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[Boyd]

Thanks for the add! Can anyone tell anything about this helmet or know what the writing says? Thanks

 

[Naprawiacz]

Pickelhaube z Garde-Pionier-Bataillon (Berlin) a soldier of the *Mannschaften* rank.A good item for a skilled restorer to carry out a minor repair. I can't decipher the inscription.
Wojtek

 

[Boyd]

Pickelhaube z Garde-Pionier-Bataillon (Berlin) a soldier of the *Mannschaften* rank.A good item for a skilled restorer to carry out a minor repair. I can't decipher the inscription.
Wojtek

Thanks I will take better pictures.

 

[Boyd]

Thanks I will take better pictures.

Pickelhaube z Garde-Pionier-Bataillon (Berlin) a soldier of the *Mannschaften* rank.A good item for a skilled restorer to carry out a minor repair. I can't decipher the inscription.
Wojtek

Here’s some new pictures

 

[Naprawiacz]

Here’s some new pictures

Size 56. Production date 1914?

 

[Boyd]

Size 56. Production date 1914?

So size 56 1914 and it’s real.Looks like the band is pulling away from the brim or vice versa the leather is shrinking.

 

[b.loree]

Welcome to the forum Boyd. That is a very nice Guard helmet with nickel silver fittings. It could be Guard Pioneer or it could also be from one of the other Guard Regts. who wore helmets with silver fittings. The buttons on the pre 1910 tunic would also have matched. Your helmet needs a bit of TLC....the rear visor is collapsing and the soldered pin on the rear spine has popped off. These are both common problems caused by leather shrinkage. I do offer a restoration service here but there are many posts explaining how to fix these issues in our Restoration section and I will help you if you decide to DIY. I would also check for any Regimental markings ink stamped on the inside the rear visor or in the shell behind the liner. If found, these will ID where your helmet came from. The helmet is totally real/original.

 

[Boyd]

So size 56 1914 and it’s real.Looks like the band is pulling away from the brim or vice versa the leather is shrinking.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Boyd]

Welcome to the forum Boyd. That is a very nice Guard helmet with nickel silver fittings. It could be Guard Pioneer or it could also be from one of the other Guard Regts. who wore helmets with silver fittings. The buttons on the pre 1910 tunic would also have matched. Your helmet needs a bit of TLC....the rear visor is collapsing and the soldered pin on the rear spine has popped off. These are both common problems caused by leather shrinkage. I do offer a restoration service here but there are many posts explaining how to fix these issues in our Restoration section and I will help you if you decide to DIY. I would also check for any Regimental markings ink stamped on the inside the rear visor or in the shell behind the liner. If found, these will ID where your helmet came from. The helmet is totally real/original.

Can you make out the writing on the back brim? Looks like the last 4 letters are Hess.

 

[b.loree]

Unfortunately, no they look to be in pencil?? One trick is to take the helmet out into bright sunlight. Try and light up the area with sunshine and see what there is. The other trick is to apply some spit to the area and then light it up with sun light. Crude but sometimes effective.

 

[Boyd]

Unfortunately, no they look to be in pencil?? One trick is to take the helmet out into bright sunlight. Try and light up the area with sunshine and see what there is. The other trick is to apply some spit to the area and then light it up with sun light. Crude but sometimes effective.

Can you see the round maker mark it looks like 1914

 

[Boyd]

Can you see the round maker mark it looks like 1914

I took it outside and looked at it. The woman across the street came over right away. She read everything until she got to inside. She said I don’t want to guess.