poniatowski
Well-known member
Reading all of these early collecting stories, especially as kids, I have to talk about the great things that I couldn't afford as a boy:
1) $20 M98 E.M. Prussian Pickelhaube. I remember being surprised it was made of leather!
2) $50 6th KR E.M. helmet. This one was beautiful and complete (gold washed if I remember). It was at a flea market and I hovered around the fellow's table admiring it. Had I been a bit smarter, I'd have gotten his name and address, then begged (and I do mean begged) my dad to get it. Christmas, birthday, etc. presents all rolled into one?
3) $2,000 M3A3 Stuart tank being sold by a local construction company. Running, no main gun, but at 10 years old, it might just as well have been a million dollars. It would have been a great investment seeing as how these little tanks in running condition are well over $100,000.
It looks like a lot of us started with bayonets, medals, steel helmets and went from there into this fascinating hobby.
Ron
1) $20 M98 E.M. Prussian Pickelhaube. I remember being surprised it was made of leather!
2) $50 6th KR E.M. helmet. This one was beautiful and complete (gold washed if I remember). It was at a flea market and I hovered around the fellow's table admiring it. Had I been a bit smarter, I'd have gotten his name and address, then begged (and I do mean begged) my dad to get it. Christmas, birthday, etc. presents all rolled into one?
3) $2,000 M3A3 Stuart tank being sold by a local construction company. Running, no main gun, but at 10 years old, it might just as well have been a million dollars. It would have been a great investment seeing as how these little tanks in running condition are well over $100,000.
It looks like a lot of us started with bayonets, medals, steel helmets and went from there into this fascinating hobby.
Ron