pikestaff

hello, many thanks for that, 165 quid is a bit too much for my slender resources, I am presuming the helmet I have would have a brass badges, as all the fittings are brass. I bought this 'trainwreck' of a helmet as a restoration project, it had a steel Prussian badge attached.

many thanks for your help.

Regards

Pikestaff

hello, many thanks for that, 165 quid is a bit too much for my slender resources, I am presuming the helmet I have would have a brass badges, as all the fittings are brass. I bought this 'trainwreck' of a helmet as a restoration project, it had a steel Prussian badge attached.

many thanks for your help.

Regards

Pikestaff

hello, I have a police picklehaube, complete except for the front badge, the helmet has chinscales, so I presume it should have the brass stamped badge, pictures on the webb of a complete one show chinscales and brass badge.

thank you for looking.

regards

Pikestaff

Like I said, drop Tony an e-mail. He's incredibly helpful.

He'll tell you exactly what to do and might even direct you to the parts you require.

I will get around to emailing him, first I want to see whats for sale as regards the front badge.

cheers

Pikestaff

Thank you for the link, yes, fantastic! must have taken him a lifetime to amass that collection.

regards

Pikestaff

Many thanks to 'tachel' due his prompting I have been trawling the web, came across an advert on ebay showing a repro bavarian police Pickelhaube, I think this wreck I have could very well be a police item, apart from the badge, looks like i will have to look around for a police badge to go with it once its in better shape.

regards

Pikestaff

Go to this site Kaiser Bunker

Drop Tony an e-mail, he's the web master and owner of everything on the site. Prepare yourself for a shock! It's an absolutely INCREDIBLE collection.

Thank you for the link, yes, fantastic! must have taken him a lifetime to amass that collection.

regards

Pikestaff

hello gentlemen, there's something wrong with this picklehaube, spiked, Bavarian chinscale mounts, Prussian rossette, other ranks stamped steel badge, chinscales joined by a small oval brass buckle. from the few books I have the helmet should have a horse hair plume with bavarian chinscale mounting points?

also, with officers chinscales, should the fron badge be gilded brass? I bougth this items as a restoration project, but need to know whats what with it.

Any help would be most greatfully received.

many thanks

Pikestaff

The Abrams is one of the best tanks, no tank is all things to all men. the Chally has greater range as regards gunnery, does not spend so much time in the workshop, has just as good armour, and does not cost as much as an Abrams, not many 'challies' were 'lost' in Iraq.

Pikestaff

The angled hull now being used on modern apc's, the South African arny used that style on 'Jasper's' thjirty years ago!

Pikestaff

The U.S M1A1 and M1A2 SEP Abrams Tank is the best tank: This is a picture of me in 2003 Samarra, Iraq the push to the North after 3ID took Baghdad.

They made us run over I.E.Ds in Samarra city with our tanks, due to all the infentry guys getting wounded and killed by small explosives ones. This stopped when 3-67 lost their first tank by a large I.E.D. Killed every one inside and blew the turret off 120 feet.

Lorenzo

The Abrams is one of the best tanks, no tank is all things to all men. the Chally has greater range as regards gunnery, does not spend so much time in the workshop, has just as good armour, and does not cost as much as an Abrams, not many 'challies' were 'lost' in Iraq.

Pikestaff

no prob ,appreciate your reply, wish it was real though....worth way more

Hello, sold the mp40 yet?

rgds

Pikestaff

Hello, my shield, but no tube, is'nt life a b***h, I'd love a tube, the ones made in China do not have the

guiding 'grooves'.

rgds

Pikestaff

right side ejection port cover

rgds

Pikestaff

Hello, where is the ejection port cover??

rgds

Pikestaff

Hi Pikestaff,

I know a guy who will able to provide a metric figure for this, but he doesn't frequent the Internet is generally not easy to contact. I'll ask him when I see him next.

David

Hello, David, many thanks for that.

regards

Pikestaff

Hello David, the spring rate means what poundage it would need to compress the spring fully. [i think!]

I will have to ask my son, his PC has died, so I'm having to do his research.

I'll get back to you.

many thanks

Hello again, spring rate, what force would be needed to fully compress the spring over a given length, measured

in foot pounds, or these days, 'joules' [i hope thats the right spelling]

rgds

Pikestaff.

Hi Pikestaff,

While I am not sure what you mean by spring rate, the spring arrangement was contained within a blued telescoping tube made up of three sections of stamped and rolled sheet steel.

The firing pin was retained by a cross pin in a machined block at the bolt end of the largest section. The smallest section at the rear of the gun ended in a formed metal cup that pressed against the upright part of the lower receiver/trigger group assembly.

