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Congratulations Zeb, these are beautiful caps and a nice addition to your collection :)

I think it is the uniform of an officer of the airship unit. At least the airshipmen had an "L" for "Luftschiffer" and the battalion number on their shoulder boards. (Source: Imperial German Collar Tab, Epaulette, and Shoulder Board Identification Guide - Germandaggers.com)

Thank you very much for your kind words, I really appreciate it :)🙏 :)

Congratulations Mike, two beautiful helmets :)

I‘m sorry to hear that too. It’s a real shame 😩

I love our community. It’s cool to see how so many of as ask to help Yes, it’s online again 🤩 Thank you for all your efforts Tony!

Very cool helmet. My very first one was this of a staff member of a NCO school. Congratulations :)

Great job Wojtek. Thank you for sharing this restoration (y)

Me too, thank you for sharing these great photos of these beautiful helmet eagles. Simply stunning 🤩

Awesome collection Amy. Once again, congratulations 🤩 🤩 🤩

In my experience, you can recognize the cast helmet eagles from the front at the base of the wings. There is always more or less a small gap between the body and the first flight feather, whereas in the pressed helmet eagle M1842 the unnecessary material remains there. Reworking these small gaps...

Great piece of history, congratulations on this beautiful watch 👍

That's too much honor John 🫥, I just try to keep up with you all. This forum is a wonderful source of information about pickelhauben and other uniform items and I'm constantly learning here too. But thanks anyway, I really appreciate your compliment 😇

What a beautiful helmet 🤩 Congratulations, Amy! I love the hidden bolts of the eagle attachment in feather design. The left one is a piece of art 👍

Unlike what is perhaps assumed today because of the crimes in World War II, the German Empire was a society that was open to foreigners. Global trade had always been strong in Germany and, as the link of an advertisement from 1886 shows, buffalo hair was also imported from the USA...