Opinion about Preußen (Hannoverian) Dragoner Regt 9 Pickelhaube

[Tony without Kaiser]

Richard, I would let it as it.
There are two opposite opinions about how those old things have to look like.
Some collectors want to have them as they were, shiny and clean. Other collectors do not want to change anything from the old patina, because this is a part of the helmets story too...And this mostly is the proof that the helmet is still untouched and that nothing on ist has been moved on or off, or manipulated at some time.
Philippe

Philippe there is a third paradigm that I adhere to.

Everything gets a thorough dusting with a vacuum. Just to clean out decades of post-war dust and tiny dead animals.

 

[FRONTENAC]

Philippe there is a third paradigm that I adhere to.

Everything gets a thorough dusting with a vacuum. Just to clean out decades of post-war dust and tiny dead animals.

Thank you for your intervention Tony. I know this isn't the first time I've broached the subject. I will take your opinion about the matter into account.

 

[FRONTENAC]

Dear collectors, don't hesitate to give your opinion whatever your vision of things.

Thanks.

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Philippe there is a third paradigm that I adhere to.

Everything gets a thorough dusting with a vacuum. Just to clean out decades of post-war dust and tiny dead animals.

I agree with that. When discovered in a cellar or attic, rat or pigeon droppings are not part of the history of the helmet with a capital H. It's a hygiene problem.

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Un autre beau casque d'AOK.
Je pense aussi que tout va bien dessus, même si je l'aurais préféré, vu le prix, avec un cachet DR9 clair.
Philippe

Mine is not an M94 (with post-side), nor an M97 (with Reichskokarde on the right) nor an M99 (with banners) but an M60/67. Not used during WW1 but during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, during the encirclement of Metz.
It shows a nominette stuck inside.

 

[FRONTENAC]

Mine is not an M94 (with post-side), nor an M97 (with Reichskokarde on the right) nor an M99 (with banners) but an M60/67. Not used during WW1 but during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, during the encirclement of Metz.
It shows a nominette stuck inside.





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Very beautiful Dragoon helmet from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.

As a complement to your helmet: this photo from my collection showing a cavalryman from a Dragoon regiment. Probably from the "2. Hannoverisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 16" (Nordheim, Einbeck) X. Armeekorps. Photographed in Beauvais (France) in 1871.

 

[Grabenmaxx]

Wow, one from the Franco-Prussian war, that's very cool! And in very nice condition.