CLOVIS 57
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Hello,
very happy to be able to share my latest acquisition :
A rare 42/60 model of one of the 12 old Prussian line regiments, now Grenadier-Regiment.
The eagle is of the new M60 model with Vaterland-Bandeau, but here, the Prussian Grenadier eagle has a 5-ply bandeau instead of 3 for the line, and instead of the FR, on the eagle's breast, there is a badge marked FWR for Frédéric-Wilhelm-Rex.
The kokade is a model 1857, no longer in leather but in steel.
Hot iron regimental markings for the 7th Grenadier. 1957 could be the date of the transformation of the old M42 into the M57 (hence M42/57). The AKO of 24-12-57 ordered a new helmet with a lower, lighter shell.
The chinstrap is an M57, with flat scales and a slotted-head iron fixing screw.
Since 1860, the tips of Grenadier helmets have been removable to allow the Haarbusch to be placed on parade. The tip of the M42 was also shortened by less than 1 cm at the Perlring. As a result, the Perlring encroaches on the ventilation holes. This is another oversized M42, the brass is thick and it's heavy.
So, to sum up:
---Helmet of the 7th Prussian Grenadier, model 1842;
---modified 1857 by reduction of the shell (from above and below), shortening of the point, and domed scales replaced by flat ones).
---Modified 1860 by replacing the old FWR 1842 eagle without Vaterland-Bandeau by the FWR 1860 eagle with 5-ply Vaterland-Bandeau.
NB. The 1860 model was still in use during the Franco-Prussian war, as the 1867 models were not sufficient to equip the "German" army of the 1867 unification.
Here is a painting by an official army painter, fighting at Saint-Privat, 3kms from where I live. It shows the M60s alongside the M67s in the same Garde-Fusilier-Regiment . (Nickel silver fittings, but brass chinstrap scales).
very happy to be able to share my latest acquisition :
A rare 42/60 model of one of the 12 old Prussian line regiments, now Grenadier-Regiment.
The eagle is of the new M60 model with Vaterland-Bandeau, but here, the Prussian Grenadier eagle has a 5-ply bandeau instead of 3 for the line, and instead of the FR, on the eagle's breast, there is a badge marked FWR for Frédéric-Wilhelm-Rex.
The kokade is a model 1857, no longer in leather but in steel.
Hot iron regimental markings for the 7th Grenadier. 1957 could be the date of the transformation of the old M42 into the M57 (hence M42/57). The AKO of 24-12-57 ordered a new helmet with a lower, lighter shell.
The chinstrap is an M57, with flat scales and a slotted-head iron fixing screw.
Since 1860, the tips of Grenadier helmets have been removable to allow the Haarbusch to be placed on parade. The tip of the M42 was also shortened by less than 1 cm at the Perlring. As a result, the Perlring encroaches on the ventilation holes. This is another oversized M42, the brass is thick and it's heavy.
So, to sum up:
---Helmet of the 7th Prussian Grenadier, model 1842;
---modified 1857 by reduction of the shell (from above and below), shortening of the point, and domed scales replaced by flat ones).
---Modified 1860 by replacing the old FWR 1842 eagle without Vaterland-Bandeau by the FWR 1860 eagle with 5-ply Vaterland-Bandeau.
NB. The 1860 model was still in use during the Franco-Prussian war, as the 1867 models were not sufficient to equip the "German" army of the 1867 unification.
Here is a painting by an official army painter, fighting at Saint-Privat, 3kms from where I live. It shows the M60s alongside the M67s in the same Garde-Fusilier-Regiment . (Nickel silver fittings, but brass chinstrap scales).
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