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**Tim Marlow** · 28 May 2021, 14:21

A photographic overview of your collection would be great.

**adt70hk** · 28 May 2021, 14:32

Originally posted by Tim Marlow

A photographic overview of your collection would be great.

What he said!

**Airborne01** · 28 May 2021, 15:51

Originally posted by Mini Me

What is your interest Steve and maybe I have something you would like to see......most of my collection is focused on WW2 but as I said, there is some WW1 and I was lucky enough to pick up a few items from the Spanish American conflict.
Rick H

I have an eclectic range of interests - all and sundry, any time frame, any nationality! I just want to get jealous!

**Mini Me** · 28 May 2021, 17:09

The reason I asked for a specific interest is that I have 5 foot lockers full of various and sundry artifacts from different periods. I have no real display space such as Steve's. Here are a few shots of stuff that's just laying around. I was mistaken, it's actually 6 foot lockers.

**Airborne01** · 29 May 2021, 07:28

Rick,
Thanks for that! If you need some display space I can probably find some in my cave!!!

Steve

**Mini Me** · 29 May 2021, 08:05

Thanks Steve......bring your wallet.

**Airborne01** · 29 May 2021, 08:28

Originally posted by Mini Me

Thanks Steve......bring your wallet.

She goes everywhere with me!

JR · 29 May 2021, 20:15

Subject to managements orders here at Race Towers a full clean of the cave has taken place ! :cold-sweat:
I'm still suffering from shock, mainly because I started to enjoy the exercise.This is very worrying because normally I will work until It can't find anything, but this time things were so what in order.Well for me anyway.

Actually took all the clutter outside off the desk, threw away a load of knackered brushes, sorted lengths of timber and moved them out of the way.
Put short lengths of Balsa into a container. Even cleaned the cave chair !
On good authority I gather the floor will be next, beacons knows what we will find .

Even bought a new cheap CD player.

Of course this is not an attempt to gain entry into the TBC
I currently am banned for 5 years for attempting to gain entry the last time .

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**Tim Marlow** · 29 May 2021, 22:33

Looks good John.

Great collection Rick. What is the date/origin of the pickelhaube helmet? It looks pre WW1.....

**Mini Me** · 29 May 2021, 22:54

Not sure Tim.......have not researched it as of yet........it and the Shako sort of fell into my hands at a garage sale (do you have those in the UK?) some years ago and has been packed away until recently. It has no markings on it but I'm sure it is a standard pattern. definitely enlisted ranks head gear. Rick H.

**Airborne01** · 30 May 2021, 06:30

Originally posted by John Race

Subject to managements orders here at Race Towers a full clean of the cave has taken place ! :cold-sweat:
I'm still suffering from shock, mainly because I started to enjoy the exercise.This is very worrying because normally I will work until It can't find anything, but this time things were so what in order.Well for me anyway.
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Actually took all the clutter outside off the desk, threw away a load of knackered brushes, sorted lengths of timber and moved them out of the way.
Put short lengths of Balsa into a container. Even cleaned the cave chair !
On good authority I gather the floor will be next, beacons knows what we will find .
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Even bought a new cheap CD player.
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Of course this is not an attempt to gain entry into the TBC
I currently am banned for 5 years for attempting to gain entry the last time .

My Management Team is persona non gratis in my cave, unless she brings tea and sticky buns! Mind you, I am similarly barred from her Knitting room! Dioramas look excellent John!

**Neil Merryweather** · 30 May 2021, 06:40

Originally posted by Airborne01

My Management Team is persona non gratis in my cave, unless she brings tea and sticky buns! Mind you, I am similarly barred from her Knitting room! Dioramas look excellent John!

My manager is always welcome

but she won't climb the ladder.....

**Tim Marlow** · 30 May 2021, 06:54

Originally posted by Mini Me

Not sure Tim.......have not researched it as of yet........it and the Shako sort of fell into my hands at a garage sale (do you have those in the UK?) some years ago and has been packed away until recently. It has no markings on it but I'm sure it is a standard pattern. definitely enlisted ranks head gear. Rick H.

The shako plate should give you somewhere to start Rick. I’d say it’s late Victorian but I could be miles out. They might well be Franco Prussian war vintage?
We do get similar things to garage sales, called boot sales. The big difference is that instead of you selling from your garage you take all your stuff to a location, such as a sports field, along with other traders, and sell from there. You usually pay a pitch fee to a charity for the privilege.

