Recent content by Mild_Turkey

I appreciate your input, and I would’ve never noticed how cartoonishly long the first scale was without you pointing it out. I will be posting more images of the helmet soon Another point I noticed earlier today was that the chinstrap leather ends are not only still attached and in the...

Compared to my other officers helmet where the hole has no excess and the prongs are longer

just a suspicion but perhaps this may be something more common with fiber helmets perhaps? Maybe due to the fragile nature of the material it’s a bit harder to punch a clean hole

Hi all, I’m far from a beginner in the hobby but I do have a beginner type question; it’s something I’ve never been able to figure out. That being, how does one judge whether the chinscales on a private purchase/officers helmet are original or has been messed with. So the other day a lovely...

My favorite ersatz variant. Hard to believe these were originally feldgrau and not tan

I hate myself because the day after I ordered this, the dealer listed a MINT gold example which I missed and was sold to someone else.

Here’s a very nice piece I paid dearly for, but it was worth it as I have seen only a couple ones in better condition. Silver wound badge for naval personnel. These would’ve mostly gone to coastal troops considering the chances of being wounded multiple times on a U-boat or a surface vessel...

They always say in documentaries that the grip angle was perfect for shooters but I don’t get it. Shot the first 100 rounds one handed and couldn’t hit Jack at 10 yards. The moment I switched to a modern stance I hit dead center at 15 yards

Got this as a self birthday gift several months ago. Not several hours after turning 21 I made my way to the gun store to fill out the paperwork. It’s a 1918 DWM example with most of the bluing still there. Non matching magazine. Took it out for a spin and it shoots beautifully as expected.

Woah, thank you so much. If that’s the case then I misidentified the S as a J haha. As much as I wish your source matches my helmet, I don’t believe that’s my guy. The helmet I have is for an officer. There are no unteroffizier features on it. Again, thank you for the help

There’s also the size marking with some writing next to it as well. “56”, this needs to explanation. But “13 1/2”? This I’m not sure of. There’s some handwriting in old German script below it

Hi all, I recently purchased a beautiful Saxon officers (photos to come soon). When I examined it in person, what swayed me to buy it was the personal touch of some writing inside however I cannot for the life of me figure out what some of the writings mean. To my eyes it appears to be...

Came up with it one thanksgiving after squirting Sriracha on my Turkey and used it as a gaming username for years. I’ve actually tried to change the forum user to my real name but no admins have approved yet. I appreciate it, and had hoped for the background story when I posted this. I used...

Thank you! I am at a whopping two helmets so far. Next on the list is a Bavarian or Saxon. Whichever comes first

@Tony without Kaiser