I'd like to ask: How many of you guys have a designated collection room? Or do you have Pickelhaubes and helmets in a cabinet in the living room for instance, or maybe stored out of sight in an armoire perhaps? How does it work for you? And what do your wives feel about it if you have them...
I have this cool Enlisted mans Garde eagle. It has lost it's silver frosting unfortunately but it's still quite pretty.
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My Christmas present this year, and I'm chuffed! :
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I dont know if this topic has been raised before but I think it's an important issue on the subject of plate collecting and it's one that's kind of bothered me for years.
It's this: Do you 'flatten' a pickelhaube wappen that you wish to display.....or not? I see quite a few that have been...
I saw this one a re-enactor site (everything is reproduction) and I wondered what it is a copy of? I never saw this plate before:
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Anyone know it?
I have this beauty in my small collection. Can anyone tell me what is written inside(last pic) - it might be the wearers name or something?
Also, any info on the fabrication mark? I'm a bit out of the loop these days and I've forgotten so much.
And - could you tell me what the rank of the...
From my days as an art student I recall thinking that maybe they could have stormed across Europe wearing something like this?
I guess these are less tongue-in-cheek efforts:
:D
I have two of these in very good condition for sale if anyone is interested - these make great display stands for helmets.
Here is one, it has a nice marking underneath from a French outfitters circa 1900:
The red stamp of the shop is under the wood block "Samaritaine, AY, Paris"...
I thought this looks pretty decent. Missing it's star but any thought's?
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Anyone ever seen one of these before?
Ugly but interesting......
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I have a love/hate relationship with this one. I wanted a helmet with a cross-base and a square-cut visor but I think it's too flash compared to my other pieces.
Prussian 1st. Garde Dragoon, Unteroffizier. The eagle is huge and of superb quality...
At first glance I thought it was nice but.......
Anyway, do the gold stars on this make it 'paymaster' or what? Thats what the seller says it is but I thought that made it Pioneer?
Silver stars would be straight Rgt.100 wouldn't it? I don't have any reference handy these days so I'm trying to...
If all you fella's had to choose only ONE helmet to keep from your collections which would it be?
I'll start with mine. I got this one sometime ago with the help of the Chasman, the guy selling it would not ship outside the US but I got it after all. Thank's again Chas!!
Beautiful, untouched...
I thought you guy's might dig the tattoo. Here's a detail shot of an as yet unfinished full length portrait of Anneliese, an Austrian model I'm using at present. She actually has this tattoo on her arm.
She's not at all 'reserved' as the tat might suggest. ;)
As she is well known for her penchant for weird outfits I wondered if anyone could photoshop the insanely talented Lady Gaga wearing a 'haub and we could send it to her? I'm sure she'd think about incorporating one into her wardrobe if she saw this?
What do you guys think?
Any excuse to...
What the hell is this idiot up to?
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I don't...