Tropenhelm Mod. 1904

[JohnS3rd]

Zeb,
Thank you again for providing such fantastic pictures of your treasured collection.
Best regards,
John

 

[Zebedeus]

On the leather sweat band you can see the imprinted logo of the maker Bortfeld while the on the brass areation ring you can read Ludwig Bortfeld - Bremen

 

[2nd.Leibhusar]

I found in my photo archive this photo from 1911 with 7 soldiers with that helmet, sitting on a cardboard elephant.

 

[Peter B]

I love it. Bet they had a blast taking that picture!

 

[Zebedeus]

I found in my photo archive this photo from 1911 with 7 soldiers with that helmet, sitting on a cardboard elephant.

Cool pictures. Thx for posting

 

[GreatWarGreatMilitaria]

Wow that is just the nicest model 1904 that I have ever seen in a private collection. Just lovely! Where did that beauty come out of?

Cheers and thanks for sharing

 

[Oldenburg]

Fascinating exhibits, just amazing!

Frank

 

[kaiser]

Great to see sutch helmet in those great closeup pictures!!