GdC Awes Marke
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Bunches??There are no Bunches of these helmets. This is the same helmet and only part of the bunch you see on the picture.
RON
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There are 6 different GDC Metalhelmes in the LAST photo of the recent eBay post to which I provided the link earlier (http://www.ebay.com/itm/PICKELHAUBE-HELMET-GERMAN-GARDE-DU-CORPS-/261042814898" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
That makes it a bunch of GDC suddenly turning up on the Internet like Ron noticed...
That makes it a bunch of GDC suddenly turning up on the Internet like Ron noticed...
09fritz2547
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I recently found an image of a GdC helmet with exactly the same configuration in an old reference book, "Collecting Militaria" by RJ Wilkinson-Latham, published in 1975. The source of the picture (item 16) is Wallis&Wallis auctioneers in the UK.
Take a close look at the helmet and you will find the same features as on the helmet in my first topic: all officer's features, except for the base of the eagle. Star without Vaterlandbandeau, no reserve cross and no enamel in the raised centre. Unfortunately, we can not see whether the crown on the eagle is gilt. So the Awes-Marke helmet is certainly not a lone ranger.
I still wonder what rank/function the wearer of this helmet had, can't find any reference material on it. Many weeks ago I wrote to the Kavaleriemuseum in Vornholz, Germany, got no answer.
Johan
Take a close look at the helmet and you will find the same features as on the helmet in my first topic: all officer's features, except for the base of the eagle. Star without Vaterlandbandeau, no reserve cross and no enamel in the raised centre. Unfortunately, we can not see whether the crown on the eagle is gilt. So the Awes-Marke helmet is certainly not a lone ranger.
I still wonder what rank/function the wearer of this helmet had, can't find any reference material on it. Many weeks ago I wrote to the Kavaleriemuseum in Vornholz, Germany, got no answer.
Johan
joerookery
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Johan,
This is a picture of Kurt Reventlow as a Fahnenjunker in the GdC in 1914. We used this image in our last book. Not only is it a fantastic study but there are several key points which are backed up by further pictures of him in the same helmet with the service spike.
rosettes are enlisted
Eagle base is enlisted
Bandeau is present
looks like enamel I think
He had nothing to do with the reserves.
This is just more data bits on the rank.
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This is a picture of Kurt Reventlow as a Fahnenjunker in the GdC in 1914. We used this image in our last book. Not only is it a fantastic study but there are several key points which are backed up by further pictures of him in the same helmet with the service spike.
rosettes are enlisted
Eagle base is enlisted
Bandeau is present
looks like enamel I think
He had nothing to do with the reserves.
This is just more data bits on the rank.
Click for large view - Uploaded with Skitch
09fritz2547
Member
Thank you Joe, this subject is getting more and more complex but at the same time more and more intriguing.
Johan
Johan