Awesome Zeb! Thank you for showing us what is inside your wardrobe!!
Just a small detail. The Württemberg artillery helmet doesn't have a ball-like cret chimney, but rather one from an infantry grenadier's helmet. The lid is domed to accommodate a spike.
Dear Clovis, you're right. You truly have a skilled and infallible eye, and you never miss a single detail.
I actually used a dragoon helmet, temporarily mounted with a kugel for demonstration purposes (unfortunately, I don't currently have a Württemberg artillery helmet).
To continue on the topic here is a greatcoat model 1894 from the same old owner: an one-year volunteer of the mounted battery of the 1th Guards Field Artillery Regiment.
I really love the light shade of grey of these greatcoats.
Believe me, it was not easy to find this set.View attachment 76413View attachment 76414View attachment 76415
I’d like to take this opportunity to show you the different types of spike tops, depending on the helmet’s design :
---M60 or Dragon with a very tall cross-shaped base. The screw is soldered at the tip.
---Special edition for the people of Hesse: the lid is lower but has two steps, and the top is flat. The screw comes out of the neck completely.
---Infantry helmet crest, for Busch (Grenadier, Guard, etc.). Shorter and more rounded. The screw is flush with the edge.
---And the artillery with a ball; the lid is flat, with a slight indentation in the middle.
*---M60 Artillery with a ball; the lid is flat, with a ridge down the middle; the base is cross-shaped.The screw comes out of the top completely.
*--M67 Artillery kugel; the top is flat, with a circular indentation in the centre; the base is round.The screw comes out of the ball completely.
Please note :
This applies only to the ‘KAMMER’ models supplied by B.A. and not to the Eigentum or Officer models.
The spouts are therefore designed to fit specific types of chimney. You cannot screw a Dragon spike onto an infantry or artillery base/neck. You cannot fit a grenadier spike onto an artillery base.
I love the unteroffiziere uniform also. The unteroffiziere tressen are for sure a plus. Expecially I love the romboidal geometric peculiar tressen for the prussian garde.
