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Claudiu1988	Posted: September 17, 2009 11:45 am
Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004	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 .

Hadrian	Posted: September 17, 2009 02:05 pm
Sergent major Group: Members Posts: 245 Member No.: 875 Joined: April 09, 2006	Fireman? This could explain the missing of the eagle and of emblem, also the color.

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 17, 2009 06:18 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004	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.

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 17, 2009 06:28 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004	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.

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 17, 2009 09:24 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004	The Imperial Gremans also had a system of colored red helmets for Musicians.

Claudiu1988	Posted: September 18, 2009 08:55 am
Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004	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.

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 18, 2009 02:01 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 18, 2009 02:02 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 18, 2009 02:04 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004	I will post later photo of eagle and measurments.

Claudiu1988	Posted: September 18, 2009 06:43 pm
Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004	Thanks for the help RUC

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 18, 2009 09:54 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004	Can you post a photo of the front side ?

zero	Posted: September 21, 2009 06:16 am
Soldat Group: Banned Posts: 25 Member No.: 2253 Joined: September 22, 2008	nice

Claudiu1988	Posted: September 21, 2009 04:22 pm
Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004	So my helmet just arrived. 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

Claudiu1988	Posted: September 21, 2009 04:24 pm
Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004	And here I found a marking, I am still trying to understand what it writes.

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: September 21, 2009 07:00 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004	Very Interesting. Would you consider the red color to be a primer or the natural color of the leather ?

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