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Hello everyone. Here are a few filzhelms I spotted in my travels, both from the same seller: 1) A nice, though worn, artillery helm: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6268604749 2) An infantry helm: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6268607237 Cheers, Laurie

Brian, We who use this forum owe you a huge vote of thanks for allowing us to learn and hopefully avoid some of the pitfalls that this new world of e-collecting has thrust upon us. Thank you! We who are fortunate enough to participate in this forum were saved much pain in terms of the purchase...

Hi Joe, I am glad to see you are making headway - a great idea. If you're keeping a list, count me in. Cheers, Laurie

G'day All! I have had a chance to learn a bit more about the subject tschapka. It was an okay buy at a low price but now, whoever bids on it must use careful judgment. Here is what I learned: - The eagle is original to the Tschapka and the shell is in a very good condition (not refurbished)...

Thanks, George, for pitching in. Your observations regarding the mortarboard are spot-on. It does not look like a spun piece, it is almost as if it has been roughly hammered out when we look at its underside. As to the rabatte holes: I am wondering whether these might have become incidental...

Hello again, Thank you for your replies. It looked good to me, I wonder if the liner is sort of a mid-war replacement. Some things I did note: - The shell looks like it has been re-furbished - very smooth finish. - No ghosts/shadows behind the wappen, cockade or mortarboard base. - The...

Hello everyone, Here's an interesting looking tschapka on eBay.fr: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6617011199 Is a round tongue liner possible? I look forward to your comments. Cheers, Laurie

For anyone needing these excellent references: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6266315713 and http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6266317002 Cheers, Laurie

To add to Mike's suggestion: You can usually get plain newsprint at places selling moving supplies. Brian, if humidity is what we are after, what about using one of those room humidifiers we drag out when the kids have colds? It seems to me they can create either cold or warm humidity. In a...

Hi Mark, Thanks for pitching in. The badge appears to be gilt brass. I don't think it relates to a chaplain as the other stuff I got with it was pretty standard for a guy from a combat unit. Cheers, Laurie

Hi Joe, Welcome back! Thank you for reminding me of your article, I had completely forgotten - slow learner. Hope you are well and up to appropriate mischief. Cheers, Laurie

Hi Gus, Thank you, I'll have to cogitate on that. Cheers, Laurie

Timp, Bill, everyone else, Thank you for your support in this one. Sorry, I was off line for awhile giving my PC a good bash - it had been doing strange things. My own experience with payments has taken many turns. Here, in Canada, the federal government has its hand in things so we pay what...

Doesn't all this just make you feel warm and fuzzy towards banks? Thanks guys. Cheers, Laurie

Thanks Gus, timp_be for your further comments. Quite frankly, I have used cash payments a number of times for purchases I have made and have suffered some pretty heavy losses so I am not 100% happy with that mode in either direction. Paypal is growing in its market presence but it is not...

Hi timp_be, Thank you for your note. My question is related more towards what sort of payments can European buyers make to sellers in North America (I'm in Canada). Do banks in Europe have an equivalent to bank draft / bank cheque / certified cheque / bank money order? As for Post Office...

Greetings all! For the linquists in the group: I keep stumbling over a consistant problem with my ebay payments in Europe. It seems to be quite customary within Europe to use interbank transfers as a payment method. Unfortunately, such transfers are very expensive and only make sense for big...

Hi Brian, The voice of experience. As always, your approach is elegant and easy to follow. Many thanks Cheers, Laurie

Hi Mark, All sorts of good questions! I'll venture some opinions but hold off doing anything drastic until our community has had a chance to speak up if I get it wrong. 1) Build the boot polish up in layers. If you put it on too heavily it takes on sort of a greasey look and can flake off...

Hi Mark, I meant to add, if your wappen matches the "ghost" you see on the front of your helmet, you want to stay with that wappen. Were it me, I would do my very best to work around the "ghost" as it is an important part of the helmet's patina and worth preserving in its own right. Cheers...