109th Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment O.R.‘s Pickelhaube

Steve Nick

Steve Nick

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This is the helmet that motivated me back in August to sell my M35 Luftwaffe re-issue helmet. It was a win-win situation where both an Italian Stalhelm collector and I wound up with items for our collections that we were both thrilled to acquire. The helmet transaction is an amazing story that I won’t bore you with.

Anyway, when Tony (Kaiser’s Bunker) offered me this great example of a 109th OR's helmet I jumped at the chance to pick it up. Collector to Collector. Nicely Kammer marked with an issue date of 1913. It now sits next to my Bavarian Leibgarde, Saxon Leibgarde, and Wurttemburg 123rd Grenadier helmets. A quartet of Grenadier Neusilber fitted helmets.

I did post this earlier and promised to post better pictures but I was kept very busy this Summer and Fall on the lake is also quite busy getting prepared for Winter. Then in early November I had a heart attack while playing hockey (lucky for me I skated out of the net before anything really serious happened) and am now occupied with my Cardiac rehab program with exercise every day.

I’m restricted in the amount of work I can do so I had time to put this post together.

Hope you like it as much as I do.

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Hello,

It's beautiful... and since it comes from Tony...😇

Here are mine to go with it: ;)

109R M95 Pte 87 & M91 jug87.JPG


These are two grenadier helmets from the 109th Infantry Regiment. Both were transferred to the 1st Grenadier Battalion of the RIR 109 in 1914.

Both were ‘replaced’ during the emergency mobilisation.

One of them is an M91 with an M87 6-hole cap, unique to this regiment. It has an M91 chin strap with scales and side support.
The other is an M95 but with a service chin strap, with an M87 hook that had not been used since 1891.

These two helmets, which had been used in combat during mobilisation, were put back into service as best they could be, concealed under their covers. They were discovered in Lorraine, where the 14th Baden Army Corps fought in August and September 1914.
109R M95 Pte 87 & M91 jug87.JPG
Get well soon, I'm recovering from a pulmonary embolism myself.
 
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That is a beautiful helmet :D 👍
Enjoy it and take your time to recover .
And taking pictures of beautiful helmets and posting them here is a great win-win for all of us:D;)
 
Fabulous Pickle ( bit confused about who you got it off an Italian collector or Tony? ) Rob
 
Take good care of yourself Steve, it takes time to recover and you can't force it but you will get there. Glad to say medical expertise is several country miles better than it was back when I had mine in '94. And while you take it easy you can revel in that glorious haube on your shelf!
Good decision!
Best regards, Steve
 
Beautiful helmets! I love “silver” ones. Best wishes for your rehab and recovery. I had a heart attack last March, and due to a 95% blockage, received a stint. Much to my wife’s concern, I was up on the roof tuck pointing the mortar in my chimney 2 weeks later. I think the more physically active you can be, the better. Be well!

Ron
 
Rkinkade said:
Beautiful helmets! I love “silver” ones. Best wishes for your rehab and recovery. I had a heart attack last March, and due to a 95% blockage, received a stint. Much to my wife’s concern, I was up on the roof tuck pointing the mortar in my chimney 2 weeks later. I think the more physically active you can be, the better. Be well!

Ron
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Ron:

I was very lucky.

I was playing hockey and as a goalie so you do get some moments where there is no action , which gave me a minute to think and realize something wasn't right. The rink is also 100 yards away from the local hospital. Lucky to have a retired doctor as one of my defencemen. Also lucky to have one of the world's finest heart institutes only an hour away in Ottawa.

Only 2 weeks prior to that I was in the bush moose hunting and at least 4 hours from the nearest well equipped hospital in Thunder Bay.

I'm planning on being back "between the pipes" (Canadian for playing goal tender) when I get back from Portugal in late March. Being physically active is certainly paramount as long as you build yourself back into shape gradually.
 
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