Pickelhaube

Here is a little find from a few weeks ago. It's a permit given to a Belgian soldier to go from 1 part of the lager to another part without any armed guard. It might be just a little piece of paper and not in the best condition but i can't imagine there were alot of these given to prisoners of war. I've placed a piece of paper over the soldiers name because they still have to empty the house and if the shed was an indication, there will be alot more militaria to be found. In the past months i've bought a Belgian shako, a Belgian adrian, a m16 camo and a bunch of ww2 stuf which i've sold already.(almost everything was in great condition) Here's the link to the m16 camo: From that household, the father (colonel) and 2 sons were in the Belgian army during ww1. One of the sons was taken captive in 1914 and spend the rest of the war in captivity. There are atleast 300 letters written by both sons to their relatives, 4 Belgian gazettes which were published by the Belgians prisoners in Soltau and alot more papers dating from 1600 to 1950. During ww2, the son of the person on the permit fled to England during the German invasion of Belgium and became a spitfire pilot. Even his uniform and flightsuit was discovered in the shed. At the moment i'm trying to get atleast all the papers from ww1, i especially want the letters and the gazettes but at the moment he wants to sell the 3 bananaboxes full with papers together for a high sum. I hope i can show you more stuff soon as the negotiations are still going on. Greetings Pickelhaube

Thank you. I do consider myself Lucky that i have 5 model 1915 tunics since they became very rare and expensive. I forgot to mention tat the trousers were made in London and that they're dated november 1917. Greetings Pickelhaube

Belgian m1915 uniform of the 11th artillery regiment Greetings Pickelhaube

Since i was reorganizing my collection room and i needed a break from that, i tought i would take some pictures of 1 of my Belgian ww1 uniforms. Greetings Pickelhaube

I have some helmets which have the chinstraps over the visor also, but those are just my French and Belgian helmets. None of my German stahlhelmets have their chinstraps over the visor. Here are some additional photo's: Greetings Pickelhaube

Yesterday i was walking on a fleemarket when somebody said he had a helmet and some papers in his car which he had found while clearing out an old barn. Not expecting something exciting i went with him, but when he pulled out this helmet, i knew i had to have it. It's not a camouflagepatern i come across alot and one i didn't had in my collection until now. The leather interior is in great condition and it even has the chinstrap. I know the foto's don't do any justice, but at the moment i only have my Phone to take photo's. Greetings Pickelhaube

Great display!!! Greetings Pickelhaube

here are some bavarians: artillerie 3rd schwere reiter Greetings Pickelhaube

Yes, they did. I'm still looking for a Bavarian with a balltop. Here's my bavarian. Some people think these are all cavalery, but the chinscales show clearly it's an artilleriehaube. Greetings Pickelhaube

For some reason i like artilleriehauben. M1915 Prussian marked to FAR 8. M1895 Baden M1895 Würtemberg(fake chinstrap) M1895 Pruissian marked to FAR10 Prussian one year volunteer If you have artilleriehauben you wanne share, please do so. Greetings Pickelhaube

For some reason i like artilleriehauben. M1915 Prussian marked to FAR 8. M1895 Baden M1895 Würtemberg(fake chinstrap) M1895 Pruissian marked to FAR10 Prussian one year volunteer Greetings Pickelhaube

I tought i would place 1 of my favorite helmets in this thread. It's a garde dragoner reserve offz helmet. This was my 2nd pickelhaube i ever owned and still one of my favorites. I know the silverwash turned black on some places, but im afraid to clean it because this helmet still has his silverwash. Greetings Pickelhaube

Here is my latest helmet that i bought yesterday at the militaria fair in Wavre. Thanks to a forum member that was willing to sell this great shako, i was able to buy it. The helmet started his life as a train shako, marked with both TB12 and TB19, in his later life it got converted to a Jägershako. Greetings Pickelhaube

That's something you don't see every day. It's just a shame to see this tank outside. Where is that museum and tank located? Greetings Pickelhaube

That's indeed an interesting find, i doubt many of these have survived. Greetings Pickelhaube

Best unit or not, the tunic is a killer. Greetings Pickelhaube

Has anybody seen or owned a belgian trench knife which was made from a bajonet made by the american company Hopkins and Allen. I wonder if they made the trench knives before Hopkins and Allen started delivering the bajonets. Greetings Pickelhaube

Here are some of my Belgian trenchknives, these were made in England in 1915-1916 from obsolete Belgian m1889 bajonets. I have 2 more, but theyre still in my boxes somewhere. Needless to say i like these trench knives. The frog is a gomez frog, which was supplied to the Belgian army together with the gomez belts. Two of the trench knives on the photo were made from 1889 bajonets which were produced early in the war by sanderson for the Belgian army. I'm wondering if these trench knives were made from bajonets that were shipped to England or did they used the bajonets from the Belgian soldiers that arrived in England. I hope i'll ever find some personalised Belgian Trench knives, i have seen some in the past with carvings in the wooden handle. Some had "yser" scatched in the handle but 1 looked like it had scratches in the handle that looks like they represented kills.

This is a shell i bought last year. It's the shape and size of a Belgian 77 mm shell, but yet its an odd one. This piece should date from just before ww1. Some people said it was an experimental shell while other said the piece had instructional purpuses. I think it's the 2nd option, but maybe somebody here can shed a ne light on this. The only marking on the shell is "R.10" Greetings Pickelhaube

I bought this helmet 3-4 years ago at a small militariafair in Ypres. It lacked the helmetplate and feldzeichen, but when i saw the silver fittings on the chinstrap, i knew it was a garde schutzen/luftshiffer/telegraphen shako. So i took the chance buying it since the price was "low". I started asking around the same day if people had the helmetplate, but all plates i saw were either incomplete or restored. I did saw some good plates, but i was Always to late to buy them. My luck changed on xmas day last year, when i was browsing a webshop from somebody i know. I suddenly saw the helmetplate on the webshop and i decided to purchase at once. Since it was the holidays, i had to wait a few days on the confirmation that the helmetplate was mine. It's only 1 foto atm, but when i have the time i'll make sure. Greetings Pickelhaube