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    Prussian Guard M15 Named Unit Marked Pickelhaube In Need Of Some TLC And Parts

    Happy coincidence, almost the same, this day on a French forum: Indeed, a curiosity that we sometimes see.
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    Prussian Guard M15 Named Unit Marked Pickelhaube In Need Of Some TLC And Parts

    Hello, Manufacturer : A.WUNDERLICH. N. B E R L I N
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    Krieg Erinnerungen 1914-15

    Hamburg Polizei or Custom
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    Model 91 Cavalry chin strap posts

    Hello, It's the M94 for KR and JzPf.;)
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    Canada Day 2025

    Long live a free Canada !!! 😊 If it were to become the 52nd star of the U.S. flag ... Quebec would have to become blue-white-red again... 🙃
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    Felt Officer Pickelhaube

    This helmet was on sale (Interauction) in France 3 years ago. I fought hard to get it, but in the final duel, I was the first to lose... 😢
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    Imperial German railroads

    M Thank you. Still to answer the question, another one that is not common either, especially with its extremely rare plate. This is a Kraftfahr-Bataillon Kompagnie 3 (Württemberg). The front plate is identical to that of the DR26 and the Württemberg Eisenbahn company. It is the Pioneer plate...
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    Felt Officer Pickelhaube

    Yes Ron, amazing for a helmet that was supposed to be out of use in 1915!
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    Imperial German railroads

    "Tell me about rare units..." This is my Eisenbahn 3, but with a Landwehr eagle. This is my KB Eisenbahn This is my Bavarian radio operator. (KB Funker-Ersatz-Abteilung) 2 stations only in early 1915, to converse with airships.
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    My last new entry...a Garde Fusilier Regiment Pickelhaube

    It's true that it's a bit “technical”. For the Leib Infanterie Regiment (115R), for the first or Leib/Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Grand-ducaux (100, 109, 119,123, ...) for the Pioniers regiments and other technical troops, for certain regiments of the Garde à pied (1,5 and GFusilierR) ... the...
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    My last new entry...a Garde Fusilier Regiment Pickelhaube

    I think it's a mistake,= good.
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    Felt Officer Pickelhaube

    Freiherr Friedrich-Wilhelm von Villisen, an officer in a Guards regiment, was stationed in Beijing as a Prussian administrator in China around 1900. During WW1, he was appointed to the Balkans, then left for the Russian front. He had a privately-purchased Extra-Helm made, a colonial-type helmet...
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    Felt Officer Pickelhaube

    Here's mine, the bomb is made of “croute de vache” (poor-quality leather), and the visor and head-cover bands are made of gilded zinc. The post side, tip base and M15 “Officer” tip are in gilded steel. The sweatband is made of varnished cardboard. Basane red and green is replaced by waxed...
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    My last new entry...a Garde Fusilier Regiment Pickelhaube

    Hello François, I think you recognize the E.R.3... -
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    They look young

    Exactly.y) In fact, the length of the scaled part depended on the size 1-2-3 of the hulls. So that, in the resting position (with the fastening button), it's positioned just under the faceplate, roughly under the separation with the visor. But that was just for “Garniture 0” helmets, i.e...
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    My last new entry...a Garde Fusilier Regiment Pickelhaube

    Exactly ! but with Eagle with Landwehrkreuz, without Vaterland-Bandeau. I take this opportunity to add my felt G.F.R.. No re-drilling of the eyelets, which are at the correct original spacing.
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    My last new entry...a Garde Fusilier Regiment Pickelhaube

    Thanks for sharing Giorgio, superb ! I'm bringing my 2 Silver Guards: 1er Garde-Regiment zu Fuß special feature: the chinstrap scales are also in nickel silver. F-B. = Fusilier-Bataillon 12 Cie. Landwehr-Eisenbahn 3 Reserve-Landwehr of Garde eagles, with Landwehrkreuz and without...
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    What Haubes are they wearing?

    Yes, a photo that proves that when war broke out, anything was possible to equip the soldier: M94 chinstrap for parade (with scales), chinstrap with leather strap, in natural leather (brown) or patent leather (black). Note the difference in strap length, due to the different spacing of the...
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