Mecklenburg Strelitz Kugelhelm

pointystuff

pointystuff

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Hmmm....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Mecklenburg-artillery-helmet-pickelhaube-/290617607733?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43aa28c635" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

a good Christmas gift, or a birthday present. [-o<
 
Sure shined the daylights out of it! Must've almost rubbed it to a nub. So much for its original patina. Oh well....

:D Ron
 
This is a very very rare helmet but at first glance and just call it a feeling but I don't like it. Maybe its the pictures but it looks too "fresh". I would want to see some good detail pics of wappen, close-ups.
 
pointystuff said:
It does look like it's been polished quite a bit. [-X
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It sure looks like that. I prefer to leave a helmet as it is except from the occasional dusting :D

Regards,

Edwin
 
It was an interesting helmet, does someone got in touch with the seller or knows the buyer ? I would be very interested in a close up of the central part of the plate, I make a sort of comparative study on Strelitz plates :)
 
The seller said, "the 'vent' on the spine is non-functional, correct for artillery (2) the balltop does not unscrew - it is one piece."

A pre-war artillery helmet without a vent on the spine makes sense, but why would a Kugelhelm have a non-functional vent other than it was merely stuck?
 
Stuck or came loose and was soldered in place later. :?:

One bid got it. (no, not mine)... I'd be worried about no counter bids though, if I'd plunked down an offer.

:D Ron
 
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