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Thanks for the effort Brian. I have a vulcanfibre Grenadier officer helmet that needs work as well, and this thread looked promising. No worries! Bryan.

Good pro-tips, Pickelhauben. I will look into that. And thank you for the kind words, Seagull. Bryan.

Thanks Brian! High praise from the master hauben-smith! Actually, the tin on these is very thin, and not too difficult to move. As my buddy who has worked metal for many years told me, "the metal wants to go back to it's shape it was formed in". I think he is correct in that. I found with...

Does anyone know a good resource for quality replica feldzeichen? Primarily Prussian. I saw a site called Prussian Glory. Are their feldzeichen good replicas? Thank you. Bryan.

Hi meme32, I have one just like it. I think it is a good one as well, and your chinstrap looks good to me from what I can see. Bryan.

Lastly, the liner. I removed it back at our home in Florida. I flew out here to SoCal with the helmet in my bag. When we get back to Florida after the new year, I will do some repair work to the original factory liner and re-install it back into this helmet. I will document my process for...

I wiped down the exterior, and rather than repaint, I cleaned it up. The helmet shell still has about 85% of its original paint, so I figured it should keep what it has for now. I just lightly cleaned, oiled and shined the exterior. I had a couple of extra original cockades and a pretty nice...

The interior after using very fine steel wool and oil to clean up the fine surface rust. Note the brass fittings around the edge which secure the liner in place.

A wooden wedge assisted in supporting the helmet top in the correct position while we carefully re-peened the top back onto the crown.

We very carefully removed the top in order to address the metal issues involving the crown and to gain access to the interior of the top to work on a bad dent. Our primary mandrel was an old cut-off ball section of a staircase oak newel post. It worked better than the sandbag we were initially...

Interior with liner removed showing surface rust over the paint.

A good p8cture of the helmet straight on. You can see how it leans.

You can see that the top leans to the left side on the crown. The M91 side posts were carefully removed along with the wappen, and everything was straightedge and cleaned.

A true Gentleman contacted me via PM awhile back after reading my posting on Wotjak's thread about his restoration of a tin ersatz Ulanen tschapka. He offered me an identical one at a very fair price, but it required some repair. In the photo below, you can see the finished results. The...

I am curious as well. Did this one get completed?

I honestly don't know how you guys do it! Folks in the Northern States and Canada have it rough in the winter. That has to be tough...

Good work saving this one!

That looks nice Brian. Better than the wappen I dropped into a bowl full of white vinegar last week! I gotta hit Harbor Freight and get a sonic cleaner in my life, I think... Bryan.

Hey MattS, Welcome to the forum. Check out the photo below. Since I'm back in California right now, I went downstairs and grabbed these out of my closet down there. It should give you an idea of what I meant by the color being "off" on these uniforms so they would work better with the...

Hey 911car, Do you go to the little militaria show in Bellflower on the last Sunday of each month? I normally try to drive up there from Oceanside each month when I am in town. Bryan