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Similar to this one but not exactly: https://www.ima-usa.com/products/original-german-wwi-kingdom-of-saxony-customs-officer-pickelhaube-spiked-helmet?variant=31929995493445 Has the same kind of disk with the double holes.

Okay confused as it is Toulouse and I see the article is from 2022, but you posted as if it happened last weekend. Regardless very crazy and it was on old guy in 2022 so maybe there is another young guy in Toulouse who did the same thing on the weekend? The grandson maybe :unsure:. Family...

The article says "octogénaire" which is octogenarian in English. Article says he was 88.

Given the age it could be dementia. Reaching for the "papier toilette" and got the wrong item....

Could have caused "explosible" diarrhea! Oh wait, it was inert.....

I find these caps and the cross variations fascinating.

Just out of curiosity (no I won't make yet another fake helmet LOL) I looked to see if anyone was still selling the fakes. Found this...

Jim Godefroy by any chance? I know all three of the Godefroy's, Engineer, Gunner and Intelligence officers all in that family.

Nice!

Thanks again Ron. Much appreciated. Peter

Thank you. It’s actually an old 1938 Mills Jukebox that plays 78 rpm records. That is King Edward VIII who abdicated the British throne. He is wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards. He was our King of Canada as well at the time.

Thanks

And here it is next to Queen Victoria. Great Pickelhaube - thanks Age of Kings.

Awesome!

Very nice indeed!

Thanks Brian. I think that is the pipet Ron was referring to.

Thanks. If i win the auction I definitely will.

That would make sense. Thanks. Would definitely display nicely.

Seeking opinions on this wappen. Have never had one of this type. Thinking of bidding on it. Some strange work on the back with the weird middle fastener etc. Thought? Thanks. Peter

In the Canadian Army we have a saying that officers have drilled into them during training. "The troops come first." I.e. when on exercise or operations the soldiers always eat first when it is fresh rations, the logic being if you run out of food they are taken care of and the officers can go...