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The dream of every serious haube collector!! Awesome!!

Welcome! That is a very cool collection! At age 22, I had no militaria collection whatsoever.....too busy trying not to fail at University! Well done.

Bruno, so glad to have you back with us, you have been sorely missed!! (y)

Plan B progresses: Hydrating did not seem to be doing much here until I switched to using hot tap water...a little moist steam did the trick finally. This will dry for a couple of days.

Congratulations Alan, what a find!! Once again our resident "haube sleuth" has tracked down another rare item! :) (y)

We have many members from the UK here and they will be able to help you out. Welcome to the forum.

Mike K, Thank you very much for your donation. It is always great to see you at the SOS!

Two awesome beauties, incredible!!

Amazing to have two 109 related steins! No one could turn that down!

Initiating "Plan B" :) after getting over my frustration. After 40+ years of doing this, I have some spare parts. Shown below, an officer rear visor which I am sure will fit this helmet. This one is in much better condition than the original but does have to be hydrated and then pinned to a...

I have never seen one of those before. Excellent!

As promised, my DR 19 officer pre war strap" I can't remember the rank shown here.....let me know Steve. The reverse with white underlay.

Unfortunately, I can't help out here but we do have some guys on the forum, that have expertise in working on these metal helmets. I have also seen OR spine screw posts "peened"so that the nut can not be removed.

Beautiful examples Steve, I am just glad that you had a spare to sell me. I will post mine tomorrow! Recently, there was a DR 19 OR's sold by Military Antiques Toronto which went for $2,700. I had seen this piece many times at the main Toronto Show every year as the owner used to display his...

Thanks Steve.....what I did not photograph but will do so, is that lovely DR19 officer strap that you sold to me years ago! (y)

My Oldenburgers: M15 No Regt markings but correct Korps BAX 1915 Unmarked M95 DR 19 officer which is my avatar here. I have owned this since the mid 80's. The spike and base are marked 08 underneath and obviously this indicates "silver plated". Unfortunately, a lot of this plating has been...

Thanks Ron, my frustration got the better of me yesterday. I have used the cloth strip method in the past and yes that is what is needed here. Either cloth or a very thin strip of leather will be glued along that stitch line. Plan B as you said would be to replace the visor altogether but I...

This thing just keeps on fighting me! 😐 I tried to start the rear visor stitch yesterday. I began naturally with the "unbroken" corner but yet again "snap" and that corner broke as well. This visor has the consistency of a saltine cracker!! :mad: In 40+ years of doing this, I have never had...

Rob: What you have paid me wouldn't even settle my "luxury cruise " bar tab. Lastly, if you are upset about the time it has taken to complete your Meck helmet, I would remind you and anyone else that it took 100+ years to get that way and to expect a "quick fix" is ridiculous. If you want it...

This helmet has proven to be a bit of a "Problem Chile" with some surprises! 😐 I finished the front visor on Saturday and started pining the rear visor when snap, the right corner broke. I have pinned a hundred of these by now and never had a problem. However, we are dealing with 120 year old...