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A great study of a helmet this one has so many
interesting features that it survives in the collection
when so many OR helmets do not. A 94th Regiment Senior
NCO??? Really no way of telling but it has the
most interesting wappen. The spike base has the old
style pearl ring and a non-vented spine.
The corpus is thick, heavy and older. The 1867 type
straight screw is used to hold the chinscales in place.
It has the pre 1897 Saxe-Weimar landes cockade but the
post 1897 Reich's cockade. It is clearly marked to
Regiment 94 and has three red slashes that I think are
garniture marks. Other stampings are illegible.
The wappen is private purchase and has a voided crown
with a Fürst Bandeau. It is mounted using bolts and
nuts. The state crest is not voided and is attached with
two threaded bolts. The outside of the wappen has
a horrible blemish in the metal of both wings. I can
only guess but the mounting posts were probably removed
to fit the grommets of the body. When the mounting
bolts were removed plate and all came off. Major period
efforts were made to repair the damage. A gilt/brass
plate was placed under the outer hole and posts
soldered. A small crack in the scepter was
repaired soldering a "paper clip" type bar
across the break. I have seen this kind of repair
before.
Interesting set of details. I welcome your
comments.
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