Recent content by Pickelhaube

Very sad news. I enjoyed our long talkes about pickelhauben when we saw eachother at the Wavre militariafair. My condolences to his family and friends. Jeremy

Here are the pictures of my finds at Ciney with my other m1871 vest. Greetings Pickelhaube

Since a few months i've been looking to buy some Belgian equipement. Here are my finds from last weekend. -Belgian vest m1871 from the 12th infantery regiment (my 2nd vest in 2 months of this regiment) -a nice shapki from the carabiniers Greetings Pickelhaube

Wonderfull helmet!! Greetings Pickelhaube

Great helmet!!!! I have to admit that i like seeing these older helmets, but that i know nothing about them. In the past i've owned some of those older helmets but they were exchanged quickly for some ww1 helmets which fitted my collection. Greetings Pickelhaube

Great helmets!! Greetings Pickelhaube

Superb helmet. I liked reading the history of the helmet and owner. Greetings Pickelhaube

Here is a little find from a few weeks ago. It's a permit given to a Belgian soldier to go from 1 part of the lager to another part without any armed guard. It might be just a little piece of paper and not in the best condition but i can't imagine there were alot of these given to prisoners of...

I've never seen a chinstrap like that before. Greetings Pickelhaube

Great helmet, it's getting harder to find one in this condition. Greetings Pickelhaube

Fantastic helmet!!! Greetings Pickelhaube

The Belgian stuff has become so rare and sought after, that most pieces just dont come on the market. You barely see uniforms like this on a militaria show. Last tunic i saw for sale on a militaria fair was priced higher then the german ww1 feldrock next to it. Greetings Pickelhaube

These uniforms are also rare in Belgium and they're very sought after. Luckily for me i own a few tunics are trousers, because now it would be almost impossible to collect these. In the 70's and 80's it was alot different, in those days nobody wanted to collect Belgian militaria. Maybe alot...

It should have been a shame using these ww1 trousers for riding horse, but i think he tought they were just cheap. When i bought the trousers, he just asked the money back he payed, which was €20. Greetings Pickelhaube

It's indeed satisfying researching the plaques, some can be researched easily but others can take a while. Finding the plaques of my family members will be hard, but i know people who only collect these plaques and they know which plaques i'm looking for. Greetings Pickelhaube