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I didn't know that - about the late 1915 order to remove spikes on the front line. It would seem that this practice was short lived because around the same time, late 1915, early 1916 steel helmets were introduced and pickelhaubes started to become less common on the front lines. I'm posting...

Maybe they're metal helmets and the fellow in the back has a felt helmet.

I thought this was an interesting group photo from a pickelhaube perspective. Notice, no spikes! I'm aware that these helmets were sometimes worn with spikes removed, but can't recall seeing a group photo like this. Maybe this is not uncommon, but I thought it was interesting. The helmets...

Friends, I regret that I can't make it this year. The reason being that I spent my carefully hoarded "helmet fund" money on my daughter's college tuition bill rather than what it really should be spent on, which is nice helmets for my collection! ](*,) Oh well... I guess it was for a good...

Bruno, This reinfoces information I got from another collector friend: "I can't state with certainty, but this helm certainly appears to be of the Garde du Corps de la Maison du Roi (imperial guard of the royal house), ca. 1815-1820. So this rare casque is of the Restoration--immediately after...

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I'm in discussion with a fellow who is offering this helmet for sale. He thinks it's a French First Empire piece. I realize this is a VERY tricky field to venture into and it's out of my area of expertise. One thing I've learned is that nearly all helmets made after the fall of the First...

Hope so! :)

Fantastic photo! I love all those GdC helmets. Notice the matt silvered finish of the eagles. The look almost white. Over time the tended to get polished to a shiny finish. I wonder what a Life Saving Medal is. Germany was at peace in 1911, so under what circumstances would a person do...

Thanks Peter. This was an interesting group to learn about. At one time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was the largest fraternal order in the United States - larger than the more well known Freemasons. During the Civil War the Patriarch Militant...

Hi Ronny, Thanks. I bought a lot of stuff at auction including some junk, but this was by far the best thing out of the bunch. Mark D.

Cool! Maybe you could stop by and see if they left behind any helmet parts. :) I wonder if there is anything left to the See Batailion installations. Mark D.

Maybe the first character is a 1 for 1st Batallion and the second character is something else - not a "V" for "IV" or 4th.

More detail on stamps: a manufactures stamp (apparently) and a similar stamp from Colonel J's site. Now I just need an original Feldzeichen, chinscales and parade plume. Shouldn't be too hard to find! :lol:

This one came in a few days ago and I've been enjoying having it on my desk. This helmet as well as the one other example that I can find with reference books on hand has a somewhat different construction compared to the standard Prussian shako. It has a thick band of leather at the bottom of...