**Tim Marlow** · 30 May 2021, 06:59

Shako looks like one of these Rick...

Original Imperial German WWI Prussian M1915 Jäger Enlisted Shako Leather Helmet by Hans Römer - size 57

https://www.ima-usa.com/products/original-imperial-german-wwi-prussian-m1915-jager-enlisted-shako-leather-helmet-by-hans-romer-size-57?variant=31799245471813

Original Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition Imperial Prussian Jäger enlisted man's Mannschaften (other ranks or EM / NCO) Tschako (Shako). The M1915 was the last model of Tschako issued prior to the move to steel helmets, and replaced the earlier M1895 and M1897 patterns. In accordance with the 1915 regulations, these helmets would no longer would use brass, silver, or Tombak as earlier versions did. All issued leather helmets would now use grey oxidized steel fittings for all Regiments. As with previous versions, the body was constructed from from boiled leather, which was shaped and lacquered black. This is an excellent textbook example, and features an oxide finished Prussian wappen (front plate), which features the state eagle clutching a scepter and crown, over the King's motto, MIT GOTT FÜR KOENIG UND VATERLAND (With God for King and Country, i.e. Prussia). It is held in place by the standard leather wedges on the inside of the shell. Both M1891 pattern side lugs are present, and the right side has a very nice German National Colors (red white and black) Kokarde (cockade) around the lug. In 1897 the new Reichs-Kokarde in Red-White-Black was introduced for all ranks to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kaiser Wilhelm 1st. The Reichs-Kokarde was to be worn on the right side of the helmet. As Tschako helmets feature a front cockade, there is no cockade on the left chin strap lug. This helmet still has its correct Prussian (Black & White) removable felt covered cockade at top front. The Attached chin strap is complete, with light wear, and some oxidation on the steel buckles. The interior features a nice original leather liner, which shows only light use. All fingers are intact, and still have intact securing strap holes, with the strap still installed. Size is faintly stamped as 57 at the crown of the interior, which also has a faint manufacturer stamp for Hans Römer / Neu-Ulm and what looks to be a soldier's name. The exterior of the helmet shell is really in great shape, with a nice shiny enamel finish, with lovely age checking/cracking, but no real damage of flaking. The front and rear visors are still attached with intact stitching, another rarity, though they are a bit loose as the leather has shrunk. The Tschako also has the correct 8 hole metal ventilation fittings on each side. This is overall a great condition Prussian M1915 Tschako, which would make a great addition to any collection! History of the shako- The word shako originated from the Hungarian name csákós süveg ("peaked cap"), which was a part of the uniform of the Hungarian hussar of the 18th century. Other spellings include chako, czako, schako and tschako. From 1800 on the shako became a common military headdress, worn by the majority of regiments in the armies of Europe and the Americas. Replacing in most instances the light bicorne, the shako was initially considered an improvement. Made of heavy felt and leather, it retained its shape and provided some protection for the soldier's skull, while its visor shaded his eyes. The shako retained this pre-eminence until the mid-19th century, when spiked helmets began to appear in the armies of the various German States, and the more practical kepi replaced it for all but parade wear in the French Army. The Imperial Russian Army substituted a spiked helmet for the shako in 1844-45 but returned to the latter headdress in 1855, before adopting a form of kepi in 1864. Following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, military fashions changed and cloth or leather helmets based on the German headdress began to supersede the shako in many armies. Although the mid-nineteenth century shako was impressive in appearance and added to the height of the wearer, it was also heavy and by itself provided little protection against bad weather as most models were made of cloth or felt material over a leather body and peak. Many armies countered this by utilizing specially designed oilskin covers to protect the shako and the wearer from heavy rain while on campaign. The shako provided little protection from enemy action as the most it could offer was in giving partial shielding of the skull from enemy cavalry sabres

The picklehaube looks to be of similar vintage and origin, the plate is definitely Prussian. Could be a couple of valuable items so might be worth getting them properly researched.

**boatman** · 30 May 2021, 08:28

Originally posted by Neil Merryweather

My manager is always welcome

but she won't climb the ladder.....

HI Neill what this about your SWMBO not climbing the ladder what are you up in the loft then ?
chris

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