Duguesclin
New member
Thank you all for your opinions which have allowed me to form an opinion on this helmet and to avoid buying it because it is for sale at auction.
Officer pickelhaube 92Rgt Brunswick
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Duguesclin
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I have another request; I have owned this Officer plate for many years and I would like to know if it is authentic.
Thank you for your answers.
Thank you for your answers.
CLOVIS 57
Well-known member
Yes, the TK bindings are not correct.
Duguesclin
New member
A plate may have been repaired in the past, but that doesn't mean it's not authentic.
CLOVIS 57
Well-known member
Absolutely!!! On the contrary! But it's the TK that should be appreciated and compared to an authentic one.
Sold. 4800 euro. 6000 euro with fees.
Doug B
Well-known member
Unfortunately the TK is not. It is a known reproduction.
Steve Nick
Well-known member
Wow! That;s flirting with 10 Grand Cdn.
There's no way I'd be considering buying something as potentially dangerous as this without running it past "those in the know" beforehand.
Gary Larson
Member
How much would you want for that front plate with TK?
Gary Larson
Member
Doug B
Well-known member
Mine is not for sale I’m afraid for love nor money. It was from the late great Karel’s collection, a good friend who is missed and it along with several others at the auction were pretty much the sole reason I ventured back into the hobby after nearly a decade out of it.
GardeUlan
Well-known member
Karel was a great guy! I had the privilege to visit him two years before his death and see his extraordinary collection! Unbelievable.
Best wishes,
GardeUlan
Gary Larson
Member
I thank you for responding, I totally understand not wanting to sell it, It never hurts to ask, Thank you
Doug B
Well-known member
Indeed, we shared many correspondences together over the years. He lived not far from my son in Belgium and the first time he picked me up he drove up in a full size red Dodge Ram pickup truck, something that is a common daily driver here in Alberta but you never see in NW Europe. His collection was beyond amazing. One of the best in the world.
He might have picked you up on his HD....
Bungo
Active member
I know I’m a bit late to this discussion, and I can’t say anything authoritative on the TK, but that dodgy name label on the case would had rung enough alarm bells for me! The faker didn’t even bother to scallop the edge of the paper. Twenty minutes with a scalpel and it would have looked less obviously fake once it had a serrated edge.
€6000 is a mighty big learning curve…
€6000 is a mighty big learning curve…
