To continue with the KR2 wappen anamoly questions I have been looking at examples and have noticed something else. I have now seen three examples of what appear to be repairs on these eagles. The repairs include replacing broken screw posts by drilling through the wings and installing brads/rivets to hold the eagle in place. In "The Kaiser's Cuirassiers in World War One" by Turinetti he states these KR2 helmets were used by only 0.1% of the army. I have seen many helmets and can't recall this as a regular method of repair. Certainly a common line eagle could be replaced in moments from in-stock supplies.
Could it be that these helmet plates, even when being produced, were rare enough that spares were in short supply and when an attaching post broke it necessitated this modification? Does it seems reasonable, from an inventory on-hand standpoint, to repair in this fashion to get damaged equipment back into the field quickly? All three of the following examples have holes drilled in the same place on the plate, which to me, indicates this was a period repair performed by the supply depot.
In Johansson, on page 89, there is an example of such a repair and he states in the description that this was a common repair method for a broken helmet plate.
The second example I have seen is from a hermann-historica auction: http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm68.pl?f=NR_LOT&c=5217&t=temartic_M_GB&db=kat68_m.txt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The third example of this is from this thread http://pickelhaubes.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9393&p=62725&hilit=kr2#p62725" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Can anyone provide another reason or other examples of this practice? :-k
Could it be that these helmet plates, even when being produced, were rare enough that spares were in short supply and when an attaching post broke it necessitated this modification? Does it seems reasonable, from an inventory on-hand standpoint, to repair in this fashion to get damaged equipment back into the field quickly? All three of the following examples have holes drilled in the same place on the plate, which to me, indicates this was a period repair performed by the supply depot.
In Johansson, on page 89, there is an example of such a repair and he states in the description that this was a common repair method for a broken helmet plate.
The second example I have seen is from a hermann-historica auction: http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm68.pl?f=NR_LOT&c=5217&t=temartic_M_GB&db=kat68_m.txt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The third example of this is from this thread http://pickelhaubes.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9393&p=62725&hilit=kr2#p62725" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Can anyone provide another reason or other examples of this practice? :-k