Ulanen tschapka

[Naprawiacz]

What do you think of this item? It is made entirely of metal.

 

[Tschapkas]

Congratulation ! A nice and rare wartime original Tschapka. As having no detachable mortarboard, it could have been very easily also
an officers Ersatz helmet (in the field also wearing chinstraps on M91-.posts). A great find !

 

[Sandmann]

The quality looks good, I think it could be a test helmet. But it is hard to proof without documentation.

 

[Peter B]

Really cool! An no need for Brian to restitch the visor.

 

[Naprawiacz]

Thank you beautifully for your feedback.Best regards

 

[911car]

The quality looks good, I think it could be a test helmet. But it is hard to proof without documentation.

This is in fact a regular tin ersatz Tschapka, not a test helmet. These came painted black or olive green. Inside was a thin leather liner, and another liner made of felt or leather, between the shell and main liner.

 

[Sandmann]

Didn‘t know that there were also tin Ersatz-Tschapkas. Can anyone recommend a reference book for me?

 

[911car]

You can still see the double liner within this wreck below.
I used to own one in perfect condition, but sold it... I kept this relic below to present a Tschapka Ueberzug.

 

[Pontiac9999]

Here is a mint example that sold in an auction awhile back...

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/prussian-enlisted-mans-ersatz-uhlan-helmet-with-f-135-c-1a6410a8a5

PS - the eagle is very specific in the feather orientation and is difficult to find...

Adam

 

[Sandmann]

Great link, thank you Adam

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

PS - the eagle is very specific in the feather orientation and is difficult to find...

Adam

Not sure what that means. Any chance you could post the photo so we can see? I for one, won’t create an account just to see a photo.

 

[Pontiac9999]

Have a look...

In my own expeirence I have only seen this type of wappen twice for sale. There are ones that come close, possible from a tschako but this tin tschapka eagle is slightly different....

 

[Pontiac9999]

And....

 

[Pontiac9999]

Or...

 

[Pontiac9999]

Or view pickelmax's tschapka....just zoom in...

Prussian Uhlans Tschapkas

And for Christmas I would love to see more photos of that enlisted-man tin helmet of yours ! Happy Christmas to you All Alex Here you are Alex Coll 315 by Max Pickelmax, sur Flickr Coll 340 by Max Pickelmax, sur Flickr Coll 322 by Max Pickelmax, sur Flickr Coll 328 by Max Pickelmax, sur...

www.pickelhaubes.com

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

You mean like this one on the left? Where the chest feathers appear to meet in the center, like fingers, touching? Center eagle has overlapping chest feathers, right one is the ‘clipped beak’ pattern.

 

[Pontiac9999]

Looks about right...is that from a tschako? (The far left one?)

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

I don’t know Adam. However, yes, the one I have in the photo is curved as you would expect for a Tschako. I have seen this pattern with touching breast feathers both curved (Tschako) and convex (Tschapka).

 

[Pontiac9999]

Here is the one I owned about 8 years ago...

 

[Pontiac9999]

I feel the the overall size in height is a bit shorter than the tschako version, IMO....