Thanks Steve - appreciate your oversight and expertise on this.If they could make a fake / copy that good , we had better
all look out .
The only question that I have is the screw post on back of the eagle
held by nuts
I would expect loops with leather wedges
Steve
Thank you for your information on the helmet - it is greatly appreciatedLooks good to me as well. At least two of the spike base brads have been replaced with brass coloured brads used for holding paper together...like a duotang. Brass nuts holding the helmet plate on merely indicate that this is an older plate which is held on by soldered screw posts and these nuts a, pre 1895 helmet plate. I would also say, that the white ring on the Prussian cockade has been repainted. The problems I have noted, are all easily fixed. Having an original chin strap on this is also a great bonus!
Is it hard to determine a value range on this helmet ?Thank you for your information on the helmet - it is greatly appreciated
The chin strap issue is a tough one without having the helmet in hand.