Sigh... rotfl ; )

Freikorps1919

Freikorps1919

Member
www.ima-usa.com

Original Imperial German WWI Prussian M1895 Ersatz Felt Pickelhaube Spiked Helmet with Dedication Plaque

Original Item: Only One Available. This is only the second of these that we have had! When WWI broke out, there was a great need for additional helmets and equipment for the mobilization. A shortage of cow hide from Argentina combined with the excessive draw upon German industry to outfit the...
www.ima-usa.com www.ima-usa.com
262789623_204669265187336_2483753669005205414_n.jpg
 
I have looked on their site a few times, lots of new replica's, and further not much originals, apart from the hoard of stuff they bought years ago, in some far eastern country, I forgot which country it was by the way.
But trying to sell this helmet as being original, isn't a good thing to do when the firm presents them selves as being a good and professional dealer.

Regards, Coert.
 
coert65 said:
I have looked on their site a few times, lots of new replica's, and further not much originals, apart from the hoard of stuff they bought years ago, in some far eastern country, I forgot which country it was by the way.
But trying to sell this helmet as being original, isn't a good thing to do when the firm presents them selves as being a good and professional dealer.

Regards, Coert.
Click to expand...
It absolutely baffles me how they could pass this off as original and it isn't even close. I think they bought up Finnish surplus because they had a lot of Finnish stahlhelms and Finn reissued German and Austrian stahlhelms.
 
coert65 said:
I have looked on their site a few times, lots of new replica's, and further not much originals, apart from the hoard of stuff they bought years ago, in some far eastern country, I forgot which country it was by the way.
But trying to sell this helmet as being original, isn't a good thing to do when the firm presents them selves as being a good and professional dealer.

Regards, Coert.
Click to expand...
IMA in a few words: Overpriced, Out of Stock, Poor Quality Repros
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top