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Interesting...Sad to read how they raided and scavenged this once magnificent collection.

Indeed...I remember the handwritten tag... In J-L. Larcade's Volume I; page 114: #12: ..."sa bombe est constituée de plusieurs quartiers cousus ensemble ce qui le donne un peu l'aspect d'un ballon de foot-ball"... "The shell of this helmet is made of several pieces of leather; stitched together...

Indeed. The collection lost its soul.

Excellent!

A 1959 bundle of drawings of all the Wappen: by Charles Friesé. -after he died his collection went to the city of Reims. And displayed in the Fort de la Pompelle. As we know. -Both Larcade Volumes show lots of pictures of the "Charles Friesé" headgear collection In fact: the Larcade books are a...

Top helmets! Thank you for sharing!

Ordered this one.

My dream. Drool-drool. Astrakan wool.

I Indeed. Can be found in this Didier LAINÉ book as well.

Some stuff on the headgear fittings. -end of the 70ies; begin of the 80ies From french magazines. Translated the text.

Think so!

At Orsmael?

Very nice! This is mine. 2L. Troupe. Parade. First picture. -Yours is most probably a private purchase helmet. "Wet weather" oil cloth. Removable...but so fragile. You can see the buttons. Officer or Senior NCO. The last one is all leather. No oilcloth cover. No frontplate.

Great collection! Nice display..

My pleasure!

The first edition: 1917... Third: 1942 Fourth: 1945 This one: 7th: 1976

Hello Sandy! -I have to check that out when I come home. Sure this must be mentioned. Mine is 7th edition 1972. Regards!

Nice little book. 350 pages on German military terminology!

Top reference books.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebelgiansoldier1418/permalink/2381414678976346/ Great job! -The day after...Townhall of Diest. Not far from the Halen battlefield. About 8 miles. Trophy helmets are on display on the window sill. A lone Belgian Cyclist amongst his Line Infantry colleagues...