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There sure is! https://moselle-culture.fr/en/site/musee-de-la-guerre-de-1870-et-de-lannexion/ Regards, Coert.

Well, I don't know/recognize any people, only their Busby's, and that they are German. What I do know, it that is was taken at the Dodendraad, at the Damse vaart, so the picture was taken in the Netherlands, looking towards occupied Belgium.

I was wondering by the way, there is no battle field finds topic yet. Is there any interest in such a topic? If so, I guess there will be more members, who visit the battle fields and have lots to share. I for sure do, as I regularly visit the fields around Ypres, and have a collection of those...

Well my friends, the 2 21cm morser shell casings are now home to a cactus and a succelent plant, in Dutch language called vetplant. The one with the handles attached to it also has a new job, its now houses several bayonets I had kept in my collection room upstairs. S98-05's, the later shorter...

Hi Doug, my Motörhead posters are also in my house, 3 of them adorn my staircase, and I have still 2, which are not framed yet. When Lemmy passed away, a piece of me got hurt too. I watched his funeral, it was sent live here on TV. Ozzy was also one of my greatest ever guy's.. Man, how I miss...

Well @John Josef , when a metal band named Iron Maiden got really well known, I was given the promo poster when Aces High came out, a single which became quite famous here in the Netherlands (and in all Europe). The shop owner who gave it to me knew me quite well, I was alway's visiting his...

And so do I! The one I bought years ago, has 2 Lions heads on it, with the handles in their mouth's. Trench art from Belgium. Bought years ago at a fleamarket in Ypres. The 2 I bought recently are genuine ones. So, like they were used those day's. No frills, just the way they were. Regards, Coert.

And so would I Brian! Its a great helmet, and it would look great, all cleaned up. In fact, I for sure would have wanted that one in my collection too. My only Kurassier helmet is an M15, nice too, by the way! A very nice one Alan! Regards, Coert.

I saw that one too, at Catawiki, but, since I already own 3, didn't proceed on it. I do like shell casings though. :)

This is why we all miss Steve now...He would have certainly known. Maybe Mike Kelso can chip in on your question, I for certain cannot however..

No, these will be housing some of my cactusses, on my front window sill. Eating or cooking in them is not an option ;) . I do need to polish them up though, but they're newly found job is clear for me. By the way, I also found a 15cm mortar shell casing recently. Also German, and dated April...

I fully agree with you Phillipe!

And, I bought another one too, ( a week after I bought the one mentioned before) here they are in my kitchen, being cleaned up as they were very grimey. Regards, Coert.

Maybe that's the case, but, several years ago, I also heard of complaints about Weitze, selling put together helmets, I cannot however say these complaints were real. I did buy several items from him, but in my case they were all good.

I fully agree @tony v , I started out collecting only M15's, later I got on with collecting the M91's too, to go with my M15's. And reorganising my collection (again). So now each M15 has it's M95 pre-decessor next to it's matching friend. Besides that, doing that also has other joy's, like...

What a nice group of Hessian hauben! I only have a Hessian M15 in my collection, and am still on the hunt for an enlisted M95 one. Congratulations with this fine group! Regards, Coert.

Some pictures, I am busy reading it, it will take some time though, at 767 pages. I am happy to finally have it here! I also collect regimental history's, but this one is personal, family related. Regards, Coert.

Maybe its a good idea to look at Sandy's post several years ago, about this? https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/threads/original-recipes-for-black-military-leather-lacquer.14147/ I hope this helps.. Regards, Coert.

Indeed it is great to find a regiments geschichte I have been looking for for ages. It even has all the maps still present, which also is a great thing! It is quite a long read, the book has 767 pages. I will read all of them! Thanks Henk! Regards, Coert.

The regiments geschichte RIR 213 has arrived today! I am very happy to finally have the regimental history of the regiment my great grandfather was is, and served in during the first world war! There are also several other letters in it, which I found between pages of the book, one belonging to...