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Hello, Beautiful and extremely rare Mecklenburg general's helmet. Difficult to appreciate on photo. The tip is indeed a General's tip (they are special). The plate seems to me authentic, without concern. On the other hand : ---The landkokarde is a Landkokarde for senior NCO called...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this helmet. Everything is ‘approximate’ reproduction. Nothing is consistent in quality and beauty, it looks like... from a distance, but that doesn't fool a connoisseur, from the first second.

I agree with B.Loree, At the time of mobilisation in 1914 and early 1915, given the shortage and the great demand for brass for the manufacture of cartridge cases in particular, the linings of officer's helmets were made of zinc, plated with brass or gold. However, the helmet remained the 1871...

Hello, Concerning the first helmet ; this helmet is an M57 artillery officer helmet but with some anomalies. ---The cruciform crest ball is M57 compliant, but the visor should be angular, and here it has been rounded off, which is not right. ---The crown of the eagle should be openwork, but here...

In 1849, the Grand Duke of Hesse adopted the ‘Prussian’ spiked helmet for his 4 infantry regiments. The fittings were made of brass-tombac. In 1871, he granted the banner with the date of creation of his Leib-Regiment, i.e. ‘1621’. In 1897, the Grand Duke ordered a new helmet for his...

Hello James, Magnificent helmets, extremely rare. Just a little clarification, it was only on 11 March 1849 that the Grand Duke of Hesse decided to equip his 4 infantry regiments with the Prussian M42 spiked helmet. This helmet is therefore a Hessian M49. Another small detail that needs to be...

Hello John, Nice helmets and Waffenrock !! (y) I have a soft spot for the regiments stationed in Metz. Such is the case of the Hanoverian DR9, which the Kaiser WI transferred from Osnabrück to Metz in honour of the feats of arms it had performed in the battles around Metz in August and September...

Hello Tony, Superb and very rare! But the cockade is Saxon, the Mecklenburg cockade, before 1891 was ‘rubannée’. This is my M67, modified to M71 by adding the rear spine. Another clarification about these models with tulip tips: ---The FR90 had a fixed tip and a small fixed ball. ---The...

Hello Gino First of all, it's not an ‘Executive Polizei’ but a customs officer. These ‘paramilitary’ helmets cost less in France than a ‘statutory’ helmet. For 400€, given the condition, it might be OK, but it should at least have the little monogram on the eagle's chest, because that's a...

Yes, I can confirm what Philippe says. I've corrected my previous post, I misspoke. I meant to say, ‘before the new M15 model of April 1915 (matt iron-grey trim). So this helmet, dated 1915, was produced under the qualities of the M95, nickel silver trimmings, black varnished basane cap, between...

I completely agree with Alan. Reproduction of the 80's. (except maybe the Mexican eagle and the Mexican cokade => joker). If you magnify the photos, you can see that the finishes are not ‘clean’. The cross at the base of the point, for example, and the border edging are not evenly chiselled. The...

Bonjour, very nice helmets : thanks for sharing. Oui, en tant que français, j'ai du me mettre à la traduction anglaise. Ce n'est pas trop fastidieux, il suffit de passer par Deepl-Traduction Français/Anglais, on selectionne, on copie, et on "colle" ici sur le fofo. Yes, as a Frenchman, I've...

Hello, you can also take a cheap fireman's helmet, attach a spike and that's it. In fact, this was done as part of a mobilisation to make up for the shortage.

Hello, This helmet is a P.B.21 de Nassau helmet (A.K.XVIII in 1914), made before April 1915. All the fittings were in nickel silver, including the side-post and the front eyelets. On the M95s, as here, the inner liner was made of basane (fine leather) varnished in black, unlike the helmets...

Indeed, removable tips can be found on the helmets of non-Haarbusch regimental officers. This was simply to make it easier to place the helmet in the carrying case, as officers' helmets before the war were disproportionately high.

Well done Sandy for this study. I remain dubious about the drawing of the infra eagle, which for me is at the earliest the drawing of the November M60. The design is quite innovative, compared to the various M42s.

One thing's for sure: this soaring eagle is the only one in nickel silver (silver-plated) for the DR3. All the other Linien Grenadier Adler (new art) eagles are in gilded brass, including those for the KIR 145.

Hello Nzef1940, Your M53/M62 helmet is flawless, apart from the missing cap. It received the split-head screws in 1862, and is fitted with the M42 eagle, modified in May 1860 by the addition of the Vaterland-Bandeau. It didn't have the M67 reinforcements, i.e. the brass snap ring at the top of...

Hello Willi, As Sandy said, this is the first time I've seen such an eagle. It's an M71 (vVv tail) for infantry (abdomen feathers vertical, not V-shaped) but with worked head screws like on the M42s. I---Here's the eagle this helmet should have, if it still has the screw heads modified in...

Hello Steve, The matrix (stamp) of the roundels is 0K. They are not copies or reproductions. I assume that the Bavarian is nickel silver and does not magnetize (non-ferrous metal). Only the blue color of the 0ldenburg does not conform. It should be “medium” blue, not “night” blue.