Solved! Question on Book by American author.

Jeff ;
IF you don't mind saying where or who you got your I R 93 from, I might can tell you more. When Walt passed away, his helmet collection
was willed to his son. Over the years the son would consign (or sell ) several helmets at a time to Stephen Wolfe of Wolfe-Hardin dealers.
This happened about the time of our S O S. Wolfe would bring the helmets to the S O S for sale. Age of Kings seemed to always
get first look at the helmets . I know that James LaB or his brother bought a Bavarian Uhlan officers helmet that was from the Hartmann
collection . Some rare helmets were kept by Wolfe for his own collection. As you know Wolfe - Hardin no longer do shows . I can't speak to the older Max shows , as I never went to them. At the S O S Weitze always checked to see what Wolfe had . I know Weitze bought some of
Hartmann's uniforms from Wolfe for resale. The release of Hartmann's helmets seemed to dry up after Wolfe-Hardin departed the shows.
What the son still has and where they might go, I no longer know.
Steve
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send me a P M or post your I R 93 helmet and I will look at it against the I R 93 of Walt's
Walt was going to do a book on helmets . He came here one summer with all of his photo
gear ( pre modern photo ) took tons of photos. Then went to see another collector in Chicago
and took more photos . He rode with me one year to the OVMS ( before the S O S )
the book was never done
Steve
 
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send me a P M or post your I R 93 helmet and I will look at it against the I R 93 of Walt's
Hi Steve - here you go. The points I noticed were the high spike base, the formidable Anhalt star that covers much of the eagle, and the general condition. Sourced from our AoK friends, so maybe that's the connection? Thanks for the extremely detailed info, as always!

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Hi Steve - here you go. The points I noticed were the high spike base, the formidable Anhalt star that covers much of the eagle, and the general condition. Sourced from our AoK friends, so maybe that's the connection? Thanks for the extremely detailed info, as always!

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I will get my book later. How long ago did you buy it ? Do you remember the year ? A of K has been very active selling nice helmets.
The year you bought it might be the key .
Steve
 
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