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Alles klar. Mod Loree please delete post. :o

hmmmmm 8 bids, 4 bidders, very expensive total and the seller has 3 user names???? this auction just isnt feeling right for me. just my opinion.

Yes.

:o In a way I feel like being struck by lightning, it just hit me! just really reading what you wrote. I am late to pick up on this but why does someone need three Ebay names???

Thanks for your input and help! Like I said if he is dismantling helmets to sell parts for more of a profit and the parts are original then I see no problem with that, that is as long as I can afford to pay the price.

and I have no problem with that as long as the parts are original/authentic. The price of original helmet parts can sometimes exceed the price of a complete helmet because most of us have a helmet missing a part(s) and we of course will almost pay anything to complete our project, especially...

Very nice haube Karl! The liner looks like its nice and soft.

I am looking for some opinions from all of you on this seller toujours-plus-loin on Ebay.fr. He seems to have a "original" chinstrap(among other helmet parts) every week and they usually look pretty original to me. His feedback is good but offers no returns and his pictures are ok. Have any of...

That's a great pickelhaube to start with! Nice condition and it's enlisted too! Everything looks good to me. Chinstrap looks original. It's hard to tell about the kokarden from the pictures but I think they are good ones, the Reichs kokarde should be a red-orange color. Now that you have your...

Hey Ron I am not feeling this one. I agree the sewn kokarden is wrong for these type of kokarden.

Well pricing is always a difficult subject. I personally go for helmets in good to near mint condition. A common helmet in poor condition goes for much less than the same helmet in near mint condition. Your helmet seems to be in OK condition but I would need to see a lot more photos or examine...

sure it is probably easy but I wouldn't want a "frankenstein" eagle on one of my haubes. Eagles exist with different color, type and shape. It depends on the natural patina, what time/period the eagle was produced, brass, neusilber, M15, officer and the regiment. you can't just put any eagle...

Back visor has been restitched, possibly the front too. That would bother me and as Ron said the liner is looking a little diseased. These are the most common helmets to find on Ebay so a nice one is bound to come around soon.

"Addicted?" Maybe but I just call it my "haubby". :wink:

That is the thing about reserve crosses, sometimes they were used and sometimes not. it is a very "grey" area. I do not own one of these helmets and I have never examined one so I am not really sure how in a case of a reserve cross it would be attached. Are they normally attached through a...

I didn't find exactly what I was looking for but I did come up with a little help. The missing Vaterlandbandeau is most likely a sign that it is a reserve helmet(maybe missing its reserve cross or never had one). It is documented in many books that the reserve is without its bandeau. There is...

I don't think Tony is on the forum anymore, we will have to do without his knowledge unfortunately I think. I am still looking into this matter personally, I am very interested in this wappen.

I have seen a example of this before in one of my books but it will take me a little bit of time to go through all 100+ or so of them before I find it. Maybe in a Kube catalogue possibly?

the helmet shell looks odd to me in its shape/design and the inside leather lining doesn't seem to fit typically what I have seen as to be normal for these types of helmets. i would pass on it, overall first impression it looks bad.

whoops! sorry my original link doesn't exactly get to the "point". this is the one... Lot Nr. 4699 Helm M 1886/16 für einen Reserveoffizier der Kavallerie. or just click the Bayern link let me know if you find it. its there just found it again.