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Beautiful ID’ed enlisted schirmmütze for a Dragoner Bosch in the Ersatz-Escadron of Dragoner-Regiment König (2. Württembergisches) Nr.26. bright blue body with golden yellow band and piping. The yellow is vibrant, which is scarce on caps from the period – it seems to be one of weakest hues and...

Excellent, complete Hessian Dragoon “eigentum” EM helmet for either Garde-Dragoner-Regiment (1. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr.23 or Leib-Dragoner-Regiment (2. Großherzog Hessisches) Nr.24, the only two Hessian cavalry regiments. Very solid body with great form and firm stitching, symmetrical...

Tall and elegant Schirmmütze for a Bavarian Officer of Infantry or the Schweres Reiter-Regiments of cavalry. Brilliant Bavarian blue and poppy red colors. Cream silk liner and ersatz sweatband. All stitching tight, and obviously a higher-quality cap when originally made. Excellent Reich and...

Husaren-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich III von Hessen-Homburg (2.Kurhessisches) Nr.14 enlisted Tellermütze. Bright colors in the regimental color scheme of blue body, red band, and white piping unique to this regiment. Polished cotton liner with “Deutsche Industrie” maker logo. Ersatz sweatband...

I bid in the inaugural Bannerman auction recently, and was fortunate to win one of the nicest Garde-Kürassier-Regiment caps I have ever seen. This one is also my first CW Borchert example. Borchert was a super high-quality and prestigious maker - enough so that it's one of the few times you'll...

Looking for 2-4 gilt stars for the the round officer spike base, with nuts - bonus if they include the zinc washer by some miracle. 😺

Beautiful officer’s tschako for Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Jäger-Bataillon No. 14. Mostly minty with an outstanding Mecklenburg field badge and frosty wappen. Small nick in the fabric near the back (see picture), otherwise no mothing or other cloth damage. Silk liner with stamps from a...

Vizewachtmeister of 1. Garde-Dragoner-Regiment Königin Viktoria von Großbritannien und Irland. Carrying an officer-garde lionhead sabre and proudly displaying the formidable third-class lance proficiency chevrons. An imposing senior cavalry NCO.

Officers’s Tschapka of Ulanen-Regiment König Wilhelm I (2. Württembergisches) Nr.20, with parade busche and rabatte. Very good condition Tschapka, with excellent and rare parade fittings. No extra holes, officer brown silk liner (with signs of wear, and evidence our guy favored hair pomade) and...

Is anyone aware of a book along the lines of the Verlag Militaria works covering the Kaiserliche Marine? I have plenty of general uniform references and plates, but looking for something with images of original pieces (headgear in particular). Thanks in advance.

This from Jan Kube this AM, just as an FYI: "By US customs regulations my catalogue of Special Auction Sept. 27th was not forwarded to my US clients but sent back to me this morning! Please have a look to this fine auction at www.kube-auktionen.de , thankyou! PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS IN...

I am looking for one or two high-quality gilt service tips for the removable/unscrewable officer spike. If anyone has some knocking around their spare parts collection, I am interested! Shoot me a PM.

I am looking to tap the vast knowledge of the community hive mind here - has anyone seen the reverse of an officer wappen blackened like this? It looks like soot/scorch marks, and is not from transfer of the lacquer. Also, the wappen bolts are unusually long (enough to poke through the silk...

We had the great pleasure last weekend of visiting Steve McFarland's home and collection, a virtual temple to the Imperial German Army. A few completely inadequate pictures follow that barely scratch the surface of this extraordinary collection. And Steve himself is a gracious, engaging host...

Please keep me in mind if you see or are selling high-quality, pre-war (or top-notch Feldgrau) Imperial German cloth cavalry headgear . I am happy to look at anything, especially of exceptional quality, but some current key include: Top Wants: Husaren-Regiment von Schill (1.Schlesisches) Nr.4...

Following up on a thread posted elsewhere on the site, attached are JPG scans of the eight plates in the 1984 reprint of this useful little Moritz Ruhl work. * I can send much heftier PDF files (@20 MB per page) if interested - just PM an email address.

Two of my fave images of Leib-Husaren NCOs - I *think* I see cyphers in both, so 2LHR2? Both are full of character, and the top one is evidently wartime - I see an EK2 ribbon and what looks like another one as well. (And I am always on the lookout for caps just like these, if anyone comes...

In the spirit of "it never hurts to ask," I am actively looking for a few specific helmets. Officer-grade preferred, to include OYV/Fahnrich examples (which I'm especially fond of). Quality and condition is very important to me. If you have anything you'd consider parting with - please hit me...

4th Kürassier Regiment Cap: Private-purchase mütze for a trooper in Kürassier-Regiment „von Driesen“ (Westfälisches) Nr. 4. Beautiful, high-quality white doeskin wool body with bright red band and piping (the same color scheme as the Regiment der Gardes du Corps). Excellent Prussian and national...

Officer’s Feldgrau Überzeug Pickehaube Cover: Nice example of the officer version of the field gray spiked helmet cover, able to accommodate a tall spike. One of the internal stiffeners is cracked from use, but invisible and doesn’t affect the use or the look of the cover. A few spots of wear...