That Husar busby is PrussianA couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting booklet in an antique shop. It’s a “catalogue” of the items on display in a travelling show that exhibited war trophies to the public, right after the war. Fascinating stuff!
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Thank you for sharing!A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting booklet in an antique shop. It’s a “catalogue” of the items on display in a travelling show that exhibited war trophies to the public, right after the war. Fascinating stuff!
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I noticed that too. It's interesting that even back then, headdresses from the totenkopf units were seen as desirableThat Husar busby is Prussian
with an attempt to convert it
to 1 L H R 1 ; 2 L H R 2 or H R 17
anyway it is an incorrect put together piece
The skull I think Zeb pointed out in another thread
is from a Braunschweig early shako
Steve