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Hello Sandy, I'm going to look into the matter... The problem is that in the black and white photos of the time, you can't tell the brass from the nickel silver.

The first was repaired by B.I.A 7 (stitching reworked) and the M95(black patent calfskin liner) brass fittings were replaced with M15 tinplate ones. The small washer under the neck cover should fit under the folded legs in the middle of the rear spine. The spike has been removed, and the...

This is a Bavarian M86 field artillery helmet. But with its stars, its perlring at the base of the tip, its silk liner, its special roundels, etc... it is an officer's helmet. If your ancestor was not an officer, you will need the same helmet for the troops. The red horsehair Haarbusch is...

It's not a problem. A great many period photos show Hessians with Prussian spikes, and even with Prussian helmets, but fortunately the belt buckle restores the truth.

Not available in France. Most Shakos for sale no longer have a Feldzeichen, or have one in reproduction. Best wishes to you.

Manöver-Kappe M84 troops are available in France. They have double hooks in the shape of a naval anchor or a single hook that can be swivelled to either side. These MK84s, which were in stock for manoeuvres, were all used for mobilisation, on the beige side (red stripe towards the helmet) with...

To be precise, these are not camouflage helmet covers (Überzug) (M92 and M96). They are peacetime manoeuvre helmet covers (Manöver-Kappe) (M1884). Reversible, the beige side was for the friend, the side with the red stripe was for the enemy. At mobilisation, given the shortage of equipment for...

Fitting the trim into the visor is a priority. Adjusting the length and matching the 2 side rivets is essential. The patina comes back with time. If the trim is badly oxidised, it can be corrected and adjusted using steel wool 000 or white clay.

Not surprisingly. A highly sought-after Hessian helmet. A highly prized Hessian officer's helmet. A highly prized Hessian artillery officer's helmet. A FAR25 officer's helmet, with the star of the Order of Louis, and with swords, from wartime! Even more prized !

Yes, absolutely. Practically all the ‘Länder’ had this ball for the artillery, on their M95 model. If you took a photo of the front, without the front plate, you could make out the ‘national’ insignia and identify the state. In the vast majority of cases, it was the Prussian eagle of the line.

Even so, you have to be careful with officer's parts. They kept a certain latitude of freedom. Freiherr von Willisen, for example, had a superb spiked helmet built for himself when he was transferred to China. He kept his beautiful Garde-Adler, the unit from which he had previously come. We know...

Yes, this was the case with the Grenadier M95s, which bore the eagle of the old Regiments, with the FRW in an oval. As this eagle had the attachments and eyelets at about 8cm, the first large Grenadier eagles were supplied with 8cm attachments for easy exchange. In this case the attachments are...

Thank you for your time, A helmet that, in France, can be disguised as an M45 from Hesse-Cassel to increase its selling price tenfold! You don't even have to change the Lion, you just have to file down the axe head to make a sword !!! and change the cockade. !!!🙄

Very nice rescue. Well done.

This helmet never existed. It is an infantry helmet, which should have had a point. The Bavarian artillery model was an M1886 ‘with point’, until April 1916. The ball only appeared on the Bavarian M15 artillery helmet with iron-grey trim in April 1916. -We should check whether there are any...

Here's an example: https://www.ebay.fr/itm/267147697844? In France ‘Madjek’ sells on EBay : https://www.ebay.fr/itm/296651415855

Ron, I really like your two helmets. Your helmet is the regulation model supplied by the army and is probably marked R.G. with the date of issue. The one in the photo is an ‘Eigentum’ helmet, with an ‘officer's’ finish, silk or basane liner with guilloche pattern and tulip tip. Left...

That's right Ron, I went too fast. It's true that we should have had the Reichsadler. So I withdraw my proposal. Sorry, Ron.

Hello Ron, a nice IOD89. Concerning the one with the Royal monogram, with a hunting horn, I think of the Chasseur à cheval detachment of the Expeditionary Brigade in China. And here I add my own, with the monogram ‘Kaiser’, of an Officer of the Reichsgendarmerie of the Reichsland Alsace-Moselle...

Thank you JPT, and what's more, an officer's helmet !!!