Small purchase at Ciney

[Grabenmaxx]

I was at the militaria show yesterday in Ciney (Belgium). Wasn't looking for anything in particular but bought this nice artillerie Filz Pickelhaube (a large size) and a Kugelhandgranate.

I'm quite pleased with them.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Sweet! I still really want a Filzhelm but I'm too impatient to save for one haha

 

[John Josef]

Congratulations two really nice pieces, they certainly would have had my attention as well.

 

[b.loree]

A classic example in excellent condition, congratulations!

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Great looking helmet!

James

 

[2nd.Leibhusar]

Glad to know that you've found something..
I haven't found anything...only 5 seconds of fame on the police drone for me,who was in the air all the time !

 

[michiel]

I only bought a modest french officer kepi of the 93 regiment because that regiment fought near maissin, the town in the Belgian Ardennes where there is a beautiful cemetery of german and french soldiers fallen during the battle of the frontier in august 1914 (Nearby our holliday house).

(their adversary where the IR 115 from Hessen that had very substantial losses at maissin,
there was a very nice pickelhaube for sale in Ciney of the prestigious Hessian regiment as well but alas already gone when I saw it an financially out of reach for me... but was able / allowed to study it and make a photograph before the new owner took it with him (was beautiful helmet, no doubt original, nicely marked to correct bekleidungsamt)

 

[cptbob]

Congratulations!

 

[Kaiser Wilhelm II]

That certainly did make it a worth while trip, Congratulations.

 

[stuka f]

Glad to know that you've found something..
I haven't found anything...only 5 seconds of fame on the police drone for me,who was in the air all the time !

I have tried Ciney in all possible way's, as a seller and as a buyer, at the militaria fair and the antiques fair, and it doesn't work for me eighter...
...so after 4 times I have never been there again....

 

[Westfront]

I only bought a modest french officer kepi of the 93 regiment because that regiment fought near maissin, the town in the Belgian Ardennes where there is a beautiful cemetery of german and french soldiers fallen during the battle of the frontier in august 1914 (Nearby our holliday house).

(their adversary where the IR 115 from Hessen that had very substantial losses at maissin,
there was a very nice pickelhaube for sale in Ciney of the prestigious Hessian regiment as well but alas already gone when I saw it an financially out of reach for me... but was able / allowed to study it and make a photograph before the new owner took it with him (was beautiful helmet, no doubt original, nicely marked to correct bekleidungsamt)

Nice finds I regularly vist the Maissin and Anloy area a few years ago i found a Lebel rifle in the forest of Maissin.

 

[michiel]

Nice finds I regularly vist the Maissin and Anloy area a few years ago i found a Lebel rifle in the forest of Maissin.

Wow, that is a cool find!, using metal detector?

 

[HatEnjoyer]

I have tried Ciney in all possible way's, as a seller and as a buyer, at the militaria fair and the antiques fair, and it doesn't work for me eighter...
...so after 4 times I have never been there again....

What’s the problem with Ciney? I’m in the US so I’m not too familiar with the collecting scene in Europe. Is it just crowded? No good items for the Imperial German collector?

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Nice finds I regularly vist the Maissin and Anloy area a few years ago i found a Lebel rifle in the forest of Maissin.

That is so cool! Were you able to keep it? I know civil war metal detectors here in the US are usually able to keep their finds.

 

[KAGGR#1]

I only bought a modest french officer kepi of the 93 regiment because that regiment fought near maissin, the town in the Belgian Ardennes where there is a beautiful cemetery of german and french soldiers fallen during the battle of the frontier in august 1914 (Nearby our holliday house).

(their adversary where the IR 115 from Hessen that had very substantial losses at maissin,
there was a very nice pickelhaube for sale in Ciney of the prestigious Hessian regiment as well but alas already gone when I saw it an financially out of reach for me... but was able / allowed to study it and make a photograph before the new owner took it with him (was beautiful helmet, no doubt original, nicely marked to correct bekleidungsamt)

Very nice helmet
Too bad that you didn't get a photo of the Kammer issue stamps
thanks for the post
Steve

 

[KAGGR#1]

That is so cool! Were you able to keep it? I know civil war metal detectors here in the US are usually able to keep their finds.

unless it is in a National Park
Steve

 

[KAGGR#1]

What’s the problem with Ciney? I’m in the US so I’m not too familiar with the collecting scene in Europe. Is it just crowded? No good items for the Imperial German collector?

Go to the S O S in Louisville, Ky
If you have not yet been
Steve

 

[coert65]

That is so cool! Were you able to keep it? I know civil war metal detectors here in the US are usually able to keep their finds.

Overall, here in Europe, France and Belgium the use of metaldetectors is forbidden. And rightely so too.
If you get caught metaldetecting, you have a problem, a big one.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

unless it is in a National Park
Steve

This is true. National Parks and Historic Battlefields. When guys want Gettysburg related artifacts, they usually get permission to metal detect on private land surrounding the battlefield.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Overall, here in Europe, France and Belgium the use of metaldetectors is forbidden. And rightely so too.
If you get caught metaldetecting, you have a problem, a big one.

Right, there is a lot of unexploded ordinance in the ground and people could get seriously hurt. I know a while back a bunch of metal detectors were arrested for trying to search the Verdun battlefield, and some guys in England were arrested for illegally excavating and selling medieval relics. Do surface finds fall under the same laws?