Unique rosettes and inner reinforced plate

I discovered something is wrong. The rosettes belong to Grenadier Regiment 7 which I too have received the helmet recently. I guess the same collector must have somehow moved parts around. So now Gren Regi 7 has the right rosettes while the Grenadier eagle officer will not have the special rosettes. Both brothers will sit on the same shelf.
 
Those helmets look very nice aspecialy the plates are an eyecatcher on both helmets
Wel done amy
 
Amy- great helmets, I cannot tell you how rare those rosettes are, like hen's teeth, you just do not find them.

James
 
I like the very large reserve cross on G R 7 .
Do you have the G R 8 officers helmet which also has special
rosettes ? Steve McFarland
 
Hi Steve
No I don't have the GR 8 helmet. Will put on my want list to acquire that. Am happy with a GR 7 with the special rosettes. Have been collecting for 15 years and I only came across the GR7 recently.
Regardd
 
Nice helmets indeed! Do the metal 'arms' (?) on the re-enforcement plate extend to the base of the dome? I've never seen anything like that before. Does it look to be factory or hand made?

:D Ron
 
If you collect enlisted man helmets , the L G R 8 e m helmets have special side lugs .different by Batl
one is a star on the end of the lug , the other is a fugal horn .These are also hard to find . Steve McFarland
 
Excellent helmets Amy congrats! Ron, I have worked on an officer helmet that had an aluminum version of those extended arms which do reach down to the rim of the shell. The arms are on all 4 sides of the helmet.
 
Ron the reinforcement plate does not extend all the way to the base. The arms only takes care of the front and back. I guess it is to let it stay in shape
Regards
Amy Bellars
 
Very unique items .

I know it would of cost millions of marks back then but almost all pickelhaubes should have been issued with that back up plate .
 
Thanks Amy and Brian. I can see why the standard was the circular reenforcement plate. Think of the scrap / waste metal had they made these standard!

:D Ron
 
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