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John It's a Model 1895, not an 1867. Nice helmet! Regards, S.

I will take a look; thanks Chip.

Chip I've been looking through this forum for your earlier observations on the timeline of Guard Division helmets, but I haven't managed to locate them. Would you or some other helpful person mind pointing me in the right direction? Thanks, S.

In fairness, he only has one neg out of 47 total; the 66% is for the past 12 months only. But it's true, the photos could be better.

George Apologies for the delay in responding. I don't have a getup per se as I don't do Living History, but I have been collecting this kit for quite a long time. Here are some typical puttees, which as you can see vary considerably in colour - always the case with Service Dress: Oner of them...

George Having collected WW1 Brit kit for 30+ years and seen many attempts at Living History representations, I have to say yours is really excellent and you have obviously taken great pains with it. But - those puttees! They are a seriously bad let-down. The tapes want to be tan or orange in...

Thanks for the positive comments, everyone.

Here is a close-up of the label. The label reads: “Helmet of my late comrade Aug.[ust] Witt Hof Krog from the 1870/71 war. Witt took an enemy bullet in the upper arm from 1870 to the grave with him. Donated by Willy Winkler, 1/11/26.” I read that as meaning that it didn't kill him, but...

What made it really special, though, was the interior. There were no photos and the seller was not very communicative, but I took a chance on it anyway. The liner and fixings seem to be just fine: but the star of the show is the label on the back peak, mentioned but not pictured in the...

Someone, long ago, decided that this helmet was also entitled to a national cockade:

I already had an M1860 Prussian pickelhaube. It’s genuine enough and perfectly ok, if not a particularly special example. So I wasn’t looking to spend a large sum of money on what is essentially a duplicate. However, when one appeared on German ebay a little while ago, it was one of those...

Hi Bill Someone in Europe makes replacement needles, I forget who, but a bit of Net searching should find them. As regards the front barrel band, keep an eye on the German site "eGun". I have seen at least one lot of brasses go through during the past year. There is even a front end on there...

It's only an investment if you plan to cash it in some day. I don't know about any of you, but I hope I never have to do that....!

A good summary. Thank you.

Doh!!! :oops: Here's a link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220803530769&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Looking again, I see that one of the pins is indeed brass. Just thought the plate looked a bit tinny. The helmet body seems honest enough.

Any thoughts on this? Is it just me or does the plate look a bit new, and shouldn't the pins securing the visor be brass? :?

Thoughts on this one anybody? I realise that with helmets of this age you often have to accept repairs, conversions, etc. Even so, I am not wild about the two extra pairs of holes - what could they have been for? And what is that extra split pin under the plate?! It looks to me like a total...

Thanks to all for comments. :)

I can't understand why someone paid what they did for this. It looks to me like either a complete repro or at best a rebuild. It'd be helpful if someone more clued up on pickelhaubes than I am could give an opinion. Thanks...

Here's an optimist: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Model-1867-Other-Ranks-Prussian-Germany-Pickelhaube-/150552138707?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item230d9b53d3 It looks genuine and unmessed with, so even in its battered state, not a bad thing. But something tells me this one won't sell any time...