Hoss

Dam! did it again completely forgot about a soldier lamp while I'm fumbling around getting gear ready for a trip been looking for one of these for 20yrs I give up the Gods hate me.

Well done the collector and a nice price!,,,,the bugger! LOL!

"I'm a loser baby so why dont you kill me.....""

Chris I just sold my early job and got crap for it anyway here are the pics somebody pray tell me why its worth buggerall in America? to hell with collecting all anyone wants over here is bloody helmets!

Pissed off Hoss I'm going to watch me football and get drunk.

I don't see anything page is blank.

Eric

Spending Chris eh! maybe you'll let that mg crate go now.

Eric

Awesome for wraps keep an eye out on ebay.de 'Hindenburg' jobs are out there btw when did they stop making them? Chip! anyone?

Eric

Ones to find are papercloth labeled with a date usually 1917 indeed some are ink issue stamped I've owned one pukka W1 dated pair in the past, problem is your left dreaming of finding issue boots and trying to explain to the bank manager your spending habits, and lets not forget a pair of issue Stiefelhose or Reithose,,,its tough out there best way is to think private purchase I guess.

Eric

Hi Robin

I can't tell you if its original or not, W2 the gun lays at a different angle than this example the only W1 badges I had were in brass.

Eric

Thanks Chris for leaving the thread up.

Eric

Hi Jock all I have is the Kraus volumes don't see it.

Eric

Chris

The naysayers are completely dispassionate knowledgeable collectors in fact I received an email from one such Gent this morning another promised to reiterate but he's busy having just arrived back from the MAX.

I wouldn't care but when something is bad and married to German Machine Gunners,,,expect the Wrath of Khan btw the best replicas of these ersatz jobs were not made in UK but by a great friend of mine out of Pittsburgh PA decades ago never to be sold as original.

Regards

Eric

Helmet belongs to Tony so folks only talk of it in emails and pms he needs to state what year he acquired where and from who. When I had it on hold at collectors guild it was universally condemned by US and European colleagues so I contacted Peter and backed out.

Eric

Hello Gents

Notwithstanding testimonials from a winged Pegasus expert descending from the heavens on waf the last failed ebay attempt I believe was 900 bucks. If I could afford to do so I'd buy it and cremate the blighter I was one mug who nearly bought this once, following my exorcism I still kiss the Bible before bed.

'We do it wrong, being so majestical,

To offer it the show of violence;

For it is, as the air, invulnerable,

And our vain blows malicious mockery'.

Eric

F.C. Bellinger M16 size 62 spliced leather band (Km. 11/08/1916) with MG designation.

Regards

Eisenhüttenwerk Schlesien M16 size 66 steel band (Km 01/03/1917) this piece came with a cover (Helmüberzug).

Eric

Eisenhüttenwerk Thale M16 size.64

Eric

Camouflage painted Eisenhüttenwerk Schlesien M16 size.66.

Eric

Camouflage painted Quist M16

Eric

Look very nice Chris but I'm not knowledgeable on boards where's Mr Chips?

Eric

This item just finished while I was watching TV, congrats to the winner they must have been laying all over the '18 battlefields farmers still dig them up but none-dug ones are scarce imo.

They're not simply bent out of metal strip but hardened steel personally I've only ever owned dug ones they are an important little puppy for us gear collectors.

Gents has that happened to you,,,,cleaning the car, playing with the kids..arguing with the wife etc lol! then gone "DAM MISSED IT"?

Eric

Gents

Picture courtesy of the Australian War Museum a nice pair of ersatz boots.

Eric

Found something maybe these are just general fatigue mitts.

Eric

Hello

I appreciate the various links Irish actually I've gone back to studying the opening moves so I'm lagging behind events month or day to day.

Cheers

Here ya go Jock me japy turned up from a very nice French ebay seller just a cool thing I may use mine for iron rations at gigs lol! I'll try and find out more info from French collectors the ally is definitely old. If you don't sell yours it'll fill that remaining empty space to the left of your computer!!!

Eric

Yes thanks Steve the R246 Wurt Haube donated 1960 may have come from First Ypres or a prisoner at Leigh the cover is especially nice.

Cheers

Good Heavens Mervyn sorry for the side track does Oldham still exist? I'm from cotton mill stock all the families worked at 'The Mill' I'll have to go back one day and see what's left.

As a toddler this is what I remember, bricks slate and cobble I thought the whole world was made using 'bricks' lol!

I bet the photographer was using colour film,,,forget it everything was grey anyway "Mummy where is the Sun do we have one?"

Eric

Oldham photo courtesy of trucknet.