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I guess i was entertaining the idea of it being a JR 115 helmet since it would seem that those fittings would be more likely to come off than a whole set of chinscales. But on the chance that this is dragoons its possible that his original chinscales were damaged and he was unable to get curved...

Is it possible that the extra fittings were removed or lost years ago and the rest of the fittings aged evenly without them?

Actually I may have been mistaken, i was able to get the spike off, either the nut in the bass is messed up or the spike screw itself is bent because it did NOT want to come off. Luckily nothing was damaged but underneath the spike does appear to be silver.

All of the fittings are brass and the spike would unscrew but its pretty tight and I dont wanna risk damaging the leather

Good evening gentlemen, Ive recently come across this honest looking hessian officer and for the price I couldnt let it go. Its solid from top to bottom having what I understand as either an early or private purchase tall fluted spike, flat chinscales, and all the appropriate fittings which are...

The handle from the sword is rather loose and came apart while I took it out to clean it which ended up revealing the serial number for the sword and interestingly enough all of yue components have matching numbers. The full serial number is inside the handle and the final digit (9) is on the...

Some good outdoor photos

I'll get some from him.

Unfortunately it is the only imperial uniform he is currently in possession of but he is quite certain its black in hand.

Good Evening Gentlemen, A friend of mind has recently purchased this uniform and is not sure of its exact designation, the closest thing I could think of is hessian Dr. 23 however the base tunic doesnt appear to have a green hue to it as you'd expect from that unit. If anyone has any ideas I...

That is an outstanding piece! I love when the owners tag is still inside.

Thats not a bad idea either, I happened to have some leather strands that matched the age and wear of the chinstrap so it blends in fairly well in this case.

What kind of repairs? Like visor stitching, patch work in shells, the repair of straps? I dont have many photos of work in progress, just before and after.

Yes I did, I have a bag of old straps and pickelhaube pieces that I keep for stuff like this.

Another small repair is finished and now this helmet is complete, I have successfully repaired the tear in the chinstrap and while up close it is fairly noticeable, from a distance it doesnt look half bad.

Still on the hunt for chinscales

If the price were more reasonable I would be happy to take a crack at it but unfortunately I think 1500 is unreasonable given its condition.

There is absolutely alot of rust under that fresh coat of paint. You can see where the pitting has been painted over