Here are some photos of a damaged helmet sent to me by the Heritage Arsenal a military museum consultancy organization based in Colorado. This officer haube was crushed in transit by a moving company . This is the worst case I have ever seen! Here are the "before pictures":
It does not get much worse but we shall see what can be done.
The only original parts on this haube are the wappen,sspike, rear spine and visor trim. Everything else is reproduction, even the original wappen had modern screws soldered to it so that new nuts would screw on.
Both visors have been stitched on using modern thread and they skipped many holes so that we have huge stitches as seen here. :thumbsdown: They even left the knotted end thread on the outside of the shell.
It does not get much worse but we shall see what can be done.
The only original parts on this haube are the wappen,sspike, rear spine and visor trim. Everything else is reproduction, even the original wappen had modern screws soldered to it so that new nuts would screw on.
Both visors have been stitched on using modern thread and they skipped many holes so that we have huge stitches as seen here. :thumbsdown: They even left the knotted end thread on the outside of the shell.