Prussian Officer M15 Pickelhaube

Hi Alan,
Imo these aren’t stamps made by the wearer, rather by the previous owner which I think is a theatre; the first word seems to be ending in “theater”.
I don’t think any officer would stamp his helmet so profusely, but it makes perfect sense for a theatre.
Regards,
Lars
 
ww1czechlegion said:
Hi Philippe,

Thanks very much for this excellent information, I appreciate it!

I will take a look at the ink stamps and try to decipher the first line. I have several to look at. It seems that the ink bled to a degree on each of the ink stamps. Probably more so on the cloth lining stampings. I will see what I can do. Maybe I should try to take some close up photos of several of the ink stamps to see if I can make any of them out better. It would probably help me to do that and have them enlarged. Maybe we can figure more of it out. I hope so. Thanks again Philippe! (y)

Best Wishes,

Alan
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I think these stamps are theater stamps from NS-Period. In 1933 the Eduard von Winterstein-Theater was renamed in „Grenzlandtheater Obererzgebirge“, and I think this is the text of the first line. Here is a link to the history of the theater:

Geschichte

Theater und Konzerte im Erzgebirge
www.winterstein-theater.de www.winterstein-theater.de
 
I have museum that stamped on the canvas which I can understand why museum curators stamped its asset, but why do theatre stamp the canvas. Can someone enlighten me??
 
Alan- a superb helmet, and from what you told me, you got an awesome deal on it.

Congrats, those scales are awesome

James
 
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