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... Initially it dind't look very promising... As you can see the shako was in a poor condition (cough), so I had to have the visor restitched and a part of the lower velvet band renewed. For the time being I attached the cockade with a needle (just in case I will ever find an orange one)...

I will show it here when it's completely finished. I bought it in pieces, and it will take some time. I don't know what the cockade is made of, it seems to me a bit thicker than silk. As you can see it has a different structure on the back. Though it's a bit shiny like silk... no idea. I...

A book cover from around 1930 I believe?

... Interesting detail on this shako: the original Dutch cockade (which would be orange) has been replaced by a Belgian one (black, yellow and red: colors of the province of Brabant). On the front side the colors have almost faded, on the back side you can still see them. When the...

. . It is a Dutch officers-shako from the civic guard (schutterij), worn during the Belgian revolution (1830-1831), a small and quite unknown conflict (after the Vienna congress 1815). The civic guard formed a large part of the army that was (hastily) mobilised. I bought it in bits and pieces...

Very rare... Dutch, 1827, 1829... I'm not sure. wait and see ..... :sleepy5:

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It's OK

This helmet looks OK to me... antlers of the deer are often broken on a Würtemberg-plate. golden stars on silver parts are also common

wow... But if you think away the star on the eagle, maybe it isn't that bad after all...

It looks nice though. 300 Euro would be OK (because of all the missing parts)

I am probably wrong, but couldn't it simply be the G for Größe (size)? ??? Should be a capital letter, but who knows with these war helmets...

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wow, beautifull. I never see hese on Ebay, and in trade they are too expensive (for me :( )

I saw it before... somewere :| :|

I don't know for other countries, but in Holland people are very aware of the fact that it were the canadians that liberated us... gr HW And, sad enough many people think a pickelhaube has something to do with nazi's. I understand the mistake but still. The whole 2nd empire is quite unknown.

One should not romantise this whole thing, don't you think? Do you Americans know anything about this era in Europe? You saved the western world though. thanks for that but that is a different story. Germany would love to have its royalty back, America is a greater country. A European. Het...

Where can I get these "common 1860 models" ??? tell me... :tongue1: please gr hw

Hello, I see this type of spike quite often :puke: . I presume it's always a reproduction because of its shape (it IS a spike, OK, but it doesn't have the tension, the curves and the feel of the real thing). A bit like a hobbyist trying to reproduce Michelangelo's David or so. tell me if I'm...

I mailed for other pictures and asked for stamps inside the helmet. No reply. The winning bid seems far too low to me for this type of helmet (because of the bad pictures?) . The pictures witheld me from bidding :sad5: