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Hello, Don’t forget the spring breastplate, lacquered black, with no rivets around the edge.

Hello Coert, In fact, the Weissenbürger-Cannstatt (Wurtemberg plate) are not considered to be Ersatz because they are of good quality and have been the subject of a Probe, received by A.K.O (High Staff) and have been the subject of an official contract with the German army. (like BING with...

Hello, The 138R is well known to the people of Alsace-Lorraine in the Reichsland; in 1887 it was garrisoned in Strasbourg, and from 1906 until the armistice, in Dieuze. The two Ersatz battalions were formed in Bitche and Bischwiller in 1914. During the war, the JR138 was under the command of...

Well done, Glenn, that's correct. The central emblem in the middle of the front plate is therefore the Berlin Bear. Thank you. The distinction between Polismann and Feuermann is difficult to make. Below is a Berlin fireman from before 1860. He has the same identification plate as the...

Hi Brian, Yes, this helmet can be restored, but be careful not to overdo it. The brass ring along the chin strap wasn’t broken by the leather shrinking, but by the helmet being crushed from the side. That’s also what broke the stitching on the visor and neck strap. My advice: under no...

Hello, He is a senior officer with the rank of general, head of the Feuerwehr, from a Land. It is a shame that the front panel cannot be precisely identified in order to determine its Land of ownership. The round, non-angular visor, with a cross-shaped tip base and a point with a small top...

Hello Steve, Well done, a beautiful M67, whose M71 eagle is not detectable from the outside. The important thing is that the M71 rear spine hasn't been added. Actually, it's an M60 Eagle (the new M67 is slightly different). Eagle, November 4, 1860 The feathers on the abdomen form a V, and the...

This helmet is an M1886 (cross-shaped base with a fluted peak, angular visor, large front plate) modified to the M1896 (side post). In 1914–15, it must have been a Feld-Artillerie helmet – it is similar to the Chevauleger (mounted) helmet. On the left is a Bavarian M1886/1916 F.A.R. helmet...

Me too!!! I’m lucky to be French, just like J-L Larcade and Didier Lainé. The Larcade is extraordinary in its coverage of the distinctive features of the regiments and the links between the active and Reserve-Landwehr regiments in relation to the active regiment to which they were attached. It...

I’d like to take this opportunity to show you the different types of spike tops, depending on the helmet’s design : ---M60 or Dragon with a very tall cross-shaped base. The screw is soldered at the tip. ---Special edition for the people of Hesse: the lid is lower but has two steps, and the...

Helmet completely cobbled together. Practically nothing to recover. The rear spine isn’t good, nor is the tip; it looks like a tip of an M86 Bavarian welded onto an "adjustable" M15 base...

I knew it. Thank you.;)

Wonderfull Alan. (y)

https://prev.jpw.fr/actualite/reportage-01/

Congratulations! ... I couldn’t have done better!!! 😊

Hello Tony, Superb M87!!! The M87 roundel in the colors of the Reich does not worry me. On the contrary, it is a sign that this helmet, reformed for 25 years, was brought out of its storage in 1914 to equip a Landsturm, a Landwehr or a Reservist.

Completely agree Lars, 👍 Voici un « GA »

Beautiful helmet, it’s written in Sütterlin. Silber & Brandt.

Argonne, if you see us. 😊

Yes, Dragon M60 officer’s helmet. Before there was no Vaterland-Eagle Band (AKO 4 November 60) In 1867, the nut arches disappeared. The guilloché leather liner, with square crenels, was replaced by a sweatband and silk background around 1885.