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Hi Chuck, You presented your Tschako and asked for opinions, and a considerable number of members has responded. Those with a "post war" opinion have taken the time to show what their opninion is based on, and even though you are in no way obliged to agree with those opinions, I find your...

If he married in 1921 he can't have worn a helmet most likely made in or after 1922 :) But there might be a photo from one of the reunions....

"The company was called until 16.2.1922: C. Pose Export AG, afterwards: C. Pose AG" For me the easiest and most logical explanation why a helmet would have a 1922 (or later) manufacturer's mark is because it was made 1922 (or later). Regards, Lars

Hi, Nice shoulder strap, I'm just surprised the back is blue, according to the Bekleidungsordnung 1896 and 1903 it should be the same green as the uniform. Maybe something special for JB 14. Regards, Lars

This is outside my area of expertise. According to Turinetti, IR 92 used the running horse until 1912. It doesn't sound unlikely that by 1914 not all the helmets reserved for Reserve and Landwehr units would have been updated to the new design, and Reserve and Landwehr would not have had the...

Hi Gary, If the markings are original (which I doubt) the "R.I.R. 74" would indicate Reserve Infanterie Regiment 74, IIIrd Bataillon, raised in 1914 by I.R. 74. Regards, Lars

Thanks for making the effort to post pictures James, Much appreciated

Hi Gary, According to your documentation the marking should be L.I.R. 74 (Landwehr Infanterie Regiment 74), not R.I.R. 74 (Reserve Infanterie Regiment 74). Regards, Lars

Hi Gary, Thank you for showing. The markings do not look original to me, all the same size and font, not what I have seen on my own helmets. I'm sorry that not all responses / opinions are what you would like to hear, but it's up to you to decide whether your item is original or not based on...

Has become quite common on the German Ebay as well, normal photos of normal units priced at 50 euros, around 75 euro with postage and tax. Luckily no photos that I felt I must have :) Regards, Lars

Hi Kai, Very nice post, and nice hat also :) I read his civilian status as "Kutscher", coachman. Regards, Lars

Hi David, Everything looks correct, well done! Regards, Lars

Hi, Congratulations, looks good to me, even though I'm no expert. Original shell with a lot of original colour remaining, 1917 steel ring liner with the correct cream-coloured chrome leather pads, held in place by the correct split pins (is the one at the back thicker than the other ones? hard...

Hi Coert, Fussartillerie is walking, so they have a vent. Regards, Lars EDIT: FAR means Feldartillerie 😀

Hi, Your intentions can be honest, but there are plenty out there who are not. An example of a fake I bought in the Somme region in France. I had my concerns about the originality due to the War Department arrow and the artisan grooves in the handle, but all the major and some of the minor...

In most of the photographic methods available at the time red appears much darker than blue.

That's quite a transformation. Scary to think that without the "before" pictures it would be hard to know just how much this piece has been messed with.

Hi, Welcome to the forum. Looks like a nice original "M16" Stahlhelm to me. Condition of the liner and the shell are similar, so probably never been tampered with / "improved" by a collector / dealer. The pins that hold the liner are correct, but the thicker pin should be at the back (so the...

The inside of the disk for the ball (visible on the picture of the inside of the helmet) seems to be painted grey, if that is true then I would think the whole helmet was grey at some point in time. However the paint looks nicely done, and painted grey metal also fits the grey / golden ball, so...

Did you manage to buy it? Regards, Lars