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Hello all, Could anyone show some close-ups of Preussen Garde officer stars, especially fake ones and what to look for? I’ve been collecting 50 years this year, all for Soldat on campaign. This resulted in limited exposure to Garde officer stars. Could anyone show some replicas and what to...

First photo was my screensaver for awhile. This is unique; pre and post 1899 Unteroffizier. Now I know what the Honour Guard will wear at my funeral 💀

BWAA-HA-HA!!!!! This made my day!

Most of the gilt remains, plus it has that very attractive wee Adler on the bigger Adler + nicely rounded chinscales. That will be a very attractive addition.

Your photo is a kind gift for Christmas. Welcome to this Forum. 🇨🇦

That appears to be a very nice Preussen Reserve Officer in silver. Remove that original Adler, and then look at the helmet. Chinscales appear good, possibly spike base. It appears to be mostly replica with a few (?) original parts. Give it a sniff, perhaps with a fresh Naan bread?

That is an outstanding example. Well done.

Here is Georg’s Helm. Under the washers are imprints of previous washers. So the Sachsen Wappen was probably replaced. This to me is absolutely normal. When parts lose their original finish, it was probably only pennies to have a replacement attached. In my opinion this is original period...

Sandy if you ever see a zinc Dunkelblau emblem for any kingdom or state, send a photo would you please? This I have never seen. Fittings, yes, but Wappen always brass or Neusilber right to the end. Probably that was done to maintain the sharp details and quality. To my eye, all of the emblems...

JPT that Schirmmütze is dark blue.

Peter the colour plates I drew are very useful for quick reference. Have a look: https://www.kaisersbunker.com/ht/farben/farben8.htm

Feurwehr used crimson colour. So they look the same as DR22, but DR22 colour was red. The colours can look very similar until they are side-by-side. Then there is the issue of so many hats share this colour configuration of red piping/black band. All Artillery, Pionier etc. All of those have...

Dug this out, wrong hole size. I tried Sandy.

Thank you Amy and James. Also from Reiner I’ve been offered a complete silver Adler. I’ve never been one to move Eagles or parts etc. from helmet to helmet. So that prevents me from changing Eagles. As then it becomes a parts helmet. But a silver sceptre, if just attached with tape, would make...

Some very nice items to that specific Ulanen Regt. being shared here. Here is a FNM set for Ulanen Regt. 15

Jäger zu Pferde helmets were black manganese parkerized. On wartime JzP Metalhelme, it often seems like the finish is fading away. Many to raw metal. Once a year, like the firearms and side arms, I apply CLP (gun oil) to all Metalhelme. It looks great and keeps the humidity at bay. Those are...

Do you hear a quiet squishing sound? Fantastic! Traumstück! A privilege to see all GKR pieces of such quality together. Great photos.

This style of neck and head, I’ve not seen before.

The Helmets? 😆 James I am very happy for you. Not often my jaw drops open. Certainly worth more photos, yes?