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joerookery

joerookery

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Deutsches Reichs-Gebrauschs-Muster on the cross brace.... not common I don't think. We have discussed this mark before and I do not think came to a conclusion... new or repair?

If one is to believe this is Bremen I think it would be JR75.
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Lübeck, Bremen, Hamburg Officer cockades

http://cgi.ebay.com/named-Prussian-Inf-Rgt-76-Officer-Spike-Helmet-Box_W0QQitemZ180193160994QQihZ008QQcategoryZ156395QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I wonder if Glenn can hunt this guy down?
 
I was wondering about this helmet as well, looks pretty good, but have never seen a brace marked like that, not saying it is bad, just have not seen it before?
 
I have seen the abbreviation before but not on that piece of hardware. I'm sure it is real :o just unusual -- it is a patent Mark.
 
I find this helmet to be extremely interesting as it is only the second one that I have seen with a very unique spike support system inside the helmet. I worked on a Prussian pioneer officer that had this installed and I am very pleased to see another example here. I have commented on the forum about this helmet before but I had no pictures to show.
If you look at the pics of the interior, you will see that the aluminium support arms extend right down both the sides and front and back of the helmet. This design provides excellent suport for the entire helmet shell. You can not get a caved in top or sides with this system installed. If I had the bucks I would have bid on this one! Can someone please translate the interior manufacturers label? Brian
 
Gents,

The helmet has now arrived and I am confident that all is original. The Imperial and Hanseatic kokarden are secured in place with flat pins nd appear to have been there for a long long time. Markings and names on the helmet label and the case label match. The helmet is in superb condition, with very soft leather sweatband, undamaged silk liner, and blemish free red and green visor liners. The only damage is the broken set of chinscales, so I am looking for a nice gilded set of infantry officer's chinscales if anybody has a set. Also, one of the the gilded spike base stars is missing.

A named, Hanseatic 75th Regiment officers haube with original case in excellent condition; very happy with the purchase.

Mike
 
The name thing is very cool -- extremely cool -- have you checked this guy out? The research here would be just tremendous. Congratulations!
 
Just spotted this. :D

This helmet belonged to the later Oberstleutnant Friedrich Huck. He was appointed as the Company Commander of 5./I.R. 75 on 19 December 1905 in which position he remained until at least the mobilisation in 1914. He had spent his entire career in the same regiment. He later commanded Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 68.

Sekonde-Lieutenant: 20.9.90
Premier-Lieutenant/Oberleutnant: 18.8.98 Aa
Hauptmann (ohne Patent): 19.12.05
Hauptmann: 27.1.06 C2c
Major: 19.8.14 C4c

Regards
Glenn
 
Glenn,

That is sensational information and great provenance for this helmet!! How do you research German soldiers? Is there an online resource? Or officer lists? It is very easy to get service records for Australian soldiers but I do not even know where to start for a German soldier.

This may even be a good subject for a sticky thread: How to research soldiers of the Great War, with members from each country providing the weblinks and tips for researching. In fact, I will go and start a thread right now.

Mike
 
Mike,

the truth of the matter is that there is no single easy way to research Prussian soldiers from WW1. The records in Potsdam were destroyed in an air raid in early 1945.

One must therefore try and amass what is available from published army lists, regimental officer lists (if they exist), award lists and rolls, the Militär-Wochenblatt, officer association and regimental association publications, regimental histories etc., etc.

Even the finding of a first name for a fairly senior officer if he did not command a regular regiment or a regular independent battalion can be time consuming and often fruitless!

In the case of your Oberstleutnant Huck, there is a published "Stammliste" for I.R. 75 but I have been unable to obtain a copy so far. I was however able to ascertain his first name by the fact that he was awarded a Red Eagle Order 4th Class in 1911 and his name was published in the Orders List for that year.

Regards
Glenn
 
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