Zorndorf
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Gentlemen:
May I invite your attention to US ebay and item # 6596978484? I am fortunate enough to have two Bavarian helmets, one found in a small antique shop while visiting Augsburg and the other procured from Herr Weitze. Each in its own way has great charm: an 1886 Em untouched by the hand of any "restorer" and an 1896 pattern helmet but of the "Depahag Patent" which is to say a syntehtic fiber for a OYV for the Bavarian Leib regiment.
The current offering appears to be similar to a model 1878 for the Schweren Reiter regiment but of course that helmet would not bear the royal arms of Bavaria but would display instead the sovereign's "L". Similarly, in those cases where I have seen lion mounts for the chinscales, they have most usually been surmounted by the Bavarian and not the National Kokarde. I am using as my guide Herren Seibold and Schultz and their "Die Helme der Koniglich Bayerischen Armee 1806-1918".
I welcome the usually exhaustive review by my fellow forum members.
Bis bald!
Bill H
May I invite your attention to US ebay and item # 6596978484? I am fortunate enough to have two Bavarian helmets, one found in a small antique shop while visiting Augsburg and the other procured from Herr Weitze. Each in its own way has great charm: an 1886 Em untouched by the hand of any "restorer" and an 1896 pattern helmet but of the "Depahag Patent" which is to say a syntehtic fiber for a OYV for the Bavarian Leib regiment.
The current offering appears to be similar to a model 1878 for the Schweren Reiter regiment but of course that helmet would not bear the royal arms of Bavaria but would display instead the sovereign's "L". Similarly, in those cases where I have seen lion mounts for the chinscales, they have most usually been surmounted by the Bavarian and not the National Kokarde. I am using as my guide Herren Seibold and Schultz and their "Die Helme der Koniglich Bayerischen Armee 1806-1918".
I welcome the usually exhaustive review by my fellow forum members.
Bis bald!
Bill H
