Gents,
Some recent acquisitions, all Franco-Prussian War era helmets:
M1860 infantry helmet, all complete and in very good form. The wappen is secured by domed split pins, they appear as old as the helmet so may be period, I don't think they are modern. My Oldenburg M1860 is secured with screw posts. The wappen is the 125mm bandeau version and the kokarde is the correct large size state kokarde. Superb liner, no pullthroughs.
M1868 Bavarian Raupenhelm. I have actually picked up two of these in the past month. This is an infantry helmet, the other is a Jager version. All original, very nice, and again a very nice liner.
M1871 pickelhaube marked 3 GRzF 78 2B for 3 Garde-Regt. zu Fuß, 2nd Battalion, dated 1878. This one has a very deep dark patina on all the brass components and wear on the highlights of the garde wappen. Again, nice form after 130 years. The helmet lacks the garde star, the chinscale rosette on the left side, and one of the brass nuts for the rear spine. Some leather wear/fragility of the inside of the rear visor. Again, an excellent liner, very supple, no tears or pull throughs, I think as good as you would get on this pattern. There is a paper label inside and I have been trying very hard with flash, UV, daylight etc to read it, but all I can see clearly is '6 Komp' for the 6th Company.
Just to break the routine, here is my M1862 Dreyse Zundnadelgewehr (Needle gun). I hope that in the next couple of weeks I can add a M1841 Dreyse to the collection; a piece I have been seekign for a long time.
Mike
Some recent acquisitions, all Franco-Prussian War era helmets:
M1860 infantry helmet, all complete and in very good form. The wappen is secured by domed split pins, they appear as old as the helmet so may be period, I don't think they are modern. My Oldenburg M1860 is secured with screw posts. The wappen is the 125mm bandeau version and the kokarde is the correct large size state kokarde. Superb liner, no pullthroughs.
M1868 Bavarian Raupenhelm. I have actually picked up two of these in the past month. This is an infantry helmet, the other is a Jager version. All original, very nice, and again a very nice liner.
M1871 pickelhaube marked 3 GRzF 78 2B for 3 Garde-Regt. zu Fuß, 2nd Battalion, dated 1878. This one has a very deep dark patina on all the brass components and wear on the highlights of the garde wappen. Again, nice form after 130 years. The helmet lacks the garde star, the chinscale rosette on the left side, and one of the brass nuts for the rear spine. Some leather wear/fragility of the inside of the rear visor. Again, an excellent liner, very supple, no tears or pull throughs, I think as good as you would get on this pattern. There is a paper label inside and I have been trying very hard with flash, UV, daylight etc to read it, but all I can see clearly is '6 Komp' for the 6th Company.
Just to break the routine, here is my M1862 Dreyse Zundnadelgewehr (Needle gun). I hope that in the next couple of weeks I can add a M1841 Dreyse to the collection; a piece I have been seekign for a long time.
Mike
