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Here is another one of my favorite pieces, WW1 German Armor. There are 2 types, one for machine gunners and static positions, and the the second type used for assault troops. This is the one used for assault troops as it has the shoulder stock ridge on the upper right side (users right). When I got this all the plates were disassembled, inside the duffle bag. Also included were the felt pads. All the plates are stamped with lot numbers, and I re-assembled the plates using a another set of armor as a guide. I used the correct type of webbing straps and black waxed rope to secure the plates together and used copper rivets for the shoulder pieces. Turned out nice I think. The duffle bag has LT. A.G. Cherry, 301st engineers, which was part of the US 76th Division. They arrived in france in July of 1918 and were for the most part, piecemealed out to other units. Typically engineers and other specialist units were kept together and forwarded to units in need. Note the sticker on the inside with Cherry's name as well.2 points
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2 Germans at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Quite different from the Offiziersausbildung with the Bundeswehr - no 40 hour week and going home at 4 pm every day. Something we were not used to in the Bundeswehr, says one of the officer cadets - one whole week outdoors on the go without sleep or rest und strenuous very conditions, takes some getting used to!2 points
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I am posting some pictures of my WW1 German Helmets, would love to see others post theirs as well.1 point
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A rare and expensive item presently, most one or more of the lower plates missing and seldom have any original paintwork. Do you also have the brow plate for the steel helmet? These usually turn up as ground dug, seldom intact, due also to their heaviness the paintwork is the most vulnerable part, and of course the leather attachment strap. You did a good job at restoring the webbing attachments, this type of material is hardly obtainable nowadays. The copper rivets should of course have been iron, as copper would have been unsuitable and was no longer available midwar, but understandably restoring with iron rivets would have been more difficult1 point
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Very impressive! It is amazing how the spiked helmets were in vogue with so many countries before the war as well.1 point
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How the Stasi tapped important information sources in the West during the Cold War period. The story of the IM "Romeos" and their unwitting victims:1 point
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The many faces of Carl Eduard Carl Eduard, Viktoria Adelheid and family1 point
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I only stopped collecting Pickelhaubes as I had to sell them to buy my first flat, so they went to a good cause.... I like to think my flat was subsidized by the Imperial German Army1 point
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