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Bravo, never seen that before!!!

Thank you Philippe, Yes, I'm very happy about this discovery, which is interesting for me because it's not the ‘standard’. This helmet is personal: Vettel. I know that traceability is difficult for the Landsturm, ... but you never know. ;)

Yes, that day I brought him a helmet with a JR31 spike from the battle on the Gette. A regiment that doesn't particularly appeal to me here in Lorraine.

Thank you very much. The only Landwehrkreuz lion I have is on a rare Hessian Landwehr Shako. When I received it, as I'd never seen one before, I searched the net and found just one photo to explain it. Landwehr of Hesse Grand-Duke. The eyelets are much wider and lower than on the Shakos of...

Hello, your helmet is an M15 steel helmet painted anthracite grey. You should look inside, under the neck cover, to see if there are any regimental markings, and a B.A. marking, in this case KBAG. Grenadier M15 helmets were, for reasons of scarcity, fitted with the simple eagle of the line...

Thank you for your compliments. He joined his brother, model 95/14 (from mobilisation), also marked RBA18. Note the usual Teller “tinplate” before black paint, typical of Hessian helmets. This one, on the other hand, is probably an M95 from Hesse Electorale (Cassel), 80 and 81R, or from...

Well done, very nice helmet. (y) Maury in Mainz is one of the 2 best-known Hessian manufacturers, along with Martin Mayer. The Teller, in tinned steel with black paint, is typical of this manufacturer. Here again, as with the Hessian Landsturm I have just described, we have a demonstration of...

Here's my latest discovery, a Hessian spiked helmet, model 1915. The manufacturer is neither Maury nor Martin Mayer in Mainz, but Julius Jansen - Strassburg!!! i.e. a Reichsland manufacturer. (1916). The construction features a standard Prussian spike, but with the holes and eyelets for the...

Exactly, discovered around 1975 at a flea market in Liège. I knew nothing about the Battle of Haelen at the time. Since then I've been to visit the site, the cemetery and the museum. (in 2020 and 2025).

Hello, I was present at this "historic" sale. Bravo, prestigious documentation. I acquired a Pallasch of taken, from a French cuirassier, attributed to a German cuirassier.

Hello, ;) (y)

Hello Jean, A fine Dragon officer's helmet. To answer Steve's question, the Dragons were not heavy cavalry. Only cuirassiers were. The cuirassier helmet is identical, but with a marmoset on the medusa head. Only the troop helmet was painted green under the nape, the officer's helmet receives a...

Thanks for sharing. Nice helmets !! (y) A few clarifications are in order: ---The infantry helmet is an M96 effectively modeled on the “Prussian M95”, but here it is an “Eigentum”. Extra-Helm for one-year voluntary enlistments, it was not supplied by the Kammer. The peak is too high, the edge...

To keep you waiting, here's mine: It's by name from Offizierstellverter Max Pause. It has all the features of an officer's helmet, except : ---The stars. ---The 0ldenburg star, which is the “troop” model.

Here are the photos of the books: I translate: Nicolas Frédéric Pierre de 0ldenburg was Grand Duke from 1853 to 1900. He allied himself with Prussia in 1866, and by agreement of July 15, 67, the 0ldenburg contingent was integrated into the Prussian army in the 0JR91. During the fighting around...

Yes, : ---from 1861 name: Train-Bataillon. ---from 01 April 1914 name: Train-Abteilung.

OK, I'll attach a quick photo, and an excerpt from an article about of this episode.

I'm particularly fond of 0ldenburg helmets, because during the battle of St-Privat-Gravelotte on August 18, 1870, the Grand Duke requisitioned the farmhouse I now live in for his headquarters. So I have a 0JR officer, 1 FAR62 2B and 3B, 1 DR19 Fähnrich, a RJR78, and several 0JR 91 M95s, 1 0JR91...

With its large brass plate, this is a Dragon helmet. The top point should pass under the point base.

Like the friends above, a reproduction that doesn't really imitate an authentic plate. 😁