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Wonderful!

Go...go,,,go... Amy - M42's rule!

Good one... I've never seen a complete pair of original tombac scales for sale as such. Some years ago, A of K knew a retired restorer for the Les Invalides museum and he was able to produce a set for me. Then later I purchased a set of "brass" heavy cavalry chin scales on Ebay. When I...

A REALLY Extraordinary Find!!! Love the silver fittings.

Hey that's great. Thank you so much! I am glad to have the color photo of the artillery helmet. By the way Herbert clarified for me that the Baden M1850 fluted spike has five panels rather than the usual six that you see on officer and Bavarian models.

http://imperialgermanuniforms.co.uk/badeninfhaube1849.htm It looks like the fluted spike was an issued spike so there are a few mysteries with some of these other helmets. The one with silver fittings and the plain spike maybe a Leib-Grenadier.

Ok... hmmm... seems to be some variance then. This one looks like its possibly trimmed down from an M1850 tall helmet but the plate is the M1850. The first two you sent look like two different heights as well so theoretically there are both fluted and plain spikes in use. Maybe a regimental...

Thank you! The artillery helmet is in the Ratstatt book that Herbert turned us on to. I'll look on line as well.

Impressive pieces. They also have the standard perlring for an enlisted man. Very interesting! Here are examples of early Baden helmets with plain spikes I have in my files. One seems to be "parts" helmet so not sure if it is correct. The other is a member's helmet discussed elsewhere here...

According to Larcade, Baden introduced a Prussian style helmet with the squared visor and a spike in 1850. Has anyone seen a photo or know if this spike was plain or whether it was fluted for the ordinary ranks infantry helmet? Every photo of this Baden helmet I have seen is an officer helmet...

Is this it? 1840's Uhlan. You're lucky to have that.

Very nice!

It is the 'Bridgerton" version of Napoleon's life and I think that's what Scott wanted - to make a commercial success considering that he's actually an expert on all this stuff. Bridgerton is a PBS fantasy series very loosely inspired by the Jane Austen genre of this same period. The...

In regard to double holes, Holstein had its own plate - a star that may have been replaced with the unified emblem of the two states. I wouldn't worry about a missing claw. These helmets were worn in some serious campaigning. The reason they survived is that they were collected up to be...

The tailoring and detailing for the uniforms is amazing considering they are reproductions.