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I am interested in your Bavarian helmet. If it is available for sale please contact me at: [email protected] If you are interested in finding out more about either your Bavarian or Saxon helmet/Tschapka, I have written a couple of books that will be of help. Again, please write for more...

Regarding all three of the helmets you mention, the furniture is all silver with a flat brass chin scale and a silver rosette. Good luck Jim Turinetti [email protected] (email address) www.kaiserhelmets.com (web site for my books - please visit)

That's a nice helmet. An indicator of an Artillery helmet is the shape of the top of the pedistal for ball base. Non Artillery helmets that took a parade bush always had a domed top for the top of the pedistal of the spike base while Artillery helmets sometimes took a flat top for the pedistal...

I don't think you paid too much. This particular configuration was only worn by less than 0.7% of the army in 1914. The going price for this type of helmet over the past 18 months has been $1800 to $2800 depending upon condition. I think you paid a fair price for it, and you've got a very...

I'll be there. I plan on attending at least one night of the social hour. thanks for the invitation, I thoroughly enjoyed myself last year. you all are certainly hospitable. Jim Turinetti

Here's a photo to start this off:

A few months ago Chris Moran wrote into the forum asking for information about German Headgear. He told us about an unbelievable find that he had stumbled across. Some fraternal lodge in Scotland had a collection of headgear that they wanted to get rid of, and he picked it up. He described...

This is an entirely new book, number six. It is intended as a basic guide to collecting Imperial German Headgear. (Helmet Collecting for Dummies could beanother name but I don't want to get into copyright issues.) I have hot listed it on my web site yet. I planned on introducing it at the MAX...

During the early years of the war many brides chose to wear a dark colored dress to pay honor to the war effort. They still wore a white veil (since that was the symbol of virginity and heavens they wouldn’t want anyone think that there had been any hanky-panky.) As the war stretched on this...

I think the body and the plate are okay. The label is certainly a big plus. I question the chinscales, they look newer than the mitre. Please check out my book on Grenadier Mitres at www.Kaiserhelmets.com. There are a lot of photos of both styles of mitre. I think the price is a little high...

Mike, That is correct. While you are at it: Pg ix Dichotomous key figures Pg 63 Guard Jäger 1860 Pg 68 Guard Machine Gun 1860 Pg 94 G du C and GK 1860, and the banner is wrong. Koenig should be at the top. Pg 166 Telegraph 1860 Pg 171 Luftschiffer 1860 Pg 173 & 174 Flieger 1860 I am in the...

I went back and checked my references and found a conflict. I checked my own Tschapka and it is also brass or gold. I was in error. Regarding the other comments: Figure 12.0 Guard Star - absolutely right it should be 1860 NOT 1806. Big error, I'm sorry. I appreciate your comments, and I'm...

Joe, I have also see the reference about the Duke being a little fuzzy on the accord with the Prussians and the citations in Laine and Das Deutsche Heer. Since the banner on the eagle says König, and I have a dragoon helmet with a LWK that says König, I have always thought that König was...

I am looking for information on the Reserve/Landwehr Cross that was worn on the three Oldenburg Regt's helmets. I have a Reserve Dragoon helmet but I would like to get close-up photos of the Reserve Cross on the Infantry and the Artillery helmets. Also does anyone have a copy of the 1895...

My compliments also on your terrific acquisition. Genuine helmets like this are beautiful and worth their high price tag when you have confidence that they are genuine. I agree that Pricing Guides are very dated and tend to go out of currency quickly, but please allow me to make a few alternate...

The two helmets are beautiful, and I love the kockarden. The correct inscription for the Reserve/Landwehr cross for the units from the Hanseatic cities was " Mit Gott furs Baterland" with laurel boughs on the lower arm of the cross. Ref Uniformenkunde Das Deutsche heer von Herbert Knotel...

Thank you for sharing your very impressive collection! You have some beautiful and unusual pieces. Displaying our treaures is always a challenge, but so important to truely be able to enjoy our finds. What good is it to have these gems and not be able to look at and appreciate them. I feel...

Thanks a lot fellas. Your hard work is certainly appreciated. Jim Turinetti

Hi Tony, Thanks for the thorough reply. I appreciate the listing of references. The two by Kraus are the only ones I'm not familiar with, so I shall hunt them down, ( I have the rest of the list in my library). I try to confirm a fact with a minimum of at least two independent sources before I...

Hi Tony, My compliments on your write-up describing the Senior NCO helmet. Beautiful photos and a very interesting discussion. I have been a victim of the Urban Myth regarding the pearl ring. Can you point me to a reference that discusses that topic? I also found your comments regarding the...