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    My new toy, A Hessian

    Amy: Very nice and original. That Wappen is spectacular!
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    Scored this 1897 officer Pickel with its case!

    Wine glasses! That seems like a good idea. Cheap, a uniform height and chemically benign. Thanks for sharing.
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    Prussian Officer M15

    Gabe: Lucky you! These are very hard to find. I have had an M15 officer''s spike sitting in the parts drawer for years but I've never encountered a helmet.
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    My Collection

    Wow! You have an excellent display area.. Museum quality and very tastefully presented.
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    Reiner Herrmann book

    It's a great book with some limitations but once you understand them it's quite useful. I found it helpful when I built my database of the German Army as of August 1914.
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    Who is this man?

    Khrushchev. You'd have to be a very VIP to be seated beside Jackie Kennedy.
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    Hello from Edinburgh, Scotland

    Welcome to the forum. My family background is Scottish, although being from The Borders, whether they were Scottish or English depended on how the battle was going.;)
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    A Bavarian M95 came in yesterday.

    Nice example.
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    Pioneer Batl 10

    Here's my example. The "poster child" for the imposition of regulations limiting the height of spikes.
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    Prussian Guard M15 Named Unit Marked Pickelhaube In Need Of Some TLC And Parts

    Yes. Prussian and the Reichskokarde.
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    Napoleonica

    Well, forgive my using the Napoleonica topic as a segue to post these Regimentalaly marked wind coasters. They showed up in an auction in Bath, Ontario, just west of Kingston. I assume these came out of the Officer's Mess after the disbanding of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment at Kingston in...
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    Imperial German railroads

    Gorgeous Helmet!!
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    Napoleonica

    I remember when I was just starting out on the collecting journey in the 1970's the show I liked the most was the Lower Canada Arms Collectors shows held at the armouries of the Royal Montreal Regiment. Ben Weider (the Fitness/Bodybuilding guru) lived in Montreal. He was obsessed with anything...
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    Imperial German railroads

    Bruno: I can't recall exactly. It was eleven years ago., but I think I still have photos I took prior to selling most of the helmets. I'll have a look around to see if I can find them
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    Imperial German railroads

    Attaching a photo of the collection prior to the 2014 "downsizing". I forgot that I also had a Garde Eiisenbahn helmet with the Landwehr Eagle. Double Butt Kicking now !!
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