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Just picked up a small collection of German documents most I can decipher I will hopefully get to post some of the more interesting ones over the next few days in the mean time would welcome your thoughts on the attached, as ever thanks, Paul

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Just picked up a small collection of German documents most I can decipher I will hopefully get to post some of the more interesting ones over the next few days in the mean time would welcome your thoughts on the attached, as ever thanks, Paul

Hi Gaffken,

I think that you have the basic principle in that 3rd class is gold and 4th class is silver and aside from that, they are identical; but it may not end there. Since around 1916 virtually every gold Imperial German award (from merit medals to PLM?s) went from gold to gold plate, are we to assume that these third class pieces are exempt; and that all legitimate examples are in gold only? If not, how would proper gold plated pieces be marked?

Can anyone clarify this?

Many thanks,

Wild Card

Guys, no deceit was undertaken, It was sold and purchased as a 4th Class, Paul

That is true. unfortunately somebody tried to upgrade

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Thanks guys, purchased it as a 4th class, so no deceit by the vendor, looks nice though

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Welcome your thoughts on this, also numbers awarded and makers name, as ever many thanks, Paul

Sword blade has "GH 900" and bottom arm has "GH 950"

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Welcome your thoughts on this, also numbers awarded and makers name, as ever many thanks, Paul

Sword blade has "GH 900" and bottom arm has "GH 950"

Anywhere online I can pick up a reproduction of this poster? I was once able to convince a friend of mine to let me get a copy made of his original, but the guy moved off before I could borrow it. He took his ME-262 with him to, and I never got to see it. Still regret missing out on that oppurtunity.

TS Allen

Imperial War Museum in London sell them, Paul

I'm just in the process of cleaning up a few of my less than perfect condition helmets, just bulling them up with a bit of spit (well, tap water because it's less greasy) & polish & lightly cleaning the metal work with some brasso wadding, not bulling everything up to a parade shine, just smartening up a little, One of the Prussian helmets appears to have yellow metal fittings, but it's just possible with close inspection to make out that they are white metal, so just enough cleaning to show silver coloured highlighting on the black toned eagle wappen rather than matt gold coloured.

I take care not to bury traces that indicate the originality or otherwise of the wappen etc to the helmet under polish etc.

A similar condition helmet to the Wurtemburg helmet shown here arrived an hour or so ago, but to a Bavarian officer. Much as I hate to do it, I will at some point have to strip some fittings off in order to remove 2 badly painted & presumably repro other ranks silver & light blue cockades blue & white cockades from under the rims of the side posts - I assume that they are repro although they have been repainted in situ & one has been painted over red, white & black.

Arriving with this helmet was a Bavarian Other Ranks Reservists helmet in far better condition, so just a light clean up, & the addition of repro chinstrap & cockades for this one.

Unless anybody knows where I can get some genuine chinstraps, Reich cockades, an Oldenburg cockade, Bavarian OR & officers cockades?

And I need a Prussian Garde officers tschako wappen & field cockade too........

Leigh, I also would love to find a source for odds and ends, but to include uniform bits , hussar and Ulan belts, cords etc, and with the amount of odd pickelhaubes around it would be great to have access to odds and ends

WOW!!!! Much, much better looking now!

Mike, all down to you, thanks,Paul

Here is the first result, Kiwi polish and soap and water

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Mike - Your info was helpful to me. I picked up a 1915 dated Prussian Pickelhaube on a wim at an estate in Iowa nearly 20 years Ever since watching Hogan's Hero's as a child and seeing one on Colonel Klink's desk I've wanted one. Kevin

Here is the first result, Kiwi polish and soap and water

Dante,

I would highly recommend you join the forum at http://www.pickelhaubes.com/ there are some fellows there that do some amazing things with pickelhauben!

Thanks Mike,

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Any advice on restoration gratefully received

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And the second one that came into the shop

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couple of pickelhaubes I recently picked up, think the kids have been playing with them, they need a lot of TLC + , welcome your views

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couple of pickelhaubes I recently picked up, think the kids have been playing with them, they need a lot of TLC + , welcome your views

They ARE still out there. I found my 1813 on Ebay of all places.

Thanks guys if you see a good one, please let me know, thanks, Paul