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Nice helmet, congratulations :)

Dear fellow forum members, I was just browsing through my books on uniforms and pickelhauben again and noticed that the book “Die Deutsche Artillerie” (The German Artillery) states that the chin strap for foot artillery was introduced as early as 1887. According to the AKO of March 3, 1887...

It’s a great book Coert, congrats (y)! These books of the Militaria-Verlag really are my favorites books about spiked helmets and uniforms. They are unique because of their detailed information, source references and the large amount of beautiful photos. I got the book about Adjutants and house...

Thanks mate and I wish it for you too. For me it was also a great luck to have found this Forum, there is no better for me :)

Dear friends, first of all I'd like to wish you a happy new year 2026. I'm looking for good photos of different helmets M1857. Unfortunately, I haven't had much luck finding good photos of helmets of this type over the last 10 years. Therefore, I hope that some of the fellow collectors on this...

A happy, peaceful and healthy new year to you and your families 🎊🎉🪅

I‘m very grateful to everyone. I also wish you all around the world a Merry Christmas, peace, and above all, good health 🎁🎅🏼🎄.

Congratulations Coert, a really nice addition to your collection(y)

Congratulations, a really nice helmet. Welcome to the Forum :)

These are some nice helmets. Thank you for sharing(y)

Thank you for sharing, Francis :)

These cockades, measuring 65 mm in diameter, probably originate from the metal helmets that were introduced in 1862. They were then probably also sometimes used for the M1860 leather helmet. But there are also plenty of M1860 helmets that have the correct metal cockades with a diameter of 75 mm...

Sorry Thierry, but I have a different opinion about the 1st reduction of the cockade diameter. Contemporary sources indicate that the diameter of the cockades was firstly reduced with the introduction of the helmet M1867 (down to 50 mm)...

Well done! It’s a wonderful helmet (y)

Nice helmet with great stamps. Congratulations and thank you for sharing (y) 🎄

Nice helmet! Congratulations and thank you for sharing :)

Congratulations, well done (y)

Congratulations on this find :)

It could be a test helmet, but there are many question marks. Why is it an officer's helmet, and why does it come from a Landwehr officer? I don't believe that tests would have been performed by inactive units. However, some parts look original, but not the liner, the rear spine, the cockade and...

For completeness, here is a link to the 2. Volume with the drawings: Die Organisation, Bekleidung, Ausrüstung und Bewaffnung der Königlich Bayerischen Armee von 1806 bis 1906 - Part II (Drawings)