Original DD SS helmets are worth $$$$$.

This is an interesting item.   I think these kanji are "直明" and "柳川".   I'm not a sword professional so I don't know what they mean, but they look like names.   If they were names, the former would usually be "Na-o-a-ki" or "Ta-da-a-ki", and the latter "Ya-na-ga-wa".

Could it be an 1841 Mississippi - measurements seem to be similar?

Dispatch Riders from a Flak unit HQ,I think Russia, this despite the word FRANCE we see on rail car, this perhaps being a commandeered one for German use,

RPB8   1. Rheinisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 8, Prussian Helmet Plate and Cockades  then.

Helmet's genuine, decals and fisherman's netting cover are fake. The liner's in awesome condition, and the leather looks like it's original.

Extremely doubtful on its authenticity but German is not my area of expertise. Got it for free from a friend. Might be hard to see the decals but I have no idea how to get the net off. Thanks

I honestly don't know what this musket is but I note the piece appears to be percussion, not flintlock which would be appropriate for 1814; although it could have been converted to percussion well after 1814.

Thank you qed4 … does this photo help ?  

The helmet looks alright to me as well.  Keep in mind though, that if you are going to restore it, it will probably cost around $400 for the parts, including Wappen with the leather pins which hold it to the helmet, rosettes, and if you can actually find one, the chin strap.  The strap, for a good one, would run around $200 these days.  The trick is finding one.  Do you know which state (Prussia, Bavaria, Baden, etc.) goes with the helmet?   Anyway, if you want to make that investment, you will have a nice helmet.   Steve 

Hello were the EG Barracks/Riot Police allowed to wear NVA infantry marksmanship shooting cords/lanyards???  BJR  

Can't really tell much from the picture but an 1814 musket would have been a flint lock so at best this is a later conversion to precision and no longer a true Model 1814.