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Hello all, I haven't been active on the forum for quite some time as my choice of career (teacher) has rather got in the way, as it is so very good at doing. The recent events in the world have, however, given me a little more time to indulge my increasingly neglected hobby. In my...

Hi All, I'm interested in this Bavarian steel belt buckle. I have numerous brass examples of Bavarian 1895 buckles but I feel I ought to get a steel one. It looks good to me based on the wear and soldered loop and prongs at the rear, but I'd really appreciate some opinions of other...

Hi All, I know this shoulder board is for an officer of the 3rd Bavarian Infantry Regiment but I gather that there were two different types of cipher issued. As I have never been able to make out what the ciphers are supposed to say, I wonder whether anyone is able to tell me which one of the...

Hi All, I am trying to find out what the lettering on the Bavarian Reservist Cockade for the EM's Feldmutze is supposed to be. On the cross there looks to be two dates on either side of the chess board design of Bavaria with two gothic letters, maybe a cipher on the lower leg of the cross...

Hi All, Can anyone tell me how many companies there were in a battalion - I always though it was about twelve but have recently heard of there being in some cases as many as twenty companies in a regiment? Any info welcome! Cheers, Simon

Hi Gents, Can anyone help me ID this board. http://www.falleneagle.com/shop/viewphoto.php?shoph=5556&phqu=2 As far as I know it's a Field Artillery board and I think it might be the 4th but I'm not really sure. Any help much appreciated. All the best, Simon

Hi all, Does anyone have any idea what the stamping 9.478 on a 1917 dated Prussian (W) marked 1884/98 Gew 98K bayonet could mean? Most unit marks I've seen have a combination of letters and numbers in a crossguard stamping. I don't believe it to be a post ww1 turkish reissue stamping as the...

I was having a look at a friend's erstaz pickelhaube last weekend and was interested to see that the chin strap appears to be rivetted to the two sliding buckles as opposed to being sewn like most i've seen (including my own 1895). I've since has a look on the internet and found a few M1916...

NB. Some of you may have seen this post in Uniforms and Accessories - Haven't quite got the hang of the respective catagories... :-s I bought an ERN Rasiermesserfabrik trench knife a while ago. It's a great piece and goes well with my other German trench knives. I wonder if any of you...

I bought an ERN Rasiermesserfabrik trench knife a while ago. It's a great piece and goes well with my other German trench knives. I wonder if any of you knife/bayonet buffs could answer this one for me. As far as I know the blades of German bayonets in ww1 were not blued and trench knives...

Have recently bought a German ww1 bugle. It's maker marked CW MORITZ BERLIN and dated 1914. There's a nice big prussian eagle plate to the top. According to the seller its also stamped IR78 but the I looks alot more like a J to me. I'm right to think that this is Jaeger Regiment 78 am I...

I've recently bought these two shoulder straps (very cheaply, I quickly add before you see their condition and recommend I be sectioned for buying anything so bad). They're not technically relic by my definition (as they've not been dug up in France or Belgium) but were more likely liberated by...

Hi Gents, look I know it's sacrilige but I've posted this one in the pickelhaubes section despite it not regarding one. But as a helmet matter I wanted to catch the eyes of helmet collectors and I know that many of you don't stop your helmet collecting at Pickelhaubes. I have come across a...

Can anyone tell me when the DRGM stamp started being used? I've heard it was in 1929 but I'm sure there's a load of WW1 stuff DRGM stamped. Simon

Can anyone tell me if the M1915 pickelhaube cover (without the section on the top to cover the spike) had card inserts instead of the hooks found on most? I have a rare example of this type and instead of the common hooks it has a thin curved piece of card at the front and rear to tuck under...