Recent content by pickelhauben

The felt helmet looks good in the pics but ...... The spike and front trim were dug and repolished. Look at the base with the cracks on it. Hard to tell about the wappen, it looks to be ground dug as well. A pic of the back of the wappen may tell the tale. This is defiantly a parts helmet with...

Should be a relative easy fix. You were the high bid on this one beating me out !!! I am happy for you !!!

Very nice !

The extra holes do seem to have been there for a long time. One of the attachment loops has been resoldered with a brass loop. This defiantly would be post war. Other than the chewed out liner this presents a ersatz very well.

They actually come up every now and then on the French and German eBay's.

I have my doubts . The front plate looks to be a copy of a plate from New Deli The original had silver hardware and was a fireman's helmet missing the small wappen. It was a 1870 style that was a lot taller than the one seen here. The second helmet had brass hardware but was still the 1870 style...

I have my doubts. Are you sure ?

That cleaned up real good !

Lovely. Where are you finding these OLD soldiers ?

Gabe , You hit a home run here.

Very nice display !

I agree you did a great job. I would love to do the Renault in 1/18 scale.

Wow .

Nice find

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