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Looks wrong to me: body of the shako is not what it should be; wrong cockades; stitching looks off; missing the two side holes for the bush; leather 'strap' on the lower end of the body is incorrect; and a few other issues.

Why is it that busbies are so often messed with and, in proportion, it seems more frequently than Pickelhaubes - at least that is my experience?

Frankenstein IMO is a better description than fake - but it clearly is not what it is labelled to be and definitely not worth 2750. Poor guy who bought that and a shame it was sold the way it was. :^o

At Griffin in the description it was also labelled as that of a Wachtmeister and yes it is also listed on ebay.

Thanks for your reply. This seems logical but the Wachtmeister (senior NCO) wore the officer Feldzeichen, so why not also an officer Fangschnur and/or cockades - hence my question.

Hi Tony, Thanks for chipping in. Just to be clear I am no longer considering the busby I was offered in trade that started this thread. That said I am still interested in learning a bit more about busbies in general. 1. the material on the busby pictured in this thread is supposed to be sheep...

Hi Brian, Thanks for your second reply which has given me some more valuable information. In order to answer one of your questions, I just read that NCO status on the Fangschnur of Hussars was signalled by applying the state colours to the toggle and slide on the Fangschnur.

Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply. I just checked some literature and noticed that the officer Feldzeichen was worn by a Wachtmeister so that at least is possible. Does anyone know whether or not a Wachtmeister was also allowed the wearing of officer type Cockades and or Fangschnurr? I am just...

Thanks for the reply and information! Much appreciated. Were any of the officer parts: Feldzeichen, Cockades and Cords also worn by senior NCOs or are these strictly for officers?

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Hi Guys, I have been offered this busby in trade. As I do not have one in my collection it has my interest but as busbies are outside my field of expertise I would very much like some opinions on it and also a price indication of it. Thanking you in advance for any and all your comments...

Are you sure this is not a super rare possibly one of kind helmet? I am definitely going to bid on this one!

What do you mean by: "collecting artifacts of only one nation can be a bit repetitive"? I have never had that feeling with German items. :? Nevertheless welcome! :D

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Definitely a cool item. Ink well more likely.

Congrats - prefer pickelhaubes though however I would love to own an officer JB 14 tschako.

Now 36 bids - a popular item.

Lovely - my favourite type of ersatz helmet.

Darn what a lovely helmet!