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I purchase this helmet recently from an old collection. The previous owner bought the helmet sometime in the 1960s. It is a Prussian enlisted man’s Model 1915 grey trim pickelhaube. The helmet is complete and by all appearances, and as far as I can detect, is 100% original. The thing that drew...

Here's one that I found recently. The front plate and spike were painted brass color. This looks to have been period done. Has people seen this before? Opinions? Have we had discussion of pickelhauben with brass painted hardware? I briefly owned a M15 EM Prussian pickelhaube that had similar...

This is another out-of-the-woodwork piece that I bought a few months ago. It was brought back from Europe by an American WWI vet. The person who sold the helmet to me had bought it from the vet in the 1960s. The helmet came to me missing one chinscale. By a small miracle a member of this forum...

Württemberg Pioneer 13th Pioneer, 119th or 123rd Grenadier Regiments Unteroffizier Eigenthum's Pickelhaube: I bought this beautiful, private purchase pickelhaube last spring. The seller was not a collector and had bought the helmet from a family member of the original owner. It’s an...

I'm looking for a tombak chinscale to complete this helmet. I have a few parts to trade including a chinscale for this type of helmet, but smaller (#7 going from left to right)

I purchased this recently from a person in Dallas,TX who is the grandson of a US WWII vet who served in the occupation forces post-war. The exact history of the piece has been lost, but we presume it was something the vet picked up while serving in Europe. It's the second Hessian piece (IR 115...

What's the best way to clean tarnished chinscales? I've never been sure of the best method, but I bet somebody here has figured that out. My current project is a set of silver plated chinscales. The sections where the scales meet is difficult to reach and I don't what to bend the sets too much...

This is one of the last great items from my father’s collection. Even though he’s not with us anymore, I decided that my father will participate in my daughter’s wedding by posthumously donating proceeds from the sale of this helmet to the cause! When this general’s pickelhaube fell into my...

I'm looking for a Baden EM Kokarde which I would happily buy for a reasonable price, or which I would be willing to trade for other pickelhaube doodads from my parts drawer (Prussian or Reich EM Kokarden, M15 brads, chinstraps, chinstrap hardware, M15 spike, etc) Mark D.

Looking for an original helmet liner drawstring of the type found on M17/18 German steel helmets. These were white with a sort of herringbone pattern woven around a core. They are very similar to German WWII helmet drawstrings but are slightly thinner and sometimes a bit flat rather than...

I'm looking for an Bavarian officer's pickelhaube kokarde. I'm happy to pay a reasonable price, but also have a few pickelhaube parts to trade (Prussian and Reich EM kokarden, chinstraps, split pins, and a few other doodads) Mark D.

Yesterday I received confirmation from the Ohio Valley Military Society that I've got two tables at the MAX show. Is anybody else from pickelhaubes.com going? Mark D.

This is an item from my father's collection. I'm planning on having Herman Historica auction it in their Fall 2017 auction. Before shipping the piece out, however, I thought I'd offer it here for below the estimated value. This makes sense because I can avoid paying auction fees if I sell...

This helmet was given to my father and we think it may have belonged to Baron Alexander von Musulin. Musulin was the Austro-Hungarian diplomat who drafted the ultimatum to Serbia in 1914, so this would be an interesting connection to confirm. Unfortunately the written communications and oral...

I thought I'd offer this helmet to the pickelhaubes.com group before I make it available elsewhere. This is the same helmet that was the subject of this discussion thread a while back: http://www.pickelhaubes.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7067. Here are more recent photos of the piece...

What's a train battalion? I've been meaning to ask. Does they always involve choo-choo trains, or were these just units that brought materiel to troops by any means? Mark D.

I haven't been tracking value very closely, but today looked closely at the realized prices from Jan Kube's 24 September 2016 Special Auction. I was alarmed at the low hammer prices for some items. I did a little analysis comparing the estimated values for some items in our family collection and...

Here's an amazing, out-of-the-woodwork thing that has been offered to me. It was brought home from Europe by the seller's father who was a WWII vet. Although the seller has little idea of what it is (offered as a "WWI officer's helmet), she has an inflated idea of what its worth. I'm trying...

see you all soon at the SOS! Mark D.