Recent content by Lars13

That is one frosty eagle 😀

Wow Brian, That came out really nice! Regards, Lars

Hi Coert, When you're the second-highest bidder you will always be outbid by 1 euro, that's the way Ebay works. The actual bid of the winner can have been much higher, if that's any consolation. Regards, Lars

Hi Sandy, We had a post that touched upon this earlier: https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/threads/a-new-project-for-peter.18763/post-138129 Regards, Lars

Congratulations Sandy, A beautiful helmet and a very interesting post. As far as I know they were painted, we "recently" had a thread about that. Regards, Lars

"Führer durch Heere und Flotte", by Friedag (the 1914 edition is digitized by Google) and the "Bekleidungsordnung" (at least the 1903 edition) are good contemporary sources wrt the Haarbusch.

Hi Bruno, Your doctoring skills exceed mine, much better readable now. Yes, I scrolled too far when checking the helmet Wappen for the KFGGR2 in the 1903 Bekleidungsordnung, so it looked ok but was in fact referring to Grenadier Regiment No. 2 and 3. Regards, Lars

Talk about a successful cleanup! Very nice :)

Can you also show the "after" pictures? :)

With a little photoshopping I can clearly read "K.F." followed by most likely an "R", and according to https://pickelhauben.net/old-site/articles/Kammer_Marks.html this corresponds to Kaiser Franz-Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2. EDIT: The Bekleidungsordnung from 1903 confirms that the Wappen for...

I see both 1901, 2nd battalion, and 1913, 8th company; I can’t decipher the regimental marking, but I’m sure there are others on the forum that can. Regards, Lars

Nice find Mike, I would not have recognized that as LIR 2. Regards, Lars

Welcome Sven, And what a beautiful collection! Regards, Lars

Not really :)

Hi, Without contemporary pictures showing this specific skull, or similar items with indisputable provenance in a collection (very rare), it will be impossible to say this skull belongs on a Braunschweig visor cap. There are a few Braunschweig skull experts on the forum, some already responded...