Kaiser-owned helmets

[pointystuff]

http://auctionpublicity.com/2012/06/15/two-helmets-once-belonging-to-and-worn-by-germanys-kaiser-wilhelm-ii-sell-for-a-combined-30250-at-mohawk-arms-auction/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Adler]

The busby is up for sale again...
http://www.oakleafmilitaria.com/1212so1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Do you think it's original? I have some serious doubts that it once was the Kaiser's...

Adler

 

[weirdpyramid]

I would need a lot more documentation to think that this is the real deal and actually owned by the Kaiser himself.

Something like this would make me feel a lot better about it.....

 

[Arran]

The quality and form of the embossed cypher in the busby is just not right. There are a lot of fake Kaiser items around, including headgear and shoulder boards. Much of it is actually enhanced originals. Here is another example: http://www.militaria-online.de/artikelnr_49" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I have no doubts that Bruce's cap of the Crown Prince is original...

 

[09fritz2547]

The crown above the cypher W in the Pelzmütze is not the imperial crown, Wilhelm II became Kaiser in 1888, so.... He was of course also King of Prussia, but I do not recall having seen ever a cypher of him with a royal crown after the coronation as Kaiser.

Johan

 

[chrispaulodale]

Here's another, a Marine Infanterie Tschako-

http://www.derrittmeister.com/productpages/20173.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cheers
Chris