argonne
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Dear Gentlemen,
for your appreciation, here is one of my summer 2012 finds.
A good friend of mine living in the North Eastern France was able to make this purchasing perfect for me. This helmet was part of a private collection owned by a very old man who decided to sell some pointy stuff after a long collecting life.
This Mannschafts Haube was worn in the 2. Train Bataillon with garrison in Altdamm / Pomerania. This town does not exist any more and is now a part of the city of Stettin (Poland).
It is not a very scarce helmet, but train units were very small before the war, about 400 Mannschafts and Unteroffiziere only. This makes such helmets even not so common, with such TB markings. Then, as war began, Train Bataillons changed their name to Train Abteilungen (Tr. A.) and those units growed up to 2500 Mannschaften.
This untouched example is still in real great condition, well shaped leather shell, intact and souple liner, with beautiful gilt on the wappen and otherwise neat patina. It has all the characteristics what should be expected on this helmet pattern: convex chinscales on side posts 91, clear TB2 1904 marking (Joe, just feel free to add this marking in your list, you still don´t have it :wink: ) and a screwable spike for a black Haarbusch. This is an early production M95 train helmet, as the AKO from 24.10.1903 ordered that train units did not have to wear the Tschako anymore.
Enjoy! :wink:
Philippe
for your appreciation, here is one of my summer 2012 finds.
A good friend of mine living in the North Eastern France was able to make this purchasing perfect for me. This helmet was part of a private collection owned by a very old man who decided to sell some pointy stuff after a long collecting life.
This Mannschafts Haube was worn in the 2. Train Bataillon with garrison in Altdamm / Pomerania. This town does not exist any more and is now a part of the city of Stettin (Poland).
It is not a very scarce helmet, but train units were very small before the war, about 400 Mannschafts and Unteroffiziere only. This makes such helmets even not so common, with such TB markings. Then, as war began, Train Bataillons changed their name to Train Abteilungen (Tr. A.) and those units growed up to 2500 Mannschaften.
This untouched example is still in real great condition, well shaped leather shell, intact and souple liner, with beautiful gilt on the wappen and otherwise neat patina. It has all the characteristics what should be expected on this helmet pattern: convex chinscales on side posts 91, clear TB2 1904 marking (Joe, just feel free to add this marking in your list, you still don´t have it :wink: ) and a screwable spike for a black Haarbusch. This is an early production M95 train helmet, as the AKO from 24.10.1903 ordered that train units did not have to wear the Tschako anymore.
Enjoy! :wink:
Philippe
Ron
