Baden Leib Dragoon Regiment Enlisted Mans helmet circa 1870 just arrived!!

[J.LeBrasseur]

Picked this up a couple weeks ago great older Dragoon helmet, love the older thicker helmets and the front visor trim is so thick!

remains of owner unit tag inside!

James

 

[Louis]

What a beauty!

 

[Sandmann]

Also a beautiful helmet, congratulations James.

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Wow James. Way to go. It doesn’t get much better than that. The early issue helmets are the best. A dream Dragoner.

 

[Amybellars]

Nice find

 

[b.loree]

Truly a wonderful old beast! Great condition!

 

[911car]

Very nice, James. A model adopted in 1867; this one may have been worn during the Franco-Prussian war. Note "Meyer IV". Such a common German name there were three more in the squadron.

 

[JohnS3rd]

James,
Yet again, another top-shelf helmet in your collection. Thank you for the pictures.
Best regards,
John

 

[2nd.Leibhusar]

James ,..that's a WHOPPER !! love it..

 

[ccj]

Wow, thats nice. When was this particular helmet taken out of service? Would this have been reissued into 1900s and maybe ww1?

 

[Bobted]

Very nice a lot of history there in that one helmet . Rob

 

[pickelhauben]

Nice one.

 

[JohnM]

James! That's a home run!!! Very nice acquisition! Nice heavy duty model!
John

 

[pppara]

Another Good purchase!
Pierrick !

 

[Steve Nick]

James:

That's a beaut! I really like these Baden silver fitted helmets. Probably the best look in the Imperial Army in my view.

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Very, very nice James, congratulations!

It reminds me that I need to strip that old gold paint off from the neusilber fittings on my helmet, something I meant to do last summer and did not accomplish. And to also work on my M15 Oldenburg Dragoon e.m. and remove the silver paint, and my M15 Saxon Garde Reiter using the evaporust product, now that it is finally nice outside to do this work outside the house.

Alan