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Hello Piotr, Happy New Year to you too! I'm not satisfied with this eagle for Tschako. From the front, it looks fine, but I can see orange rust spots on the back... (I should check if it's magnetic). I don't like the cut of the edges either. It's “chewed,” whereas the good plates have very...

Thank you for sharing. Note that the 1899 banners were always added to the officers' eagles because there weren't enough units to produce to justify creating a new die each time. Regarding the enlisted eagle (Kammer eagle), there are two possibilities: 1---Helmets already in the hands of...

Congratulations on this impressive pedigree. Here is the history of KB6JR. https://wiki.genealogy.net/6._KB_Division_(Alte_Armee) At the beginning of the war, it participated in what is known here in Lorraine as the Battle of the Frontiers. Between Saint-Dié and Pont-à-Mousson, passing through...

Bonjour, Merci d'avoir partagé cette magnifique collection. Je me joins à vous avec mes deux casques de la GKR, l'un datant de la guerre franco-prussienne de 1870 et l'autre de la Première Guerre mondiale. M62/67 de Jaeger et M15 de Lachmann.

I jumped the gun a bit; indeed, a larger magnification of the TK would have allowed me to definitively detect an "electroplated" reproduction. I'll quickly correct my initial impression. Thanks, Tony!

The quality of the front plate and the beauty of the enamel leave no doubt as to the authenticity of this superb helmet. For small states, the helmet of a doctor with reserve officer rank was exactly the same. (gold fittings, stars, front plate of the state officer, here Brunswick.)

Hello, I don't think it's an insect. I think the thin red leather became stuck to the rubber under the pressure of the stitching, and when the neck guard was removed, the thin leather tore away from the neck guard's leather. Rubber can liquefy in the heat of the sun, for example, and solidify...

Hello, The eagle looks authentic, but the TK is a contemporary electroplating.

Very Nice !!! For your information, the Hanoverian victory- banners are always added and soldered with tin onto the officer's eagle. They were also added to the enlisted eagle in 1899, when it became necessary to add them to the line eagles on helmets already in service. However, for new...

Thanks for sharing! I love it! I have already had several occasions to say that the Oldenburg was my favorite regiment, because in August 1870, Grand Duke "Peter II" requisitioned the village where I live, for himself and for the 0JR 91. I particularly like it! (bataille de...

Rare and Nice ! Actually, this isn't an M92 camouflage Uberzug, but rather an M84 Manöver-Kappe. It was initially used to distinguish enemy units (red stripe) from friendly units (no stripe). However, during mobilization, the field gray side could be used as a substitute Uberzug.

Yes, for me, Train Bataillon without a doubt. Indeed, the chimney cap is not specific to the Hessians but standard for the Prussians, and in this case, the bell-shaped tip is absolutely necessary. This lid would also be suitable for a FAR61 officer for the Hessian ball. The cover for the...

For officers, since it was a private purchase, potentially a "whimsical" one, it's less clear-cut. Below is an officer's helmet with a gold-plated bell-shaped spike that unscrews. So, more likely an officer from the TB18... but... This one is a 116R type screw-on type

No. But regarding the infantry officer, the convex scales were a "Hessian" flourish, unlike those of the supply train officer.Regarding the enlisted men's insignia, the points were different :---116, 118, and 168: fixed fluted point (gold-brass) .---115: silver-plated, screw-on fluted point...

Hello, this is a privately purchased, non-military helmet. It's a spiked helmet from the "Executiv-Polizei" (Executive Police) with nickel silver trim, a guilloché leather liner with crenellations, a non-standard military M71 chinstrap, and typical police side reinforcements. Another clue is...

Depending on the quality (high or low) and the price, several types of fabric were used. Silk was the most expensive, but there was also sateen, or even cotton serge (gabardine), for the Eigentum, the volunteer soldiers.

Of course. As for the curiosities for officers, we are dealing almost with one-off prototypes.

A very fine Hessian officer's helmet. With its brass fittings and domed crown, it appears to be a TB18. The two angled attachments on the lion's body are unusual, but sometimes found. This is actually a legacy of the attachments on the older M1848 lions, which can be found notably on the lions...

Hello, M95 helmet for enlisted personnel of the foot artillery (heavy artillery, fortress artillery, position artillery, siege artillery, then rail-mounted artillery such as "Lange Max" and "Big Bertha," etc.). This is the Prussian eagle, but the one used by the "old regiments," with an oval FWR...

Bravo, I'm going to do the same!! I thought of Pennequin because 5 years ago, I bought his epaulettes at a flea market in Quimper. It was at that time that I discovered this soldier, a Marine Infantry Lieutenant at the last round of Bazeilles in 1870, taken prisoner by the Bavarians, and who...