Hi People thought you might like to check out this ckl 66 ?. when I found it, it had a fresh coat of light grey paint that fortunately did not cover the decal and I was able to remove the paint easily with some of the wife’s nail polish remover, it also had a very rusty 2 sizes to small liner with decent leather installed and original to the liner rivets, this was removed and fitted to a suitable relic M40 that now looks heaps better also.
I sourced some replacement rivets online and I think they match the helmet well, I don’t think I will try to replace the liner as the size stamp is a bit indistinct and measured around the rivet holes it comes out at 68cm.
Being quite eager to start removing the new paint I neglected to take before photos, hope you like the end result.
Cheers B
Hello. I found these two socket bayonets. Not my field but were very cheap. One has V.V and F over 406. Only thing i can think of is that v.v means Victoria volunteers. Here in Australia we had no army in 1800s so each state formed there own group’s. The other bayonet all know is that it has the sold out of sevice stamp. Tube size are 20mm and 17mm inside measurements. Somone said martini rifle as they had them here in two diffrent calibers. Any info or thoughts would be great thankyou mark
This is a copy of a thread I posted on the home of Cloth headgear. The reason i’m posting it here is for more people to see it. Hello gentlemen, you are witnessing one of the most important Kriegsmarine posts to be on WarRelics. Here I have a excellent WW2 Kriegsmarine Admirals visor cap that I bough for a bargain not long ago. My unofficial statement on it is: The visor is very complicated indeed. But before we dive into this I would like to state that any comments saying this is 100% Fake will be ignored. Everything is original on the cap. This cap came from the supreme collection of a well known collector. The cap has many scenarios it could have gone through. Lets start out with the most obvious situation. The original owner of the cap had served in the imperial German navy (Hence the visor being in a imperial form). He then proceeded to carry out his naval career in the Reichsmarine (Hence the Reichsmaine styled wreath). And finally ending his career in the Kriegsmarine as a admiral. This pathway would seem the most logical but may not be the case. See,as shown in the pictures the cap liner is stamped Aug. Geiger Kiel. Deeper research reveals the company not only was in business during Pre-WW2/ During war time, but also Pre-WW1/ War time. They are most known for their Tellermutze’s. So this brings up the question of if the liner is a replacement by the company? Is the cap a privet purchase from the company? Is this just a standard Reichsmarine cap? Or, is this truly a WW1 Aug. Geiger produced cap ? I would agree with that its a repair made by the company including the liner, a new chinstrap, and also the addition of gold oak leaves and the national eagle. But even that scenario has possible flaws. In the cap I can see a clear statement. Just like many high ranking men in the Third Reich. They wanted to give a background of their career. EVEN HITLER. What I see represented is; Service in the First World War, service in the Reichsmarine, and service in the Kriegsmarine. If you are still here i’m pleased you took time out of your day to read this. I’d really like to hear any information or opinions any of you have to provide. I ask you nicely to keep this thread positive. Best regards cool militaria
