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Thanks, Tony!

What a great feeling to find an untouched beauty out of the woodwork! May we all be so fortunate this coming year. Congratulations! And why do I have the feeling that with every cool unit-marked find, Tony's going to have the matching waffenrock to show us? I love it. David

Quick question: About what year did Saxon shoulder boards go from being squared off to having pointed ends like other Imperial shoulder boards? Are there any squared-off feldgrau Saxon shoulder boards? David

Thanks everyone for all the comments and insights! I've gone back and resized all the photos . . . I'll have to work on cropping later! :roll: David

Tony: Marvelous that you set your sights on something, wait, hunt, and come up with exactly what you wanted in superb condition. Congratulations. David

I saw this on Canada.com today, and wanted to make sure that the Forum's Canadians saw it. God rest his soul! http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=52161ab2-05f2-4705-8908-e62f9bb696a0&k=82598

"You should not regret your $ 600 Ty!" Uh oh. I sense a price hike . . . :roll:

Thanks for the thought. I was thinking the same thing, that it might be an 18 as in 1918. What got me thinking that it might be the 13th Saxon Nr. 178 was a stamp that is on Tony's site, under "the issue of issue stamps" . . . where he shows a B.A.XII stamp followed by a 12. He mentiones that...

Here are a couple of shots of the frontplate: and a side shot

My first Haube, one that most of you probably saw on Peter Whamond's website. I watched it for a while, and when the price dropped, I went for it. M1915 Saxon, missing chinstrap and kokards, but the condition is very good. What's especially interesting to me is the issue stamp. It is faded...

Thanks, Brian. That sounds like a great way to look at it. Like almost anything in collecting, in the end you have to figure out how much something is worth to you, but understanding the market and the opinions and logic of other collectors is tremedously helpful. David

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Joe: Thanks! I've held the helmet in my hands . . . the outline of the helmet plate is firmly imprinted on the leather, no extra holes anywhere, the split pins (rivets?) seem to have been there forever. The leather liner is whole. That said, I'll try to get more photos from my friend this...

Thanks for the comments, Gus. I'm very interested in the helmet, but the seller and I are much more experienced in WWII helmets. I'm just learning the ropes with Hauben. So, any help anyone can give would be great. Perhaps an open forum isn't a good place to discuss monetary value? I'm always...

Greetings: I'm newly registered on the Forum. I've been following your discussions and admiring your jaw-dropping helmets for a while, though. I have a question and would appreciate your opinions. I've been offered a haube ID'd to a Scheinwerfer battalion. I'll try to post the picture here and...