Dragoon helmets with silver trim

KAGGR#1

KAGGR#1

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There were 28 Dragoon regiments pre WWI
18 of the regiments had helmets with silver trim ; 10 of the regiments had gilt trim
At a later date there was an AKO that all helmets were to go to silver trim ,except
the 1 Garde Dragoons who was to retain their gilt trim helmets
I think that Bruno knows the exact date of that AKO
I think that this did happen, but hard to prove as the regiments with a regular
Dragoon front plate we would not be able to tell.
The only regiments that we could tell for sure would be
D R 1 ; D R 2 & D R 9
I have a D R 9 officer in silver trim
I have photos of a D R 2 officer in silver trim in a French museum
I have never seen a D R 1 in silver ; but that is a helmet that is hard to find anyway
Do any members have anything to add on the silver trim Dragoons ?
I know that Bruno is busy with his profession
SteveD R 9 officer X 2.JPGDragoon Regt 1 Officer.JPG
 
GFMMackensen said:
Beautiful helmets and shoulder insignia. Could someone with more talent than me please publish a book in the manner of Paul Sander's "Imperial German Hussars 1880-1910) on the Dragoon regiments? I promise to buy two!
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Paul was the father , the book was really done by his son Brian Sanders
Paul had passed away , Brian did the book in honor of his father
Brian has a son who is the 3rd generation collector of the family
I understand that he collects Dragoons , but I am not sure that he could put together
a collection like his father
There is a book in the works on the collection of my friend
It will be mostly helmets , but he has all of them
It will be the helmet book to end all books on helmets
the photos have been taken
I am on standby to see if I can last to see it published
Steve
 
KAGGR#1 said:
The 2 Garde Dragoons epaulettes and the M1915 double underlay straps came from Weitze
at one of the SOS .Expensive , but when I saw the set as Amy says , I just fell in love with them
no regrets
Steve
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I really like the Russian crown and cyphers .
Also one of the very few regiments that had silver
crowns & cyphers
Steve
 
GFMMackensen said:
Beautiful helmets and shoulder insignia. Could someone with more talent than me please publish a book in the manner of Paul Sander's "Imperial German Hussars 1880-1910) on the Dragoon regiments? I promise to buy two!
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Kyle ;
Unless a book is done on Dragoons
In the meantime may I suggest to you
this book
all of the Cavalry regiments
Artillery
Train
slightly oversized
54 pages on Dragoons
excellent color full sized photos
covers all of the 28 regiments
some of the helmets of KWII are also in there
Steinach-Verlag Joachim Hilsenbeck
Stevebook vol 2 .jpg
 
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