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    Bavarian Officer with awards

    Nice picture of a Bavarian Iron cross 1st and 2nd class winner he also has a wound badge top of the helmet seems a little crushed.
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    Hessian Soldier

    A very smart Hessian Officer.
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    The Long andThe Short and The Tall..........

    It was common for the tallest and shortest soldier in a regiment to have their photragh taken together ! a sample of WW1 humour. I got this picture and there are many more to view from this website http://www.germanhelmetsinc.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; run by a very...
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    Off to the front with Field Cap, Torch, and Boot Knife !

    Hi Chas, I have zoomed in on the picture but could not see anything resembling a number the strap is just at the wrong angle, I have been able to make these numbers in some other pictures.Worth downloading any of these potrait photo's you find lot's on eBay and other sites then zooming in...
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    Off to the front with Field Cap, Torch, and Boot Knife !

    Another super picture showing a soldier wearing pork pie cap, about to set off for the front with all his kit including a torch and yes a boot knife ! were all soldiers issued a torch ?
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    Der Stahlhelm

    Great portrait of a young soldier reminds me of the classic film " ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT " More stahlhelm pictures if you have them
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    The story of the Killer Beast from India

    Hi Gus, I think eBay are ok on pelts I have seen them on before but I will check as I did include that picture maybe best not risk it.I put as SS other ranks belt & buckle on eBay Moday and they took it off Wednesday so I did well there 2 days ! I didn't show any nazi symbols in the photo's...
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    The story of the Killer Beast from India

    Full view of this fine specimen of a Spotted Panther I thought Panthers were Black but there are more than one type confusing creatures a bit like our spiked top specimens ! must be an Ersatz Panther.
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    The story of the Killer Beast from India

    Chas was asking for the story behind the Panther in the picture of my Saxon Artillary Helmet i'm selling. Well here it goes the pelt was given to me by a family friend who's Grandfather went on a hunting trip in the 1920's to India.While there he heard of a killer Spotted Panther who was...
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    Websites of Interest

    Thanks for the links you provided some great sites there I had not seen before I would like to get in touch with imperial-antiques.com site as regards to buying one of the helmets can anyone help ? They do not have any link on the site for e-mailing them they have prices by the helmets but are...
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    Stick Grenade

    Another pic of the grenade.
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    Headgear

    You don't want all those cluttering up your house so send them to me I will even cover postage costs ! very nice collection I would like to see more pictures of the two cammo helmets sometime they look excellent condition.
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    Stick Grenade

    Just bought this been after one for a long while these nice condition Stick Grenades are hard to find.Has all assembly in the handle as well as pull cord no explose though in case you were wondering ! Be great to see pictures of other Grenades thanks.
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    Photobucket problems !

    Can anyone tell me how I can copy more than one photo at a time from photobucket ? I have tried many ways but as soon as I try to put more than one picture just the words appear.I can't even add them one at a time as I cannot save my post here and have to start again every time.
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    Felt Other Ranks Hesse Helmet

    Thanks everyone a strange looking helmet I thought the Badge, liner, and kockade were ok didn't like the front visor and shape of the helmet if it was ok ( 100% genuine that is )I would still have been tempted to get the plastic out ! I Thought this type of badge would not have been copied but...
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    Felt Other Ranks Hesse Helmet

    Hi I am after a Hesse state helmet well isn't everyone ! has anyone seen this helmet[img]http://www.militaria-online.de/cgi-bin/showart.pl?at=205 sorry if I have not done the link right but the site is www.militaria-online.de any opinions as I have seen a few fakes around in the last 6 months or...
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    Welcome Spike

    Thanks for your welcome and hello to everyone I am glad to joining your forum, may the spikes of your helmets be many ! I am hoping people can help me build a collection of wartime photographs of soldiers wearing helmets including steel helmets and picklehaubes by sending me copies of their...
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