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Claudiu1988
Posted: September 17, 2009 11:45 am
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I just bought this helmet what can you tell ma about it? I sow that it's the same like a Border Guard helmet but the color at mine is red (I think because it was exposed to the sun). The eagle is missing and also the front emblem, the leather it's compleat also the chinstrapp. Here is the only photo I have until the helmet will come .

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Posted: September 17, 2009 02:05 pm
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Fireman? This could explain the missing of the eagle and of emblem, also the color.
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Posted: September 17, 2009 06:18 pm
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I am thinkg on the same line. A converted helmet for a local firman of some sort. The Fireman of the period were under Military juristiction, so to have a military helmet converted makes sense.
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Posted: September 17, 2009 06:28 pm
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The only other time I have seen the color red used is for Musicians like in the Imperial Russian Army. However, I do not know if the same applied in the Royal Romanian Army.
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Posted: September 17, 2009 09:24 pm
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The Imperial Gremans also had a system of colored red helmets for Musicians.
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Posted: September 18, 2009 08:55 am
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Thanks for the help. RUC I know that you also have in you collection 2 helmets like this. Please if you can send me more pictures with the eagle and the frontal badge, because I want to make some replicas. I also want the mesurmesnt if you can. biggrin.gif
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Posted: September 18, 2009 02:01 pm
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Posted: September 18, 2009 02:02 pm
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Posted: September 18, 2009 02:04 pm
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I will post later photo of eagle and measurments.
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Posted: September 18, 2009 06:43 pm
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Thanks for the help RUC biggrin.gif
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Posted: September 18, 2009 09:54 pm
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Can you post a photo of the front side ?
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Posted: September 21, 2009 06:16 am
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Posted: September 21, 2009 04:22 pm
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So my helmet just arrived. biggrin.gif It wasn't used as a fiermen helmet, the green paint just cracked and fallen. The helmet still has traces of paint. Not in a very good shape but it's good tongue.gif

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Posted: September 21, 2009 04:24 pm
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And here I found a marking, I am still trying to understand what it writes.

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Posted: September 21, 2009 07:00 pm
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Very Interesting. Would you consider the red color to be a primer or the natural color of the leather ?
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