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First rate helmet and first rate research! :thumb up: Congratulations, Philippe!

Incredible specimen, Roy! :love10: :thumbright: Friend "Cousette" need doubt no longer… :sign7:

Peter, the machine gun in final photo foreground is the Austria-Hungary Schwarzlose Maschinengewehr Modell 05.

Royal West Kent officer's KD jacket circa 1921. The second battalion was dispatched to Mesopotamia in early 1915. Chas

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Ron: The peculiar Totenkopf device in the second photo is identical to one pictured on page 159 of The Pickelhaube by J. A. Bowman (yes, that Bowman). The same odd pattern, albeit mounted on a Landwehr eagle, appears on page 324 of Bowman Volume 2 with the following description: Whilst there...

I saw it at the SOS too, before Weitze bought it from another exhibitor. I thought it was junk then, and I still do. [-X

The double fold preußische Bandeau (for comparison with Tony's excellent photos of the double fold Fuerst Bandeau): As with the Fürstum regiments granted Landes Wappenstern (IRs 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 153) , I suspect the IR 92 Totenkopf was intended to take visual precedence over the Helmadler...

Great stuff, Gus! :bravo: I really like the way you captured your grandfather's pose from the studio portrait in the first mannequin from the left. It's gratifying to know your audience appreciated the hard and thoughtful work. Chas

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Thanks for sharing that incredible letter, Gus. :bravo: I can only imagine the emotions your great-grandfather experienced as he read it for the first time. The ordeal described therein is hellish. It is also sobering to learn the consequences your great-uncle's mumps. I feel lucky to have...

As we all know, this Friday is November 11th. My wife and I recently returned from a trip to Upper Canada, where I acquired a poppy benefiting the Royal Canadian Legion. Back home, I received a "Buddy" Poppy for contributing to the VFW Veterans Assistance Program--small gestures for the...

Wow! Thanks one and all for ringing in. My first M95 was a lousy mess with loose visors, rotted liner, and repro parts (defects not disclosed by the seller, but I won't name names). It came with an original private purchase cover and cost $500.00 in pre-millennium dollars. Long before this...

When I was first bitten by this hobby, I would have been thrilled to find a bargain like this. Now, fifteen odd years later, it seems like even more of a bargain. The local community college presented a small (and I do mean small) military show a few weeks back. When the seller saw me inspect...

A hex upon thee (nuts that is).

Tony, sprinkle some boric acid powder along your baseboards next time and kiss those stinkers au revoir.

Thanks, Gus! Does the stock have the correct WRA hard rubber butt plate?

Congratulations, Gus. Would it be possible to see a few close-ups of your Winchester 97 Trench Gun?

Too late, sold at Morton Auction on 7 September 2010 for the equivalent of 10,300.00 USD.

"EREL?" Looks like it's marked "ERN" to me. Chas