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Excellent results Peter. Gently removed decades of dust and grime. It did not appear to remove any of the gilding. Nicely done. P.S. Occasionally I use the method above on my eyeballs…….

This typically works for any Dunkelblau period coloured shoulder strap. Blue Backed (in this instance green) - Waffenrock Grey backed - Mantel with collar patches Blue backed - Mannschaften Litewka

Train Schirmmütze and Krätzchen both in kaliblau

Not alone John. These eyes see a Bavarian Train Schirmmütze in kaliblau. The cap being discussed is a beautiful visor in either interpretation. Yes I made these drawings, but I had an appropriate cap sitting on my lap to match colours as best I could. The photos I took in Germany at as...

Nicely done Tony. The patina on silver is superb.

My eyeballs are getting old. I withdraw my Ulanen purple thought. Completely wrong.

[ My opinion here is incorrect. Please ignore ] Agree with John Josef. That looks like a beautiful Ulanen Regt. Nr. 18 Schirmmütze. I have Kammer issued and stamped UR18 Krätzchen in that exact dark purple. AKO of 21 September 1915 change of UR18 piping to dark purple. Probably thought it was...

My beloved wife attended Grammar School in England. I live in pedantic. Here is a snapshot from my Bayern helmets article on Kaisers Bunker HERE.

Many “old collections”, were put together in the 60s 70s etc. Imperial German helmets were not valued highly, and were cheap to buy. I’ve wondered if some of these early collectors thought a skull would look cool, so they would pop the star off of an IR93, IR94, IR95, IR96 etc. and toss it in...

Unfortunately the Braunschweig officer helmets you are asking for opinion on, have reproduction Totenkopf on them. It seems that other members here are trying to be nice, polite, and kind. Fortunately for me that is not my policy. You are defending your helmets/items after negative...

Not usually, never should there be stampings. With that spike there should nothing inside but sweat stains.

The tragedy is that we were both in the same room at the same time, but neither of us knew. I have no idea what you look like. Maybe if I had been holding a Dachshund...

Tony! A dream display of Bandeau! Well done!

Here is an old friend. No longer mine but I’m sure it’s being well cared for.

Person could also use solder remover tape. This is a type of mesh copper. Comes in a small roll. Apply flux, place on old solder and heat with a solder stick. It literally sucks up old solder. Works very well.

Exactly. Modern thread to bolt it to a board or whatever. Plus look at that giant blob of solder. No chance that was done by a manufacturer. In my opinion that does not affect the value.

Superbe!

That is a known copy. All you need to do is look closely and you will see all the casting bubbles. Almost no pebbling on the Bandeau. Wrong shape to the skull, wrong everything. Absolute garbage. Wouldn’t pick it up if this was in a ditch. So bad that I need to wash my eyeballs now.

Quite possibly the most unique and memorable thread that we’ve ever had on this Forum. Time-lapse photography with a collection. Fantastic!

Hello everyone. When you tap WHAT’S NEW to see the latest postings, it had been set to only 10. This was frustrating as only 10 of the new postings were shown and then users had to flip through page after page of only 10 new postings. That is now set to 25. So now when you tap on WHAT’S NEW you...