Does anyone have a clearer picture of this stamp and there is a JR 69 above the date, what doing that mean?

[jgurn]

 

[CLOVIS 57]

The round stamp is the manufacturer's stamp. Too faded to be legible. It could be an Elberfeld production (but to be confirmed).
The JR69 marking means that this helmet was received by this regiment in 1896. Il s'agit d'un régiment d'infanterie de Ligne prussienne, donc aigle de ligne au front.

IR 69 – GenWiki

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.The eyelets are made of brass, and the headpiece is made of black varnished box leather, so it is an 1895 model; the eagle must have bridges. The 2 upper holes are not regulation.

 

[jgurn]

The round stamp is the manufacturer's stamp. Too faded to be legible. It could be an Elberfeld production (but to be confirmed).
The JR69 marking means that this helmet was received by this regiment in 1896. Il s'agit d'un régiment d'infanterie de Ligne prussienne, donc aigle de ligne au front.

IR 69 – GenWiki

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.The eyelets are made of brass, and the headpiece is made of black varnished box leather, so it is an 1895 model; the eagle must have bridges. The 2 upper holes are not regulation.

The round stamp is the manufacturer's stamp. Too faded to be legible. It could be an Elberfeld production (but to be confirmed).
The JR69 marking means that this helmet was received by this regiment in 1896. Il s'agit d'un régiment d'infanterie de Ligne prussienne, donc aigle de ligne au front.

IR 69 – GenWiki

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.The eyelets are made of brass, and the headpiece is made of black varnished box leather, so it is an 1895 model; the eagle must have bridges. The 2 upper holes are not regulation.

I'm afraid the helmet wasn't used in WW1 I'm still learning.

 

[jgurn]

 

[jgurn]

I'm afraid the helmet wasn't used in WW1 I'm still learning.

 

[b.loree]

This helmet is an example of an original model 1895 helmet with all brass fittings which has been converted during the war to the model 1915 version where all fittings are grey painted steel. This is perfectly legitimate and many M15's sold today show evidence of this conversion. An M15 actually made during the war would have steel grommets and an un dyed natural coloured liner in it. As as point of interest, which set of holes does the M15 eagle fit? Many of these M95 conversions also have the brass grommets removed.

 

[Verdun]

Hello,
the second hole drilling was certainly done when converting the helmet to M15; we can see the trace in the leather of the eyelets around the holes placed higher.

 

[jgurn]

This helmet is an example of an original model 1895 helmet with all brass fittings which has been converted during the war to the model 1915 version where all fittings are grey painted steel. This is perfectly legitimate and many M15's sold today show evidence of this conversion. An M15 actually made during the war would have steel grommets and an un dyed natural coloured liner in it. As as point of interest, which set of holes does the M15 eagle fit? Many of these M95 conversions also have the brass grommets removed.

Hello,
the second hole drilling was certainly done when converting the helmet to M15; we can see the trace in the leather of the eyelets around the holes placed higher.

The plate fits the second holes with no grommets.

 

[CLOVIS 57]

This helmet is an example of an original model 1895 helmet with all brass fittings which has been converted during the war to the model 1915 version where all fittings are grey painted steel. This is perfectly legitimate and many M15's sold today show evidence of this conversion. An M15 actually made during the war would have steel grommets and an un dyed natural coloured liner in it. As as point of interest, which set of holes does the M15 eagle fit? Many of these M95 conversions also have the brass grommets removed.

I agree with that. But I couldn't tell from the first 2 photos... However, even in the M95 version with brass trim, this would have been the helmet of the mobilisation. M95s fought until 1915, and even beyond, under camouflage helmet covers.