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    Oldenburg OR M1895 Pickelhaube

    Hello All, It has been a day since I posted anything so I will start with this Oldenburg Pickelhaube I picked up a while back. Best regards, John
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    OR Pickelhaube Tin M95 V D Hayden

    Hi Folks, I have been meaning to post some recent pickups, but family situation has kept me busy. I picked this up in early spring, I believe it is by the V. D. Hayden company and produced in 1914. It is not in the best condition, but I enjoy it. Best regards, John
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    WTB a Pair of Rossettes that go with Threaded Screw Posts for Early OR Pickelhauben

    I would like to buy a set of Rossettes that are combined with threaded screw posts that hold early Kokarde and chinscales of OR Pickelhaube circa the 1880s. Please refer to the following post if you do not know that I am referring to...
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    1887 Garde Pickelhaube or Landes Gendarmerie OR Helmet?

    I recently picked what I thought to be an 1887 Model Garde Pickelhaube. However, I am a bit stumped. The two-piece Prussian Garde Wappen, brass Adler, and Silver Garde Star are secured to the leather body using the standard wire loop and leather wedge setup outlined in the 1895 orders...
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    Prussian M1915 Feldwebel Pickelhaube

    Hello All, I apologize for not sharing anything in a while, so I will attempt to compensate for the lost time. I picked this Prussiand M1915 Pickelhaube with an NCO Cockade on one side. You will notice it is pretty dusty, as it arrived in the mail Wednesday. It looks unissued with all multiple...
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    Devil Dogs (Music Video) by Sabaton on The Corps Birthday

    For all the Devil Dogs out there: GET SOME! ....on the Corps' Birthday :cool: John
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    Prussian Ersatz Felt Pickelhaube

    Hi Folks, this post is mainly for Zebedeus, a.k.a. Zeb, and his love of Ersatz Pickelhauben. My latest addition is a near-mint Prussian Ersatz Felt Pickelhaube; the Olive Drab paint on it motivated me to purchase it. The color on it looks better in person than it did on BSM. The main drawback...
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    Prussian O.R. M-1915 Jaeger zu Pferde

    Y'all have been a "Bad Influence" on me; I have the JzP bug now. Best regards, John
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    Bait and Switch on ePay

    Check out the first picture than the others...
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    WW1 German M-16 camouflage helmet of the Prussian "Gardekorps", with The Name of the soldier. Size 64

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/185453217830?hash=item2b2ddf8826:g:BUAAAOSwS1xinM6J The helmet and the cammo look like the real deal from other helmets I have seen and owned. However, I do not know enough about the Gardekorps shield and numbering. Opinions?
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    EK II Document to a Garde Füsilier Regiment Maikäfer

    While serving in (then) West Berlin, I picked up a very nicely framed Iron Cross 2nd Class/EK II awarded on 12 Oct 1916 to Gefreiter Alexander Bolze, 7th Company, Garde Fusilier Regiment. A German friend, Rudi Dohnisch, saw the EK II document; he told me the story of why there is a beetle or...
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    Searching for information on a Garde-Regiment Nr. 3 Pickelhaube

    I just picked up a Garde Regiment Nr. 3 pickelhaube that is enroute to me as I write this post. I am posting some pictures of it, hoping that someone can help me identify the unit and individual who wore this pickelhaube before the Great War. Do the markings on the back visor indicate it is...
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    Model 1894 Prussian OR Dragoon Pickelhaube From SOS 2022

    After Jame's pictures from the first couple of days at the SOS, I started doing a walkabout on Friday afternoon and morning Saturday. So to make a long story short, I came across this splendid example of a Model 1894 Prussian Other Ranks (Mannschaften) Dragoon Pickelhaube and decided it needed...
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    Remember Those Who Gave All on 5 December 2001

    On 5 December 2021, locally, we quietly remembered our boys who paid the price of liberating Afghanistan5 December 2001: MSG Jefferson D. Davis Team SGT ODA 574: SFC Dan Petitory, Sr Communication SGT 574: SSG Cody Prosser, Intelligence Sgt ODC 52: Today's Army-Navy Game pays tribute to...
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    Wanted to Buy OR Saxon 1. LEIB-GRENADIER-REGIMENT NR 100 wappen

    Hello Folks, I am looking for an OR Saxon 1. LEIB-GRENADIER-REGIMENT NR 100 wappen; silver-plated star with applied gold-plated Saxon coat of arms. The wappen does not have to be in pristine condition. I would be willing to purchase outright, trade, or a combination of the two. It does not have...
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    AGM Oldenburg Officer Pickelhaube at Greater New Orleans Militaria Show

    Here is the Oldenburg Officer Pickelhaube AGM has for sale. One question for the SME's on this forum; would the brown leather on the front visor indicate that this helmet was a One Year Volunteer helmet that later entered the officer ranks? Here is a link to his website...
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    AGM OR Hessian Pickelhaube at Greater New Orleans Militaria Show

    Here are some pictures of the OR Hessian Pickelhaube forum member Jeff Shrader, Advance Guard Militaria, for sale at last weekend's show. I am not an expert in any way, but this seems like a great pickelhaube; I wish the current situation allowed because I might have purchased it. Here is...
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    Greater New Orleans Militaria Show 23 & 24 October 2021

    Friends of mine are having a show next weekend just North of New Orleans. Jeff Shrader Advance Guard Militaria and Robert Wilson tarbridge/purpleheartsnorthcarolina.com are among the dealers planning to attend. In addition, Dan Clifton of Old Patriot Militaria is one of the sponsors of the...
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    Bavarian Pionier Georg Müller a German Soldier in the Great War

    In November 2019, I picked up a small group of items that included real period cards or RPC at the semiannual Tennessee Military Collectors show. One of which was a picture of a German soldier wearing the 1914 Iron Cross Second Class. I found this card interesting because someone printed a...
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    THE STORY BEHIND MY LATEST PICKELHAUBE

    I find the history of an item fascinating, especially when it has a unit identification and the former owner’s name. In the case of this pickelhaube, it was in the inventory of the Train Battalion No 8, aka “Rheinisches Train-Bataillon Nr. 8”. Based on writing inside it, one learns that it...
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