Jaap Verduijn
New member
What do you guys/gals think about this one? An M1915 which looks like it has a combination of brass and oxydized steel hardware. Thirty years ago I wouldn't have touched the bloody thing with a ten feet pole - but those golden times have been carried away on the sad winds of change and this might be the beginning of a small, third and final collection that, although of less quality, can still satisfy an old man's shamefully perverse but irrepressible longing for Pickelhaubes
At the moment it's at EUR 131.00 (about US $152) which may come close to what the apparently original chinstrap might be worth all by itself. The Kokarden are lacking, which should be reflected in the price and I don't mind adding a couple of fake ones. Actually, apart from the odd but not unheard of combination of brass and steel plus the tear-jerking condition (among other things it looks like somebody has been shooting a BB-gun at it), I can't really find anything wrong with this specimen - at least not via the pictures. Pity I can't read the faint stamp on the back visor.
It's got eight days to go - unless the more knowledgeable and up-to-date members of this group completely shoot down my impression of this being a mainly or even wholly original specimen, I might be willing to go up to EUR 250.
Whaddayareckon?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/militaria-uniforme-ancien-casque-a-pointe-guerre-14-18/182891518195
At the moment it's at EUR 131.00 (about US $152) which may come close to what the apparently original chinstrap might be worth all by itself. The Kokarden are lacking, which should be reflected in the price and I don't mind adding a couple of fake ones. Actually, apart from the odd but not unheard of combination of brass and steel plus the tear-jerking condition (among other things it looks like somebody has been shooting a BB-gun at it), I can't really find anything wrong with this specimen - at least not via the pictures. Pity I can't read the faint stamp on the back visor.
It's got eight days to go - unless the more knowledgeable and up-to-date members of this group completely shoot down my impression of this being a mainly or even wholly original specimen, I might be willing to go up to EUR 250.
Whaddayareckon?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/militaria-uniforme-ancien-casque-a-pointe-guerre-14-18/182891518195