Cazamoto Posted 16 April Share Posted 16 April Frame 1 items found separately Les Bouefs area German? Large buckle found Longueval area. Cleaned up brass. Small buckle Thiepval area German pack? Cleaned up brass. Button Les Bouefs area. Think Bavarian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 16 April Share Posted 16 April (edited) 1 hour ago, Cazamoto said: Frame 1 items found separately Les Bouefs area German? Large buckle found Longueval area. Cleaned up brass. Small buckle Thiepval area German pack? Cleaned up brass. Button Les Bouefs area. Think Bavarian? The large buckle was used on several different types of webbing items, which included Lew Gun drum magazine carriers for example, eg: You also have the chinstrap fittings for a pickelhaube: And the button does appear to be Bavarian: https://regimentals.co.uk/shop.php?code=87565 Edited 16 April by Andrew Upton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazamoto Posted 16 April Author Share Posted 16 April 33 minutes ago, Andrew Upton said: The large buckle was used on several different types of webbing items, which included Lew Gun drum magazine carriers for example, eg: You also have the chinstrap fittings for a pickelhaube: And the button does appear to be Bavarian: https://regimentals.co.uk/shop.php?code=87565 Thank you so much for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casques of WW1 Posted 16 April Share Posted 16 April Could the chinstrap bails possibly also have been an m16 stalhelms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casques of WW1 Posted 16 April Share Posted 16 April But seeing the uniform it is probably a picklehaube, but I thought I’d throw it out there and would be happy to stand corrected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casques of WW1 Posted 16 April Share Posted 16 April After reading through Wikipedias article on stalhelms, in the section called variants, it said that both the pickelhaube and the stalhelm used the same bails, so what you have in the bottom left photo could very well be from either one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 17 April Share Posted 17 April (edited) 3 hours ago, Casques of WW1 said: Could the chinstrap bails possibly also have been an m16 stalhelms? 3 hours ago, Casques of WW1 said: After reading through Wikipedias article on stalhelms, in the section called variants, it said that both the pickelhaube and the stalhelm used the same bails, so what you have in the bottom left photo could very well be from either one Whilst the chinstrap bails for the 1916 and 1917 type stalhelms were designed to allow use of the same type of chinstrap as found on standard OR's pickelhaubes their construction was noticeably different, thus the one in the OP can only have come from a pickelhaube - a standard 1916/17 type stalhelm chinstrap mounting below for comparison: Edited 17 April by Andrew Upton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casques of WW1 Posted 17 April Share Posted 17 April Very interesting my apologies for the mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazamoto Posted 17 April Author Share Posted 17 April 8 hours ago, Casques of WW1 said: Very interesting my apologies for the mistake! No problem. Very interesting to see the comparisons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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