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Wonderful pictures. What prestigious uniforms and elegant women's dresses. I think I would have liked to live in that era...who knows.

The last one, an earlier german fernglas: the Trieder Binocle 9 X by Carl Paul Goerz - Berlin

Congratulations, it's a beauty. A stunning Helm M1849 of the Hannoverian Leib Infanterie Regiment.

Dear Garde Ulan, you are right. It is incorrect to say that the Schleswig Holstein army adopted the Prussian model. I find that the shape of the spike and its base in the Schleswig Holstein helmet is much more similar (not identical) to the Prussian model than to the Hanoverian model. However...

This one is a correct Schleswig-Holstein M1849 for officer. In this case the spike is typically Prussian style with officer's pearling and the cruciform base is secured with star-head screws. Zeb

Allow me to offer my humble opinion: The Kingdom of Hanover adopted the pickelhaube in 1849, but with different characteristics from the Prussian pickelhaube and with unique features that differ from the regulations of the Kingdom of Prussia. The construction features are also different. The...

None of that at all. Above, in this thread Helmetz talks about legendary, mithical and unicorn, so I jokingly added the definition of chimera. Nothing serious. Zeb

Bavarian M1896 infantry helmet plaque

This one is a "Chimera" with the attachments of the chinstrap on the outside of the shell. Not mine. It was sold years ago at a well-known auction hause.

Great and very interesting topic. Well done Josh.

Great helmet. I like it very much.

Wonderful Officer M15example with all the correct peculiar characteristics. Congrats

Another example: a excellent reserve officer jager tshako plate.

Bavarian M1886 malleichort plate for the first Schweres Reiter regiment or Cheuvaleger rgt 2-4-6-8

Something from Bayern Kingdom.

Now I have the pleasure to show you these three old comrades together. Zeb

Welcom aboard. Zeb

Wow! , The officer's tshako is hard to see.

And this is my M15 wurtt. tshako

This is mine.