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Amen again to you weasels ... I too dropped collecting Reich material more than a decade ago because the skyrocketing prices built a cottage fake industry mostly in eastern Europe. And now, no surprize, we've got another fake industry growing for our Pickels (no doubt more troublesome to fake...

OK ... Sorry ... But on close examination the little Wappen is silver finished ... the sameness of tarnish to the standard and little superimposed Wappen made the slight variation easy to overlook.

Thanks for all your comments! And you are correct in that all the photos I have found of the 'mini-Wappen' have been in contrasting metal finish to the main Wappen (i.e., silver or darkened). That is, no doubt, why I noticed it by accident on close examination. As usual, I think we live in a...

Another learner question here ... I just (almost by accident) noticed on the Wappen of an otherwise unremarkable Prussian officer pointy of mine a small, what I will call a 'mini-Wappen', attached to the main Wappen much in the location one usually finds Reservist crosses. Can anyone tell me...

Another learner question here ... I just (almost by accident) noticed on the Wappen of an otherwise unremarkable Prussian officer pointy of mine a small, what I will call a 'mini-Wappen', attached to the main Wappen much in the location one usually finds Reservist crosses. Can anyone tell me...

Thanks Adler! My education continues ... =D>

I could use some education ... What are the sign this piece is a reproduction? Thanks!

I dunno ... It looks OK to me .... But I am open to any and all other interpretations ... :-?

Oh ... I will also include Canada in my search for a restorer. :? Joe

I have a Guarde helmet that is also suffering from some shell collapse as well as finish flaking :( . Can anyone recommend a restorer in the U.S. that does good work? I'm tempted to do the rehydrate and block process myself, but I'd like to keep other options open. I would certainly...

How exactly, does one 'unsink' a sunken dome. Just curious about the basic task, don't need a course in doing it. Cheers!

IMHO - Helmet looks good (hard to tell in photos but silver finish metal). I think strap and koks replaced. Fury out

Black interior. Lining tattered. Multi-piece kokarden (inner circles separating). Large front protruding Guard plate (with enamel centered starburst). Never dis-assembled. Corrosion (uneven with some looking a little brassy, some a little silver, and some just corroded) scales. I think...

I'm with Roy ... We'd all be a little nuts if some mark or stamping looked "too good" ... And I haven't read any convincing response that suggests it is bogus. To explain myself a little better ... If a 100+ year old hat had no wear, crazing, fading, then I would be the first to note that "new...

Two beautiful pick-ups man! I won't even care too much about asking what kind of coin you laid out because absolute premium is the bomb ... and that's what you have brother! Congrats! Fury out

Nice item ... I like it. I must also note that the term "faux" for the inner hat band should be the standard language as "fake" implies someone put it in to try to fool people. Fury out

Hello Lads ... I'm new to this site but a 40+ year collector of this stuff. My comment here could be copied and pasted into so many threads I have read so far, so here goes. My experience with this stuff is that the item termed "Standard" (especially of a 100 year old item!) will have...