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Thanks, Gus! :D

Sorry, Eric, no. The author of the cosmolineandrust blog writes about converting .45 auto casings, but I wouldn't press my luck with that enterprise. I believe this is as close as you will get: http://www.buffaloarms.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=157325&TERM=.455%20auto"...

I've had this one for a while, and thought it might be of interest to the weapons collectors. The following links provide good background on Webley and the Mark I...

Incredible! =D> Congratulations, Marcel!

Hmmm! I think Ron may have made the correct call after all. The more I look at the eBay helmet, the more I think it is a standard M15 Küraßier.

Some of these were fitted with the conventional spike base, Ron, but take a closer look at the neck guard.

Nope, mine is one of the few that isn't. I seem to recall that Peter's is.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW1-GERMAN-SPIKE-HELMET-KURASSIER-HELMET-/110732338442?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c829650a#ht_500wt_1413" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It's a pity about the condition, because it appears to be an original Ersatz Küraßier helmet. This is mine:

Georg, it is being discussed here: http://www.pickelhaubes.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6217" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the UK? Those words in British English make one fully appreciate the observation, "two nations divided by a common language." In American English they would be "total crap." :lol:

Top drawer! =D>

This is the front cover of a book I purchased in the 1970s after seeing the film, The Life of Emile Zola, in which Joseph Schildkraut portrayed Dreyfus: The previous photo I posted of Alfred Dreyfus was courtesy of Britannica Online. I have no idea how old the subject was when he posed for...

Uh… it takes more than a waxed moustache and pince-nez to make an Alfred Dreyfus. This is Captain Dreyfus: The medal worn by the anonymous Commandant (equivalent in rank to a major) is the Kreuz der Rechtsritter des Johanniter-Ordens. Nevertheless, there is something altogether "rotten"...

http://cgi.ebay.com/German-WW1-Pickelhaube-Other-Ranks-All-Original-/290483648590?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item43a22cb84e#ht_9767wt_1398" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Philippe, I think you've purchased an outstanding, authentic IR 91 helmet. In fact, this exact same helmet is pictured on page 99 of Herrmann's Militärische Kopfbedeckungen der Kaiserzeit. The two diagonal scratch marks on the front peak trim, slightly sprung three scallop scale on right...

Ugly!

Something like this, perhaps?

That's one hell of a shell (and a rather impressive web page for the bunker, too).

Not M15. Look at the rear spine. Is anyone bothered by the liner?