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Many thanks for your replies. Yes, it was certainly a good price!

Many thanks for your replies. I cleaned off the edge where the stamp is and it now looks like T.A. 14, the 14 somewhat smudged. I do wish the wappen was attached more securely. Also, I presume train pickelhaubes are not as valuable as those of combat arms?

Just acquired this and would welcome opinions as to authenticity. Body is heavily lacquered leather in great condition; cockades likely replacements and not sure about chinstrap. Interior leather shows some wear. Wappen only attached with two leather straps & a bit loose. I will let photos...

On top of his insane prices, his item descriptions are often incorrect, despite his wordy blather. Savvy collectors should avoid him; I wonder how long this stuff has been in his inventory,or is it mainly consignment items? Methinks he has been frustrated trying to sell on his website; is Ebay...

Der Rittmeister's prices are ludicrously high and he is not as knowledgeable as he purports to be. A few years ago I purchased a rare visor cap from him, listed as a Bavarian artillery officer's, but actually for the Leibgarde der Hartschiere, The cap is blue, with a black velvet band & black...

Shill bidding going on as well; not surprising.

Superb. =D>

Prime example of shill bidding; 55 bids ( !! ) at this point.

The prices listed for US caps are especially absurd. 275 pounds for a pre WWII Army enlisted cap, 285 for a common USN officer's cap, etc. ](*,)

I sent him an email via Ebay; no response, as I expected. The headgear on his website is wildly overpriced.

Looks like shill bidding going on as well.

No, it didn't, and it has not apparently been relisted. I was going to bid, but decided the price was a bit high,given the damage to the peak. Also, I already have a Cheveaux Leger officer's cap, for the 3rd or 6th regiments. Nice looking cap,overall, for a regiment that existed for all of 13 years.

Can you be a goodfellow AND an oddfellow?

A post 1902 full dress helmet for an officer of The Duke of Wellington's ( West Riding Regiment). A recent Ebay pickup.

I have buying books from NMP for over 25 years, and have always been quite satisfied. Their "painless payment option" works great for me; as long as the order is over 250 pounds, you can spread payments over 12 months, at no extra cost. Thus, I usually get a very large box every year...

First, apologies for being unable to link a website; it is BayState Militaria in Massachusetts. Just listed is a Garde officer's pickelhaube that was apparently stored poorly, with items on top of it pushing down on to the spike & base to where the surrounding leather appears to have collapsed...

Don't know about Netflix, as I don't get it, but I rented this movie from Redbox two weeks ago. Well done, but the accents were tough to understand at times; I really had to turn the volume up. Really, a rather grim tale, but worth seeing IMHO.

Assuming that you refer to the dragoon cap, what leads you to believe that? It's absolutely an original, IMHO.

I picked up these two caps at this year's SOS. The dragoon officer cap is for either of the two Garde regiments, or the 1st, 5th, or 13th line Prussian regiments. The nco's cap is for the 3rd Hussars.

Yes, that was him.