Mild_Turkey
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Hi all, got this helmet in person from AoK earlier this year but I don’t think I showed anyone.
It’s a lovely Saxon officer’s pickel with typical Saxon qualities such as the tall dome, non serrated cockades and the squared visors. The only thing that keeps it from being a “purebred” Saxon is that it lacks the tall oval shaped pearl rings.
Inside includes the handwritten inscription
Frenzel
Rse San Comp. 1.
XII. A.C.
(Thanks to Argonne for translation)
Herr Frenzel here was an officer in the reserve 1st medical (Sanitäter) company of the 23rd Division of the 12th army corps (1st Royal Saxon corps). Honestly the condition by itself didn’t convince me to open my wallet, rather it was the fact I rarely see this much detail inside pickels.
The condition of the shell is what I like to see. Leather in such good condition that one could mistake it for Vulcanfibre. It’s in absolutely perfect shape with no deformities and only a handful of crazing marks that you’d have to look for. Better yet, the brass furniture and Wappen retain 85% to 90% of the original gilt!
- Khoi Le
It’s a lovely Saxon officer’s pickel with typical Saxon qualities such as the tall dome, non serrated cockades and the squared visors. The only thing that keeps it from being a “purebred” Saxon is that it lacks the tall oval shaped pearl rings.
Inside includes the handwritten inscription
Frenzel
Rse San Comp. 1.
XII. A.C.
(Thanks to Argonne for translation)
Herr Frenzel here was an officer in the reserve 1st medical (Sanitäter) company of the 23rd Division of the 12th army corps (1st Royal Saxon corps). Honestly the condition by itself didn’t convince me to open my wallet, rather it was the fact I rarely see this much detail inside pickels.
The condition of the shell is what I like to see. Leather in such good condition that one could mistake it for Vulcanfibre. It’s in absolutely perfect shape with no deformities and only a handful of crazing marks that you’d have to look for. Better yet, the brass furniture and Wappen retain 85% to 90% of the original gilt!
- Khoi Le
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