seagull
Well-known member
This little helmet came to me well over fifteen years ago minus its wappen and kokarden. The kokarden with appropriate small 'V' cut-out are still to be found (repros will have to do for now) but the wappen finally came my way after an awful lot of looking. I removed the wierdly pink (??) paint splashes from the stag's forefoot but have made no attempt to clean away the small signs of its age or polish it up - I like them like that. Apart from the one liner tongue ripped out this is probably the best condition Van der Heyden I have ever seen: no dents, no big paint scratches and no deterioration of the brass parts. The chinstrap is excruciatingly thin leather and a little fragile so I vote : real. Now, if I can just find those kokarden,..
Steve
Steve