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Hi Michiel, Thanks for your comments. Yes, officer plates for 5th Lancers and 17th Lancers. Officer plates are very attractive- very detailed and ornate. I dId have a 16th Lancers trooper’s tschapka and a number of troopers’ plates but I moved them on to fund new purchases. Collectors‘ churn...

Hi Steve, Thanks for your comments. Yes, all British. The trios are all to members of the original British Expeditionary Force, the ‘Old Contemptibles’. The clasp on the ribbon of the 1914 star denotes that the holder went out to France between 3 August and 22 November 1914. I have the medal...

Thanks Steve, I’ve become more particular about condition over the years and don’t compromise now in the way I would have in my early days of collecting. For example, I had not very good condition examples of the two white plumed Yeomanry helmets in the first photo but became dissatisfied with...

Thanks Dennis, Eagle eyes! For those who don’t know Rory Gallagher, but like Rock and Blues, have a look on Youtube for his live performances. It is said that when Jimi Hendrix was asked what it felt like to be the best guitar player in the world, he replied ‘ I don’t know, you’ll have to ask...

Thanks, it’s a great plate.

Hi Steve, drop me a pm please. Think it’s called ‘start a conversation‘ now? Patrick

Thanks Zeb, but a very small paradise compared to the British collections of a couple of my friends, who have four or five times as much as I have. Mind you, they have a lot more money and space. It has taken me 20 plus years to assemble most this, although some of the cap badges in the frames...

Thanks Lars. I don’t. I just have to get the feather duster out periodically and laboriously work my way round, picking up and dusting every piece. I don’t mind, because it enables me to look at everything more closely and appreciate it again. I have thought of glass fronted cabinets but I...

I just posted a bit about my small pickelhaube collection and I thought I would take a couple of photos to post here of the bulk of my collection of British Victorian helmets, helmet plates and waist belt clasps. In fact, completely out of period and theme, my real pride and joy is the RAF...

Pickelhaubes are not my main area of collecting but I have a small number of pieces and they give me a lot of pleasure. I have a liking for neusilber/ white metal! From left; Marked- 2 Els PB19 1904 Private purchase Prussian Garde NCO Marked- PB10 1913 Saxon Leib-Garde or PB 12 or 22 Prussian...

Thanks Sandmann. Also very impressive! Patrick

Thanks Lars, that’s really helpful. Nothing really exciting, but interesting in the context of the early years of the war. I’m afraid the writing is in pencil and very faint. This is a photo with a lot of contrast applied. I’m impressed that you could derive so much from it. Patrick

Thought you might!

Thanks Brian, Presumably that meant making wappens of different sizes to fit the different sizes of helmets? The die for the Garde eagle must have been interesting! Patrick

Just acquired from a fellow member. In excellent condition, apart from some denting/ creasing on the top left of the skull which I can live with. I have given it a very light clean. Photos taken in artificial light so may have a yellow cast. The impressive two piece wappen, which is attached...

This may have been discussed before, but how were wappen shaped to fit closely and tightly to the curvature of helmets, given there were so many variations in size, manufacturer etc? Were they flat when produced? I am trying to find answers to the same questions about the officer helmet plates...

Happy New Year from Scotland Patrick

Fusilier Battalion?

Great work. Nice to see these police helmets.

Thanks for the comments. My good fortune that you didn’t go for it. In similar situations I’ve asked sellers to post when I’m back from holiday and they’ve been happy to. I’ve done the same as a seller. Patrick