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That is a beautiful old beast! Congratulations!

I will buy this. Just sent you a text.

I just completed the restitch on this helmet. The owner provided this information: Manufactured under Swedish contract in the 1890's an enlisted man's helmet from the Norrland Dragoon Regiment. The helmet is in good condition but requires the rear visor to be restitched. Some photos: This helme...

Welcome to the forum breimer and yes we are distantly related. I have heard those ancestral names before, the result of my uncle Blair Loree’s beginning the extensive research of the Canadian and US branches of the family. Unfortunately, Blair has passed but his son/my first cousin has continued...

Excellent work on that spike base! You now own a beautiful helmet! (y)

Patrick C. thank you for your recent donation!

Welcome to the forum....now we have Zeb and Zug as members. :) Excellent ! (y)

William G. thank you for your recent donation. It is very much appreciated.

Welcome to the forum. These helmets were custom purchase items and paid for by each individual officer. As in our times, there were “upgrades “ which could be added to the base price. In this case someone had ample funds to buy a Vulcan fibre helmet from a top maker with a perforated sweat band...

Very nice to see members getting together here and sharing their enthusiasm for our hobby !

Some photos sent to me by USN showing this helmet:

Great phots which I think explains a lot about this helmet and it's visor.

Baby shampoo definitely!

Same here! Lastly, I would like to point out that the value of the kokarde, feldzeichen and original chin strap alone exceeds $600US. Try and buy these separately if you can find them. So in reality this is a rare opportunity to buy a complete shako at a reasonable price.

Amazing that such a delicate piece from the Boxer Rebellion has survived!

Very nice Alan and in excellent condition. Extremely rare to have the chin strap, kokarde and feldzeichen present. 99% of the time these are missing. Someone needs to pounce on this!

I love the penmanship! My father insisted that I begin my writing career with a fountain pen once I left elementary school! 😊 The ball point produces sloppy writing.

My thanks to all for their positive comments here. As usual, Tony S put me on to...well why not have a board to match the helmet? So again, who do you know that might have a DR 19 board to spare? Naturally you contact Steve McF and he comes through with a very nice example to go along with the...

Very cool and something I have never seen or heard of before! 👍

The rabatte looks original to me although I have never owned one. Very nice to have it.