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Hello guys, i just found one helmet in good condition, it is the portuguese helmet used in ww1 with the original color, leather interior. It as HS 236 marked inside , is this helmet worth something? thanks everyone and stay safe.

Some pictures of the helmet.

Welcome to the forum, the helmet you have stamped HS 236 was made by Hadfield Ltd of Sheffield and the No 236 being the Heat/Batch No of steel used. Hadfield Ltd was both ( Manufacturer and Steel Supplier ).

Hello Miguelbernardo, what you have is the 1917/30 Model helmet. The DCT stood for "Defenca Civil Territorial", part of the Portuguese Legion. These helmets started off as WW1 British made helmets, then in 1930, they were refurbished/reissued and used until 1939, when a new model 1940 was introduced, however they were still in use for some time by the DCT and other auxiliary organizations. The green cross stood for the Cross of Aviz, used by the Legião Portuguesa or Portuguese Legion, which started in 1936, and was dissolved in the 1970's. The legion had three tiers: Escalão das Actividade Militares, 18-45 years old, Escalão Privativo da DCT, 45 years and older, and Escalão de Serviços Moderados, used for members over the age of 60.

Just recently purchased by someone in Holland, who kindly sent this picture. A badge from 1954, Regimentsappell, 10.10.1954, Husaren-Regiment 15 and Reserve-Husaren-Regiment 6 - Reunion / meeting. Have never seen this one before.

There are several dealer's I know of that sometimes have the European ones, but like you said, the prices can be quite ridiculous sometimes. I do have quite a bit of vendors that I deal with and they have my want lists, which usually pay off better for me.

Was not father and son. The WW1 military medal group was from the father of his wife.

You do have that Shinkle though that's a love bit of kit. You do have one major dealer in the States who always has European grenades for sale. Can't mention the name of course but you'll probably know who I'm talking about. Top dollar prices though.

I imagine most of the items found here today are veteran bring backs or done by collectors before the weapons bans started. Some might be left over from training or display boards. I get most of mine through other collectors or vetted collector websites/companies. But still they don't come up often, the US ones are even hard to find. Most WW1 items were reused in WW2 or sold off to colonial interests, so not many are still around.

You have an extensive collection though so how'd come by them stateside?

Typically what I see here the most are German M1917 egg grenades, Kugels and French F1 types. Sometimes others become available such as British No. 5's. Rod grenades are really rare here, especially British and French versions.

This helmet was on auction last year, starting price was 17.000 Euro A helmet of the Leibgendarmerie, 1. Zug only. Wearer was Walter Madel. The 1. Zug consisted of only about 10 men. The 2. Zug wore a completely different uniform, see photos. Maker was C.E. Juncker, 1913 The centre of the emblem is finely enamelled. On this example the Reichskokarde is missing. Personnel for the 1. Zug were drawn from the Regiment Garde du Corps, for the 2. Zug from Kürassier-Regiment Königin. Leibgendarmerie, 1. Zug, ca. 1830 and 1889 A coat of the Leibgendarmerie, 2. Zug

Honestly, I was not expecting to find this one, as European models are really rare here. But I will keep my eyes open.

Bülowbogen in Berlin- Schöneberg, "Tunnelhouse", between Gleisdreieck and Nollendorfplatz, built around 1900 The same spot after the heavy air raids in November 1943 and today Bahnhof Nollendorfplatz, 1902 U-Bhf. Unter den Linden with Mitropa kiosk, 1989

Absolutely. I hadn't even come across the M16 'Cigaro' until recently. Looks likely that I'll have x3 variants in the near future.Always looking, same as yourself. Those hard to come by pieces are a treat to find

That's a nice original example Are the larger versions around Stateside?

I have over double the amount you have and I love finding the variants of the WW1 models. It just gets a little harder the more you have it seems.

Of the 40 plus WW1 grenades in my collection Austro-Hungarians are the dominant number. Always coming across another type. I find them fascinating and such a collectble 'group' I have 2 more versions of the M16 coming my way (hopefully)

Great information. From what I have been able to find, on the Austro-Hungarian grenades, there are at least 5-10 versions of each type (sometimes more), as they were made by different manufacturers. One could spend quite some time looking for all the variants for that collection.

I did manage to find the smaller version of this grenade. It is a dug example, but these are getting really hard to find.

Update and additional information. Having carried out further research I've established that there are at least 5 versions of the Austrian M16 Schnellwurfgrenate .However, currently I don't know the sequencial order of each particular model from a development, time line perspective. The version posted at the start of this thread is one of the rarer harder to find models which I'll describe as the 'long safety lever model' along with what I suspect is an even rarer version the 'Type 1' pictured above. Similar in appearance & pictured here is an example which I recently acquired & which I'll describe as the 'short safety lever model'. It is complete with all the internal mechanisms. Note the similar but shorter safety lever. Here with the safety lever removed and the outer shell opened up revealing the inner body of the grenade. Here we see the inner body totally disassembled showing its complexity in design. Photo source Alessio Ferronato And here we see how the grenade actually worked. Photo source Internet Here are 4 of the 5 models pictured together and which I'll describe in further detail in a later post. Not aware what the longer piece of ordinance 5th in line at the bottom is at this time. Photo source Alessio Ferronato

hallo! i have a Brodie which is wierd, the parkings are: JSS, 57, 1941 and either and 1 or an i, could people check if its real or not also. it doesnt have an laather nor elestic strap, its just a Cotton (not sure cause i dont know that stuf) strap, if photos are needed tell me. it has a flat head screw up top, its either kopper or brass. no donut but also no rubber(might have been removed) its in a pretty bad condition, i Think someone tried to restore it. it has a bad paintjob.

Thank you so much - I've been down the rabbit hole on this and thought it might be Edgar Allen but wanted to defer to the experts here. Cheers! I tried the talc method with no result so believe the maker to be one of the ones you referenced. On another matter - I don't think there was a donut installed beneath the liner so perhaps this was produced in late 1916 - 1917?