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Not sure this is where i should post this but i have updated a spitzen comparison chart that could be of help to some:

Good morning fellow collectors! I was sent a couple of photos that kind of confused me. I was under the impression that regardless of model, Prussian Militär Beamte (Military Official) Officer Pickelhaubes had a square front visor, round chinscales and a cruciform spike base like the Dragoons...

A friend of mine is asking me to help him value this helmet. As I’m not very familiar with pre M1915s, i thought i would share it here. All i know is that it’s made of tin. The wappen is missing its bandeau and has the 2 loop holes which doesn’t make rules out Grenadiers amd Garde-Infanterie, if...

After years of having it at the top of my most wanted helmets list, i finally found a very nice and quite decently priced Prussian Kürassier EM metalhelme M1915 (dated 1916) made by the maker that made the nicest ones as most would agree here, and by that i mean Lachmann of Berlin. I got it from...

Hello all! This pickelhaube doesn't have the typical spike base (removable to be replaced by a cap) of the M1900 East Asian pickelhaube nor the elongated spike ventilation holes of the previous model. More like a regular M1895 spike + base and yet the rest looks East Asian... And does the...

Hello everyone! Haven't posted in a while but this doesn't mean I stopped following this great forum. Hope everyone is doing fine. I recently found out that Karel (known here as "Adler") is auctioning off some of his great collection through Hermann Historica. I recall seeing amazing photos of...

Hello gents. Nothing extraordinary and missing the (M1917) canister straps. The oxygen canister is May 1918 dated. Just wanted to check if the back--where the elastic straps connect--is all period regulations or is it some post-war modification?

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After reading Stalhelm's (Hans's) pretty informative comments on the Latvian Totenkopf Helmet, I had yet another close look at my (only) camo M17 and you can clearly see the factory field gray paint underneath the chips in many areas... Not to mention that it came from the Great White North...

This seller is based in Latvia. Once bought from him a WW2 Tan Painted Feld Polizei Stahlhem which turned out to be completely bogus except maybe the shell. This one looks too good to be real as well... What do you think? :-k...

The same guy who recently won Adam's Prussian Feldartillerie EM Ersatz Stahlblech Kugelhelm M1915 has just won this one for a fairly good deal despite the liner in tatters and what seems like a fake chinstrap...

Migrating my Shako here... It all started with what was most likely a War Bond shako shell in unissued condition and dated for 1916. The seller kept on reducing its price until he reached an acceptable one given the missing parts. It was in close to pristine condition however it's finish is...

Talk about a pristine and complete felt haube! I missed this beauty by a few minutes #-o Hope someone here bought it at least? http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Imperial/Photos/G013872.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mainly inspired by Karel, I have played around with a crest we all know in order to get my personalized photo endorser... What do you gents think? (Note: 'R.K.' happen to be my initials 8-) ) Here's my personalized crest & endorser: And some application examples:

And here's my baby again :)

Hello everyone, I finally found some time to post good photos of one of my favorite pickelhaubes that I was able to identify with the invaluable help of some members here and completed with the appropriate NCO cockade: Kaiserliche Schutzmannschaft (Imperial Constabulary) Polizeiwachtmeister...

How come no one's jumping on this one? Anything wrong apart from the fact the helmet seems to have been extensively polished (metal & leather)? :-k http://www.ebay.com/itm/271265939233" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's your chance! (you'd still need M91 Off. knopf and M15 Off. chinscales :-" ) http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWI-German-Spiked-Helmet-For-Good-Brass-Parts-/121168237757" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;? If I'm not mistaken, the spike base is that of an officer (mainly because of the...

Hello gents, do you think this one's all legit? :-k http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-WWI-M18-GERMAN-HELMET-W-ORIGINAL-LINER-SZ-ET64-/350856692816" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Apart from the missing fixtures & cockades and the broken wappen loops, do you gents think this one's OK? I also see more than 1 ventilation hole under the spine. I'm guessing the pin hodling the spine is missing too... :-k Looks like a parts helmet? Do the markings match the wappen...