I am posting this because I was told by another forum that I should post my question here,so I am just sending a copy of the message I wrote to them. I wanted to place this in other forums but it is too difficult to understand how they work. but here it is in full
this is the first time I have done this and found it hard to even do this much. its so much to read and it's all so confusing.I may be on the wrong kind of forum so if anybody cad direct me to a suitable one please let me know.
I got a few german spike helmets with cone shaped boxes a few months ago for the taking away of from an old Masonic hall. THey are real ones. I have recently looked them up. They seem to be Bavarians officers and prussians. But I was offered quite a few strange looking hats too and they dont look entirely german so i only took 4. I think they may be for some sort of christian 'masonic' band or something of that sort because they have latin writing on them.
here is how they look. they have a strap very similar to the german spike helmets but the hats have a big sheild front, some silver others brass. On the front there is a large crown at the top and a very large star below that. In the star it says in latin SUUM QUIQUE. there is a small eagle in the middle of the stars. the hats at the back are sloped and red with white stripes .one in the centre and one at each side. At the sides it has a wavy white band and around this are 3 ball shapes with what looks like flames spouting from them. some have a banner across the star which says SEMPER TALIS
I am sure I am wasting time here so I will try post this same message on other more appropriate forums. I would like to know also if there are any books I could buy on german helmets with spikes. I would like to know more about them. all the books I see are about the kind of german helmets shown on these pages. i see this is a very serious site so i'll go now
this is the first time I have done this and found it hard to even do this much. its so much to read and it's all so confusing.I may be on the wrong kind of forum so if anybody cad direct me to a suitable one please let me know.
I got a few german spike helmets with cone shaped boxes a few months ago for the taking away of from an old Masonic hall. THey are real ones. I have recently looked them up. They seem to be Bavarians officers and prussians. But I was offered quite a few strange looking hats too and they dont look entirely german so i only took 4. I think they may be for some sort of christian 'masonic' band or something of that sort because they have latin writing on them.
here is how they look. they have a strap very similar to the german spike helmets but the hats have a big sheild front, some silver others brass. On the front there is a large crown at the top and a very large star below that. In the star it says in latin SUUM QUIQUE. there is a small eagle in the middle of the stars. the hats at the back are sloped and red with white stripes .one in the centre and one at each side. At the sides it has a wavy white band and around this are 3 ball shapes with what looks like flames spouting from them. some have a banner across the star which says SEMPER TALIS
I am sure I am wasting time here so I will try post this same message on other more appropriate forums. I would like to know also if there are any books I could buy on german helmets with spikes. I would like to know more about them. all the books I see are about the kind of german helmets shown on these pages. i see this is a very serious site so i'll go now
