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That is a beautiful set! Condition amazing. Its unusal in portraying so much action with the full charge. Most production lines featured fairly static poses of marching, parading or encamping. The presentation box is outstanding. I collect the 60-70 mm big scale flats of the armies of the...

I agree, I love these helmets with the service spike. I just happened to spot a neat Dresden garrison formation photo - postcard on German Ebay of a unit in their service spikes. Yeah - Long link...

These appear to be actual Model 1867 helmets. The eagles look more or less comparable to each other in quality. They could be assembled from parts then.

Another early Leib-Gendarmerie helmet? https://www.ebay.de/itm/255302305492?hash=item3b713406d4:g:5MMAAOSwKb5hy2oI Compare to: https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/threads/cuirassier-1867-helmet.15765/ Either these are original (and we just don't know much about them) or someone went to...

I am sorry you are leaving. However, all aspects of militaria collecting have the same issues. The reason there is so much debate is that what we read and research may not always reflect what was actually manufactured and worn so collectors must share information. For me a good case in point...

I am fascinated by this helmet and the early date for the eagle in the illustration as well. Here is the Gendarme from the first print series of the new 1842 uniforms. It was my understanding that they did wear kurassier helmets but sported a guard star with the white plume for parade before...

I was given one of these belts as a youth by a family friend - she had been a war nurse. Many were British and Canadian.

Thanks, just found them in Maryland for $50.00 on ABE. I feel lucky then!

Thank you - I'll track them down.

Does any one know the source of these illustrations that appear on the Militaria-on-Line web-site? They are very detailed especially for early material. http://www.militaria-online.de/

Hello Tony, Is this an example of an 1842 Dragoner officer's helmet that has an updated plate as well? The eagle is different than the one on the 1856 model you have discussed here and at Kaiser's Bunker. I recall there has been some discussion on this site about the differing configuration...

The tall helmet with the expansive eagle makes an impressive looking helmet. Unique. Fascinating discussion. I had wondered about this helmet ever since this original post but now I wonder if this isn't a comparable situation...

Really interesting observations. Thank you. I was watching the Danish series 1864 years ago and noted that costume design had Friederich Graf von Wrangel in a model 1842. I thought at the time well.. hmmm... but interesting... like who's going to argue with the guy in command who's been...

https://www.outdoorgearcompany.com.au/collections/helmets/products/replica-british-bobby-helmet This one looks pretty good for a quality basic helmet. S&S https://www.ssfirearms.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MC24 https://www.ssfirearms.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MC4...

S&S Firearms in Glendale NY has that brass plate and many other restamped 19th century Marine Corps shako, cap and helmet plates. Spikes and chin strap buttons and chin strap are also available. Someone makes a reproduction helmet. I don't remember who... like one of the Civil War reenactment...

I found this fascinating photo of director Billy Wilder sporting one of his helmets. He was renowned for his wry and even wicked sense of humor that he brought to his films. I lived down the street from him in Westwood, LA in the 1980's and used to see him waiting for his car out back of his...

Here is my Parma helmet plate in stamped brass. CIII is Charles III Duke of Parma. The duchy had been ruled as a subject of a branch of the French-Spanish Bourbon dynasty. More research needs to be done on the politics here. Bismarck would take great interest in Italy at the outset of the...

Diethelm at Kammerbulle has produced some 1842-1860 plates but does not list them on his web-site. You have to inquire. These are stamped in copper (not a galvano copy) as well as stars and he can have the pieces gilded or you can have it done. Its an inexpensive way to display the helmet...

These are daguerreotype images of a Parma Infantryman and Mounted Artillery. They are fitted out in entirely 1842 Prussian style. The helmets are misinterpreted in some older prints and appear more British. Existing pickelhaubes indicate that they are M1842's manufactured in Germany as they...

https://spikehelmets.pl/ Thomislaw at Spikehelmets in Mosina, Poland knows craftspeople who can produce a good M1842 facsimile. I have an original brass Parma plate, extraordinary design work of Bourbon coat of arms. Parma was threatened by both French and Austrian ambitions during the 1840's...