Mervyn Mitton Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Taken from the 1900 - 'With the Flag to Pretoria' - this interesting picture shows the Orange Free State Artillery at the start of the Boer War (1899-1902). They styled themselves on the German uniform of the time and when - rarely - these picklehaubes come-up at auction, they can fetch ?2000 ($3500) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS Allen Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 What page is this on? I have the book, I can't find it.~TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 Hi - 'TS'. There were different editions - this one is the large size volume. Vol 1 - page 158 - Nov 28 1899.Hope this helps - you haven't got one of the helmets have you??Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS Allen Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I looked through actually and my edition only covers up to February of 1900. I've just been digging through it doing analyses of the pocket designs prevalent on the P.1898 khaki drill uniform, so I'm quite sure its not in my copy.I'm not a very advanced Boer War collector, so no, I don't have one of the helmets. Speaking of the Boer War collection, I just emailed you about one of the uniforms you have for sale on your site.Horrido!~TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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