CLOVIS 57
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I've been looking for one for a while, with all the details that go with it.
As is often the case with this model, the schell is made of rubber-coated leather, while the visor and neck cover are made of vulkanfiber.
The gilded brass fittings are intact, but the gilding has disappeared from the zinc (Kriegsmetal) fittings. The sweatband is made of varnished cardboard.
For completeness, here are close-ups of the M15 0fficier's special features:
---Retractable M15 tip as for troops, doubled with the unscrewable tip as on M71 0fficier models.
---Jugular 0fficier with M91/M15 side posts and female boot.
---Cocades 0fficier with large central hole for side post. This is the removable model. There was a fixed model, pinned between the side post and the schell.
J
I have another M15 0fficier, where the gilded zinc elements are made of gilded iron. It is much more patinated, and the fittings are in gilded iron.
As is often the case with this model, the schell is made of rubber-coated leather, while the visor and neck cover are made of vulkanfiber.
The gilded brass fittings are intact, but the gilding has disappeared from the zinc (Kriegsmetal) fittings. The sweatband is made of varnished cardboard.
For completeness, here are close-ups of the M15 0fficier's special features:
---Retractable M15 tip as for troops, doubled with the unscrewable tip as on M71 0fficier models.
---Jugular 0fficier with M91/M15 side posts and female boot.
---Cocades 0fficier with large central hole for side post. This is the removable model. There was a fixed model, pinned between the side post and the schell.
J
I have another M15 0fficier, where the gilded zinc elements are made of gilded iron. It is much more patinated, and the fittings are in gilded iron.