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Hallo Sandmann, You qualify it as an NCO helmet because of the square-tongued liner and officer cockade, I suppose. Besides, it really looks like "Kammerstueck"! Since at that time they only had two types of cockades, officer and enlisted, did all NCO, OYV... bear an officer cockade on their...

What I think?.. You already summed it up in the second sentence of your post, Steve... It says it all.

Right. Perhaps a couple of Spandau machine guns above handlebars would help keep the bike on the ground though.

Ha ha! Indeed, Brian, but it would not help much for "filtering" in stopped traffic!

Actually, no, I used exclusively a buffing... hand. Thanks again to you all for the nice comments.

Did you ever wonder why they were nicknamed "poilus" (hairy)?...

Oooops... I was scooped. Then I confirm what Lars wrote.

Steve, The photo is signed by Hildegard von Klueck, his daughter, who sends her hearty thanks, and the date is October 24th 1934, five days after his passing. She was probably thanking for received condolences...

Hi Will, There is a dark line under the rear visor which is partially hidden as the visor is unsewn (picture #4). Might this be the box of a regiment marking?

Thank you for the explanation, Coert. I did not know this was regulated (or at least enforced) so strictly in France. You see so many objects on the market, including helmets, advertised as "pieces de fouille" (excavated items). You also hear once in a while of these human remains found in the...

Two collectors in their 50's were arrested and taken to custody in Colmar (Eastern France) for searching WW1 battlefields and collecting rifles, gas masks, bayonets, and ammunition. Sarcastic commentators made fun of this happening in a country where criminals regularly assault the police with...

Thank you, Brian. This confirms what I guessed. In your busby, like in one of the HR17 hats I have shown (see below), and perhaps in Tony's example, the light fabric lining the upper half of the drum is flat. Conversely, this fabric is generally undulated in EM busbies, in which the wicker...

No rush, of course, Brian! Just thank you for thinking of it in these busy times. Bruno

Thank you! I am glad to see the same markings as on the one I showed. Also, apparently the same logo left to BAX. An eagle ? What are the other marks ? Can you also see a maker stamp ?

For a comparison, here is another HR17 busby with the commonly encountered markings:

Of course, Brian. The reason I am asking is that it seems that your example belongs to a particular generation of busbies which are encountered occasionally. These are notably characterized by the inside of the top which is made of "raw" leather, light brown in color, whereas this part is...

Lovely pictures.

A great helmet... for Halloween, that is already around the corner! Time flies, doesn't ? (more seriously, since you are expecting a serious response: this is a fake Pickelhaube)

Brian, do you have a picture of the inner structure, with the liner pulled out?