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    Need some help with M1860 pickelhaube dimensions

    Guys, About 10 years ago I restored a very sad M1860 Dragoner pickelhaube with silver fittings. It was missing one of the domed bolts from the rear spine, and was also missing the two domed studs from the visor trim. For ten years it has been in my collection without those items. I have now...
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    Trying to get in touch with forum member 'newbe'

    Guys, does anyone have contact info for 'newbe', Mark. Trying to contact him regards a helmet. Mike
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    Collection inventory app - Recollector

    Guys, Just received this email from 'Recollector' and thought I would pass it on. This is a collectors inventory program and I can highly recommend it. I previously had my 1000+ helmets, hats, uniforms, firearms, etc catalogued in excel spreadsheets but have now transferred all to Recollector...
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    German Sud-West Afrika Schutztruppen Mounted Equipment

    Guys, I am going to pose a question here, and there are probably three people in the whole world who will be able to help. If those people exist, they are probably either here or on WAF somewhere! I have a set of what I believe is a set of Imperial German Schutztruppen Mounted Equipment for the...
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    M1857 Garde pickelhaube - Restoration of chinscales

    Gents, I just acquired this nice M1857. The first i have ever seen, and there are very few photos of M1857s available on the internet. It has some M1842 characteristics like the bolt and nut configuration on the chinstrap mounts, no hook and eye on the tip scales, and 36mm wide scales...
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    Dreyse Zündnadelkarabiner M1857

    Gents, Here is my latest Dreyse acquisition, an M1857 Zündnadelkarabiner. This is the second M57 I have owned and by far the best I have seen. Most are either beat to hell or have been polished by European collectors to a chrome and lacquer finish. This one is razor sharp with all original...
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    Kaiserliche Marine matrosenmutze

    Gents, Any Kaiserliche Marine collectors here? What do you think of this one. It does not have the piping around the edge where the flat top meets the sides, and maybe it should be stiffer in construction? I do not know enough about matrosenmutze to identify a good one...
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    Felt Ersatz Jager Tschako - 9th Jager Battalion

    Gents, This is about the nicest original filz ersatz tschako I have seen, basically untouched. It took a bit of negotiation to prise it away from the owner, but well worth the effort, it was even better than I expected. The tschako came from a 9th Jager Battalion grouping, but it is not marked...
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    Ultra-Rare WW1 NZEF Infantry 'Lemon Squeezer' Slouch Hat

    Gents, You may never see another one of these. Our New Zealand cousins comprised the other major component of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) that landed at Gallipoli in 1915. The New Zealand Expeditionary Force was based on one Infantry Division (4 x Brigades) and a Mounted...
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    Reichswehr feldbluse and kratzchen

    Gents, I thought you may find this interesting - an original 1921-dated Reichswehr feldbluse and a 1926-dated Einheitsfeldmutze with cloth Prussian Kokard. I find the Reichswehr period quite fascinating - you had a nation traumatised by a long and devastating war that they had now lost at...
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    M95 Felt Ersatz - Black Lacquered, Hanoverian Regiment

    Gents, This is a filzhelm pattern not often seen - a rolled-rim felt shell lacquered black to look like a leather M95, BA X 1915, Waterloo wappen for one of the Hanoverian Regiments: IR 74, 77, 78, 164 or 165. Joe has a picture of a similar helmet on his website. The liner is stitched and...
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    Imperial German Ersatz Papercloth Ankle Boots

    Chaps, I just picked up this fabulous matched pair of field gray ersatz ankle boots, basically a papercloth version of the standard ankle boot. From the condition of the wooden soles and the papercloth uppers, I assume they were unissued. I cannot believe that these were worn in the trenches...
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    Need a CEF 8th Battalion (Winnipeg) collar badge

    Chaps, To complete a CEF tunic, I need (need or want? I can't tell the difference when it comes to collecting) a left side 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles) little devil collar badge. Or, if I can't find a matching left side badge, I will seek a complete pair of collar badges. Mike
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    New movie about Admiral Kolchak

    Guys, If you are interested in the Russian Civil War, this looks really good! http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jw6GX9Ls394&feature=related For the entire Communist era in Russia, Admiral Kolchak was a villain who rated right up there with Adolf Hitler, Rasputin and Kerensky. Now he is being...
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    WW1 Aviation Show at the Autralian War Memorial

    Gents, I have just attended the best WW1 aviation show I have ever seen. It is on at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. They have on display: DVa Albatros (my favourite), SE5, AVRO 504K, Pfalz DXII, DH9. The aircraft display is supported by an audio-visual display of real WW1 footage and...
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    M1860/67 Dragoner Pickelhaube Regt 4,5,6,10,12 or 15

    Gents, This was a recent acquisition - a Model 1860 Dragoner with German silver fittings The dragoner wappen with silver fittings was used by Regts 4,5,6,10,12 and 15). All original components but the helmet had been neglected over the years and when I received it was in a sorry state with both...
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    Imperial German Schutztruppe Mounted Pattern Equipment

    Gents, You won't believe this but I now have an original set of Schutztruppen Mounted Pattern equipment, and without paying 2500 EUROS from Weitze. This is basically identical to the set shown on the germancolonialuniforms.com website, and in Johan Somers Volume 3 of Imperial German Uniforms...
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    The trouble with girls!!

    Gents, I have two teenage daughters and one 'son'. The 'son's ' name is Otto and what a magnificent creature he is! A particularly handsome fellow and a great athlete. Here he is chasing some birds And here he is wearing a M95 Grenadier NCO's pickelhaube and catching some zzzz's on the...
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    Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr Model 1841 and Model 1862

    Gents, I finally received my Mod 41 after it had been sitting with Customs for a few weeks. I thought there would be some folks interested in seeing these very rare firearms that had a profound influence on the course of events in Europe in the mid-19th century and which led inexorably to the...
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    ANZAC Day 25 April

    Chaps, Tomorrow (25 April) is ANZAC Day, the national day of commemoration for Australian and New Zealand soldiers who have fallen in battle. Several million Australians and Kiwis will attend ANZAC Day dawn services all around the world, wherever thay happen to be congregated. Major overseas...
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