istanbulian
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Have you see this on the Weitze site ?
Hessen großer Nachlaß aus dem Besitz des Leutnant d. Res. Karl Bäumlein, im Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regt. Nr. 115, Leib-Kompanie weitere Art.-Nr.94469.
I think this is brilliant. If offered as a stand-alone helmet we would all probably turn it down as a post-war parts bin special with all the wrong signals about it. The provenance with this, however, just goes to prove the gulf between what collector purists demand and the reality of modifying helmets and making do with what was available.
Fantastic. Shame about the price though!
Hessen großer Nachlaß aus dem Besitz des Leutnant d. Res. Karl Bäumlein, im Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regt. Nr. 115, Leib-Kompanie weitere Art.-Nr.94469.
I think this is brilliant. If offered as a stand-alone helmet we would all probably turn it down as a post-war parts bin special with all the wrong signals about it. The provenance with this, however, just goes to prove the gulf between what collector purists demand and the reality of modifying helmets and making do with what was available.
Fantastic. Shame about the price though!
