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Here's my latest discovery, a Hessian spiked helmet, model 1915. The manufacturer is neither Maury nor Martin Mayer in Mainz, but Julius Jansen - Strassburg!!! i.e. a Reichsland manufacturer. (1916). The construction features a standard Prussian spike, but with the holes and eyelets for the...

This M18 ‘Ohrenausschnitt’ is a fully identified reproduction in France. 20 years ago, at the Krakow flea market, it was piled up one on top of the other, priced at €30 each for tourists. If Patina has been misled, it's unacceptable, given that it's a reputable professional in Germany. If...

Some are made of black-painted cardboard, others of canvas-covered cardboard. 1---A black lacquered cardboard box: BING doesn't just make steel schells. (which were trademarked and accepted for manufacture by the army, under contract) Let's take a look at my cardboard BING. The originality...

The Ersatz line continues, this time with bombs made of “rare” and semi-precious metals. 1---tombac shell. The same existen in aluminum, the same shape, and the same detail, i.e. a reinforcing steel wire all around the helmet, with the aluminum or tombac wrapped around it. Many metal hull...

I'm a big fan of Ersatz, because they're so different in the way they're made: cardboard, cork, felt, aluminium, tombac, steel, etc... I'll do a file for each of the materials used, starting with Vulkanfiber: 1---Here is a ‘troop’ helmet made during mobilisation. The visor and neck cover are...

This post was inspired by the presentation of a Shako of the 7JB, from Westphalia, holder of the tradition of the Schaumburg hunters. This helmet traces the military history of the principality of Schaumburg-Lippe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A little history: Until 1867, the...

Hello, A French collector submitted a front plate to me, asking ‘if I knew anything about it’. I replied that I did, although it was extremely rare. This is a genuine Garde-Adler ohne Stern.En voici un autre en laiton doré. If you look at them too quickly, you might think they were Grenadier...

Hello, Born in Metz, and living near Gravelotte-Saint-Privat, I'm particularly interested in the models of spiked helmets worn during the “Franco-German” war, and especially those of the regiments that fought in the siege of Metz (battles of...

Due to its feats of arms during the siege of Metz in August 1870, the DR9 (1st Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment) was garrisoned in Metz by Emperor William I in 1873. The helmet was Prussian standard, decorated of the dragon eagle in gilded brass. I was able to acquire such a helmet (M60-67) many...

Here's the helmet, as I acquired it. Complete, but more than a little weathered and oxidized. No restoration as such, just a cleaning, to give it back the shine of yesteryear. BEFORE : AFTER : Extra-Helm Eigentum for officer cadets. Identical to that of a 0fficier. Perlring and...

Hello, very happy to be able to share my latest acquisition : A rare 42/60 model of one of the 12 old Prussian line regiments, now Grenadier-Regiment. The eagle is of the new M60 model with Vaterland-Bandeau, but here, the Prussian Grenadier eagle has a 5-ply bandeau instead of 3 for the line...

Here's my latest acquisition for the start of the year. A helmet from the Royal Bavarian Police. This post should please Schupo ;) In general, police helmets, whether imperial, royal, ducal or communal, had silver (nickel silver) trimmings. Gendarmerie helmets have gold (brass) fittings...

I've been looking for one for a while, with all the details that go with it. As is often the case with this model, the schell is made of rubber-coated leather, while the visor and neck cover are made of vulkanfiber. The gilded brass fittings are intact, but the gilding has disappeared from the...

The temporary assistant officer helmets appointed at the front can be considered as "Ersatz", in the sense that they are often hybrids between "troop" and "officer". Unlike the headgear of Einjähriger or other Freiwilliger, Fähnrich, Unteroffizier-Portepée, Fahnenträger, Musikmeister and so on...

Still in the "ersatz" recycled for Landsturm and Landwehr. The hull is well a shell of fireman, by unscrewing the base of point, appears the trace of the old crest "banana". The chinstrap is still a fireman's chinstrap. The neck cover had to be exchanged, as it is made of vulkanfiber. The...

Hello, Apart from the peacetime regulation helmets, I particularly like the "ersatz" helmets of the mobilization, helmets with military spikes, reassembled from the stock of police, administration or firemen helmets. Thus, I am happy to share my beautiful Saxon firefighter helmet, poured into...

I was offered a Shako earlier this year. In composite, its Bavarian plate was not suitable, and 2 holes had been drilled for the reception. When we put it down, we could observe the presence of 2 eyelets, whose position (wide and low) could only correspond to one front plate: the Lion of...

Hello, I am happy to share with you my latest discovery. A beautiful Bavarian Shako, nickel silver fittings, therefore "technical troop". Thanks to his nominette we learn that he is neither a "Flieger" nor a "Feldsprecher", nor a "Telegraphen" but a wireless radio operator. After research, I...

Good morning all, I am submitting to you today 3 spiked helmets, bearing a Guard-Star, and yet none of them belong to the Prussian Guard. From left to right : --- The one on the left, which looks like a Garde-Grenadier is a Landgendarme marked L.G. and its region number. (here, on foot...

Hello, Here is what differentiates a regulation "Kammer" helmet of the 115 Leib-Infanterie-Régiment from a fancy "Eigentum": The difference in the oxidation of the fittings is due to the various metals and treatment used: silver nickel silver, nickel plated brass, etc.