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I've bought these shoulder straps, and would like your opinion regarding originality. My concerns are mainly about the seam stitching, larger stitches than what I have normally seen, and it is the same on both shoulder straps (thread colour and stitching distance) even though the fabric seems...

Hi, The past half year I have noticed that there is a steady stream of (near) mint shoulder straps for sale on Ebay US. If there is any wear and tear then that is typically located at an inconspicuous spot. I have (possibly very naively) always thought that the repro shoulder straps are quite...

Hi, On the German WW1 "Feldgrau" forum they're trying to identify which Husaren regiments are visible on a period photograph, but can't really find a good match. The site is in German, but the photo in question is right at the top in the first post. Current status is that the Husar on the left...

Rather poor description, but maybe interesting with the skull on the Wappen: https://www.ebay.de/itm/394334542202?hash=item5bd02b997a:g:vXoAAOSw0otfexHn

Hi, I'm looking for a blue Landsturm shoulder strap made from "Gurtband". Does not have to be in mint condition, maybe somebody has a spare? ;) I have added pictures below of what I'm looking for. Regards, Lars

As I don't have the opportunity to go to large military fairs and handle original artifacts, I have to find other ways to increase my knowledge level sufficiently to be able to differentiate, with some degree of confidence, between original and repro when buying online. I bought a field-grey...

Hi, Encountered this beauty yesterday in a souk in Dubai while on holiday 😀 Everything looks old, nothing is. Regards, Lars

Hello, I've posted this shoulder strap on a German forum a long time ago, but never found a conclusive answer. I bought it hoping it would be for L.I.R. or R.I.R. 53, with "hellblau" piping. However when I received the shoulder strap it was clear that the piping was "dunkelblau". For comparison...

Hi, When I tried to log on from my laptop today I only got the entry page with the statement: “You have been permanently banned from this board”. My contributions haven’t been that bad? 😀 Luckily my phone hasn’t been banned yet so I can post this. What can I do to fix this? It’s ok to read...

Hi All, I received a private message with a link to who knows what from a member that doesn't have any posts. As far as I can see, it's a fishing link or worse. Best regards, Lars A picture of the message:

Hi, Bought this field grey Krätzchen recently (my first), and would appreciate opinions. Too good to be true...

In the late 80's / early 90's I bought this Stahlhelm for the princely sum of 150 guilders, equivalent to just less than 70 euros. Armed with the knowledge from the French Militaria Magazine I recognised the 1918 model and the Abnahme-Kommando stamp, and I remember I was a bit disappointed by it...

Purchased this years ago before I knew anything about covers. Made of some sort of grey woolly material, with black pulling cord. I'm guessing it must be some sort of storage cover, or maybe an old fake cover? Thanks, Lars

Once again, a new addition not based on helmet quality but on regimental association. One of my great-uncles was in this unit in 1915; unfortunately I don’t have a picture of him in LIR 53 (which puts the helmet outside my collection scope, however I do cheat on my own rules from time to time...

Just a small detail that I wanted to share, from an 1896 Pickelhaube. The end piece looks professionally made. Hard to get my cheap camera to focus properly, or is it the operator? :-k Lars

My latest Pickelhaube purchase, from Füsilier Regiment 39. Not particularly special nor in a very good condition, but it is the regimental affiliation that makes it interesting for me. My collecting is (or should be, I stray at times) limited to what is visible on the First World War...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-Tschako-Tschapka-National-Feldzeichen-weis-schwarz-Preussen-/171137925755?pt=Militaria&hash=item27d89d827b#ht_35wt_1136 Not in the best condition

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Oiginal-Katalog-1901-Pickelhaube-Epauletten-Effekten-Waffen-Uniformen-usw-/261231609692?pt=Militaria&hash=item3cd29e075c#ht_71wt_1136

Last year I bought a Tschako Wappen on ebay for around 60 euro. When it arrived I wasn't fully convinced it was genuine, but it didn't look like any fake/repro that I knew of either. Front and back look stamped, the beaded background on the scroll is also visible on the back, but the finer...

Is it just me, or do these regimental / Armeekorps markings look strange (fake)? The font, the box around the regimental marks and the whole B.A. mark too...