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I do not have a blast cabinet so I use the dremel tool and wire brush method to remove the old solder. I then use iso alcohol to clean both surfaces before applying flux. I also use a butane torch to melt the solder. Initially, I tried electric soldering irons but the cheaper ones do not heat up...

Very nice indeed! Congratulations! 👍

Yes a vulcan fiber fireman helmet. The fire officer helmets as in this case, often have trim on the rear visor. Of interest...the sweatband liner has aeration holes in the "forehead" area. You do not find this on most officer pickelhauben.

Very nice, congratulations! I should have gone to that show. :)

Unfortunately, it is our American friends that are paying the price at least that is what seems to be happening with my customers. I did buy 3 helmets out of Michigan last fall and did have to pay the CN duties. To my dismay the seller wrote down the actual price so he cost me $ as a result...

Welcome Chris. Some photos of your collection would be nice to see and yes we would very much appreciate you using a language translator to post on the forum. However, if this is not possible I will use Pete’s suggested method. We want new collectors here on the forum, language should not be a...

Yes Doug, more complicated and like I said I have the Zonos app and I have used it twice (with one screw up) but I am not prepaying. Apparently the US company running that app is having problems according to UPS. I also don't see a State tax resulting in a $29.75 fee, when the 4 pieces of...

The following is intended to provide information on my recent experience shipping a helmet and some chin scale pieces to 2 forum members in the US. The helmet was a restoration project and the scales are going to be used to complete chin scales missing some pieces. First a brief History of...

Excellent post. Thank you for taking all the time and effort to show us your collection! 👍👍

Great post Clovis! Your officer photo shows us a type of silk liner that I have never seen before. 👍

Thanks to you both, I have seen his things for sale on ebay.fr as well but have never made a purchase. Good to know that he is reliable.

I just visited his website, which was previously unknown to me. A very interesting selection of pickelhaube parts. 👍

That pattern is new to me, very distinctive! 👍

Very nice Coert! My comment about square nuts on an OR’s wappen comes from Tony S. He told me that years ago. Another comment from him about officer wappen is that soldered prongs instead of screw posts shows mid war production. You may already know this but we can share the information here.

Buying any wappen with the correct original square brass nuts is always a win! 👍 Also any OR wappen with nuts probably indicates that it is older than 1895. A 95 should have soldered loops.

So, just based on my experience....the regular Prussian Infantry M15 is the most common. Anything beyond that (M15 second tier) would include Baden, Bavarian, Saxe and Garde. Forming a third tier, we get into the very rare M15's, for example Oldenburg, Wurttemberg, Hesse, Brunswick, Saxe Duchies...

Very nice, congratulations! Mine has the same fixation for the wappen.

Very cool Wojtek!

You are very welcome Bobertil. It is always great to have new members, so welcome here as well. Do not hesitate to ask further questions and above all, if you are looking to buy a helmet post photos on the forum and we will make sure that you are not wasting your hard earned cash!

My thanks for the kind words. The condition of this helmet was very good, supple leather always makes my job easier! :) The solder job on the rear spine pin went well, thanks to Tony S. who decades ago sent me a letter entitled "Soldering for Dummies". I do not have his expertise but I still...