DOPPELSCHLAG-PART 2: BAYR. IR.15 REAL ATTIC FOUND

argonne

argonne

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Hello Guys,
it took time to take some better daylight picts of this small oddity, because the weather in North Germany played crazy the 3 past weeks and it was simply impossible to go outside without getting totally wet... :x
Enjoy this real attic found, a bayr. IR.15 ensemble, recently found in an old bavarian house.
It has never been in a collection before! :-({|=
The transport box has been stored, closed for very long years and its leather strap was so much dry that it unfortunately got broken by opening.
But the content is really great, well protected from light, dust and moisture. The Haube had its own Überzug on it, perfect condition for the helmet leather as well as for the beautiful gilding of the wappen.
Überzug and helmet are perfectly matching with regiment (bIR 15, Neuburg/Donau), as well as manufacture date (1913). Both also have maker marks and the haube has a BAI mark too (Bayr. Bekleidungsamt I, München). Helmet is also nominated. The Überzug still has its leather piece in the spike.
The size of the haube is a really big 58, so it is also fitting my head. The wearer of this helmet must have been a giant at this time, a big bavarian farmer, well fed with "Sauerkraut und Speck"! :D
Philippe



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Oh yea. THAT is a good find. Well done. =D>

Is there any evidence of a 15 having been sewn on the front of the Überzug? With a 1913 date, it "should" have had red numbers sewn on at one time. What a great Pickelhaube!
 
That's an UberFantastic find! It's maybe just a simple haube, but it's so difficult these days to discover great things like this.

Adler
 
Congratulations that is a fantastic find....just like a time capsule discoverd after all these years. Is that a makers stamp I see on the uberzug? If so perhaps we should have it on our manufacturers list here on the forum.
 
Oh yes Karel, this haube ist not scarce, but it is really an incredible luck to find something matching and untouched like that and a very pleasant feeling to know you are the first to have it in your collection. Yes Brian, like a time tunnel! The right moment at the right place!
Brian and Joe, here is a better pict of the Überzug manufacturer. Please feel free to add it to the list!!
It says:
L. STROMEYER & Co
KONSTANZ
1913

Philippe



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