M15 Prussian Ulan Tschapka enlisted pattern with Rabatte

[ww1czechlegion]

I recently acquired this nice Prussian M15 Tschapka with the parade Rabatte. The chinstrap is a copy/replica. I found it in the antique shop, along with the Prussian M95 Guard enlisted pattern pickelhaube.

No extra holes, and the original metal grommet rings are intact. 1915 dated, and maker mark of Alexander Dahl, Barmen, is clearly visible inside. The leather liner is in nice shape, with no dry rot or tears. I will shoot photos of the interior and add them.

Best Wishes,

Alan

 

[michiel]

Beautiful and strange combination, the M15 was introduced I thought after the parade rabatte was discarded , so very unusual combination, maybe put together? Anyway a paraderabatte is very hard to find, and a enormous plus to any tschapka!

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Beautiful and strange combination, the M15 was introduced I thought after the parade rabatte was discarded , so very unusual combination, maybe put together? Anyway a paraderabatte is very hard to find, and a enormous plus to any tschapka!

Hi Michiel,

Thanks very much for your nice comments.

Yes, it is strange to see this. I was surprised to find the rabatte on this M15 tschapka. It is the first rabatte that I have found.

Best Wishes,

Alan

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

I have a out of the woodwork so to speak, Bavarian M15 tschapka that came with rabatte and chords, it happens.

Nice find Alan!

James

 

[Amybellars]

Very nice, Alan.

Congrats

 

[ussguppy]

Beautiful helmet, Alan!

Gabe

 

[ussguppy]

Interior is great, will reshape nicely. Congrats

 

[Bobted]

Fantastic find, Rob

 

[MAP]

I love it!

care to tell us where that antique shop is! LoL

 

[b.loree]

Congratulations Alan , that is an excellent find!

 

[John Josef]

Congratulations Alan that's a really nice find especially for an Antique Shop I've never had much luck hunting those.

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Congratulations Alan, Nice find !

Yes, it's not often you find a Kriegsfertigung model with its parade flap!But I'm not too surprised because:
---This Tchapka isn't the true M15, but:
---Either the M95, whose brass or nickel silver fittings were replaced after April 1915 with iron fittings
---Or the M15 from April to September, because the true M15 model has a crest-platform
.

Line eagle with yellow Rabatte, it is either UR11 or 15 from Saarburg. (Lorraine).

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Congratulations Alan, Nice find !

Yes, it's not often you find a Kriegsfertigung model with its parade flap!But I'm not too surprised because:
---This Tchapka isn't the true M15, but:
---Either the M95, whose brass or nickel silver fittings were replaced after April 1915 with iron fittings
---Or the M15 from April to September, because the true M15 model has a retractable flap.
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Line eagle with yellow Rabatte, it is either UR11 or 15 from Saarburg. (Lorraine).

There is only a 1915 date inside the helmet, and the maker mark of Alexander Dahl, of Barmen. I do not see any other earlier marks or dates inside of this tschapka. The metal grommet rings for the wappen attachment are iron/steel, and not brass.

I will see if I can take photos of the interior. I'll have to take it off of the hat stretcher/resizer device.

Best Wishes,

Alan

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Hello,

Here are photos of the markings inside the tschapka, and the metal fittings do not appear to have been replaced. This tschapka appears to have the original metal grommet holes for the front plate, and the iron/steel metal side posts appear to be original to the helmet as well.

Tschapka is size 54 marked, 1915 dated, and "Alexander Dahl, Helm Fabrik, Barmen" maker marked.

I also replaced the chinstrap this tschapka came with, which has brass fittings. I replaced it with an old original chinstrap that has gray painted steel fittings.

Best Wishes,

Alan

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Here are some more photos showing the rabatte, and the underside of the mortarboard with the rabatte removed. I didn't clean the yellow dust off from the neck of the mortarboard after removing it to show details of the tschapka, and the rabatte.