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Nice one!

That's a very good acquisition. I'm guessing the owner was part of the 2nd Werft Division in Kiel?

I'll add the helmet I restored a year or so ago. I love these Wappens from the various Duchies,

I will send images of a few pages tomorrow. BTW I think the script on the front cover is not a name. It looks like Soldaten Leiderbuch. (Soldiers Song Book)

I was looking around for some of my 109th items today and I remembered I had this tucked away in a drawer. I think it's sort of cool that the original owner lost the rear cover and recovered it using cardboard and gluing some regiment related cut outs on it along with his name which I can't...

That's a very helpful post Brian. I've not been challenged with re-shaping to that extent before so nice to see some detailed instruction as to how to go about it.

Great story and an equally great helmet.

Tony: Thanks for posting your article. It's very informative and helpful. I have an MS Access database of every unit in the army as of August 1914 and it lists as you mention in your article, 1 Bavarian and 4 Prussian battalions. It's apparent that these units expanded as the war went on. 7th...

OK. Thanks for your comments. What do we know about the 7th Flieger Company or it Battalion sized unit?

Sorry if this question is patently obvious but I'm confused regarding the Company number on this strap. Is it a 2 or a 7 ? I'm thinking a 7 but the numeral seems an odd configuration to me?

That's some pipe! Somewhat impractical I'd think, but a beautiful piece of work,

A couple of steins I've had for years. I wouldn't normally buy a stein missing the lid but I couldn't let this one pass for two reasons: It's to the 109th which is my favourite regiment but more importantly, it's the only time I've been offered a stein that was purchased by a reservist who...

Very nice addition to any militaria collection John. These French Heavy Cavalry helmets are certainly in a league of their own when it comes to style and compelling design.

It's authentic but sadly it's in bad shape. The only parts that have any value are the spike assuming it can be removed from the damaged cruciform base, the Wurttemburg cockade plus the roseettes, the star studs and the rear spine. It could possibly be restored but only by someone who really...

Well, I've spent more time that I'd like to admit to trolling the web for Kaiser/King's Prize related items and I've never encountered one of these postcards so I'd have to think there weren't many.

First one of these I've seen. Nice to see examples of the Saxon crown that we can compare with Bavaria and Wurttemberg ,

Lovely! That Anhalt silver starburst with the Anhalt arms is spectacular!

Well, it's finally finished. Many thanks are due to Brian our Fearless Leader without whom this helmet wouldn't have been rescued from the scrap pile. I came close to passing it up due to the shape it was in, but the price was right and I like a challenge. Brian has been very supportive in...

Nice piece of trench art. I pick these up whenever I see them at a reasonable price.

Maybe a fairly common branch of service but it's certainly not in "run of the mill" condition. Every Imperial helmet collection has to have at least one visor cap.