Currasier (french)

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Any comments on this piece ,constructive ones please .Always wanted Curassier helmet .Other than the interior is it kosher?
Thanks
Mark
 
Without mistake it's not a cuirassier but a dragon helmet and not an officier one. Otherwise it looks good.
 
Indeed a trooper and not an officer. The top screw is missing. Ask the seller for presence of engraved markings on the rear of the helmet to ensure that:
it is a dragoon and not a Cuirassier helmet
it is not a current Garde Républicaine re-assembly with older garnaments.....
Eric
 
Hi Mark,
I agree with the guys about the helmet, but if you are thinking in bidding on, be careful. Two bad signs:
1) The seller is new and with 0 feedbacks.
2) This bidder, jaybenz2005, 0 feedabcks. It seens that type of guy who make the bids grow up.
I would pass...
Otto
 
Again I think this will pass into a don't buy .
Thanks for the input
Mark.G. :)
 
zipperheads9 said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6612156923&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Any comments on this piece ,constructive ones please .Always wanted Curassier helmet .Other than the interior is it kosher?
Thanks
Mark
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Mark,
Anytime you see a first time ebayer from Germany use a phrase like "Remarkably showy and historic WWI French headgear sadly archaic", you have another big red flag. :eek:
So, I stuck that phrase into GOOGLE and guess what?? Lookee here, :eek: there is another place that EXACT phrase was used. Look at the 5th helmet down. :x
http://www.andersonmilitaria.com/Web_Pages/headgear/headgear.htm
 
peter_suciu said:
I reported this to eBay. Hopefully they'll kick the seller!
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Seller was kicked.. :D
But I'm sure he'll be back with another "too good to be true". :x
 
Hi,

If you want to see a good one, cleaned but with genuine markings

go to:
http://cgi.ebay.fr/Casque-de-CUIRASSIER-1872_W0QQitemZ6261809066QQcategoryZ79235QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Eric
 
I thought Both Dragoon and Currassier helmets were the same design .this was designed to save cost's I seem to remember this was done at the start of the war .then they both got th ugly version of the m15 .
Tanks for the thoughts and views
Mark.G. :D
 
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