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It seems to me that was a standard for JR. 111 every helmet that I've seen from that regiment has painted marks. But I do also have a helmet which was stamped to the 91st in 1904 and had the markings for III L.J.R.85 painted on at a later date.

Can admins not just remove him permanently?

Very nice piece

Emphasis on lightly.

It looks like they were stamped into the leather vs. Stamped in ink, take a piece of paper and lightly shade over the paper and it may reveal markings.

Here is the liner and insides of the shako, as previously stated, no sweat stains, manufacturers stamps or depot marks.

I will take a photo once I'm home and post it.

Skipper greenwade makes these, they are very nice products for a fair price. I would highly suggest googling his name and his website will pop up.

Very small haha maybe next time I go home on leave we can meet up.

Luckily my dad is also a collector, he is the one that helped me get started so he's always on the lookout for cool stuff.

I am from Southern Minnesota, near Rochester what area are you in?

I also forgot to mention that the chinstrap was acquired through Amy and I think it accompanies the helmet well, when I get some more time I intend on doing some more detailed repair work to the strap.

Good evening gentlemen, I recently received a shako that my parents found for me up in MN, it had loose visors and needed a little work but I think it's turned out quite well, the liner is in immaculate shape and still very pliable so this was definitely a piece that was manufactured and then...

The buyer will always pay the fee one way or another.

It depends on how picky you are, personally I use NOS cotton thread.

Lucky for him and his friend the restoration won't take much, a few stitches and a single star for the base and this one will be right as rain.

I am on the same page Brian, I don't typically go for stuff like this but I am an avid collector of this particular unit!

Id guess that this is probably a spam account of some kind, his English isn't the greatest but his location is set in Kansas.

What would be the proper style of sword knot for this one?

Good evening gentlemen, I was lucky enough to locate a site/ app that is based out of germany5 which has a unit photograph that I've been hunting for some time. Unfortunately I do not have a german email and phone number to register, I was wondering it anyone on the forum uses kleinanzeigen and...