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last weekend was the militracks event in the Netherlands (museum overloon) , the biggest gathering of stil running german WW2 vehicles in the world, go there every year with my now 12 year old son, you can also drive along which he really likes (we could embark in a schwimmwagen this time) last...

Yesterday, the six months show was in Ciney, this edition was not very special regarding imperial German stuff, made some photos, did not buy anything significant ( deliberated on the IR 92 plate and French Kurassier Cap but as I am involved in s building project I did not), so some photos as...

in another thread yesterday and the days before the Brussels army museum was mentioned, as it has an incredible collection of imperial headgear I decided it merits its own tread, So yesterday returning from our holiday home in the Ardennes I mad a small detour to make some Photographs of the big...

dear fellow collectors, as said before I own a holliday house near the front of august 1914, recently I encountered a Belgian individual interested in the first world war that found some relics on the battlefields of august 1914, (battle of the frontiers), the bloodiest day in french military...

dear Pickelhaube community, I visited Ypres today again , but alas, alle musea were closed, but could of course visit a lot of graveyards and monuments Being in the flanders fields museum shop at the tourist info I saw again the files on first world war headgear published by the museum in small...

dear fellow forum members, it has been calm on the collecting front because I'm involved in a building project so I am low on funds for the collection, but I recently bought a fine imperial prussian kurassier helmet to accompany my officer Kurass I already have the kurass for years...

yesterday I visited (once again), the beautiful and impressive monument en memorial on vimy ridge, This spot is one of my favorites on the western front, Living in the low countries I'm in a privileged position to visit regularly spots on the front because they are relatively nearby. (as I...

Today I visited the fortress of Eben Emael with my 12 year old son Fort Eben-Emael was built between 1932 and 1935 and was one of the largest and strongest fortifications in Europe, very strategic positioned on a height near the Dutch Belgian border, close to Germany, and surveilling three...

today, at the museum of " EBEN EMAEL" in Belgium, I collected my recently bought IR115 from Tony V , that was discussed recently on this forum, having it in hand it is a beauty, it is an example from mainz 1915 as discussed on the forum as tony already posted detailed photographs I just will...

today when I visited the ageofkings website I saw they sold this beauty must have gone quickly because I check that website regularly and did not see it for sale named with all attributes , most of all the parade rabatte, does anyone know what the price was?

dear fellow collectors, M1867 Tschapka Garde EM (and line regiment variant I already had) today I picked this one up , brought from a show after purchase to me by a collector friend, It is a M1867 prussian Tschapka , thus before the unification of germany into the kaiserreich by Bischmarck...

today I visited (with my 11 years old son), MILITRACKS the biggest event with functioning german WW2 vehicles and tanks in the world, (in the war museum of overlook that has a enormous collection of vehicles themselves, but the vehicles driving around are from collectors like Keep them...

although this is pickelhaubes as a website as stated before I do also collect other WW1 items and nations. as I really like the enormous variety in nations, types, colors and designs I don't stick to german headgear alone. Yesterday I received this glengarry hat of an officer of the KOSB , I...

in the last Christmas holliday I visited the " musee de la grande guerre" in Meaux, near Paris, location of the battles of the marne in 1914 and 1918. It is listed as the biggest WW1 museum in Europe, and it is very much worthwhile visiting. It has a beautiful collection (with a fantastic...

the second book a german price guide from 1978 about Pickelhaubes, really small reference book probably small dimension to stow away in your pockets to have it by hand when visiting a militaria fair Prices in Deutsche Mark 1979 (I was born in 1971 and started collecting headgear when a...

When rearranging the books in my library I found these two books full of Pickelhaubes from the seventies: first the collection from te royal army museum in Brussels, a book in the three official languages from Belgium (Dutch French en german), with Photo's an explications for each helmet most in...

This book, by Brian Calkins published in 1990 was one of my first reference books, bought more than 30 years a ago when I was stil a student, and started collecting. Having evolved in collecting over the last 35 years, this book is now to limited in its information, it lacks details, but I...

at the moment I am in the Belgian Ardennes, (known for the battle of the bulge), but also place where the first Bataille des Ardennes was fought in august 1914, I frequently cycle to a war cemetery where both German and french soldiers are buried, (Maissin), at 30 km. I recently found out that...

dear fellow forum members, I always visit the big military fair in Ciney, but as my family decided to a holiday in Italy this week I was for the first time in over a decade not in the possibility to visit this great show, to ease the pain in my heart in a local flee market today in Northern...

my latest find is a modest one, during the first world war the Netherlands remained neutral, as I'm collecting all countries engaged in the conflict I did not collect non combattant countries like Switzerland Sweden and the netherlands, Last years I did not own any Dutch headgear ( I did own...