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I think apart of that happening is because every other forum has a rules section and people are used to seeing that, while we have never...

Thank you for your comment Tim, much appreciated and I am very glad to hear that you have made some great purchases here! In the decades...

You do indeed have a very nice helmet the parts missing, while difficult to find shouldn't be impossible. I think I have seen the...

I am not a collector, but the internet implies that all you fine people are the most knowledgeable resource I have access to. My...

This is so freaking cool! 😍 Something like this is great for reference material and display potential is amazing! If I had the funds for...

I'll be using the 3 piece bar on top, not the 5 piece bar on the bottom, its just the only photo of the bar that I have at the moment.

I decided on displaying the 3 place medal bar with the uniform, once I am home I'll attach it and post some updated photos.

My parts arrived as well, I may finally be able to have a set of silver curved chinscales once I'm able to repair the pieces i bought

The original owner of this uniform William Prickett from Wilmington Delaware started his time overseas in 1915 as an ambulance driver...

Our deal on this uniform went through 2 years ago. I am very happy with it as well! The research proved very interesting.

I may also be mistaking the "8" for the "B' in the depot mark

I was able to pull up the ebay listing and take a snippit of the mark on the rear visor, it is pretty faded and hard to read but I am...

It is definitely a prussian dragoon, you can see the tips of the swept wings in the leather on the right facing photo without the spike...

Remember that on a Hessen spike base, each of the four arms are the same length + This helmet has a short front spike base arm.

They did make grey hessian dragoon helmets however i am in agreement with Clovis you can see where the prussian dragoon eagle once sat...