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Steve, That is an awesome example of a Mecklenburg Officers helmet! What a homerun! Wow! John

Switching back to cavalry, may I share with you a rather rare grouping! Enjoy! John IMG_20210807_110239280 by John M, on Flickr IMG_20210807_110309649 by John M, on Flickr IMG_20210807_110322284 by John M, on Flickr

Andreas, Everyone here is more than happy to share their knowledge with you but it is also a little like school in that we want people to learn about pickelhaubes. When I began collecting I didn't know much and you are correct that books can't teach you every thing but they are a start. The...

Hello All, Changing the pace a little from cavalry groupings may I present my GzF NCO grouping with the Coffee Filter mitre. (The troops joked that the mitre resembled an upside down coffee filter.) I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this very nice waffenrock once belonged to...

Excellent purchase John!

Amy, My condolences to you. Mere words cannot assuage your pain. Remember and enjoy the good times you had together. John

Wow! Thank you for the education today! I did not know that. How fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing the fantastic photo! John

IMG_20210623_121918572 by John M, on Flickr IMG_20210623_121825578 by John M, on Flickr IMG_20210623_121949767 by John M, on Flickr

Obviously this visor has been tampered with, no? Opinions?

Extremely wonderful acquisition Steve!!! Rare and quite the looker! John

Wow Philippe!!! Thank you so much!!! That was awesome and super fast research!!! I owe you a beer!

https://stewartsmilitaryantiques.com/german-pre-wwi-oyv-13th-wurttemberg-train-btln-waffenrock-issue-identified.25031.archive.htm They would have worn a Wurt helmet with a gilded cruciform spike base and cornered front visor. Similar to this:

Sandy, I believe that the 1st Geneva Convention only prohibited attacks on Hospitals and Mobile Medical facilities. I suspect that any Medics, Doctors or other medical personal captured in battle or who have surrendered would be treated as any other military prisoner but may have had special...

Wayne, PM me an email so if I see something I will let you know. John, I haven't been looking at EM Dragoon helmet prices lately as I purchased mine for $990 about 5 years ago and used that as my benchmark. If $2k is the going rate for a EM dragoner helmet then it is what it is. Mine is not...

Wayne, Just to recap what Bruno, John and myself have pointed out, there are marked problems with that helmet. That is a lot of money to spend on an fundamentally faulted helmet. You can never explain away the incorrect rear spine. Even if the helmet was depot marked to a dragoner regiment, the...

Awesome display Sandy!!! That is an absolutely top notch collection and display! Hopefully you will need a bigger wall so you can acquire and display more helmets!!! 🤪 John

Wow... Boy, did I overlook the obvious!!!! Here I was looking at the minutia! Bruno is completely right! Thank you for the save Bruno!

Wayne, Overall, it's not a bad helmet. It's good but has some minor faults. I see the following: Cross on Wappen Eagle crown is broken off. Tip of the spike seems damaged. Does it screw on tightly or is it loose? Little bit of damage to the liner but not terrible. If I were in your shoes, I...

Dirk, Welcome to the forum! Fantastic pair of photos and thank you very much for sharing your collection with us! Eager to see what other treasures you will surprise us with. John