Thanks Sandy. I think it’ll have to remain a mystery as I don’t want to risk breaking it.
Nice to know it might actually be a Tschako Wappen.
Cheers.
Peter
Okay I bought this a bit back and really like it regardless of authenticity. Intertestingly the eagle has the same look with the centre tail feather not quite reaching to the bottom. The eagle is metal. Someone has atached it to a very nice wooden hunting trophy type plaque and...
Really nice way to display your items. If I understand correctly, the helmet support rods and thier flat plates have powerful magnets attached to them? Would be nice to see a picture of how the magnets are attached to the rods. Really great to be able to easily move your display items around.
Brian Loree does a lot of restauration work, including polishing the metal parts if the owener wants that, so he is the best one to ask that question.
Cheers.
Peter
Great job! Looks really good. Different schools of thought on leaving as-is verus cleaning up. I removed some verdirgis very carefully from the Wappen of my first Pickelhaube. I would not shine anything though but that is a personal choice.
Peter
That is the best news I have heard in a very long time. Why is it that the nicest people always end up being the ones who get screwed around?
So happy for you Coert.
Peter