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Welcome Louise Great pics indeed Joe. There is a sporting gun held in a collection not far from me that was the property of Princess Viktoria, also a number of other Prussian Royal Family guns. I have pictures somewhere if I find them I will post them. Andrew

Having just had the privilege of reading Gus and Maggie's book I can happily report that it is a fantastic insight into day to day life during the latter stages of the Great War from the perspective of the guys from Evacuation Ambulance Company No8 . The photographs are superb and having many...

I recently did a deal with Sjt.Fury and I would like to say that Joe was a pleasure to deal with and once we concluded the deal the helmet was packed and posted quickly and efficiently. No issues encountered what so ever and when the helmet arrived it was well packaged and exactly as described...

Here are a few images, all these are full scale exhibits, all we managed before the camera went flat. Sorry the image quality is not the best but you get the idea and I couldn't figure out how to resize them on my wife's lap top...I'm somewhat of a technophobe at times. The link below is a...

Dropped in on this exhibit in the old Dominion Museum in Wellington over the weekend with the kids, The diorama is only one part of an incredible tribute to WW1. Anything with an association to Peter Jackson and the Weta Workshops is going to be worth seeing. I went in knowing it would be...

This is another I am curious about, the Prussian cockade is 55mm in diameter and is pictured with a "standard" 48-50mm national cockade. Is this just a manufacturing variation or is it for a specific type of helmet? Any ideas?? Regards Andy

Thanks James, much appreciated

these two came attached to an OR's M1915 helmet, what type of helmet would they suite? They are essentially standard OR's cockades with the addition of a disc which would have been maybe silver washed when new? Regards Andy

LOL they are a bit of a disease Gus.... Another one arrived today and there is yet an other hiding under a field cover.....As common as muck but they are very appealing

Hi Francis, no not a reloader, just left overs from a bit of shooting over the weekend ;- )

Joe you are welcome to use the picture Regards Andrew

Far from the worlds best M1915 helmet but I just cant help loving these end of an era helmets , this is a recent acquisition "rescued" from ebay which had the fittings nicely painted silver by a well intention ed previous owner who also took the liberty of giving the shell a coating of shellac...

Joe send me your email address and I will do some more pics for you of the markings, you are welcome to use them. It is definitely JR 160 Brian thanks for the info on the Clemins company, much appreciated Andrew

LOL....as I discovered MOST things are better than that Gus! Im yet to see if I now set off the metal detectors at the airport!

more pics of the same ;-)

Picked this up from a good friend, came in the mail today.As pickelhaube's go it isn't that exciting being a fairly common pattern but the markings are fabulous, JR 160 in the flap and the front visor trim has a makers name stamped into it,the first helmet of this type that I have seen so...

Not a lot in the way of markings,It has a size stamp in the rear skirt "56" and a makers stamp which I very faint and unreadable,beautiful written name to liner and inside of helmet skull,I cant make out what it says.Here are a few pics,I tried to edit them to bring out the writing/stamps but...

Well here is my latest and greatest....Its quite rough and was badly crushed when I picked it up via postal bid in an auction,price was OK, not a gift by any means but not unrealistically high either.I have had it resting on a milliners block to try and bring the shape back to the helmet. I...

Thanks for the advice,much appreciated! Here are some pics of the helmet in question,It doesnt look to bad in the pics as I just removed it from the block,within 5 minutes it was all twisted back and looking squashed again! Note the writing in the liner,can anyone decypher this?

Any advice on reshaping a leather haube body? I just picked up a M1915 that has been squashed and twisted out of shape,I have bent the rear spine back into shape,the visors need a a bit of restitching,the helmet plate has the orb and leg broken off,the body has a small tear by one chin strap lug...