joerookery
Well-known member
Sounds like graduate school!
This has buzzed around my head for a while. I have no answers and I solicit your opinion.
Everyone likes the old-style posts that are easy to recognize.
In general, they tend to be short and fat and have a coarse thread. Sometimes they are soldered to a crosspiece and the top of the post is often cut by some sort of snip.
However, there are Wappen out there with thin and long posts that are obviously machined. Numerous collectors have looked at some of these Wappen and swear they are original -- good detail -- gilding -- thin edges.
These helmets were produced and sold commercially through at least 1932. There was great demand from veterans organizations and others. What do you think? Are the machined posts legitimate for later produced pickelhaube?
This has buzzed around my head for a while. I have no answers and I solicit your opinion.
Everyone likes the old-style posts that are easy to recognize.
In general, they tend to be short and fat and have a coarse thread. Sometimes they are soldered to a crosspiece and the top of the post is often cut by some sort of snip.
However, there are Wappen out there with thin and long posts that are obviously machined. Numerous collectors have looked at some of these Wappen and swear they are original -- good detail -- gilding -- thin edges.
These helmets were produced and sold commercially through at least 1932. There was great demand from veterans organizations and others. What do you think? Are the machined posts legitimate for later produced pickelhaube?
