Recent content by Itz_NCR

Looks to have started its life as an m1895 then during the war turned to being an m15. It Has a m1895 style liner. The makers mark i believe reads A.Wonderlish Berlin, i personally have never seen this makers mark before. I first saw it whilst I was cleaning the dust and dirt out of the inner...

Today I decided to share my full imperial german collection. My favorites are the officers prussian picklehauben, My bremen medal bar and as well my orignal reichskriegsflagge which im happy to have gotten professionally framed to preserve it. I'm happy to have found a community that has a...

I see a saxon m15 in there. Thats a lovely helmet. I hope to own an example one day:)

I recently purchased a complete (besides the wappen) M1895 that at somepoint someone had painted all the brass hardware grey. What would be the best way to remove paint from the brass without damaging the brass hardware.

Is this still available?

Its coming together slowly:)

I bought this picklehaube fairly cheap, initially I was gonna dismantle it for parts. Then I thought this would be a wonderful way to practice restoring this helmet to see if I can bring her back to life. I'm not sure why the Bavarian m1914 officers wappen was bolted onto the enlisted m1895.But...

The sticker still retains the handwritten size of the helmet 58 1/2 cm

a local collector freind of mine sold me the chinstrap for $60 :) it really made the helmet look good

I already had a spare plate in my parts bin:) placed it on the helmet soon after its arrival

First I had to replace what was retaining the wappen which was a pair of twist ties so I removed the twist ties and replaced them with a pair of leather wedges. Then I had to clean the inside and outside of the helmet. The outside was covered in a sticky oily mess when I got it and the inside...

This one came to me in quite rough condition but all parts were included and the price was most certainly right. This was the project that really made me enjoy repairing these helmets. Let me know what yall think of the repair.:)

Well at the very least ill have a few spare parts for my reenacting stuff:). Where could I go about finding some original parts for this helmet?

Yeah I see what you mean on the wappen. The cockades from the seller Pics under them there is some rusting( not sure if that helps). Do you think I should seek a wappen that's of similar color for it? Or leave it be

I picked up this ersatz M15 for $340. The chinstrap is def a repro however. I love the look of these things and I'm excited to have finnaly placed one into my collection.