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Ages ago, I purchased a few orders and decorations from Ken, but never any headdress. I've always found his item descriptions entertaining, but, more often than not, humbug that would make P.T. Barnum blush.

There are several examples of the Abzeichen for comparison at Weitze. Nowhere are Luftschiffe mentioned in connection to the "Z's". This raises another point. Not all Marine Luftschiffe were Zeppelins. Schütte-Lanz was also a player in airship production...

I spotted the following on fleaBay, and find it difficult to accept the hyperbole that it is a Zeppelin-related item. The seller's description alleges the bullion embroidery on the fringed streamers of the Kaiserkrone symbolizes "Z" for Zeppelin and "V" for valor (shouldn't that be "T" for...

Otto had serious health issues in recent years, but he always remained positive and never lost his sense of humor.

Though I remained in contact with Otto (Rendsburg) via Facebook, I had not heard from him in ages. Consequently, I visited his profile page the other day and learned he passed away in July 2022 after undergoing surgery in June. If memory serves, the eponymous social forum was created as a...

Hello GMU: Apologies for the tardy reply. I only returned to this thread yesterday. Reverse photo as requested. Poor light, but the details still come through. Best regards, Charles

At the risk of being a wet blanket, I am compelled to point out that the Seebataillon Reservist Tschako and photo thereof are mine. In fact, I have used it (with red background) as my avatar for years. I purchased the Tschako from Ray Zyla's Mohawk Arms nearly twenty years ago, and it has...

In attempting to restore photos once hosted by (ugh) Photobucket, the Ross images just happened to be handy. Unfortunately, I am unable to delete the old and irrelevant file extensions in the initial post. By way of giving this a bump, the only news to report is that I acquired a Canadian...

Hi Brian: Difficult to obtain a precise measurement with my calipers due to the vaulted chinscale rosette, but the kokarde measures approximately 45mm.

Another Baden Offizier Kokarde in the Hessen style (this from a Dragoner helmet in my collection):

In 2019, at the final MAX in Monroeville, PA, I spotted this, pounced, and brought it home for relative peanuts. These are the photos I took with my phone that evening at the hotel. Kaiserliche Marine in Feldgrau:

Tony, I'm sorry you had to part with it. I still have mine:

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One of the few helmets I acquired within recent memory is this Boxer Rebellion era Tschako named to "Sergeant" Marte of the Ostasiatisches Feld-Lazarett (field hospital) As one can see, the Kaiserkrone has been neatly removed – perhaps in compliance with Weimar Republic mandates. In all other...

Thank you one and all for the kind words. Brian, I see the forum has a new look. I will have to learn my way around the manor anew. I have two more photos to share – portraits of Ernst Jünger, the last living recipient of the Pour le Mérite. In advanced years he wears what I believe to be a...

I haven't actively been collecting Imperial German awards for some time, but this proved an exception. After years of settling for gap-filler, postwar Zweitstück PLMs that run the gamut from sanctioned to schmuck, I finally landed a textbook wartime Wagner (with Eichenlaub, no less). Ignore...

Well done, Karel! That is one exclusive and fantastic Tschapka.

Unfortunately, this once useful "sticky" has been decimated by the Photobucket meltdown. As the author, I hope to restore the photos previously illustrating the text one day. For anyone revisiting it because of this reply, I acquired something recently that reminded me of an ongoing...

For ferrous fittings, the process would involve immersion in manganese or zinc phosphate (parkerizing). Alloy fittings (brass, Tombak) can be chemically darkened with selenium dioxide.

I purchased one item at the MAX, but I think it's a keeper — 1. Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regt. Nr. 109: The enamel damage at 3:00 o'clock in the Stern zum Haus-Orden der Treue is the only appreciable flaw. Thank goodness the seller, Brian Sanders, resisted the urge to restore it...