Recent content by seagull

Thanks for showing this Steve, that is truly a wonderful piece of history. The price of £8700 back in 1975 would have bought you a pretty decent house as I remember.

A clearer picture would be good but meanwhile,... the helmet could be gilt fittings for regular army or silver for home service - we can't tell which but the Bluecloth helmet was introduced 1878 with spike top for all branches of service and all ranks until 1881 when the ball top was adopted by...

Looks like a pretty good Model 1915 (when the metalwork changed from brass to painted grey iron/steel for non-reflective reasons on the battlefield) for the State of Baden - see the internal makers inked stamp which certainly looks good. Can't say I like the looks of the Kokardes (at least one...

Did some supplier, somewhere, really never attempt to stamp these out in one piece? Just because I have never seen one I can't help but wonder. Steve

Sent a DM to you Gabe, will wait to hear from you. Just in case anyone else reads this I am still looking for a Reichs version of this Kokarde,...five years now and counting,... Steve

Well yeah, but my tin Wurt will love you for your sacrifice! S

I'll take this one Gabe, I am in transit right now but will DM you later today with my details (UK) Steve

No, a fire Haube rear peak is rounded and a Dragoner is a square peak, with sharp "corners". It's not the thickness of the leather that's wrong, the trim is much too wide to fit the narrower leather peak, by about two inches - see the gap in the first picture of my last post. And THEN, just to...

OK, I have resisted opening this can of worms for a while and now have to admit defeat. The remaining job on this old helm was for me to somehow fit an (acquired) replacement front peak trim because the original was destroyed. Despite being an original, correct, Dragoner trim capable of wrapping...

David, like everyone else here I have seen and greatly appreciated the remarkable standard of your collection, and heartily congratulate you on both your good taste AND perspicacity in selecting only the finest examples for inclusion. I feel I should explain my "angry" reaction to Bobted's post...

Indeed, another "thing" like that. I have no idea who is, or was, responsible for creating them but they do keep appearing and give the impression of having been around for some years. I have one, bought for £60 years ago out of pure curiosity, and the amount of work that went into creating that...

Nicely put Peter. I am reminded of this every Saturday of the year, when I meet old friends for lunch just 50 yards away from this statue, in the grounds of St.Lukes Church, destroyed by bombs in the 1940 May Blitz. Too bad that the rest of the World seems to have forgotten the lessons of that...

Sorry to hear that Amy, last time I had it I lost 14 kilos and haven't been able to regain that weight. Now, three days before I'm due to have my fourth booster I have it again. Just my luck. Get well soon. Steve

Lovely piece - and they work too! You may not have seen this one from the Military Museum in Vienna. Belonged to James Ritter von Baertling, the Irish born Oberst of the Carl Prinz v Pruessen Kurassier Regiment, injured (but survived) at Konigratz 1866. He kept it as a souvenir of his service!

Yes Alan, I also recieved the same message allegedly from Peter on the same date. There was something a bit 'off' about the choice of words which made me suspect that it was a fake so I immediately deleted it and have received no further messages since. I also bought some things from Peter a few...