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Hello, Steve and Ed, Superb and rare! Thanks for sharing. (y);) Here are mine: ---An M60 model marked P.B. 10, a relic of the battle of Saint-Privat-Gravelotte before METZ (battle of 18 August 1870). It was the A.K.10 that took part in the battle: FAR10, P.B.10 and several regiments from...

https://fr.geneawiki.com/wiki/L%27histoire_du_papier_m%C3%A2ch%C3%A9?mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop Between 1850 and 1950, Pont-à-Mousson (Lorraine) was a thriving centre for the manufacture of a wide range of furniture (vases, chairs, etc.) in papier-mâché (lacquered).

Hello, I also have a preference for Ersatz, whatever they may be. As far as the so-called pressed cardboard or papier-mâché helmets are concerned, you should know that in fact the principle of manufacture is identical with Vulkanfiber, Bakelite, Isorel, Melamine, etc.... In fact, it's a...

Yes, I also have the Lainé, to check my memory. ---1---There are some rules to know: -- Guard, Leib and Grenadier: Busch (except for Bavaria). -- Artillery and Bavarian cavalry: Busch. -- Dragon and Train: Busch. -- 108 Saxon SR, Busch, even in the field. etc... ---Remain special cases...

That was the place to start. The regimental mark gives the formal answer. :) Here, then, it will be easy to find a grey-iron Prussian eagle of the line infantry model 15 (the most common of all the plates). On the other hand, a removable M15 ball is difficult to find as a spare part.

On the other hand, period photos showing non-compliant Hessian helmets are common.

Yes, I too had never seen one before discovering this Shako. I had my doubts at the time, and I was allayed when I discovered this photo on the Net. Later, a friend from a French forum sent me a second photo. This time it's not the Shako M95 (without the bourdalou) but the old M60.

When I had the opportunity to buy it, I had my doubts about its existence. I searched for a long time on the Internet, until I found this single photo.

Bravo, never seen that before!!!

Thank you Philippe, Yes, I'm very happy about this discovery, which is interesting for me because it's not the ‘standard’. This helmet is personal: Vettel. I know that traceability is difficult for the Landsturm, ... but you never know. ;)

Yes, that day I brought him a helmet with a JR31 spike from the battle on the Gette. A regiment that doesn't particularly appeal to me here in Lorraine.

Thank you very much. The only Landwehrkreuz lion I have is on a rare Hessian Landwehr Shako. When I received it, as I'd never seen one before, I searched the net and found just one photo to explain it. Landwehr of Hesse Grand-Duke. The eyelets are much wider and lower than on the Shakos of...

Hello, your helmet is an M15 steel helmet painted anthracite grey. You should look inside, under the neck cover, to see if there are any regimental markings, and a B.A. marking, in this case KBAG. Grenadier M15 helmets were, for reasons of scarcity, fitted with the simple eagle of the line...

Thank you for your compliments. He joined his brother, model 95/14 (from mobilisation), also marked RBA18. Note the usual Teller “tinplate” before black paint, typical of Hessian helmets. This one, on the other hand, is probably an M95 from Hesse Electorale (Cassel), 80 and 81R, or from...

Well done, very nice helmet. (y) Maury in Mainz is one of the 2 best-known Hessian manufacturers, along with Martin Mayer. The Teller, in tinned steel with black paint, is typical of this manufacturer. Here again, as with the Hessian Landsturm I have just described, we have a demonstration of...

Here's my latest discovery, a Hessian spiked helmet, model 1915. The manufacturer is neither Maury nor Martin Mayer in Mainz, but Julius Jansen - Strassburg!!! i.e. a Reichsland manufacturer. (1916). The construction features a standard Prussian spike, but with the holes and eyelets for the...

Exactly, discovered around 1975 at a flea market in Liège. I knew nothing about the Battle of Haelen at the time. Since then I've been to visit the site, the cemetery and the museum. (in 2020 and 2025).

Hello, I was present at this "historic" sale. Bravo, prestigious documentation. I acquired a Pallasch of taken, from a French cuirassier, attributed to a German cuirassier.

Hello, ;) (y)

Hello Jean, A fine Dragon officer's helmet. To answer Steve's question, the Dragons were not heavy cavalry. Only cuirassiers were. The cuirassier helmet is identical, but with a marmoset on the medusa head. Only the troop helmet was painted green under the nape, the officer's helmet receives a...