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Great pic, Joe! Cheers Chris

Glad you like the photos, guys. The museum is in the Zeughaus at the end of Unter den Linden, East of the Brandenburg Gate. DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM Zeughaus und Ausstellungshalle Unter den Linden 2 10117 Berlin http://www.dhm.de/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Well...

I think junior is wearing a Schutztruppe officers 1897 home uniform with parade aguilette cords, similar to this NCO version- He is however wearing his hat back to front, with the turn up cockade on the left rather than right... Cheers Chris

Hello folks, Today I went to the Deutsche Historische Museum in Berlin. It's not a military museum as such but a museum on the general and social history of Germany from pre-Roman times to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. But of course any history of Germany would be incomplete without a few...

Wow! Great helm, and photographed so well... thanks for posting! Cheers Chris

...thanks for the very detailed descriptions, and here's your photos- The buttons- The fez- ...and the belt- To post photos here, first put them on photobucket (or Flickr or somewhere else on the net) then copy the "image location" or URL of the image (eg...

Excellent tunic, thanks for posting the link. Here's the pic itself- Does anyone know which German unit Ristow originally served in? Cheers Chris

You're right Ron, there's no excuse for my ignorance on this topic. :( When I first saw it through the window in the evening at the back of the shop, I couldn't really see any details. Up close the next day, I saw some problems, spike and shell as you say. I thought maybe the Wappen and...

I had no idea they were so crazy expensive! Cheers Chris

The question really is how have you got by without one for so long... Cheers Chris

Correct, Samoa also had some Polizeitruppe, so did East Africa and Cameroon. South West had Landespolizei. They were not used at sea, at least not from the 1880s... they were based at Kiel (I. SB) and Wilhelmshavn (II. SB)... with the III. SB at Tsingtao. When needed they could be shipped out...

Fair enough, it didn't look quite right with the shiny spike. Just thought I'd bring it up in case.... Cheers Chris

Here it is- Real? The spike looked too shiny and new, and of course no cruciform base. Other bits looked old. Maybe worth salvaging for parts? I don't know... you guys know better than me! It was 250 Euro he said. Now here's the catch, the shop owner has no email address and doesn't speak...

Here's a variation for sale- https://www.weitze.net/detail/54/Preussen_feldgraue_Ersatzpickelhaube_aus_Filz_fuer_Mannschaften_im_Infanterie_Regiment_Nr_88__103554_e.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Cheers Chris

I hate to say anyone's is wrong but I think Herr Weitze has mislabelled it. The Schutztruppe were the colonial troops in East Africa, South West Africa and Cameroon, quite separate from the East Asians. He's probably mislabelled it deliberately to get folk like me who regularly type Schutztruppe...

Literally laughing out loud... smilies do not express it enough! Cheers and a Happy Birthday in advance, Chris

I was just walking about in Bilbao, Spain this evening and saw through the window what looked like a Hessian Pickelhaube in an Antique shop. If I get time tomorrow I might stop by again and have a closer look when its open. What kind of price should this thing be fetching if its real? I'm not...

Wow! Happy Birthday, I was 30 once... I think I bought myself a good beer! Cheers Chris

Hi Ronny, Don't confuse Schutztruppe (Africa) with Ostasiatische (China) or we'll all be in trouble! I'll let you guys know next time I see one for sale. I don't collect myself but people do sometimes offer me stuff through my website. I posted photos of some bits I was offered here at the...

Tony, brilliant illustration of the difference between rabbit and wool! :D To be honest, I'm don't know if its thick fibre or leather on the East Asian Haube.... Does not appear to have a spine- Note that this example has larger ventilation holes in base of spike.... Yes, artillery...