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I doubt that the unit designation has any naval connection. I do not know what sort of naval organization Prussia had prior to 1871 but later Kaiserliches Marine markings as hinted at above would have been to Matrosen Division (M.D.) and See Batallion (S.B.). It is possible that your rifle is...

Should anyone have such a pickel-plate available I would be interested in it. Thanks.

Einwohnerwehr Bayern 1919-1922. I'd love to have that one.

Neither Noll nor Goertz are of any help. As the Dreise is a pre-imperial weapon the search is far more difficult. Does the Dreyse have Prussian acceptance marks? Have you included all the punctuation?

I think there might be many more pieces laying around than the web site at the beginning of this posting indicates. I know of a live and properly papered 77 in PA, an abandoned heavy Skoda in West Virginia and a trench mortar in Maryland. I can't afford the first and the Skoda can probably be...

Maxime, I have several more from the same grouping, perhaps five in total. Notice the officer with the dust goggles in the first photo; he is armed with a Mauser C96 and a KAR 88. Now that you have identified the town, I will try to determine what unit they might have belonged to.

I think I have spoken with the seller in the past. His full-time job is providing technical support for HP printers. My experiance tells me it is simply an honest mistake due to some of the challenges of translation from Hindi to English. I had a difficult time understanding what the hell he was...

Oh my!

Led by a Major von Gaertringen, this Freikorps organization was primarily involved in border disputes with the ascendant Polish army along the Danzig Corridor. Later in 1920 I believe they helped to put down the uprising of Polish military units in Upper Silesia.

Looks like Grenzschutz-Jaeger-Batallion von Hiller or Danziger Grenzschutz Hagelsberg, both Freikorps units.

We have a very similar expression here in the US when seeing such a wonderful pair and it sounds alot like "holy sheet".

Having collected Pickelhauben since the late 1950's I will share a few observations; I have only once had an enlisted man's helmet (1915 Bavarian) which would fit my head and I am 5'11". I have had quite a few officer's and Military official's helmets that fit me well. Two factors to consider...

Gus, yours takes the prize! george

Staphane, I have some photos that could be added but in all these years I still can not figure out how to add photos. If you will email me I can send the photos to you. My email address is [email protected]. George

Paul, we need to talk.

I'm here and it's dismal. Save your time and money. I'm stuck here until Sunday AM when I'll bail out.

I ran the snow gauntlet of West Virginia today and I here I sit in Louisville impatiently awaiting a bologna sandwich.

As Joe says...what about bologna sandwhiches?

Now there's a country with a real identity problem. What's with all the air line pilots in the stand with the old lady?

They're back.