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Hesse officer IR 115. Leather body with no extra holes. All parts are silvered, recently polished, and held by split prongs,. The scales are German silver. The plate was once frosted. The Order of Henry is deep cobalt blue. It is slightly skewed and I have not tried to correct it. The white...

Here's my JB7 tschako, as requested by Lars13 (thank you, Lars). It's a complete outfit. The cover is small and I can't be sure they were issued together. But they were together at a Show of Shows in the early days of Louisville. It was sitting on a table three rows just in, calling me. The...

Thought I’d show my Sea Battalion tschako. I bought it as a Wachmeister’s, though it could be an OR’s private purchase piece I suppose. It’s got a high quality, gilt frosted plate (screwback), officer parade bush and trichter, and an officer quality sweatband and silk liner. Plus, an elegant...

Not long ago, I acquired a handsome pre-war Hussar dress attila for a Leutnant in Hussar Regiment Nr. 7. Unfortunately, it had no name. It had 6 loops for 5-6 medals, and a loop for a badge on the lower left. The owner was tall. What leutnant would have 5-6 medals in peacetime? An old post I...

I enjoyed the discussion on Brian’s HR 20 busby. I thought I would show mine again but with more detail. The similarities to Brian’s suggest that they were made by the same company. The stamps on the inside are the same, 20 H.R. and BA XII. So are the raw leather inside tops. Plus, the flat...

Officer cap for Saxon Schützen. Grey-green cloth with black velvet band and light green piping. Cockades are original to the cap as are the side buttons. There’s a small moth spot under the chinstrap and a pinprick on the rear. Silk lining, leather sweatband, leatherette visor all showing light...

Beautiful and perfect vulture feather plume for officer busbies in HR 3-6 and 8-16. One top on the tube is missing, the other complete. Feathers 9.5 inches tall; total height 13 inches. An excellent asking price of $750.00

Hello, I've got an officer's busby (opposum) for HR7, and an officer's parade attila for HR7. However, the pelzmutze is 1912+ and the attila is the Russian blue model worn until about 1908. According to regulation and history, the two would not have been worn together. Unless.... does any...

On the 26 April 2020 Kuirassier forum, I presented an officer helmet needing a serious lobstertail repair. The tail was separated in back, the reinforcing spots on the sides were separated, and the brass retaining pin on the left was broken. During Pandemic winter, I tackled the project...

Hello – Over the years, I’ve seen at two or three pickelhauben with holes in the rear visors. The story is that the owners used the holes to hang the haube on a wall after the war. Does that make sense as a likely reason?

Hello, I’ve enjoyed looking at the HR 20 that was posted in 2017. Since mine is for an Unteroffizier, I thought I would try to post it here as an additional reference. Of particular note are the chinscales, which have no connectors on the ends, and are unique to the post-1904 Saxon hussars...

Hello, (Trying again). I could use some help. I have a line cuirassier officer helmet but the lobstertail separated at the first joint. I tried my most awesome, never-fails super glue but it didn't hold. What is recommended for securing this. I'll try to post an image. Thanks, Dosty