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All jokes aside, I have two nuts on a 1889 kürassierhelm spike base that won't separate. I assume the bolts were snipped for length but also to prevent the nuts from backing off, and it's not something I can just undo with traditional methods without causing damage to the studs. I can't get...

This is my only felt, but I thought it was worth noting because of the combination of features not often seen together. I am by no means an expert on felts, I just researched many images here and on the interweb. It has a rolled edge along with side reinforcement panels like a leather helmet...

I have a rusty M1889 kürassierhelm shell with brass trim that I'm planning on restoring. It's brown and lightly pitted everywhere so I am considering using evaporust on the whole helmet. The inside is as bad as the outside so I plan on either dipping the shell in a bath of regular evaporust or...

For those of you who were watching this curiosity on live auctioneers here it is cleaned up a bit. I still can't believe how few people bid on this considering it was the featured helmet of the auction and the same auction sold a relatively dull looking paratrooper helmet for $25,000 (!) and a...