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1880-1890 Prussian Dragoon Reserve Officer posted previously on the main forum but IMO deserving of a thread in this sub-forum. An ebay purchase that came with the original carry case. I am drawn to the cruciform spike base and the quality of the wappen.

I recently acquired a simple soldier's postcard from a member of 3rd Kompanie, Infanterie Regiment 102. Nicely stamped May 18, 1917 from Zittau in Saxony. I assume it is to the soldier's mother or perhaps wife being addressed to Frau Anna Wendler in the town of what looks like Bautren (or...

I've been quietly yearning for a Kurassier lid for some time now. Last night my wife was showing me her wish list of camera equipment she 'needs' for her business and it came to a little over $10K, I figured the timing was right to show her my own wish list and clicked on the AoK Kurassier...

Despite my best efforts to be satisfied with only one representative example Pickelhaube (my ersatz M1895) I was compelled by some mysterious force to purchase another example, this time an officer's lid (gotta love those chinscales)! This example, and I'm learning as I go...is a Dragoon...

Opinions please, is this trichter and parade plume original? Its listed at EU348 which seems pricey, especially considering the risk that the thread may be different to my spike base. Furthermore, the hair appears very scruffy. Would an application of normal hair conditioner be useful in...