Recent content by dave mosher

Both mine have the wider guard eagle spacing on the plate and on this particular plate in question you can see where the old post locations have been camouflaged (solder removed and area cleaned and burnished with a wire tool).

It looks like the original post locations had been moved so it would fit on the standard Prussian line eagle. IMO, you dodged a bullet for not buying it...

Steve, it is beautiful! It looks like this is a private purchase helmet, with a voided crown.

One of the few issued items in my collection. The helmet is unit marked, squadron marked, initial gartiture acceptance stamp dated 1908 with a second date of 1910, and a garniture stamping of II (Also is painted II inside). There is also a manufacturer's stamp, but is illegible. The plate is...

Jeff, That makes perfect sense...

A royal for UR 20. Any idea who m this was?

Thanks, Dennis. Medals are usually just an accessory for tunics for me, but this one caught my interest. Dave

I got this in an auction a little while ago. Iron Cross 2nd Class, Red Eagle Order 4th Class and the Prussian Lifesaving Medal. Perhaps he could be identified (or at least narrowed down). Dave

Charles, Unfortunately, that is one cap I don't have (like to though!). When I first started collecting I had one but I traded it away...

Officer's atilla for the same regiment

Something else for this thread.

Officer's collar litzen for Pionier (guard and line) and Verkehrstruppen

Brian - I have three officer helmets made with the rabbit felt shell. The interiors are all different colors; black, feldgrau and burgundy. I also have the tin cruciform support system in another officer helmet, but the shell is leather. Any idea of the size of the helmet you are restoring...

It is a Bavarian Leib Infantry Officer’s M1910 Rock. Unfortunately, the collar tabs and boards have been removed.

Issued feldgrau Tellermutze to a "A. Borner" with the 4. Matrosen-Regt, part of the 4. Marine-Brigade of the 2. Marine-Division.