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I would like to buy a set of Rossettes that are combined with threaded screw posts that hold early Kokarde and chinscales of OR Pickelhaube circa the 1880s. Please refer to the following post if you do not know that I am referring to...

I recently picked what I thought to be an 1887 Model Garde Pickelhaube. However, I am a bit stumped. The two-piece Prussian Garde Wappen, brass Adler, and Silver Garde Star are secured to the leather body using the standard wire loop and leather wedge setup outlined in the 1895 orders...

Hello All, I apologize for not sharing anything in a while, so I will attempt to compensate for the lost time. I picked this Prussiand M1915 Pickelhaube with an NCO Cockade on one side. You will notice it is pretty dusty, as it arrived in the mail Wednesday. It looks unissued with all multiple...

For all the Devil Dogs out there: GET SOME! ....on the Corps' Birthday :cool: John

Hi Folks, this post is mainly for Zebedeus, a.k.a. Zeb, and his love of Ersatz Pickelhauben. My latest addition is a near-mint Prussian Ersatz Felt Pickelhaube; the Olive Drab paint on it motivated me to purchase it. The color on it looks better in person than it did on BSM. The main drawback...

Y'all have been a "Bad Influence" on me; I have the JzP bug now. Best regards, John

Check out the first picture than the others...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185453217830?hash=item2b2ddf8826:g:BUAAAOSwS1xinM6J The helmet and the cammo look like the real deal from other helmets I have seen and owned. However, I do not know enough about the Gardekorps shield and numbering. Opinions?

While serving in (then) West Berlin, I picked up a very nicely framed Iron Cross 2nd Class/EK II awarded on 12 Oct 1916 to Gefreiter Alexander Bolze, 7th Company, Garde Fusilier Regiment. A German friend, Rudi Dohnisch, saw the EK II document; he told me the story of why there is a beetle or...

I just picked up a Garde Regiment Nr. 3 pickelhaube that is enroute to me as I write this post. I am posting some pictures of it, hoping that someone can help me identify the unit and individual who wore this pickelhaube before the Great War. Do the markings on the back visor indicate it is...

After Jame's pictures from the first couple of days at the SOS, I started doing a walkabout on Friday afternoon and morning Saturday. So to make a long story short, I came across this splendid example of a Model 1894 Prussian Other Ranks (Mannschaften) Dragoon Pickelhaube and decided it needed...

On 5 December 2021, locally, we quietly remembered our boys who paid the price of liberating Afghanistan5 December 2001: MSG Jefferson D. Davis Team SGT ODA 574: SFC Dan Petitory, Sr Communication SGT 574: SSG Cody Prosser, Intelligence Sgt ODC 52: Today's Army-Navy Game pays tribute to...

Hello Folks, I am looking for an OR Saxon 1. LEIB-GRENADIER-REGIMENT NR 100 wappen; silver-plated star with applied gold-plated Saxon coat of arms. The wappen does not have to be in pristine condition. I would be willing to purchase outright, trade, or a combination of the two. It does not have...

Here is the Oldenburg Officer Pickelhaube AGM has for sale. One question for the SME's on this forum; would the brown leather on the front visor indicate that this helmet was a One Year Volunteer helmet that later entered the officer ranks? Here is a link to his website...

Here are some pictures of the OR Hessian Pickelhaube forum member Jeff Shrader, Advance Guard Militaria, for sale at last weekend's show. I am not an expert in any way, but this seems like a great pickelhaube; I wish the current situation allowed because I might have purchased it. Here is...

Friends of mine are having a show next weekend just North of New Orleans. Jeff Shrader Advance Guard Militaria and Robert Wilson tarbridge/purpleheartsnorthcarolina.com are among the dealers planning to attend. In addition, Dan Clifton of Old Patriot Militaria is one of the sponsors of the...

In November 2019, I picked up a small group of items that included real period cards or RPC at the semiannual Tennessee Military Collectors show. One of which was a picture of a German soldier wearing the 1914 Iron Cross Second Class. I found this card interesting because someone printed a...

I find the history of an item fascinating, especially when it has a unit identification and the former owner’s name. In the case of this pickelhaube, it was in the inventory of the Train Battalion No 8, aka “Rheinisches Train-Bataillon Nr. 8”. Based on writing inside it, one learns that it...

Hi Folks All the talk about JzPs and the great comparison thread by Skipper John have sparked my interest in these helmets. Has anyone taken a look at this JzP? It looks like it might be a C.E. Juncker based upon John's post. However, the chin strap may be a reproduction and not an original...

I recently picked up an M95 Baden Pickelhaube without kokarden/cockades or chin strap. It has seen better time but still a nice worn helmet. When I left for SOS 2021, I planned on getting a Baden Kokarde for it. So, when I met James LeBrasseur at the show, I found that he had several cockades...