Sandmann
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Dear fellow collectors,
I‘m very happy to present you my latest find, which I'm very proud about. It is a beautiful helmet M1842 of a Landwehr officer in an excellent and untouched condition. It has no double holes, all the squared bow nuts plus washers are present and there is even a paper strip under the liner with light signs of wear, most likely from the original owner. Considering that the helmet is about 180 years old or somewhat older, I find it particularly impressive that the paper strip has survived this long time in such excellent condition. All fittings of the helmet were fire-gilded, but the gilding is slightly rubbed. Only the fire gilding of the eagle plate is in good condition and shines brightly
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a maker's mark or handwritten note inside, so I can't say anything about the former owner or the Landwehr regiment in which he served. However, I can give the following information about the helmet:
I‘m very happy to present you my latest find, which I'm very proud about. It is a beautiful helmet M1842 of a Landwehr officer in an excellent and untouched condition. It has no double holes, all the squared bow nuts plus washers are present and there is even a paper strip under the liner with light signs of wear, most likely from the original owner. Considering that the helmet is about 180 years old or somewhat older, I find it particularly impressive that the paper strip has survived this long time in such excellent condition. All fittings of the helmet were fire-gilded, but the gilding is slightly rubbed. Only the fire gilding of the eagle plate is in good condition and shines brightly
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a maker's mark or handwritten note inside, so I can't say anything about the former owner or the Landwehr regiment in which he served. However, I can give the following information about the helmet:
- Total height of the pickelhaube: 37,0 cm
- Height of the leather shell: 16,5 cm
- Height of the spike: 14,0 cm
- Width of the front visor: 6,0 cm
- Width of the rear visor: 7,0 cm
- The interior is made of Moroccan leather in finest private purchase quality. The front and rear visors are covered with green and red Moroccan leather and the liner is made of the finest officer quality black Moroccan leather with squared tongues
- Dimensions of the eagle plate: 12,5 cm (H) x 14,0 cm (W)
- Diameter of the leather cockade for officers: 7,4 cm
- The curved chinscales are 3,5 cm wide at the back and tapers to 1,2 cm at the bottom. They don't have a knob/eyelet attachment, meaning the chinscales are from the first edition. The rosettes measure 3,5 cm x 4,0 cm.
- Weight of the helmet: still 770 g
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