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Here are some of my people pictures from the SoS. I was only there for Thursday, so didn't have as much time as I would have liked for visiting and taking pictures.

I noticed the doctored helmets as well. Here's one of my two imperial era helmets that I bought at the show. This appeared to be not messed with other than some likely adjustment to the slightly damaged comb. I plucked this from the same table shown in the table above with KuK headgear and...

Hi Steve, I thing Ron's got the right idea with this one. In 1919 people weren't thinking, "Gee, collectors aren't going to like that 100 years from now." I've seen these helmets used for target practice and I'm sure they were abused in many backyard war games, used for flower pots, etc. In...

Hi Ron and Steve, It is a nice looking piece, no? I'm pretty sure it was plated, not polished. The interior looks original except for the green painted cape, but the entire interior has been repainted. You can see bright metal shining through scratches in the paint. So I think the thing was...

Despite everybody's advice, I went ahead and bought the thing. I didn't spend an arm and a leg, but it wasn't a total steal either. I thought it was cool and I wanted to have a close look so I bought it, ok? :) . So here's a description... It’s a Model 1915 Mannschaften or other ranks...

Hi Francis and Bruno, Thanks for these opinions. I think most collectors would take one look and assume this is a complete fake. According to the seller, it came from the US War Department and he's provided the attached documentation with an interesting provenance story. Of course, you have...

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This helmet has been offered to me. It's supposed to be an out-of-the-woodwork War Bond type thing, but there are several things that look irregular to me. Does anybody think this has a chance of being original? I appreciate your help. Mark D.

Hi Randy, Thanks for the synopsis. Any particularly great steel helmets in this lot? I might have to go to Maine to have a look-see. Cheers, Mark D.

Thanks! Does anybody have a notion of who might have worn this kind of helmet? We were guessing cavalry because of the tendency for cavalry units to have silver versus brass or gilt trim, but we don't really know. The feathered plume might suggest use by a general, as with Imperial German...

This is a helmet that my father has owned since 1958. He found it in a flea market in Mexico City where he lived (Mexico City that is, not the flea market :) ) There were two pickelehaubes and he just bought the one, but always regretted not getting both. He paid something like $25 for the...

Brian, Thanks. I appreciate your opinion. Cheers, Mark e="b.loree"]Looks totally original to me. Note the fine brass buckles with rounded edges and the undyed rear side of the strap. Repros do not have the rounded edges, they are very square with sharp edges. Both sides of the leather are...

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Here's a chinstrap that came with an M15 Prussian pickelhaube that I just picked up. The piece was an out-of-the-woodwork find that I didn't pay much money for, so I'm pretty sure it's original. It occurred to me, however, that the leather might be an old replacement made for the souvenir...

Thanks. Available online: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030473618;view=1up;seq=5

Hi, Thanks again for this tip. I went back to Joe's website and found the Train unit stamps, including one that is a dead ringer for the on on my pickelhaube. Now I'm wondering what reference you used to figure out that this train detachment was in Coblenz. I thought I had identified an...

Well the whole training ground/military academy idea could be a red herring... A train unit did occur to me initially, but I didn't see this on Joe's list. If this unit had been in Colbenz, then that would make a lot of sense since US troops occupied this city post-WWI. What reference sources...

Here one that I picked up a couple days ago. There are a couple of interesting or unusual things about it. At first glance it appears to be a standard Model 1895 other ranks pickelhaube. On closer inspection, it turns out to be a Model 1915 pickelhuabe that has been painted to simulate...

The picture from Weitze's site has unfortunately aged out. Does anybody have a picture of the thing on file? Also, what was the price? My father bought one of these from a flea market in Mexico in 1958 for $25. There were two and of course now he regrets not buying both. Back in 1958 $25...