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More: I had very interesting correspondence with a member Michael on this observation, that some older helmets such as this M1857...

From this interesting thread, I find this a remarkable image, as Billy Wilder is wearing an M1842 Kürassier Metalhelm, with a modified...

Steve these seem to be all the same photographer. Is that you?

Thank you John I really appreciate the confidence, but please look at anything I have or say with a critical eye. I make errors like...

Here are pages 108/109 from Pietsch, P. (year unknown) Formations und Uniformierungsgeschichte des Preussen Heeres 1908 bis 1914...

No, domain name is about $35 USD if Brian is the same as mine. That's not the expense. It's the storage which is the platform and...

Steve brought up a very good point. Why is there not a big DONATE on top of the main Forum home page? If people have to look for it...

Here you go Steve. Obtained this superb Baden FAR from my friend Brian Loree. One of my favourite FAR helmets...

Now we're talking. Well done.

Thank you Bruno. As for the EK2, could be 1870 as post 1871 most veterans wore the EK with the ribbon in this fashion.

Which is why you need to see the reverse. Always. No reverse image = no buy. Walk away..........

Wow. Does anyone out there who has been a soldier think you’d be able to run around a battlefield with all these metal plates hanging...

One last thing I forgot; some manufacturers of private purchase (officer) Wappen used a brass or Tombak Landwehr cross and then silver...

Bruno would you mind explaining this a bit more? Many of us, (including myself) have probably never heard of this.

Steve the primary reason that the Landwehr cross is always a separate layover (for all ranks including issued) is that in this case the...