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Thanks Francis for sharing this...very moving.

Thanks guys, I finished the edit so now more to see...

The Forgotten Faschinenmesser, An Update Greetings Guys It has been awhile since I have done an update on the original posting regarding the Faschinenmesser, however some recent additions to the collection and a news of a terrific new information source has come to hand which prompts this...

Simply outstanding.....well done Sainsburys...thank you so much for sharing this :thumb up:

Hi Kevin1947 I've been wanting to respond to your question but managed to lock myself out of the site for a bit, thanks to Joe and Brian, here I am. You have an 1860 pattern French Officers shako with an Infantry plate for the 52nd Regiment. Here is a link to a short posting I did on our...

Sounds like a great event guys, enjoy.....too bad we all can't be there to hoist a few...looking forward to the photos.. \:D/ Larry

Real nice James, congrats :thumb up: ...honest as the day is long

"We went to Arizona for to fight the Indians there; We were nearly caught bald-headed but they didn't get our hair We lay among the ditches in the dirty yellow mud, And we never saw an onion, a turnip or a spud. "Oh the drums will roll upon my soul, and this is the style we go, forty miles a...

Excellent photo :thumb up: :thumb up: , well at least we have proof that they carried something practical in addition to what must have been a very fragile rod bayonet. As far as trying to positively ID the Faschinenmesser he is wearing it would just be a guess on my part. I'll take a stab...

Hey Willi, Thanks Pard for the kind words and happy you enjoyed the pics. No idea what they would have carried when issued with the Pikenbuchse, but would presume (spelt with a capital letter P) it would have been one of the numerous varieties of faschinenmesser available at the time. It would...

Cool old helmet Maple. My info says no Dragoon regiments went to Mexico during the intervention. The cavalry units which did serve were the 5th Hussars (2 squadrons), 12th Chasseurs 'a Cheval (4 squadrons), 7 squadrons of Chasseuers d' Afrique from the 1st & 3rd regiments. There were other...

For those who care to read a bit more regarding this, here is a link to the other forum's thread http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=729807&page=25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; At present there are 25 pages, with numerous supporting links. Though most of the...

I want to live there...do they have apartments a person can rent out in the basement??.....Thank you so much for posting these, sure would like to visit here one day.

Hi Redlegwolf I've looked at your photos regarding this old kugelhelm and feel that what you have is simply a model 1871, being cut-down from from an earlier model I'm not so sure. An 1860 pattern helmet would have had a square cut front visor with a cruciform spike base and tell-tale signs...

That is really a remarkable transformation, you saved that old raupenhelm..good job. Nice group photo too, :thumb up:

Thank you for posting this...

Way to go guys :thumb up: Glad to know the pickelhaube-pals were represented there in person and on the phone....Bruno did you pick anything up?

Hi, I think you are spot-on Schnabeltier and welcome to the Forum. I would only add that you can also see the pommel and scabbard tip of his Faschinenmesser with the white waistbelt indicating he served in one of the two Grenadier battalions, the Fusilier battalion would have been black. Love...

Welcome to the forum :thumb up: , please give Laughlino my regards....

Very, very nice Alan...a lot of time, effort and expense to assemble this collection :thumb up: