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Württemberg Field Artillery Reserve Officer Beautiful Kugelhelm for a reserve officer of one of the few Württemberg field artillery regiments (FARs 13, 29, 49, or 65). Excellent form and finish, tight stitching, with a still-shiny shell and beautiful gilded fitting. Very nice wappen with all...

Greetings friends. Doing some tuning and pruning in my collection, and wanted to offer this here first. Prussian Train Battalion Officer Beautiful c. 1914 officer’s helmet for one of the sixteen Prussian Train Battalions (1-11, 15-17, or 20-21). As battalions rather than regiments, each of...

I'm curious as to your thoughts and collective pickelhaube wisdom here, friends. This is a picture I was sent of the inside of a Dragoon officer helmet. While I have seen split pin attachments before, they have all had washers underneath the pins. The holes under the washers might be tighter...

Here's a weird situation that was shared with me - wondering if anyone else has seen this. An otherwise high-end looking Prussian officer helmet, but without a ventilation hole beneath the spike. It's something I've not seen before, but curious if anyone else has. And if it is a legit...

A reserve officer’s Schirmmütze and an eigentum Tellermütze for 3. Badisches Dragoner-Regiment Prinz Karl Nr.22, and a rakish reserve officer’s Schirmmütze for 1. Badisches Leib-Dragoner-Regiment Nr.20. Details of the kokarden. Two slight variations of the reserve cockade, with the...

Happy New Year friends - May 2024 be a safe, happy, healthy, and prosperous year for you and yours!

A lovely, larger-than-average cabinet photo of a dapper hussar NCO. Hard to tell what regiment, but the coloring is similar to HR8 images I have seen.

As some of you know, I like Imperial German cloth headgear (cavalry particularly). Of the 110 cavalry regiments, only 4 displayed an additional "traditions badge" between the state and national cockades. They are tricky to find these days, but this year I managed to finish tracking down...

There is a wealth of knowledge in the this Restoration section on specific heavy-duty topics - but I'd be interested in any tips on light cleaning/maintenance of leather and metal helmets and fittings. In particular, how best to clean for finger oils and general handling on gilded/silvered...

An interesting (to me, anyway) grouping of Württemberg blue/yellow cavalry caps (partly inspired by the excellent examples of cornflower blue variations found on Tony’s site). From left to right: Officer of Ulanen-Regiment König Wilhelm I (2. Württembergisches) Nr.20 – the classic very deep...

Greeting friends: I am always on the lookout for high-quality Imperial German cavalry cloth headgear. Please PM with anything you might consider parting with. Thanks! Key Wants: LHR2, HR4, HR5, HR9 DR2, DR17-19, DR21, DR23 LKR1, KR2 Saxon GRR Bavarian ChevR 7-8

I had the good fortune to complete a few Husar Offizier/Mannschaften sets recently – so thought I’d share! 😺 Husaren-Regiment von Zieten (Brandenburgisches) Nr. 3 Husaren-Regiment „Kaiser Nikolaus II. von Russland“ (1. Westfälisches) Nr. 8 (a personal favorite of mine) Husaren-Regiment...

Enlisted dragoons from Garde-Dragoner-Regiment (1. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr 23 (above) and Leib-Dragoner-Regiment (2. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr. 24 (below). Love the Hessian Dragoon regiments – still on the lookout for a good DR23 or DR 24 pickelhaube.

The Reichskokarde in the national colors of black-white-red was introduced in 1897 for both helmets and caps. On cloth headgear, it was worn above the state kokarde already in use. These two examples never had a second kokarde and pre-date the introduction of the Reichskokarde. An absolutely...

A Wachtmeister and an enlisted hussar (his son perhaps?). The senior NCO is sporting what looks like an impressive fourth-class lance proficiency chevron and wearing the officer-style sword and knot, along with a Schirmmütze with officer-grade cockades. I love this image – a very elegant...

An interesting image of what appears to be an officer of Husaren-Regiment Kaiser Nikolaus II von Rußland (1.Westfälisches ) Nr.8 wearing the pelisse, or “Pelz.” This iconic piece of the hussar uniform was no longer regulation wear by the late 19th century, and by 1914 only nine regiments had...

Because I like how they look together - a beautiful example of an officer’s Schirmmütze for Königlich Bayerisches 5. Chevaulegers-Regiment Erzherzog Friedrich von Österreich (also correct for Kgl. Bayer. 4. Chevaulegers-Regiment König). Paired with the appropriate pickelhaube, and a well-marked...

I have a soft spot for Braunschweigisches Husaren-Regt. Nr.17, and keep an eye out for images of hussars in their cloth caps - some examples below. The first is pre-1897, with only the single state cockade on his mütze. The second is probably from around 1900, with the pre-1905 nickel plated...

One sign that I *might* have a problem where Imperial German cloth headgear is concerned - I look for weird little pieces of reservistitika or mementos related to cloth cavalry headgear. The top image is a Tellermütze cloth pincushion in the colors of Thüringisches Husaren-Regt. Nr.12 paired...

I've followed some of the convos re: how hard matching EM trichters/haarbusch are, but wanted to tap this group's wisdom re: c1910-1914 officers fittings. Were the threads relatively standard? If a fella wated to add a trichter/haarbusch to an officer helmet, would that be a fool's errand or a...