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Yes: --For mounted artillery, or towed artillery, intended to accompany infantry charges, it is written: F.A.R. for Feld-Artillerie-Regiment. --For artillery on foot, (heavy artillery, fortress, siege, position, or marine artillery mounted on rail (wagon), it is written: -A. or A.F. or A zu...

To revive tombac, nickel silver, and brass, avoid sanding and abrading. The metal sheet is very thin, and sanding it weakens it. The best is to soak the helmet in a bucket filled with rainwater, (not limestone) with addition of one liter of hydrochloric acid. We let it soak for 24 hours because...

Thank you, Alan, for having perfectly conveyed my thoughts. I add that in this case, since this helmet does not come from the B.A. XII, it does not have the typically Saxon marking as infra.

A rare Richard Lindenberg A.G. Mine shows side posts quite special. They are made of smaller steel and are covered with brass caps from side post M95 for tip helmets. We know one or two others in France with this extremely rare feature. Was it an inconclusive test, to prevent the chin strap key...

No, because in that case we would have T.B.12 and not 12 A. This point is a mistake.

The plate on my M15 JzPf N°3 Colmar in Elsass. I feel like the model with the head bowed is more common than the other model.

Here's another one. BING are not Ersatz, because like the Weissenburger Wurtembergeois, they have been the subject of a patent filed and protected, they are of good quality and have been the...

It’s just a problem with the vintage drawing. The November 1860 eagle is slightly different from the next one, which dates back to 1895. Here is the M60 : On a Jäger zu°M1905 helmet, such an eagle is a reused eagle from a Dragon helmet. Despite everything, this M60 design reappears on some...

Very nice work. On the other hand, you use a seamstress needle... too sharp. It pricks instead of running into the hole. Use a saddler-saddler-leatherworker needle, with a rounded tip, and you’ll see that it gets better. 😇

Nice M15 manufactured new, on that date, and not recycled "M95." The absence of regiment number is compliant and regulatory. The AK VIII is the AK of Rhineland, formed by the 15th Infantry Division of Koblenz and the 16th of Trier. https://genwiki.genealogy.net/VIII._Armeekorps_(Alte_Armee)

Beautiful...but... Two observations: --Your helmet is not an F.A.R 12 but a Saxon, 12 A., implying "zu Fuß" stationed in METZ (Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen). Indeed, it shows a rear spine cwith ventilation flap and ventilation hole under the neck cover. The F.A.R’s being "mounted" did not...

Never "grease" a pointed helmet. If that’s the case, the helmet is irreparably damaged. The grease clogs, molds, and stains the inner silk! Everything is getting sticky! The only thing to do is to moisturize the strap of the "troupe" chinstrap, or the inside of the scale chinstrap with glycerin.

The width of the post side keys varies depending on many criteria. They are matched to the passage width of the lug. Infra, 3mm keys, reduced to 2.5 at mobilization to adapt to other post side. BING chinstraps are special because they have two rivets per slider, a unique feature specific...

From what I know, after 1889, Kurassier-Kammer helmets for enlisted men had a smooth peak and, most importantly, a simple, rounded visor. (This is so that the rifle can be shouldered and aimed). Therefore, the distinction is very simple, as shown in the document below: ---Helmets with these...

Il n'a que la coque, la pointe et la moitié de la coiffe intérieure. 300€ en France.

😊Gino : Qui va piano, va sano, va lontano.😇

Very Nice and rare Giorgio !👌 Congratulations. 👋

Yes, that's right—it's a good sign, so it really is a natural “felt.”

The woolen sheet looks more like modern felt. It's hard to form an opinion. In any case, this is an Eigentum product.

As mentioned above, such a Prussian M15 helmet could be:---a JR, PB, or TB model; these are all exactly the same.---an active duty, reserve, or Landwehr-Landsturm helmet, since the LWK designation no longer appears on the iron eagle emblem. In addition, some Hanoverian eagles were no longer...