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Sandy, I´m afraid to say, that you will probably never find this kind of cockade with a central silver ring for the kingdom of Bavaria... Because the bavarian style for officer cokades looks like that: And very rarely, like that. But the center is always blue. Philippe

James, because you own that reference book, could you please have a look concerning this one that H. Weitze is selling? It´s a big enigma for me... And if somebody has an idea about the cockade colors....Totally unknown to me... Thank you! Philippe...

Hi, Good question! This was never submitted to a kind of official regulation. It may have been, but it never formally was. Philippe

Some more M-Schwerin helmets: Leftside: FR90 -----> 4/ RJR90 Rightside: 3/GR89 Philippe

Hi, Whatever the ointment inside this box is made of, I don't think it was used to polish helmets and helmet fittings. This advertisement indicates that it is simply a protected trademark bearing the name ‘Helm’. Recruits were strictly forbidden to polish their helmets, and were only allowed to...

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Some people mit a lot of (too much?) money are driving market prices through the roof (n)👿 Philippe

Yes Steve, thats always the reason why such helmets have to be regimentally stamped as it should be! In this case, in addition, wearer named on the rear visor and tracked in the Württemberg Kriegsstammrollen . Adolf Bruhns from the city of Lübeck, born 19.3.1889, electrical technician in...

I like pioneer EM helmets too 😊 Philippe

For my part, I bid quite strongly on #301, Hauptmann Walter Casparis helmet. But not strong enough...Went for 4800 Euro + tax = 6000 Euro 😑 And #300 (the medals and convolut of Caspari's military life after 1918, his participation in the Bremen Freikorps) gone for 44000 + tax 🤪 There are still...

About the unit, the collar shows clearly : XII.1 – 1.Landsturm-Infanterie-Bataillon Dresden (XII.1) About the Überzug, eventually "45" for BEB 45 (Brigade-Ersatz-Bataillon 45) that was formed in Dresden? Maybe, because of his Unteroffizier rank, assigned to this BEB. Philippe

Hi Jens, You´re welcome ;) You understood the problem perfectly! "I suspect that Philippe is mainly annoyed that someone is presenting an object from his collection as “falsified” Basically, I have nothing against using my photos to fuel a topic. On the other hand, I don't agree at all when...

Hi John Josef ;) As far as I'm concerned and in all humility, I am not pretending to educate anyone. I only share my passion for collecting and have far too much respect to use, let alone without permission, other people's photos to claim or assert publically this or that without any proof...

And further, dear Clovis, I would ask you from now on to stop using my own picts for purposes taken out of context that do not reflect the truth and that are in addition falsely captioned. Claiming that the cockade on my helmet was soaked for 15 days in a brine, that the ugly modern cockade copy...

As already told on the French forum where we already have longly discussed about that point, I absolutely not agree with your point of view! ☝️ 😑 Not in this case and even not in other cases of some other "demonstrations" you made according the guide you have created yourself, especially the...

Researching and identifying names in helmets in period archives is one of my great passions for much years, and I have noticed on several occasions in the past that HW often told a lot of nonsense when he claimed that such and such a helmet had been worn by such and such an officer, quoting a...

Hello, Beautiful and interesting helmet! I love those named helmets! Do you see a name or name tag in the helmet? Because I know that HW is sometimes telling stories 🧐 Here is mine, named to Oberleutnant Kurt (Curt) Gabriel, Regiments Adjutant of the JR74, wounded 22.8.14 in Belgium. (Thanks...

Totally bogus, from 10 miles.... Philippe

Offizierstellvertreter is NOT a rank. It is a function / position. Only applied in war time but has still exist on the paper in peace time. This function was mostly accorded to Vizefeldwebel der Reserve (überzähliger Feldwebel) who formally first were OYV before the war. Philippe

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