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    Belgian grenadier officer's bearskin

    Added a new (old) piece of furniture yesterday, so I could finally present my Belgian grenadier,
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    Baden pioneer, question.

    hello all, here is a configuration I would like to understand. Ornaments and spike are white, chinscale is flat and gold. So far, I am cool. But the spike removes as the M 15 and the liner is the one you should expect in a officer's helmet. And the officer's cocardes...?
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    My British spike helmets

    As mentioned before, it doesn't represent much. Both metal ones need a lot of attention; mainly missing parts.
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    Bayern home guard pickel

    Correct me if I am wrong, but here is what I thougt to be a bayern home guard pickelhaube. It was sold to me as "fonctionaire Bavarois", meaning a "public servant". I had one before, but couldn't complete it, so sold it again. And did some research then and found out this service was quiet close...
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    There is not just "the Man Cave"...

    I am working on the "man mobilhome"; ;)
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    Belgian court grand habit

    It is Belgian, not military, but it is periode to the theme we like to discusse. So I tought I might trow it in as well.... The jacket has nothing to do with the one on the painting, except that it is quiet similar. The challenge is now to have it presented in a descent way...
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    On my trip to Belgium

    had to fetch some stuff. In the center of Paris...not very handy with a 14 m long vehicle... And in a quiet place north of France, near the Royal Canin (dog food, our dogs used to get!)factory. .
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    New (old!) cabinet

    Very glad with my new cabinet. 2.10 m. high, 1.80 m. wide and 32cm deep.
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    White ornamentation

    First comes the grey (M15) ornamention on pickels to me. But next comes defenetly the white ornamentation. Here are mine;
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    Amy is right!

    "A pickel a day keeps the doctor away!" I tried, but didn't make it....and they are not all pickels, but anyway this is what I managed to lay hands on this year;
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    Rechenungshof des Deutches Reiches

    hey guy's and girls, could this satchel been used by some one wearing a pickhaube. In other words what would the user have been when carying this type of briefcase....was it a civilian..../...uniformed person?
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    Improving my late medieval collection

    I was lucky, yesterday, at a live on line auction, taking place in the south of France. At one time the auctioneer called me his only buyer... The stuff was under estimated, and even then lots of it didn't sell even when the auctioneer, started at lower figures... It will take me a journey to go...
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    A French cuirassier helmet model 1815

    And here is a helmet the guy originaly wearing it might have seen action at Waterloo.... It is a post Napoleon periode helmet. "First restoration" periode has the French call it, having a king back on the trone. These helmets are quiet rare, in original condition. Most have been tranformed into...
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    A icon.... to me...

    never tought I might ever own one, but life is full mysteries... I am talking about a (original!)French Royal musketeer sword. A important French collection that was sold last sunday. I am using the salesroom picture, I will pick it up in a few days, and post more pic's , if there is any...
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    Finds of the day

    hey all, as stated before, I live in mid France now, after the loss of my wife. It doesn't make me happyier...but it keeps me bussy and the head clear.... Chassing the old stuff, again... Today I got this nice 9th lancers Victorian sabretache and a Belgian 1830 lance, made and provided by...
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    life ....

    hello all, yeah, life ...sucks,....is a bitch you can fill in the blank as you want... The reason of my absence here is that I lost my wife, today , exactly a year ago.... It was and still is, hard! At first I didn't get a chance to grief. We where buisy selling the house and all other...
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    looking to exchange my 89 G R. Mecklenburg-Strelitz trompette...

    Hello, not planning to keep the trompette, so in the first place I am looking to exchange it for a M15 Saxe or Wurt pickelhaube. It can also be seen on my poste; https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/threads/anyone-in-to-german-military-bugles-please.15866/
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    Begian sword

    these Belgian sword are generaly hard to date. But thise one wasn't! It has the logo of Leopold II ( 1835 – 1909). Must be the first one I have seen in all those years. And I only noticed when I got home. The only reason I got it is because it was sold with a other one who caught my attention...
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    Two new additions

    I don't collect them in fact... But do like to look at them. It might be a start of a new theme for me... They were sold as one lot, and the bajonet made it for me. It is the first one I see for sale. Here seen next to a normal sword. (One I got today as well and did held a small surprise to me!)
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    Anyone in to German military bugles, please?

    Hello all, the question is in the title. I need some help regarding one I am not able to find any information about on the net.
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