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According to the 1903 Bekleidungsordnung § 40 B the Feldartillerie didn't have the vent, so imo the Feldartillerie-Regiment 22 marking fits the helmet type. The Feldartillerie typically marked with "FAR", and there was no Fußartillerie-regiment 22 in 1905 (nor in 1914) :) Regards, Lars

Wow, stunning, thank you for showing

And visible in the background a shiny new M18 cut-out helmet, not yet processed to look old. RED FLAG

In my eyes these look original, but what surprises me is the finish. With the voided crown I would say these are officer's Wappen, but the finish looks more like other ranks, painted rather than gilded. The process also seems more fitting for a Kammer item than a private purchase item. If the...

Good comparison :)

Truly a unique and wonderfull piece, Congratulations Dane!

Very nice to see such an old helmet with such a history 😀

Hi, I agree, but to me it doesn't seem to be stamped, rather that someone scratched the marking into the leather, compare the neat "107.R." stamp shown by Grabenmaxx to the stamp of the helmet in question. Hopefully I'm just seeing it wrong. Regards, Lars

Congratulations on a nice looking helmet, However imo the regimental marking are scratched-in rather than stamped, which I'm a bit suspicious of. Regards, Lars

Nice helmet Brian, Looking forward to the restauration. The B.A. stamp looks like B.A. VII. to me, possibly B.A. VIII., which explains the Prussian Wappen. I have seen B.A. VII. use such a yellow stamp before. Interesting to see the PB 3 stamp on a helmet from a different corps. Regards, Lars

Very nice, I really like battlefield finds. All that I managed to find on my short visit to Gallipoli while touring Turkey was a cartridge case in the trenches opposite Johnston's Jolly :) C A C 10 13 = Colonial Ammunition Co., (Melbourne, AUS, or Auckland, NZ), Oct. 1913 Regards, Lars

Congratulations Dane, What a wonderful grouping. You have letters / postcards, and pictures, and you can probably find his military records in the Bavarian archives online (not all records have survived), so you'll have the complete story. Regards, Lars

Beautiful, congratulations :)

Thanks, It's a nice early picture :) It does seem the photographer retouced something button-like at the bottom of the shoulder strap, don't know why. He also seems to have added a "Gefreiter" button to the collar. Interesting to see how AI interpreted the grainyness of the picture as freckles...

Hi, This photograph has two issues that make it hard to see anything on the shoulder straps. First, the photographer has retouched the image, and he seems to have outlined the shoulder straps and covered them in a lighter colour, making any numbers that might have been visible harder to see...

Thanks, I found a picture from the Micael Baldwin auction:

Good hunting :)

I've bought a couple of straps from the same seller in the meantime, and as far as I can see they all look ok. I've posted my most recent one here https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/threads/opinions-on-39-shoulder-straps.19977/post-162866. But I also found a website of a Polish reproducer...

A new addition, not a very special shoulder strap but I have been looking for a good example for decades. The Michael Baldwin auction had one https://bid.candtauctions.co.uk/lot-details/index/catalog/38/lot/12038/5x-M07-14-Field-Grey-Tunic-Shoulder-Boards?url=/auctions/catalog/id/38 (now only...

Hi, That might also be possible, but I thought that the Bavarian uniforms are a lighter blue, and then the shoulder strap backing should also be a lighter blue. Often (but not always) the Bavarian "1" doesn't have a "foot" at the bottom, whereas all Prussians do. I don't know of any other...