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Today I visited the fortress of Eben Emael with my 12 year old son Fort Eben-Emael was built between 1932 and 1935 and was one of the largest and strongest fortifications in Europe, very strategic positioned on a height near the Dutch Belgian border, close to Germany, and surveilling three...

today, at the museum of " EBEN EMAEL" in Belgium, I collected my recently bought IR115 from Tony V , that was discussed recently on this forum, having it in hand it is a beauty, it is an example from mainz 1915 as discussed on the forum as tony already posted detailed photographs I just will...

Wow,what a cool museum, this message came just too late, visited the Pyrenees region Lourdes two weeks ago, would surely made the detour if I had known, …

Very beautiful collection, and love the mutze, a kratchen or mutze with Karpaten insignia is on my wishlist ( along with a lot of other things….)

Very beautiful, very much like the schirmmutze with Karpaten sign, has pink verstoss? What is it exactly?

I very much agree, what an astonishing collection, superb, amazing, I’ve been collecting now for over 25 years, but results are very modest in comparison to Steve, maybe I missed the golden years full of opportunities, maybe I just miss the resources needed, ( my wife thinks the collection is...

Yes I did buy the helmet! I think it is a beauty, and as said, visiting the ‘cimetiere franco allemand ‘ de maissin in the Belgian Ardennes very often ( stop on my way with my racing bike nearby our holiday home), eating my bananas and visiting the graves in that beautiful quiet place shared...

Thank you Clovis and Bruno, for these very interesting details, as a headgear collector for over 30 years I think I know some things about WW1 headgear, and got a feeling for real or fake, ( like all of us learned the hard way), (that’s why I dared buying the helmet although the stamp did not...

bruno, that answer is very helpful, and a bit of relief as it supports the helmet as original in current condition.

Hessian IR 115, what a beauty, and already long time looking for one of that regiment as they fought a terrific battle near our holiday home and I do visit their graveyard of august 1914 battle of the frontiers very often, Hard to read that stamp (does not seem to be 115) , and mainz is not in...

what a beauty!!!

what a beautiful cap!, I really like KUK "kappen" (and am privileged to have some examples), I would like to purchase this one, but as I did not win the lottery, and these are very pricy it is out of my reach.... wish you goog luck selling it to an individual with more assets...

Some more pictures

This one could leave, but I can’t remember whether it is a kammerstuck ( on holiday now) I don’t think it has stamps but no double holes either as I remember well

I once bought a veteran association flag from the French army that fought in Greece ( Salonique), Text on the flag: anciens combatants d’orient , st Omer et la region 1915 1918 with crescent symbols on the silk tricole French flag

I once looked for years for a genuine Württemberg Feldzeichen to complete my tschapka/ ulanka set, and indeed a real sense of victory when finding one, and a hessian is even far more difficult, so I congrats, what a find and what an upgrade for your shako!!!! ( of cause I envy you a little bit...

Fantastic personal grouping of documents!

I realised that poitrine is chest, not belly

Vert nice personal set:!I would read the French text as following: 30 december 1915, hit by a gun bullet right side in his belly, which resulted in a penetrating wound with debris in his abdomen from parts of the shelter

indeed the are beautiful illustrated books, from the same author and publisher: ( I like the one you have best as I am a headgear collector as you are, but the other one is also nice) UNIFORMEN DER DEUTSCHEN INFANTERIE 1888 - 1915