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Hi al, my name is Jeremy and i'm from Belgium. I've been following this great forum for years now and i've learned alot from it so i tought it was finally time to join the forum.

I've been collecting ww1 militaria for more then 20 years now. I collect militaria from different countries, but my weakspot are german helmets. I just can't resist buying them.

In the future i will place some pictures of my helmets on the forum, i do have a few special ones like 2nd Kuirassier Regiment Em, a FAR10 and a gdk which is complete, but totally untouched.

Greetings Jeremy
 
Welcome to this great forum !

:thumb up: Great...another Belgian ! :thumb up:

Looking forward to see the pics of your helmets :D

Kü Regt Nr 2...cannot wait !

Francis
 
OK, why is it that it has taken 15 years for someone to pick Pickelhaube as a forum ID. Are we all slow, or is Jeremy just an exceptional person?
Welcome Jeremy
 
Yeah, talk about a bunch of losers we are. Jeremy has got to be an improvement, he has to be good if he is from Belgium,
 
Ty all.

I only tried this name because its the same name that i use on other forums. I wasn't even expecting that this name was still free. As soon as i can, i'll place some photo's of some of my helmets. My 2nd kuirassier helmet and some other helmets are currently on loan for an exhibit and they're behind glass, so it's hard to take decent photo's. When they're back, i'll make sure ill post them on the forum.

Jeremy
 
My 2nd kuirassier helmet and some other helmets are currently on loan for an exhibit and they're behind glass, so it's hard to take decent photo's.
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When we worked with the STROOBANTS family at the Museum in Halen, they actually took an electric screwdriver to the display cases which had not been unsealed for decades, to allow Francis and us to remove photographs for the book! They were incredibly – incredibly nice. We set up a little factory with Francis scanning pictures In their little office.

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I think we are getting enough Belgian members that instead of English / French for the official languages, we should make it Flemish/ Walloon, that might be more understandable than the Canadian version of English:)

PS Hey Brian, notice the smiley face, that makes it OK
 
I already said welcome in another link, but welcome just the same.

I have to learn to scroll down and read the whole forum. :oops:
 
Welcome to The Wild Bunch

-the Belgian Branch of this Great Forum !

:army:

Julius Caesar already knew:

Omnium gallorum fortissimi Belgae sunt.

Of all Gauls the Belgians are the bravest !

(from De Bello Gallico)
 




Our national mascot of Belgium is doing his thing on the Kaiser ,the text says;

Apres L’Yser c’est mon dernier salut
 
Welcome to the forum Jeremy, its great to have more Belgians on board with us here on HMS Pickelhaubes.com ! We need as many younger collectors as possible, so spread the word about this forum to your collector friends. Yes, Gus I understand the problem you have with the Queen's English. The roots of this linguistic dilemma lie in the fact that so many "Proper English" words have French in them. For example, the bank draft is Cheque in Canada and check in America. In Canada, we have a "check" mark when something is correct. There is of course, a very heavy duty connection between Britain, France and the so called Low countries during Medieval times. I like something, I call it superbe! Ben Franklin really screwed the Americans up with his spelling reforms as far as I am concerned. :D
 
There was a reason for the spelling reforms, first and foremost it was to separate us from the corrupt royal cast system and to tidy up some of the words that had unnecessary letters in them. Even Christmas was not celebrated as it was too "English"
Now I have heard the owner of this site deride us south of the boarder as being lawless revolutionaries, but I have it on good authority that his own ancestors sided with the revolutionaries, until he found a way to scam a pension form both sides:)*
Anyway, when the US controlled the North Pole, we took care of Santa, but as soon as the Canadians ran us off, they surrendered it to the Soviet Union.




*note the smiley face, that makes insults fun and not bad.
 
Yes, I must confess to having a revolutionary ancestor buried in New Jersey who was granted a pension by the American government for services rendered as a patriot during the rebellion. Perhaps I should apply for membership in the Sons of the Revolution organization? Hmmmm maybe I could get a US pension too and could buy more helmets with it!!! Actually, although I do like to tease my American forum members, my family originates from Long Island (1600's) and has a large US connection even to this day. The revolution split us, some stayed and some fled as Loyalists to Canada. Some went back to the States years later, some fought in the Civil War as well, the border did not mean much back in those days! Yes Gus.....things are going to be very interesting for us all in the Arctic over the next few decades.
 
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