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Many thanks for this very interesting thread and for sharing the information about how many of these helmets were produced. I find this helmet very appealing as well! Unfortunately, the older models do not seem to be in particularly high demand among collectors. Helmut Weitze currently has four...

Unfortunately, no luck. I was interested in the Tschapka for the Officers of the 1st Garde Ulanen, as it matches my name.🙄 But that was the only helmet that became a bit more expensive…. Best wishes, GardeUlan

I fully agree ! I like them, too. Thank you for bringing it up! This is mine. Best wishes GardeUlan

I’m sorry, but unfortunately I didn’t have a good experience with this seller. I bought a Prussian Ulan rabatte from him, which turned out not to be original. Never again… Best wishes, GardeUlan

May I ask if it is this helmet...

Thank you very much for your comments! You got me there - I forgot to post pictures of the Napoleonic section. 🫣The siege of Vienna and the Ottoman wars section was unfortunately closed on that day.😫

The WWI section is also very impressive!

My personal favourite - I‘ve been searching for decades 🤯 Austrian Tschapka M 1855

Some other beautiful headgear from the Austro-Hungarian empire.

And from Archduke Ferdinand - Prussia UR 10

Some German imperial German effects (UR 11 Prussia and Bavaria) from Crown Prince Rudolf. Not the right spike 🤪

These helmets saw action in 1866 😳

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) in Vienna. For me, it was a journey into the past, as I first went there with my parents in 1983. The museum is truly a very special place, and anyone who has the time and interest should...

Yes, sure, you can of course save them. 😀My guess would be that these special helmets were produced in Austria, but never shipped to Mexico, due to the shooting of Maximilian. I remember Hermann Historica was selling an example in 2018...

What a coincidence, I was there last week in Vienna and took some pictures of these extraordinary Mexican helmets 😀 I‘ve been asking myself if they were in service before the execution of emperor Maximilian? Best wishes, GardeUlan

But I am very glad that some of his medals and decorations from the First World War survived, because my father took them. Among them was also the bullet that struck my great-grandfather in the lung and was only removed years after the war. It reminds me of what war is really all about. Best...

Thank you very much for asking, unfortunately no — although, in a certain sense, I do have a Tschapka from Ansbach that belonged to my great-grandfather. 😀 Best wishes, GardeUlan

Yes, it was in September 2022 and it‘s the same piece. Here’s a link to the catalog. It‘s lot 796. In the description the auction house stated that the anchor tips were removed. Best wishes, GardeUlan...

Thank you so much! Once again - a great picture!

Thank you very much for this incredible photo! May I ask a question? What kind of helmet is the second officer from the right wearing? I’ve never seen anything like it before. The Sea Battalion eagle on a standard Pickelhaube — unbelievable. Since I’m not at all familiar with colonial pieces...