Baden

Garrison Bruchsal, circa 1910. Soft elegant flat crown form, light blue cloth with yellow cap band and piping, complete with both cockades, soft black patent leather visor. Interior with brown sweatband and light blue silk lining, size 55. Worn condition, grade 2-3.

Garrisoned at Mühlhausen i.E., circa 1910. High plate form, medium blue wool with black velvet hatband and red piping, with both cockades, interior with light-colored sweatband and bone-colored silk lining, size 55. With slight wear and age marks, condition 2.

Circa 1910. Leather helmet, complete with all fittings in gilt finish. On the front the “Baden Griffin” with the motto band «Mit Gott f. Fuerst u. Vaterland» in the officer's pattern, finely worked with polished edges and openwork crown. Flat scale chin chains on button 91 as for enlisted men, with both cockades in officer's pattern. The spike is non-removable, the base plate with star screws for officers. Interior with brown leather sweatband and brown grosgrain lining, the rear visor lined in red, the front visor unlined, handwritten size «56» in the bell. The bell has two period repairs in the area of the screws, a third old hole at the front below the emblem. Condition 2.

Home stations Mannheim/Heidelberg. Chamber piece 1905, adapted to Model 1915 in 1915. Leather helmet, complete with all fittings in iron painted field gray. Front bears the Baden griffin, leather chin strap on button 91, both cockades present. The spike with bayonet catch, removable. Interior with stitched leather lining, the neck guard with chamber stamp “G.R. 110 1.B 1905”. Inside the shell front shows remains of a removed owner's label. Size approximately 55. Condition 2.

A very interesting piece! This is a chamber piece from 1905, which was adapted in 1915 to the new Model 15 by applying iron field gray fittings.

Circa 1914. Elegant helmet made of vulcanized fiber, complete with all fittings in gilt finish. Front features the Baden griffin, finely crafted and gilt. The spike ball is removable. Domed scale chin chains on rosettes, both cockades present. Interior fitted with black leather sweatband and green silk grosgrain lining, the front visor lined in green and the neck guard lined in red, the bell lined inside with black fabric. The neck guard rail at rear with button marked size “56 1/2”. Beautifully preserved! Condition 2+.

Home garrisons Konstanz/Burg Hohenzollern (guard detachment). Chamber piece 1915. Leather helmet, complete with all fittings, still manufactured in peacetime quality. Front emblem features the Baden griffin. Leather chin strap attached to button 91, both cockades present. Interior with stitched leather lining, rear visor with unit stamp “R114”, inside the bell the maker “Hans Römer Neu-Ulm 1915” and size “56”. Condition 2.

Circa 1915. Felt pickelhaube, complete with all fittings in brass. Design with visor rail and neck guard rail. Front emblem features the Baden griffin, leather chinstrap on button 91, both cockades present. Interior with reinforced leather lining, the visor with name entry. Size 52. Condition 2.

Home garrison Karlsruhe. Personal item circa 1915. Elegant leather helmet nearly of peacetime quality, complete with all fittings in field gray, predominantly non-magnetic material, likely war metal. Front helmet plate features the Baden Griffin with the star of the House Order of Fidelity in field gray or substitute version, the arms of the cross with remnants of the original red paint. Flat scale chin chains on rosettes, both cockades present. The spike base with gilded stars, the spike removable. Interior with brown sweatband and reddish-brown silk grosgrain lining, the front visor lined in green and the neck guard lined in red, inside the bell the owner’s label “Leutnant Alfons von Carlowitz 1. Badisches Leibgrenadier Regiment”, label with handwritten size “57”. Condition 2.

A very fine untouched helmet! Lieutenant von Carlowitz is listed in the Honor Roll of the Former German Army for the 1st Baden Life Grenadier Regiment No. 109 on page 287. He was reported missing in action on July 19, 1918 in the area of Ploisy-Chaudun (Northern France).

Location Karlsruhe, circa 1910. Visor cap of dark blue cloth with red piping and cap band, black lacquered visor, both cockades present. Interior with brown leather sweatband and beige oilcloth lining bearing the maker “Ludwig Vögele … Karlsruhe i.B.” as well as stamp “Collection Larcade”. The sweatband with label of the Larcade Collection. Size 55. The crown with a few small moth holes. Condition 2.

Circa 1900. Shako in black cloth with crimson piping, front applied badge with helmet, axe and hatchet. Interior with brown oilcloth bearing maker mark “W. Häussner Bühl”. Size 56. No sweatband. Condition 2.

Karlsruhe, circa 1910. Elegant leather helmet, complete with all fittings in silver-plated finish. Front helmet plate features the silver-plated Baden Griffin, with applied star of the House Order of Fidelity, finely enameled and gilded. The bandeau beneath the griffin for reserve officers without inscription, the far right end of the bandeau is broken but concealed by the chin scales, therefore barely visible. Below the breast star is the silver-plated Landwehr cross with motto “Mit Gott für Fürst und Vaterland” (With God for Prince and Fatherland). Flat gilded chin scales on silver rosettes, both cockades present. Silver base plate with gilded star screws. Complete with tall elegant dress spike. Interior with brown sweatband, reddish-brown silk lining, size 55 1/2. The helmet is in worn condition. The seam of the left ear leather is broken. The lining with a small hole. A rare helmet with minor defects.

Stationed at Mühlhausen in Alsace, circa 1910. Tall elegant plate form, cornflower blue cloth with black velvet band and red piping, both cockades present, black patent leather visor, interior with black leather sweatband and black silk lining with owner's name in gold lettering “v. Gustorf”. Size 55. Few small moth holes, condition 2. 

Circa 1910. Light blue with black piping and red trim, with both cockades, interior with black sweatband and black lining, illegible maker's marking. Size 56. Condition 2.

Circa 1910. Tall, plate-shaped visor cap of dark blue cloth with red band and red piping, black lacquered front visor, complete with both cockades. Interior with brown leather sweatband and brown cloth lining. Size approximately 55. An old, discreetly executed repair on the right side of the visor. A few small moth holes. Condition 2.