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Tall and elegant Schirmmütze for a Bavarian Officer of Infantry or the Schweres Reiter-Regiments of cavalry. Brilliant Bavarian blue and poppy red colors. Cream silk liner and ersatz sweatband. All stitching tight, and obviously a higher-quality cap when originally made. Excellent Reich and...

Husaren-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich III von Hessen-Homburg (2.Kurhessisches) Nr.14 enlisted Tellermütze. Bright colors in the regimental color scheme of blue body, red band, and white piping unique to this regiment. Polished cotton liner with “Deutsche Industrie” maker logo. Ersatz sweatband...

Wow Sander - that's about as good as it gets. Congrats!

Fantastic group Bob! Congrats!

Interesting question, this - from all the references I've seen, the helmets are identical (like gilt Prussian Generals and War Ministry helmets). In the Verlag Militaria books on the German Generals and the recent one on the Adjutants and Household Troops, the description and examples seem to...

I was guessing this was the route, when he phrased it "Please inform yourself!" 😺

Thanks Mike! I'll have to double-check - I thought I only received the usual brochure. Do you think this means he is offering FedEx as a shipping option, or suggesting self-service the way you had to?

Welcome 😺

Admittedly current policies make the US a very difficult place to do business with and to ship to, but Herr Kube is becoming exasperating. I have no idea why he can't seem to ship DHL Express, which does still cover the US, or to offer FedEx as a standard option instead of the self-directed...

That's a great tip Tony...going to search for one to add to my collecting gizmo box!

Awesome pictures of a marvelous museum! Thanks for sharing them.

This is a Steve-approved picture of Steve posted in another thread some months back, taken last summer. He's shown mid-story (I've never known anyone with so many excellent stories), and surrounded by his passion. His son shared that he believed that everyone who "who helped keep up his...

Thank you for posting this here Mike - it is a sad day. Steve was a force of nature in this hobby, and a remarkable man in so many ways. His generosity in sharing his knowledge, his time, his extraordinary archive of photographs, and his immense stockpile of stories was a gift. Our shared...

Oh my - those are both gorgeous ensembles Dave. And the caps are spectacular!

Right?! The last one is the hardest bit, IMO. I've not seen many unquestionably legit Chaplains in the wild. One of the many overlooked areas in both references and collections. On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoy the expertise, analysis, and partnership of this Forum. 😺

I'm a visual guy, so in the spirit of "I swear I'm not crazy" this is why this one is giving me a headache. Not perfect lighting, but aimed to take similar slices of the various examples supplied by Charles and Tony of Train, and (from the previously linked forum) from the German Historical...

Welp, now I am coming around to your interpretation Tony. JPT inspired me to fiddle with some of the images here in a photo editor, and massively increasing color saturation only seems to make it more blue (rather than putting it on the red scale). It would be interesting to see examples of...

Great pictures - thanks for sharing. To my eye, this looks like exactly what you'd want to see, especially the fact that the insignia are attached beneath the lining and not poking through it. The material you refer to is part of the construction of the cap stiffener, which helped it retain...

This is a very interesting discussion, and one of the many reasons I love this forum. 😺 I'd still want to see the interior, especially the construction behind the kokarden and cross. But all "Occam's Razer" style, I am still inclined to vote Feldgeistliche on this one. I suspect the "dark...

A few more for the thread. Randy and Remy of Age of Kings in action! Best Imperial German headgear offering of the show - and they seemed to be doing a brisk business. Team Sanders - two generations of Imperial German expertise! And genuinely nice and very interesting guys. Y'know for...