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New Price: $225 Same terms as above. I can mail this outside of the United States, if anyone would like to add it to their collection. Best Wishes, Alan

I just handled one of these last Thursday, July 25th. It was in the collection of an old friend, and he knew it was a replica. He bought it from the old defunct Manion's Auction House in Kansas City, Kansas, many years ago. His example is also a Saxon helmet. Yes, I believe the parts on that...

I want to bump this old thread up to the top of the list here, so that others can see the information in this thread. I believe it is important to read this. I remember reading it many years ago here. Best Wishes, Alan

No, I have said nothing of the sort as to whether your miter is bad or good. I unfortunately made a terrible mistake by posting in #5 above, saying: "Is this the same liner you showed in your other thread "Three Mitres"? My sincere apology for making the mistake of posting this in #5 above...

Ah, my bad. I just re-read your "Three Miters" thread: Oct 23, 2024 #4 "More images of 3rd Bat. (Fusilier Battalion) mitre and name tag of middle mitre (has super condition plate) to Leib Company." You have the photo of the liner with the name tag for the Middle Mirte shown at the end...

What a spectacular collection! Simply breathtaking! Congratulations!

Another fabulous repair job, Brian, congratulations!

Yes, they are spectacular! Simply outstanding!

Is this the same liner you showed in your other thread "Three Mitres"? Best Wishes, Alan

I had thought several times over the years about the possibility of doing this with a kokarde that has the much smaller, screw mounting hole. Two things always stopped me from altering a kokarde with a small sized hole: 1.) The M91 side post sized hole on the kokarde has a flared or raised...

I have occasionally seen photos over the years of a square shaped storage box with an officer Tschapka. In those few instances that I have seen a box with an officer Tschapka, I seem to remember they had the same black type of exterior on them as what the conical shaped officer pickelhaube...

What an excellent collection Gino, congratulations. And your display looks excellent as well. Best Wishes, Alan

Maybe the wappen was pried off the front of the helmet by a wappen collector in the 1950's or 1960's, someone who had no interest in collecting the helmet, only the wappen. Maybe that's what became of the wappen if the helmet stayed over in Europe before the 1970's. ;);):) Wink, wink, smile. I...

Your helmet was likely made pre-WW1, before 1914. Maybe around 1910, or possibly earlier. It could have been made in the late 1890's. It is hard to pinpoint an exact year of manufacture for it. The "42" mark is a manufacturer's part identification number. We often see these various number...

The colors are correct for this helmet. They are not reversed. A Saxon Garde Reiter helmet has this tombac color metal body. The top of the spike is the correct tombac color. The neck of the spike and the cloverleaf shaped spike base, and the domed brads, and the rivet brads and edge trim on the...

Hello Tip, and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on a nice find. It does indeed look like this is an original Saxon Garde Reiter Officer Helmet. Unfortunately, it's a real shame that the front emblem has broken off from the helmet. It looks like the two attachment screw posts are still...

SOLD! Many thanks to the buyer! Best Wishes, Alan

Thanks Doug! I just got back home and replied to your Pm.

They must have been produced abundantly, because I see several examples of them every year. I don't have one of this type, but I do have a couple of other repro helmets that I bought on purpose in order to show other collector friends what to beware of when they look at old collections to...