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Ok guys, I have another question for you. A while back I obtained a 'well worn' shell which I assumed to be JzP helm - no cockades, strap or wappen. The guy I got it from maintained it had been 'liberated' by his uncle who was fighting the Germans in South West Africa (now Namibia) and used as...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261042862855?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1952.l2649#ht_500wt_1413 Is it really that easy to put a new head on a wappen or are there so many differences to shape, colour, contour etc that it would never work?

Gentlemen - any thoughts on this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/251057505382?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648#ht_500wt_1413. Shame about the liner but all the rest seems ok (apart from the lack of peak trim and the usual cockades and chinstrap)?

They seem to have taken a lot of effort and then put copy kurassier cockades on both sides

Good spot Andy - I hadn't noticed the liner profile or the trim which would need to be brass under the chipped paint of course. Took another look and the liner seems to be sized at 58 whereas the helmet is 56 - seller counting on the fact that buyers will assume the two go together? Think I'll...

Any thoughts on this - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251008423509?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 and what looks like the liner to go with it http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251008426456?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648. Would it be a worthwhile restoration project -...

Yes, it looks like rows 5 & 6 (from the bottom) are JzP and Kurassier helmets - hence the reflection at distance. Quite artistic

Guys - Thanks for all your positive comments - I don't feel quite so bad now! Once I've finished off the spike and mount I'll post some more pics (don't spose anyone has a spare domed spike mounting bolt they want to get rid of?) Cheers

This was what it looked like before they got to work http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj487/garlanj/DSC01246.jpg. I thought it would clean up to a nice semi-matt metal with a few pits in it! They didn't plate it or anything and I've gone all over it with 0000 grade wire wool and it still...

Hope this works - see what I mean

Hi all. I recently acquired a very rusty model 1915 kurassier helmet from the 8th kurassiers - complete except for the spike (which I've now managed to get). I was a little bit lazy when it came to removing the rust from the shell and sent it off to a local metal finishers (who restore...

Try the Hooge crater museum http://www.hoogecrater.com/nl. Quite small but some good stuff - rekindled my interest in militaria after 35 years!

I've just got hold of a pretty rough 8th Kurassier helmet dated 1916 (8K stamped next to the size on the rear rim). I was wondering if anyone had any photos of the 8th during the great war and if I could get copies of them - thought I might try and specialise in the one regiment - helmet...

Wow 1700 dollars - expensive rat's nest! Thanks for the guidance chaps :thumb up:

Saw this on the French eBay http://cgi.ebay.fr/Casque-a-pointe-spiked-helmet-pickelhaube-garde-prusse-/150735181540?pt=FR_JG_Collections_Militaria_Uniformes&hash=item23188456e4 Looks like it needs a lot of work - do you guys thinks it's worth it? :-k

Just managed to check with an original Kurassier strap and they are the same length - so I needn't have wasted everyone's time! happy New Year to you all

Thanks guys - seems perfectly logical. The thing that worries me now is that I must have imagined it...... 8-[

Hi Guys I think i read somewhere that leather chinstraps on JzP and Kurassier helmets are longer than the standard pickelhaube ones. Is this correct, and if so how much longer are they? Thanks

Any views on this one http://www.ebay.de/itm/Offiziers-Pickelhaube-Braunschweigisches-Landwehr-Inf-Rgt-Nr-92-Koffer-/190604060497?pt=Militaria&hash=item2c60e32751

Doh!! I'm learning - just very slowly :-k Thanks for that