Recent content by Andy be Prussian

Great ersatz examples. I’ve seen a couple of these felt officers haubes for sale, including a pioneer one

You probably got one by now, but if not, Age of Kings has one listed. There’s also one on Waterloo militara website, which is probably closer to your location

Fantastic haube! Well done on bringing up all that detailed info for it. I learned a good deal from this post

A look at the underside. There are quite a few markings inside as the next photos will show A shot of the cardboard paste Size marking 57 A shot of the makers marking. Date 1915, but hard to distinguish who the marker is Reserve Bekleidungsamt 18, which this one is stamped with arabic...

This next example here is quite a Frankenstein’s monster. This M15 has skull cap made from card board, visors seem to be made of leather, although the front is much more harder and sturdier than the rear and I wonder if it’s potentially made of vulken fiber Notice the cracking in the shellac...

Clovis, you always find the most fascinating pickelhauben. This one looks great!

Lastly, 2 photos I have of German soldiers wearing a steel ersatz haube, to compliment this one

Some of the markings I’ve found on the liner, including a name, the size marking, and although not clear on the last pic, a potential maker mark on one of the tongue that stitches the liner together. It might be from the company C.Henke of Witten, although a few other manufacturers have made...

The front and rear split pins that, along with the side posts, hold the liner to the steel shell. The pins seem to have been made from brass, with the rear split prongs having suffered from some corrosion.

Up close shots of its signature lines. I have read 2 reasons on how these were created. The first was these were made from being carved out by a spinning lathe machine, hence sometimes them being called “spun steel” ersatz. The other was from the dyes that pressed them out of the sheet steel.

Special thanks again to Brusik1 for allowing me to purchase this steel ersatz variant. These seem to fly off the shelves the moment they are up for sale. This one has brass fittings on that have not been chemically darkened and retains its original liner.

Very good article. It’s fascinating how mere speculation of the purpose of these helmets was so easily accepted as fact, which still runs through out the militara collecting community to this day. I also learned a lot from this.

You lucky guy! They are definitely rare birds! Is there a way to get a shot inside of the pickelhaube and show the cloth material? Otherwise, thank you for sharing this!

My purchase from Brusik1 arrived this morning. I’m grateful to him for putting this in layaway and having the patience to hold it until I was able to fully pay the full price. I did sweat a bit on the overseas shipping due to the political landscape, but thankfully, it arrived with no known...

First time I’ve ever seen a black felt pickelhaube. That looks sexy! 😍😍 Congrats on the purchase!