coert65
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The helmet on Bay State Military is a good one!
I hope you did buy that one @awozny1965 .
I hope you did buy that one @awozny1965 .
Ebay Guards du Corps helmet
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awozny1965
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Peter and Coert65,
what can I say: broke but happy. Should be at its new home next week
Andreas
coert65
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I am happy for you, you did the right thing, and have a helmet you can admire, and be proud of!Peter and Coert65,
what can I say: broke but happy. Should be at its new home next week
Andreas
A very worthy addition to your collection. You did the right thing joining us, and got prevented from buying a helmet that wasn't the real deal.
Looking forward to your pictures when it arrives at your home, and you have it displayed!
Congratulations, Coert.
awozny1965
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Thanks Coert, I will definitely post some pictures once it has arrived.
poniatowski
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Also notice that the trim on Tony's helmet is all the same thickness (width). It does indeed look like the eagle was swatted a few times with a mallet to hid obvious flaws.
Ron
Ron
On that one, yes. But one questionable offering from French ebay does not disqualify the country. Please believe me when I say some of the most informed, knowledgeable, and absolutely wonderful collectors are in France. I count many as my friends.
In this case though....
DoneDoing
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That's great news, I'm envious as I've ummed and ahed for a while but as always it comes down to money.Peter and Coert65,
what can I say: broke but happy. Should be at its new home next week
Andreas
What a score and can't wait to see your images.
awozny1965
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Definitely not. I speak the language and love the country. And above gave me a good chuckle.
awozny1965
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I hear you. This is my third helmet this year and I spent much more than I had planed.
DoneDoing
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That happens I would assume to all of us, it defines our passion and what makes collectors different from the average person.
I'm so happy you bought it as bay state militaria not only has great items but he's a lot less expensive than most.
My love of the 'Guards' helmets stemmed from these amazing images of a moderators from another forum.
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Amybellars
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I beg to differ on B S military.
DoneDoing, members had discussed B S before. I have better experience with age of Kings.
argonne
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I totally agree with Bruno
I also think this is a very bad start in a collection to try to purchase such expensive helmets. Better try to start small and humble with classic helmets to get the feeling of what you are exactly collecting. Then grow slowly with you collection and your knowledge will grow too. Just collect step by step, and do not try to skip some steps.
Philippe
awozny1965
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Argonne,I totally agree with Bruno
I also think this is a very bad start in a collection to try to purchase such expensive helmets. Better try to start small and humble with classic helmets to get the feeling of what you are exactly collecting. Then grow slowly with you collection and your knowledge will grow too. Just collect step by step, and do not try to skip some steps.
Philippe
you don't know nothing about me or my collection, so please refrain from any further comments about my person or my collection.
Andreas
argonne
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Just take it easy, Andreas
I saw so much people in the past buying so much (ugly and fake) helmets for so much money, only because thay are looking great or because they were worn in a elite unit, making the only joy of wellknown fraudulent sellers (as Madjek, for example)....
Good and bad helmets will cross your way and you will be able some days to make your decision alone, but it takes time before you have this "feeling". Time and patience are the most important things in the collection. This is just my two cents.
Philippe
I saw so much people in the past buying so much (ugly and fake) helmets for so much money, only because thay are looking great or because they were worn in a elite unit, making the only joy of wellknown fraudulent sellers (as Madjek, for example)....
Good and bad helmets will cross your way and you will be able some days to make your decision alone, but it takes time before you have this "feeling". Time and patience are the most important things in the collection. This is just my two cents.
Philippe
awozny1965
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Argonne,
once again you assume, this time about my state of mind and again......you are wrong. If it comes to your educated opinion about helmets I am very much interested in what you have to say and appreciate any input. Telling me how to collect, what to collect and when, and how to react to others, that have nothing nice to say about a purchase a member made, I can live without. So let's leave it at that.
La parole a été donnée à l'homme pour déguiser sa pensée.
Talleyrand
once again you assume, this time about my state of mind and again......you are wrong. If it comes to your educated opinion about helmets I am very much interested in what you have to say and appreciate any input. Telling me how to collect, what to collect and when, and how to react to others, that have nothing nice to say about a purchase a member made, I can live without. So let's leave it at that.
La parole a été donnée à l'homme pour déguiser sa pensée.
Talleyrand
coert65
Well-known member
Andreas,
Take it easy my friend. I, for one, only collect M15's and enlisted M95's. Because I have more with the common soldier.
My great grandfather was in RIR 213. I do have a very nice officer M95 in my collection, but only, because I could buy it really cheap.
Not that I don't like Garde officer helmets, or, in this instance, Garde du Corps. Those helmets are really beautiful.
But anybody should collect what they want, for me, that are common M15's, or M95's.
To each his own reason for collecting these nice helmets. We can be all the same, but differ in collecting helmets.
I like a little worn M15, and be very happy with it, another might shy away. And prefer a very nice Garde du Corps.
( and remember: la union fait la force.) It is what this forum is about.
Regards, Coert.
Take it easy my friend. I, for one, only collect M15's and enlisted M95's. Because I have more with the common soldier.
My great grandfather was in RIR 213. I do have a very nice officer M95 in my collection, but only, because I could buy it really cheap.
Not that I don't like Garde officer helmets, or, in this instance, Garde du Corps. Those helmets are really beautiful.
But anybody should collect what they want, for me, that are common M15's, or M95's.
To each his own reason for collecting these nice helmets. We can be all the same, but differ in collecting helmets.
I like a little worn M15, and be very happy with it, another might shy away. And prefer a very nice Garde du Corps.
( and remember: la union fait la force.) It is what this forum is about.
Regards, Coert.
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awozny1965
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Coert,
I couldn't agree more. Two of my great grandfathers were reserve officers and hence I am collecting those helmets. I have five now (Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg and Baden) but always loved the Guards du Corps helmet, though I didn't really knew anything about them. The only one I had ever seen offered was at Weitze a while back for above 12k Euros (if I recall correctly), hence out of range of what I could ever afford. As I found the one on ebay in France I was blinded by the opportunity and wanted to jump on it before it was gone. Thanks to members like you I didn't fall prey to it and ended up having a really nice one that is actually cheaper than the flawed one.
And I always take it easy, as at my age not doing so can lead to an unplanned early departure.
Appreciate your feedback.
Andreas
argonne
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Well well,
"Aux âmes bien nées, la valeur n´attend point le nombre des années"
Corneille
Andreas, because you seem to speak and understand the french language very well: here is another very well documented forum where you will find a lot of interesting informations and answers to all your questions about Pickelhauben too
histoirémilitaria14-18
Bonjour à tous et bienvenue sur ce forum qui a pour thème l'histoire et le militaria de la guerre de 14-18 (WW1) : équipement militaire, etc.
lagrandeguerre.1fr1.net
Are you a german collector?
Nichts für ungut
Philippe
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