Pickelhaube cover

MG34NZ

MG34NZ

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Hi Guys

This is one I have had for a very long time and only one of a handful I have ever seen.Im happy enough with its originality (hoping I dont get shot down in flames about now!) But I dont know a thing about it, R 211? is that a reserve regiment? i believe the green felt numbers/letters superseded the red before the numbering was deleted altogether?

Interested to hear your thoughts and advice

Thanks

Andrew/MG34NZ
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Hey Andrew,

Don't know much about Uberzugs except that these are often-copied overpriced old rugs that cover nice pickelhaubes... There I said it.

However, I can see parts of a very nice MG34 in the background... Is that a WW2 version? Deactivated I presume? Any waffenamt or nazi markings/proofs on it?
 
RON said:
Hey Andrew,

Don't know much about Uberzugs except that these are often-copied overpriced old rugs that cover nice pickelhaubes... There I said it.

However, I can see parts of a very nice MG34 in the background... Is that a WW2 version? Deactivated I presume? Any waffenamt or nazi markings/proofs on it?
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LOL Classic Ron! overpriced old rugs indeed!

MG34 is dot 43 and 100% original and live with numerous wee birds stamped on it.Had a dot 44 as well but due to being made redundant I had to let it go about a month ago,as you can probably guess Im a bit of a Militaria Magpie ;-)


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Andrew, I :salute: you!!
MG34 + WW2 Wehrmacht Markings + CARRYING SLING + LIVE!! + DRUM MAGAZINES!!!! This is like the Rolls Royce of all MG... It was too expensive to mass produce hence the creation of the MG42.

Not to mention that Panzerfaust I can see on the upper shelf...

The closest I have to your picture is a Polish Matching 1960 AK47 with folding stock & its bayonet (both with code '11' mark on which refers to Lucznik/former Radom, Poland).

Also got a few Soviet Cold-War era hats (1970-1990) recently (all together = 1/4 the price of an M15 EM Pickelhaube for now but these will pick-up soon I'm sure!):
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thanks Guys,I must have a sort out and post a bit more of my collection.
Have a few more toys here and there ;-)
Love that AK Ron,the Folding stock one thats in the pic with the '34 is also a Polish 1960 Radom offering,a very nicely made AK,have a few more AK's and Eastern Bloc Firearms as they are still reasonably available and affordable.

Cheers
Andrew
 
Thanks James,thats great. Where can I find out about Reserve Reg 211? It would be interesting to know a little more about them

Regards
Andrew
 
Had a look on Wikipedia and came up with this,I guess this is the same R 211 as the cover relates to? If so it makes for interesting history.

The 45th Reserve Division was initially organized as a square division, with essentially the same organization as the reserve divisions formed on mobilization. The order of battle of the 45th Reserve Division on September 10, 1914 was as follows:

89. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 211
*Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 212*
90. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 209
Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 210
Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 17
Reserve-Kavallerie-Abteilung Nr. 45
Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 45
Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 45

The 45th Reserve Division fought on the Western Front, entering the line in October along the Yser and remaining there until April 1915, when it went into the fight for Ypres. The division remained in the Yser region until September 1916. In September, the division fought in the Battle of the Somme. Thereafter, it remained in the Aisne region until April 1917. In April and May 1917, it fought in the Second Battle of the Aisne, also known as the Third Battle of Champagne (and to the Germans as the Double Battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne). Thereafter, the division went into the trenchline around Verdun, remaining there until the end of September 1917, when it joined the Battle of Passchendaele. The division then returned to Verdun. In 1918, it fought in the German Spring Offensive, including the breakthrough at St. Quentin and the follow-on battles in the Montdidier-Noyon region. It later saw action in the Second Battle of the Marne and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. In 1918, Allied intelligence rated the division as second class
 
Hey Andrew, it's nice to know that cover of yours could've been involved in some, if not all, of these famous battles... Despite their (biased/often inacurate) rating as 'second class' by their enemy, I bet they were a handful.
 
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