David

Hello David, the spring rate means what poundage it would need to compress the spring fully. [i think!]

I will have to ask my son, his PC has died, so I'm having to do his research.

I'll get back to you.

many thanks

Hello gents, any know what the 'spring rate' is on the main spring please?

rgds

Pikestaff

Hello,

Can anyone tell me who is selling a nice reproduction MP-40 & MP-44 for a museum display? Resin or a parts gun either way. I live in the USA.

Thank you,

Vince

Hello, I still have the moulds for casting carbon fibre MP 44s, I sued to make, I live in england,

are you allowed to import replicas?

rgrads

Pikestaff

British manufacture, in yellow metal? 17th (& 17th/21st) Lancers.

I should've mentioned - it's a British unit, the manufacturer is shown as a well known British one, Smith & Wright Birmingham.

Hello Leigh, thank you for the information.

best wishes

Pikestaff

good evening gentlemen, just came accross this when having a sort through, anyone have any ideas?

many thanks

Pikestaff

Bonjour,

Himmler's awards list :

- Kriegsdenkm?nze 1914/18 des Kyffh?user-Bundes (18 mars 1922),

- Deutsche Ehrendenkm?nze des Weltkrieges am Schwarzweissroten Bande (20 d?cembre 1922),

- SS Zivilabzeichen Nr 2,

- N?rnberger Parteiabzeichen 1929,

- Braunschweig 1931 Teilnehmerabzeichen,

- Goldenes Parteiabzeichen (1934),

- Blut Orden Nr 3 (11 juin 1934),

- Julleuchter d. SS (16 d?cembre 1935),

- SA Sportabzeichen in Bronze,

- DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze,

- Deutsche Olympia Ehrenzeichen 1. kl (1936),

- Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell?Ordine della Corona d?Italia (20 avril 1937),

- Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen 1. kl (1938),

- Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell?Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e. Lazzaro (18 octobre 1938),

- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13 M?rz 1938,

- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 Oktober 1938 mit Spange ?Prager Burg?,

- SS Dienstauszeichnung 12 jahr (1939),

- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den Heimkehr des Memellandes (20 mars 1939),

- Grosskreuz d. Spanischen Ordens von Joch u. dem Pfeilen (mai 1939),

- Westwall (1939),

- Goldene Plakette des Deutschen Ausland-Instituts (7 octobre 1940),

- Ehrenplakette f?r die Mitglieder des Reichs-Kultur-Senats,

- Goldenes HJ Ehrenzeichen mit Eichenlaub,

- Gemeinsames Flugzeugf?hrer und Beobachterabzeichen in Gold mit Brillanten (juillet 1942),

- Grosskreuz Finnische Orden des Freiheitskreuz mit Schwertern (30 juillet1942),

- Grosskreuz Finnische Orden von d. weissen Rose Finnlands (1942),

- Grosskreuz Slowakische Orden d. F?rsten Pribina (mars 1943),

- Grosskreuz des Kroatische des Orden d. Krone K?nig Zvonimirs mit Eichenlaub (mai 1943),

- Gau Ehrenzeichen Wartheland (24 octobre 1943),

- Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell?Ordine Militare di Savoia,

- Gro?kreuz des Ordens d. Krone von Jugoslawien,

- Dienstauszeichnung d. NSDAP in Silber.

Crdl

Thierry

Many thanks, pikestaff

Err. . . . . for those of us many miles away from Channel 5, could you tell us more about this??

Kevin in Deva, Transylvania

Hello Kevin, basicly, it is an American program on small arms, 'they' invented the machinegun, the submachinegun, and the assault rifle, yeah. right!!!!

rgds

Pikestaff

Hello gentlemen, if anyone wants to complain about that rubbish, here is the address of the company that did the voiceover.

Windfall films,

1 Underwodd Row

london,

N1 7LZ

this program aired on channel five Monday 8th january 2007.

"we invented everything" [acording to the Americans]

rgds

Pikestaff

thank you pikestaff & Paul for your kind help! where I can find a General collar pair like this??just on ebay??

which is the diference between the East German patern and West German patern??

thanks!

Hello, take a look at at Eherentitle's reply above.

rgds

Pikestaff

hello All,

I am wondering how much could cost a pair like these?

thanks!

Humberto

Hello Humberto, I paid ?6.00 for this pair several years ago, also I recently found out from the book 'army badges and insigia since 1945' by Guido Rosignoli, that these are west german, not East German as I had thought.

rgds

Pikestaff