings). I have sourced a spike base that should work, missing the screw-off spike. A start!

I am awaiting this American Pickelhaube in the mail. It will obviously be quite a project but well worth the work no matter how long it takes. I wanted to ask if anyone has leads on parts for it. Maybe it is a long shot, but I figured this is the right place to ask!

On hold!

Fellow Pickelhaube nuts, I have had to make the hard decision to let go of my M1842 Officer's helmet. I am thinking this is probably the first one offered for sale on this forum. I believe this piece dates to the 1850s, some time after the introduction of the 'Colberg 1807' bandeau to the 9th...

So lately, I've gotten an itch for older Pickelhauben and have gained two examples, an M1842 and this M1857/60. May sound strange, but of the two this is my favorite. Just a classy helmet! I've seen some examples posted on here that were pretty poorly stored over the years and luckily... this...

So, I was at an antique store today and saw this CDV in a case. I do run across them from time-to-time and if the price is right, I will buy them. I looked up close at it to see if I could make out a Pickelhaube and to my surprise, I saw a very old pattern! The helmet in the photo appears to...

Hey all! So upon searching the forum, I have found that M1842s are very seldom posted, so I figured I'd share mine with you all. I would imagine this piece dates to the 1850s, some time after the introduction of the 'Colberg 1807' bandeau to the 9th Grenadier Regiment in 1849. No names or...

Here you go, John! And as far as the Prussian colors cockade, it is a very old one, but why on a Hanoverian helmet?

Must have just missed it! Thank you though, Ron!

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This is a piece I recently picked up, thinking it was just an 1840s Kurassier helmet. I was curious though why it had an enlisted spike but an officer's style cruciform base, enlisted style chinscales and extra holes above the front visor. Looking online, I stumbled across a Hanoverian Garde du...

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