Lost Skeleton said:Thanks, Philippe.
If the hammer you quote is correct, Regimentals realized a tidy profit on the helmet, but not exorbitant. Naturally, I had no knowledge of the Soissons auction. Bidding against a dealer presents its own perils as they have deep pockets and sometimes force one to overbid. C'est la guerre… At least this helmet represents one of the "good things" from the auction.
I was able to improve the Pickelhaube in one respect. The Landeskokarde was Preußen. However, more than a decade ago, I acquired an original Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Kokarde with a scrapper M95 Garde Pionier helmet. I joked with J.LeBrasseur that I was buying a helmet to complete a Kokarde. :wink:
Chas
Exactly so, festwagner. :thumb up: I assembled this composite to provide greater detail of the IR 96 grommets and the stress caused by the retrofitting. The M95 Hinterschiene is noticeably bullnose where it meets the spike base, and the impression left by the original M91 spine can be seen where it was secured to the neck visor:festwagner said:
No, the helmet is not stitched in the back. However, it does look like this (I was correct in estimating the Kopfweite as 54). :wink:festwagner said:Has the JR 96 helmet still the sewing of the leather under the Hinterschiene ?
festwagner said:Has the JR 96 helmet still the sewing of the leather under the Hinterschiene ?
argonne said:To my understanding, M91 helmet did not have a sewing under the rear non ventilated trim, because they did not have to be cut down when modified after 1895. The shell had the same high as the M95.