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Mike, I'm speechless. Your shoulder-boards' collection is insane. Congratulation and dont' stop posting... Zeb

Today's dish of the day is a K.R. 2 cuirassier officer's helmet mod. 1889

Dear Bruno, you've shown a beautiful helmet, undoubtedly untouched, with its matching shroud perfectly matching the markings and the name of its former owner. A remarkable set that everyone would want in their collection. Unfortunately, I don't have a precise answer to your question, but I...

The couple of old comrades. I love these old boys.

Dear Frank, thank you for the compliments. You're truly kind.

Thank you Steve. I I'll stay tuned on this same channel.

An this is my old bad-boy, An Oldenburg M.1870 officer's helmet. The helmet wears, as per regulation, only the Prussian cockade on the right.

Steve, as usual two stunning text-book's officers helmet. The right one have the chin-strap cover. Is it a mod. 15 or....? Zeb,

Dear Bruno, really an oustanding officers' example. Congratulations. Like mine it has the Prussian cockade on the right side and the Oldenburg cockade on the left, which could be worn by soldiers who were originally citizens of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Officers should wear only the...

Tony, I wrote Mod. 1870 accordingly with J.L. Larcade (tome 2 page 117) because the army of the Duchy of Oldenburg was incorporated into the Prussian Army by a treaty of July 15, 1867. From October 1, 1867, the Grand Duchy's cavalry regiment became a dragoon regiment and took the name...

Wonderfull esample with some fine features of the superior quality of officer's helmets. I love it a lot also. Congrats. Zeb

We can start with the Mod. 1870 helmet for an EM in the 19th Dragoner Regiment - 1th Eskadron

Wonderful pictures. What prestigious uniforms and elegant women's dresses. I think I would have liked to live in that era...who knows.

The last one, an earlier german fernglas: the Trieder Binocle 9 X by Carl Paul Goerz - Berlin

Congratulations, it's a beauty. A stunning Helm M1849 of the Hannoverian Leib Infanterie Regiment.

Dear Garde Ulan, you are right. It is incorrect to say that the Schleswig Holstein army adopted the Prussian model. I find that the shape of the spike and its base in the Schleswig Holstein helmet is much more similar (not identical) to the Prussian model than to the Hanoverian model. However...

This one is a correct Schleswig-Holstein M1849 for officer. In this case the spike is typically Prussian style with officer's pearling and the cruciform base is secured with star-head screws. Zeb

Allow me to offer my humble opinion: The Kingdom of Hanover adopted the pickelhaube in 1849, but with different characteristics from the Prussian pickelhaube and with unique features that differ from the regulations of the Kingdom of Prussia. The construction features are also different. The...

None of that at all. Above, in this thread Helmetz talks about legendary, mithical and unicorn, so I jokingly added the definition of chimera. Nothing serious. Zeb

Bavarian M1896 infantry helmet plaque