Lost Skeleton
Well-known member
No, I'm not referring to the 19th century German Romantic writer, E.T.A. Hoffmann, or the opera by Jacques Offenbach, or the movie by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The subject, rather, is the one helmet I purchased at the SOS. Needless to say, it once belonged to a "Jäger Hoffmann," who thought enough of his Tschako to copy his name for posterity.
A century old and holding up rather well:
Stamped inside the front peak is the number, [Nr.1721GRst]. The 1721 prefix is also stamped inside the crown, and was once covered by a paper name tag (one of three that are partially extant).
The full view (almost):
With so much going on inside, I most likely would have bought the Tschako regardless of the Bataillon. However, it proved to be something more than the ordinary.
Chas
A century old and holding up rather well:
Stamped inside the front peak is the number, [Nr.1721GRst]. The 1721 prefix is also stamped inside the crown, and was once covered by a paper name tag (one of three that are partially extant).
The full view (almost):
With so much going on inside, I most likely would have bought the Tschako regardless of the Bataillon. However, it proved to be something more than the ordinary.
Chas
I like somebody who took pride in his helmet.
