As promised, others pictures of this gun
Taken near the "Hauts de Meuse"
This gun was specific for the fortress of Metz. Only 8 exemplars were built by Krupp some years before WWI. At the beginning of WWI, it has two specifities
1° the longest range of all the heavy german guns : 15 km !
2 °...
Soory, I have just realized that I forgot to make my post before I went on Holydays.
I will do it the evening and ys it is the famous 15 KiSL. I have lots of pictures, I will put them.
I was too in thé source museum some months ago and noticed that some regimentals marking don't fit with the wappen. For instance a Jr 96 wappen on a helmet with à FAR marking...
Most of the mecklenburg helmets have a bavarian spike.
So be careful
Very interesting. The 8/8 Batterie has very uncommon guns, 15 cm Kanone in Schirmlafette, a gun with an armored carriage which looks like naval gun. It can move with special truck on rail or on road with a steaming tractor. I will pu some pictures when I have time
For an old collector, it is easy to see that is a fake. But it won't pull new collectors with so many fakes, often much better thant this indhu production..
Congratulations !
I tried too to find Wappen which fits to an helmet and that's not easy. So when the wappen is scarce, it is more difficult.
I like the writing inside, showing that this helmet was took by a US soldier.
The presence of a regimental marking was a advantage. The chinstrap seems good for me. For the kokade, less easy to be sure. The M15 is not much sought after which explains that even nice M15 can be sold at low prices
Hello
A very nice picture. I would be interested to know if we can see helmets of JR 115/RBA18 of FAR44.
These two types of helmets are too much common currently in USA and the only explication is that they were in the famous
helmets taken in Germany for the war bonds.