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Hi Rob, The exterior lacquer or finish has oxidized, which creates this whitish color film on the surface of the helmet. Best Wishes, Alan

Fantastic! Congratulations! I'm amazed there are not any chips or broken parts to it, with the delicate features it has.

That's a beautiful helmet, congratulations! Alan

Yes, and it has been there for a while. If it was reasonably priced and/or in great shape, it would have been long gone.

Hi Brian, Thanks for posting this. I have been wondering about the possibility of mailing my enlisted pattern Guard Train Battalion helmet up to you in order to have both visors re-stitched. If it is o.k. to send it up to you, I will use the regular plain brown box as I normally do. I'll...

Yes, the helmet body is blackened felt, and not vulcan fiber. This is shown in the photo of the interior of the helmet, where the silk liner is parted and it reveals this fact. The wappen or front plate is original. The spike, base, and the other fittings appear to have all of the mercury fire...

Well said, Bruno. I agree. Best Wishes, Alan

On Facebook, Johan Somers recommended an amazing instructional video about German WW1 Telegraph and Fernsprecher equipment. He states that it is one of the best video's that he has ever seen on this topic. The video and subtitles are in German, but in the settings one can change it to English...

Congratulations Coert, on finding another example, and at a really great bargain price for a Lubeck example. Best Wishes, Alan

This helmet seems to be a mystery with the way it is configured with the parts on it. Will has shared with me that the chinscales are silver color under the links. Maybe the golden appearance color that is seen on the exposed portion of the chinscale links comes from old cigarette smoke, which I...

£2500 plus postage: That Converts to $3,370.11 in United States Dollars, at the current Bank to Bank Exchange Rate. The actual conversion rate is more than that, of course for a potential U.S. buyer. The British Pound Sterling at current bank to bank exchange rate is 1.3480 per U.S. Dollar...

Jeff had part of the Chip Minx collection on display at the last O.V.M.S. Show of Shows in Louisville, with the statement that it will be made available on their upcoming A.G.M./Bannerman Auctions. I took some photos of part of it that they had in their display cases. I will have to look and see...

A great collection of Minenwerfer shoulder boards, Hans, congratulations to you! Best Wishes, Alan

Congratulations Matt, on acquiring this beautiful and very hard to find M15 Wurttemberg Helmet! Best Wishes, Alan

I am not picking on Steve here for saying this, because what he said is true. A rare $450 helmet back in the 1970's that is now valued at $7,000. $450 was a lot of money back in the 1970's to most people. Here is a part of the understanding of how this happened: In 1965 the United States made...

Congratulations on this fantastic find, Bruno! Super!

Congratulations Ron, on a fine restoration job! Best Wishes, Alan

Hi James, Congratulations on this great looking, rare helmet! (y):love: First time that I have seen one of these in Kugelhelm configuration. It looks great with your other two cloth covered helmets! The large size of it is quite amazing to see next to the other two helmets! Best Wishes, Alan

Hi John, I'd try posting this on WAF Imperial Medals & Badges section. There are members there who will be able to tell you about these post-war veteran medals, the ribbons, and most likely someone there will chime in about whether or not this unit was qualified for the Flanders cross or not...

Thanks for sharing this Rob. I'm not surprised this happened to you, that they missed having you sign to receive the package, and they simply dumped it off in your mailbox. I've had the postal service miss scanning a package delivery to me, several times over the years. Best Wishes, Alan