blueman Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 info on helmets please guyshttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2013/post-10499-0-36978500-1363712853.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2013/post-10499-0-12322000-1363712865.jpg
Mervyn Mitton Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 Two lovely helmets Kevin. Are any of our helmet collectors able to help with 'chapter and verse' on these. Mervyn
QSAMIKE Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Hello and Good Morning Blueman..... Helmet on the right: Officers / Post 1902 / Pre 1952 / Life Guards Plume is silghtly wrong should also cover front and not swept back....... Cannot make out badge on helmet on the left..... Take a look here..... http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=life+guards+helmet&qpvt=life+guards+helmet&FORM=IGRE Mike Edited March 21, 2013 by QSAMIKE
j-sk Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 Hello and Good Morning Blueman..... Helmet on the right: Officers / Post 1902 / Pre 1952 / Life Guards Plume is silghtly wrong should also cover front and not swept back....... Cannot make out badge on helmet on the left..... Take a look here..... http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=life+guards+helmet&qpvt=life+guards+helmet&FORM=IGRE Mike Hello Gentlemen, Please note that the Garter on the Bues and Royal officer's helmet (red plume) is turned upside down. It could easily be reaffixed by unscrewing the helmet plate and re-put the central piece in its right position. Jean-Sam.
j-sk Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 From my own collection: - Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards officer's helmet 1847 pattern (photo with any without flash); - 2nd Life Guards Victorian officer's helmet 1871 pattern.
theironduke1 Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) info on helmets please guys The helmet on the left is 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 1847 pattern Albert Helmet. The one on the right is The Life Guards, same pattern. Edited July 16, 2013 by theironduke1
j-sk Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 The Life Guards helmet is definitely not of the 1847 pattern (see the spike). This particular one was worn between 1902 and 1952 (Imperial crown on the helmet plate).
Mervyn Mitton Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I would have said the Crown on both was the King Edward - and therefore QE2. Mervyn
peter monahan Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I know nothing about the source of these and not much more about the helmets but a good friend of mine sells some quite nice replicas of this style - Blues and Royals, I think - turned out 'over there'. Good workmanship but the plumes aren't real horse hair for because its too hard to get across the border. Have already seen one of the repops [pretty sure] being sold as real on a dodgy web site. Caveat emptor!
j-sk Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I would have said the Crown on both was the King Edward - and therefore QE2. Mervyn This time I was refering to Blueman's helmets. Still, I am not particularly satisfied with the white plume on the 1847 Dragoons helmet. It looks like a replacement from another post-1870ish Household Cavalry's helmet. Regarding the ones with Edwardian Crowns (QE2) I would keep away from them. From what I can see from the picture, I like neither the top of their spikes and their so-called "horsehair" nor the "roundish" look of their front visors. Jean-Sam
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