Hello, this is'ny a query about the Whermacht, but I thought that I'd give it a try. I have what I believe is a tschako to a Prussian Garde Jaeger / Schutzen officer - black cloth covered body, no ventilation holes, gilt or brass chin scales, no cockades other than a Prussian other ranks field cockade. The liner is of leather with flat topped tonguesThe outline of the missing helmet plate is that of a large 8-pointed star, which appears to be consistent with the plate of the Prussian Garde units (although I have a vague idea that there was a Saxon Train unit that wore the fore & aft peaked Prussian style tshako?). Inside the helmet, stamped in various places in mauve is the outline of a small rectangle, containing the words "Paul Borschardt Luben". These have been applied too untidily to have been placed there by the manufacturer, I think, so perhaps these are the details of the owner of the helmet? I believe that Luben was a base for units of the Prussian Garde Jaeger / Schutzen. I'm not in a position to check the details, I may be wrong in giving the name "Borschardt". has anyone any suggestions concerning researching this man please? Or as to what unit this helmet did actually belong to?
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Lüben is probably in Poland now. There were no Guard units outside greater Berlin for Prussia.
I don't turn up anybody by this name as a regular or reserve officer, but dating could be critical, since the further before WW1 the more gaps I have in sources. -
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Lüben in Posen (now Lubin) was located in the V. Army Corps District. The only major unit stationed in the town was Dragoner-Regiment von Bredow (1.Schlesisches) Nr. 4 and certainly no Guard Jäger or Schützen.
Another possibility: The Brandenburgischisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 3 was based at Lübben in III. Army Corps District. It is possible that the shako originally was made there and later utilised with a Guard Star.
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Thanks, I'll hopefully be back home in a week or two & can then check the helmet markings again. I'm usually boringly retentive of such details as people & place names connected to my hobbies, but I'd better double check. Helmets are'nt a main collecting theme of mine, but the absence of ventilation discs on a tschako may date it to pre-1892? I'm taking shots in the dark without any reference books to hand.............Comment
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In case anyone's still listening.........
Just in case anybody's still out there, I've had a lot of help on identifying the helmet - probably Prussian Garde Jaeger / Schutzen officers 1871 model, manufacteured pre 1880. I had indeed got the details of the "owners" name stamp wrong - slight misspelling. The correct details ar: "Paul Borchardt / Lubben N-L", & looking at the way the stamp's applied, I was wondering if it could be a theatrical outfits stamp. Any experts on that particular subject out there? Thanks again to those that helped...Leigh.Comment
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It's hard to tell. It could also have been a German COLLECTOR'S stamp from many decades ago.
I've seen tunics with stamps under the shoulder straps that were presumably either a collector or a costume house.Comment
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