Helmets, headgear, uniforms, medals, field gear etc from WW1 & ComBloc countries mainly.
Album by willyp. Photos by willyp. 1 - 19 of 19 Total. 6739 Visits.
Czech: WWI Russian legion cap $185
French: 1915 field officers kepi Very nice stiff sides, black w/red top, gold braid cords & strap, black leather visor, 39 (regiment) embroidered on front. $175
German: pilots? oilcloth visor cap This is a very rare cap, standard style, short brim black velvet band w/red piping but the crown is all black oilcloth, I have never seen another like it, I was told it was very rare as it was worn by some pilots, years later I was told it may have been a motor transportation officers cap also (but still exremely rare). $375 SPF
German: Oilcloth cap side view
German: Late GasMask believe this is West German, brand new & complete. $25
German: gasmask markings
W German: cold war era garrison cap standard issue Bundeswehr 'side" cap issued to all german soldiers. $10
Italy: artillery Kepi This is a stiff sided Kepi w/Italian Cockard & artillery badge has gold braid trim & strap, top is a green patent leather, I bought it as a WW1 dress kepi many years asgo but it may be immediate post-war or possibly a dress kepi for an artillery school officer. $145
Italy: Berseglieri cap w/field cover & undress fez This is a beautiful, complete & extremely rare set, a leather Bersglieri cap w/Italian roundel, & brass grenade badge, number 10 on badge, w/the original cock's feather plume, complete w/the original gray/green canvas field cover & the blue soft kepi w/long tassels worn by the Bersglieri in undress uniform, very very rare set. Complete set, hat, field cover, undress fez $600
Italy: Berseglieri cap w/o cover
Russian: 1905 pillbox cap & cover $145
Swiss: tanker Helmet exc condition, good mkg tag $25
Turk: red fez another item I bought many years ago, as an Ottoman Turk fez, stiff sides, red felt body, black tassels, interior is a starnge whit/green striped color, there is no provenance to the cap & these are used by everyone in the Mediteranean area. $45
US: M1917 helmet w/exp ballistic goggle modification Standard mfg US 1917 helmet but this one has a very rare modification done in WW1 to a few helmets to fit a set of "Wilmer Ballistic Goggles", which were an armored eye cover to protect the soldiers eyes from artilery bombardments, it has small holes drilled on the sides & small metal rings affixed which the goggles attached to, see Deans "Helmets & Body Armour" for further reading on the entire subject of WW1 head & body armour. $135
US: 1917 Helmet for ballistc goggles a detail pic of the modification done to fit the goggles to the helmet
US: 1917 standard US M1917 helmet, but complete & in very good shape w/liner & chinstrap intact & complete. $110
US: 1917 pattern USMC raincap same style as "daisey mae" cap but made in oilcloth for water resistance first developed & adopted by the USMC in 1917. $65
US: WW1 "Panama" style cap as issued to US troops durin & imediately after WW1, these are a denim type material, this one is a reddish color. $45
