CLOVIS 57
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Hello,
Apart from the peacetime regulation helmets, I particularly like the "ersatz" helmets of the mobilization, helmets with military spikes, reassembled from the stock of police, administration or firemen helmets.
Thus, I am happy to share my beautiful Saxon firefighter helmet, poured into the Landwehr-Infanterie Regiment n°107 at mobilization.
The regimental marking, shows an assignment to 107 Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment. The date 1885 is a date prior to this assignment. Indeed, these regiments being raised only at mobilization, it is only in July-August 14, that the urgency and the circumstances of imminent war explain such an "ersatz", not regulatory.
At the mobilization, this helmet was distributed to equip a Sturmmann of the 107 LIR. Under the red L helmet cover, then green after the end of August, no difference with the regulation M95 helmet !
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The shell is still made of thick leather, from the old models, the point is truncated conical and the base is cruciform but small. The Saxon plate is standard, the Saxon Landwehrkreuz is of the large module. The chinstrap is of the M1871 type, with scales and slotted head screws.
The lining is commercial fabric, and the headband is the Saxon officer's Tchakos type.
Apart from the peacetime regulation helmets, I particularly like the "ersatz" helmets of the mobilization, helmets with military spikes, reassembled from the stock of police, administration or firemen helmets.
Thus, I am happy to share my beautiful Saxon firefighter helmet, poured into the Landwehr-Infanterie Regiment n°107 at mobilization.
The regimental marking, shows an assignment to 107 Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment. The date 1885 is a date prior to this assignment. Indeed, these regiments being raised only at mobilization, it is only in July-August 14, that the urgency and the circumstances of imminent war explain such an "ersatz", not regulatory.
At the mobilization, this helmet was distributed to equip a Sturmmann of the 107 LIR. Under the red L helmet cover, then green after the end of August, no difference with the regulation M95 helmet !
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
The shell is still made of thick leather, from the old models, the point is truncated conical and the base is cruciform but small. The Saxon plate is standard, the Saxon Landwehrkreuz is of the large module. The chinstrap is of the M1871 type, with scales and slotted head screws.
The lining is commercial fabric, and the headband is the Saxon officer's Tchakos type.
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