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very, very nice....thank you so much for posting these :thumb up:

Thanks for posting this Francis, the Cloth Hall is incredible, I would love to see it in person one day... Larry

What a beauty, Karel you have so many nice ones, I really like the Anhalt wappen and the all-green Kokarde :thumb up: I'm sure it wasn't cheap, but you are ahead of the game...you get to own it for awhile \:D/

Thanks guys for your comments, I appreciate them, it means a lot that you take the time to comment, and thank you kindly for that. I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did putting it together. Brian you're so right, this little forum is unique, especially in the courteous and respectful way...

Good stuff Ed....thanks for sharing these...

Happy Father's Day Guys.....I've been working on this little essay for a while and thought I'd post it, I hope you enjoy it. This very sound and complete example of an issue M1860 Infantry pickelhaube is issue marked to the 9th Company (III, Fusilier Battalion) 8.Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment...

Nice find Brian, you're getting quite a heard of these aren't you old friend..Guys, these old hats are great, luv'em...thanks for sharing them :thumb up:

Hey Willi, I've also been a reenactor for many, many years, mostly 19th Century (American Civil War) but a little WWII and some Great War events at Shimpstown back in the late 70's and early 80's. Here is an image of our group during the filming of the movie "Gettysburg" in 1993, a portion of...

Good for you....we all need to enjoy life's small pleasures more often. I like the box too :D

As James said, "looks like a nice museum", indeed :thumb up: ....how was the beer Francis? :-"

Willi, I plan on getting there someday, your next Fall trip should be a good one...maybe a bunch of us Pickelhaube Pals should plan a FP battlefield tour :D Francis, I would like nothing better than to quaff a few brewskies with the Wild Bunch, and see some cool sites, sounds like 2014 will...

Willi, I'd like to visit these places too, one day I will....thanks for posting the photos, they're great. Francis, have a great trip and please post some photos, especially if you visit some of the smaller museums. :D

Glad I could help Joe, this outfit seems to have a nice selection of FP era woodcuts, normally they have a heftier price on them.. Stuka F, thanks for showing the images from your book, very nice. I think it is a greatly overlooked, yet very interesting aspect of the 1870 war, that of the...

Hi Joe Here is another link, this one is very interesting http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119286" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hi Joe Here is one currently on EBAY, it's a period woodcut of the Froeschwieler charge, printed during the the era http://www.ebay.com/itm/1884-Wood-Engraving-Franco-Prussian-War-Battle-Worth-France-Cuirassier-Charge-/310672820316?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48558b085c#ht_3343wt_1931"...

Nice old item, thanks for posting this....I like things like this too :thumb up:

Very nice bayonet, those metal scabbards are tough to find :thumb up: Nice too that it is unit marked, Erwin Rommel served for a time in the 124th Wurttemberg :greentank:

Sorry Guys, no interesting story of the helmets origins, I purchased it from southeast Pennsylvania from an EBAY store..

Hi Guys Hope you don’t mind this addition to Markgraf’s posting of “A Sad M 1860“. It occurred to me that in a race to the bottom sort of theme, you all might enjoy seeing this battered old soldier who recently came into our possession, condition-wise, I think ours is leading in the sad...

Hi Badener, glad you liked them, I like them too, they are cool old things. Hi Lars13, many thanks for your input. I am familiar with the cups that you mention, having had in the past examples of both the aluminum with folding handles and the fixed handle enameled steel 1916 models. I really...