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That is an outstanding piece! I love when the owners tag is still inside.

Thats not a bad idea either, I happened to have some leather strands that matched the age and wear of the chinstrap so it blends in fairly well in this case.

What kind of repairs? Like visor stitching, patch work in shells, the repair of straps? I dont have many photos of work in progress, just before and after.

Yes I did, I have a bag of old straps and pickelhaube pieces that I keep for stuff like this.

Another small repair is finished and now this helmet is complete, I have successfully repaired the tear in the chinstrap and while up close it is fairly noticeable, from a distance it doesnt look half bad.

Still on the hunt for chinscales

If the price were more reasonable I would be happy to take a crack at it but unfortunately I think 1500 is unreasonable given its condition.

There is absolutely alot of rust under that fresh coat of paint. You can see where the pitting has been painted over

Are all of these being offered?

Still looking for a bavarian NCO sword knot and a marksman lanyard

Does anyone happen to know of a compiled list of all the regiments that were authorized to wear parade plumes? I have been trying to find a source and while it seems like alot of the units that wore them were units such as leib regiments and grenadier regiments, I haven't been able to find a...

I had been looking at this one myself, it's hard to say what happens to these over the years. Is it possibly the base is brass and just tarnished unevenly over the years? It wouldn't be the first time components were made to different standards and aged poorly.

One of these days I'll get around to fixing the strap and then it'll be nearly perfect!

What an outstanding example