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I got these method from a professional helmet restorer: Mix fine chalk (the material used for stucco) and alcohol to form a paste. Clean the metal parts very carefully and gently with a cotton swab and this paste. Make sure that the leather does not come into contact with it. Once the alcohol...

Wonderful helmet and an interesting post. Thank you for sharing :)

The photo is most likely from 1902. In September 1902 another photo from the same photo session was published as one of the latest photos of the court photographer Emil Biber. It was shown in the magazine „Berliner Leben (Berlin Life)“, 5th Year (1902), issue 9, page 142: (Link...

Great piece of history. Thank you for sharing this wonderful helmet :)

It seems that this topic has still not been analyzed sufficiently. I would never question the emblems shown by GardeUlan. However, since Larcade has certainly checked his thesis very carefully, I think that the rule applies at least to enlisted men's emblems! There are indeed quite a few...

Thank you very much for your help Bruno. I will pass…You really have to look very carefully everytime o_O

Dear fellow collectors, what do you think of this guard eagle, is it authentic or a replica (at least the eagle)? Link to ebay guard eagle To me, it looks authentic, but according to Larcade, the ends of the fatherland banners on the replicas curl down/inwards, while on the original ones they...

Welcome to the Forum :)

Welcome to the Forum Laurent. Nice to have you on board (y)

Congratulations to this beautiful helmet :)

Congratulations, it’s a beautiful shako :)

Congratulations :)

Congratulations, a really nice helmet :)

Congratulations :)

Excellent post and helmet. Thank you for sharing and all your efforts 😀

Welcome to the Forum :)

Insane price… 🫥

Really beautiful uniforms, congratulations :)

You did a good buy I think. It‘s an original Train officer helmet from around 1900/1914. The Imperial cockade isn’t correct for this helmet. In acc. to the clothing regulations it should be a cockade in style of the Saxon cockade. But it could be original when it is a helmet from 1914, because...

Congratulations Steve, really beautiful :)