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  1. Sandmann

    About the symbolism of the 3 oak leaves

    Dear fellow Forum members, it's a while ago, but I finally published a new blog entry on my website “Historien-Kabinet.net”. It's about the symbolism behind the oak leaves which decorate many Prussian medals. Fortunately, the originator of the “3 oak leaves”, King Friedrich-Wilhelm III of...
  2. Sandmann

    Happy new year

    Happy new year 2025 🎊🎏🎊
  3. Sandmann

    Guard Star

    I‘m sorry, but I doubt the originality of the guard star. Take some time and compare it with the one for sale at weitze.net: https://www.weitze.net/militaria/12/Preussen_Pickelhaube_fuer_einen_Offizier_der_Garde_Regimenter__428112.html?t=1735574334 The work is much cleaner. In your example, the...
  4. Sandmann

    M49 Hessian

    No, all Prussian/Hessian regiments, such as the IR115, didn't exist in 1849. According to the regimental history of 1899, the IR 115 was formed in 1872 out of the 1st “Leibgarde” Infantry Regiment and yellow fittings with lion emblem should be correct. But the more I read, the more I think that...
  5. Sandmann

    My Imperial German collection so far

    Wonderful miniatures. Congratulations, I love it 🤩
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    M49 Hessian

    The various independent states which all carried a “Hesse" in their name makes it a little more complicated to understand the history. Prussia and many other German states at that time wanted a united Germany. Therefore, from the 1860s onwards, they concluded military conventions to harmonize...
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    M49 Hessian

    With the AKO of 1871 it will then probably have been reintroduced after the Hessian army was integrated into the Prussian one. But I haven't found anything about it. Does anyone know other books about it?
  8. Sandmann

    M49 Hessian

    Amy, I have found the following information about early Hessian Pickelhauben: From a book called “Hessisches Militär zur Zeit des Deutschen Bundes” which contains the following information about the helmet: Kurhessian military (Hesse-Kassel): By AKO of 18.6.1845, helmets based on the Prussian...
  9. Sandmann

    square dip,m16,m17,m18 camo

    Welcome to the Forum :)
  10. Sandmann

    Looking for a Saxon officer‘s Imperial Cockade

    Thanks Coert :)
  11. Sandmann

    Looking for a Saxon officer‘s Imperial Cockade

    Hey fellow Forum members, I'm looking for a Saxon officer’s Imperial Cockade in original and good condition. Any help is welcome 🙏
  12. Sandmann

    M1860/67 Dragoner Pickelhaube Regt 4,5,6,10,12 or 15

    Nice restoration job, congratulations (y)
  13. Sandmann

    It's Xmas Eve here

    Merry Christmas also from my side 🎅🏼🎁🎏🎄
  14. Sandmann

    New design

    Amazing Job Wojtek! Well done and also a Merry Christmas 🤩
  15. Sandmann

    M49 Hessian

    Great find 🤩Congratulations Amy!
  16. Sandmann

    M15 Mecklenberg Sterlitz????

    Great Display! Love it :)
  17. Sandmann

    My Second Helmet Purchase

    Congratulations Brian. Even it has a wrong spike it is a nice helmet (y)
  18. Sandmann

    Pickelhaube and yet not Pickelhaube

    It looks somehow cast to me. Would like to see better photos after it arrives. But even if it does, it's still a beautiful wall decoration (y)
  19. Sandmann

    SOLD „Die Helme der Königlich Bayerischen Armee 1806 bis 1918“

    I also offer it now on ebay: https://www.ebay.de/itm/326376877146 without international shipping, because ebay has problems with the settings for international shipping 😒 If you are from outside Germany and you want to buy it, please still send me a PM and I will tell you the price including...
  20. Sandmann

    SOLVED - Looking for Bavarian officer cockade in Prussian style

    🤫 I saw it too, but didn't want to make anyone aware of it 🤫 However, thank you very much for your help 😉
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