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Hello everyone! Lately I’ve been getting more free time to work on my pickelhaube restoration project, but I’m a bit stumped on how to go about the next step. As you can see in the photos below, the shell and a few of the metal parts of my pickelhaube retain traces of red residue from some...

I brought out my WWI US 2nd Lt. campaign hat for some cleaning today, and I thought I might as well show it to ya’ll here. American Doughboys arrived in France wearing these “Montana Peak” style campaign hats, but they soon realized that they were not ideal for use in a trench warfare...

It looks like we have a new spammer on the forum called "Duglasthh" who is advertising his business or scam of some sort on random sections of the forum. There's no doubt that ya'll will see his posts, but I thought I'd point it out anyways. Link to one of his spam posts...

I have just received a new item in the mail, and although it’s not from the German Empire, I thought ya’ll might like to see it. I present to the members of this forum: a ground-dug cuff button from La Grande Armée’s 33rd Line Infantry Regiment. The 33rd Line Infantry Regiment first saw action...

I know this is a longshot, but do any of ya'll in North-America (or any North-America based websites) have a spare felt ersatz pickelhaube shell in bad condition that I could purchase? I'm looking for one that I can eventually restore. I'm looking specifically for felt ersatz helmets because...

Hi! I acquired this pickelhaube a while ago, and I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a question I have. As seen in the pictures below, both the shell and rear visor of the pickelhaube are deformed, and its liner is very delicate. Now I have done some searching through this forum’s...