Recent content by ottodog8

Beautiful Guard Corps Kaiser Alexander figures! Have a few of them myself.

Beautiful helmets! That spike on the Saxon helmet is the tallest I’ve ever seen. But my favorite is the morion.

Simply breathtaking.

What a beautiful piece of headgear. Original Imperial Russian pieces are scarce, especially something as fragile as this. It had to survive World War One, the Revolution, the Civil Wars, and World War Two, not to mention the Communist regime and its denunciation of anything to do with Tsarist...

I don’t think Steve was referring to the errors. I think, like me, he wanted to buy everything in it.

I wore my original copy out. At the time it was published it was groundbreaking, for a book in English. It's basic, but there is a lot of information packed in it, and I love the photographs. Now I have the Larcade books, and Laine, but unless I'm looking for a specific bit of information I find...

Wow. I would hate to think another member here saw my post and bought it out from under you. How very rude.

Here is a copy on ABE Books located in Germany for about $20. Helmets and Headdress of the Imperial German Army 1870 - 1918. [Mit Titelbild u. 67 Abbildungen]. LA GRANDE GUERRE - RANKIN, Robert H.: Published by New Milford: Flayderman, 1965. USED Save for Later From Antiquariat Jürgen Ilgner...

It's available on ABE Books, fairly inexpensive.

This may be what you are looking for. It's actually a great little book.

Outstanding! Another collector like myself who likes it all, although my collection was never as extensive as yours.

I've seen a similar helmet or maybe it was the same one with identical insignia, posted on a forum some time ago. Can't remember which forum, but the upshot was no one had seen anything like it, or knew what it is.

I have seen markings blacked out as well as scraped. It may also have something to do with being turned in to be reissued, the helmet was no longer property of the regiment it was originally issued and marked to.

Good luck! My initial military training was pretty rough, but that was long ago and far away. Best advice I got: “don’t think beyond today” and “it’s not that difficult to stay straight”.

What a tough crowd. If it is reasonably priced, I would jump on that Wurttemberg helmet in a heartbeat. The outstanding condition of that helmet greatly outweighs the lack of chinstrap and kokardes. The wappen is a different color because it has never been polished and retains its original...