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Strange... B.A. should be VIII...??? Also interrested by other comments! timp_be

I recently buy an helmet on ebay USA. The helmet was at $750 when I made a bid from $1030. I recieve confirmation that, at this time, I was the highest bidder with a bid from $760. When the sell ended I was the highest bidder with a bid from $1030. When I look at the bids history, there are only...

And here is mine. (clic picture to enlarge) timp_be

Hello. I just buy a feldgrau feldmutze stamped from the B.A. II 1915 (as well as I can read) and from 23 J.R.. Tha cap have only one cockade from the Saxon duchies. I suppose the cap was first issued to the BA II and after to 23 JR (who was from the VI A.K.) The cockade is probably...

I'm not specialist but for me it's bad, very bad. Probably one of those headgears (with a little leather border) made in Germany. Stitching and cord visible inside the headgear... But it's only my opinion.

Hello. An important information had been communicated to me by Mr. Larcade: at the end of the war Beckleidungs Amt were specialized in the supply of specific effects for all the army corps. He give me the example of a reversible anorak of skier carrying the marking from the KBAG. There was not...

There is no shadow or hole between the cockades. It is precisely what makes the scarcity of this cap. The Catholic or Protestant field chaplains carried a silver cross between the cockades. Field rabbis didn't wear a badge between the cockades. Best regards timp_be

Nice caps! Here are two from my collection. * 25 th dragoner rgt Konigin Olga (Wurtemberg) and most unusual... * Hessian Jewish field chaplain Regards timp_be

Why dry cleaning? I bought almost 10 years ago an important lot from more than 100 uniforms pieces (jackets and pants, mainly belgian and french from the years 1890 - 1915) coming from a costumier. They were very dirty, I whash them in my bath-tub with ordinary wash soap and then let them dry...

Great! A little bit excessive I think. I have an Brunswick helmet but the skull is not secured to the eagle in the same way. It's secure with folded double prongs. So the mine is maybe a copy? What do you think? Can somebody post picture from the rear side of a Brunswick plate? Thanks...

Hello. For me it's not B.A.L. but B.A. I. It's the point after the one who makes it looks like a "L". Bonjour. Le marquage est à mon avis B.A.I., c'est la jonction entre le point et le "I" qui donnent l'apparence d'un "L".

I have a saxon cork spiked helmet without wappen. It's stamped 103 R on the neckguard.

I have a Wachstuchmütze from Baden. Even if the cap looks good I have a problem with the cross on which is written "Mit god fur konig und vaterland". Normally it must be "Mit god fur fuerst und vaterland"...? In the book "Militarische kopfbedeckungen der kaiserzeit" from Reiner Herrmann on page...

The spike looks to be from Bavaria and not from Hessen. The lion is also missing the crown...

You can find this kind of protective goggles in the book Elmetti from Paolo Marzetti on page 307 as "Very small particle protective goggles tested in the 1940's by H.M. Cumming and made by W.E. Huges & Co"

The Farina helmet was also used by the belgian army (as experimental helmet) on the Yser front.

The linner is the same. No marking, except "23791" written with a pencil inside the shell.

I have also a cork/cloth-covered helmet with a chinstrap permanently fixed to the helmet. I find this one at a fleamarket in 1996. I saw the seller put it on his stand... I go as quick as possible but another people bought it just before me... for $ 2,50!!! I ask on the buyer if he was...

"B.A.G" is "Beckleidungs Amt Garde". The other marking seems to be K.F.H. ? It can be "Koenig Friedrich..." but what means the "H"? There were without mistake 7 garde grenadier regiment called "Koenig Friedrich" but no one with something in the name who begins with "H" (Grenadier Rgt Koenig...

Hello. There are minimum 4 models from Gaede helmets. The first is show in the book “The German Army” fron J. Kraus on page 96 - 97. The second is show in the same book on page 98 or on the link http://www.militaria-1914.net (and then, in "Divers et varies", choose Von Gaede). You can find the...