Saxon metal helmet

[pointystuff]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121158586901&fromMakeTrack=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Old, but still fake.

Sold for US $363.78. Poor sucker.

 

[edwin]

My goodness, the chinstrap and liner are hideous uke:

Regards,

Edwin

 

[Sergei1877]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121158586901&fromMakeTrack=true
Old, but still fake.

How did you find that a copy?

 

[Adler]

Just look at the shape, the materials and the lack of any patina...

Adler

 

[pointystuff]

Here's the brass-trimmed Prussian version:

http://www.militarytrader.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=8643" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interestingly, the seller of the Saxon helmet has traded with the person who is selling the brass-trimmed Prussian version, and the both have hidden the bidding info.

Amazingly, there's also a Saxon metal helmet on that other forum, too:

http://www.militarytrader.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=6006" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[911car]

And the same junk in Bavarian flavour:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW1-German-Metal-Pickelhaube-Spike-Helmet-Bavarian-/130966279166?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item1e7e32d3fe" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The seller added that chinstrap and cockades are not original...