Anniversary, and a trophy

[911car]

Today is September 5th, the day the Marne battle started in 1914.
Here is the helmet of a soldier from a Garde Grenadier regiment. At first sight, nothing very remarkable; just a regular pickelhaube in decent condition.

 

[911car]

However, if you look more closely you can see something written by hand on the chinstrap: Villeseneux Marne, and 5 Sep. bre 1914
Villeseneux is a small town near Reims, in Northeastern France. It is less than 40 miles away from the Fort de la Pompelle. At the start of the Marne battle, Villeseneux was right on the front line.
A touching souvenir from one of the most famous battles of WWI, brought back by a French soldier exactly 111 years ago.

 

[Khukri]

Great piece of history!

 

[Steve Nick]

Gotta love an item that has a story to tell.

 

[Doug B]

That’s pretty cool!!

 

[michiel]

Those helmets with original personalised souvenirs are my favourite, congrats, great catch

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Very cool!

 

[Bobted]

Now that IS fantastic! Rob

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Congratulations on this fantastic find, Bruno! Super!

 

[John Josef]

Great looking helmet.

Congratulations and that's for sharing.
mfg John Josef

 

[Kaiser Wilhelm II]

This really shows the history behind these helmets, I think this demonstrates the biggest appeal to this hobby, the history behind it, known or unknown.

 

[911car]

Thank you so much to you all for the nice comments. Bridging the past is of course all the magic here. Really glad that such traceable helmets are so popular on the forum. Then, I will show anther one.

 

[coert65]

Thank you so much to you all for the nice comments. Bridging the past is of course all the magic here. Really glad that such traceable helmets are so popular on the forum. Then, I will show anther one.

Please do so Bruno! I, like many others here really like those helmets with a history shown like yours!

 

[Sandmann]

Great piece of history. Thank you for sharing this wonderful helmet

 

[KAGGR#1]

Thank you so much to you all for the nice comments. Bridging the past is of course all the magic here. Really glad that such traceable helmets are so popular on the forum. Then, I will show anther one.

Looking forward to the next one.
Steve

 

[festwagner]

Very interesting ! I suppose there is no german name in the helmet ?

 

[911car]

Very interesting ! I suppose there is no german name in the helmet ?

You suppose right... I will still check once again.