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Thank you for your time, A helmet that, in France, can be disguised as an M45 from Hesse-Cassel to increase its selling price tenfold! You don't even have to change the Lion, you just have to file down the axe head to make a sword !!! and change the cockade. !!!🙄

Very nice rescue. Well done.

This helmet never existed. It is an infantry helmet, which should have had a point. The Bavarian artillery model was an M1886 ‘with point’, until April 1916. The ball only appeared on the Bavarian M15 artillery helmet with iron-grey trim in April 1916. -We should check whether there are any...

Here's an example: https://www.ebay.fr/itm/267147697844? In France ‘Madjek’ sells on EBay : https://www.ebay.fr/itm/296651415855

Ron, I really like your two helmets. Your helmet is the regulation model supplied by the army and is probably marked R.G. with the date of issue. The one in the photo is an ‘Eigentum’ helmet, with an ‘officer's’ finish, silk or basane liner with guilloche pattern and tulip tip. Left...

That's right Ron, I went too fast. It's true that we should have had the Reichsadler. So I withdraw my proposal. Sorry, Ron.

Hello Ron, a nice IOD89. Concerning the one with the Royal monogram, with a hunting horn, I think of the Chasseur à cheval detachment of the Expeditionary Brigade in China. And here I add my own, with the monogram ‘Kaiser’, of an Officer of the Reichsgendarmerie of the Reichsland Alsace-Moselle...

Thank you JPT, and what's more, an officer's helmet !!!

Yes, I've made ‘guide’ posts about fake chinstraps and roundels on French forums. These items are sold in new condition, as reproductions at related prices. Unfortunately, some speculators artificially age them with salts or acids, then resell them as authentic, ... at a high profit...

Hello Marlo, Congratulations, a very nice helmet, rare and in good condition. As said above, a rare Grenadier-Regiment helmet. Perhaps a photo of only the leftmost marking (faded stamp) would help to guess the regiment, as only 5 or 6 had this eagle. Only the cockade I see (the Prussian) is a...

That's right! These 2 Hessian helmets, from before the wars of 1864 and 1866, are so rare that I have no other photos in my archives. Especially the Kassel, I've never seen another.

Yes, a soldier's model 1895 spiked helmet. The children's helmets were made of cardboard, and the fittings did not comply. You'd have to look in the head-cover or in the schell to see if the size (head size) is missing. I have a size 52 helmet, which is very small for an adult. What's more, as...

This trafficker has been perfectly identified for several years on French forums. It has to be said that these ‘masterpieces’ are remarkable ... for historical re-enactments and ceremonies. Objects unsuitable for museums or collectors.

To illustrate Sandy's point, here's an M49 helmet from Hesse Grand-Ducale Darmstadt compared with an M45 helmet from Hesse Electorale Cassel. ***Kassel : In fact a Prussian M42 helmet, but with the electoral Lion, without the wreath of branches. ***Darmstadt : This time, it's a Hessian...

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Yes, it can, but protect the patent leather!

Hello, I agree with what Tony said. A helmet made between January and May 1915 must be made of brass or nickel silver. I would add that you do have an M15 from the 115 Leib-Infanterie-Regiment Hessois. This regiment is an exception with the 109 GR Badois, the helmets remained in nickel silver...

Good luck and all the best.

Hello, Bavarian helmet model 1886 type for the troop, or enlisted one year of private purchase (Eigentum) . With the post-side to fix the chinstrap it is a modified M86 96 (for Bavaria). With its domed scales, it is a chevauleger helmet. With its large front plate with laurel branches, this...

Hello, Superb one year old silver helmet, made by the excellent manufacturer ‘Awes’ Marke, ‘officer’ quality. And a Mecklenburg helmet is always a rarity.