Recent content by seitengewehr98

Hello Chip. Well, I stumbled across this wonderful article on "Scroll" Pickelhauben by Joe Robinson: http://www.pickelhauben.net/articles/Scroll_helmets.html As you can see, there are a few photos of Gebirgs MGA troops and they are clearly wearing EM Kompagnie troddeln. There is one example...

'Tis true!! In 1886, the cypher that appeared on the spine of Bavarian issued edged weapons was changed from L (for Ludwig II, who had is own supposed issues with mental illness) to O for Otto. But then, as you said, in 1913 when the constitution was amended, the cypher was changed back to an L...

Hello fellow Imperial German collectors!! I have yet to enter into the world of Pickelhauben collecting. I still don't feel comfortable with my knowledge of them, and for some reason I'm having a heck of a time finding a basic, enlisted Prussian M.1915 in nice and complete shape, perhaps with...

Sword issue in Germany is a bit of a mess actually. You might find the 1873 (a smaller version of the M.1811 blucher), ostensibly an artillery sword, issued to MG units, Infantry regiments, even luftschiffer abteilung markings have been found on these swords. By WWI, the M.1811 Blucher had...

During the first world war, and especially towards the end, the practice of leaving Regimental markings was discontinued. You find some simple unit markings such as yours that could mean almost anything. It could mean 9th company, weapon no. 478 of an unknown Infantry Regiment. That would...

Well, I just thought I would share this with the forum. Apparently, this article is about the last living actual US veteran of WWI, though he was never in the trenches. This article brings up some good points about this largely forgotten war (especially forgotten in the US, where we tend to...

It's not too lonely, it does have other colonial marked KS98s keeping it company, among other bayos! But finding a KS marked and matching KS98 actually isn't TOO hard, though maybe not in this condition. If you would like, I can keep my eye out for you. Finding the correct frog, whether a...

By the way, there has been a set of the mounted leather equipment setup for sale on weitze.net for some time. It's a beauty, but I don't have to tell you that the price is not cheap (I did say weitze, didn't I?) Just do a search on the weitze site for article number 71894 and you'll find it!

Beautiful indeed, what a wonderful setup! This has prompted me to share something I know those here might actually appreciate, since posting new threads on my new edged weapons has been received with little enthusiasm. This is a beautiful and exceedingly rare matching KS98 rig. The KS98 bayonet...

Hello gents! I'm hoping that you guys find this one at least somewhat interesting. Now according to the Regimental marking experts (such as Jeff Noll), the regimental marking on this bayonet, which reads Fl.A.J.11. stands for Flieger Abteilung Jagdstaffel (Jasta) 11, which we all know is...

Hello Fellow collectors! As yet, I have not purchased any pickelhauben. But I'm almost at the point where I feel like I am ready. That being said, what would you recommend my first helmet should be? What should I pay? Where should I look? As a college student with a part time job, money is most...

It's militaria like that which makes collecting Imperial german so great! But, and please forgive my ignorance, what is this kitty cat that you speak of? And what kind of sword knot do you think that is? It certainly doesn't seem to be any kind of state knot that I have ever seen. As Dave...

Actually, rayon is made from the cellulose derived from wood and is a "natural" fiber, and was developed in the late 1800's and put to commercial use in the early 1900's. Read below: Rayon is produced from naturally occurring polymers and therefore it is not a synthetic fiber, but a...

Hello fellow collectors. I have a question about the use of the material rayon by Imperial Germany. The question is obvious: Was rayon used by Imperial Germany?

Well, I've been searching for this type of KS98 for quite some time. Essentially since I learned of its existence. This type of issue KS98 bayonet, with the composition grips, has only been found on KS98s in African Colonial Service, at least to my knowledge. As it stands, I only know of...