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I would you advise not to polish the brass helmet, it has a beautiful patina, a lot of us consider it a shame to polish metal helmets by removing the patina, for the horse hair: maybe use a bit of steam (for instance such a small steamer for clothes)

Yes very nearby, visited that graveyard often

I just activated the link and applied to become a member of that group, thank you for the suggestion

I would like to own that item, this happened in the battle of the ardennes (la bataillon des frontiers), in the first month of the war, a very bloody episode of the war, two days before was the deadliest day for the French army (27.000 french soldiers killed on 22 august 1914) , all very near...

The lance looks quite convincing, but, I agree with steve on the pennant, and for the lance itself: I looked it up in two reference works: die feldgraue Uniformierung (Kraus) and the german cavalry (verlag militaria, in both there is no mention of a two parts lance, If I was the owner of...

Do you show a wappen or a tschapka? A real beauty that wappen

You called the post newM18 helmet, indeed a very nice more than a century OLD helmet, It’s like the new church in Amsterdam dating from something like the seventeenth century …

Thanks for the photos, !!!!

First impression, looks good, (even looks great) the bigger sized buckle is said to point at repro, but I'm not sure about that, (curious what others think about that) and I'm not sure about the feldzeichen,(seems somewhat big in comparison to the busby) I think the fangschnur is good, But the...

What a beautiful cavalry helmet, I do understand you could not resist!!!, what does ECO stand for? Ears cut out?

Brian, I like the " smiley" variant of the KUK Kappenröschen very much, it is brilliant!

That is also still on my wish list! Congrats, it is a beauty!

Dear Brian, very nice and indeed hard to find headgear! Like them very much.

I agree, and the feldzeichen does not seem to have the correct dimensions, and the threads between colors should not be so apparent.

Welcom Val I visited the western front from the see in Belgium up to the dolimites many times, and although all sectors are worth visiting, in my opinion the somme region is somewhat disappointing because apart from some deep mine craters there is not much left in the landscape. There are...

just send you a PM with info on the dealer, pleas let me know if it works out for you

Mark a Belgian dealer from Gent had one in his stand in waver last Saturday, do you know him ( I can share his coordinates with you if you like)

For me a no go, don’t likethe appearance of the fur, don’t like the liner , don’t like the feldzeichen

looks nice, do you come to the Ciney show in april 2025? so I can have it in hand and decide upon purchase?

I’m in contact with him by mail, he is almost sold out on the books, some copies of part one available… ( seems the last complete set is on hold for me…), sorry,