Search results

EDIT 2: found most of the missing words and added introduction date for specification :) I'll give it a try: Müllender & Schroeder, Eupen Das Hochstgewicht von 500 gr darf nicht überschritten werden; zü den Riegeln ist Trans- parentleder, Vulkanfiber oder Pressspan zu verwenden" The maximum...

Congratulations, good condition and complete, thanks for sharing

Hi Josh, What about the survival rates of these helmets? The M18 cut-out for example you have as "extremely rare", yet in the Reichswehr they seem to have been quite abundant. I don't think we can look at production numbers alone, and would the model have an impact on the relative scarcity too...

Hi, I think your brother did very well, the Pickelhaube shell looks ok, and if they didn't punch holes in the Wappen to attach the skull then that would leave you with a nice displayable Pickelhaube (minus the skull). The chinstrap might be a repro. The Tschako is missing the rear visor and...

Hi, The B.I.A. III. mark refers to the Bekleidungs-Instandsetzung-Amt of the 3rd army corps, who were typically the ones repairing / converting these helmets. Regards, Lars

Hi Max, Leather typically can shrink significantly, and a visor with a trim that seems oversized is quite common, and can absolutely be original. The trim in your front visor seems to belong to the helmet both in shape, size and patina, and I would not change it out. Imo you would be changing...

Hi Max, I think general Bavarian other ranks Kokarden would be appropriate, but I hope other members can confirm that. Regards, Lars

Hello, Looks more like oxidized brass to me, but is hard to judge without having the helmet in hand. Helmet seems to be correct for Bavarian Feldartillerie other ranks with the eckigem Vorderschirm, Kreuzblatt and gekehlter Spitze, so I don't think this is a parts helmet. The Kokarden should be...

That is one frosty eagle 😀

Wow Brian, That came out really nice! Regards, Lars

Hi Coert, When you're the second-highest bidder you will always be outbid by 1 euro, that's the way Ebay works. The actual bid of the winner can have been much higher, if that's any consolation. Regards, Lars

Hi Sandy, We had a post that touched upon this earlier: https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/threads/a-new-project-for-peter.18763/post-138129 Regards, Lars

Congratulations Sandy, A beautiful helmet and a very interesting post. As far as I know they were painted, we "recently" had a thread about that. Regards, Lars

"Führer durch Heere und Flotte", by Friedag (the 1914 edition is digitized by Google) and the "Bekleidungsordnung" (at least the 1903 edition) are good contemporary sources wrt the Haarbusch.

Hi Bruno, Your doctoring skills exceed mine, much better readable now. Yes, I scrolled too far when checking the helmet Wappen for the KFGGR2 in the 1903 Bekleidungsordnung, so it looked ok but was in fact referring to Grenadier Regiment No. 2 and 3. Regards, Lars

Talk about a successful cleanup! Very nice :)

Can you also show the "after" pictures? :)

With a little photoshopping I can clearly read "K.F." followed by most likely an "R", and according to https://pickelhauben.net/old-site/articles/Kammer_Marks.html this corresponds to Kaiser Franz-Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2. EDIT: The Bekleidungsordnung from 1903 confirms that the Wappen for...

I see both 1901, 2nd battalion, and 1913, 8th company; I can’t decipher the regimental marking, but I’m sure there are others on the forum that can. Regards, Lars

Nice find Mike, I would not have recognized that as LIR 2. Regards, Lars