Dragoon Eagles differences

[Gunner who?]

Fellow collectors,

I have 2 JzP helmets with different eagles. Differences are especially visible in the neck and tail-feathers areas, but in other details as well. I couldn‘t find anything about it in my books, so hopefully someone in the forum can help. Any help is much appreciated, thank you.

Cheers Peter

 

[CLOVIS 57]

It’s just a problem with the vintage drawing. The November 1860 eagle is slightly different from the next one, which dates back to 1895.
Here is the M60 :

On a Jäger zu°M1905 helmet, such an eagle is a reused eagle from a Dragon helmet.
Despite everything, this M60 design reappears on some M15.
So I think we can infer that this is simply a manufacturer variant.

 

[coert65]

The plate on my M15 JzPf.

 

[CLOVIS 57]

The plate on my M15 JzPf N°3 Colmar in Elsass. I feel like the model with the head bowed is more common than the other model.

 

[Gunner who?]

The plate on my M15 JzPf N°3 Colmar in Elsass. View attachment 75914 I feel like the model with the head bowed is more common than the other model.
View attachment 75916

I second that! I got the impression as well the straight head is the rarer variant - at least for EM-pieces.

 

[Gunner who?]

Thank you for your opinions!

 

[Bobted]

Lovely helmets! This one is coolio. Rob

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Lovely helmets! This one is coolio. Rob

Thanks Rob,
I chose it because it's in its original state, and everything indicates that the eagle has never left this hull for a century.